Summer sporting success

We are delighted to share news of our students’ recent sporting achievements outside School.

Swimming

In the holidays Imogen in Year 8 competed in the 200m and 50m breaststroke events at the Swim England National Summer Championships in Sheffield.

She qualified easily for both Finals. After a closely fought race Imogen took Silver in the 200m, missing out on Gold by just 0.15 seconds!  She then went on claim another Silver medal in the 50m event.

This was a fantastic debut at national level for Imogen and it resulted in her being selected by the Swim England Talent National 13/14 yrs Age Group Development Programme for 2022-23.

Staying in the water, this weekend Alice in Year 10 completed the Solent Swim in aid of the charity Aspire, which helps people paralysed with spinal injuries. Alice was one of 12 to swim the busy route between Gosport and Ryde on the Isle of Wight in one hour 12 minutes – arriving first and setting the fastest time for a female swimmer since the event began ten years ago. Alice raised just over £1000 for Aspire – a fantastic achievement.

Badminton

Earlier this month several Wally students took part in the Kent Restricted badminton tournament. This is held each year to find the best players in Kent and to select the county teams. Our students delivered some outstanding results:

Show jumping

Jessica in Year 11 was chosen to compete on the England pony team, which won the Home Nations Championship. She then went on to the National Championships at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire, and with her team came first. 
 
Jessica has now stepped up to jumping the 135 pony Showjumper of the year qualifiers with Sparkling Boomerangs Clover. 

 Tennis

Tennis player Bella in Year 9 has been competing in Croatia. Bella represented GB in the Champions Bowl World Finals in early September.   

Cricket

Niamh in Year 10 had a great summer playing cricket for Kent all over the country. She is pictured here in the Kent team.