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Year 9 Lana
The Millfield Endurance Squad made history at Badminton continues to thrive at Millfield with
01-02 Interschool athletics the English Schools Cross Country Cup Final, with seven clubs on offer to cater for a mixed range of
03 ESSA athletics the Senior Boys (Nate, Tom, Anubis, Reuben, ability levels. Squad Badminton now consists of 20
04 House badminton
Magnus) finished second and Senior Girls (Abi, Eva, regular players. Trainning up to four times per week
Chloe, Lottie, Erin, Gemma) took third – Millfield’s and once a week with the county coach James
first-ever double podium finish. Elkin. He works on developing those that want to
go further to play in tournaments and go onto the
Upper Sixth Eden represented Great county pathway. Over 30 students this year have
Britain finishing 5th at the European U20 had the opportunity to represent the school in
Championships in Heptathlon. both formal and friendly fixtures. Our fixture list
consists of both competitive games as well as those
At July’s English Schools’ Track & Field Champion- that take a more festival of badminton approach.
ships, 15 Millfield athletes represented Somerset In these games we mix up and play partnered
Schools, earning five top eight finishes. Eden with students from other schools. We have good
(100m Hurdles) and Tiana (100m) each claimed links with the local performance centres and
gold, while Lewie took silver in the Javelin and county pathways for those who wish to take their
Olivia finished fourth in the Junior Girls' Long ambitions further. This year three of the squad have
Jump, and Jacob placed fifth in the Junior Boys' made it into the Somerset pathway and two of our
High Jump. U16 girls have represented the county.

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