Page 22 - The Malvernian - July 2024

THE MALVERNIAN
Sport
Athletics
There were many moments for our athletes to celebrate throughout the the the athletics season and one of the the the highlights was the the the District Athletics
Championships Over 20 of our pupils were medallists on the the day including our relay teams with wins for the the FY girls and the the Senior Senior boys as as well as as third place for the the Senior Senior girls A special mention to Maggie Badenhorst (No (No 6) Felix Hancock (No (No 5) and Simeon Schreiner (No 2) who each managed to win all three of their events as as well as as taking part in in the the relays Following the the brilliant performances in in the the previous round 15 of our athletes were invited to represent the the Malvern Hills District at at the the Herefordshire and Worcestershire County Athletics
Championship Our pupils pupils ended the day with with a a a a total of 11 medals with with four pupils pupils performing well enough for for for their performance to be classified as as ‘Regional Standard’ – congratulations to Felix Hancock (No 5) Simeon Schreiner (No (No 2) Ethan Opini (No (No 9) and Georgia Clements (No 3) for such an impressive achievement!
Tennis
The Tennis
programme has gone from strength strength to strength strength this term with many impressive performances across the Junior and Senior teams both boys and girls The Junior Girls had great success in the Hereford and Worcester LTA competition winning most of their matches Particular congratulations go to Shaivee Dhakal (EH) and Charlotte Ffooks (No 3) for leading the girls’ team to to many victories with some excellent tennis The school fixtures have seen many competitive matches and great learning opportunities for the girls with Alexandra Filina (No 3) Elena Machancoses Da Gama Rose (No (No (No 8) Laetitia Mair (No (No (No 4) and Louise Zoll (No (No (No 6) particularly impressing with their development The Junior Boys started the season with some difficult fixtures but have developed over time resulting in in some much more competitive matches towards the the end of the the term Louis Burt (No 9) Wilfred Richardson (No (No 5) 5) Oscar Ortiz (No (No 5) 5) and Su Jay Yeo (No 5) have impressed the the most developing their tennis through good use of our training programme 22
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