SCHOOL GAMES GOLD STANDARD AWARD
June 2023
Following another very successful sporting year, we are delighted to announce that we have again achieved the School Games Gold award.
This is in recognition of our fantastic extra-curricular PE and sport program and our students’ positive engagement with the sporting opportunities on offer.
The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition across their school and into the community, and we are delighted to have been recognised for our success.
We would like to thank the PE staff for their commitment to providing such a rich set of sporting opportunities and experiences for our students and giving up their time to nurture talent and instil a love of sport.
Over the last two weeks’ our Year 10 boys’ football team have competed in two finals where they have displayed many of our school values. Having technically been the better team, dominating the game and showing the resilience to come back from two goals down against Garforth, it was heartbreaking to watch them lose on penalties at the South Leeds Stadium before half-term.
However, we couldn’t have been more proud of how they put this disappointment behind them and how they responded so positively to their defeat in their following match at Elland Road where they faced Wetherby School in their second final of the season – the U15 Leeds City Cup. Following a spirited first half, IGS came back from 2-1 down to win by 5 goals to 2, displaying not only their footballing talent and work ethic but also resilience, discipline and pride.
Congratulations to the whole team and to the Year 7 and 9 teams who also won their finals and have been a credit to the school.
Congratulations to the PE department and all the students at IGS for competing in local inter-school competitions this year.
We are extremely proud of our pupils for their dedication to all aspects of school sport, including those young volunteers, leaders and officials who made our competitions possible.
IGS 2022-23 Sporting Participation:
| SPORT | LOCATION | FIXTURE | RESULT |
| Football | Regional | Leeds Schools City Cup | Boys U15 - Winners |
| Boys U14 - Quarter finalists | |||
| Boys U12 - 2nd round | |||
| Girls U14 - Winners | |||
| Football | Regional | Champions of Leeds (League) Cup | Boys U15 - Finalists |
| Boys U14 Winners | |||
| Boys U13 - 1st round | |||
| Boys U12 - Winners | |||
| Football | Regional | Leeds Schools - Merit Table | Girls U14 - Winners |
| Football | Regional | Leeds North West CV League | Boys U15 Leeds League Winners |
| Boys U14 - 2nd place | |||
| Boys U13 - 5th place | |||
| Boys U16 - 4th place | |||
| Boys U12 Leeds League Winners | |||
| Football | National | English Schools B Teams Cup | Y8 Girls - 3rd round |
| Football | Regional | Year 7 B team Tournament Vs OPHGS | Winners |
| Football | National | English Schools National Cup | Boys U18 - In the last 32 |
| Boys U15 - In the last 16 | |||
| Boys U14A - In the last 64 | |||
| Boys U14B - 1st round | |||
| Tennis | National | LTA National Glanville Cup, Nottingham | Boys Team - Finalists. Competing with final 16 teams on 27-30 June 2023. |
| Girls team - first round match. | |||
| Tennis | Regional | Northern Finals | Y7/8 Boys - 3rd place. |
| Tennis | Regional | Harrogate District LTA Schools League | Y7/8 Boys - currently competing. |
| Y9/10 Boys - currently competing. | |||
| Y9/10 Girls - currently competing. | |||
| Northern knockout qualification takes place in Sep-23 | |||
| Gymnastics | National | British Schools' National Championships | U14 Women's Pair Routine - 4th place |
| U19 Women's Pair Routine - 7th place | |||
| U19 Women's Group Routine - 5th place. | |||
| Gymnastics | Regional | Yorkshire Championships | U14 Women's Pair Routine - Winners |
| U19 Women's Pair Routine - Winners | |||
| U19 Women's Group Routine - Winners | |||
| Golf | IGS initiative | IGS Ryder Cup | Student and staff inaugural event. |
| 20 students and 8 staff competing in mixed teams. | |||
| Golf | Regional | Yorkshire Schools Championship | Junior Girl - Winner |
| Team Finals - 3rd place | |||
| Cricket | Regional | Joe Root Yorkshire Cup | Boys - Round 2 Qualifiers |
| Cricket | Regional | Inspire Sport trophy | U14 Boys - Quarter finalists - Match on 22/06/23 |
| Cricket | Regional | Yorkshire Cup |
U14 Boys - Finalists |
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U15 Boys - first round match |
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U15 Girls - Finalists |
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| U13 Girls - 4th place in Finals | |||
| Cricket | Regional | Hard Ball Cricket | U15 Girls - first round match |
| Hockey | Regional | Yorkshire Cup Tournament | U18 Boys - 7th in Yorkshire Tournament |
| U15 Boys - 4th in Yorkshire Tournament | |||
| U14 Boys - Winners | |||
| U14 - 5th place | |||
| Hockey | Regional | North of England Finals | U14 Boys - North of England Champions |
| Hockey | National | Schools Competition - National Finals | U14 Boys - Final Round Qualifiers |
| Netball | Regional | Bradford District Netball League | U12A - League Winners |
| U12B - 7th place | |||
| U13A - 3rd place | |||
| U13B - 11th place | |||
| U14A - League Winners | |||
| U14B - 8th place | |||
| U15A - League Winners | |||
| U15B - 6th place | |||
| Senior A - 3rd place | |||
| Senior B - 8th place | |||
| Rugby | Regional | Yorkshire Cup | Y10 - Semi Final place |
| Y8 Rugby 7s Teams A & B - 10th & 11th place | |||
| Cross Country | Regional | Bradford Schools Championships | Inter Girls - Gold Medal |
| Inter Boys Team - Silver Medal | |||
| Junior Boys - Gold Medal | |||
| Junior Girls Team - Silver Medal | |||
| Cross Country | Regional | West Yorkshire Championships | 32 runners qualified |
| Cross Country | Regional | Keighley & Craven League | Y9/10 Boys/Girls - Team Champions |
| Cross Country | National | National Senior Boys (Y9+) | 7th place in Yorkshire round |
| Mixed | IGS initiative | Ben Rhydding Primary Y5 Sports Day | Y13 Higher Sports Leadership - inaugural event Sports leaders plan, co-ordinate and lead a full days activities. |
