Sports
Worksop and Malvern Cross Country Written by Donna Brailich – Director of Sport Tuesday 8th March saw a team of 24 boys and girls running at the annual Worksop Prep Schools Meeting, with our runners putting in some superb performances. The Under 11 girls easily won their team competition, with a team total of 21! Amelia and Isobel Elwood, picked up individual plaques for their performances, finishing 3rd and 4th in their race whilst Niamh O’Brien finished 6th and Phoebe Whawell finished 8th – awesome packing girls! The Under 13 girls were pipped into being the 2nd place team by a mere one point; but Hattie Nieper picked up an individual plaque, finishing 3rd overall; whilst tight packing once again by the girls saw Annie Middleton securing her best performance to date in 7th place, captain Gabby Harper 8th and Ella Hill 9th for a team total of 27. Our extra runners Flora Kanan (10th) and Arabella Green (14th) were also not far behind. The under 13 boys were without their captain, but also put in some super performances, for a team total of 37, which also saw their team in 2nd place – Jack Whawell was the first runner home in 5th place, winning an individual plaque and Archie Pearson not far behind in 7th p1ace (despite being a year young for this age group). There is still much work to do with the U11 boys, however, whose team total was 111, although they were also missing their captain for this race. Sunday 13th March saw our crosscountry squads back in action at the ‘National Prep Schools Cross Country Meeting’ at Malvern College, a huge event involving 42 different schools. We had some superb individual performances, with Hattie Nieper being our first U13 girl home in 37th place and Archie Pearson finishing 57th in the under 13 boys’ races, despite being a year young for this age group. Highlight of the day for many was the reappearance of
David Beckham who was once again supporting his son Romeo (12th in the U13 Boys’ Race), with Victoria also accompanying him this year. A special
well done to Ava Burton and Lizzie Regis who both ran brilliantly in the Under 11 Girls’ Race, despite still being in Year 4.
Sailing
On the 24th and 25th May Hector Mellor and Teddy Raper (U11) and Max Hattersley, Harry Twelves, Thomas Green and James Carr (U13) competed in the IAPS National sailing regatta in Weymouth. It was a tremendous scene with about 55 boats in each category. Teddy and Hector had had one practice session together and tiny bit of race training but threw themselves in and had a terrific day. There was stiff competition and some ‘bending of the rules’ but they came 16th in our best race and overall 20th having taken turns to helm over all four races. Thomas Green and James Carr started their day with a 1st and a 2nd out of 59 boats and in the end came 4th overall. Max Hattersley and Harry Twelves raced well and came 12th overall. S. Anselm’s were placed 2nd overall out of some good sailing schools. Well done to all of the boys!
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