Year 4 pupil, William Irvine, completed his first open swimming event last term and has achieved some fantastic results! William won four gold medals and one silver at the Preston Summer Meet.
Results:
50m freestyle – 1st place with a PB of 37.10
50m backstroke – 1st place with a PB of 40.19 (2nd fastest in the UK for his age group)
50m breaststroke – 2nd place with a PB of 47.02 (2nd fastest in the UK for his age group)
100m backstroke – 1st place with a time of 1.25 (fastest in the UK by 2 seconds for his age group)
100m breaststroke – 1st place with a time of 1.40 (fastest in the UK for his age group).
William should be very pleased with these outstanding results and is now working towards the 200m races. Well done William!
Our Boys are currently on a rugby tour of New Zealand, Fiji and Singapore. They are keeping a blog where you can follow their exploits here: 
Joe Cosgrove has had another fantastic cycling success in the British National Cycle Championships. There was around 50 of the best riders from across the UK competing at Oliver’s Mount in Scarborough and Joe placed an impressive 2nd in the overall competition.
Last term saw seven intrepid sixth-former’s foray north into the Lake District, to pit their wits and test their endurance against the Cumbrian fells. Back in March, wild camping on their practice expedition, the girls had woken to ice on both sides of the flysheet; this time the mercury soared to Mediterranean heights.
High o’er fell, deep into dale, round Meres, Tarns, Lakes and Waters, they conquered long, gruelling ascents, squelching bogs, turned ankles and blisters by the bunch. Concessions to the heatwave numbered after-sun, ice cream and a quick dip in Bassenthwaite Lake. By journey’s end, on the shoulder of mighty Skiddaw, our girls had racked up well over 40 miles, along with 1500 metres of ascent.
