Sports News

Tuesday 25 November 2025 North Powys Swimming Gala Our pupils had an amazing day at the North Powys Swimming Gala at Maldwyn LC, expertly organised by DMPROCoach, on Tuesday 25th November.

Monday 24 November 2025 U13 Boys Basketball Festival Last week our U13 Boys Basketball teams had a great day at the North Powys Basketball Festival held at Maldwyn LC.

Wednesday 19 November 2025 KS3 Girls Football Tournament Latham Park played host to an exciting day of football as KS3 girls from across North Powys competed in the annual Small-Sided Football Tournament. With teams from Years 7, 8, and 9 taking part, the competition was fierce, and the performances were nothing short of inspiring.

Tuesday 18 November 2025 U16 Netball November 2025 Our Year 10 and 11 Girls competed in the U16 North Powys Netball Tournament last week which proved to be a excellent showcase of skill, determination, and teamwork, in a series of competitive fixtures.

Monday 10 November 2025 North Powys KS3 Football Tournament Success A cracking day of football at Latham Park for last Thursday's (6th November) North Powys KS3 Boys Football Tournament.

Thursday 6 November 2025 Welsh Cup Under 13 Girls On Wednesday 5th November, our Under 13 girls made the trip to Welshpool in the 2nd round of the Welsh Cup. The game was incredibly competitive, seeing the game end in a 4-4 draw, with Welshpool advancing on penalties.

Friday 24 October 2025 Letter from Chair of Governors - Headteacher appointment

Thursday 23 October 2025 U14 Boys Welsh Cup vs Bro Hyddgen On Wednesday 22nd October our u14 boys football team welcomed Bro Hyddgen for their 2nd round Welsh Cup match. Goals from Alvaro x3, Alfie x3, Henry x2, Tom PL and Tommy P earned a 10-3 win to book their place in the Powys final vs Welshpool, to be played after half term.

Thursday 23 October 2025 U18 Netball Tournament On Tuesday 21st October our Year 10 & 11 Netball team went to Ysgol Bro Caereinion and competed in the U18 North Powys Netball Tournament. Playing up an age group, they were prepared and ready for some good quality netball and some physically tough games. They fought very hard in all 4 matches scoring in every game played, although final scores were against us.

Wednesday 22 October 2025 Welsh Cup U16 vs Maesydderwen On Monday 20th October our u16 boys team welcomed Maesydderwen, the most southernly-based Powys school, who made the long trip up from Ystradgynlais, for the second of their Welsh Cup matches.

Friday 17 October 2025 Year 7 Welsh Cup Football & Show Racism the Red Card Our Year 7 boys football team played their first game on Thursday 16th October, where they made the trip over to Llanfair to play Bro Caereinion. They came away with an impressive 5-1 win after a confident performance from the 18 player squad, from which every player played their part in an excellent team effort.Goals from Rocco x3, Noah V and George W after excellent team passing and build up play helped seal the win, with all pupils contributing positively and showing fantastic effort, commitment and conduct! Da iawn pawb!Pictured are the squad on non-uniform ‘Show Racism the Red Card' day (not pictured George and Mackenzie).

Wednesday 15 October 2025 U16 Welsh Cup Football vs Penweddig Our u16 boys football team travelled to Aberystwyth on the 14th of October for their 1st round match vs Penweddig, where they came away with a hard-working & solid 1-1 draw.

Tuesday 14 October 2025 Year 7 & 8 Netball & New Kit Sponsor Last Thursday our Year 7 and 8 Netball teams visited Llanfyllin to play some friendly games in preparation for upcoming tournaments.

Tuesday 14 October 2025 U15 Boys Rugby RGC East Cup Qualifier Last week our u15 boys rugby squad made the trip to Wrexham for the RGC East Cup Qualifier tournament.

Friday 10 October 2025 Welsh Cup U15 Girls On Thursday 9th October, our Under 15 girls made the trip to Llanfyllin in the first round of the Welsh Cup. The game was very competitive, physical, and hard-fought. Congratulations goes to Llanfyllin for their 3-1 win.

Wednesday 8 October 2025 Welsh Cup Football u13 & u15 vs Calon Cymru Last week both our u13 & u15 Boys Football Teams booked their places in the next round of the Welsh Cup with strong displays against hosts Calon Cymru.

Friday 26 September 2025 Welsh Cup Football u14 5 vs 1 Llanidloes Our u14 boys football team made a winning start to their Welsh Cup campaign, with an impressive display against visitors Llanidloes in an entertaining match played in the best spirit by both teams.

Thursday 17 July 2025 Newtown High School Sports Day 2025 We had a fantastic time at our annual Sports Day this week, our pupils absolutely smashed it with great participation, loads of team-work, so many fantastic performances and big smiles all day. A huge well done to you all!

Monday 14 July 2025 Dance World Cup - World Finals A massive well done to Jessie Roberts who competed in the Dance World Cup - World Finals in Burgos, Spain, last weekend. She did amazingly well to come 19th in the Junior Solo Jazz section. Amazing work Jessie, we are really proud of you!

Thursday 10 July 2025 Welsh Cup & Plate Athletics Finals Absolutely amazing effort from our fantastic pupils at yesterday's Welsh Cup & Plate Athletics Finals at Brecon.

Tuesday 8 July 2025 Welsh Schools Track and Field Championships 2025 A massive well done to our pupils who represented County amazingly well at last weekend's Welsh Schools Track & Field Championships in Aberdare. Tyler Mitchell - 2nd in High JumpMia Hennessy -3rd in DiscusShay Paul - 3rd in 4x100m Relay & 4th in 100m Hurdles

Wednesday 2 July 2025 James Corfield Memorial Cricket Match vs Welshpool Tuesday 1st July saw the annual match up between Newtown HS vs Welshpool HS in very good conditions at Montgomery Cricket Club.

Wednesday 25 June 2025 NASUWT Powys Athletics Cup A fantastic day yesterday as we hosted the annual NASUWT Powys Schools Athletics Cup & Plate, which saw 10 secondary schools from across the county compete at Maldwyn Athletics Track in a bumper day of schools athletics.

Thursday 12 June 2025 Year 7/8/9 Sports Leaders at the Primary Schools Cricket Festivals A massive well done to our Sports Leaders from Years 7/8/9, who did a fantastic job leading and officiating at the local Primary Schools Cricket Festivals at Newtown Cricket Club over the last two weeks. A big thank you to Paul Rowe from Cricket Wales and Rebecca from Sport Powys for giving them the opportunity!

Friday 23 May 2025 Powys Schools Athletics & UK Sportshall Success On Thursday 22nd May pupils from Years 7-10 travelled down to Brecon for the Powys Schools Championships. Tooo many excellent performances to mention, full of confidence, determination and commitment, cheered on by their fellow pupils in a real team effort. More results to follow and as always, we are incredibly proud of our amazing pupils, massive well done to you all, you were all fantastic!

Monday 14 April 2025 Newtown High School Colour Run 2025 What an amazing way to finish off this half-term and Sport Relief Week with Newtown High School's first ever Colour Run!

Friday 11 April 2025 Sport Relief Spinathon A massive well done to everyone who took part in Thursday April 10th’s Sportrelief Spinathon!

Thursday 10 April 2025 Sport Relief Danceathon with Gemma On Tuesday 8th April as part of Sport Relief Week we had Gemma from Footloose come in to put our pupils through their paces on the dancefloor, delivering a fantastic dance session which our pupils absolutely loved! A big thank you Gemma for coming in and giving our pupils an amazing experience and opportunity, they had a great time!

Thursday 3 April 2025 Powys Schools U12 & U13 Boys Rugby Our U12 & U13 Boys rugby teams travelled to Llanidloes on Thursday 3rd April in glorious sunshine to take part in the Powys Schools Rugby Festivals. Both teams put in a fantastic effort, with lots of our pupils playing competitive rugby for the first time, growing in confidence and improving the more they played throughout the day.

Thursday 3 April 2025 Under-15 Girls Powys Rugby Festival Today, our Under-15 Girls rugby team took part in a Powys Schools rugby festival at Cobra RFC. The girls gave a great account of themselves in the sunshine and significantly improved as the day went on, both in terms of performance and results.