Sports day

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SPORTS DAY 2022

WORDS BY Mr. Shawn Plillips Director of Sport

It was great to be able to have our annual Sports Day once again, at Bedford International Athletics Stadium, with spectators being present this year.

The day was set out so that Y3 to Y6 competed in the morning, followed by Y7 and Y8 in the afternoon, creating a lovely atmosphere during both parts of the day.

The boys had chosen, from a list, which events they wanted to take part in, and the programme was arranged accordingly.

The track was busy with competitive sprints from 60m to up to 300m, the middle distance races of 600m and 800m were highly anticipated and didn’t disappoint, and the relays at all age groups were fiercely contested with several close finishes. However, the staff 4 x 100m team did not get to defend their title against the Y8s this year because we ran out of time!

On the track every boy who ran gave their best, trying to score points for their House, whilst proving that they could win or lose with grace. What a great display by all involved.

The field events were equally enjoyed, with the long jump (all years) and javelin (Y7 and 8) proving very popular, having up to 15 competitors per house in some age groups. Even Greg Rutherford would be impressed with the effort they made in the jumps, let alone the staff and fellow house members.

There are winners in these events and following a few hours deciphering score sheets by Mrs Chaillou-Kindred and Mr Phillips, the final results, where all scores from all year groups 3 - 6 were combined to find the morning results and those from Y7 and Y8 to find the afternoon results, were calculated.

YEARS 3-6 1st Harpur 2nd Howard 3rd Whitbread 4th Bunyan YEARS 7-8 1st Whitbread 2nd Harpur 3rd Bunyan 4th Howard

COMBINED 1st Harpur - (by 0.8 points) 2nd Whitbread 3rd Bunyan 4th Howard

Thank you to all the boys for their tremendous enthusiasm and to the staff for all their efforts to help make the day run smoothly. And a special mention to the Prep Guild for the most welcome drinks and lollipops.

There has been a club for boys in Year 3, Year 4 (Thursdays) and Year 5 & Year 6 (Wednesdays) running before school every week since September with good numbers attending, pointing to a continued interest in tennis in the School.

In the Spring Term the U8 team played an indoor match with children from Pilgrims and the U9 team played against BMS. Both mornings were fun and filled with some enthusiastic play. Both teams managed to win their matches, but it is more important that 24 boys represented the School in this sport.

In the Summer the amount of fixtures increased, unsurprisingly, with many boys having the chance to compete against different opponents.

The U8s played against a mixed U9B team from BMS and enjoyed their close fought win.

The U9s had a fantastic drawn match with BMS U9A and also won the inaugural District competition where they mixed with BGS to make two Bedford teams.

Our U11s won the District competition where they also mixed with BGS to make two Bedford teams but, unfortunately, their tournament at Laxton School was rained off!

The U13s had a variety of competitions and matches where the U13A won the Bedfordshire (Division 1) round of the LTA Youth Schools Tournament - the next round takes place in September; the U13B played in three matches in the LTA Youth Schools Tournament (Division 2) performing strongly against BMS, Icknield High School and Stopsley High School. Friendly matches at U12 & U13 against BGS, St Alban’s and St Faith’s (2 matches) saw over 40 boys play for the School.

Well done to all players.

TENNIS REPORT 2022

WORDS BY By Mr Shawn Phillips, Director of Sport

BEDFORD SCHOOL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

YEAR 3 1st Arka Athreya 2nd Theo Wereszczynski YEAR 4 1st Josh Featherstone 2nd Berti Martin

YEAR 5 1st Samarth Serish 2nd Riddha Athreya YEAR 6 1st Oliver Featherstone 2nd Henri Helm

YEAR 7 1st Harry Hodgson 2nd Theo Rees

YEAR 8 1st Jack Down 2nd Tom Mahony