Indoor Athletics
On Wednesday the 7th of January 2015 Mr. Holmes took Y6 out to the avery to see who would make it into the Indoor Athletics Team. After a lot of running and panting, Mr. Holmes finaly decided on the team.
The team as follows:
Sophia
Mursal
Manon
Lucilda
Emily
Jasmine
Isabel
Isabella
Isabel
Elise
Ben
Andrew
Okan
Dominic
Isaac
Daniel
Lysander
Matthew
Louis
The Indoor Athletics began with us walking to St. Mary's college and we poured into the field events hall. Round 1 for boys was called up so we jogged to our events. After us endlessly trying our hardest round 1 ended and the girls were called up. They finished breathless and Round 2 was called up. We tried and we tried our
hardest until lunch came. Chatting
and laughing we finished lunch and
ambled over to the running hall.
Up first was the Under-and-Over race.
The team contained Louis, Isaac,
Lysander and Matthew. Louis began
with a simple forward roll then gained
places with a quick reverser board.
Isaac leapt forward and kept our
position strong to lead onto Lysander.
He mastered the 'under' and fired over the hurdle to pass onto Matthew. He powered on to give us a great position of 2nd.
Next was the Girls, The team was made up of:Elise, Jasmine, Isabel and Emily. Elise gave a flying start with an excellent forward roll. She Bounded off the reverser board and tapped Jasmine on the shoulder. Jasmine gained time with amazing hurdles to lead Isabel to a marvellous start. She bounced over the hurdles easily. Emily accelerated to the finish line for another 2nd place.
It was now time for the Obstacle race. The boys team was made up of: Isaac, Louis, Lysander and Daniel. Isaac leaped out the forward roll and galloped over the 'Obstacle'. Louis (using his height as an advantage) simply ran over the hurdles like a piece of cake. Lysander darted to the Speed Bounce and hurdled over it. Daniel whizzed through the course and pushed to the finish line giving us 2nd.
The girls was made up of:Emily, Mursal, Jasmine and Isabel. Emily used some fast feet and used all her power to put us in 2nd. Mursal was rapid over the Speed Bounce and was snappy over the hurdles. Jasmine delivered a magnificent 'obstacle' and brilliant hurdles and we're still in 2nd place. Isabel stormed through everything and gave us 2nd place.
Okan, Andrew, Ben and Dominic walked to the middle, to begin the first race of the pure sprinting events. The 4x1. Okan darted off the line and he hit the reverser board and carried too much momentum and fell. He had hurt his leg but he battled through the pain. He passed onto Andrew who gave all his effort and we were starting to catch up with 4th. Ben unleashed all his power and got us drawing with 4th. Dominic exploded off the line and we had beat 4th giving us a total of 4th.
Mursal, Sophia, Elise and Isabella marched to the middle to begin the race. Mursal dashed off the line and gave two splendid reverser boards. Sophia carried on the magic of great reverser boards and passed onto Elise. She sprinted and sprinted until the time came for Isabella to run. She scurried fast into the reverser board and finished with a 3rd.
1+1 was now up with Okan and Dominic. Okan rushed off the line and took it easy on the reverser board. The baton was passed on to Dominic who gave all his skill and they finished with a 1st!
Sophia and Isabella were up next and Sophia shot off the line with two more top-notch reverser boards. Isabella flew and got faster and faster and revealed another 2nd to us.
2+2 another of the races including: Andrew and Daniel. Andrew used fast and powerful steps to hold 1st with St. James's hot on his heels. Running low on stamina he let St. Jamse's slip past him. Daniel kept us confident with a flat
out sprint, never slowing down. We were on their tail but they just got away with a 1st leaving us with a 2nd.
Manon and Lucilda made their first appearance in the races. Pacing everyone, Manon held a strong 1st position. She left everyone in her dust. Lucilda carried on the spirit and held onto speed. Trailing behind her was everyone else and they gave us a 1st.
The hardest race of them all was coming up. The 6 lap Parlouf. Matthew and Ben were the best long-distance runners out of the boys. Matthew began with 2 laps not slowing down once. Now the baton was in Ben's grip he held a solid 2nd. Now the baton was with Matthew, he slowed slightly but kept a 2nd. Ben used all his energy and pushed his hardest for a great 2nd.
Lucilda and Manon again. Manon - completely refreshed from her 2+2 - ran like a cheetah and passed the baton too Lucilda. She used power and power to keep on going. Using all their might they just missed out on a 2nd and got a 3rd.
After all our effort we came 3rd out of 32 schools and we all collected a medal in assembly.