16 January 2023 Abingdon School Sport Girls victorious in St Kate’s Day lacrosse Undeterred by the dreadful November weather, Upper 6th students from Abingdon and St Helen and St Katharine took to the pitch with much enthusiasm and determination in the annual St Kate’s Day lacrosse match. Nevertheless, the opposition remain unbeaten with a 5-1 victory. Well done to all involved! The perfect hosts It has been a fantastic start to the new academic year for our swimming squad. In September, we hosted the English Schools Swimming Association (ESSA) qualification event, in which a number of Oxfordshire secondary schools compete in 4x50 Medley and Freestyle relay races. Then, on 19 November, the swimming squad had one of the most successful results in school history, with the U18s breaking school records in both the 4x50 Freestyle and Medley relays, reaching the ESSA national final in the latter, where they achieved an astounding 8th place! The U16s had an equally impressive result, breaking a record in the 4x50 Freestyle relay, coming 6th overall in the nation. This was followed by the Warwick Gala on 24 November, in which the U18s managed to smash the 10 year old 4x50 Freestyle short course relay record by over 2 seconds, achieved some personal bests and won overall in their age group. Not wishing to disappoint, the U16s managed to break a number of school records and narrowly missed out in a victory in their age group patterns. En garde! Many congratulations to 5th Year student, Fin Bennet who has been invited to join the GBR athlete development programme and who was also selected to represent the GBR team in Fencing at competitions in Grenoble and Copenhagen late last year. It’s all going swimmingly Sail away At the end of the summer term, a group of 16 students and 4 members of staff took part in the sailing club’s summer yachting trip on the South Coast. The boats were chartered from Gosport and the majority of the sailing took place around the Solent area, visiting Lymington, Cowes and Southampton.
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