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2008 - 2009
06/07/2009
A group of fourteen S1 boys have won the Yorkshire Regional Social Enterprise Challenge…
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01/07/2009
Birkdale U15 Cricket team played against Monkwearmouth School from Sunderland in the North semi-final…
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29/06/2009
Congratulations to Birkdale's U12 cricket team who played and won two important games last week in the County Cup competition…
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26/06/2009
The present atmosphere at Prep school is a reminder of 2005 when England won the Ashes. The U11 cricket team have now become Yorkshire champions!…
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19/06/2009
Congratulations to Hall House who won the overall athletics event…
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19/06/2009
Talented cricketers from Birkdale School have successfully become the Yorkshire U15 champions…
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17/06/2009
Birkdale Senior School Golf competition took place at Abbeydale Golf Club this week…
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Biology Challenge15/06/2009
75 of our middle school pupils were entered into the second Biology Challenge organised by the Institute of Biology…
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03/06/2009
The Prep 4 cricket team have qualified for the finals of the Yorkshire Hardball Competition after beating QEGS, Leeds Grammar and Hill House in a thrilling day. …
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08/05/2009
Birkdale Sixth Form pupil Michael Fuess has won the British National Schools Individual Championship in Judo (weight class -73kgs)…
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05/05/2009
Winning its 6th National Enterprise challenge of the year, the MYM Tenner Team travelled to London last month to meet and collect their award from Peter Jones of the Dragons Den…
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28/04/2009
The prep schools annual Swimming Gala took place this year on 26th March at the International Swimming venue Ponds forge. The event is always a highlight of the sporting calendar and enjoyed by the boys and parents alike.…
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Birkdale Art students take top prizes at Sheffield Young Painters Competition.23/04/2009
Congratulations to Joe Brown (L6) and Frances Smith (U6) who each won their Art categories…
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23/03/2009
In unusually glorious sunshine at Castle Dyke, the Old Birkdalians gathered to challenge Birkdale 1st X1 at football…
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13/03/2009
On Wednesday 11th March the Prep 4 rugby team travelled down to Warwick to take part in the Warwick 7s tournament. …
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12/03/2009
At Birkdale Prep School many boys perform well on the Sports field but the academic strengths of our pupils is also highly celebrated. For the last 4 years a team of Prep 4 boys has attend the Pop Maths competition…
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11/03/2009
Congratulations to Adam Turner in S1, David Fleming in S3 and Matthew Jarvis and Will Harrison both in S5, all of whom have been recognised for their sporting talent…
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11/03/2009
Birkdale sixth former Matthew Stent, has won the award for Design, Innovation and Presentation, at the recent national final of the Young Engineers for Britain competition…
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05/03/2009
Congratulations to all members of the senior Rugby 7’s team who defeated Lady Manner’s School from Bakewell, in very closely contested final…
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The European Youth Parliament (EYP) Yorkshire and Humberside Forum: Sheffield University Monday 2 March 2009 03/03/2009
Well done to our pupils who took part against five other schools from the region…
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02/03/2009
Congratulations to the Birkdale Rugby 7's squad…
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27/02/2009
Amidst global economic uncertainty and concern about financial markets, the Birkdale School team of Calum Mitchell, Jack Broskom, Alex Bentley and Soumithri Mamidipudi came a creditable 3rd …
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23/02/2009
Three S2 boys, Rohin Athavale, Ciaran Doyle and Thomas Aird, recently achieved successes in the Herculaneum Society Schools Competition …
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13/02/2009
Following heats for the Prep School’s Swimming Gala the following group of 9 boys were selected to represent Birkdale at the regional qualifying round of the Incorporated association of Preparatory Schools (IAPS) Swimming Championships 2009.…
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Winners of the National ‘One Water’ project12/02/2009
Birkdale School won the Open Category of the One Water project, Make Your Mark Social Enterprise Day Challenge …
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12/02/2009
On Tuesday 10 February, a four strong team from Birkdale Sixth Form travelled to the Camden Centre in London for the national final of the UKMT Senior Team Maths Challenge…
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28/01/2009
Congratulations go to Aidan Smith, aged 13, who has been chosen to represent England Schools in the under 15 age class at the World School Orienteering Championships…
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Latin GCSE Competition success09/01/2009
Two S4 boys recently won Book Tokens when they were awarded Commendations in the national Jowett Sendelar Essay Competition.…
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Birkdale School Enterprise Club Top in the Country 08/01/2009
Birkdale School Enterprise Club, run by Miss McKay and now in its second year, has won the National MYM (Make Your Mark) ‘Be Seen’ Enterprise Challenge…
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03/12/2008
Competing in the regional North East Swim Championships Matthew Olivo from Prep 4 finished second winning the silver medal in the 400m front crawl. …
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28/11/2008
Against 7 other teams from Yorkshire & Humberside, the Birkdale team ‘won comfortably in every area’…
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28/11/2008
A four strong team from Birkdale attended the regional finals of the UKMT Senior Team Maths Challenge at Sheffield Hallam University…
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21/11/2008
Four Birkdale Boys emerged victorious from a top City Enterprise Challenge…
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19/11/2008
A squad of four talented tennis players from Birkdale School recently became U15 Yorkshire Champions which qualified them to compete at the National Quarter Finals …
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12/11/2008
Birkdale Sixth Form girls are hosting the UK Working Women Expo 2008…
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14/10/2008
Birkdale School U19 Ski team recently took part in the National Finals of the British Schools Skiing Championship…
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Birkdale Boys to hit the high notes 13/10/2008
Neil Taylor, Master of the Music at Sheffield Cathedral visited the prep school on Thursday 9th October to audition boys for the cathedral choir…
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25/09/2008
Birkdale School U19 Ski team have qualified for the National Finals at Rossendale Ski Centre…
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22/09/2008
Six Birkdale students presented the results of their individual research to an interested audience…
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18/09/2008
Calum Mitchell (U6) has won a runner-up prize in the Institute of Economic Affairs national student essay competition…
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16/09/2008
Congratulations go to George Roebuck in Prep 2 who has won the final of the British Junior Golf Tour…
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03/09/2008
Lower Sixth pupil Joseph Brown, has been awarded an Arkwright Scholarship…
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Independent Schools Golf Association – Match play Tournament28 February 2008
Following our first round win against Kingsmead School we then came up against North Cestrian School in the second round, playing at Hallamshire Golf Club.…
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Birkdale success at the Independent Schools Golf Match-play Tournament20 February 2008
Ted Brady (Y11), James Baird (Y11), and Harry Ralston (Y10) enjoyed the tremendous experience of playing at Hoylake, Royal Liverpool Golf Course against Kingsmead School…
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Birkdale Hits the Target - Again03 December 2007
For the second year running Birkdale School won the regional heat of this prestigious competition…
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Birkdale pupils in race to win challenge29 November 2007
Birkdale School was the winner in this year’s Elevator Pitch Challenge…
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Birkdale wins the SENTA/SHEFFIELD University Enterprise Challenge19 November 2007
As part of National Enterprise Week which aimed to develop young entrepreneurs across the country, an all day event took place at the Kroto Research Institute, Sheffield University…
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