Congratulations to both the Junior and Intermediate Teams for finishing the highest ranked Teams outside of the South East of England.  This is an outstanding achievement and is the culmination of a season of hard work and training.

The Junior Team exceeded their target by scoring 480 points.  Junior Athlete of the day was Charlie K, scoring 27 points in the 100M (12.3s) and 24 points in the Long Jump (5.26).  His performance earns him a platinum badge for combined event score.  Mali H also achieved a platinum badge for his efforts in the 1500M and Javelin, scoring a total of 50 points.  Individual platinum performances came from Michael P in the 1500M 4:37.3 (27 points).  Michael won the 1500m setting a new personal best. Hurdler Ned H also achieved a platinum performance with a time 12.8s (25 points).

The Intermediate Team also exceeded their target by scoring 502 points.  Intermediate Athlete of the day was Year 9 Dawid Gawel, scoring 24 points in the discus (32m96) and 24 points in the 800M (2:11.0).  His performance earns him a platinum badge for combined event score.  Individual platinum performances came from Oberon K who was our highest individual point scorer on the day with 28 points in the 1500M (4:13.7).  This was a huge personal best for Obi as he raced against a very worthy opponent from Southend High School.  Jac C also scored a platinum in the 1500M with 25 points (4:23.3).  Matthew W continued his streak of personal best performances by scoring 25 points in the hammer (44.46), breaking the College record for the third time this year.

There were many personal best performances on the day, which is so impressive at a National Final.   We are all so proud of everyone, well done.

Mr A. Hale