Active Kids Gymnastic success
All change for UCC PE UCC HAS INVESTED heavily in PE and school sport including a newly built health and fitness suite. Four new trampolines have been bought along with seven outdoor table tennis tables that students have access to during break and lunch times. The sports’ curriculum has also been revamped to offer new and exciting sports to include Tchoukball, Danish longball, ultimate frisbee and more. And from September PE lessons are moving away from focusing on performance related skills in sport to skills such as resilience, communication and managing change.
CATMOSE COLLEGE HAS been celebrating two successful gymnastic competitions. In the British Schools’ Gymnastics Association Floor and Vault they entered an U14 girls team, U14 mixed and an U19 mixed team. The U14 girls got bronze, the U14 mixed and a silver medal and the U19 mixed won gold and will now progress to the BSGA Floor and Vault National Finals to be held on May 1. The Team Milano competition involves an individual floor and vault as well as a team group floor routine. Both the U13 mixed team and U16 mixed won gold and will now compete in the National finals on March 11 and 12. The U16 Girls’ team won bronze and have been invited to represent the East Midlands in the U19 category at National Finals. Well done!
Fantastic Finn
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Finn who goes to UCC has recently been selected for the GB National Development Squad for climbing. Finn has been climbing indoors since the age of seven and on rock outside for the last two years. Finn’s aim is to be a professional climber and he is a member of Team Foundry in Sheffield where he climbs four times a week with the hope of qualifying for the GB and European Youth Climbing Championships later this year. Go Finn!
Netball success TWO TEAMS FROM Oakham have made it through to the National Schools Finals which take place in March. The U16s and U19s both successfully qualified with the U14s sadly narrowly missing out. It’s a great achievement as last year the whole season was cancelled. The teams are now training hard in the gym and getting lots of practice in for the tournament on March 12 and 13.
Oxbridge offers at Oakham CONGRATULATIONS TO FOUR Oakham students who have received Oxbridge offers. Zsolti, Peter, Alan and Oli will be going on to study a wide range of subjects including Computer Science and Maths, French and German, Music and Natural Sciences. Zsolti has also received a choral scholarship at Somerville College, Oxford. Well done!
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