Coast 2 Coast 25th Anniversary

This year’s Coast 2 Coast Challenge will be the 25th time that a group of WGS students have run the 170 miles from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay in North Yorkshire as a tag team in just 24 hours.

Congratulations to two WGS gymnasts:

Charlie Hulme (Year 11) and Jamie Reyner-Corbett (Year 7) who were both selected to compete at the Gymnastics British Championships in Liverpool at the end of March. This was following successful performances at the English Open Championships, the second biggest competition in the country - a fantastic achievement in itself!

Charlie did extremely well against tough competition in the U18 Men’s category. Meanwhile, Jamie competed in the Women’s Artistic Aspire category, finishing an incredible 4th out of 39 on the Floor Apparatus and finishing 8th overall. We are extremely proud of both of them.

Athletics, Netball and Cricket

At the start of the term, the City Indoor Athletics Championship took place. WGS entered boys’ and girls’ teams in all age groups and there was success for our Year 7 boys who were crowned City Champions and our Year 8 and Year 10 girls’ teams who were runners-up.

Congratulations to the U13A Netball team who only conceded one game all season and came away with gold medals beating The Queen’s School, Chester, in a tight final at the Packwood Haugh Tournament. At the very end of term they were named City Champions; whilst the U14s came runners up.

The U15s have also seen success, recently winning the City Tournament. They played a round robin and didn’t lose a single game – congratulations girls!

Cricket continues to be enjoyed by boys and girls alike, even in winter when our U13 and U15 teams competed at the county indoor cricket competition. The U15 girls did well to reach the final, and the U13 and U15 boys’ teams both won their finals. At the end of term, our U15 boys took part in the Wolverhampton Schools Championships competing amongst 10 schools and were winners of the semi-final competition.

As the term came to an end, Junior and Senior School students and staff joined together for an early morning Spring Fun Run around Moreton’s Piece and the Valley.

There were House points awarded to all those taking part and prizes for the bestdressed and for the fastest boy (Ryan Mehan) and fastest girl (Zena Asbury). A celebratory bacon roll and hot chocolate were enjoyed in the Derry afterwards!

Along with the huge sense of personal achievement for the students involved, it is customary for the event to raise much needed funds for charity. This year, our runners have chosen to fundraise for Place2Be, the UK’s leading school-based mental health charity, providing support to children, families and school-based staff when they need it most. One in six children and young people now have a diagnosable mental health issue. That’s five children in every classroom with a condition like depression or anxiety.

Fundraising began in earnest on 21st March with a samosa sale and the team are off to a great start with £1,320 raised to date.

You can join friends and family in making a donation.

The 2023 team is made up of: Ashwin, Charlie, Charlotte, Chris, Dylan, India, Matthew, Reuben, Tia and Zena. They have already started their 16 weeks of training before, during and after school, including braving some of the more extreme wintry weather we have experienced this term! Their challenge will start at 7am on Saturday 27th May from St Bees, with the aim of arriving in Robin Hood’s Bay by the same time the following day.

www.justgiving.com/page/wgscoast2coast2023.

Meet this year’s Coast 2 Coast team.