Sports News

Sports News

The school is rightly proud of its sporting traditions and legacy. Our facilities are excellent, as are the numerous sporting activities, clubs and teams that students can get involved in. We currently offer clubs and teams for:

Sports

2022/23 Academic Year

House Sports Results 2023

Date: 1st February 2023

Well done to all involved in the house sports events that took place in January, the attitude shown by all students was excellent. Everyone who...

2022/23 Academic Year

Year 7 Netball League Fixtures

Date: 31st January 2023

Playing together as a team for the first time was both nerve racking and exciting. We worked hard in training getting to know each other...

2022/23 Academic Year

Year 8 Netball League Fixtures

Date: 31st January 2023

Our first match this week was against South Molton: a team we have beaten before, although the 1st half of the match was quite tough....

2022/23 Academic Year

Year 10 Netball League Fixtures

Date: 31st January 2023

On Tuesday 31st January, the Year 10 netball team played Braunton and South Molton. The Braunton game was a friendly with the Park team experimenting...

2022/23 Academic Year

Student Sport Achievement: Max Ridyard

Date: 26th January 2023

Max Ridyard, through a tremendous amount of hard work, determination and discipline, has been invited to attend the ‘Presidential Classic Invitational Gymnastics Competition’ in the...

2022/23 Academic Year

England vs Jamaica Netball Trip

Date: 14th January 2023

On Saturday 14th January, a group of forty netballers travelled to London to watch the England Roses vs the Jamaica Sunshine in a netball match....

2022/23 Academic Year

Year 7 Netball League Fixtures

Date: 24th January 2023

Opponents: Braunton, GTS and Ilfracombe The Year 7s had an excellent start to their school netball career with two wins against Ilfracombe (11-1) and GTS...

2022/23 Academic Year

Premier League Trip

Date: 14th January 2023

On the weekend of the 14th & 15th of January, we took forty-five students to London to watch two football matches, Watford v Blackpool and...

2022/23 Academic Year

Game Week 1: Year 9 Rugby Team vs Braunton

Date: 17th January 2023

Good result from the Year 9 boys this week at home to Braunton. The lads worked hard to win the match 35-19 after Braunton went...

2022/23 Academic Year

Game Week 1: Year 7 Rugby Team vs Braunton

Date: 17th January 2023

Park’s rugby season started with a tough fixture at home to Braunton Academy. Braunton narrowly beat Park in the recent North Devon Schools Football Final,...

2022/23 Academic Year

Year 9 Netball Tournament

Date: 1st December 2022

On Thursday 1st December, the Year 9 Netball B team played in a tournament against Pilton, Braunton and Ilfracombe. All the girls played really well...

2022/23 Academic Year

Year 7 Football Tournament

Date: 29th November 2022

The last football event for Park in 2022 was a B Team Football Tournament on home turf. The teams were selected due to their efforts...

Athletics

2014/15 Academic Year

North Devon Schools Athletics Championships 2015

Date: 13th May 2015

Date: Wednesday, 13 May, 2015 Wednesday 13th May saw an impressive display of talent from Park School compete in the North Devon Schools Athletics Championships...

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2016/17 Academic Year

Indoor Athletics 2017

Date: 3rd April 2017

Date: Monday, 3 April, 2017 The year 8 mixed team came 2nd in the North Devon competition, which meant they travelled to Plymouth Life Centre...

2016/17 Academic Year

Devon Schools Athletics Championships

Date: 17th May 2017

Date: Wednesday, 17 May, 2017 On 17th May 2017, Park School entered the North Devon Schools Athletics Championships. The teams were made up of Year...

2017/18 Academic Year

Year 8 North Devon Schools Indoor Athletics Winners

Date: 19th January 2018

Date: Friday, 19 January, 2018 The North Devon Schools Indoor Athletics competition took place at GTS on Friday 19th January. The team comprised of 6...

Cross Country Running

2021/22 Academic Year

English Schools Cross Country Success!

Date: 19th March 2022

Last weekend, three Park School students, Christopher Oliviera, Max Standen and Caleb Pirie, travelled to Kent to represent Devon in the English Schools Cross Country...

2015/16 Academic Year

South West Schools Cross-Country

Date: 16th January 2016

Seventeen Park students qualified to represent North Devon in the County schools cross-country on Saturday 16th January. Excellent effort by all those who took part...

2019/20 Academic Year

English Schools Cross Country Cup National Final

Date: 10th December 2019

Congratulations to the Park Community School Year 7 and 8 Cross Country team who were the only state school team to reach the English Schools...

2015/16 Academic Year

Park’s Hat-Trick!

Date: 5th October 2015

It was another massive win for Park School in the annual Stephen Shield cross country competition at Torrington this term. The event is entered by...

2016/17 Academic Year

English Schools Cross Country

Date: 5th October 2016

Date: Wednesday, 5 October, 2016 Park School travelled to Downside School in Radstock, Somerset to take part in the English Schools Cross Country for the...

Football

2022/23 Academic Year

Premier League Trip

Date: 14th January 2023

On the weekend of the 14th & 15th of January, we took forty-five students to London to watch two football matches, Watford v Blackpool and...

2022/23 Academic Year

Year 7 Football Tournament

Date: 29th November 2022

The last football event for Park in 2022 was a B Team Football Tournament on home turf. The teams were selected due to their efforts...

2022/23 Academic Year

North Devon Schools Football Final: Year 10 vs Braunton

Date: 24th November 2022

After only winning 1 out of 2 trophies prior to this match. Everyone involved with Park football were keen to see Mr Phillips’ side go...

2022/23 Academic Year

North Devon Schools Football Final: Year 11 vs Braunton

Date: 23rd November 2022

This year’s final was set to be a brilliant contest between two teams that have faced each other multiple times since Year 7. There was...

2022/23 Academic Year

North Devon Schools Football Final: Year 7 Park vs Braunton

Date: 22nd November 2022

The last game of the football season provided a magnificent opportunity for Park’s Year 7s to bring home the North Devon Schools Football trophy. Archie...

2022/23 Academic Year

FA Schools Football Cup: Park vs Priory Community School

Date: 15th November 2022

Weston-Super-Mare was the destination for the Year 11s fixture in the FA Schools Cup. Park faced Priory Community College and only a win would take...

2022/23 Academic Year

North Devon Football Group Stage: Year 9 vs Chulmleigh

Date: 17th October 2022

After a very windy trip down the back roads to Chulmleigh, Park lined up for the last game of the tournament knowing a victory was...

2022/23 Academic Year

North Devon Football Group Stage: Year 10 vs Chulmleigh

Date: 17th October 2022

Not only were the Year 10s unbeaten leading up to the Chulmleigh fixture, they had also not conceded a single goal! An incredible record that...

2022/23 Academic Year

North Devon Football Group Stage: Year 8 vs Chulmleigh

Date: 18th October 2022

The last group fixture for Year 8 was a great opportunity to build some form and move on from last week’s disappointing result against Bideford....

2022/23 Academic Year

North Devon Football Group Stage: Year 7 vs Chulmleigh

Date: 17th October 2022

Year 7 were aiming to finish their first term at Park unbeaten. Winning against Great Torrington School and Bideford was the perfect start, but Chulmleigh...

2021/22 Academic Year

Devon Football Star

Date: 20th March 2022

Park Student Leo Barraball was chosen out of thousands of 16 year olds in the county to represent Devon in a football match against Cornwall....

2017/18 Academic Year

More Gold Medals for Girls Football

Date: 27th April 2018

Big congratulations to our Year 7 Girls Football team for becoming the North Devon Champions. The girls did themselves proud with their fantastic attitude and...

Gymnastics

2022/23 Academic Year

Student Sport Achievement: Max Ridyard

Date: 26th January 2023

Max Ridyard, through a tremendous amount of hard work, determination and discipline, has been invited to attend the ‘Presidential Classic Invitational Gymnastics Competition’ in the...

2018/19 Academic Year

South West Floor and Vault Competition Results

Date: 4th March 2019

On Sunday 3rd March 2019, 21 students represented Park at the South West Floor & Vault competition at Kingsley, Bideford. The standard at the competition...

2016/17 Academic Year

Devon Schools Gym Competition 2017

Date: 25th March 2017

Date: Saturday, 25 March, 2017 On Saturday 25th March, 41 gymnasts represented Park School at the North Devon Schools Gymnastics Competition, held at Falcons Academy....

2016/17 Academic Year

Gymnastics Success for Park!

Date: 24th April 2017

Date: Monday, 24 April, 2017 On Saturday 25th March, 41 gymnasts represented Park School at the North Devon Schools Gymnastics Competition, held at Falcons Academy....

Gymnastics

North Devon Schools Gymnastics competition

Date: 1st March 2020

On Sunday 1st March 2020, Park School competed in the North Devon Schools Gymnastics competition held at Kingsley School, Bideford. Fifty gymnasts took part and...

2019/20 Academic Year

North Devon Schools Gymnastics competition

Date: 1st March 2020

On Sunday 1st March 2020, Park School competed in the North Devon Schools Gymnastics competition held at Kingsley School, Bideford. Fifty gymnasts took part and...

Horse Riding

2021/22 Academic Year

Equine Excellence

Date: 29th April 2022

Last weekend a group of students represented the school in competition as The Park Community School Show Jumping Team, under the guidance of Ms Beaman....

Netball

2022/23 Academic Year

Year 7 Netball League Fixtures

Date: 31st January 2023

Playing together as a team for the first time was both nerve racking and exciting. We worked hard in training getting to know each other...

2022/23 Academic Year

Year 8 Netball League Fixtures

Date: 31st January 2023

Our first match this week was against South Molton: a team we have beaten before, although the 1st half of the match was quite tough....

2022/23 Academic Year

Year 10 Netball League Fixtures

Date: 31st January 2023

On Tuesday 31st January, the Year 10 netball team played Braunton and South Molton. The Braunton game was a friendly with the Park team experimenting...

2022/23 Academic Year

England vs Jamaica Netball Trip

Date: 14th January 2023

On Saturday 14th January, a group of forty netballers travelled to London to watch the England Roses vs the Jamaica Sunshine in a netball match....

2022/23 Academic Year

Year 7 Netball League Fixtures

Date: 24th January 2023

Opponents: Braunton, GTS and Ilfracombe The Year 7s had an excellent start to their school netball career with two wins against Ilfracombe (11-1) and GTS...

2022/23 Academic Year

Year 9 Netball Tournament

Date: 1st December 2022

On Thursday 1st December, the Year 9 Netball B team played in a tournament against Pilton, Braunton and Ilfracombe. All the girls played really well...

2022/23 Academic Year

Our Year 11’s Last Netball Fixtures

Date: 22nd November 2022

On Tuesday 22nd November, our Year 11 netball team played their last fixtures for Park. They played Great Torrington School in the first match and...

2022/23 Academic Year

North Devon Netball League: Year 10

Date: 18th October 2022

Year 10 had a tough friendly against Braunton, after drawing with them two weeks ago it was a shame to come away with a 13-8...

2021/22 Academic Year

Silver Success for our Year 8 Netballers

Date: 24th March 2022

On Thursday, there was more netball at Park, with the Year 8s playing in the North Devon Netball Tournament. The A team smashed it in...

2021/22 Academic Year

3rd Place for our Year 7 Netball A Team

On Tuesday, the Year 7 A and B teams played in the North Devon Tournament at Park. The A team got through to the semi-finals...

2019/20 Academic Year

U13 North Devon Netball Tournament 2020

Date: 4th March 2021

On Wednesday 4th March, 2020 our year 8 Netball team had their North Devon Netball Tournament. Another sporting fixture taking place in awful weather conditions,...

2014/15 Academic Year

U12 ND Schools Netball A & B Champions

Date: 17th March 2015

Date: Tuesday, 17 March, 2015 Both the A and B Team won their tournament On Tuesday 17th March, the North Devon Schools Year 7 Netball...

Rugby

2022/23 Academic Year

Game Week 1: Year 9 Rugby Team vs Braunton

Date: 17th January 2023

Good result from the Year 9 boys this week at home to Braunton. The lads worked hard to win the match 35-19 after Braunton went...

2022/23 Academic Year

Game Week 1: Year 7 Rugby Team vs Braunton

Date: 17th January 2023

Park’s rugby season started with a tough fixture at home to Braunton Academy. Braunton narrowly beat Park in the recent North Devon Schools Football Final,...

2022/23 Academic Year

Year 11 Rugby Tournament at West Buckland

Date: 16th November 2022

Year 11 started their Rugby pre-season with a trip to West Buckland for a tournament against some familiar faces. Most of Bideford RFC’s Under 16s...

2021/22 Academic Year

Year 10 Rugby Semi-Finals

Date: 23rd March 2022

The Year 10 rugby team looked to finish the season with a high on Wednesday when they travelled to Chulmleigh for the North Devon Schools...

2021/22 Academic Year

Waterfall Rugby Tournament

Date: 22nd March 2022

The Year 8 Rugby team continued their successful run on Tuesday during the North Devon Waterfall Tournament. The boys were unbeaten throughout the tournament, with...

2018/19 Academic Year

Year 9 Rugby Team are North Devon Champions!

Congratulations to the Year 9 Rugby team who were crowned North Devon Champions on Wednesday 27th March, 2019

2019/20 Academic Year

North Devon Rugby Festival 2020

Date: 28th February 2020

On Friday 28th February Mr Blanchard and Mrs Whiskin took fifteen U13 girls to the North Devon Rugby Festival. In absolutely horrendous conditions, they played...

2014/15 Academic Year

U13’s Girls Rugby Festival

Date: 28th January 2015

Rugby is known for its rough and tough action and girls rugby is no exception! 10 of our Year 7 & 8’s took part in...

2016/17 Academic Year

Girls’ Rugby 2017

Date: 1st March 2017

Date: Wednesday, 1 March, 2017 Well done to the U13’s and the U15’s Girls’ Rugby team. Both teams went to Topsham RFC to represent North...

2016/17 Academic Year

Double Rugby Champions 2017

Date: 4th August 2017

Date: Tuesday, 4 April, 2017 Under 15’s Team Park School boys team are Double Champions and ready to represent North Devon in the County Semi...

2016/17 Academic Year

New School Rugby Team Kit

Date: 14th June 2017

Date: Wednesday, 14 June, 2017 The PE department would like to thank the Friends of Park and Devon Active Sports for their contribution towards the...

2017/18 Academic Year

U14s and U15s in Rugby School Cup Final

Date: 10th January 2018

Date: Wednesday, 10 January, 2018 Match Report byTeam Captain Ryan Smale On Tuesday 9th January, Year 10 rugby team competed in the school cup county...

Swimming

2014/15 Academic Year

Interhouse Swimming Gala Results

Date: 3rd February 2021

It was a fantastic day of competitive swimming. There were some very close races and all the swimmers did their absolute best for their House....

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Sports

Interhouse Swimming Gala 2015 Results

It was a fantastic day of competitive swimming. There were some very close races and ALL the swimmers did their absolute best for their House....

2016/17 Academic Year

Qualified as a Swimming Teacher

Date: 5th June 2017

Date: Monday, 5 June, 2017 Year 11 student Emily Bousted have recently passed and qualified as Level 2 Swimming Teacher with the Swimming Teachers Association....