Crowd at the Opening Ceremony Wiltshire and Swindon Summer School Games 2018


On 4th July 1500 young athletes, 200 young volunteers, representing 113 schools competed in this year’s Wiltshire and Swindon School Games at Marlborough College. The Games comprised of 14 sports as part of a year-round School Sports Competition Programme supported by the National Lottery and Sport England.


Mara Yamauchi, the 2nd fastest British woman for the marathon behind Paula Radcliffe and winner of bronze medal at 10,000m at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, compered the Opening Ceremony and was on hand all day to inspire and encourage the athletes to achieve their personal best. Mara ran the ‘School Games Mile’ and gave the students a target time to aim for.


Dancers from St Laurence School and the Choir from Hilperton Primary Schools gave uplifting performances in front of the crowd.


Athletes were joined by the Mayor of Marlborough Lisa Farrell, Mayor of


Event


Primary Orienteering Quadkids Swimming Tri Golf Tennis


Secondary Rounders


Table Tennis Touch Rugby


Super 8s – girls Super 8s boys Tennis – girls Tennis – boys Singles – girls Singles - boys Dodgeball


2 Wiltshire and Swindon Relay 1st


New Forest Ramsbury Wroughton Ramsbury


Lydiard Millicent Kingdown


St Augustines St Edmunds St Edmunds


Bishop Wordsworth South Wilts Grammar Bishop Wordsworth Rebecca Heap (RWB) William Burridge (RWB) Avon Valley College


2nd Five Lanes


Great Bedwyn Minster Holt


Ramsbury


John of Gaunt Kingdown


Hardenhuish


South Wilts Grammar St Laurence Lavington


St Augustines Louisa Fuller (SWG)


Finley Corcoran (Bradon Forest) Clarendon


3rd


Nursteed Lawn


Fitzmaurice Crockerton Winsley


Sheldon


St Laurence Sheldon


St Augustines


Lydiard Park Academy St Augustines Sheldon


Isabella Knight (Sheldon) Hamish Goulding (BW) Ridgway


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