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Olympic fever
Brentwood School sports centre, Essex, is set to host the Games time training venue for athletes from over 50 countries compet- ing in the Modern Pentathalon. Facilities for épée fencing, pistol shooting, 200m freestyle swimming and 3km cross country run are all available. To mark the Olympics St James Junior School, West London, held an Inspires Sport Week including fencing, kung-fu, table
tennis, skipping and more! Plus trans- Atlantic sailor Sebastian Clover told tales of breaking a Guinness World Record at 15-years-old as he single-handedly sailed across the Atlantic. St Mary’s Junior School, Cam- bridge, are cycling the 8000 mile route of the Olympic Torch together on a static bike at the school. Students, staff and even visitors are uniting and will track the progress along a large map of the UK.
Brentwood School
Sporting success
Anselm’s Prep School, Derby- shire, set out to swim the length of the English Channel – in a pool that is! The pupils swam as many lengths possible in their time slot, completing the 27-mile stretch together. 25 reached their century, two swam 150 lengths, four made a double century and 12-year-old Clare finished on a staggering 250! James Smith, Royal Russell School, Surrey, claimed the U11 title for the second year running at the Surrey and London South individual table tennis championships, beating the England Number 5 in the final. The Royal Hospital School, Suffolk, took first place at the National Schools Equestrian Association Inter-Schools County Team Show Jumping Championships. Congrat- ulations go to Sophie Ainsworth, 15, Chloe Tribe, 14, and Millie Ains- worth, 13, who jumped to victory! Inglefield House’s, Ferne Clif- ton, year 6, Monmouthshire, has achieved one of a limited number of prestigious scholarships to Elmhurst School for Dance in As- sociation with Birmingham Royal
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Ballet. Ferne has been a Junior Associate with the Royal Ballet for the past year and has been invited to attend Royal Ballet Summer School this summer. James Allen’s Girls’ School, London, represented England in the World Schools Cross Country Championships in Malta due to their repeated success at national level. The team came 7th
out of 21 countries and spoke
of their respect for the Chinese team who finished in 1st and 4th
, 2nd , 3rd positions individually.
Maidwell Hall, Northampton- shire, won the National IAPS Small Schools U13s Sevens Tour- nament at Oundle School. It is the only school to have won this tournament twice since it was established 9 years ago. Three girls from Howell’s School, Cardiff, have all become
On April 1st 1,000 members of the public had
the opportunity to run in the Olympic Sta- dium; Year 7 pupil Ellie Spark from Cheam School, Berkshire, was one of the lucky few. The Gold Challenge, the UK’s only Olympic & Paralympic based charity challenge, gave each of its 150 UK charity partners “runner places” to award to their highest fundrais- ers. As Cheam School was one of the chief sponsors of Nicola Heron, Great Britain’s Clay Pigeon Shot – helping her raise money for the charity ParalympicsGB – Nicola kindly donated her lane to Ellie.
Zoe Davison, 12, Beaudesert Park School, Gloucestershire, won the U13 GB National Triathlon Championships for the second year running. Dan Robinson, sports teacher and former Olympic Games competitor, is Zoe’s running coach at the school
Maidwell Hall celebrate their win
Welsh Chess Champions for their age group. Alyssa Wang won the U13 competition, Shayanna Sivarajasingam the U11 event, and her sister Venetia gained first place in the U8 group.
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