SPORTS BULLETIN

WYCOMBE HIGH SCHOOL January 2016

INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS

Rowing Over the summer, Georgia Dean (Y12, T8) competed for the GB junior rowing team in a race against the French Team. She raced in the eight with 3 other girls from her club alongside 4 girls from Henley after trailing against many other boats from England, Scotland and Wales. It was an amazing experience and luckily they finished it off with a win!

Netball Three of our WHS U13 Netballers won the U13 league for Marlow Netball Club! Congratulations Devon Grimsdell (Y8 N6), Ellie Ervine (Y8, T7), Hazel King (Y8, N4) and Emily Sanderson (Y8, C3).

Badminton Imogen Fernandes (Y12, C6) has been selected as a member of a squad of twelve young people representing Bucks at the Rio Badminton Tournament in York held on 16 & 17 January. The best eight counties attended with the Bucks team coming out victorious.

TEAM SUCCESS

Badminton KS3 Badminton won one match 3-2 and lost the other 2-3 against Great Marlow School, thus resulting in a draw!

Cross Country Next race is the Bucks Schools Cross Country Race on Wednesday 3 February at Hughenden Park. Good luck!

Cricket Our U16 Cricket team faced Sir William Ramsey in a friendly match, where not only Year 11 team members but all years down to the Year 7s made their debut! Some tough runs made but overall success for WHS with a win of 207 to 115.

SPORT-A-THON UPDATE

Our ‘New Year, New Sport’ Sport-a-thon has officially begun. Parents, students and staff are encouraged to complete the distance of a marathon (26.2 miles) in a sport that is not your regular activity over a period of three months. Once you’ve set your challenge it’s time to build your fundraising page here: https://campaign.justgiving.com/charity/wycombe-highschool/whssport-a-thon. If you prefer a less technical way of fundraising you can use the sponsorship forms here http://www.whs.bucks.sch.uk/440/about-whs/development. We wish you the best of luck!

TEACHER FEATURE

Miss Snook is on her way with her

MARATHON PENTATHLON! She has progressed in each as she is doing them all at the same time! She is a quarter of the way through two of them! Swim / row, Cycle, Run, Walk, MaraFUN (various school-based challenges over the 1/2 mile course).

Mr Houston has challenged himself to do essentially 4

Marathons in 4 Months. In fact, the finale will be a 50km "Ultra", so totalling 109 miles of racing over the 4 events. 3 April - Paris Marathon 2 May - Milton Keynes Marathon 19 June - Hampshire Hoppit (Trail) Marathon 16 July - Chiltern Challenge Ultra (50km) https://www.justgiving.com/runhoustonrun/

Mr Mackerras is walking 500

miles (Proclaimers! See pic of them in his room). He has worked out a graph explaining how he is going to make it different than just fundraising per mile walked. He wants to raise the most money when he gets near the 500 mile mark so that he can be really determined to reach the end milestone and raise as much money as possible! Please sponsor these wonderful teachers by signing their sponsorship forms or visiting their fundraising pages. Any gift, of any size is greatly appreciated.

TEAM PHOTOS

We are delighted to be selling Wycombe High School 2015/16 sport team photographs for the first time. The photos offer you and your daughter the chance to have a memento and keepsake of her participation in one or more teams and clubs, while contributing to our Play Your Part campaign for the new all-weather, floodlit pitches. Your daughter is invited to collect a photograph pack from the PE department for each team photograph that she sat for. Each pack has a proof of a single photograph and a unique code enclosed, which will enable you to order that particular picture either via post or, preferably, online direct from the photographers. Buy your team photos today - the deadline for you to purchase them is 20 February, so don’t miss out!

SPORTS GALA DINNER FRIDAY 6 MAY

Save the date for the inaugural Sports Gala Dinner on Friday 6 May. To ensure its success and that it becomes an established annual event, we are seeking help from parents to establish a working committee to help source silent auction items, recommend a DJ, secure raffle prizes, etc. Please get in touch tsaint-smith@whs.bucks.sch.uk with offers of help as soon as possible to make sure this event is a success.

SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS FOR YEAR 8

Each month we will feature sporting achievements by Year Group. Next month we look forward to showcasing Year 9. Please email us at office@whs.bucks.sch.uk by Friday 5 of February 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 the ‘Play Your Part’ Sport Campaign.

Name Surname Year Sport Achievement

Emilie Akehurst 8 Dance Grade 5 in Ballet

Olivia Bedford 8 Trampolining Trampoline Squad

Eloise Brindle 8 Athletics U13 Bucks District Champion Discus 2015; 2nd in Shot Put

Ellie Ervine 8 Netball County Satellite County Development U14

Annabel Hall 8 Trampolining Badge / Award

Millie Hanson 8 Cheerleading National and International competitions; Captain of team

Mei-ya Lambert 8 Netball South Bucks Satellite Academy U14

Jessie Laughton 8 Gymnastics Bronze and Silver Medals

Lydia Legerton 8 Dance Grade 4 Ballet; Grade 3 Modern and Tap (RAD)

Maisie Mathews 8 Golf County Training (Bucks, Berkshire & Oxford); 2nd in Better Ball Competition

Kirsty McKendrick 8 Cricket County (Bucks)

Izzy Merrick 8 Netball Plays County (Berkshire)

Bethan Metcalfe 8 Fencing County (Bucks/Berkshire/Oxon)

Megan Milbourn 8 Cheerleading Chiltern Cheerleaders; Regional / National

Gina Mullis 8 Squash County (Bucks); won Inter County Competition

Grace Noakes 8 Dance Grade 6 and Intermediate (RAD)

Bryana Patel 8 Gymnastics Booker Gymnastics Club; National

Georgia Pitt 8 Tennis County (Bucks)

Sophia Robinson 8 Netball Plays County (Bucks)

Lana Robinson 8 Gymnastics National / Regional / County Competitions and medaled

Emily Sanderson 8 Athletics & Netball Athletics: County - Gold 100 & 200; Cross Country 2nd; National Cross Country 3rd; U13 County Satellite Netball (Bucks)

Abi Symonds 8 Athletics County (Berkshire)

Charlotte Wells 8 Dance & Swimming Grade 5 in Ballet; County times for Swimming

Annie Wouster 8 Cricket County Development (Bucks)