Athletics news

Independent Schools Midlands Regional Competition

The Independent Schools Midlands Regional Athletics competitions took place a couple of weeks ago at Aldersley Stadium in Wolverhampton. The senior competition took place on the Tuesday, whilst our junior pupils were competing on the Wednesday. It total, there were around 24 other independent schools who attended the events, which made for a really competitive couple of days of athletics. This is only the third year we have attended these competitions and we have previously done very well, but were aiming to beat our medal tally if we could.

The pupils have worked hard during their PE lessons to improve their times/distances, and we’ve had more than 40 pupils attending the athletics afterschool club on a Wednesday.  It was great for the pupils to put into practice what they had worked on in their lessons and show it off in a big competition like this.

Last year, we did really well across the two competitions and came away with 16 medals in total. This year we smashed that total and came away with our largest number of medals yet across the two days. In total, LCS finished the competition with 26 medals in total:

Sam Pr – 3rd Javelin
Charlie M – 3rd Discus and 3rd Shot
Harry T – 3rd Hurdles
Charlie T – 2nd Hurdles and 1st Triple Jump
Jeremy – 3rd Long Jump
Louis M – 3rd Long Jump and 1st 200m
Years 8/9 Boys Relay Team – 2nd
Alex F – 3rd 800m
Ben H – 1st 300m
Ruby C – 2nd Discus and 1st Javelin
Annabel C – 3rd Discus
Luella H – 3rd High Jump and 2nd 100m
Layla H – 2nd Hurdles
Freya A – 2nd 1500m
Izzy W – 3rd 100m
Year 4 Girls Relay Team – 2nd
Annabelle C – 2nd 60m
Rufus WD – 3rd Vortex Throw
Theo T – 3rd 150m
Poppy R – 3rd 600m

A fabulous result from the whole team, which saw plenty of close 4th and 5th places as well.  Everyone played their part across the two days, which resulted in LCS finishing 3rd overall out of 24 other schools, placing high just behind Dixie Grammar and Princethorpe College.

Because of the results from last week, the following pupils who have qualified for the Independent Schools National Athletics Finals on Monday 16th June at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham:

Freya A – 1500m
Ruby C – Javelin
Luella H – Relay
Louis M – 200m and Relay
Ben H – 300m and Relay
Charlie T – Triple Jump

Staffordshire Schools County Athletics Team Selection

Following on from another successful round of Cannock & District athletics fixtures last half term, several of our pupils have been selected to represent the Cannock and District athletics team at the Staffordshire Schools County Athletics Championships on Saturday 14th June at Northwood Stadium in Stoke and the team will go up against some of the best young athletes in the county, and deservedly have the opportunity to do so.

Ruby C – Javelin and Discus
Luella H – High Jump and 100m
Ben H – 300m
Louis M – 100m and 200m
Jeremy S – Long Jump
Alex F – 800m
Charlie T – Triple Jump
Charlie M – Discus and Hammer
Freya A – 1500m
Maisie S – Pole Vault

Mr Mayne