February 2016
WYCOMBE HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS BULLETIN CHARITY GALA DINNER & SPORTS AWARDS FRIDAY 6 MAY Come and join us at the WHS sports event of the year! Gabby Logan will be hosting an evening of awards and sporting celebration. This is shaping up to be an event to remember! It will be a black tie evening at Wycombe Old Town Hall with tickets priced at £45 per adult and £25 per student, for places on tables of 10. There will be separate adult and student tables, with full tables of 10 adults available to purchase. Students can only attend with an adult/parent. Tickets will be going on sale shortly via www.thelittleboxoffice.com/ whs. All funds raised will go to GOSH, Gabby Logan’s chosen charity, and the Play Your Part Sport Campaign. There will be a silent auction so watch out for the auction list that will be issued in advance for you to get your bids in.
INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS Squash
Athletics Jemima Copeman (Y9 T1) is now ranked 2nd in the UK at U15 for 300m with a time of 42.11 seconds. A fantastic achievement, especially with a broken thumb! Best of luck for the athletics season ahead.
Karate Jessica Lyford (Y9 N8) received her black belt in Karate in December and is working towards her first Dan in the coming months. Well done Jessica on all the hard work and training that has gone into achieving such a high level. Good luck going forward.
Ultimate Frisbee GB competitions await Dana Issa (Y10 A9) who has been selected for the U17 GB Ultimate Frisbee team. A fantastic achievement. Also, 5 of our Sixth Form students attended the U20 GB trials in Coventry this month. They had a great day of coaching, games, and fitness drills. All of the girls were successful and have been selected for the 2nd round of trials, a residential weekend in March. If selected, they could be off to Poland in August for an international tournament. Well done Ciara Bignell (Y13 A1) Tabi Caroe (Y13 B5) Emmy Gaca (Y13 B9) Freya Elliot (Y12 P6) Katie Parry (Y12 C10) and good luck for the next stage of trials.
Gina Mullis (Y8 N9) has been selected for the Bucks U13 team. They recently took part in the Inter County Cup in Nottingham and beat numerous counties along with Lancashire in the semifinal and then Yorkshire in the final, to become National Team Champions, a first for Bucks.
TEAM SUCCESS Gymnastics Well done to our U19 and U14 Gym Squads who competed in the Southern Regional Finals at the end of January. Both teams did exceptionally well especially considering how young the girls are (Y7, 9 and 11) and the U19 team came away with an impressive Bronze medal. Special mention to Poppy Whelehan (Y7 P10) who scored a perfect 16 out of 16 for her floor routine for the U19 team.