Cross Country

On Wednesday 8th February Chigwell took a squad of twenty three Year 7 and 8 pupils to take part in the Essex Schools Cross-Country Championships, held at Writtle University College in Chelmsford. Our Year 7 boys came 37th out of forty-one schools with Thomas W being the first Chigwell boy in the team, gaining a time of 14.42 for 3000m. Well done to Yuvraj W, Archie C, Luca B, Jacob S and Rory E who also took part. The Year 7 girls came 28th out of thirty-nine schools with Betsy W achieving a time of 16.02 for 3000m and Rosie R coming in close behind with 16.05. Well done to Isla O’D and India H-H who also took part. In Year 8, the boys team came a very impressive 10th out of thirty-six schools with Archie B coming 14th and achieving a time of 13:19 for 3600m and being selected to represent Essex at the Inter-Counties event on 25th March. Well done to Dean S who achieved 14.28, Felix L with 14.55 and George W with 15.20, and to Syon E, Latif K, Bieant B, Ileri A, Ben R and Theo C who also took part. Our Year 8 girls did not have a full team but ran as individuals. Well done to Grace G who was the first Chigwell girl with a time of 17.34 for 3600m and also to Emily H and Amelia H for taking part.

Swimming

At the end of February, twenty swimmers from Year 5 to Year 8 travelled to Culford School to compete in both individual and relay events at the IAPS swimming competition. Congratulations to the following for coming first in their events: U12 Medley relay team (Betsy W, Isla O’D, India H-H and Rosie R), George Edwards in the U10 25m Butterfly, India H-H in the U12 50m backstroke, Rosie R in the U12 50m breaststroke. Well done too to Ben for 2nd in the U13 50m butterfly, Ben M for 2nd in the U11 50m freestyle and Isla O’D for 2nd in the

Girls’ Football

All girls from Year 3 to Year 13 were invited to take part in the FA’s Biggest Ever Girls Football Session on Wednesday 8th March. Just under one hundred girls from Chigwell took part, contributing to the 285 thousand girls who participated across the UK. Our U18 team also played their first football match of the season against Sevenoaks School as part of the ISFA Cup. The U14s represented Chigwell in the U15 ISFA Cup against Brentwood and whilst they fought well, Brentwood proved to be too strong an opposition for them.

50m freestyle. All swimmers showed spirit and enthusiasm. We find out in May as to whether anyone qualified for the National Finals in June at the London Aquatic Centre.