Super Sports Success

Saturday 20 June 2009

On Wednesday 17th June year 6 took part in the Rye Area Athletics at Rye College.
Each school was given a country to represent and the morning began with a parade, St Michael's was given England and took part in the parade with flags, face paints, a bowler hat and more.

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The biggest flag...ever.

The biggest flag...ever.

The team pose with their giant flag- the biggest ever seen at the athletics festival.

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The parade

The parade

We were chosen to represent England at the Olympic-style opening ceremony.

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Waiting to jump

Waiting to jump

JJ and Nathan lining up to take part in their first event.

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Triple Jump

Triple Jump

Alice tackles the hop skip and a jump

Children were split in to 20 groups and competed against pupils from other schools at long jump, triple jump, javelin and 80m sprint, points were given for the performance in each event and then 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each group were given medals. The final event was a relay with 6 children running 80m legs.
Congratulations to our 5 medal winners.

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Alice leaps towards a medal

Alice leaps towards a medal

Alice was one of our 5 medal winners, here she wins points for the long jump.

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80m sprint

80m sprint

Michaela taking part in her sprint race.

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Hop, skip and...

Hop, skip and...

Archie - jumping in the triple jump.

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Sprint finish

Sprint finish

Clover, for it is she, finishes her sprint as a flash.