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Winter School Games
On Tuesday 1st March the
PE department took 21 Wayland
Academy Norfolk students to
the Winter School Games.
The event was held at the UEA
Sportspark, where Wayland
Academy students represented
Breckland at the indoor rowing
and table tennis finals. The table
tennis players consisted of Jack
Beaumont 9M, Connor Andrews
9H, Ben Foster 9M, Reanna Cook
9S, and Matthew Burridge 7M.
They teamed up with three other
students from Thetford Academy
to create Breckland A team and
Breckland B Team.
After letting their nerves get the
better of them all students played
some fantastic table tennis and
managed to gain a few well
deserved wins. The final results
were Breckland A finishing in
6th place and Breckland B finishing
in 8th place.
The indoor rowing finals created
an electric atmosphere. Students
raced individually in their year
groups with all spectators
watching the races on the big
screen. The Wayland Academy
(Breckland) rowers were; Year 7:
Joshua Peters, George Philips,
Ellie Spaul, Sian Lount. Year 8:
Wiktor Mejza, Jayden Whitehair,
Megan Green, Wiktoria Jankowska,
Jaden Whitehair. Year 9: Rodrigo
Braz, Jakub Zalensy, Charlotte
Ross, Kerris Walpole. Year 10:
Jasmin Vincent, Sydney Reardon,
Ryan Parodi, Mirosz Nierzwicki.
All students worked extremely
hard during their individual races
and during the team relays they
showed superb team work and
determination throughout.
Although Wayland Academy did not
leave the finals with a medal, they
did incredibly well to get to the finals
and I left a very proud PE teacher.
A huge well done to you all!
Olivia Baker wins Gold in
Judo British School Qualifiers!
On Sunday 24th January I represented Wayland Academy
at the Eastern Area British Schools Championships which
took place at Thetford Leisure Centre.
I have attended the Happidojo Judo Club in Marham
for the last 4 years and I had to fight an opponent from
the same club, as there were no other girls to fight that
were in my age and weight group, which is U63kg,
Year 10/11. The fight was the best of three rounds and
because I won the first two fights I didn’t have to fight
her for a third time.
In the first fight my opponent tapped out when I got her
in a headlock on the ground. The second fight lasted a
bit longer; she threw me and I landed on my side but I
managed to throw her and hold her down for the count.
We both stood up and the referee put his hand above my
head to show I was the winner. I won Gold and have now
qualified for the British Schools competition in Sheffield
on Saturday 2nd April.
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