Image of Year 7 Netball
28 March 2025

Year 7 Netball

On Monday 24th March, 10 of our Year 7 girls competed in the District Netball Tournament held at All Hallows.

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28 March 2025

Year 7 & 8 Dance

On Thursday 27th March, 10 of our Year 7 & 8 girls competed in the District Secondary Schools' Dance Competition held at Worden Academy.

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17 March 2025

Sporting Sisters!

We are very proud of Ava and Sophie with their ongoing hockey success.

Image of Year 11 Boys Reach the South Ribble Cup Final!
27 February 2025

Year 11 Boys Reach the South Ribble Cup Final!

Our Year 11 boys' football team were in action again, on Wednesday 26th February, in the South Ribble Cup.

Image of Year 7 Football Team Through to the Lancashire County Finals!
15 January 2025

Year 7 Football Team Through to the Lancashire County Finals!

A huge well done to our Year 7 boys who beat Ripley St Thomas 7 - 2 to reach the Lancashire Schools County Finals! They faced a strong team in Ripley however Balshaw's completely outclassed them in terms of teamwork and thoroughly deserved the win.

Image of Leon's Success in Taekwondo
20 December 2024

Leon's Success in Taekwondo

We are very proud of Leon who has recently been promoted to 1st Dan in Taekwondo.

Image of Superb Swimming!
20 December 2024

Superb Swimming!

On Tuesday 10th December, a number of our students represented Balshaw’s at the South Ribble Swim Gala.

Image of Year 9 Football Tournament
18 December 2024

Year 9 Football Tournament

On Wednesday 11th December, a group of our Year 9 students went to Penwortham Priory to take part in a Year 9 B team tournament.

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16 December 2024

Terrific Trampolining

On Sunday 30th November, four of our amazing students; Esme, Lily, Lucy and Stephen, represented Balshaw’s in The North West Regional Trampolining competition, that took place at Robin Park in Wigan.

Image of Year 7 Boys Progress in the Lancashire Cup
12 December 2024

Year 7 Boys Progress in the Lancashire Cup

On Tuesday 10th December, our Year 7 boys’ football team played in the next stage of the Lancashire Cup. They beat Unity College with an impressive 4-0 result.

Image of Fabulous Football!
10 December 2024

Fabulous Football!

On Monday 9th December, some of our Year 7 boys were taken to represent Balshaw’s at a B-team football tournament, at Penwortham Priory.

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5 December 2024

Lancashire Netball Tournament

Our U14 Netball team competed in a Lancashire tournament on 12th November at Stonyhurst College.

Image of Year 8 Girls' Fabulous Football!
25 November 2024

Year 8 Girls' Fabulous Football!

On Tuesday 19th November, our Year 8 girls' football team took part in the 7-a-side South Ribble tournament.

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25 November 2024

Northwest Regional Schools Trampoline Competition

We are delighted to share that news that some of our students are taking part in the Northwest Regional Schools trampoline competition, that is taking place at Robin Park in Wigan on Saturday 30th November.

Image of Lancashire Schools Cup Football Success
18 November 2024

Lancashire Schools Cup Football Success

Congratulations to our Year 7 boys football team who have progressed from the group stage of the Lancashire Schools Cup.

Image of South Ribble Cross Country Competition
18 November 2024

South Ribble Cross Country Competition

A huge well done to all the Year 7, 8 and 9 students, who represented Balshaw's at the South Ribble Cross Country competition, on Saturday 16th November

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6 November 2024

Boccia Challenge

Once again our competitors and leaders made us all proud, being shining examples of Balshavians at our Boccia event on Wednesday 30th October.

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6 November 2024

Superb Swimming!

On the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd November, 2024, two of our fantastic students competed at the Swim England North West Winter Regional Championships. To get to compete at this event is an achievement in itself as the age category is U16 and requires swimmers to achieve extremely quick qualifying times!

Image of Year 10 & 11 Girls' Football Team Success!
5 November 2024

Year 10 & 11 Girls' Football Team Success!

Our Year 10 and 11 girls' football team were in 7-a-side action on Monday 4th November at Leyland St.Mary's.

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1 November 2024

Great Start for our Year 7 Girls' Football Team

Our Year 7 girls had their first football fixture on Thursday 31st November.

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18 October 2024

Panathlon Multi Sports Challenge

We hosted a Panathlon Multi Sports Challenge on Wednesday 9th October.

Image of Year 9 Fabulous Football
14 October 2024

Year 9 Fabulous Football

Our Year 9 boys' football team have had back to back games recently!

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8 October 2024

Amazing Athletics

A big well done to our U16 athletes who travelled to UCLAN sports arena to compete in the South Ribble Schools competition.

Image of First Fixture for New Year 7 Football Squad
8 October 2024

First Fixture for New Year 7 Football Squad

We had almost 80 Year 7 students turn up to our trials for our Year 7 football team, which was amazing, but also very difficult to select an initial squad from! After three weeks of successive trials a squad of 13 was selected for our first fixture against Leyland St Marys in the South Ribble Schools League. 

Image of Sam Shines on the International Golf Stage
25 September 2024

Sam Shines on the International Golf Stage

We are very proud to celebrate the outstanding achievements of Sam W, a Year 11, who has recently made a significant mark in the world of golf.

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6 September 2024

Superstar Phoebe

We are delighted to share the news that Phoebe L, in Year 8, has been a real superstar in the fabulous world of cheerleading.

Image of Brilliant BMX Year for Finley!
19 July 2024

Brilliant BMX Year for Finley!

We are immensely proud of Finley, in Year 9, who we know has been competing in BMX competitions since he was 5 years old!

Image of Cricket Friendly Success!
19 July 2024

Cricket Friendly Success!

Our Year 7 & 8 Cricket team played in their first hardball fixture on 8th July. They played against a mixed Hutton team with both A and B team players fielding for the opposition.

Image of Sam's Golfing Success
18 July 2024

Sam's Golfing Success

We were delighted to hear that Sam, in Year 10, has achieved great success with his golf recently by coming first in the National Championships at Lincoln Golf Club.

Image of Year 8 Boys' Football Team 3rd in the League!
28 June 2024

Year 8 Boys' Football Team 3rd in the League!

On Thursday 23rd May, our Year 8 boys played out their final fixture of the football season against Leyland St.Mary’s.

Image of South Ribble U13s Cricket Success
26 June 2024

South Ribble U13s Cricket Success

Our Year 7 and 8 Cricket team were in action, on Thursday 13th June, at Penwortham Priory.

Image of South Ribble U14 Girls' 11-a-side Football Champions!
26 June 2024

South Ribble U14 Girls' 11-a-side Football Champions!

Our U14 girls' football team took part in the South Ribble Cup this year, with this being the first year the competition has been held as a South Ribble High School community.

Image of Nifty Netball!
17 April 2024

Nifty Netball!

Congratulations and a big well done to our Year 9 Netball team who were Runners Up in the District Netball Tournament at All Hallows.

Image of Sophie's Superb Hockey Success
16 April 2024

Sophie's Superb Hockey Success

We were delighted to hear that Sophie R, in Year 7, has recently been selected to play for Lancashire U12 hockey squad.

Image of Beth's Biathlon Brilliance
15 April 2024

Beth's Biathlon Brilliance

Beth A, in Year 9, has been continuing with her superstar swimming and has now added running to her skillset!

Image of Year 7 Netball Tournament
26 March 2024

Year 7 Netball Tournament

On Thursday 21st March, our Year 7 netball teams took part in their first district tournament and performed really well.

Image of Year 8 and 9 Girls' Football Team Progress!
22 March 2024

Year 8 and 9 Girls' Football Team Progress!

On Thursday 21st March, Balshaw's hosted Lostock Hall in the Under 14s girls' Lancashire Cup quarter-finals.

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7 March 2024

Amazing Athletics!

On Monday 4th March, our Year 7 & 8 girls took part in the District Schools Sportshall Athletics Champs at All Hallows.

Image of Year 8 Boys' South Ribble Cup Progress
5 March 2024

Year 8 Boys' South Ribble Cup Progress

Our Year 8 boys’ football team played in the South Ribble Cup on Monday 4th March.

Image of Year 7 Girls' Football Friendly
1 March 2024

Year 7 Girls' Football Friendly

On Thursday 29th February, our Year 7 girls’ football team played in a friendly against Leyland St Mary’s.

Image of South Ribble Netball Champions!
26 February 2024

South Ribble Netball Champions!

During the week beginning 19th February, the Year 11s competed in the South Ribble netball tournament.

Image of Year 8 and 9 Girls' Football Team Success
23 February 2024

Year 8 and 9 Girls' Football Team Success

On Thursday 22nd February, our Year 8 and 9 girls’ football team played in their first ever South Ribble cup game.

Image of Girls' 5-a-side Succcess
9 February 2024

Girls' 5-a-side Succcess

Our girls’ football teams have been very busy representing school in the South Ribble 5-a-side indoor tournaments at All Hallow's recently.

Image of Lancashire County Cross Country Championships
6 February 2024

Lancashire County Cross Country Championships

It was a pleasure to go and support a number of our students on Saturday morning, as they represented South Ribble at the Lancashire County Cross Country Championships. 

Image of U13s Basketball Team Success
31 January 2024

U13s Basketball Team Success

On the 30th January our U13s basketball team attended the South Ribble tournament organised at Worden High School.

Image of Kiera's American Football Success!
31 January 2024

Kiera's American Football Success!

We were delighted to hear from former Balshavian Kiera recently when she shared exciting news about her American football success!

Image of Great Gymnastics!
25 January 2024

Great Gymnastics!

On Wednesday 24th January, 18 of our students competed in the South Ribble Schools Floor and Vault Gymnastics Championships at Worden Academy.

Image of U16 Girls' Football Team Progress in the Lancashire Cup
22 January 2024

U16 Girls' Football Team Progress in the Lancashire Cup

On Thursday 18th January, our U16s girls’ football team were in action in the quarter final of the Lancashire Cup against Bishop Rawstorne.

Image of Sam Selected for American Football GB Squad!
17 January 2024

Sam Selected for American Football GB Squad!

Congratulations to Sam C, in Year 11, who has been selected for the American Football U17 Great Britain squad.

Image of Year 7 Girls Through to Semi-finals of the Lancashire Cup!
15 January 2024

Year 7 Girls Through to Semi-finals of the Lancashire Cup!

After an impressive 3-0 win away at Bowland, we are delighted to say that our Year 7 girls’ football team made it through to the semi-finals of the Lancashire cup, on Thursday 11th January.

Image of U14s Basketball Lancashire Cup
14 December 2023

U14s Basketball Lancashire Cup

Well done to our U14s Basketball team, who travelled over to St Michaels in Chorley, to compete in the Lancashire Schools Cup.

Image of Sam Waddington Wins Prestigious Sanderson Golf Trophy
11 December 2023

Sam Waddington Wins Prestigious Sanderson Golf Trophy

We are very proud of Sam W, in Year 10, who was recently awarded the Sanderson Golf Trophy.

Image of Year 7 Girls' Football Team - Lancashire Cup Progress
8 December 2023

Year 7 Girls' Football Team - Lancashire Cup Progress

Our Year 7 girls' football team were in Lancashire cup action, on Thursday 7th December, in what were very difficult weather conditions!

Image of South Ribble District Cross Country
5 December 2023

South Ribble District Cross Country

On Saturday 18th November, almost 40 of our students turned out to represent Balshaw's at the South Ribble District Cross Country.

Image of Year 8 Boys' South Ribble Football Tournament Success
5 December 2023

Year 8 Boys' South Ribble Football Tournament Success

Our Year 8 boys’ football team played incredibly well in the Year 8 South Ribble A team tournament on Monday 4th December.

Image of Superb Staff Football Fundraiser!
4 December 2023

Superb Staff Football Fundraiser!

On Tuesday 28th November, our amazing staff took part in a charity football match after school.

Image of Year 8 Boys' Football Team in the Lancashire Cup
4 December 2023

Year 8 Boys' Football Team in the Lancashire Cup

Well done to our Year 8 boys' football team as they have progressed again into the next round of the Lancashire cup.

Image of Spectacular Swimming!
4 December 2023

Spectacular Swimming!

We are very proud of Honor, in Year 9, who has been very busy with her swim competitions recently.

Image of Mia's Marvellous Gymnastics
28 November 2023

Mia's Marvellous Gymnastics

Mia is an amazing gymnast and she took part in a competition in Leicester, on the 11th and 12th of November.

Image of Year 7 Boys' 7-a-side Team
21 November 2023

Year 7 Boys' 7-a-side Team

Our Year 7 boys’ football team were in action again on Monday 20th November, when they took part in the South Ribble 7-a-side competition. 

Image of Year 7 & 8 PNE Football Tournament
21 November 2023

Year 7 & 8 PNE Football Tournament

On Thursday 16th of November, a group of our Year 7 girls and Year 8 girls took part in a PNE Tournament at Playfootball, Tag Lane.

Image of U14 Girls - Lancashire Cup Win!
16 November 2023

U14 Girls - Lancashire Cup Win!

Our under 14 girls' football team played in the second round of the Lancashire Cup on Wednesday 15th November.

Image of Year 10 and 11 Girls' 7-a-side Team
15 November 2023

Year 10 and 11 Girls' 7-a-side Team

Our girls took part in a Year 10 and 11 girls’ 7-a-side tournament at Leyland St. Mary’s on Tuesday 14th November.

Image of Year 7 Girls' 7-a-side Team
13 November 2023

Year 7 Girls' 7-a-side Team

A huge well done to our Year 7 girls' 7-a-side football team. They played against Leyland St Mary's, on Wednesday 8th November, in their first tournament as a group.

Image of Lancashire Cup Success for Year 10 & 11 Girls' Football Team
20 October 2023

Lancashire Cup Success for Year 10 & 11 Girls' Football Team

Our Year 10/11 girls' football team participated in round one of the Lancashire cup away at St Bede's, in Ormskirk. 

Image of Lancashire Cup Success for Year 8 Boys!
20 October 2023

Lancashire Cup Success for Year 8 Boys!

Our Year 8 boys' football team played in round 1 of the Lancashire Cup on Monday 9th October.

Image of Finley is a BMX Champ!
21 July 2023

Finley is a BMX Champ!

Image of Nadia is a World Champion Gymnast
6 July 2023

Nadia is a World Champion Gymnast

We are all incredibly proud of Nadia, in Year 7, who is the most amazing gymnast!

Image of Year 8 Rounders - South Ribble Tournament
5 July 2023

Year 8 Rounders - South Ribble Tournament

A huge well done to the Year 8 rounders team who persevered through an extremely wet evening, winning 4 out of 5 of their matches and coming 3rd overall in the South Ribble tournament.

Image of Ollie's Cricketing Success
14 June 2023

Ollie's Cricketing Success

We are extremely proud of OIlie S, in Year 7, who plays for the Cheshire County Cricket Team.

Image of Balshaw's Cricket Trip to watch Lancashire T20
5 June 2023

Balshaw's Cricket Trip to watch Lancashire T20

On Thursday 25th May we took a group of Year 7 and 8 students over to Emirates Old Trafford to watch a live Twenty Twenty cricket fixture.

Image of Year 7 & 8 Rugby
26 May 2023

Year 7 & 8 Rugby

Our Year 7 and 8 rugby team were in action on Wednesday 24th May against Holy Cross.

Image of Year 7 Rotary Cup Tournament at UCLan Sports Arena
23 May 2023

Year 7 Rotary Cup Tournament at UCLan Sports Arena

On Thursday 18th May, 7 of our Year 7 boys along with 7 of our Year 7 girls, from the respective school football teams, took part in the Year 7 Rotary Cup Tournament at UCLan Sports Arena. 

Image of Year 7 Netball Team South Ribble Champions!
28 April 2023

Year 7 Netball Team South Ribble Champions!

A huge well done to these 11 superstars who are South Ribble Tournament CHAMPIONS!

Image of Year 7 Football Team Success
27 April 2023

Year 7 Football Team Success

The Year 7 football team were in South Ribble Cup action on Tuesday 18th April.

Image of South Ribble Schools Gymnastics Championships
24 March 2023

South Ribble Schools Gymnastics Championships

In February, our Gymnastics team competed in the South Ribble Schools Floor and Vault Championships at Worden Academy.

Image of Swimming Superstar!
16 March 2023

Swimming Superstar!

Beth A, in Year 8, is a really is a dedicated swimming superstar and has taken part in three county swimming competitions already this year and won lots of medals!

Image of South Ribble Netball Coaching
21 February 2023

South Ribble Netball Coaching

Thank you so much to Laura and Liz from South Ribble Netball club for a fantastic session with our Year 7 netballers!

Image of U13 Boys Basketball Team
8 February 2023

U13 Boys Basketball Team

Well done to our U13s basketball team who took part in their first basketball fixtures. They played 4 fixtures winning 3 of them in what was a fantastic start to the season.

Image of Year 7 Netball
2 February 2023

Year 7 Netball

Well done to the Year 7 netball team who played in the first round of the South Ribble league on Monday 30th January at All Hallows’.

Image of Fabulous Football!
14 December 2022

Fabulous Football!

Our girls have been really busy with their fabulous football skills recently.

Image of Indoor Athletics
6 December 2022

Indoor Athletics

Well done to our boys Indoor Athletics team who competed at the South Ribble competition held at All Hallows.

Image of Great Gymnastics!
30 November 2022

Great Gymnastics!

Congratulations to Mia, in Year 7, who recently took part in a gymnastics competition in Leicester and won two medals.

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21 November 2022

Cross Country Event

On Saturday 19th November, a group of our students represented Balshaw’s in a cross country competition at Hutton Grammar.

Image of Year 7 Boys' Football Team
18 October 2022

Year 7 Boys' Football Team

Our Year 7 boys' football team have been busy taking part in South Ribble league fixtures against Wellfield, All Hallows and Penwortham Priory.

Image of South Ribble Athletics Championships - June 2022
28 June 2022

South Ribble Athletics Championships - June 2022

On Friday 24th June our U14s Athletics team travelled to Stanley Park to compete at the South Ribble Athletics competition.

Image of Year 8 Rounders
28 June 2022

Year 8 Rounders

A huge well done to the Year 8 rounders team who competed in the South Ribble tournament on Monday 27th June.

Image of Year 7 Rounders - South Ribble Tournament
23 June 2022

Year 7 Rounders - South Ribble Tournament

Congratulations to our Year 7 Rounders team for finishing in 3rd place finish in the South Ribble Tournament in June.

Image of Year 9 Rounders
14 June 2022

Year 9 Rounders

A very impressive performance by the following Year 9 girls, they were undefeated in all 5 of their matches and are now South Ribble Champions!

Image of Golf
26 May 2022

Golf

Josh R, in Year 10, and Sam W, in Year 8, played in the English Schools Golf Association competition on Monday 25th April at Dunscar, along with 55 other young people.

Image of Lancashire Cup Final
25 May 2022

Lancashire Cup Final

Unfortunately, our girls were beaten 7-2 by a very good Haslingden side in the Lancashire Cup Final. 

Image of Congratulations Will
25 May 2022

Congratulations Will

A huge well done to one of our students that came 2nd place while racing at Haydock Park.

Image of Year 9 Sports Leaders
19 May 2022

Year 9 Sports Leaders

Congratulations and a huge well done to our Year 9 Sports Leaders who officiated the Year 5 & 6 Leyland Primary Schools' Football Tournament on Tuesday 17th May.

Image of Year 7 and 8 Girls Football Team
11 May 2022

Year 7 and 8 Girls Football Team

The Year 7 and 8 girls' football team took part in a 7-a-side competition, held by grassroots team, Euxton Girls.

Image of Year 9 Play in the South Ribble Netball Tournament
1 April 2022

Year 9 Play in the South Ribble Netball Tournament

Our Year 9’s played in the South Ribble Netball tournament in March at All Hallows.

Image of Year 8 Netball Success!
31 March 2022

Year 8 Netball Success!

A huge well done to the Year 8 netball team!

Image of Year 7 and Year 8 Girls Indoor Athletics Competition
17 March 2022

Year 7 and Year 8 Girls Indoor Athletics Competition

Well done to the Year 7 and Year 8 Girls Indoor Athletics team who came 3rd and 4th respectively out of 9 schools at the recent South Ribble Schools' Indoor Athletics Championships.

Image of U13 Girls 7-a-side Competition
11 March 2022

U13 Girls 7-a-side Competition

On Thursday 10th March, nine of our under 13 girls took part in a 7-a-side competition.

Image of Year 7 Netball News
2 March 2022

Year 7 Netball News

More success for our Year 7 girls, who won their second match against Penwortham Girls High School team this week.

Image of Year 7 Netball News
25 February 2022

Year 7 Netball News

Image of U13s Girls' Football Team
15 December 2021

U13s Girls' Football Team

The under 13's 6-a-side football team took part in a Blackburn Rovers community trust football tournament on Monday 13th December.

Image of U14s Girls' Football Team
15 December 2021

U14s Girls' Football Team

The under 14s girls' football team have been in good form in the past two rounds of the Lancashire cup, in Round 1, beating Ormskirk 17-1, and then in Round 2 beating a good Bowland side, 7-4.

Image of South Ribble Cross Country Competition
3 December 2021

South Ribble Cross Country Competition

A huge well done and thank you to all our students who represented Balshaw's on Saturday 20th November.

Image of U13 Girls Take Part in South Ribble Tournament
16 November 2021

U13 Girls Take Part in South Ribble Tournament

On Tuesday 9th November, our under 13 girls took part in a South Ribble 6-a-side tournament.

Image of Balshaw’s Success at Golf Championship
22 April 2021

Balshaw’s Success at Golf Championship

On Monday 19th April, the Lancashire Schools Golf Championships were held at Pleasington Golf Club. Over 50 golfers took part.