With numbers increasing from last year, excitement was certainly building towards the Athletics season.

The Nitro event at Marlborough College was the perfect way to introduce the athletes to some unorthodox events that relied more on team tactics than athleticism. The elimination mile and the 4-minute maximum distance relay were the particular highlights!

The pupils continued to train hard throughout the term allowing for corebased running on Tuesday afternoons and specific event focus on Thursdays at the Prince of Wales Stadium. The training certainly paid dividends as we had some excellent performances from Charlie Hattam, Anna Stanley-Jones, Emily Grant, Wilf Thomas, Troy Fanolua and Rufus Hankin at the meet with St Edward’s School, Oxford.

Sports Day 2024 was again a huge success seeing all pupils compete for their Houses across various field and track events. Congratulations to Newick House and Leconfield for winning the senior and junior boys’ competitions and Ashmead for winning both the senior and junior girls’ competitions.

Finally, well done to all the pupils who performed brilliantly at the District and County Athletics rounds. Charlie Hattam, Anna Stanley-Jones and Hawi Rabongo all made it through to their finals which was a great achievement.

We look forward to next season!

Mr Olly Morgan

Sports Day Winners

Junior Girls Winner: Ashmead
Senior Girls Winner: Ashmead
Junior Boys Winner: Newick House
Senior Boys Winner: Leconfield
Junior Girls Athlete: Izzy Birks
Junior Boys Athlete: Harry Haigh
Senior Girls Athlete: Ella Brooks
Senior Boys Athlete: Zach Hitchcock-Smith