slippery track. For the Intermediates, Henry Carson came first in the 400 meters, and Alex Martin won his race in the 100 meter hurdles. Eliot Makin won his javelin event, with another new school record, and Henry Wiggin excelled at the discus, gaining first place. These efforts placed the Inters fifth in their division, which was a good effort given the standard of competition. After our traditional fixture at Bromsgrove was cancelled due to poor weather, our next fixture was Radley’s own multi-events match on the 7th of July. This is a fun event where athletes have a choice of two sprint events, two endurance events, two throws, and two jumps, and their performances from each get converted into points. The athlete with the most points is crowned the winner, and the best all round athlete on the day. Some shrewd calculations from some other schools suggested that it was easier to get points in the Long Jump than the High Jump, and the Shot than the Javelin, and some tactical event choosing from Harrow meant that they won each Age Groups team prize, and also won seven of the nine individual medals. The fastest
100m of the day put Charlie Pritchard in contention for an individual medal, but in the end he finished fifth, only a few points behind second. Archie Barrow was the strongest performing Inter on the day, finishing seventh, however he never really threatened the podium. The highlight of the day from a Radley perspective was the Senior A team, consisting of Charlie Pritchard, Freddie Marshall, Alex House, and Arthur O’Kelly, winning bronze medals. The next event for the Radley College Athletics Club was one we hosted, rather than competed in, and on the 9th of July Radley held its annual Prep Schools Athletics match. This event has grown in recent years, and is now a fierce competition between eleven local Prep schools. The Dragon had an intimidatingly large team, however Chandlings won the year 4 competition, and Caldicott won both the Years 5/6, and the Years 7/8 competitions. However, with over 320 young athletes and the best weather of the season a good day was had by all, and the Radley boys who assisted with running the event were a credit to the school.
Our final event of the season was the County Championships. Some wet conditions and clashes of dates meant Radley had a more modest number of entrants than usual, and Sam Richardson was our only County Champion as he won the Junior Javelin. However his throw of 45.23m was good enough to set a new school record, and qualify Sam for the National Championships later on in the season. So the high quality of performances helped make up for the slightly low quantity of performances.
B Collins, g, T Jewell, b, E Makin, f
THE RADLEIAN SPORTS SUPPLEMENT
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