On Friday 16^th May, Darrick Woods Junior (Year 7 & 8) Boys and Girls and Intermediate (Years 9 &10) Boys and Girls teams took part in the 1^st round of the English Schools Athletics Cup.  The competition in our event was tough, but we knew it would help us raise our game to gain as many points as possible.  All the athletes taking part had to take part in a track and a field or relay, so for some taking part in an event new to them. 

The best points scores of the day for the girls teams came from Izzy (40), Holly (33), Jess (36) and Rosie (35) in the Junior Girls and Alice (46), Annie (45), Annabelle (45) and Mojola (39).  The final result meant that our Junior Girls placed 3^rd  with 319 points and Intermediate Girls placed 2^nd  with 361 points,  making it through to South East England A Final. 

Highlights for the Junior Boys came from Charlie (100m, 13.2s), Tommy (27.6s 200m) and Charlie (2:35s 800m) each of which earned 18 points in those events.

Our Intermediate Boys managed to qualify for a Regional B Final with a total points tally of 376 and in the process beating both Ravens Wood and Bullers Wood Boys. Highlights were from Anthony who doubled up in the 1500m (4m 32s) and Discus (32.56m) scoring 47 points in total! Luke scored well in the Discus (30.84m) and 300m (42.7s), earning 36 points for the team. James ran 24.7s in the 200m and threw a 9.46m Shot Put to score 35 individual points. Other fine performances from Alex (Javelin, 37.90m), Daniel dipping under 5 minutes for the first time in the 1500m with 4:58 and Patrick running 12.9s in the 80m hurdles. However Elijah, our second hurdler, broke the Year 9 School Record with 12.6s and scoring 22 points for the team in the process!

We wish all athletes the best of luck in the next round.