--- title: "Sports Highlights" url: "https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/news/2020-02-17-sports-highlights" school: "The Palmer Academy" --- # Sports Highlights ![](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/images/news/festival_of_sport.jpg) 17 February 2020 **Year 3/4 Basketball League** Year 3/4 Basketball team won both their games in the RSSP league. They won the first game 10-0 and the second 14-0. --- **Year 5/6 Netball League** Congratulations to The Palmer Academy Year 5/6 Netball team who finished runners up in the Reading Netball tournament. They won 4 out of their 5 games and lost 2-1 in a closely contested final. Congratulations to Caversham Primary School for winning the tournament. --- **Year 3-6 New Age Kurling** Fantastic effort from the two kurling teams representing The Palmer Academy at the Reading School Games. Throughout, each player showed skill, determination and tactical awareness, which helped them reach the semi-final. Well done! --- **Year 3-6 Festival of Sport** Palmer Academy Year 3-6 children had a fantastic time trying new sports at Reading Festival of Sport. --- **Year 5/6 Boys' County Cup Football** The Year 6 school football team produced another fantastic performance to qualify for the Berkshire Schools F.A. Cup quarter final with a 2-1 victory over Calcot. Both teams worked extremely hard and showed great determination. --- **Year 6 WEC Orienteering** Well done to our teams who represented the school at the Whitley Excellence Cluster orienteering competition. Well done to @CtK\_RDG & Mrs Tetchner ### Sports Update [![](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/sports-update/9.1.20%20basketball.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/images/gallery/sports-update/9.1.20%20basketball.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/sports-update/basketball%2013.2.20.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/images/gallery/sports-update/basketball%2013.2.20.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/sports-update/football%20county%20cup.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/images/gallery/sports-update/football%20county%20cup.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/sports-update/football%20league.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/images/gallery/sports-update/football%20league.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/sports-update/kurling.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/images/gallery/sports-update/kurling.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/sports-update/netball.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/images/gallery/sports-update/netball.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/imagecache/720x720s/gallery/sports-update/wec%20orienteering.jpg)](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/images/gallery/sports-update/wec%20orienteering.jpg) [![](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_20200203_115256_1.jpg)](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/news/2020-02-14-the-palmer-choir) Previous ### [The Palmer Choir](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/news/2020-02-14-the-palmer-choir) [![](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/imagecache/100x100c/news/IMG_2734.JPG)](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/news/2020-02-24-highlights-from-year-3) Next ### [Highlights from Year 3](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/news/2020-02-24-highlights-from-year-3) ### News & Events - [News](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/news) - [Upcoming Events](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/events) - [Newsletters](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/news-events/Newsletters) - [![Absence Reporting Link](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/images/partners/1(1)_(1).png)](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/absence-reporting) - [![Accelerated Reader](https://files.schudio.com/thepalmeracademy/images/partners/2(1)_(1).png)](https://login.renaissance.com/12d2ca4f-6beb-4887-82ee-ddfbdb0b88d4?state=145e0c43-7ae1-46eb-a2d3-c9224036ffb3) ##### Location 70 Northumberland Avenue Reading Berkshire RG2 7PP ##### Contact Us 0118 9375481 ##### Stay Connected - [X](https://twitter.com/R2PalmerAcademy) - [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePalmerAcademy) © Copyright 2015–2026 The Palmer Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.thepalmeracademy.com/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)