SPORTS DAY
Why We All Remember Sports Day
There’s something eternal about a British sports day, especially under the wide, storybook sky of a summer afternoon at LWC and nestled under the acid-green and bluebell-laden hillside of Sheephouse Copse shimmering in the distance.
The sun tilts just so, catching on house colours, fluttering tents, and the gleam of hopeful medals yet to be won. The grass is freshly mown, rich with the scent of summer and childhood, and the lines on the track - now robotically immaculate - still carry the charm of a chalky human wobble in memory.
Here, competition isn’t cruel, it’s celebratory. A kind of joyful test of nerve, grit, and cunningly rearranged team sheets by house captains and Houseparents.
And while the action unfolds on the field, take a moment to flip to the pupil records at the back of the programme. So many names, personal bests, near misses, quiet triumphs - every number carries a story. A race run in borrowed shoes, a high jump that finally clicked, a throw that surprised even the thrower. This is where the legacy lives.
Sports Day is more than a school tradition. It’s a rite of passage. Under that perfect sky, we ran not just for points, but for pride, for memory, for the sheer, unfiltered joy of it all. And that’s why we remember. Every year. Forever. Just remember to bring your trainers...
ADAM WILLIAMS HEADMASTER
Track Timetable
No Time Event
1 1:50pm Junior Medley Relay (4 x 50m 2 x 100m)
2 1:55pm 3rd / 4th Form Medley Relay (4 x 50m 2 x 100m)
3 2:00pm 5th / 6th Form Medley Relay (4 x 50m 2 x 100m)
4-11 2.10pm Junior Heats 100m
12-13 2:18pm 3rd / 4th Girls 100 (2 x heats)
14-15 2:20pm 5th / 6th Girls 100m (2 x heats)
16-17 2:22pm 3rd / 4th Boys 100m (2 x heats)
18-19 2:24pm 5th / 6th Boys 100m (2 x heats)
20 2:30pm 5th/6th Form Girls 800m
21 2:35pm 5th/6th Form Boys 800m
22 2:40pm 3rd / 4th Form Girls 800m
23 2:45pm 3rd / 4th Form Boys 800m
24 2:50pm 2nd Form 800m Boys and Girls
25 2:55pm 1st Form 600m Boys and Girls 26 3:00pm 1st Form Girls 150m
27 3:01pm 1st Form Boys 150m 28 3:03pm 2nd Form Girls 200m 29 3:04pm 2nd Form Boys 200m
30 3:06pm 3rd / 4th Form Girls 200m 31 3:09pm 3rd / 4th Form Boys 200m 32 3:12pm 5th/6th Form Girls 200m 33 3:15pm 5th/6th Form Boys 200m 34 3:18pm 3rd / 4th Form Girls 300m 35 3:21pm 5th/6th Form Girls 300m
36 3:24pm 3rd / 4th Form Boys 300m
37 3:27pm 5th/6th Form Boys 400m
No Time Event
38 3:40pm FLETCHER MILE (OPEN) x 5 runners per house, parents / teachers welcome.
39 3:55pm FINAL - 1st Form Girls 80m
40 3:57pm FINAL - 1st Form Boys 80m
41 3:59pm FINAL - 2nd Form Girls 100m
42 4:01pm FINAL - 2nd Form Boys 100m
43 4:03pm FINAL - 3rd / 4th Girls 100m 44 4:05pm FINAL - 3rd / 4th Boys 100m 45 4:07pm FINAL 5/6th Form Girls 100m 46 4:09pm FINAL 5/6th Form Boys 100m Relays
47 4:15pm 1st Form Girls
48 4:18pm 1st Form Boys
49 4:21pm 2nd Form Girls
50 4:24pm 2nd Form Boys
51 4:27pm 3rd/4th Form Girls
52 4:30pm 3rd/4th Form Boys
53 4:33pm 5th/6th Form Girls
54 4:36pm 5th/6th Form Boys
5.00pm End of Event and Prize Giving
Field & Super Teams Timetable
Time Field Event Super Teams Event
1.301.45pm
1.452.00pm
2.002.15pm 2.152.30pm
2.302.45pm 2.453.00pm 3.003.15pm 3.153.30pm 3.303.45pm 3.454.00pm 4.004.15pm 4.154.30pm 4.304.45pm 4.455.00pm
Jump
Jump 2:20pm 3rd Form Discus & High Jump
4th Form Shot & Long Jump
5th/6th Form Javelin & Triple Jump 3:00pm 3rd Form Shot & Long Jump
4th Form Javelin & Triple Jump
5th/6th Form Discus & High Jump
3:40pm 3rd Form Javelin & Triple Jump
4th Form Discus & High Jump
5th/6th Form Shot & Long Jump
1:30pm Tug of War Heats
Round 1 Sut v Haz
Round 2 Park v Gos
Round 3 Sch v Sum
2:00pm Junior Place Kicking 2:10pm Senior Place Kicking 2:30pm Junior Nordic Ski 3:00pm Senior Nordic Ski 3:20pm Junior Obstacle Course
3:40pm Senior Obstacle Course
4:40pm Tug of War Finals
Round 1 Gos v Hay
Round 2 Boys Play off Round 3 Park v Hay Round 4 Boys Final
Useful Information
TOILETS
Toilets for parents and guests are conveniently situated next to the athletics hut (behind the 100m start). Please note that while the general facilities inside Sutton Hall are reserved for pupils, the accessible toilet located there is available for guests who require it.
HOUSE COLOURS
Ready to roar your support? Whether you bleed Sutton Red, champion Summerfield Yellow, or are backing one of our vibrant Junior Houses, here’s your essential guide to the flashes of colour you’ll see lighting up the track and field today.
Our Senior Houses: Summerfield – Yellow Hazelveare – Blue Sutton – Red School – Green Park – Pink Haygate – Grey Gosden – Purple
Our Junior Houses: Handcroft – Red Hesters – Yellow Hyde – Green Sheephouse – Blue
Girls’ Field Event Records
PUTT Sixth J. Scott (2001) 4kg
5th L. Knight (2003) 4kg
4th A. Rigby (2007) 4kg G. Laking (2017) 3kg
3rd I. Irvine (2019) 3kg
2nd A. Rigby (2005) 3kg
2nd J. Douglas (2005)
1st A. Bradney (2003) 400g 19.00
HIGH JUMP
Sixth T. Eldridge (2003)
5th E. Clark (2022)
4th E. Clark (2021)
3rd I. Irvine (2019)
2nd E. Buchanan (2023)
1st I. Irvine (2017)
LONG JUMP
Sixth P. Raley (2009) 4.61
5th T. Davis (2006)
4th H. Lowe (2024)
3rd I. Irvine (2019)
2nd J. Kearns (2004)
1st J. Kearns (2003)
TRIPLE JUMP
Sixth F. Courtney & G. Milne (2019)
5th F. Sene (2013)
4th F. Sene (2012)
3rd R. McJarrow (2005) 8.99
2nd M. Watkins (2019) 8.77
1st J. Kearns (2003)
POLE VAULT
5th N. Ivanov (2022) 3.20m 4th Natalia Ivanov (2021) 3.10m
2nd Iona Irvine (2018) 2.50m
Girls’ Track Records
2nd 70m L. Sawers (2019) 75m I. Irvine (2018)
1st 70m I. Irvine (2017)
5th D. Dennison (2021)
4th E. Townsend (2019)
Girls’ Track Records (continued).
1500m Steeple Chase
Sixth H. Robinson (2016)
3000m
5th H. Robinson (2015)
4x100 Relay Houses
6th Gosden (15) Zagidullina, Bilsland ,McDuffus, Anderson 55.4
4th Park (2001)
1st Frawley, Tresise, Sleap, Ellis (2009)
4x100 Relay
5th McJarrow, Field, Raley, Howells (2007)
4th E.Coomer, A.Rowan, M.Anderson, E.Woodall (2018) 52.5
3rd T. Brownfield, A. Cullen, L. Rourke, H. Lowe 55.9
2nd A. Marshall, N. Robinson,F. West, I. Irvine (2018) 55.4
1st A. Marshall, N. Robinson, L. Sawers, I. Irvine (2017)
Boys’ Field Event Records
SHOT PUTT
Sixth A. Davies (2004) 6kg
5th N. Monye (2001) 5kg
4th N. Monye (2000) 5kg
3rd D. Batt (1996) 4kg
2nd N. Monye (1998) 4kg
1st T. Adeniran (2024) 3kg T. Adeniran (2024) 3.25kg
DISCUS
Sixth M. Adeniran (2024) 2.00kg M. Adeniran (2024) 1.75kg M. Adeniran (2023) U18 1.5kg
5th M. Adeniran (2022) 1.75kg M. Adeniran (2022) 1.5kg
4th M. Adeniran (2021) 1.5kg
3rd G. Knight (1971) 1.25kg
1st T. Adeniran (2024) 1.0kg
JAVELIN Sixth T. Hatton-Brown (2014)800g
5th L. Zgonec (2003) 700g
4th J. Lello (2024) 700g 49.19
3rd J. Lello (2023) 600g
2nd M. Adeniran (2019) 600g
1st I. Low (2017) 400g
Sixth J. O’Connor (2010) 1.90
Boys’ Field Event Records (continued).
M. East (2005)
3rd Q. Matthews (2017)
2nd Q. Mathews (2016)
1st Q. Mathews (2015)
5th M. McDuffus (2015)
5th I. McGarry (1998)
4th A. Traynor (2000)
3rd J. Flower (2012)
2nd S. Chapman (2005)
1st I. McGarry (1994)
Boys’ Track Records
Sixth U. Monye (2000) & C. Newton (2017)
5th C. Newton (2015)
4th J. Currie (1994)
3rd J. Currie (1993)
2nd C. Drew (1990)
5th N. Monye (2001) / C. Newton (2015)
4th M. O-Mendez (2001)
1st R.
Boys’ Track Records (continued).
800m Sixth R. Vint (1996)
5th A. Provost (2010)
4th A. Provost (2009)
3rd C. Andrews (1988)
2nd T. Stafford-Brookes (2005) 2.22.9 1st T. Stafford-Brookes (2004)
L. Cox (2003)
3rd L. Cox (2002)
2nd L. Cox (2001)
1st L. Cox (2000) 4.43.2 3000m
5th T. Doran (2018) 8:59.61
4th T. Doran (2017)
3rd T. Doran (2016)
3rd
2nd 80m N. Banks (2019)
2nd 75m Q. Matthews (2016) 12.5
1st 70m X. Maddox (2005)
400m
6th T. Hatton-Brown (2014)
5th T. Hatton-Brown (2013)
4th J. Flower (2012)
4 X 100m House Relay
Sixth School House (2004)
5th School (2008) Lovell, Stafford-Brookes, Johnson, James
4th Sutton House (1978)
3rd School House (2007) Bryan, Maddox, James, Chiles
2nd E. Eves, T. Goodwin, H. Fisher, O. Beard (2015) 53.9
1st Handcroft - W. Brown, O. Wolfe, Q. Mathews, J. Hine (2015)
4 x100m Relay
U19 J. Allen, J. Flower, M. McDuffus, C, Newton (2016) Radley Relays
U17 R. Seymour-W, J. Allen C. Newton, M. McDuffus (2015) Sen District Champs
U15 J. Willie, C. Wright, J. Davies, C. DysonHolland (2016) District Champs
U13 A. Overton, J. Sheard, N. Banks, M. Adeniran (2018) Track Knock Out Final
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