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June News
 
Lee Valley Outdoor Athletics Cup
 

There were some excellent performances at the recent Lee Valley Outdoor Cup Athletics Competition.  All athletes put superb effort into their races and some notable performances were as follows:
 
Alec Roeper - 200m - 24.9s - NEW MEET RECORD
Karl Tucker - 80m hurdles - 12.7s - NEW MEET RECORD
Alex Habbershaw - Long Jump - 5.25m - NEW MEET RECORD
Bethany Chambers - 300m - 44s - NEW MEET RECORD
 
All team results were very good but a special mention to the year 7 teams who, despite being several athletes missing as they were at Havering selection trials, managed to finish well in a strong field.  Overall results were as follows:
 
Year 7 Girls -  7th    
Year 8/9 Girls A Team - 6th
Year 8/9 Girls B Team - 5th
 

Year 7 Boys - 12th
Year 8/9 Boys A Team - 2nd - By just 2 points!!
Year 8/9 Boys B Team - 15th
 
Full Team results -  CLICK HERE
Full Individual results - CLICK HERE
 
Photos from the day can be found on our Facebook fan page.
Keep training Sports Day and District Sports to come!!

 

 
 
 
Havering Badminton Finals

Well done to the girls teams who competed in the borough Badminton finals this week.  The year 8/9 team finished 2nd in a competitive match against Hall Mead.  The year 10/11 team went one better and won the overall trophy beating Hall Mead 3 - 2.
 
Well done to:
Year 8/9 Team -  Hannah Bloy, Georgia Marston, Elizabeth Acreman and Grace Murphy
Year 10/11 Team -  Eva Dench, Pippa Wilson, Ciara Malone and Kathryn Miller
 

 
 May News
   

 

Athletics Results... so far!
 
Some great performances all around so far this season.  Main results are as follows:
 
Track and Field Cup, 1st Round @ Basildon
Junior Girls - 1st - 334 points - Through to regional round
Junior Boys -  2nd - 353 points -  Through to regional round
Inter Girls -   1st -  293 points - Through to regional round
Inter Boys -   1st - 408 points - Through to regional round.
 
Full results from this competition can be found   HERE
 
Forest School Athletics Competition
Year 9 Girls -   2nd      Full results CLICK HERE
Year 9 Boys -    1st       Full results CLICK HERE
Year 10 Girls -  2nd      Full results CLICK HERE
Year 10 Boys -   5th      Full results CLICK HERE
 

  
 
Well done to all athletes and good luck in the regional rounds.
 
 
National Hockey Finals
 
Well done to the U13 Girls Hockey team who competed in the National Finals and finished in a fantastic 4th position!  An excellent result and great finish to a storming hockey season with the most National finals Coopers Coborn has ever qualified for in one season.  Well done to all players.
 

 

 

National Gymnastics Finals
 
Well done to the U19 Boys gymnastics team who reached the National Floor and Vault Finals in Stoke and finished in a highly commendable 4th place in the country.  It was the first finals event for three of our gymnasts yet despite this all put in confident performances on the day.  The competition was extremely close with only 2 points separating the top 4 places.  Individual scores were as follows:
 

James Marigold (yr 11) -  Floor - 7.76, Vault - 9.2
Will Goodchild (yr 11) -  Floor - 8.06, Vault - 8.95
Joe Ben-Aderet (yr 11) - Floor - 8.8, Vault - 9.3
Daniel Gorsuch (yr 9) - Floor - 7.7, Vault - 7.8
Joe Harrison (yr 9)  -  Floor - 7.94, Vault - 8.6
  

Well done to you all.  More gymnastics starts in the Autumn term.

 
 

 

STARS Update

 
There have been some outstanding results with our STARS athletes over the past couple of months:

  • Niall Engerer (yr 12) -   Represented England (U17) in the Junior European Team Squash Championships.  Niall won all of his matches and helped England win the overall trophy to be crowned European Junior Champions.

      

     

  •  Will King (yr 13) and Sophie Baggs (yr 11) have been selected onto the World Class Development scheme for Rowing.  After entering the UK Sport Tall and Talented programme, Will and Sophie were both identified from thousands of applicants as having the potential for World Class success.  Will is relocating to Cambridge for full time training as soon as his A-levels are finished and Sophie continues her demanding training schedule at the Royal Docks.  Well done to both of you and we look forward to seeing you progress.
     

  •  Vicky Carson (yr 10) -  Congratulations for finishing 41st in the World!  Vicky competed in the Junior World Fencing Championships in Baku in April in the Sabre event.  A great achievement especially as she was fighting against many older athletes.  Well done.
     

  • Tom Toolis (yr 12) -  Competed in the Modern Pentathlon Junior European Championships in Bulgaria and achieved a fantastic 14th place finish.  This excellent result now means that Tom has qualified for the World Championships in Sweeden in June.  Well done and good luck in the Worlds!

      

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April News

 
Rugby Essex Cup Final
 
Congratulations to the U19 Rugby Team who defeated KEGS in the final of the Essex Cup on Wednesday 28th April.  It was a highly competitive match that was closely fought until the final ten minutes when Coopers Coborn took the lead and finished the match solidly to win 30-17.  Well done to all players, an excellent end to a highly impressive season.  We look forward to more success on the upcoming New Zealand tour!
 


 

March News
 
National Schools Biathlon Finals
 
In our fourth National final of the fortnight(!) 7 students travelled to Crystal Palace, on Sunday 21st of March for the Biathlon Finals.  Another fantastic year for our athletes with all pupils putting in some superb performance with many gutsy runs on the track and determined swims in the 50m pool.   Results were as follows:

Year 9 Boys Team - 5th in the Country (improved by 3 places!!)
Jed Rimell - 7th
Nick Shade -  36th
Ben Eastman - 35th
 
Year 12/13 Girls Team -
1st National Champions!!  (3rd year in a row)
Nicole Raymond - 1st National Champion
Nikki Twine - 13th
Sidnie Sales - 20th
 

Year 12/13 Boys - Tom Toolis -
2nd in the coutry!
 
Well done to all athletes, another highly successful year in this event.  
Photos to be posted soon!
Full results can be found by clicking here

 

 
 

Senior Students National Tennis Finals
 
  
The Senior Students Mixed Team (Years 11-13) travelled to Bolton on 20 - 21st March and competed in the National Finals of this event.  The team managed excellent victories against Ellsmere College and Boston Grammar School.  The group stage was extremely tight with 3 teams, including Coopers Coborn, tied in 1st place finishing level on points.  The rule was then to go to games won and unfortunately CCCS missed out this year on a place in the final with Ellsmere College qualifying.  However all team members played exceptionally well, it really could have gone either way and the school are extremely proud of you for finishing 4th in the country!  

Well done to team members:  Adele Sammons, Billy Elliot, Emily Defroand and James Davis.

 


National Schools Team Gymnastics Finals
 
Congratulations to the U16 girls team who qualified for the Team Gymanstics National Finals, on 14th March, and finished 4th overall in the country.  An excellent display on the floor saw the team finish 1st in this piece of apparatus.  Well done girls:  Rachel Travell, Lucy Phillips, Lucy Kingsman, Catherine Daly and Sophie Bedford.  A special thank you also to the games captain, Lucy Weatherup.


 
National Schools Trampolining Finals 2010
 
The U13 girls team qualified for the National Finals of the Trampoline event and on the 13th March travelled to Stoke-on-Trent to compete.  They all bounced very well and managed to finish 2nd in the country.  Special mention to Susanna Badley who finished 1st in the event.  Well done to you all!
Team members:  Susanna Badley, Lucy Phillips, Ellie Guy and Emma Brereton.
 

 

 
STARS athletes success
 
The Coopers Coborn STARS (Supporting Talented Athletes on the Road to Success) squad is aimed at supporting athletes at the very top of the talent ladder.  Through school support, including lifestyle management and sport science support, we are aiming to relieve some of the pressure that these elite athletes face and ensure they can fully focus on both academic and sporting developments.
 
Last week 3 of the STARS, Niall Engerer, Tom Toolis and Phoebe Cipa travelled to Bisham Abbey for an elite athlete performance day run by the Youth Sport Trust.  The day consisted of workshops on themes including how to develop your 'brand' as an athlete, your support team and physical core training.  The sessions were led by some of GB top Olympic ahtletes including: Denise Lewis, Craig Heap, Michelle Griffith, Kerry Williams, Karen Pickering and Guin Batten.  It was a truly inspirational day and all Coopers students commented on how much it helped them focus on what needs to be done to reach the top of their sport.


 
Some recent STARS athlete successes include:
  

 

Niall Engerer à 4th in England for Squash (U17), last week selected to represent England in an International Tournament in May.
 
Victoria Carson à 3rd in Great Britain for U17 in Fencing, Sabre Class.  A great achievement seeing as Vicky is only 15 years old!  She is travelling to Azerbaijan next week to compete for GB in the World Junior Championships

 
Tom Toolis à 2nd in age group at the Modern Pentathlon.  Looking for GB team selection next week to enter the European Modern Pentathlon Championships.

 
Caroline Powell à  Caroline just returned last week from competing in the World School Skiing Championships  in Italy where she helped Team GB finish in 6th place overall in the WORLD!  The competition involved a number of downhill races including Slalom, Giant Slalom and Team Races against some of the worlds best skiing nations including Austria, France and Italy.  A great cultural event a fantastic achievement for Caroline who is also busy balance her skiing with GCSE exams at present.
 
Emily Defroand à Currently training in the England Hockey squad, a fantastic achievement. 

 
Phoebe Cipa à  Our talented golfer who plays off a 4 handicap has been accepted on a sports scholarship at the Grand Canyon University in Phoenix.  We wish her every success and definitely another name to look out for in the future.

 

 
Well done to all, watch all your futures with great interest.

 

 


Lee Valley Indoor Athletics Cup

       
On the 10th and 17th of March we took four teams to Lee Valley for the first major schools athletics competition of the season, the Lee Valley Schools Indoor Cup.  Despite being early season there were some fantastic performances and the Year 9 boys, Year 8 boys and Year 8 girls teams all qualified for the finals.
 
Again the teams did not disappoint in terms of their perfomance levels and the results were as follows:
 
Year 9 boys team - Finished in 2nd position.
 
Year 8 boys team- Finished on 6th position (excellent seeing as competing against year 9s)
 
Year 8 girls team - Finished in 5th position (again competing against year 9s)
 
Records broken in this event à Jed Rimell - 300m - 39.8seconds
                                               Alex Habbershaw - Long Jump - 5m34cm

Lots of Personal Bests also. Well done to everyone who competed. Get ready for the summer Athletics season now!!
 
   

  
 Inter-Counties Cross Country Race @ Hampshire

On 6th March students from years 7 & 8 represented Essex in the South-East England Schools cross-country race.

U13 Essex Girls finished 1st overall - Isobel Ives (5th), Natasha Patient (19th)
U14 Essex Girls finished 2nd overall - Lydia Hallam (5th), Francesca Smith (26th)
U14 Essex Boys finised 2nd overall - Freddy Keefe (13th) 
 
Some brilliant running.  Full results:   U13 Girls
                                                        U14 Boys
                                                        U14 Girls

 
 

East London Rowing Finals
 
7 of our students, along with 3 boys from Royal Liberty school, travelled to Eltham Green School on the 5th March to compete in the East London Rowing Finals.  Coopers Coborn Partnership performed exceptionally well where we won 7 out of 12 races!   A great results and the team finished in 2nd place overall.  Results as follows:
 
Yr 11 Boys - Ross Jarvis - 1st - 1759m (6mins)
Yr 11 Girls - Kate Dampster - 1st - 1585m (6mins)
Yr 10 Boys - Joe Carter - 1st - 1420m (5mins)
Year 10 Girls - Kirsty Geary - 1st - 1292m (5mins)
Year 9 Girls - Georgia Porter - 5th - 950m (4mins)
Year 8 Girls - Amy Howard - 11th - 653m (3mins)
Year 7 Girls - Florence Collinson - 8th - 474m (2mins)
 
 

Bromley and Blackheath Harriers Cross Country
 
On 3rd March we travelled to the Invitational Schools event at Bromley and Blackheath Harriers where we raced against many of the top running schools in Kent.  All teams ran and competed with determination with the boys results being as follows:
 
Junior boys:  Freddy Keefe (1st), Sean Wilson (9th), Daniel Kingsman (12th), Tom Dance (14th), Ryan Gooday (19th) and Harry Donavan (26th).
Team result - 2nd
 
Open boys:  Callum Sutton (1st), Iain Price (4th), Nick Shade (9th), Nick Duffey and Jed Rimell.
Team result:  2nd
 
Well done to all competitors... girls results to follow.

 
February News 
 
Sportshall Athletics Finals
 
Following success in the Havering rounds with all teams winning the league, on 25th February the Year 7 & 8 boys and girls athletics teams travelled to Newham Leisure Centre to compete in the East London Finals of the Sportshall Athletic competitions.  All athletes performed to a very high standard in events including speed bounce, standing long jump and running races.  Results are still to be posted but a huge congratulations to all athletes who took part.... now get training for the summer!!
 
Year 7 and 8 Cross Country @ Hylands Park
 
On 10th February over 30 students took part in the Essex Schools Cross Country race in Chelmsford at Hylands Park.  Team results as follows:
 
Year 7 boys:  15th place
Year 7 girls:  5th place
Year 8 boys: 9th place
Year 8 girls:  3rd place
 
Individuals selected to represnt Essex were:  Lydia Hallam, Francesca Smith, Freddy Keefe, Isobel Ives and Natasha Patient.
 
Well done to all pupils involved!   Full results can be downloaded here.

 
Essex Indoor Championships @ Lee Valley

 
Well done to all athletes who competed in the Essex Indoor Championships on 6th and 7th of February.  Some outstanding results from the following athletes:
Year 7:  Timi Kuye, Sam Chapman, Alex Meads, Matthew Shields and Chinedu Ofoegbu.
Year 8:  Freddy Keefe, Daniel Kingsman, Ryan Gooday, Harvey Ransome, Jack Downes and Tom Morgan.
Year 9:  Jed Rimell, Billy Bilton, Karl Tucker, Gopal Sagoo, Alex Habbershaw and Kabir Randhawa.
Year 10:  Michael Blunt
Year 11: James Perkins
Year 12: James Davis and Nkem Ofoegbu.
 
Full results can be downloaded by clicking here

 
 
Centre Parks National Badminton Tournament

Continuing on from last month on the 2nd and 5th February the U14 boys, U14 girls and U16 girls badminton teams all travelled to Newham Leisure Centre to compete in the East London round of the National Badminton Tournament.  All teams performed fantastically well with the results being:  U14 boys finished 3rd, U14 girls finished 4th and U16 girls finished in 1st place!
 
The U16 girls then went on to the National Quarter finals at the K2 in Crawley on the 25th February.  Here the girls performed exceptionally well considering badminton is not the main sport for three members of the team!  They reached the final of this event and were the eventual runners up to a team of four elite badminton players!!  Well done girls and to all badminton teams this year!
 
U14 boys team:  Harry Cannons, Gopal Sagoo, Jonathon Murphy and Alec Roeper
 
U14 girls team:  Grace Duffey, Hannah Bloy, Bethany Chambers and Georgia Marston.
 
U16 girls teams:  Emily Defroand, Adele Sammons, Pippa Wilson, Ciara Malone and Eva Dench. 

 
 
January 2010 News
 
Centre Parks National Badminton Tournament
 
On Thursday (28th Jan) the U14 Badminton team travelled to Abbs Cross to play in the final of the Havering round of the National Badminton tournament.  All four boys played well to win the fixture 4 matches to 1 and be crowned Havering champions.  The boys now go forward, along with the U14 and U16 girsl teams, to the East London Regional round at Cumberland next week.

Well done to :  Harry Cannons, Gopal Sagoo, Jonathon Murphy and Alec Roeper.
 
Good luck to all three teams next week!

 


 
 
Senior Students Tennis - Mixed Event
 
Well done to the Senior Students Mixed tennis team who travelled to the prestigious Culford Tennis Academy on Wednesday 27th January.  Despite most team members not having tennis as a priority sport at this point in the season, all managed to raise their games on the day and worked well together in the four doubles matches:  James Davis and Adele Sammons managed to defeat the Culford 2nd pair convincingly, as did Billy Elliott and Emily Defroand.  The opponents first pair proved too strong for CCCS and both matches were narrowly lost.

With the score now tied at  matches all it was down to a championship doubles tie-break (first to 10 points) to decide who went through to the National Finals.  James Davis and Adele Sammons performed with extreme composure and edged out the opponents 10 points to 6 winning CCCS a place in the final!.
 
A fantastic result and we now wish them the best of luck at Bolton Indoor Arena on March 19th - 21st.  Well done!
 

 


Rugby Success!
 
The first XV rugby team saw off Ravens Wood School in convincing fashion on Wednesday 27th January as they recorded a 22-7 victory in the 7th Round of th Daily Mail Vase Cup.  The team are really peaking at the right time and we wish them every success in the quarter finals. 
 
Indeed this is the furthest that CCCS first team have reached in this competition for over 7 years.  Well done and good luck to all the team!

 
 

 

 

Visit to London 2012 Olympic Site
 
Over the past 2 weeks (13th & 19th January) groups of Coopers Coborn students have visited the Aquatic Centre and the Olympic Stadium at the new development in Stratford for London 2012.  The visit allowed us to see the current construction work going with the buildings really taking shape (the iconic wave roof on the aquatic centre is now in place!).  Both trips proved to be inspirational for the students and staff involved and it is hoped Coopers Coborn students will be futher involved in London 2012 as it approaches.  Watch this space!!
Thank you goes to Alex Williams in year 7.  Due to a family member working on the site we were able to get exclusive access.  If anymore students want to share connections they have in sport, arrange trips, coaching etc, please let us know!
 

 
The finished Aquatic Centre

For more information check out ....   www.london2012.com
 

 
Havering Badminton League Results 2010
 
On Thursday 14th January 7 Coopers Coborn badminton teams competed in the finals of the Havering Badminton leagues @ Hornchurch sportscentre.  There were some fantastic matches, well done to all players invoved.  Results are shown below:
 
Year 7 Girls - 1st
(Phoebe Maloney, Caitlyn Hardy, Ameilia Acreman, Abigail Laver)
 
Year 7 Boys - 3rd
(Nick Wade, Harjas Sagoo, Victor Okunola, George Daly)
 
Year 8 Boys - 4th
(Ryan Gooday, Adam Willet, David Mould, Rohan Mayor)
 
Year 9 Boys - 4th?
(Harry Cannons, Ethan Pang, Daniel Gorsuch, Karl Tucker)
 
Year 10 Girls - 1st
(Ciara Malone, Hannah Gilderson, Megan Bonnett, Kathryn Miller)
 
Year 11 Girls - 1st
(Emily Defroand, Adele Sammons, Megan Miller, Louise Burgess)
 
Year 11 Boys - 3rd
(Jack Mosely, James Marigold, Andy Dennis, Matthew Wellsman)
 

 
National Hockey Finals - 15.01.10
 
The U16 and U18 girls hockey teams competed in Sheffield and Birmingham this weekend in the National Schools Indoor Hockey Finals.  
 
Both teams did exceptionally well.  The U18 team finished 4th overall with a 1-1 draw with Wakefield High and narrow defeats by Bromsgrove, Millfield and eventual winners Kingston Grammar.
 
The U16 girls put an excellent display of teamwork and were despartely unlucky to miss out on a place on the finals.  After finishing the pool in 2nd place they took on Millais School from Surrey and in a fairly even match finished down 7-2.  However an overall top 4 place finish in the country is a fantastic achievement so congratulations!
 
Well done to all girls that took part in both competitions... now on to the outdoor competition!!
 


 

November - December News 
 
Apologies for the recent lack of updates.  It has been incredibly busy here in the department.  The games captains are now putting together a termly update of all the major sports successes.  Download the latest copy here:
CCCS Sports Update December 2009
 
Sports Presentation Evening
 
One of the main highlights of the last half term was our annual 'Sports Presentation Evening'.  It was another highly successful event with some excellent perfromances by our talented gymnasts, athletes, rowers, fencer and dancers (including Mrs Barrett!).  Our guest speaker was Kerry Williams, England International Hockey Player.  Her motivational speech was fascinating as she discussed how she has overcome many barriers in her life to make it to the top.  It was certainly an inspiring story for everyone in the room.  In addition to this she kindly coached some of our county hockey players in two separate sessions earlier on in the day.  Below are some pictures from the coaching sessions:

     
 
Congratulations to all award winners and participants in the evening.  Our thanks goes to Kerry and also to the Games Captains who compered the evening so briliantly!  Well done to:  Harry Trusler, Phoebe Cipa, Christian Burgess, Jemma Cresswell, Matthew Hawkes and Gemma Phillips.

  
October News

International Simultaneous Marathon- 14th October 2009

16 year 7 pupils helped Team London finish ahead of the rest of the world today in an International Simulataneous Marathon held at Lee Valley Athletics Centre.  The event consisted of 32 athletes from schools around London running in a relay format for 200m at a time until the marathon distance was completed, a total of 105 laps.   London had two teams competing and they finished in the top two positions ahead of Manchester, Valencia and Madrid.  Toronto and West Virginia are competing later in the day.  One of the London teams also broke the World Record finishing in a time of 2hr 3mins 30secs. 

The event was really exciting and many of our pupils were interviewed and will feature in a Spanish children's TV programme.  Well done to the following:

Girls team:  Natasha Patient, Caitlyn Hardy, Phobe Maloney, Brogan Wheeler, Megan McAuliffe, Megan Kelly, Florence Collinson and Romy Griffiths.
 
Boys team:  Nick Wade, Matthew Shields, Alex Meads, Ben Patchett, Elliott Nunn, Harry Donavon, Jack Bines and Sean Wilson. 

Action Shots:

  

  

 

Cross Country Success - 6th October 2009

 

 

 

Well done to all runners who competed in the first round of the National Schols Cross Country Cup.  The flat course at Brentwood school proved favourable for our teams with three qualifying for the next round; Junior Boys, Junior Girls and Inter Girls.  Great work, keep on training for the regional round on 14th November at Barnet Copthall Stadium.  Congratulations to everyone who took part. 

Full results can be found here: Junior Boys results
                                              Junior Girls results
                                              Inter boys results
                                              Inter girls results

September News

Dwain Chambers Coaching Session!

 

40 Coopers Coborn pupils were lucky enough to experience a once in a lifetime coaching session from Britains current fastest man last week (29th Sept), Dwain Chambers!.  We travelled to the amazing facility of Lee Valley Indoor Athletics Centre, Dwains' training track. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 He worked with the boys and girls from years 7-10 separately and guided everyone through coaching drills he uses himself to achieve world-challenging times.  Dwain gave individual help to pupils and performed some very fast demonstrations. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 At the end he sat down for a brief question and answer session where he gave some excellent advice on how to reach your goals in athletics.  An excellent experience and everyone at Coopers Coborn thanks Dwain for his time and effort!

 

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

 

Skiing Success

 

 

Congratulations to all pupils in the School Ski Teams who competed at the Regional Round of ESSkia National Championships 2009 on September 19th. There were some superb performances, and an extra well done to the U19 mixed team who finshed 1st to qualify for the National Finals in Rossindale on 10/11th October.  We wish them every success.  Well done to all pupils listed below.

 

 

 

 

Clare Thyng
Caroline Powell
Rowan Saich
Ashley Saich
Megan Bonnett
Amy Howard
Paul Cowling
Andy Gupta
Joe Bilton
James Thyng
Alex Hobbs
Billy Bilton
Ross Milroy
Finn Mumford
James Bridgman
Matthew Langdon
Will Bottoms
George Daly

If you are interested in skiing for the school and would like to join the school club which trains on a Sunday at the Brentwood Centre please contact Debbie Bilton 07736 407593 or Lesley Miller on 01708 224264.

 

 

7th September 2009

 

First Lessons Back

It is time for your first PE lesson back of the year, please note the following:

Year 7, 8 and 9 - your first lesson will be a kit check.  Please bring all kit with you (summer, winter and swimming kit). 
Year 7 and 8 your second lesson will be a swimming test.  Please bring appropriate kit.

Years 10 and 11- please check at the PE office to see which group you have been placed in and bring appropriate Coopers kit for that activity.

 

 

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