Leehurst Swan School

Leehurst Swan took part in this event with pupils from Year 7 , the Under 15 age group and the Under 17 age group.

The outstanding succes in the Year 7 age group were those of Sam Hudson who won the Javelin and Amy Parsons who came 2nd in the Long Jump.  Amy and Isabel Jack both reached the final of the 100m and the Year 7 girls relay team also reached the finals.

In the U15 age group Louisa McRobb got through to the final of the 100m and also the relay with Abigail Daniels, Faye Golley and Minnie Young.

In the U17 age group we had a group of very enthusiastic boys who all competed extremely well but in particularly Jeremy Westcott who came 3rd in the Long Jump.  The Relay team Nathan Reed-Poulson, Max Fogarty, Jake Robertson and Jeremy Westcott.  Charlie Hely and Ben Hooley threw well in the Javelin and Shot putt and Jasper Rayner attained a personal best of 1.45m in the High Jump.

Everyone performed to the best of their ability some achieving personal bests, if not the finals of their events.

Well done to everyone.

Leehurst Swan entered two Year 6 boys teams and one girls team.  The boys were under some pressure  as the boys fromYear 6 last year won this event and collected the shield.

A series of heats were held and then the finals were in groups according to times recorded in the heats.  The Year 6 girls swam extremely well and came 4th overall but the two boys teams excelled themselves.  The ‘A’ team retained the shield with an impressive time in the final and the ‘B’ team came second.

Very well done to all those who competed.

The Leehurst Swan team consisted of six prep boys whilst the Warminster team were all Year 7 boys.  The Leehurst boys were not phased by their older (and bigger) opponents and in the first round of matches where the boys played their matched pair.  The Leehurst Swan boys won 2 of the 3 matches.  Pairs were then played against each other in a match of first to five games and Leehurst Swan achieved some convincing wins with the final result being 7 matches to 2 in Leehurst Swans favour.

This was the first match of the season and the girls were excited to be playing.  Godolphin batted first scoring 10 1/2 rounders.  Leehurst rose to the challenge by scoring a very good 9. 

The second half didn’t go so well for Leehurst who struggled to get Godolphin out and could not score the rounders as well as they had in the first innings.  Final score Godolphin 25 – Leehurst 11

18 pupils at Leehurst Swan celebrated their success in the 11+ examinations. All 18 have secured places at the grammar schools. The headmaster, Roger Leake said “I am delighted with their success and congratulate the pupils and the staff who taught them, on their achievements. This year, 46% of Leehurst Swan Year 6 pupils have been offered a place at the grammar schools. In these days of recession, parents appreciate the need for a first class education in order to achieve 11+ success. These pupils have also achieved in Music, Art, Sport, and are shortly due to go on a week of Adventure training. A first class education is more than academic success, although this is an integral part of all we strive to do at Leehurst Swan.