Bablake ATHLETICS

Solihull Athletics Meet

We have continued to see some great success on the athletics track from our pupils. Both the Junior and Inter boys’ and girls’ teams finished in first place at the Solihull athletics meet on the 26th April. Special mentions must go to Ella Martin (1st 800m), Imogen Lane (1st - shot & long jump), Isla Beasley (1st - high jump & 400m), Lyla Brown (1st - javelin) and Lara Drage (1st - 800m).

Year 7 qualifiers

The most recent event to be held was the Year 7 qualifiers, where our youngest athletes finally got to showcase their talents. Special mentions go the following, who have qualified for the Coventry finals later in the term:

Boys: Jacob Hodgkins, Elliot Forbes-Gifford, Niki Basioudis, Jack Thirde, Jaron Lewis-Haynes, Mozart Silver OBrien & Hugo Hughes.

Inter and Junior championships

The Inter (Years 10 and 11) and Junior (Years 8 and Year 9) championships were the next competitions to be held and both events demonstrated the excellent potential of some of our athletes.

Once again, special mentions go to Adam Memi (1st - hurdles), Ismail Khalil (1st 800m), Imogen Lane (1st - hurdles, long jump and shot), Oriana MacGibbon (1st - javelin), Isla Beasley (1st - 200m), Ella Martin (1st - 800m and long Jump), Michael Masterson (1st - 200m), Sebastian MacGibbon (1st - 1500m) and James Cox (1st - javelin).

Girls: Jessica Bolstridge, Lucie Hateley, Lyla Brown, Hannah Smith, Lauren Munton, Lexie East, Angel Khumalo, Gursimar Dosanjh & Scarlet Maude.

Heptathlon

Congratulations must go to Imogen on her recent success. She won the Midlands counties U17 women’s heptathlon with a score of 4226 points, which currently ranks her second in the UK and breaks the Godiva Harriers’ all-time club record! Well done Imogen.