RGS Sport

Left: Chris Gossage OG 1994 and son Will at the Virtual Charity Run Below: Lower School boys enjoying cricket Sport at the RGS continued throughout Trinity Term with a fantastic programme of online challenges to keep the boys active and improving their skills while the School moved to remote learning. Weekly PE challenges ranged from climbing stairs to the equivalent of the top of landmarks in Japan (Gold was Mount Fuji at 1511 staircases!), running, “Get on your Bike” and home “gym” workouts suitable for house or garden, all with a competitive twist. Trick shot challenges instigated by the Senior Prefect Team also proved very popular!

A Virtual Charity Run brought in wonderful support with entire families (and dogs) running, walking, jogging or cycling in RGS sports kit, ties and scarves for Shooting Star Chase, a local charity chosen by the RGS as one of its nominated charities this year.

The School even managed several virtual sports events such as a virtual Athletics match against KCS Wimbledon and Caterham School. The format of the event was simple, the boys had to run as far as possible in 20 minutes, recording their results. It was great to see over 250 RGS boys taking part in one competition.

Michaelmas Term 2020 saw the boys back in the School and sport started with an extended cricket season lasting up to half term, with the boys enjoying fixtures against several local schools. Rugby and football training also started during the term.

The RGS Hockey 1st XI reached the semi-finals of the England Hockey Schools Championships, a first for RGS.

INDIVIDUAL SPORTING HIGHLIGHTS

Theo Collins (5th form) represented Great Britain in the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, winning a silver medal in the Speed Skating Mixed Team Sprint Final. He became GB’s first Olympic long track skater to compete in any Winter Olympics since 1992. February 2020 and received a trophy engraved with previous winner Mo Farah from 1999 and 2000. He was also selected to represent English Schools Athletics Association in the ISF World Schools Cross Country Championships and invited to run for the second time for the England U20 team.

Luke Mills-Hicks (1st form) was selected to race in the World Orienteering Championships in Denmark.

Sam Baker (5th form) won a Silver medal in the Mens’ Doubles Badminton tournament held in Cyprus and was ranked number 5 in England for his age group.

Johnnie Matheson (L6) and Peter Wilkinson (L6) were selected for the British Cadet Rifle Team’s (The Athelings) tour to Canada in 2020. They keep up a tradition of RGS boys being selected for The Athelings. Cameron Philp (L6) was first reserve for the tour.

The RGS Cross-Country team of Charlie Kershaw (U6), Ben Fitzpatrick (U6), Sam Perryman (U6), Will Barnicoat (L6), Tom Jones (L6) and Andrey McIntyre

(L6) travelled to Coventry to take part in the King Henry VIII relays. This is the top schools race in the country and attracted over 50 boys’ teams. The RGS ran with great determination and were the equal of the challenging conditions. The team finished 3rd school, with Will running the 4th fastest lap of over 350 runners and Tom the 9th.

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