Sports Day

The annual combined primary and secondary Sports Day went well and was expanded slightly from last year, with more races and categories being added for primary students. Juggling the unbalanced numbers of house participants (the result of a moving population in a small school) was tricky for Mrs Miles, but a fair scoring system was found. Some pupils ended up participating in six or more events. Though challenging, they thoroughly enjoyed it all. Skipping, jumping, shuttle relays, a new obstacle course, target throwing, distance throwing, sack race, 50m dash and 100m and 200m sprints meant the primary children (and staff) were kept busy. Musenga came out first, Kasompe second and Luano third.

Upper primary obstacle race

Secondary students compete in a more orthodox athletics programme and this year, for the first time, every age group and gender participated in every discipline. Most students relish the opportunity of trying to break school records, even ones set on rubber tracks, but the records are getting harder to beat now. Only five new school records were made this year: U19, U16, U14 boys and U19 girls high jump; U16 girls 400m,
although a lot of house records were broken.

Mwayi in Shuttle Relay

U14 boys High Jump

Andy and Jean 1500m

The Victor/Victrix Ludorum shields (highest scoring competitor in 5 events: sprint, middle distance, jumps, throws, plus one other) were awarded to:
U 14 Boys: 383pts Musonda Mwansa of Kasompe house
U14 girls: 279 pts Kathleen Kaufman of Luano House
U16 boys: 446pts Ethan Milner of Musenga house
U16 girls: 297 pts Diana Shakwelele of Kasompe house
U19 boys: 409 pts Msanivute Banda of Kasompe house
U19 girls: 309 pts Joyce Muteb of Luano house
Overall victory went to Musenga house (730 pts), who were just ahead of Kasompe (713 pts), so it was a good, tight competition. Luano were third (565 pts) and slightly down on numbers.

Many thanks to all the staff who helped on the day to make it successful, and to Mrs Miles who organised the primary events and Mrs J Grove the secondary.

Report by Mr Grove