Here you will find out all our sports news from competitions and festivals... 

Girl's Football Tournament

The girl's team took part in a tournament against Croft and Greenwood schools. Despite losing the first game and our first ever match as a team, they pulled together and got better and better with each match played. We drew all three of the other games, with some wonderful goals by Olivia J. We are all so proud of the team, they never gave up and put in 100% effort! Well done everyone!

Football League Fixtures

This term we are taking part in the Kirkby League. So far we have played Broomhill Junior School away and despite playing well the team did not take their chances. We lost 3-0 against a strong and physical side. In our second game, we were more clinical and played well against Morven Park. Goals from Harry and JJ were enough to see the team to a 3-0 victory. I will keep you updated on our next results.

Netball vs Kirkby Woodhouse.

The Dalestorth netball team played their first match against Kirkby Woodhouse and what a game it was! All the children tried their very best and gave it 100% all the way through. It was a close tie, being 4-4 until the final five minutes where Kirkby Woodhouse just managed to score the deciding goal to win 4-5. Lola was voted player of the team by the Kirkby Woodhouse players for the four amazing goals she scored. Well done to all the children who took part, you have made us all so proud! Thank you for the wonderful parental support too, it was lovely to have you all there.

Inspirational visit from Charlotte Henshaw

It’s not every day you get a visit from a famous person, but today we did! Charlotte Henshaw, British Paralympic gold medallist, came to talk to us in assembly. She told us her story, about her life from being a child with a difference to becoming a bronze and silver medallist at swimming and then a gold medallist in canoeing. She even bought her shiny medals to show us! Her inspirational speech taught us that you can achieve things you never thought possible in life, if you are brave and give things 100 percent! What an amazing example of our Be Brave Bee she is! Who knows, one of us sat in that hall today could be a medallist in the making!

Potted Sports 2022

We had a wonderful time during our Potted Sports afternoon. Children from Foundation Stage 2 to Year 6 were split into teams and rotated around the activities, scoring as many points as they could for their team. The Year 6 children were amazing team leaders, supporting the younger children, demonstrating the activities and keeping score. We even managed a little dancing fun at the end. What a fun afternoon we had!

Swimming Gala

What a fantastic experience for our children. Click the link to find out more information https://www.dalestorth.notts.sch.uk/news/detail/dalestorths-intra-school-gala/

Cross Country Area Finals

Both of these girls qualified for the finals after amazing performances in the first competition before Christmas. They went to Kingsway School to compete in the district finals, both coming within the top 20. What amazing performances! Well done girls! 

Fustal Competition

These six children took part in a futsal competition against three other school. The showed amazing determination and made lots of progress as the competition went on. We watched some amazing goals be scored and saw some superb saves made by our own keeper. As always, it was a pleasure to take the children out of school as they represented Dalestorth beautifully. Well done everyone.

Year 5 and 6 Netball vs St Andrews

Our netball team have spent this half term training hard on a Monday evening, and played in their first proper match this week.  What a performance they put in too! The team have got better and better each week and we are so proud of their determination and resilience. The game ended in a 4-4 draw with both teams showing some great shooting ability. We are looking forward to a return match in the new year!

Year 5 and 6 Football Vs St Andrews.

The football team have been training for the past 5 weeks and this evening took part in their first friendly match against St Andrews. All the children worked so hard and showed great determination, even when things were not always going our way. We had the chance to try players in different positions and look at how we could work our formation. It was a super first experience for the team and we are now ready and rearing to go in our up and coming football tournament. Thank you to all our wonderful supporters and well done to all the girls and boys who played amazingly well.

Year 3 and 4 Personal Best

Nine Year 3 and 4 children took part in a Personal Best event hosted here at Dalestorth and run by our School Games Organiser, Glynn.  They took part in eight different challenges, including sprint runs, star jumps and football dribbling. They tried hard to complete as many repetitions in the 30 second time allocation. They then repeated each of these, showing great determination to try and beat their previous score. Their positivity and resilience was wonderful to see and we are so proud of them all. It was amazing to finally be back hosting some competitive sport on school grounds. Well done to all.

Year 5 and 6 Cross Country

A team of 10 children took part in the first round of the cross-country competition on Sutton Lawn. The children put in an excellent performance, working hard to keep going even when it got difficult. Declan, Freddie and Macie all qualified in high places, meaning they will continue into the next round of the competition, taking place after Christmas. Well done to everyone who took part.

Dalestorth Rainbow Games - July 2020

What a lovely week we had taking part in the virtual Rainbow Games, joining children at home and school together as a team. The children in each class were split into four colour teams. We took part in four different timed challenges, Twister, Speed Bounce, Hopping Star and Run the Rainbow. All the scores for each team were combined to find our daily and weekly winners! We had great fun twisting, jumping, running and hopping for our teams! Well done to every one who joined in. See the results below!

Swimming gala

One word – WOW! This morning Mrs Hill, Mrs Curran and Mr Hughes were lucky enough to take 18 KS2 swimmers to Lammas Leisure Centre for the local area Swimming Gala. The children all gave 100% swimming amazingly well and supporting each other throughout. In total there were 27 races and at the end of the gala, we are tremendously proud to say Dalestorth came 1^st achieving gold medals, a trophy and a place in the District Final later this year. Thank you to all the families who came to cheer us on, your support was very much appreciated. 

Year 3/4 Futsal Competition

These footballers took part in the Futsal competition and were totally amazing! They won all three of their games, not conceding a goal. They worked so hard as a team and kept trying harder and harder as the matches went on. They have now qualified for the Futsal finals. Well done, really proud of you all.

Indoor Rowing

These children took part in an indoor rowing event at Morven Park School. They competed in boys and girls races, and then a team race. They worked so hard and made great progress during the evening. Well done everyone.

Year 5 and 6 Cross Country

19 Year 5 and 6 children represented Dalestorth at the District Cross Country event at Ashfield School on Wednesday 9th October. We entered 4 teams into this event with the B teams running 1100m and the A teams 1350m. All the children showed great perseverance and determination during their races, with fantastic individual and team efforts. A special well done to Olivia Wilson from Year 6 who came 6^th in her race, which means she will be representing the district at the cross country event in February 2020 – Wow, an amazing achievement! A huge well done to everyone who took part.

Personal Challenge Event

7 year 4 and 5 children competed at Sutton Academy in this event. They took turns to sprint, throw and catch, dribble and chest throw. They each had several attempts at each activity and tried to improve on their performance each time. In each activity the children improved their time or score. Keira won a medal for showing the most improvement at dribbling and Lucas with throwing and catching. We had a great time, being the best we could be and the sport’s leaders from Sutton Academy commented on our beautiful manners and team spirit!

St Andrew's 1 - 4 Dalestorth

Last night we played St Andrew's in the first round of the cup and what a performance we gave! We scored some amazing goals, saved some decent shots and had a defence that we could have only dreamed of last match. The lads worked really hard as a team and put into practice all the things we had talked about in training. Well done Dalestorth, we are really proud of you.

Dalestorth 2 - 9 Kingsway

On Monday 16th September we played our first game in the Kirkby District Football League. The team hadn't even had their first training session, but despite this, the lads all tried so hard and put in 100% effort. We unfortunately lost the game, but scored two great goals. They showed lots of elements of great team work and we identified some areas we can work on in training. We are hugely proud of each player and can't wait for our next match.

Quad Kids - Ashfield School.

On Thursday 20th June, Year 5 took part in a Schools Games Athletics competition at Ashfield School. The children had to take part in a 400m run, 60m sprint, Javelin and Standing Long Jump. Brodie B, Brody M, Tobias L, Mikell M, Olivia W, Evie-Rose H, Liv C and Paige E did Dalestorth proud. They each did every event, gave their maximum effort and achieved new personal bests. Each of them rose to the occasion. They were a fantastic example of sportsmanship with some of our team congratulating those who may have beaten them or winning graciously. Well done Year 5!

School Games Competition - Tennis

This week we have taken two teams of enthusiastic year 3 and 4 children to participate in two indoor tennis competitions at Sutton Academy. The children played in a series of mini matches where their individual scores were added to make a team score. Despite some of us not having played on a real tennis court before, the children played brilliantly and did us proud. They showed great determination to improve their game during the evenings and the progress made in two hours was unbelievable to watch. Well done Lili, Freddie C, Lewis A, Freya G, Freddie F, Isla AS, Oscar G and Erin S.

On Thursday these children participated in an Indoor Rowing competition against seven other schools from the district. This was the final heat to place in recent days. The children took part in a boys relay, girls relay and mixed relay, where they had to row as far as they could in their 30 second slot, before changing over. They worked so hard as a team, supporting and encouraging each other, and got better and better as the night went on. Overall on the night we came forth. Amazingly, over the three heats that have taken place, we came in 7^th place and therefore have qualified for the district finals on the 7^th March. An amazing achievement for a team who for many hadn’t rowed before this evening. Thank you to all the children for getting stuck in at the last minute and having a go!

Cross-Country - September 2018

We took three teams of children to take part in a cross-country competition at Sutton Lawn. All the children had amazing races and their placings combined to make a team score. The Year 2 boys team came 3rd overall with Oliwier coming 4th our of all the boys. The Year 3/4 girls team work hard together and came 6th. The Year 3/4 boys were the last to run but worth waiting for. They put in a great performance and won the silver medal! A great afternoon was had by all and what a super start to this years School Games!

Heathy Living Workshops

During sports week, each class had a workshop about eating and staying healthy. We took part in activities to help us understand how to eat a healthy diet and the effects of different foods on our body. We also learnt that we need to exercise for an hour a day! We enjoyed taking part in some fun activities in the sunshine too.

Judo Workshops

On Wednesday we had Steve, from Judo1st, in school to lead some judo sessions with our classes. We had a great time learning about the discipline involved with the sport Judo and how to do some of the holds and throws. The children had a great time and we are hoping to continue to offer Judo after school sessions in September.

Dance Workshops

On Tuesday, each class took part in a dance work shop with Cara. She had half an hour with each group, to teaching them a dance routine to a favourite song of ours, 'This Is Me'. The children picked up the steps incredibly quickly and performed amazingly well during our whole school performance at the end of the day. Well done everyone, we are so proud of you!

Sports Relief

On the 23rd March we took part in a challenge to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. We ran, skipped and walked the distance over the week and finished the challenge altogether on Friday. Great work Dalestorth

Boccia School Games

On Wednesday Maxwell, Holly and Kaiden represented Dalestorth in  Boccia School Games competition at Sutton Academy. They had a wonderful afternoon, getting to try a sport new to them and playing against a variety of other schools. They showed a great attitude toward competitive sport, trying their best and not giving up! Well done everyone.

John Radford Football Competition

On Tuesday we took a team of Year 4 and 5 children to compete in a football tournament at the One Call Stadium, home of Mansfield Town Football Club. The boys worked really hard as a team and all pitched in to play in positions they wouldn't normally. We won, drew and lost some games and came 4th overall. We are really proud of their attitude; they never gave up, never moaned in the cold and rain and never grumbled about being a sub or playing in goal! Well done lads, a shining example of Dalestorth children.

High Fives Netball

Out netball team took part in the second of three netball league evenings at Sutton Academy tonight, Thursday 15th of March. After a hard set of games last week, the team worked hard in training on Tuesday and this has paid off. They won both their matches this evening, 4-1 and 5-3. What a great improvement! Well done for all your hard work netballers. Keep it up for the next set of games.

Futsal - School Games Competition

On Wednesday 14th March these year 3 and 4 children took part in a Futsal competition at Sutton Academy. They showed amazing team work skills and persevered when things were not always going our way. We came joint fourth, a good effort for our first outing together. Well Done boys!

SWIM GALA CHAMPIONS!

Tuesday 13th February saw our Swim Gala team become champions.

Benjamin Kelly, Liam Newman, George Green, Rebecca Darrington, Sophie Dallison, Caitlin Heathcote, Sam Young, Macey Ashley-Smith, Heidi Dallison, Jake Baugh Stanley Milasinovich, Liam Hill, Thomas Barnett, Brodie Butlin , Callum Watson, Evie-Rose Hatton , Liv Cudworth, Imogen Owen.

All represented school and swam superbly. A huge thank you to Mrs Hill and Miss Adams for selecting the team and organising the gala. I also want to congratulate and thank you as parents for your support as I understand spectating was tricky and you all worked as a team to ensure everyone got to see their children. The swim team showed off their medals and the trophy today in assembly. Swimming is much becoming ‘Dalestorth’s sport’ and we are very proud.

Cross-Country District Finals

Lily Carver and Rebecca Darrington represented the Ashfield District in the district finals at Wollaton Hall on Saturday 3^rd February. They qualified for this last year by coming in the top twelve of their qualifying race. They had a wonderful time, despite the mud and did Ashfield and Dalestorth proud. Lily came 37^th and Rebecca 83^rd out of over 100 runners.

Spring Competitions

We will soon be starting with the spring terms Sainsbury's School Games Competitions. This will include indoor rowing, sportshall athletics and futsal.

Autumn Term Medal Table

A great term of competitions for us, earning four medals in Autumn.

Potted Sports 2017- What a blast!

Tuesday afternoon saw all the school head out for an afternoons sporting fun. There were 28 groups in total all pulling together to gather as many points as possible and have as much fun as possible.

There was also an individual challenge of the standing jump- we will find out who has leapt to fame later.

Thanks to all the adults who came out to help set-up and lead groups. Top job by Mrs Heathcote in getting all the groups organised. We will find out at Praise Assembly which team/country gathered the most points. A sterling effort by all and lots of fun too!

Enjoy looking at the photos of the day - the music kept is all going.

Special Olympics

Holly Evans took part in a Special Olympics event at Lammas Leisure Centre.  Holly took part in wheel chair basketball, football and Boccia.  She had a super time, was awarded a medal and got to meet Gold Paralympic medallist Ollie Hind.

Lucia runs against Nottinghamshire's finest

On Saturday 4th February, Lucia Light in Year 6 ran against the fastest qualifiers from all over the county on a bright but cold morning at Wollaton Park. Lucia placed 14th, which was a great outcome. Running over parkland, with climbs and descents covering 1.5km, the pace was fast. It was great Lucia was able to run this year as she had qualified in a previous year but had failed to run due to sickness. On Sunday Lucia was due to compete in a mixed martial arts competition- what a busy weekend for one of Dalestorth's most gifted athletes. Well done Lucia!

Handball ! Dalestorth play with spirit and secure a 3rd place spot

On Monday 14th November at Sutton Centre Academy twenty Dalestorth handball players faced off against local schools. Such was the desire to play that we were able to field two teams!

Year 6 were represented by: Abigail, Ella, Bryony, Gabrielle, Emma, Saberah, Grace, Sienna, Asha, Jessie, Casey, Mason, Liam, Robert, Kyan & George.

Year 5 players to step-up and play were: Ashton, Connor & Oscar.

A big well done to all- a really enjoyable tournament and a chance to put into practice the skills needed in Handball.

X-Country Success at the Ashfield Qualifiers!

On Thursday 6th of October Year 5 and 6 cross-country runners from Dalestorth lined up against over 300 pupils from other local schools. The girls were represented by: Lucia and Abigail from Y6; Rebecca, Abbie, Evie, Caitlin, Amelia, Edith & Mia from Y5. The boys, who consisted of two conscripts and one X-Country Club member, were Charlie, Lewis and Mason from Y6.

The Dalestorth girls finished 2nd overall, which is the first time we have placed in the medals as a school. Lucia secured personal victory with first place! She led from half-way and nearly caught the lead-out runner.

The boys did well, despite losing shoes, struggling to remove jogging bottoms and not enjoying wearing the cross-country vests. A plucky performance all round. Thanks to Mason and Lewis for agreeing to support Charlie as part of the squad.

Thanks to all the parents that came and supported. Ms Smith and Miss Layton can feel proud of the clubs achievements this term.

Quick cricket takes time

In the Summer Term many children took part in the Kwik-Cricket events taking place across the local area. Organised by 'Chance to Shine' the events were for Upper Juniors and Lower Juniors. Dalestorth took mixed teams to both and the children performed with determination and skill. They practised in their rest time and improved- eventually wining a game. The pictures are courtesy of Alex Solis's grandfather.

Year 2 compete in Sports Hall Athletics

On Monday 23rd of May twelve Year 2 children took part in a competition against other local schools. The event was held at Sutton Centre Academy in the afternoon. The children were brilliant and gave it their all! They had all manner of challenges: relays, speed-bounce, standing-jump, javelin, target throw...

Miss Layton and Mr Rumsby were proud to be part of this team. Thanks to all the parents that helped and came along to support. Overall we placed 4th and the relay races were closely contested.

Girls Netball Team on Target!

Dalestorth's Netball Team played with spirit and determination. The team drew twice and then won convincingly in their final match. Mrs Curran and Mrs Claxton were very proud of the performance the girls put in. Well done to them all. The team places 4th overall.

Sainsbury's School Games Tennis Competition.

On Monday 12th October 4 children took part in a tennis competition at Sutton Academy, with Miss Layton. The year five children were eager to participate this year, after missing out on a previous competition! Miss Layton reports that they played brilliantly and were a credit to the school. They came 3rd within their group, narrowly missing out on some wins at times. Well done everyone! 

Sainsbury's School Games Cross Country Competition

On Thursday 8th October Mr Rumsby and Miss Layton took a strong team of 18 children to compete in the Sainsbury's School Games Cross Country Competition at Ashfield School. They had been training hard in the weeks leading up to the competition and were eager to show off their skills and new kit! We entered two girls teams and a boys team, with all children running the same distance. There were approximately 150 runners in each competition and our children did amazingly well, with lots of them finishing in the top 50. Lucia came 5th out of all the girls and will now go on to represent the school and district at the district finals in February 2016! Rebecca and Lily also did an amazing job, especially as they were running against some girls who are two years older. Our girls team came 4th out of the 25 schools that entered! Amazing team work! Our boys team well too, with Alistair making the top 20 for the second year in a row. Well done to all the children who took part, you did us all proud and we can't wait to see how the team develops ready for next years competition.

Tag-Rugby District Finals 5th October 2015

The Year 6 team took part in the district finals at Polly Bowls Sports Ground on Monday evening. They played against five other teams, who had also all won their group stage, to progress to the finals. They put on another evening of superb performances, scoring lots of well executed  tries. We gained 7 points in the finals and came 6th overall. 6th in our district!! An amazing achievement to be proud of. Well done team Dalestorth, as always, a pleasure to take out of school. 

Tag-Rugby Qualifier - 29th Sept 2015

We took part in the qualifying round of the Tag-Rugby competition at Ashfield School. We took 10 superbly behaved Year 6 pupils to represent us and they did us proud. In our group we played four matches, winning three of these and losing only one. We were crowned group winners, with 10 points and now advance into the district finals on Monday 5th October. The children played amazingly well as a team, supporting and encouraging each other where needed. They played the best tag-rugby I have seen us play here at Dalestorth in a long time, and couldn't be prouder of them right now! Well done everyone - bring on the finals on Monday!

We have enjoyed a wide range of Sports events, competitions and festivals already this year including: Football, Tag Rugby, Rowing, Cross Country, Table Tennis and the Swimming Gala in which we came 3rd...

Watch this space now for news..

Wednesday 8th July - Sainsbury's School Games Day.

The whole school, from FS2 to Year 6 took part in a wide variety of team competitions. All the children worked hard for their team, trying to collect as many points as possible! We had great fun, helping and supporting each other and managed to escape the rain!

Results to follow!

Dalestorth Football Victory

On Thursday 18^th June the Year 5 and 6 football team took part in a tournament at Sutton Road School. The children took part in 6 matches’ against schools from Sutton and Mansfield, winning five of these and drawing one. This made us overall WINNERS! The team played incredible together, the best we have ever seen them play. We had lots of children scoring some fabulous goal, one even taken from the half way line! We had a super defence and our keeper was amazing, managing to stop all the shots bar one!  A great job done! We are all so proud of your team work and commitment, especially after a busy week for lots of you.

 A massive thank you again to the staff and parents for all their help and support.  It is very much appreciated.

The Year 6 Local School Kwik-Cricket Competition!

We played fair, we played hard, we improved and we had fun!

We didn't make it through to the regionals...this time.