Belvedere Academy show their sporting prowess

Belvedere Academy are celebrating a successful sporting year after their senior netball team were winners of the Senior Liverpool Netball League and also the city championships. They are unbeaten since they started their netball career in Year 7.

Many of the players have also been selected to play at county level. It has also been a fantastic year for their Year 10 netball team who were crowned Liverpool City Champions. They have been described as playing some outstanding netball throughout the season.

The school have also excelled with their swimming team. The team were triumphant at the Merseyside School Swimming Gala after the team of 13 fought off strong opposition from schools across the city to be awarded city champions.

After a strong start with early wins in individual and relay events they were chased all the way through the competition by Calderstones School and it came down to the last few races with Belvedere eventually taking the title by three points.