ATHLETICS

Squad

Girls' Captain: A. Kelly (A)

Boys' Captain: R. Wright (C)

I. Archer (M), F. Birmingham (M),

F. Bruno (A), I. Chihota (G), Z. Dunn (F),

M. Gaunt (G), A. Joubert (L),

K. Kuroda (S), J. Langley (M),

F. Lloyd (M), A. Millard-Smith (A),

N. Mugoti (P), C. Owens (P),

J. Paliah (O), C. Redfern (L), E. Rush (M),

R. Rustom (L), H. Thomas (N),

R. Tobin (P), L. Wholey (G), M. Wong (F)

Building on the excellent 2021 athletics season, we quickly gathered pace with an excellent core group of athletes training regularly throughout the week and preparing for the county and regional competitions. The team were captained excellently by Alice K and Reims W.

Eight Reptonians qualified for the Regional Athletics finals in the U17 and U15 age groups. Maisey G, Fisayo A, Jenna L, Felicity B, Freya B and Ollie G all achieved personal bests in their events which was testament to their hard work and efforts.

Martha W was particularly impressive across several disciplines, winning the Junior Girls Derbyshire Multi Events competition with a PB of 1.44m in high jump to add to her victories in the 800m and shot put events.

We are very grateful for our two external athletics coaches support and expertise - Bob Boyd (Amber Valley Athletics Club) and Keith Morant (Burton Athletics Club) are always on hand to support our pupils with valuable technical coaching points and happy to keep spirits high when results

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Squad

Captain: F. Nowacki (A)

S. Corbett (F), K. Gabriel (G), N. Khan (F), M. Malynicz (A), A. Rai (F), S. Sohal (A), K. Strudwick (G), A. Stylianou (G)

The U14Ds had an excellent start to the season with two early victories against Trent (25-3) and Rugby U14Fs (15-10), with Francesca N scoring 22 and 14 goals respectively. Despite some difficult matches later in the season, the girls played exceptionally well and showing excellent sportsmanship and camaraderie. ELB don’t go to plan. Several of the Repton athletes are now members of external athletics clubs and competing all year round. Indeed, Nathan M is turning heads with his selection for the English Schools’ Finals in Manchester with his qualifying best long jump distance of 5.87m.

Ella R continued her excellent form with her sights firmly set on making the national GB squad. She achieved huge national success, competing against athletes in higher age categories and setting several PBs in high jump and long jump. We wish her all the best as she heads to the US to continue her studies and we will all be keen to watch her progress - her sights set on the Olympics!

At the beginning of November 2022, we said thank you and good-bye to Scott Talbot, who did a tremendous job in setting our swimming programme, and we welcomed our new Director of Swimming, Ash Morris, who joined us from Hamilton Aquatics in the UAE.

Exciting times lie ahead for our Swim England-registered club ‘Repton Swimming’. Promotion to the National Arena Swimming League Premier Division in December 2022, allows us to compete against the very best clubs in the country during the winter of 2023.

There has been absolute dominance for Repton Swimming at county level, with a total of 253 medals at the County Championships in February 2023.

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