3rd place Indoor Athletic Success and Overall Individual Success
Spurcroft School entered the Indoor Sportshall Athletic event and were fortunate enough to have 2 teams involved in the competition - after many events Spurcroft finished 3rd overall out of 18 teams.
Amazing Performance at Indoor Primary Schools Athletics Championships
3rd place and Individual success for Callum
On Saturday 17th November, Spurcroft were fortunate enough to have 2 teams in the Indoor Athletic Championships held at Park House Secondary School. In total there were 18 school teams competing. Each child competed in up to 4 events from: sprints, various relays, standing long jump, standing triple jump, javelin, vertical jump, speed bounce and ball throw. What a fantastic morning - the children all performing to the best of their abilities and excelling in many events with some personal best records and beating previous event records. They all showed fantastic support for their team mates and represented the school with pride and determination to be the best – a great atmosphere.
The final results were in and Spurcroft had achieved 3rd place. All the children were presented with a super trophy. As a result of individual success Callum Little achieved Best Overall Boy – he jumped 49cm in the vertical and 199cm in the long jump and finished 1st in his sprint events.
Congratulations to all the team who had worked extremely hard during the run up to the event and on the day.
“A” team Callum Little, Teddy Mackie, Bobby Brown, Gia Khuu, George Studart, Ethan Baker, Evie Massey, Evie Kernoghan, Lucy O’Sullivan, Amelie Burton, Emily Scott and Bo Deas.
“B” team – William Appleby, Harvey Gould, Alfie Turley, Isaac Layton, Poppie Lilley, Leilah Gaye, Mia Bowley, Leila Colbourne and Rosie Beaumont.
A special mention for those children who achieved a top 3 individual place out of 18 places:
1st places were Evie, Bo, Teddy and Callum in 4x1 lap track race (new event record), Bo and Callum in 1x1 lap, Callum in vertical jump (49cm), Callum in long jump (199cm) and Evie M in long jump (195cm)
2nd places were Bobby in javelin (15.75m)
3rd places were Teddy and Lucy 3x3 lap sprint race
Thank you to Gary Brooker for training the team and supporting them on the day. Thank you to all parents who came to watch and enjoy the excitement of the races - this was appreciated.
Spurcroft Primary School
At Spurcroft Primary we have brilliant pupils who are keen to learn, fun to be around and excited about all of the opportunities they have now, and in their futures. A key feature of Spurcroft is our school values, around which our whole curriculum is based. We want our pupils to develop the skills that will help them to be responsible and ambitious learners, who have strong communication skills and good learning relationships with all members of our school community. Our dedicated and enthusiastic staff work hard with children and their families to ensure that each child is happy, safe and striving to reach their potential. We have an open culture and value positive links between home and school. We have vibrant and exciting learning spaces, both indoors and outdoors, and offer children a wide range of learning opportunities.