SCHOOL LONG JUMP RECORD BROKEN AFTER 52 YEARS!

In June, Michael M (then in First Form) smashed a school record that has stood since 1970 with an outstanding leap of 5.37m in the long jump, the third longest jump for his age group in the country last year.

The previous First Form long jump record holder was Nigel McDowell (RGS 1969-1977). An extract from The Pilgrim in 1970 (underlying the drawbacks of the House System at the time), highlights the value of Nigel’s victory to those in Kinnersley House: “Many of those who had made excellent contributions to the House effort were rewarded by fine personal results on sports day when, apart from winning both the junior and intermediate relays, we had Port, Stenning, Leader, Pretlove, Lamb, Burnett, Greenhalgh and McDowell with placings in two events each. We might congratulate McDowell in particular on gaining three first places. The great success of the few on sports day...”