Junior Athletes
Abbey Gate Pupils Triumph at National Athletics Competition
15 Abbey Gate College pupils aged from just 10 to 14 years old qualified to join the team representing ‘The North’ region at the ISA National Athletics Meet in Birmingham. Abbey Gate College pupils took part in both track and field events and there were many notable successes for the juniors from Aldford.
Amy Williams (11) set a new National record in the Long Jump, beating the existing record by 28cm! Danielle Macready (11) took gold in the U12 Shot and silver in high jump. Jack Allwood (10) took silver in the high jump. (All pictured) The U12 girls relay team: Beth Jones, Charlotte Williamson, Nia Jones and Amy Williams took gold for the fourth year running!
Overall, ‘The North’ team made up of pupils from Independent schools across the region, came 2nd out of the 7 regions competing, losing out on gold for the juniors by only 3 points!
ISA North West Athletics Competition
On Wednesday 10th June, 40 of our pupils aged from 7-11 years old, competed in a range of different athletic events against Independent schools from our region. Events such as sprints of differing distances, high jump, long jump, shot and tug of war had Aldford representatives competing.
Our team performed very well and all the children enjoyed the experience of competing in front of a big crowd! Louis Dearling won his 60m sprint race and qualified for the final as did Theo Coulter. Both boys were part of qualifying relay teams too. Leo Karavasili came 3rd in the U10 long jump and Charlie Stratton came 5th in throwing the cricket ball.
Our older children did well too - Anna Holden came 3rd in the U11 high jump as well as qualifying for her sprint final and being part of a qualifying relay team! Sophie Bell came 3rd in the long jump and also qualified for her sprint and relay final.
We send our congratulations to pupils who will be representing our region in the following events: Danielle Macready in shot and high jump, Amy Williams in the long jump and sprint, Jack Allwood in the U11 high jump and our U12 girls relay team - Nia and Beth Jones, Charlotte Williamson and Amy Williams; their 4th consecutive qualification! The U12 girls won a trophy for being the most successful team on the day and our mighty tug of war J5/6 team won a shield for seeing off ALL competition!
We are so proud of all our pupils; their conduct was exemplary on the day as was their sporting attitude. Despite being one of the smaller schools taking part, our presence was noticeable and our achievements, excellent.
Photo captions: Sophie flies through the air in her long jump event.
Louis qualifies for the final in the 60m sprint.
Amy storms home in the 150m sprint final.
Grimaces as the tug of war team give it their all!
The tug of war team are presented with their winning shield.
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