This year’s annual sports day began with the Kevin Mann Race. A true test of stamina with the children participating in a distance run in pursuit of individual glory. Congratulations to all the children who took part in these very exciting races as well as the four boys and four girls who won each age group.

 

The rest of sports day saw the children compete as individuals and as members of their house teams to try to claim the coveted Sports Day Trophies. All the children competed in field events such as: the javelin, tennis ball throw, kilogram ball throw, speed jumps and the standing long jump. As well as track events such as: the 60, 200 and 400 metre sprints; skipping, bean bag challenge, the obstacle race, the dribble slalom and relays.

 

Upper and lower school winners were:

 

	Harriers	Falcons	Kites	Eagles
Year 3/4	140 points	118 points	117 points	109 points

 

	Harriers	Falcons	Eagles	Kites
Year 5/6	136 points	126 points	122 points	107 points

 

Overall winners were:

 

	Harriers	Falcons	Eagles	Kites
Whole school	276 points	244 points	231 points	224 points

 

An amazing result for Harriers – well done to all the children.

 

All the children are to be congratulated on their perseverance and determination to succeed. The school would like to say a big thank you to Mr Richards and Mrs Taylor for organising such a successful day of sport. In addition, thanks to all the adults who ran the events and made the day run so smoothly.

 

Finally, last but not least thank you very much to all the parents who kindly supported the children’s endeavours and cheered all the competitors on.