SUMMER 2013
PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
NEWSLETTER
ACTIV8 DAY A ROARING SUCCESS The Worthing High School annual Activ8 Day was held on Friday 5th July 2013 with over 1000 students and staff taking part on a glorious day of sporting activity. Tarring Community secured their first ever Activ8 Day success last week with a magnificent overall score of 1120 points. Xene Aucock, Tarring’s Deputy Head Girl and Becky Sim, Tarring Prefect and Sports Prefect, are pictured below being presented with the prestigious trophy by the PE Department. Well done!
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Activ8 Day – Friday 5th July Worthing High School held its annual Activ8 Day on Friday 5th July. Forty family groups, representing each of the four communities took part in a carousel of activities including bench ball, softball, lacrosse, volleyball, hockey, handball, table tennis, rowing, basketball, dodge ball, 5‐a‐side football, ultimate Frisbee, Football, Tchoukball and tennis. Family groups were looking to earn as many points as they could for their community through team work, participation, effort and competition. Students also had the opportunity to be awarded separate certificates based on the legacy of London 2012: these values included Passion, Belief, Respect, Honesty, Teamwork and Determination. There was a real sense of community ethos throughout the school which created a great atmosphere for students and staff alike and kept spirits high despite the very hot weather! All four communities were fantastic but this years honours went to TARRING for the first time. Congratulations!
Overall Results: Tarring – 1st Heene – 2nd Broadwater – 3rd Salvington – 4th Individual community tutor group results Position
Broadwater
Heene
Salvington
Tarring
1st 2nd 3rd
BDH
HAB
SRR
TRM
BKL & BLE
HAL & HNI
SKE & SJT
TMR
BLP
HJH & HJM
SJS
TIK
A fantastic day enjoyed by all. Well done! Miss M Field
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PE Sports Presentation and Achievement Evening Tuesday 9th July 2013 The 2nd annual PE Presentation night took place on Tuesday 9th July at Worthing High School to a packed audience of 450 people. The guest speaker was none other than Olympian Pete Waterfield who delighted the crowd with stories of London 2012, past Olympics and his medal successes. The PE department were proud to reward those who have represented the school so successfully this academic year. Students were awarded a number of certificates, engraved trophies and medals throughout the evening as well as having the chance to meet Pete and have their photo taken with him. A number of Special Awards were given out on the night, which included ‘Team of the Year’. This award was presented to the sports team who have shown huge achievement, commitment and passion throughout the year and it went to our highly successful Ricochet Dance Company, pictured below with Pete Waterfield.
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PE Sports Presentation and Achievement Evening Tuesday 9th July 2013—continued The evening was a huge success and will now become an annual event on the school calendar. It was an excellent evening and demonstrated the huge impact sport and physical activity has for many of our students. Congratulations to all those who received certificates and awards. We look forward to building on the success from September. Many thanks to all students, parents and carers for attending the evening; the PE department look forward to seeing you all again next year. Miss M Field
Curriculum awards were presented to Jimmee Wood and Mohamed Suliman for KS3 Curriculum awards were presented to Melany Cook, Beth Pemberton‐ Hill and Russell Cook (not pictured) for KS4.
Leadership awards went to Joe Carruthers (pictured) and Peter Faulkner for their tireless work within school sport and the local community.
The final award of the evening for service, commitment and participation (2009‐2013) was awarded to Sharna Challenger and Chloe Ford. 4
PE ACHIEVEMENT EVENING –SPORTS AWARDS WINNERS
SPORT
AGE GROUP MOST IMPROVED PLAYER of the YEAR
ATHLETICS/ CROSS COUNTRY
U14 BOYS
(refer to as Performers)
U16 BOYS
Joe Carruthers
U14 GIRLS
Millie Hughes
U16 GIRLS
Charley Murphy
BADMINTON RUGBY
PERFORMERS of the YEAR
PLAYER of the YEAR Max Holland
U14/U16 GIRLS
Jeena Wood
Florence Mason
U13 BOYS
Reise Mitchell
Ewan Greenhalf
U14 BOYS
Luke Turner
James Shepherd
U15 BOYS
Thomas Adams
Sam Preller
U16 BOYS
Noor Ali
Max Cook
U13 GIRLS
Jimmee Wood
Ella Bourne
U14 GIRLS
Gaby George
Dolly Culver
U15 GIRLS
Katie Martin
Emily Wadge
U16 GIRLS
Rebecca Gardner
Charley Murphy
U13 BOYS
Ben Colburn
Ollie Dengate
U14 BOYS
Ollie Rowley
Nick Oxley
U15 BOYS
Luke Tolchard
Josh Bourne
U13 GIRLS
Shania Clements
Ella Bourne
U15 GIRLS
Abbie Houston
Claudia Beaumont
DANCE
U13 GIRLS
Ella Digby
Megan Mustill
(refer to as Performers)
U14 GIRLS
Sophie Penfold
Isabel Milne
U15 GIRLS
PERFORMERS of the YEAR
U16 GIRLS
Georgina Leonard
Neath Champion-Weeks Becky Sim Ellie Howard
U13 BOYS
Cameron Blackburn
Filippo Messeri
U14 BOYS
Joe Norgett
Patrick Webber
U15 BOYS
Bobby Bowry
Matteo Messeri
U16 BOYS U13 GIRLS
Russell Cook Lottie Sparks
Kieran O’Brien Erin Upfield
U14 GIRLS
Eloise Lumley
Lucy Steel
U13 GIRLS
Caitlin Moorfield
Sharna Challenger Emily Wadge Ella Bourne
U14 GIRLS
Katie Scott
Heidi Morrison
U15 GIRLS
Holly Nelson
Claudia Beaumont
U13 BOYS
Harvey Cairns
Sophie Zienkiewicz Sharna Challenger Luke Moore
U15 BOYS
Sacha Madani-Roberts
Isaac Kirby-Dunkley
U16 BOYS
Christopher Tyson
Edward Lister
U14 GIRLS
Zed Brady
Erin Upfield
U16 GIRLS
Emily Cartwright
Chloe Ford
ROUNDERS
CRICKET
FOOTBALL
U16 GIRLS
NETBALL
U16 GIRLS
BASKETBALL
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Nick Oxley represents SE England at Bunbury Festival. Nick Oxley (10BCO) has been selected in a 13 man South East England squad to play in the 27th Bunbury ESCA Under 15s Cricket Festival, to be held at Durham University, from 21 to 26 July. As well as being the only Sussex based player picked to play at the Bunbury Festival, Nick has been part of the Sussex County Emerging Player Programme and has been to Dubai for a training camp in Easter and will travel to Sri Lanka in December for further elite training. Over the years, the English Schools Cricket Association Bunbury Festival has helped discover and nurture many talented cricketers; 308 Bunbury’s have gone on to play First Class cricket, with 60 achieving the ultimate honour of representing England. Nick plays for the Sussex County U15 squad and plays his club cricket at Worthing CC where he has broken into the 1st team this season and taken his first wickets. Nick said “I am very pleased with my recent performances with the highlight being picked for SE England. I’ve worked very hard on my game over the winter and feel that I have made a breakthrough this year.” Mr. Gill
Dance Make Your Move Competition On Saturday 8th June Ricochet took part in the British Red Cross, Make Your Move Dance Competition. The girls put endless hours into preparing for the competition both raising money and rehearsing the dance. The group performed extremely well and showed professionalism throughout the day and during the performance of their dance. At the end of the night Ricochet were presented with a bronze certificate for raising over £100 for the British Red Cross and were also awarded the prize for ‘Best Group Dynamic’, which was truly deserved. Well done to all the girls who took part. Miss Strudwick
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Super Swimmer Luke Moore represents Sussex Luke Moore 9TDS has been swimming for 5 years and swims with the Shiverers club team based in Brighton and Hove. He trains 11 hours a week often putting in the hours before school. Following a number of successful performances in the pool, Luke has been selected for the Sussex Seahawks swimming team which is a club formed of top swimmers from Shiverers and Atlantis swimming clubs. Luke is currently placed 5th in his age group in Sussex and has made the South East regional squad for team relay events. He has been lucky enough to receive coaching from the likes of Michael Jamieson and David Carry who are Team GB / Olympic swimmers. He also competes for his club in the Division 1 of the National Arena Swimming League in London. Luke and his Shiverers team, won the menʹs Brighton pier to pier race on Saturday 13th July. Luke achieved a magnificent 3rd place in his age group at the South Eastern regional open water championships this weekend just gone at Westhampnett lake. Well done Luke and we wish you all the best for the future. Mr. Gill
George Green’s Table Tennis Diary Last week I played in my first ever competitive table tennis tournament, the Worthing District Tournament, which was available for anyone, held in Worthing. I played very well and got to the final only dropping one game however I narrowly lost in the final; the score was 11‐9 10‐12 11‐9 11‐7. I had two game points in the second but it wasn’t to be. I am still am very pleased I got to the final in my first tournament and I hope to enter many more. Adding to this I now play in a men’s Worthing District Division 3 League (where everyone has to start) and I hope to do very well and move up the ranks. I would like to win Division One next year and I hope to play for Sussex one day.
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Golfer Nathan Longley hits the big time in Scotland. Two weeks ago Nathan Longley in 11TRM flew up to Scotland to play in Scottish Boys U16 at Porthlethen, near Aberdeen. Nathan was 1 of 120 boys competing in Scotland with a strong national and international field and finished the tournament a very creditable 5th place, bringing home the best score for a Great Britain & Ireland player; he was only 3 shots behind the French winner. Nathanʹs golfing skills were truly tested at times, having to contend with the gusting Scottish wind and rain, but he stayed focused and played some amazing golf. After an opening round of 68, Nathan returned three rounds in the low 70s to card an aggregate score of level par for the four rounds. After 2 days of play, only the top 40 players went on to play another 36 holes to find a winner. Nathan’s success in Scotland has firmly put him on the Sussex Golf radar and no doubt he will break into County teams after this magnificent result. Nathan is off to Portugal in July to play in the Oceanico World Kids Golf Championship played on the Faldo course. Nathan will have a couple of days to acclimatise before playing in the three round competition. Well done Nathan and we look forward to further success this summer! Mr. Gill
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Marc is aiming for Rio 2016
Marc Charlesworth (9SSY) started archery in September 2010 at Worthing Archery Club and began competitive shooting regularly in March 2012 with his first ever indoor event being the Sussex County Indoor Championships. He won the Junior Gentlemen Recurve title in 2012 as well as breaking a number of County Records during the season. Marc topped off a great 2012 by claiming the Junior Master Bowman Award in September. In December, Marc entered the Junior National Indoor Championships at the Ricoh Centre in Coventry and came 10th in his category. This annual event is the third largest competition worldwide with 450 archers competing, featuring top class international and Olympic archers. Marc is currently ranked 1st in Sussex for Boys Junior Recurve, joint 15th nationally for Under 18ʹs and is joint 2nd for the Under 14ʹs category. He has been privileged to represent Sussex three times in tournaments against Essex, Surrey and Hampshire and trains 3 times per week indoors or outdoors to improve his technique. Marc has continued to progress well during 2013 by gaining two further County Record scores and retaining his indoor county title and recently competed at the Junior National Outdoor Championships at Lilleshall in Shropshire, the national home of Archery. He came an impressive 2nd place for his category, missing the top prize by a mere 16 points. He didnʹt let this faze him and went on to shoot a new personal best metric score of 1229 at the Surrey Championships last weekend, gaining a further two County Record scores, a 1200 EAF Badge and he was the highest scoring archer for his age group. Marcʹs success has continued as he has just added the Sussex County Outdoor Junior Recurve Champion title at the Sussex County Outdoor Championships on 20/21 July to his achievements to date. He is now focusing on the next tournament, the first Junior Masters Tournament to be held for the top level junior archers in the UK comprising of a ranking round and then Head to Head elimination rounds. Marc aspires to represent GB at the Rio Olympics in 2016 and we wish him all the best! Mr. Gill
Team Elite Celebration Finale Ellis Bubb 11HAB and Head Girl Neath Champion‐Weeks 11HDB have been actively involved in the Team Elite programme during 2012/13. They have followed an elite sporting schedule focusing on psychological training, physiological testing and physical training, all based at the University of Chichester. Both students have excelled during the programme and have represented Worthing High School with pride and passion. Well done to both of you and congratulations on your achievements within Team Elite!
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ROUNDERS Well done to ALL teams and players for a fantastic season, participating in both the District Leagues and Tournaments – despite the often unpredictable British weather causing some fixtures to be cancelled and/or re‐arranged. Each Year Group Team had their individual successes and ‘ups and downs’; however, I am extremely proud of their achievements, commitment and enthusiasm for every game – team spirit remained high and fair play was displayed throughout. Well done! Ms Stevenson
SQUAD: Ella Bourne, Beth Hall, Erin Upfield, Shania Clement, Jimmee Wood, Florence Mason, Jessica Rainsford, Caitlin Moorfield, Charlotte Evans
SQUAD: Dolly Culver, Gaby George, Zed Brady, Maryam Firoozmand, Abi Downham, Cerys Fulcher, Lucy Steel, Tiffany Amesbury‐ Fuller, Danielle Jackson
SQUAD: Katie Martin, Kim Logan, Becky Sim, Emily Wadge, Jade Fitzsimmonds, Natalie Perren, Lucy Piper, Jeena Wood, Georgie Bristow, Sophie Jones
SQUAD: Megan Williams, Kate Beeson, Melany Cook, Chloe Ford, Charley Murphy, Sharna Challenger, Rebecca Gardner, Beth Pemberton‐Hill, Sophie Zienkiewicz
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Olympic Legacy—alive and kicking! During week of 24th June to 28th June, National School Sports Week once again came to the playing fields of Worthing High School.
Tutor Time Challenge On their designated morning, each tutor group participated in a Tutor Group Challenge out on the school field during form time. The Challenge consisted of 10 multi skill based activities including Giant Skip, Hockey Dribble, Target Shooting, Relay Race and Tchoukball Catch to name but a few, with every student electing to undertake at least one ‘challenge’. All staff who experienced this event agreed that this was an excellent way to start the school day!
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Olympic Festival Week All through the week in an adapted PE timetable, pupils took part in a carousel of five of the twenty six Olympic disciplines; these were Lacrosse, Tchoukball, Table Tennis, Volleyball and Hockey. The students were placed in to teams at the start of the week and then during their lessons engaged in a little ‘friendly’ competition with the winning team for each Community receiving a prize for their efforts. The pupils all thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity to experience new, to some, and unfamiliar, to many, sports that may not have received quite the showcasing they deserved throughout the two weeks which made up the London 2012 Olympiad. With so much sporting talent on show all through the week, might Worthing High school have a future Olympic Gold Medallist walking amongst its corridors? Only time will tell. Mr. Morris
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James Colburn visits WHS Ex‐student James Colburn visited Worthing High School during enrichment week to speak to GCSE PE and BTEC Sport students about his life as a racing driver. James races in the Renault UK Clio Cup Series and is currently ranked third in the standings. James brought in his car, his trophies and his racing overalls to delight and inspire students. Students were able to sit in the car whilst James talked them through what it takes to drive a highly specialised car and the discipline required to race at a top level whilst managing a day job during the week.
Girls Cricket Worthing High School entered both the U15 league and U13 girl’s outdoor leagues this year. The U15 team finished runners‐up in their league with some excellent performances with the bat and ball. The U13 team (pictured right) finished 1st in their league. Throughout their games Ella, Shania, Tammy, Lauryn and Skye were excellent when bowling whilst Caitlyn, Erin, Emma and Florence were indispensable with the bat. The girls competed strongly in the semi‐final; a last wicket stand by Ella and Erin with 6’s and 4’s off every ball was not enough to put them into the final; the final score was Oathall 111 v WHS 98. Well done to all students who have taken part in cricket this season. Miss Field
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Flag for the Future Community Flag Competition The community flag design competition was a great success. The PE department ran a competition for a flag design that represented each of the communities. We were looking for a flag of the future – something special. After many hours deliberating with Community Leaders, the PE department and Sport Prefects – the successful winners were announced: Broadwater: winning entry designed by Greg Vernon (BDH) Heene: winning entry by Dolly Culver and HDB Salvington: winning entry designed by Mr Smith and SJS Tarring: winning entry designed by Munireh Lane (TAN) Well done to all who entered the competition. Miss M Field
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Lewis Strotten Shoots for GB Lewis Strotten (10BJG) has just been selected by Great Britain to join the elite Junior Shooting squad. Lewis only started .22 target shooting at Aldingbourne Target Shooting club in September 2008. He quickly showed he had huge potential to shoot well and entered his first competitions against local clubs, shooting at indoor ranges at 25 yards. In March 2011, Lewis shot his first 100/100 in a head to head competition at Chichester Rifle club and then won the prestigious southern area junior Chanctonbury Cup. On the back of this success, Lewis started shooting 50m on an outdoor range which is the standard distance for commonwealth and Olympic shooting. Lewis shot the junior British Championships at Bisley 2011 and on his first attempt, came 3rd place in the British Under 16 Championship.
Following this, he was selected for the Sussex County Junior team, whilst continuing to shoot and train at Aldingbourne. After competing at Bisley again in August 2012, Lewis was invited by the Great Britain Junior Squad to train with them due to achieving the minimum qualifying score of 571/600 for firing 60 shots at 50m in 50 minutes. Joining the Great Britain Junior Squad, Lewis has now begun training in three positional shooting (standing, kneeling and prone) and precision air rifle. In March this year, Lewis became the Sussex Under 16 Champion for indoor 25 yard prone shooting. He will also be competing for the first time at Bisley in August at the Junior International Matches. Lewis said “I’ve learnt so much already from my involvement in the GB squad and am very excited about my future.” Mr. Gill
Year 8 Boys Cricket Team reach District Semi Finals After three superb wins over Durrington, Chatsmore and TLA in the league, the boys marched in to the District semi finals at the first time of asking. With some excellent performance with the bat and ball, the boys were full of confidence and only Shoreham Academy stood in their way en route to the final. On a windy afternoon away in the depths of Shoreham, the WHS boys were up against it from the start as the Shoreham attack ripped through our batting order with ruthless efficiency. Ollie Dengate scored a magnificent 18 before a Yorker took out middle stump and sent him back to the Pavilion. Ollie also took a prized wicket in their Sussex opener but it wasn’t enough and we had to admit defeat against a far superior side. However, over the season, all of the boys performed with spirit and determination with some notable performances by Ben Colburn, Cam Blackburn and Kavan Sahota. Mr. Gill
Pictured (back row left to right): Ben Redman, Kavan Sahota, Ollie Dengate, Sam Edgoose, Filippo Messeri and Imam Ali. Front row left to right: Harvey Cairns, Conner Wilson, Ben Col‐ burn, Matthew Votta and Cam Blackburn. Not pic‐ tured: Charlie Weelen & Joe Birch.
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Leadership in PE Sport leadership students were delighted to welcome Year 5 students to sporting sessions throughout this term and last term. The Year 10 students lead a number of sessions in kwik cricket, lacrosse, softball, handball, basketball, bench ball, sitting volleyball, and tchoukball. Thank you for all your hard work! Miss Field
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Exhibition Cricket Match on a sunny evening The Year 9 boys cricket team played the Year 10 team on a beautiful summers evening last week, umpired by Mr. Gill and Mr. Morris. The game had been hyped up for over a week and both teams were sure to produce some fine performances with the bat and ball. It came down to the last over but the Year 10 just edged out their opponents in a thrilling match. Notable performances from Nick Oxley, Sam Hyde, Kavan Sahota and Ella Bourne added a touch of sparkle to the evening’s play. Well done to all involved!
Thank you to all the students and staff for your commitment, passion and enthusiasm to School sport this year. We look forward to more sporting success from September. Have a great summer! The PE Department.
@WorthingHighPE Worthing High School Physical Education Department Miss Field (Leader of PE) Mr. Gill Mr. Morris Ms. Stevenson Miss Strudwick (Leader of Dance) Mr. Stringer Miss Guirey Mr. G Smith
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