Issue 2
Sports Department Year in Review 2018-2019 INSIDE THIS ISSUE Message from Mr Dowson 2 Top Performers 2 Cross Country 4 Athletics 10 Swimming 15 Triathlon 21 Equestrian 22 Rugby 23 Netball 24 Sailing 25 Volunteering 26 CHS Park Run Take Over 27 Sports Day 28 Sports Prize Winners 35 External Club Successes 37 Sports Visitors 38 Life After CHS 39
1 MESSAGE FROM MR DOWSON
I hope you will enjoy reading about a very successful year for us in sport. Our teams and individuals have travelled the country taking part in a variety of fixtures and competitions, with great success. We have had tournaments and events in a wide range of sports from Sailing to Cross Country, and from
Equestrian to Triathlon, it is all featured.
I am so happy about the ethos of the school, where everyone pulls together for events like the junior park run, our senior charity sports events and sport days. Parents, pupils and staff join together to show that sport should be fun and for everyone.
It is a pleasure to teach at the school and I hope that you will reflect on our achievements this year with great pride.
I look forward to seeing where the journey will take us next year and whether our numerous national champions can retain their titles. Congratulations to everyone mentioned and I hope that 2019-2020 will prove to be every bit as successful as our last year in sport.
CHS TOP PERFORMING TEAMS 2018—19
NEESSA District Cross Country champions in Year 10/11 boys National ISA U-10’s Touch Rugby champions CBSSP District Year 9 boys Senior Swimming champions Year 7, 8, 9 & 10 Mersea Island Rugby Sevens runners up in all four age groups to Colchester Royal Grammar School Year 9 Colchester District Rugby Union runners up to the Gilberd School ISA EAST Boys and Combined Senior Swimming runners up ISA EAST Boys Overall Cross Country Champions U-9 Roman Cup Squash (Colchester & District tournament) – 3rd place (In first year of competing) CBSSP Year 5 & 6 High Fives Netball runners up – Level 2 competition
2 CHS TOP PERFORMERS 2018—19
ISA National Sailing Championships Runner up: Osea. Third place: Ruby ISA National Triathlon 7th: Phoebe (Year 5 against Year 5 & 6) ISA East Swimming Championships Nikitas, Suri, Joshua, Georgia, George, William & Oliver ISA National champion in Swimming Year 4 50m Breaststroke: Nikitas Year 9 & 10 50m Butterfly & 200m Individual Medley: William
English Schools Championships & Arena National League ‘B’ final in Swimming: William NEESSA District Cross Country 1st: Kayleigh, 1st: Kiera and 2nd James Essex Schools Cross Country Kayleigh (1st – Year 7 girls), Kiera (1st - Year 8/9 girls), Georgia (51st – Year 8/9 girls), Elsa (58th – Year 8/9 girls), James (23rd – Year 8/9 boys), Chris Smith (37th – Year 10/11 boys) and Cameron (45th – Year 10 & 11 boys).
National ISA Cross Country (Qualification by finishing in top 10 in ISA EAST race): Kiera (1st – Year 7/8 Girls), Kayleigh (3rd – Year 7/8 Girls) & James (7th – Year 7/8 boys).
English Schools Cross Country Kiera (26th & 1st Year 8 girl to finish in Essex & SE) Essex Games Year 5 & 6 Cross Country (Qualification via top 3 finish in CBSSP event): Ayo Essex Schools Athletics Qualifiers (By virtue of their performance in the CBSSP Senior Athletics Championships) Kiera (1st – Year 8 1500m), James (1st – Year 8 800m) & Lily (2nd – Year 9 High Jump).
Congratulations also to Kiera who was nominated as the ISA ‘Athlete of the Month’ for April 2019.
3 CROSS COUNTRY
INTERHOUSE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP 2018
Ever pupil from Year one to eleven took part in the Interhouse Cross Country Championship to earn important house points for their house and to prepare our best runners for the upcoming district cross country races. All of the pupils put in an amazing effort with the following pupils winning for their year group. Special congratulations go to our Year group winners
Year Girls Boys 1 Isabella Stanley
2 Mae Ted
3 Abbie Jacob
4 Bella Logan
5 Phoebe Ayo
6 Suri Alex
7 Kayleigh Arthur
8 Kiera James
9 Georgia Max
10 Emma William
11 Kitti Chris
The final house results were
Prep Rabbits
Juniors Saxons
Seniors Normans 4 NEESA DISTRICT SENIOR CROSS COUNTRY
Our pupils were all amazing at the North East Essex District (NEESA) Cross Country Championships on Tuesday 6th November. Every runner tried their very best with special congratulations going to our winners Kayleigh (Year 7 Girls) and Kiera (Year 8 and 9 Girls) and to James who came second in the Year 8 and 9 Boys category. Congratulations also go to Arthur (4th), Harry (9th), Georgia (6th),
Elsa (8th), Chris (6th) and Cameron (9th) who all finished in the top 10. No mean feat against 18 much bigger state schools from the district. Every member of the team did their bit and tried to finish as high up as they could, many beating previous bests. Underlining this brilliant effort was the final overall scores:
Year 7 boys – 4th place
Year 8/9 girls – 3rd place
Year 8/9 boys – 4th place
Year 10/11 boys – 1st place – Amazing effort!
5 ESSEX SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY AT THE APEX Essex Schools Cross Country
Congratulations to Kayleigh There was amazing stamina and determination shown by Kiera, Elsa, and Kiera who took part in Georgia, James, Chris and Cameron when they competed in the the Essex Schools Year 7 & annual Essex Schools Cross Country championships one day after the 8 Cross Country ISA Cross Country Championships. Competition on the 6th Kiera, rising to the challenge, defeated all of her opposition in the Year February. Kiera took first 8/9 race to finish Essex champion! No mean feat also as a Year 8 place and Kayleigh came a against Year 9’s. very close second. The James, in the same boat against boys a year older, also performed standard was incredibly high brilliantly coming home in a very respectable 23rd place. Georgia and so our girl’s truly excelled! Elsa also in the Year 8/9 race stayed close to each other and came in
51st and 58th. Chris was the second district runner home in 37th with
Cameron not far behind in 45th.
6 CSSP YEAR 3 & 4 CROSS COUNTRY Congratulations to Ayo
On Thursday 14th February our Year 3 & 4 cross country team who represented
travelled to Colchester Rugby Club for the Colchester & Blackwater Colchester High School
School Sports Partnership (CSSP) cross country. Against tough and the Colchester
competition of over 100 runners in each race, our stars of the day Schools Sports
were Niamh and Jacob. Both Niamh and Jacob finished in 5th place Partnership at the
in the Year 3 girls and boys races respectively, a fantastic result. Essex Games Cross
Our next best finishers were: Thomas (12th), Logan (28th) and Archie Country at Hadleigh
(29th). Congratulations also go to the rest of the team: Abby, Sophia, Park. Ayo put in a
Dhiara, James, David, Bella, Amelia, Alix, Sophie, Nikitas and superb effort in the
Cameron. Year 5 race against
over 100 of the best
runners in the county.
We are immensely
proud of you for
qualifying as our only
representative this
year. Well done Ayo.
CSSP YEAR 5 & 6 CROSS COUNTRY
On Wednesday 27th February our Year 5 & 6 cross country team
travelled to Colchester Rugby Club for the Colchester & Blackwater
School Sports Partnership (CSSP) cross country. Our stars of the
day were Phoebe who was in the first race of the day and stayed in
contention all the way round to finish in a brilliant 5th place and Ayo
who came second by millimetres. Alex also had an excellent run
finished 22nd with Noah and Sami (both 44th), Osea (46th) and Harry
(49th) all within the top 50. Well done and thank you also to our other 7 7
runners. AMAZING PERFORMANCES AT THE ISA REGIONAL CROSS COUNTRY
On Friday 18th January CHS travelled to the annual ISA Regional
Cross Country Tournament. On offer for runners in the top 10 was a place in the ISA EAST team for the Nationals. Our pupils were on top form as we went on to claim 4 wins in 10 races. It was a simply stunning effort. Huge congratulations go to
Kiera Winner Year 7/8 girls’ race
James Winner Year 7/8 boys’ race
William Winner Year 9/10 boys’ race
Chris Winner Year 11/12/13 boys’ race
The celebrations did not stop there with a number of pupils gaining a top 10 finish and a place in the ISA EAST team for the Nationals.
Well done also to:
Phoebe 8th - Year 5/6 girls,
Ayo 3rd - Year 5/6 boys
Kayleigh 2nd - Year 7/8 girls,
Elsa 7th - Year 7/8 girls,
Arthur 7th - Year 7/8 boys,
Jamie 9th - Year 7/8 boys,
th Harry 10 - Year 7/8 boys,
Georgia 3rd - Year 9/10 girls,
Arthur 5th - Year 9/10 boys,
Alex 10th - Year 9/10 boys,
Cameron 3rd - Year 11/12/13 boys,
Colby 4th - Year 11/12/13 boys and
Daniel 10th - Year 11/12/13 boys.
That’s an incredible grand total of 17 pupils from CHS that qualified 8 8 for the Nationals! Congratulations to all of the team, who all worked so hard for our school. AMAZING PERFORMANCES AT THE ISA NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY
On Saturday 30th March our top cross-country runners travelled with us to the ISA National
Cross Country Tournament. Congratulations must go to Kiera, who after a number of years of cancelled races, finally claimed her first ISA National Cross-Country title. In other fantastic news, her sister Kayleigh came in an amazing 3rd. A huge well done also to Phoebe, Ayo, Elsa,
James, Arthur, Harry, Jamie, Chris and Cameron who all ran a fabulous race! It was a beautiful day, everyone had such a great time and we are so incredibly proud of our amazing pupils and their achievements.
9 ATHLETICS
AMAZING RESULTS AT THE ISA EAST SENIOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY TRACK
On Thursday 23rd May our Senior Athletics team travelled to the Cambridge University Athletics Track for the annual ISA East Region Senior Athletics Championships. The reward for each event winner was a place in the East Anglian team for the Nationals which will take place at the Alexander Stadium.
Making the Nationals and event winners were:
Kayleigh (Year 7 800m), William (Year 10 1500m),
Harry (Year 7 800m), Hayden (Year 10 Hurdles),
Arthur (Year 7 1500m), Dylan (Year 10 Shot Putt)
Kiera (Year 8/9 1500m), Keelan (Year 10 Discus).
Also joining them will be: Alex (2nd in Year 10 800m).
Achieving an amazing second place are:
Freddie (Year 7 Shot Putt), Joseph (Year 8/9 Long Jump),
Joseph (Year 8/9 Long Jump), Grace (Year 10 Shot Putt),
Toby (Year 10 400m), Keelan (Year 10 High Jump)
10
Hayden (despite jumping 5m 62 cm in Year 10 Long Jump!).
There were also lots of third places to add important points to our score:
Beth (Year 7 200m), Harry (Year 8/9 800m),
Harvey (Year 7 200m), Max (Year 8/9 1500m),
Harry (Year 7 Discus), Dan (Year 8/9 Shot Putt),
Georgia (Year 8/9 800m), Emma (Year 10 Discus) and
Lily (Year 8/9 High Jump), Lauren (Year 10 Long Jump).
Charlie (Year 8/9 100m & 200m),
Congratulations go the whole team who all performed so well, many achieving personal bests.
ISA JUNIOR ATHLETICS 2018 AT THE GARONS, SOUTHEND
Congratulations to all the pupils who participated today at the ISA East Anglia Junior Athletics
Championships in very wet conditions! You were all amazing. Special congratulations go to
Phoebe who came in 2nd in the 600m and Alex who came 3rd also in the 600m. Thank you to the parents and staff who supported the pupils especially given the weather!
11 CHS PUPILS EXCEL AT ISA ATHLETICS NATIONALS AT THE ALEXANDER STADIUM. BIRMINGHAM
On Wednesday 19th June, a team of 9 senior school pupils competed at the National ISA Athletics Championships at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. All ran brilliantly and gave it their best shot and we are very proud that two are now national champions.
Kayleigh 1st - Year 7 800m Kiera 1st - Year 8/9 1500m Harry 3rd - Year 7 800m Hayden 4th - Year 10/11 hurdles Arthur 5th - Year 7 1500m William 6th - Year 10/11 1500m
12 CBSSP COLCHESTER SENIOR SCHOOLS ATHLETICS AT THE GARRISON TRACK
On Monday 13th May our senior athletes participated at the CBSSP Colchester Senior Schools
Athletics at the Garrison Track. It was the first athletics meet of the season but even so we had lots of stars of the day and many of our pupils set new PB’s.
The event winners were:
Kayleigh Year 7 800m
Kiera Year 8 1500m
James Year 8 800m
Second place finishes:
Harry Year 7 800m & Long Jump
Kiera Year 8 Discus
Lily Year 9 High Jump
Daniel Year 9 Discus
Third places finishes:
Arthur Year 7 1500m
Charlie Year 8 100m
Georgia Year 9 1500m.
Congratulations to all the pupils who participated.
13 NEESA DISTRICT SPORTS DAY
Congratulations to all our Senior School pupils who competed on Tuesday 18th June against 18 Schools at the NEESA District Sports Day. To even reach this stage, is a huge achievement for our pupils and they should all be very proud. Our top performers of the day were:
James 1st Year 8 boys 800m Lily 3rd place Year 9 girls High Jump Flora 4th in the Year 8 girls High Jump Georgia 4th in the Year 9 girls 1500m.
14 SWIMMING
INTERHOUSE SWIMMING GALA 2018
Congratulations to all our pupils who participated in the Interhouse Swimming Galas. The pupils were superbly organised, enthusiastic and tried exceptionally hard for their houses. It was great to see. Please see below from race and overall house winners
PREP SWIMMING GALA @ THE GARRISON POOL
FREESTYLE FOR DANIELLA & BACKSTROKE RACE 2 ISABELLA BEGINNERS STANLEY FREESTYLE RACE 1 PHEBE BACKSTROKE RACE 3 SAMUEL FREESTYLE RACE 2 TED BREASTSTROKE RACE 1 SAMUEL FREESTYLE RACE 3 SAMUEL BACKSTROKE FOR MARGARET & BEGINNERS HENRY BACKSTROKE RACE 1 PHEBE FREESTYLE RELAY HEDGEHOGS
YEAR 3 & 4 SWIMMING GALA RESULTS
YEAR 3 YEAR 4 OPEN FREESTYLE ABBY OPEN FREESTYLE RACE 1 ADIL RACE 1 OPEN FREESTYLE LOUIS OPEN FREESTYLE RACE 2 XAVANNA RACE 2 OPEN FREESTYLE CEDRIC OPEN FREESTYLE RACE 3 DANIEL RACE 3 BACKSTROKE WIDTH REGAN OPEN FREESTYLE RACE 4 NIKITAS BREASTSTROKE DAVID BACKSTROKE WIDTH LOGAN WIDTH RELAY WIDTH ROMANS BREASTSTROKE WIDTH NIKITAS YR 3+4 RELAY SAXONS RELAY WIDTH NORMANS LENGTH CHAMPION SWIMMER DAVID & CEDRIC – CHAMPION SWIMMER NIKITAS TIE FOR FIRST!
YEAR 5 SWIMMING GALA RESULTS OPEN FREESTYLE SAMI BACKSTROKE LENGTH PHOEBE RACE 1 OPEN FREESTYLE SHANE BREASTSTROKE WIDTH HYDER RACE 2 OPEN FREESTYLE PHOEBE BREASTSTROKE LENGTH SCARLETT RACE 3 BACKSTROKE WIDTH SHANELLE FREESTYLE RELAY ROMANS
CHAMPION SWIMMER PHOEBE 15
YEAR 6 SWIMMING GALA RESULTS
OPEN FREESTYLE RACE HARVEY BACKSTROKE LENGTH JOSHUA 1 OPEN FREESTYLE RACE TANISH BREASTSTROKE WIDTH OSEA 2 OPEN FREESTYLE RACE HANIF BREASTSTROKE LENGTH SURI 3 OPEN FREESTYLE RACE SOPHIE RELAY WIDTH ROMANS 4 OPEN FREESTYLE RACE SURI RELAY LENGTH SAXONS 5 BACKSTROKE WIDTH LUCAS CHAMPION SWIMMER SURI
YEAR 7 SWIMMING GALA RESULTS
OPEN FREESTYLE RACE EDWARD BACKSTROKE LENGTH ARTHUR 1 OPEN FREESTYLE RACE SEBASTIAN BREASTSTROKE WIDTH ARTHUR 2 OPEN FREESTYLE RACE HARRY BREASTSTROKE LENGTH LOUIS 3 OPEN FREESTYLE RACE LOUIS RELAY LENGTH NORMANS 4 BACKSTROKE WIDTH SEBASTIAN CHAMPION SWIMMER TIE BETWEEN LOUIS & ARTHUR
YEAR 8 SWIMMING GALA RESULTS
OPEN FREESTYLE RACE RORY BACKSTROKE LENGTH JOSHUA
OPEN FREESTYLE RACE HIEU BREASTSTROKE WIDTH LEO 2 OPEN FREESTYLE RACE THOMAS BREASTSTROKE LENGTH LEO 3 OPEN FREESTYLE RACE JOSHUA RELAY WIDTH DANES 4 BACKSTROKE WIDTH SAM RELAY LENGTH DANES CHAMPION SWIMMER JOSHUA
YEAR 9 SWIMMING GALA RESULTS OPEN FREESTYLE JAKE BACKSTROKE LENGTH WILLIAM RACE 1 OPEN FREESTYLE MATTHEW BREASTSTROKE WIDTH WILLIAM RACE 2 OPEN FREESTYLE JACK BREASTSTROKE GEORGE RACE 3 LENGTH OPEN FREESTYLE WILLIAM RELAY WIDTH ROMANS RACE 4 BACKSTROKE MAX RELAY LENGTH ROMANS 16 WIDTH CHAMPION SWIMMER WILLIAM
YEAR 10 & 11 SWIMMING GALA RESULTS
YR 10 BACKSTROKE OLIVER YR 11 BACK- CAMERON STROKE YR 10 BREAST- HAYDEN YR 11 BREAST- FERGUS STROKE STROKE YR 10 BUTTERFLY WILLIAM YR 11 BUTTERFLY CHRIS YR 10 FRONT CRAWL WILLIAM YR 11 FRONT FERGUS CRAWL COMBINED RELAY ROMANS
SENIOR GIRLS SWIMMING GALA RESULTS
YR 7 GIRLS ‘A’ RACE MARION BACKSTROKE (25m) BETH YR 7 GIRLS ‘B’ RACE BETH BACKSTROKE (50m) GEORGIA YR 8 GIRLS RACE ISSY BREASTSTROKE MADDY (25m) YR 9 GIRLS ‘A’ RACE GEORGIA BREASTSTROKE MARION (50m) YR 9 GIRLS ‘B’ RACE KIZZY ‘A’ RELAY ROMANS YR 10 & 11 GIRLS RACE EMMA ‘B’ RELAY ROMANS CHAMPION GEORGIA SWIMMER
The house scores were as follows:
SQUIRRELS RABBITS BADGERS HEDGEHOGS YEAR 1 & 2 2ND 4TH 3RD 1ST
NORMANS ROMANS SAXONS DANES JUNIORS 3RD 1ST 2ND 4TH SENIORS 3RD 2ND 4TH 1ST
17 COLCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL PROUDLY HOSTS THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION REGIONAL SWIMMING GALAS
Well done to all our pupils who participated at the ISA Regional Swimming Galas at The Crown
Pools Ipswich on Wednesday 17th October (Juniors) and Wednesday 7th November (Seniors).
Competing against schools from all over Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, our pupils all swam amazingly well against tough competition.
Junior Swimming Gala Medallists
Suri 1st Year 6 Girls Butterfly and Freestyle
Nik 1st Year 4 Boys Breaststroke and 2nd Year 4 Boys Backstroke
Logan 2nd Year 4 Boys Freestyle
Year 4 Boys Relay Team 3rd
Nik and Suri both progressed to the ISA Nationals.
Senior Swimming Gala Medallists
Colchester High School came 2nd overall with a 2nd place position in the Boys Competition and
3rd place in the Girls Competition.
Individual winners were:
Georgia 200 Individual Medley
George 100m Backstroke
William 200 Individual Medley & 50m Butterfly
All three progressed to the Nationals.
Adam Dowson, was the organiser of the events and said “It was great to see so many schools in attendance at both of our galas. It ensures that we as a region will be able to take the strongest team possible to the national championships and give so many pupils the opportunity to experi- ence such a great sport on the highest stage at the Olympic Pool.”
18 COLCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL MEDAL SUCCESS AT ISA SWIMMING NATIONALS AT THE LONDON AQUATICS CENTRE, STRATFORD
On Saturday 1st December 7 pupils from Colchester High School travelled to the London Aquatics
Centre in Stratford for the annual ISA National Swimming Championships.
The pupils qualified by virtue of their performance in the regional competition, hosted by
Colchester High School. Competition was incredibly tough with some of our pupils competing for the first time and some at the bottom of their age group
It was a great day and we are proud to celebrate two new national champions.
Nikitas Year 4 Boys 50m Breaststroke
William Year 9 & 10 Individual Medley & 50 m Butterfly
Other medallists were:
George and William Silver in the Year 9 & 10 Medley Relay
Nikitas Silver with the Year 4 Freestyle Relay team
William Silver with the Year 9 & 10 Medley and Freestyle Relay team
Joshua Bronze with the Year 7 Freestyle Relay Team
19 CSSP SENIOR SWIMMING GALA @ LEISURE WORLD
On Wednesday 20th March we also had the Colchester Schools Senior Swimming Gala at Leisure
World. The event that we jointly organise with Colchester Swimming Club gives the senior pupils in the Colchester Schools a chance to show their ability in the pool, and as always the event was fiercely competitive. Stars of the day and event winners were: Georgia, William, George and William.
A second-place finish went to: Marion, Issy and Louis (In both the Year 7 boys Butterfly & Freestyle races). Our relay teams also performed particularly well with second place to our Year 7’s (Both
Medley & Freestyle) and our Year 9’s (Both Medley & Freestyle). Overall, we were delighted that our
Year 9 team finished as Colchester Schools champions! Well done to our team of William, George,
Charlie and Joshua.
20 TRIATHLON
ISA JUNIOR TRIATHLON
Well done to all our Year 5 and 6 pupils who completed
the ISA Junior Triathlon on Friday 5th October which
included a 90 metre swim, followed by 800 metre bike ride
and an 800 metre run. It was the first time we had entered
this event and as always all the pupils gave their very best
effort. Special congratulations to Phoebe who came an
amazing 7th out of 116 in the Year 5-6 girls category! Our
other pupils performed superbly against a field of over 100
competitors. Suri was next home in 34th with Scarlett and
Jessica right behind in 37th and 38th respectively. Thanks to
Osea and Georgia as well, the girls’ team finished 8th out of
23. Well done also to Lucas (46th) and Harry (61st) flying the
flag for the boys.
ISA SENIOR NATIONAL TRIATHLON
Congratulations to Arthur who took part in the ISA National Triathlon at the prestigious Lucton
School in Herefordshire. Arthur was competing in the Tri-Star 2 boys’ competition in a hugely competitive event with some national and even GB athletes. Arthur kept a good pace and didn’t lose too much time in transition to come home in a very pleasing 7th place. A stunning achievement in his first year in this competition. Well done Arthur, we are all extremely proud of you.
21 EQUESTRIAN
CHS EQUESTRIAN TEAM’S AMAZING YEAR
The CHS Equestrian team continued to showcase some amazing riding this year.
Land Rover Regional Dressage Competition — Kitty took 3rd Place in the Individuals and Gold Team Award
Hickstead—Aaron and Myli took 4th place in the 70-75 class and 3rd in the Hickstead
Derby
NSEA arena eventing jumping with style competition— Aaron rode 2 lovely clean rounds in the 70-75 and 80-85 and secured a qualification for the Plate Championships in
November after placing in the 70-75 class.
NSEA Championship Qualifiers
Aaron took 4th place in the 70cm category and has now qualified for the NSEA
Championships. Eliza competed in two classes but just missed out on a qualification by the smallest of margins. Both riders and ponies did extremely well on such a hot day and represented the school impeccably.
Thank you to Mrs Alexander, the Equestrian Team Manager for all her hard work again this year.
22 RUGBY
RUGBY SEVENS @ MERSEA RUGBY CLUB
This year all 4 teams that participated in the Rugby Sevens at various tournaments at the
Mersea rugby clubs finished an amazing runner up only losing to the CRGS teams. The
teams can be truly proud of the progress they have made in the last year as they earned
great praise from their opponents, the organisers and a representative from the RFU.
Special congratulations to Charlie in Year 9 who was voted player of the tournament.
Year 7: Arthur, Harvey, Louis Arthur, Thomas, Alex, Harry, AJ, Sam and Freddie.
Year 8: Team: Nicholas, Kai, Charlie, Sam, Aaron, William, Joshua, Jamie & Bayley .
Year 9: Charlie, Rory, Joshua, William, Harry, Dan, Thomas, Bruno, Rex & Louis.
Year 10 Team: Henry, Hayden, Olly, Charlie, Dylan, Dillan, Toby, Bryn, William & Jack.
23 CHS U-10 RETAIN NATIONAL ISA TOUCH RUGBY TITLE
Congratulations to our year 5 and 6 pupils Phoebe, Harry, Ayo, Joel, Harry, Logan, Aaron, AJ and
Quinn who came back after losing their first game to retain their National ISA title! An amazing
performance and a brilliant achievement.
NETBALL
U11 SCHOOL SPORTS PARTNERSHIP HIGH FIVE NETBALL TOURNAMENT WINNERS
Congratulations to our Year 5 & 6 girls who won
the U11 School Sports Partnership, High Fives
Netball Tournament. They are now through to the
final to play the winner from the second half of
the tournament. They did not concede a goal the
whole tournament.
24 SAILING
ISA NATIONAL SAILING CHAMPIONSHIPS @ QUEEN MOTHER RESERVOIR
On Friday 29th September two of our Year 6 girls travelled
to the Queen Mother Reservoir (Dachet Water) in Horton
to take part in the ISA National Sailing Championships.
Osea and Ruby were looking to emulate the achievements
of Matthew two years ago when he became the first ISA
National Sailing champion. Competing against 29
competitors from schools all over the country, some of
whom were much older and experienced, they took the
competition by storm with Osea winning race 2 and Ruby
winning race 3. The girls could not have performed better
with identical records both winning 1 race and taking a 2nd
place and a 3rd place in the two remaining scoring races.
SQUASH
Congratulations to our newly formed Junior School Squash
teams who have already started taking part in competitions
despite only starting lessons this year. On Friday 18th January a
team of Year 5 & 6 squash players played at the Off The Wall
Squash Club at The Garrison in the local round of the Essex
School Games Squash Championships and on Thursday 14th
March our Year 3 & 4 Squash team took 3rd place in the U-9
‘Roman Cup’ Squash Tournament again at the Garrison. Well
done to all of you!
25 VOLUNTEERING AT PANATHLON CHALLENGES
We are very proud of the Year 10 pupils that
volunteered this year at the Panathlon Boccia at
The Columbus School, Chelmsford and the
Disability Swimming Competition at the Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park. It was a great opportunity
for the pupils to see the work that the Panathlon
charity does giving these children a chance to take
part in organised sport, something which we all
sometimes take for granted. Many thanks go to all
of the pupils who were an absolute credit to the
school.
26 CHS PARK RUN TAKE OVER
During the academic year, Colchester High School hosted three “Take Overs” of the Colchester
Junior Park Run at Heath Road Recreational Ground. Sport and well-being are intrinsic components of the curriculum at Colchester High School and volunteering at the Park Run seemed a natural step to take to inspire every child to be active and to participate. It was great to see so many pupils there from the Prep to the Seniors all working really hard to cover the 2k distance.
Thank you so much to all of our pupils and parents for supporting this event. We know many of you are there every weekend trying to set new PB’s and it makes us feel very proud of our school. I think it is brilliant that you give your commitment whether rain or shine, and when you look at our recent results in athletics and cross country, it is no surprise that we are doing so well.
As well as our involvement in the Colchester Junior Park Run we also offer a senior school marathon club (an 8 week marathon challenge with a goal of running a marathon (26.2 miles) in under 8 hours) to further promote the long term benefits of running to our pupils.
27 SPORTS DAY
Our annual sports days are a wonderful opportunity for all our pupils to celebrate all they
have achieved in the last year. Well done to all of the pupils who rose to the challenge and
tried their very best for their Houses. Thank you also to all of our parents and grandparents
that attended to make it such a special week. Congratulations go to Prep Rabbits, Junior
Saxons and Senior Normans: our House winners. We really hope you enjoyed the events
and also hope that the pupils feel motivated to come back next year and set new personal
bests.
NURSERY SPORTS DAY
On Friday 14th June our Nursery pupils had their Sports Day at Shrub End, Boadicea Way. The
event consisted of a carousel of activities ranging from parachute games to target practise. These
activities focussed on the skills the pupils will need in the future and getting them used to how our
Prep Sports Day is organised before they start in Reception next year. This was followed by some
running races including sprinting and the ‘world famous’ egg and spoon race.
28 PREP SPORTS DAY 2019 AT SHRUB END
On Friday 14th June our Prep pupils had their Sports Day at our games field at Shrub End. Thankfully the weather held out and it was a great chance for us to showcase the performance of our Prep pupils in a series of athletics track and field events. Here were our winners from the day:
YR 1 GIRLS LONG ISABELLA YR 2 GIRLS LONG ELEANOR
YR 1 BOYS LONG STANLEY YR 2 BOYS LONG SAMUEL
YR 1 GIRLS TENNIS ISABELLA YR 2 GIRLS TENNIS IMISI
YR 1 BOYS TENNIS TOBEY YR 2 BOYS TENNIS TED
YR 1 GIRLS JAVELIN ISABELLA YR 2 GIRLS JAVELIN IMISI YR 1 BOYS JAVELIN TOBEY YR 2 BOYS JAVELIN FRASER YR 1 SACK RACE PHEBE YR 2 GIRLS SACK EMILIA RACE YR 2 BOYS SACK FRASER RACE YR 1 SKIPPING ISABELLA YR 2 GIRLS SKIPPING MAE
YR 2 BOYS SKIPPING TED RACE YR 1 EGG & SPOON ISABELLA YR 2 GIRLS EGG & AVA SPOON YR 2 BOYS EGG & CHARLIE SPOON YR 1 50m SPRINT ISABELLA YR 2 GIRLS 50m ELEANOR SPRINT YR 2 BOYS 50m FRASER SPRINT YR 1 300m RACE ISABELLA YR 2 GIRLS 300m MAE RACE YR 2 BOYS 300m TED
RECEPTION ‘BUG HUNT’ RACE JACOB RECEPTION EGG & SPOON RACE DIA RECEPTION 50m SPRINT JACOB RECEPTION 300m RACE JACOB
29 Congratulations to our House Winners—Rabbits! JUNIOR SPORTS DAY 2019 @ THE GARRISON TRACK
Thankfully the weather held out and the pupils were able to enjoy competing for their houses.
Congratulations go to our Junior Saxons this year’s Junior Sports Day champions! We really hope
you enjoyed the events and also hope that the pupils feel motivated to come back next year and
set new personal bests. Year 3 winners:
YR 3 70m JACOB YR 3 150m ARCHIE YR 3 600m JACOB YR 3 EGG & SPOON RACE DAVID YR 3 SKIPPING RACE JACOB YR 3 SACK RACE JACOB YR 3 GIRLS RACE NIAMH YR 3 RELAY SAXONS YR 3 SHOT PUTT SOPHIA JACOB YR 3 TURBO JAVELIN ABBY ARCHIE YR 3 CRICKET BALL NIAMH JACOB THROW YR 3 LONG JUMP NIAMH JACOB
Year 4 winners:
YR 4 80m CAMERON YR 4 150m ADIL YR 4 600m LOGAN YR 4 EGG & SPOON RACE HARRISON YR 4 SKIPPING RACE AARON YR 4 SACK RACE SOPHIE YR 4 GIRLS RACE SIMMI SOPHIE YR 4 RELAY SAXONS YR 4 SHOT PUTT SOPHIE LOGAN YR 4 TURBO JAVELIN XAVANNA JAMES YR 4 CRICKET BALL ALIX AARON THROW YR 4 LONG JUMP AMELIA LOGAN 30
Year 5 winners:
YR 5 100m AYO YR 5 150m AYO YR 5 600m AYO YR 5 EGG & SPOON RACE SAMI YR 5 SKIPPING RACE PHOEBE YR 5 SACK RACE HARRY YR 5 GIRLS RACE PHOEBE YR 5 RELAY NORMANS YR 5 SHOT PUTT PHOEBE TAYLOR YR 5 TURBO JAVELIN PHOEBE AYO YR 5 CRICKET BALL PHOEBE QUINN THROW YR 5 LONG JUMP PHOEBE AYO
Year 6 winners:
YR 6 100m GEORGE YR 6 150m ALEX YR 6 600m ALEX YR 6 EGG & SPOON RACE LAUREN YR 6 SKIPPING RACE NOAH YR 6 SACK RACE ALEX YR 6 GIRLS RACE ISABELLE OSEA YR 6 RELAY SAXONS ROMANS YR 6 SHOT PUTT ELLIANNA ALEX YR 6 TURBO JAVELIN SURI GEORGE YR 6 CRICKET BALL LAUREN HANIF & NOAH - TIED THROW YR 6 LONG JUMP OSEA GEORGE
Here are the final House scores:
NORMANS ROMANS SAXONS DANES POINTS 234 311 369 219 POSITIONS 3RD 2ND 1ST 4TH
31 SENIOR SPORTS DAY 2019 @ THE GARRISON TRACK
On Wednesday 12th June it was our Senior Sports Day at the Colchester Garrison Athletics track. Despite the awful weather it was great to see so many parents and grandparents in attendance. They made it a fantastic atmosphere and all of the pupils rose to the challenge. We hope that you all enjoyed the morning. Here are our event winners and the final house scores: Year 7 winners:
YR 7 100m HARRY YR 7 200m HARRY YR 7 600m KAYLEIGH YR 7 SACK RACE OSCAR YR 7 GIRLS RACE KAYLEIGH BETH YR 7 RELAY NORMANS SAXONS YR 7 SHOT PUTT BETH LOUIS YR 7 DISCUS MARION HARRY YR 7 JAVELIN KAYLEIGH LOUIS YR 7 LONG JUMP KAYLEIGH HARRY
Year 8 winners:
YR 8 100m CHARLIE YR 8 200m CHARLIE YR 8 400m KAI YR 8 800m JAMES YR 8 SACK RACE OLIVER YR 8 GIRLS RACE KIERA YR 8 RELAY NORMANS SAXONS YR 8 SHOT PUTT KIERA CHARLIE YR 8 DISCUS KIERA NICHOLAS YR 8 JAVELIN KIERA CHARLIE YR 8 LONG JUMP KIERA JAMIE
32 Year 9 winners:
YR 9 100m CHARLIE YR 9 200m CHARLIE YR 9 400m HARRY YR 9 800m JACK YR 9 SACK RACE REPHAEL YR 9 GIRLS RACE AMY YR 9 RELAY DANES SAXONS YR 9 SHOT PUTT AMY JOSHUA YR 9 DISCUS LILY WILLIAM YR 9 JAVELIN LILY DAN YR 9 LONG JUMP LILY JOSEPH
Year 10 winners:
YR 10 100m KEELAN YR 10 200m KEELAN YR 10 400m HAYDEN YR 10 800m WILLIAM YR 10 SACK RACE STEFAN YR 10 GIRLS RACE LAUREN GRACE YR 10 RELAY NORMANS DANES YR 10 SHOT PUTT GRACE HENRY YR 10 DISCUS EMMA KEELAN YR 10 JAVELIN ROSIE TOBY YR 10 LONG JUMP LAUREN HAYDEN
Here are the final house scores:
NORMANS ROMANS SAXONS DANES POINTS 305 199 245 238 POSITIONS 1st 4th 2nd 3rd
Congratulations go to our Senior Normans this year’s Sports Day champions!
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PREP
JUNIOR
SENIOR
VOLUNTEERS
34 SPORTS PRIZE WINNERS 2018 - 19
Congratulations to all our Sports Prize Winners of 2019. These prizes go to the top sporting performers of the year which is always such a difficult decision. Well done to all our pupils for their continued effort at Sports. PREP DEPARTMENT PRIZES
Award Winner Dolphin Shield - Most Improved Swimmer Charlie
Clark O'Brien Trophy - For Effort and Achievement in PE/ Mae
Victor Ludorum - Sports Day Champion Ted Victrix Ludorum - Sports Day Champion Imisi JUNIOR SCHOOL PRIZES
Award Winner Year 3 & 4 Footballer Of The Year Aaron Year 5 & 6 Footballer Of The Year Archie U-11 Rugby Player Of The Year George U-11 Netballer Of The Year Joyce U-11 Cricketer Of The Year Nathaniel Junior School Cross Country Champions Suri & Alex
Year 3 – David & Cedric Champion Swimmers (Tie) Year 4 – Nikitas Year 5 – Phoebe Year 6 – Suri
Champion Athletes Year 3 – Niamh & Jacob Year 4 – Sophie & Logan Year 5 – Phoebe & Ayo Year 6 – Alex & Osea
PE Effort and Achievement Prizes Year 3 – Sophia & Archie Year 4 – Sophie & Thomas Year 5 – Scarlett & Harry Year 6 – Osea & Noah
Sports Colours Year 3 – Niamh & Archie 35 Year 4 – Alix & Logan Year 5 – Phoebe & Ayo Year 6 – Suri & Alex SENIOR SCHOOL PRIZES
Year 7 Footballer Of The Year Arthur Year 8 Footballer Of The Year Kai
Year 9 Footballer Of The Year Harry Year 10 Footballer Of The Year Keelan
Year 7 Rugby Player Of The Year Sammy Year 8 Rugby Player Of The Year Nick Year 9 Rugby Player Of The Year Dan Year 10 Rugby Player Of The Year Charlie
Year 7 Netballer Of The Year Mackenzie Year 8 Netballer Of The Year Elsa Year 9 Netballer Of The Year Leyla Year 10 Netballer Of The Year Emma
Year 7 & 8 Cricketer Of The Year Joe Year 9 Cricketer Of The Year Ahmad
Cross Country Champions Year 7 – Kayleigh & Arthur Year 8 – Kiera & James Year 9 – Georgia & Max Year 10 – Emma & William
Champion Swimmers (Certificates) Year 7 – Louis & Arthur (Tie) Year 8 – Joshua Year 9 – William Year 10 – William Senior Girls – Georgia
Champion Athletes Year 7 – Kayleigh & Harry Year 8 – Kiera & Charlie Year 9 – Lily & Charlie Year 10 – Keelan & Lauren
Sports Colours Year 7 – Kayleigh & Harry Year 8 – Kiera & Joshua Year 9 – Lily & Charlie Year 10 – Rosie & William
Sports Captains Danes—Grace & Keelan 36 Normans—Emma & Hayden Romans— Henry Saxons—William EXTERNAL CLUB SUCCESSES
ALEX RECEIVES JACK PETCHY AWARD FOR HIS 'OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION'
We are delighted to announce that Alex in Year 10 has received the Jack Petchy Award for his 'Outstanding Contribution' to
Wickham Bishops Tennis Club. Alex intends using the award money to take a group of tennis players to see the ATP finals at the O2 in November. Well done Alex this is a fabulous achievement and an outstanding display of citizenship!
MADDY CHOSEN TO TRAIN WITH THE U-12 BOYS
Already playing for Arsenal Ladies U-12, Maddy was this year invited to train with the U-12 boys.
Arsenal are the first professional club to do this and we are immensely proud of Maddy and also
Arsenal for supporting the development of their footballers irrespective of the gender.
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Thank you to Colchester United FC top scorer Sammie Szmodics who came in to the school to
meet our pupils. Sammie spent some time signing autographs and answering questions. Pupils
really enjoyed him talking about the character attributes that are needed to make it as a
professional sportsman and the importance of perseverance and dedication.
Our Lower School pupils were very excited to meet Kat Clifton, a former professional footballer and
founder of @SheCanPlayUK. Kat would love to see more girls playing football and her enthusiasm
might well have inspired the next Stephanie Houghton. Our Prep girls were also lucky enough to
enjoy a training session with her.
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Todd Clements – Former Junior & Senior School pupil had won the 2018 English Amateur Golf Championships.
Alice Davies – The former Senior School pupil had been accepted onto an Elite/Olympic pathway programme with GB Rowing.
39 Thank you from all the PE staff for the support of all our parents this year!
Mr Dowson Miss Banks Mr Bloss Mr Rayner
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