Over 2,000 young people competed in the Hampshire Games as part of the Sainsbury’s School Games initiative, across a range of sports.

St Mary’s had achieved huge success in Basingstoke school sport this year; therefore we were chosen to enter four teams: Quadkids, Basketball, Netball and Mini Tennis.

We arrived at the Aldershot Military Stadium, to begin the day with a parade for all the sportspersons, before setting off to their various events. The atmosphere was amazing, providing a wonderful experience for all our pupils and enhancing the traditional St Mary’s team spirit.

All teams performed superbly throughout the day, with the Quadkids finishing in 4^th place narrowly missing out on the bronze medal. The Basketball had their best ever result attaining a creditable 6^th. The Netball Team put up a brave fight against some top quality teams with a mix of wins, draws and losses and the Mini Tennis performed at a high level finishing the day in 5^th place, only losing to the eventual overall winners.

We are very proud of all our children who took part, especially the team spirit shown by all our competitors. A huge thank you to all families who provided assistance with transport and supported our teams.

A special mention to Mr Wyatt who contributed a great deal of his time and energy, coming into school to coach our Basketball Team to such a high standard.