Year 3 4 5 and 6 Athletics Meeting at Brooke Priory 24th May 2017

On a beautifully sunny afternoon, 40 Copthill athletes from Year 3 to 6 took part in the Brooke Priory Athletics meeting at Oakham. It was a new format for 2017, bringing all four year groups together into one action-packed afternoon, competing against Brooke Priory A and B teams, Leicester Grammar Junior School (again!) and Grantham Prep (with Mrs Klimes!) Athletes were divided into groups of five to rotate between; shuttle relay, sprint, middle distance run, shot put, standing long jump and standing triple jump.

Mr Smith and myself were fully occupied all afternoon running the shot put competitions so we only caught fleeting glimpses of the Copthill children sprinting by! However, the reports that reached me backed up what I was seeing at the Year 3 / 4 shot put; Copthill were performing exceptionally well, in increasingly warm conditions, against strong competition.

The results for each athlete, in each discipline, were scored for their year group.  As indicated by the efforts and skills shown during the afternoon, when the results came in Copthill had done very well in some year groups, and exceptionally well in others (!):

Year 3    1st   (🏆) 
Year 4    3rd   (😎)
Year 5    2nd   (💪)
Year 6    3rd   (😎)

A fantastic result for Year 3 (the only team to knock Leicester Grammar off the top spot) and oh so close from Year 5! Despite the hot conditions we all enjoyed an excellent afternoon of athletics, with lots of determination and plenty of smiles. Well done to all who took part!

Nick T
 
With very grateful thanks to Mrs Hayes, who captured some wonderful shots of the children competing: