Celebrating our Students
Our guest for the evening was Shelayna Oskan-Clarke, a British middle-distance runner and the current the British 800m champion. She competed in the 800 metres event at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, finishing 5th in the final. In 2016, she won the women's 800m at the Anniversary Games, and also reached the semi-final at the Rio Olympic Games, narrowly missing out on a place in the final. In 2019, Shelayna took the gold medal at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
Our Talented Students
It was with great delight that we were able to host the thirteenth
annual sports awards evening just before half term following COVID! We were
really excited to have over 150 students, along with
their parents, attend the evening to celebrate Winston sport, as well as to
celebrate the achievements of all our gifted and talented performers! It
is so important to recognise the
student's successes, commitment and dedication to their sports, and the
resilience and hard work they endeavour to put into their training week in week
out to achieve the best they can.
During
the evening we presented our main shields to students who go above and beyond
in their commitment to school sport. And
the winners were:
Most
dedicated to School Sport: LUCA WALTON
The
Young Sports Leader: JESS BRIDGER-CUNNINGHAM
The
Sarah Hammond Achievement Award: CAMERON GOLESTANIAN
Performer
of the Year: ALEX BISHOP
Most
Improved: CHARLOTTE GALLAGHER
Services
to School Sport: GEORGE EVANS
Joe
Grant Sports Personality of the Year: FENN HORNER
Team
of the Year: Y10/11 GIRLS FOOTBALL
The
PE department also gave a round up of last years sporting achievements for each
team and sport and it was great to see so many students’ coming up to the stage
to receive their awards and be recognised for their dedication to school sport
and their performances throughout the season.
And
the winners were………….
Racquet
Sports:
Most
Dedicated: Rose Whisker (KS3), Luca Walton (KS4)
Coaches
Player: James Pratt (KS3), Ben Kuk (KS4)
Netball:
Most
Dedicated: Holly Fernandez (KS3), Jozelle E Silva (KS4)
Coaches
Player: Mia Plaugmann (KS3), Ella Price (KS4)
Boys
Athletics:
Most
Dedicated: Charlie Hardwick (KS3), Matt McDonough (KS4)
Coaches
Player: James Skeet (KS3), Alex Bishop (KS4)
Girls
Athletics:
Most
Dedicated: Florence Holmes (KS3), Isabelle Heney (KS4)
Coaches
Player: Isobel Wathen (KS3), Grace Timblick (KS4)
Boys
Basketball:
Most
Dedicated: Olly Thorpe (KS3), Matt Hallums (KS4)
Coaches
Player: Dom Corner (KS3), Seweryn Zylka (KS4)
Girls
Basketball:
Most
Dedicated: Isobel Mellor (KS3), Asya Durmus (KS4)
Coaches
Player: Mariana Castano-Pena (KS3), Sarolta Kohari (KS4)
Girls
Football:
Most
Dedicated: Eda Durmus (Y7), Amelie Backhurst (Y8/9), Erin Gallagher (Y10/11)
Coaches
Player: Parisa Baghri (Y7), Ava Price (Y8/9), Ellen Turner-Gadd (Y10/11)
Boys
Football:
Most
Dedicated: Alfie Hardwick (Y7), Oli Harrison (Y8), Jack Phillips (Y10), Callum
Spillar (Y11)
Coaches
Player: David Okoro (Y7), Matt Gilkes (Y8), Harrison Wood (Y10, Cameron
Golestanian (Y11)
The
sports awards evening also gave us the opportunity to recognise the sheer
talent of our County, Regional, and National sporting performers. We currently have 25 students on our Gifted
and Talented register who compete at these levels in a variety of sports
ranging from National swimmers and gymnasts, County and National
representatives in football, County and Regional basketballers to Regional
dressage riders, Regional cyclists, County performers in Judo and Netball and
County level divers to name a few. We
are in absolute awe of your recent achievements and wish you all the best in
the coming months for future competitions.
Having learnt all about your future ambitions, we are so excited to see
you one day representing our country!
During
the evening, we also showcased some of the talent we have at the school with an
outstanding gymnastics performance from Jay Coote, Archie Sturt, Tegan Fookes
and Georgia Fookes as well as enjoying some excellent dance performances from
Sophie Magid, Caitlyn Cope, Emma Bradbury and Mae Farrimond.
A
massive thank you goes to the PE department for their continued effort,
dedication and passion that they show and invest on a daily basis. I would also like to take this opportunity to
thank the parents and carers of all the students who participate in and
represent Winston sport – your undevoted commitment to your children is
commendable. And finally, a massive well done to all the students who attended
the sports awards this year and to those who won awards. We look forward to seeing you all next year
to celebrate Winston Sport.
Mrs
Daniels
Subject
Leader PE
