On 20th January 2017, the Year 8 girls took part in the first round of Sportshall Athletics. Unfortunately, the competition was cut short and they didn’t find out the results until a week later…

Finally, the results had came in: they won the first round! Then, on 3rd March they won their place to the finals. They went to the same competition last year and got placed 3rd overall. This year, they were hoping to do better.

It was a long walk to the leisure centre but they made it in one piece. When they went inside there were already lots of team warming up. In their age category there were six teams.

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When all the teams had arrived they started the competition; it started with a few simple warm ups so that nobody would get injured. When they had finished warming up, the competition started the first event was the obstacle relay.

 

Slowly, the events started passing by and the people got awarded for their efforts. The Chantry girls were happy with their performance; then the announcer announced that they won the whole competition! They got shiny gold medals that were an upgrade for last year!

We interviewed two girls from Year 8 who took part in the competition to see what they thought…

How was the first round of sportshall for you two?

Liv T- I found it really fun it was a really good experience.

Liv H- I was really nervous but it was fun.

 

What events did you participate in ?

Liv T- 1×2, 2×4, 1×4, standing long jump, triple jump.

Liv H-1×2, 2×4, obstacle, relay, speed bounce

 

Were there any complications during the day?

Liv T- One race changed it was the 2×4.

Liv H- Since one race changed, I was quite confused

 

Were you expecting to win the first round and get into the finals?

Liv T- No it was a big surprise for us.

Liv H- No we expected to lose.

 

How did you feel about winning the first round?

Liv T- I felt happy that we won.

Liv H- I was very happy with the results.

Did you go into the final expecting to win?

Liv T- We weren’t that confident about winning.

Liv H- We thought that we would come third.

 

What do you feel was your weakest event ?

Liv T- I thought that my weakest event was standing long jump.

Liv H-My weakest event was obstacle relay.

 

Did you feel confident when the results were being announced?

Liv T- No, not really.

Liv H- I was okay; I was eating my mango and hoping we would win.

 

Do you feel like you could’ve performed to a higher standard?

Liv T- I feel like I did my best.

Liv H-I could of improved when I did the vertical jump.

 

How ecstatic where you when you found out you won?

Liv T- so happy and surprised. We all had a great time.

Liv H- I was surprised that we came first but we all put a lot of effort into it.

 

By Lana and Olivia, Year 8.