Year 7 Basketball
Our Year 7 Jr. NBA Basketballers headed to the K2 Centre in Crawley having made it through the group stages and qualifying rounds to make the Conference West Final.
Upon arrival, the team were hyped to be there, entering the sports hall to the sounds of the resident DJ to their right and the prizes on offer laid out on a table to their left. It was a great opportunity for them all to play against the best in the area in front of a crowd which really did feel like an NBA environment.
If the team won the Conference West Final they would progress into the afternoon's main final against the Conference East winners. The team faced John Fisher School (eventual overall winners) and despite being neck and neck after the 1st quarter, John Fisher grew into the game and showed their quality to increase the points gap, winning 44-28 overall. After the disappointment of losing there was still a 3rd/4th play-off to play vs. The Downlands Community College and a chance to learn from mistakes made in the morning game. The team showed a lot more tenacity and organisation on the court, finishing 32-23 winners earning themselves a bronze medal.
The team can be proud of their 1st year together as a squad, finishing 3rd overall out of the 30 schools that entered. They can only improve and strive for a top 2 finish next year. Thanks also to Year 10 students Olly & Dom who helped give their advice and inspire the boys.
Year 9 GCSE PE Group
A group of Year 9 students who have recently begun their option choice of GCSE PE visited the Surrey Human Performance Institute at Surrey Sports Park. The purpose of the visit was to inspire the group and engage them with future theory topics which are to be taught on the course. Our students were able to learn a variety of field tests which many athletes could use to check progress over time and were able to discuss what components of fitness were being tested. Some students were also able to debate the validity and reliability of some of these tests for different sporting athletes.
Students went round in groups and completed a variety of tests: the Sit & Reach test, Press Up & Sit Up tests, Illinois Agility, 505 Agility, Agility 'T' test, Hand Grip Dynamometer, 20m Sprint and vertical jumps using the Optojump equipment. The tests became competitive between one another and they were also able to compare their scores to national averages.
Finally, the whole group came together at the end to complete the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test. This time they were competing against Mr Martin! However, it was an embarrassing result for the group as Mr Martin beat everyone with energy still left in the tank. We'll give the group 2 years to train for a rematch in Year 11!
KS3 District Athletics
Despite clashing with an Inset Day, we still had many committed and enthusiastic athletes prepared to compete at this years KS3 District Athletics. Many had trained one or twice a week since April for this competition so it was time to put that training into action.
Only one student could be selected for each event from each year group, so the pressure was on as an individual to help contribute points for the team's overall score. Despite having to also compete with the heat, our students put everything into their events, organising their time wisely and preparing themselves mentally. It was also great to see all the encouragement each student was giving during their rest periods to others in the team.
Altogether, we had 2 x team top 3 finishes and 19 x individual top 3 finishes which can be seen below. We are very proud of the group and their efforts, especially the Yr7 Boys team who came 1st overall!
Team Results
Yr7 Boys - 1st
Yr7 Girls - 10th
Yr8 Boys - 2nd
Yr8 Girls - 7th
Yr9 Boys - 4th
Yr9 Girls - 5th
Individual Results
1st - Dapo O (100m), Mathew H (Discus), Dapo O / Mathew H / Ali H / Jamie L (Yr7 Boys Relay), Layla B (High Jump)
2nd - Ali H (800m), Finn N (Shot Put), Dan M (High Jump), Sonny T (Hurdles), Jorge M-R (200m), Ayaan A (Hurdles), Lulu M (Hurdles)
3rd - Jamie L (Hurdles), Liam M (Javelin), Ryan T (1500m), Archie W (Javelin), Seb K (High Jump), Vladyslav K (Shot Put), Lucy W (1500m), Holly F (Long Jump)
We now look forward to KS3 & KS4 Sports Day next week!
