Wednesday 27 February 2019

Year 5 and 6 Sportshall athletics

On Tuesday 26th February twenty children from Years 5 and 6 represented the school in a mixed sportshall athletics tournament at Kings Heath Boys School.

The tournament was between eight different schools: Hollywood; Chilcote; Yardley Wood; The Oaks; Kings Norton; Robin Hood; Allens Croft; Bells Farm.

The children all represented the school in at least one field event and one track event. Some children did two events in each category.

The field events were: vertical jump; standing long jump; standing triple jump; javelin throw; chest push throw; speed bounce.

The track events were: 4 x 1 lap relay; 4 x 2 lap relay; 4 x 1 over/under relay; 6 lap paarluf (split between 4 children.

The children's best distances and times were recorded and they were given 2-16 points based on their position in comparison to the other schools. The total points were then added up to give the school's overall score. The results were as follows:

1) Chilcote 274
2) Kings Norton 246
3) Hollywood 216
4) Bells Farm 188
5) Allens Croft 162
6) Yardley Wood 156
7) The Oaks 154
8) Robin Hood 74

Chilcote finished the tournament in first place. A fantastic achievement by all of the children. Well done to all involved!!!


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