May 2018
WYCOMBE HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS BULLETIN Summer 2018
Rowing Two of our Year 10 students are to be congratulated on their rowing success! Eloise Brindle (Y10, C5) and Elizabeth Hollis (Y10, N5) were selected to compete as two of 941 rowers to represent their region (Thanes Upriver – Isis to Teddington Lock) at the annual Junior InterRegional Regatta at the National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham on Saturday 21 April.
Welcome to the Sports Bulletin, a half-termly update of our students’ sporting achievements. Go to the Sports website for details of fixtures and follow us on Twitter @WycHighsports.
Individual Success Netball Congratulations to Pheobe Grey and Stef Marsden who after the England U21 indoor netball trials have been selected to be two of the eighteen athletes for the long squad! Pheobe and Stef will train until next year when twelve out of the eighteen athletes will be selected to go the World Indoor Championships hosted in South Africa in October. A massive achievement at only 15 and 16! We wish them luck with their ongoing training and future team selection!
Eloise Brindle - Marlow WJ15 coxed 4 - Gold
Volleyball
Cross Country
Elizabeth Hollis – Maidenhead WJ15 Double Sculls - Silver Their region, Thames Upriver, took the overall Victor Ludorum (the Di Ellis Shield) after amassing the highest points total on the day, as well as winning the Margaret Marshall Cup for the Junior Women’s event .
WHS student Izzy Tucker has been selected to represent England U19’s Volleyball Squat at the annual Crown Services Invitational, held on 12-13 May at RAF Halton.
On Saturday 17th March, Ana Montgomery was selected to take part in the English Schools National Cross Country Championships in Leeds at Temple Newsam. An outstanding achievement!
This is the first year an England Juniors squad have been invited to the event which includes the top women’s and men’s national teams: Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, British Army, Prison Service and Fire Service.
In the days leading up to the competition, the weather forecast was not looking great. Heavy snow was predicted throughout the day and strong winds threatened to postpone the competition. The previous week heavy rain and snow meant that no athletes could walk the course in order to preserve the course condition for the races. Regardless, just over 2000 athletes turned up to race in the undulating and tough conditions. Ana came 311th in her senior race.
Congratulations to Izzy with her first U19 cap and good luck to Izzy and her England teammates at this amazing event!
“Not one of my best races, but at least I kept my spikes on, an unusual feat for me this cross country season, considering the fact that I have run more races without my shoes on, than with them on this season! Despite this, the day, although freezing, was a brilliant experience, an opportunity to gain experience and make new friends in the team. It was a day to be remembered!” -Ana Montgomery
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Badminton
the Year 10 team took home the silver!
Maya Urath’s efforts in badminton are to be congratulated. Maya represented her club at the National Junior League for the U14 age category in Milton Keynes. Her team put up a spirited fight and just missed out winning the bronze, the opposition won by a close 2 points. Well done, a fantastic achievement!
Swimming World Summer School Games Millie Sansome (Y12, T4) was selected to represent England at the World Summer School Games as part of the swimming team. On the 29 May, Millie travelled to Marrakesh with a team of 12 boys and 12 girls for two days of intensive training. The team then travelled Casablanca for a further three days of competition. Millie was selected to compete in the 400m freestyle, 50m backstroke and 200m freestyle, she made in to the finals in both freestyle events, and medalled in the 200m freestyle with a bronze! The event hosts 18 different sports with a total of 10,000 athletes competing. Millie also had the honour of walking England's flag with the other medallists in her team around the stadium for the closing ceremony. Another incredible achievement for Millie, continuing to impress us with her international successes! Well done!
Indoor League Year 7 A Team: 1st Place B Team: 5th Place
A great start to the athletics season for our Year 7 athletes, looking promising for the upcoming league and District Championships!
Year 8 A Team: 1st Place B Team: 3rd Place
Team Success Athletics District Athletics Championships Year 9 & 10
An excellent result! Both teams taking podium finishes, the B team missed out 2nd place by only a few points!
On Monday 14 May the Year 9 and 10 athletics teams spent the day at the Little Marlow athletics Year 9 track competing in the Wycombe District Athletics A Team: 5th Place Championships. The girls all performed brilliantly B Team: 9th Place despite the heat. The Year 9 team placed 4th and
Sports Achievements
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Athletics League Results Year 9&10 Congratulations to all of the Year 9 and 10 athletes who took part in the athletics league over last three weeks. The girls achieved multiple 1st and 2nd place finishes across the events, and won the league with 184 points, well ahead of 2nd place with 146 points. Well done team WHS! Overall Results: 1st Place: Wycombe High School 2nd Place: Great Marlow School 3rd Place: Sir William Borlase Grammar School
Save The Date! Sports Awards Presentation 2018 Friday 22 June Following the success of this year’s sporting events, we are delighted to once again be hosting a Sports Presentation Evening for students and guests. We are absolutely thrilled to announce that our speaker for the evening is Kadeen Corbin – the Goal Shooter from the Gold Medal winning England Netball team at the Commonwealth Games.
Trampolining
Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis as we have a set capacity for the main Hall. Tickets can be purchased online at www.thelittleboxoffice.com/whs. Please can you buy your tickets by Monday 18 June.
On Friday 11 May the Wycombe High School trampolining team competed in the annual trampolining competition against Wycombe Abbey School. Many of the girls from both the Tuesday and Friday club sessions competed. The team spent their Friday afternoon warming up for the competition after school. When the team arrived at the venue they warmed up on the competition trampolines before the main event! The competition was split into ability based groups: beginners, improvers, advanced and elite. So that all ability groups could take part. Overall it was a very successful evening with lots of girls being awarded medals for outstanding routines. Girls medalling in their respective categories included Tamryn Bailey, Olivia Bedford, Tamzin Allinson, Alice Freischmidt and Liv Davies.
Sports Day 2018 Sports Day is coming up on the 10 July and this year’s theme is ‘The Commonwealth Games’. We look forward to welcoming families on the day to celebrate your daughter’s success. From 10.00 am, we will be serving a selection of teas and coffee, non-alcoholic cordials and Pimms alongside a selection of sweet and savoury canapés, all free of charge in recognition of all your support in our various fundraising campaigns. Just head to the marquee on arrival! Please keep an eye out for an opportunity to purchase a House coloured t-shirt for your daughter that can be worn on Sports Day and Inter -House competitions. More information on Sports Day 2018 can be found in the Head of School’s letter, Twitter @wychighsports and via your daughter.
Summer Inter-house Results 1st Place: Parks 2nd Place: Bronte 3rd Place: Nightingale 4th Place: Pankhurst 5th Place: Austin 6th Place: Curie
We look forward to welcoming you on the day. Reserve date: Tuesday 17 July
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Sports Achievements
We would like to celebrate your daughter’s sporting achievements outside of school. Please email us at office@whs.bucks.sch.uk with your daughter’s success stories for inclusion in the next edition and / or if you would like to become a Friend of Sport to help with fixtures, events, etc. 4