Three weeks of events in Handball and Basketball has seen over 700 young people represent their school and demonstrate outstanding skill, determination, teamwork and hard work

Cluster events in Belper, Heanor, Ripley and Alfreton have resulted in incredible progress from both a technical and tactical standpoint with huge numbers of children showing great understanding of our School Games Values and principles of competition.

Handball players in KS1 learnt to play as a team and respect their opponents while trying to score goals and achieve, the same was evident in Y3/4 with those students using tactical knowledge to overcome their opponents and win games, while in Y5/6 Basketball’s demonstrated outstanding technical skill in an extremely difficult sport all whilst showing outstanding honesty and self belief to while trying to achieve their goals.

Congratulations to every school, team and individual who took part and we can’t wait to see you again in 2020!