Sports Day spectacular brings out the best in athletes

One of the highlights of the academic year is the Spalding Academy Sports Day which took place on Tuesday 18th June 2024 and we treated to perfect conditions for students to compete.

This sporting spectacular was held at the Princess Royal Sports Arena in Boston, which is a purpose-built athletics stadium with a large spectator grandstand so everyone could watch and support their House when not competing themselves.

Over 300 students competed in a range of events such as the 100m, 200m, 3/400m, 800m, 1,500m, Javelin, Shot Put, Discus, High Jump and Long Jump. The highlight of the day was the 4 x 100m relay with teams for Years 7 to 10.

The competition amongst the Holland, Johnson, Mclaren, Nova, Peake and Trinity Houses was good spirited with tremendous enthusiasm. Everyone put in their best performances as they were supported throughout the day by their respective Houses.

We were treated to some incredible performances with the following sports day records being smashed:

• Oliver King threw an impressive 21.13 metres in the Year 7 Boys Javelin
• Findlay Stamp ran an amazing 24.59 seconds in the Year 9 Boys 200m
• Kieran Lucy ran a fantastic time of 5 minutes 9 seconds in the Year 9 Boys 1,500m
• Waraidzo Gochera threw a mighty 7.86 metres in the Year 9 Girls Shot Put
• Patryk Odzimek threw a massive 11.25 metres in the Year 9 Boys Shot Put
• Harvey Barnes clocked a lightning fast 11.59 seconds in the Year 10 Boys 100m
• Ava Thornhill sprinted to a 52.29 second finish in the Year 10 Girls 300m
• Savannah Hughes ran a swift 3 minutes 20 seconds in the Year 10 Girls 800m
• Hollie Philpott hurled an amazing 19.30 metres in the Year 10 Girls Javelin

Thank you to everyone in the PE department, the Heads of House and all of the staff volunteers who made this such a fantastic event.

The overall results for the Houses are below and congratulations to Trinity House.