Private School News

Budding Athletes win Medals at Championships

The South of England Athletics Association Championships took place on Saturday 17th January at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, the largest state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor athletics centre serving London and the South of England. This indoor track and field championship is a prestigious event in the athletics calendar and pupils from the Royal Hospital School were competing against other top athletes from the south of England – an area covering from Cornwall to Norfolk.

Charlotte Shelley, 14, competed in the High Jump and managed a remarkable 1.60 metres. Paul Hardman, Director of Sport, said “this was just under Charlotte’s personal best, and being the determined and self-disciplined athlete she is, she was a little disappointed. It was however, a fantastic jump and good enough to take first place. Taking the gold in this championship is impressive and even more impressive is the fact that this is the second year running that she has taken the medal. In 2008 she jumped 1.55 metres to win the title”.

Year 11 pupil, Jonathan Ilori, competed in the triple jump gaining a bronze medal after jumping 13.93 metres and achieving a new personal best.Paul Hardman went on to say, “not only has Jonathan come away with a medal and he should be very proud indeed but I am told that he has also been targeted as a UK 2012 hopeful”.