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Athletics Day 2018

On the gloriously sunny afternoon of Friday 29 June the College community gathered at the Eastbourne Sports Park for the Athletics Day 2018.  The standard of competition was high despite record-breaking temperatures and several school records were broken.  It was an excellent event with everyone cheering and supporting their individual houses.  With lashings of suntan cream dispensed and plenty of water and ice-cream consumed, pupils and staff enjoyed this annual event hugely.

The results were as follows:

Senior Boys:                             1st  – Powell;  2nd – Reeves;  3rd – Pennell

Senior Girls:                             1st – Blackwater ;  2nd – Arnold ;  3rd – Nugent

Intermediate Boys:                 1st  – Craig;  2nd –   Powell ;  3rd – Wargrave

Intermediate Girls:                  1st  – Watt;  2nd – Nugent ; 3rd – Arnold

Junior Boys:                             1st equal- Powell and Reeves;   3rd – Wargrave

Junior Girls:                              1st – Arnold;  2nd – School ; 3rd – Blackwater

 

Overall Boys:                          1st  –  Powell        2nd  – Reeves         3rd – Craig

Overall Girls:                          1st  –  Arnold        2nd  –  Blackwater  3rd –  Nugent

Senior Victor Ludorum –  Alexander Mannhardt and Louis Wood

Senior Victrix Ludorum – Isabel McIntosh and Katie Meikle

The following school records were broken:

  • Amy Goble broke the senior girls javelin record,  throwing 24.87 metres
  • Lillian Harley broke the junior girls long jump record with 4.55m
  • Charlotte Stanworth broke the junior girls discus record, throwing 21.93 metres
  • Joshua Veitch broke the intermediate boys javelin record, throwing 44.95 metres

The Best Supported House was awarded to:     School House

A girl in sportswear performs a high jump over a yellow bar on an outdoor track during Athletics Day 2018, landing on a blue mat as other pupils watch in the background. Two young women on a track, in starting positions for a sprint race at an Athletics Day sports event, focused and ready to run, with other runners and trees visible in the background on a sunny day.    A large group of young athletes in sports kits pose together on a sunny outdoor track during Athletics Day, smiling for the camera, with trees and spectators in the background. Two young women in sports kits hold a trophy together and smile, standing next to a man in a blazer at the 2018 Athletics Day sports event. A crowd of people sits in the background on stands outside on a sunny day. Two young men in navy t-shirts hold a shield-shaped trophy together, standing beside a smiling man in a blazer. A crowd watches in the background on a sunny day at the Athletics Day 2018 sports event.

     A group of girls in sportswear participate in a tug-of-war outdoors on a sunny Sports Day, with several pulling a rope and others watching. In the background is a building labelled Essex Downs College, marking the 2018 sports event. A group of runners, both men and women, are starting a race on an outdoor track under a clear blue sky during Athletics Day, with spectators and officials watching in the background.     

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