Coombeshead Academy Aspire Spring 2017

SPORT & PE
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN CROSS COUNTRY
Thursday 10 th November saw Coombeshead Academy take 37 students from Years 7 to 10 to represent the school in the
South Devon Cross Country championships. The event took place at Stover School; the weather was not on our side!
Torrential rain and wind featured from when we arrived, until mid-morning, so the students faced a real challenge in these
conditions. However this did not seem to bother them and they gave it their all anyway.
The day consisted of six races in total covering the different age groups; Year 7 girls and Year 7 boys, Junior girls and Junior
boys, Intermediate girls and Intermediate boys. Each race had over 100 participants from the schools in the local area. The
shortest distance covered on the day was 2 miles and the longest for our older competitors was 3.5 miles.
Niamh Iddon and Kelis Rabley from Year 7 finished in the top 10 in their race so they now go forward to represent Devon in
the Cross Country Championships. Mason Joint and Ollie Pead, also representing Year 7, finished in the top10 and have also
been selected to represent Devon.
Cerys Addy and Olivia Brooking from Year 9 represented us in the Junior girls finishing in 8th and 12th place. Tiago Ford and
Jake Dan, also in Year 9 representing the boys, came in the top 15. All four now go through to also represent Devon in January
2017 at the championships. The Year 9 competitors ran a total distance of 3 miles on the day.
Special mention must go to Khara Mitchell who finished just outside the top 15 and also to Year 10 student Ben Schafer. He
was in 6th place all the way round until he pulled his quadriceps and sadly did not finish.
A brilliant effort by each and every student – they are a credit to the school.
YEAR 8 RUGBY CHAMPIONS
Coombeshead Academy’s Year 8 rugby team attended a
tournament for the independent schools in the area, so it was
a real honour for Coombeshead to be invited.
They came up against many good rugby schools with a very
proud tradition of success, some of which have players on
sports scholarships for rugby. The tournament was going to be
a challenge!
The team had had a fantastic season and they wanted that
momentum to continue; they certainly did not disappoint.
Our results against the following schools were:
• St John's of Exeter: winners 15-0
• Shebbear College: draw 10-10
• Stover A: winners 10-5
• Stover B: winners 25-0
• Churston Ferrers Grammar School: 25 – 5
• Final vs. Plymouth College: winners 20 - 0
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The team played with incredible passion and skill. No one
player has been singled out for recognition as the whole
team was incredible!