Archive News
July News
National and Local Tennis Success
Both the U19 boys and girls tennis teams qualified for the National finals of the Glanvill and Aberdare School Tennis Championships. This is the premier event in schools tennis as it does not have a cap on ratings so we were competing against some of Britain's best junior tennis players. Both teams performed superbly and showed excellent determination and sportsmanship like behaviour throughout the week. The girls team won their first two matches against Lymm High School and Framlingham College. In the Semi finals they faced the eventual winners Cheam High School. The girls put up a brave fight but the opponents proved too strong in the end. Overall finish position for the girls team was an excellent 4th in the country, our best ever finish in this competition. The boys team had a tougher first round match against Millfield School. Again solid performances were shown by all the team but Millfield's specialist tennis academy (who were the eventual runners up) proved to have the edge. Later in the week the boys team were victorious against Greenhead College, convincingly defeated them in all singles and doubles matches, to make a final placing of 15th in the country. Well done to both teams, all team members performed exceptionally well and we would like to especially thank Elliot Bussey who played his final match for the school. Like Simon Weatherup, who played his last match two weeks ago, he has been consistently committed to school tennis over the past 7 years helping the school teams reach six National Finals. We wish them every success in the future.
Havering Tennis Success
The strong year 8 & under boys team played exceptionally well all season to finish 3rd in Essex. Year 8 team member Harry Cannons become Havering Singles Champion last week with Billly Bilton as runner up. In the doubles event final Cannons joined up with Gopal Sagoo in a closely fought match agai
nst Bilton and Kane Patience. Bilton and Patience had to settle for second place as Cannons and Sagoo fought through to become Havering Champions. Well done to all team members:
U19 boys team: Elliot Bussey, Simon Weatherup, Jordan Jones, James Davis and Billy Elliott
U19/U15 girls team: Eva Dench, Adele Sammons, Sian Green and Emily Defroand
Year 10 & Under boys team: Rob Lewis, Adam Gray, Nikhil Mayor and Josh Cipa
Year 8 & Under boys team: Kane Patience, Harry Cannons, Billy Bilton and Gopal Sagoo
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CCCS Sports Day 2009
Another year and another top-class sports day held at Hornchurch Stadium on Tuesday 30th June. It was fantastic to see so many students involved and competing for their house with sheer amounts of determination and courage. Well done to everyone involved. There were even some sports day and school records broken as follows:
Freddy Keefe (yr 7) - 1500m - 4:54.97 - Sports Day Record
8.2 - 4 x 100m relay - 52.44 - Sports Day Record
Matthew Hawkes (yr 12) - 200m - 23.55 - Sports Day AND School Record
Ian Price (yr 12) - 800m - 2:07.75 - Sports Day Record
Callum Sutton (yr 12) - 1500m - 4:16.62 - Sports Day AND School Record
Guild (yr 12) - 4 x 100m relay - 47.29 - Sports Day Record.
Eleanor Bounds (yr 10) - 300m - 47.72 - Sports Day AND School Record
Phoebe Cipa (yr 12) - Shot Putt - 9.09m - Sports Day AND School Record
Congratulations to these students especially as some of the records were over 20 years old!
Overall standings were as follows:
1st Place - GUILD
2nd Place - GIBSON
3rd Place - COBORN
Well done once again to every student that took part. Full results can be viewed by clicking here.
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What a result!!
Congratulations to the Junior Boys Athletics Team who competed at the National Finals this weekend (4th July). The event was extremely well organised and certainly the highest standard athletics competition any of our students had taken part in. Despite some injuries on the day and beforehand the team pulled together with some excellent performances and scored a total of 449 points to finish a highly respectable 9th in the country. Full results can be found by clicking here.
Well done to all team members: Jed Rimmel (c), Nick Duffey, Nick Shade, Jonathon Murphy, Tom Scott, Ben Thompson, Lewis Nichols, Karl Tucker, Alex Habbershaw, Ethan Pang, Gopal Sagoo, Billy Bilton, Alec Roeper, Joe Harrison, Temi Oladimeji and Freddy Keefe. (and thanks to Alex Dunne for his support on the day!)
June News
THEY'RE THROUGH!!! - Junior Boys Athletics Team
Congratulations to the Junior Boys Athletis team who are through to the National Finals of the Track and Field Cup. This is the first time that a boys team has qualified from the school since 1993. The final takes place at Barnet Copthall Stadium on the 4th July. Very well done to all team members. The school is very proud of you.
Team: Jed Rimmel (c), Tom Scott, Jonathon Murphy, Ben Thompson, Karl Tucker, Lewis Nicholls, Nick Shade, Nick Duffey, Freddy Keefe, Joe Harrison, Alec Roeper, Gopal Sagoo, Temi Oladimeji, Billy Bilton, Alex Habbershaw and Ethan Pang.
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Athletics Update - Track and Field Cup
We have seen much success this month with the boys and girls athletics teams. In the first round at Blackshots Stadium in Thurrock the scores were as follows:
Junior Boys - 440 points
Junior Girls - 304 points
Inter Boys - 396 points
Inter Girls - 304 points
The team totals were very strong in this round with some standout individual performances from Jed Rimell (400m, 57.6s, 25pts), James Perkins (200m, 24.2s, 23pts), Michael Blunt (LJ, 5.66m, 21pts), Bethany Chambers (200m, 28.1s, 24pts) and Sophie Baggs (Discus, 30.47m, 28pts). The Junior boys and junior girls team scored enough to progress to the Regional A final at Chelmsford whereas the Inter boys and Inter girls team progressed to the Regional B final at Cambridge.
17th June was the date of the East of England regional B final and both teams put in some dedicated performances. The Inter boys team finished 6th with a score of 391 points and the Inter girls team finished 1st with a team total of 310 points. Well done to both teams.
The East of England regional A final saw our two teams compete amongst some of the best school in the country. All athletes showed excellent physical endeavour and performed well under pressure. Despite injuries, the junior girls team put in some fine performances and scored 316pts finishing in 6th place. Top points on the track were scored by Lydia Hallam (1500m, 5m20.7s, 22pts) and on the field by Grace Duffey (Discus, 21.19m, 21pts). Congratulations girls.
The junior boys team went into the competition with high hopes. Having scored very well nationally in the first round the pressure was on to perform. The perserverance in training certainly paid off and all the team performed as well as possibly on the day finishing in 5th place with a massive total team score of 482 points in the strongest regional round in the country. There were many fantastic results and personal bests but special mentions must go to Billy Bilton who scored a total of 49 points for the team (hurdles = 12.9s, 25pts and javelin = 31.63m, 24pts). In addition Jed Rimell was an excellent leader on the day and performed a new best in his 400m event with 56.6s scoring the most points by any male Coopers' Coborn athlete this year in a single event, 27! No boys team has qualified for the National Athletics Final since 1993. We keep our fingers crossed for the team as we wait for the final results to come through. Whatever happens you have certainly given it your all and made the school very proud, very well done to the whole team!
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Tennis Success - Essex League
Congratulations to the U15 boys and U15 girls tennis teams who both became Essex Champions. The teams travelled to New Hall School on Thursday 18th June for the final match after a making their way to the top of some tough box league matches. In the final singles and doubles victories for Rob Lewis, Adam Gray along with an impressive doubles win for Josh Cipa and Nikhil Mayor sealed the boys team title. In the girls event convincing singles victories for Eva Dench, Adele Sammons and Sian Green put the girls in front. The title was secured by some superb doubles play by Dench and Sammons along with Green and Pippa Wilson. Well done to both teams who are now through to the regional play-offs in October.
Glanvill Cup
The U19 boys team had their regional play-off match against Alexandra Park School in the national Glanvill Cup competition on Tuesday 16th June. Not only was the match a decider to see which team progressed to the National Finals at Queenswood but it also held some sentimental value as it was the last school match for year 13 student Simon Weatherup. Simon along with doubles partner Elliot Bussey have been excellent role models for school tennis and represented the CCCS consistently for 7 years always with maximum effort and determination. This match was no different.
After a convincing start from Jordan Jones and Billy Elliott in the doubles along with Weatherup in the singles, Coopers' Coborn lead 2-0. Closely fought but unfortunate losses by Bussey, Jones and Elliott in the singles meant the overall score was 3-2 in the favour of Alexandra Park. Victory was on the shoulders of Bussey and Weatherup who produced some amazing tennis to win their doubles match on a tie-break. With the scores tied at 3-3 the national final place was to be decided by a doubles championship tie-break shoot out (first to 10 points). For the final time in their school careers Bussey and Weatherup stepped up to the challenge. After a shaky start and some heart-stopping rallies the boys eventually racked up a match point with a 9-8 lead. Bussey's powerful serve then set up a mid-court smash for Weatherup, who hit it perfectly just inside the baseline, making CCCS progress through to the National Finals. Well done to the whole team. An excellent display of team tennis. Good luck in the final and a final thank you to Simon Weatherup for 7 years of support to school tennis. We wish you well in the future.
Other tennis news: The year 8 boys team have performed well this season so far. Victories against West Hatch and Shenfield set up a semi-final match against Southend School which we narrowly lost after games count back. Further success was found by both the A and B team in a friendly match against New Hall and 5 boys are through to the Havering Tennis Finals next month. Well done to all the team: Kane Patience, Harry Cannons, Billy Bilton, Gopal Sagoo, Alec Roeper, Nick Duffey, Huxley True, Rob Gardner and Jonathon Murphy.
Finally the year 7 team have started their careers at the school well. George Gray, Charlie Thatcher, David Mould, Ryan Gooday, Adam Willet and Rohan Mayor have been regularly training at school with new coach Lee Duncan. They had been listening well and had a good win against West Hatch School. Playing a year out of age against many of their opponents we certainly look forward to seeing them progress next year. Well done!
May News
St Olaves Relays
We travelled to St Olaves for the prestegious annual relay competition involving many of the top athletic and rugby schools. Both the junior and inter boys teams performed extremely well with some notable performances including an excellent jump of 5.56m from Michael Blunt. In addition the Junior boys 4 x 800m relay team, made up of Jed Rimmel, Freddy Keefe, Nick Duffey and Nick Shade, broke the 12 year old course record by 30 secs finishing 1st in 10mins 5 secs. Well done to both teams overall standings:
Junior Boys team --> 2nd
Inter Boys team --> 4th
National Finals Gymnastics
Well done to the U19 boys gymnastics team who performed superbly on Sunday 3rd May at Stoke in the National Gymanstics Finals. All the team put in some solid floor routines and some excellent vaults to finish in a very commendable 4th overall. A special mention must go to Anthony and Christian Vacquero-Stainer who competed in their last competition for the school. Thank you for all of your efforts over the last 7 years, it is much appreciated.
Congratulations to all team members: Anthony and Christian, Joe Ben-Aderet, James Marigold and Joe Harrison.
April News
Mini Marathon
A number of Coopers' Coborn students took part in the London Mini Marathon on Sunday 26th April and ran superbly for their borough. Well done to everybody that took part in this exciting three mile race on the actually full marathon course. Results are listed below if there are any missed off or corrections please send an email in to let us know!
Positions are for age group.
Freddy Keefe - 1st
Nicholas Shade - 8th
Callum Sutton - 18th
Jed Rimell - 42nd
Kweku Ofori-Darko - 236th
Eleanor Bounds - 6th
Lydia Hallam - 11th
Gemma Phillips - 43rd
Sidnie Sales - 52nd
Francesca Smith - 52nd
Jennifer Holland - 54th
Hannah Bloy - 54th
World Class Talent
Well done to Tom Toolis in year 11 who has been selected by Pentathlon GB onto their World Class Talent Programme. As the name suggests this programme is for athletes who have potential for achieving success at International level. All Olympic sports have this system, funded by UK Sport, and Tom has been selected for Modern Pentathlon. This is an excellent achievement and we watch your future with great interest!
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March News
Well done to the year 11 Rugby team who were crowned Essex Champions after a thrilling victory over King John School. Tries from Nkem Ofoegbu and Jack Daly put Coopers' Coborn into the lead in the first half. King John hit back with a converted try in the second but it was not enough and CCCS finished a successful sesason with a cup title.
Congratulations to all players, a fantastic result.
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Senior Students National Tennis Success
Congratulations to the Year 11 Tennis team who became the second best senior (yr 11-yr 13) tennis team in the country on 21st March.
Jordan Jones, James Davis, Billy Elliott and Jonathan Foong were the youngest team in the competition but didn't let this faze them as they all produced some of their best tennis in an exciting weekend at the Bolton International Arena.
250 schools entered the tournament and the team had qualified for the finals after topping the Essex league and subsequently winning three regional knockout matches, from November - February.
At the finals they eased to victory in the first match of their box beating Scottish school Strathallan and they built on this with a convincing 4-2 defeat of Greenhead College. This final match in the box, and decider for the final, was against the defending champions Hills Road College. The opponents raced to a 3-0 lead after winning two close doubles rubbers and a hard-fought singles against Foong.
However in nail-biting fashion Coopers Coborn battled back and won the next three singles matches thanks to Elliott, Davis and Jones. With the score at
3-3 a doubles tie-break shoot out was played. Davis and Jones stepped up to the challenge to represent CCCS (having already succeeded in similar fashion three times in qualifying) and produced an outstanding display of doubles tennis to win 10-6 and book the final spot.
In the final Bournemout school went in as favourites, and depsite wins for Davis and Jones in the double and Jones in his singles, CCCS settled for a well deserved second place.
Well done to all four members of the team. You did the school very proud. This summer looks to be a successful one for tennis!
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Swimming
Another successful year was had at the Havering Swimming Championships hosted by Abbs Cross. Coopers' Coborn produced some excellent swims in all age groups. Well done to all swimmers. Results were as follows:
Year 7 boys - 2nd
Year 7 girls - 2nd
Year 8 boys - 1st
Year 8 girls - 2nd
Year 9 boys - 2nd
year 9 girls - 1st
Year 10/11 boys - 1st
Year 10/11 girls - 1st
Overall boys - 1st
Overall girls - 1st
Overall - 1st
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National Schools Biathlon Championships - Quadruple National Champions! - 16th March
On Sunday we travelled to Bath for the National Schools Biathlon Championships 2009. A successful event for us last year proved even more so this year! The standard had risen considerably due to the new entry system making it harder to qualify. However four teams managed to qualify this year and one indvidual.
The event consists of a 100m swim and a 1000m run (non-transitional). Points are scored for how quickly the events are completed. All teams performed remarkably well with the Year 12 / 13 girls team becoming National Champions. Georgie-Lou Sales finished her last National Finals in style with victory to become individual champion by 4 points! She was especially pleased as she ran a new PB on the track breaking the 3 minute barrier for the first time. Gemma Phillips, who also showed some remarkable form on the run with a new PB, and Jennifer Holland, competiting in her final school sport event, made up the rest of the team.
The year 11 boys team produced a fantastic teaam effort also with a superb win to become our second National team champions. James Davis, the Havering Young Athlete of the year, produced a lifetime best in the run with a time of 2mins 46 secs, as did Tom Toolis and Toby Jarvis, with a times of 2 mins 48 secs and 2 mins 52 secs respectively. All three put in gutsy performances in the swim to finish individually on the overall points score in 4th (Davis), 5th (Toolis) and 18th (Jarvis).
The triple team title was secured by the Year 11 girls team made up of Nicole Raymond, Nikki Twine and Sidnie Sales. The girls blew the competition out of the water and won their event by over 400 points!! Raymond produced lifetime bests in the pool (62.31) and on the track (3mins 09 secs) to secure a well deserved 2nd individual place. Twine and Sales added to team score with 7th and 13th overall placings.
Finally the year 7 boys team competed in their first ever National Final along with individual competitor in year 8, Jed Rimmel. Freddy Keefe, Charlie Davis and Charlie Fox all relished their first experience of national level compeition with a fine 7th overall team finish. Rimmel's enthusiasm and dedication to training prevailed as his spirited performances on the track and in the pool rewarded him with an 8th overall finish.
Full results can be found by clicking here
Well done to all athletes, a great weekend and result!
February News
Senior Students Tennis - 27th Febraury
The senior students tennis team produced their most imressive result of the winter season on Friday with victory over Mill Hill school. It was a nail-biting encounter with both teams drawing 2 matches all after the singles with Jordan Jones winning his match 6-2 and James Davis narrowing out his opponent in a tie-break.
In the doubles it was a similar story with Coopers winning one and Mill Hill winning the other. With the scores even at 3 matches all, it came down to both teams pitching two players to play a fixture, and also NATIONAL FINAL, deciding championship tie-break (first to ten points). Davis and Jones stepped up to the challenge and produced a convincing 10-3 victory to secure Coopers a place in the National Finals at the International Bolton Arena later in March.
Well done to the whole team: Jordan Jones, James Davis, Billy Elliott and Jon Foong.
This is the first time Coopers Coborn have qualified for these finals and we wish them the best of luck!
Cross Country
Well done to everyone who took part in the year 7 & 8 Essex Schools Cross Country race last week (11th Feb). With over 260 athletes in each race it proved to be one of the toughest races of the year, not to mention the muddiest. Spikes were definitely needed here! Coopers Coborn did extremely well as a school and we managed the following team finishes:
Year 7 boys - 9th out of 44 schools
Year 7 girls - 3rd out of 43 schools
Year 8 boys - 8th out of 42 schools
Year 8 girls - 2nd out of 43 schools
In addition special mention must go to Freddy Keefe in year 7 who won his race. This is the first time in a long while someone from Coopers has achieved this feat and is down to his commitment and dedication to training and competiting. Well done Freddy.
Finally, and by no means least, 4 pupils managed to qualify for the Essex Schools team. These were: Freddy Keefe, Lydia Hallam, Nick Shade and Hannah Bloy. Good luck when you represent Essex at the Inter-Counties later this month. We watch all of your futures with great interest!
Well done to everyone who took part. Keep training.. athletics season is on the horizon!:
Monday lunchtime, Tuesday Mornings, Thursday lunchtimes and Friday afterschool.
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Swimming
Congratulations to the school swimming teams who, despite the icy conditions, put in some excellent performances at the National Schools Swimming Finals at Glocester. A special mention must go to Danielle Raymond and Francesca Clark who competed in their last gala for the school. Thank you for all your hard work and commitment over the years, what a way to finish!
Results:
Senior Girls team: Danielle Raymond, Francesca Clark, Jennifer Holland and Jessica Coles - 7th in the country for Medley relay
Inter Boys team: James Davis, Tom Toolis, Tom Clark and Tom Skingsley - 12th in the country for freestyle relay
Inter Girls team: Nicole Raymond, Amelia Hatfield, Kariena Tubbs and Louise Harrington - 14th in the country for freestyle relay.
Very well done to you all.
Rugby
Congratulations to all team members and good luck in the Semi Finals.
Badminton
We had two teams qualify for the Centre Parks National Schools Badminton Competition regional round this month. Those teams were the year 7-9 boys team and the year 7-9 girls team. Both teams played extremely well in some closely fought matches. Finals results were:
Year 7-9 Boys - 2nd in their group (Kane Patience, Harry Cannons, Rory Flood and Gopal Sagoo)
Year 7-9 Girls - 3rd in their group (Eva Dench, Ciara Malone, Pippa Wilson and Hannah Bloy)
Watch this space for more badminton news soon.
Indoor Athletics
Indoor athletics has grown from strength to strength this year with as many as 30 students taking part on a Thursday lunchtime. The hard training has certainly paid off with the year 8 boys team and the year 7 & 8 girls teams qualifying for the regional finals round in london.
Well done to everyone that has been attending this club. Keep on training, we will soon be starting our summer athletics programme which many of you will excel in.
Gymnastics
Well done to the boys and girls U16 gymnastic teams who competing at the East England round in Harlow this month. The girls team produced some excellent routines and vaults that were extremely well rehearsed and choreagraphed. They managed a second place finish overall.
The boys also produced a well timed 'James Bond' group routine some very accurate floor rountines, and solid vaults to finish in 1st place overall. They now progress on to the National Finals in March.
Well done to both teams and a special thank you to gym captains: Lauren Kennedy, Anthony and Christian Vacquero-Stainer.
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3rd December 2008
Biathlon Regional Round - Peterborough
Last weekend 21 members of the school travelled to the Eastern region round for the Biathlon (Run and Swim). After much success at the National finals last year, expectations were high and they didn't dissapoint.
A total of 13 pupils, so far, have qualified for the National finals in March at Bath University. We are still waiting to find out if other high finishers qualified also.
Well done to all pupils who took part, despite being a bitterly cold day you performed to a very high level and were a credit to the school. Now start training even harder and get ready for the Nationals.
Results are as follows:
Year 7 Boys
Freddy Keefe 3rd 2244 points
Charlie Davis 6th 2164 points
Charlie Fox 9th 1932 points
Team postion: 1st - All through to National Finals
Year 8 girls
Bethany Chambers 8th 1940 points
Hannah Bloy 16th 1844 points
Georgina Stratton 23rd 1668 points
Team position: 4th
Year 8 boys
Jed Rimmel 2nd 2152 points - through to Nationals
Nick Shade 5th 2060 points
Year 10 boys
Ross Jarvis 5th 2284 points
Thomas Clark 6th 2276 points
Year 11 boys
Tom Toolis 1st 2540 points
James Davis 3rd 2484 points
Toby Jarvis 6th 2244 points
Team: 1st - all through to National Finals
Year 11 girls
Nicole Raymond 1st 2280 points
Nikki Twine 2nd 2232 points
Sidnie Sales 3rd 2140 points
Team: 1st - all through to National Finals
Year 12/13 boys
Harry Trusler 3rd 2232 points
Stephen Edwards 4th 2220 points
Year 12/13 girls
Jennifer Holland 1st 2240 points
Georgie-Lou Sales 3rd 2204 points
Gemma Phillips 4th 2104 points
Danielle Raymond 14th 1876 points
Team: 1st - through to National finals
Well done!
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24th November
Modern Triathlon National Finals
Six of our pupils travelled to Wolverhampton last weekend to attend the Nationl Finals for the Modern Triathlon. This event consists of three separate disciplines - 200m swim, 2000m run and a shoot (20 shots at a target 10m away).
Each event is scored and the total points at the end of three events make up the overall result. The competition was held over two days, which meant two stays overnight!, and was extremely exciting and successful. All our athletes performed remarkably well when you consider that it was not only schools competing but clubs from all around Great Britain. The final positions below, therefore, are their overall ranking in Great Britain.
Name Run Swim Shoot Final
James Davis 2nd 2nd 27th 20th
Tom Toolis 12th 5th 26th 16th
Toby Jarvis 15th 28th 21st 27th
Tom Clark 17th 7th 32nd 27th
Nicole Raymond 4th 1st 36th 23rd
Nikki Twine 2nd 19th 32nd 24th
The shoot is now being focused on with regular practices in school and we are now working with the GB coach who visits every month. Congratulations to all athletes, and a special mention to James, Nikki and Nicole who have all been invited on some GB training camps. Well done!
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9th November
MALTA!! Swimming Tour 2008
The swimmers have just all returned from Malta and an amazing time was had by all. The purpose of the trip was to improve fitness, stroke technique and develop a team culture. It was definitely a huge success and luckily the weather was hot and sunny all week. The week was full of eventful moments, some highlights are below:
- Welcome foam party at the local nightclub for all the schools. Check out the pictures from this night!
- Swimming in a 50m outdoor swimming pool with the National coach Andy. He had some great new drills and ideas that the swimmers will remember and take with them throughout their training and competing. Including the famous dolphin jumps!!
- High board diving (or should I say pencil jumps!).
- Early morning runs with Mr Duncan- very impressed with the turnout and effort each morning.
- Trip to Aqualand and the huge vertical drop orange slide.
- Mrs Barratts team building games and dares.
- Jonny's brilliant entertaining - New York, New York and piano playing!
- Late night trick or treating.
- Training with Gail - Maltese coach who swum at the Atlanta 1996 olympics and was Malta Coach in Beijing this year!
- Competing against local Maltese swimming clubs and winning 80% of the medals!
- Visit to the Beach and tacky shops.
- Final dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe in Halloween theme- with dancing on the tables!
Thank you to all the swimmers for your behaviour and attitude thorughout the trip. You did yourserves very proud and were a credit to the school. Watch the space for information on future tours! Mr Duncan and Mrs Barratt.
Check out the photos from the tour by clicking here --> MALTA PHOTOS
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9th November 2008
Double National Archery Champion
Luke Willett, our talented archer, is now a DOUBLE national champion. Last month he had success in the National Clout event. This event involves the archer shooting 36 arrows at a target which is on the ground 165 metres away!. The target consists five concentric circles- the inner most worth 5 points. Luke did exceptionally well in this event and managed to become National Junior Recurve Boys Clout Champion! Add this to his success earlier in the year at the Junior National Champions and things are looking very good indeed for Luke! Congratulations!
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20th October 2008
Gymnastics Superstar!
One of our most talented athletes, Anthony Wise in year 9, had some outstanding success last week. To start with he represented his club at a competition in Leeds University. He was competing against Gymnasts who had recently returned from competing at the Olympics in Beijing. He didn't let this faze him however and he and his team managed to win gold!
This was on the Saturday. During the week he went to Milan to represent Great Britain at an international competition. Once again Anthony rose to the occassion and managed to win FOUR GOLD MEDALS! This is a truly excellent achievement and we are all very proud of Anthony.
Congratulations Anthony, we are looking at your future with great interest!
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7th October 2008
Save The Children National Tennis Champions
This weekend saw two of our tennis stars in year 8 reach the boys doubles National Finals of the Save The Children Tennis Tournament. Harry Cannons and Gopal Sagoo won in the school tournament which was held in the Summer term. The tournament raised money for charity by charging an entry fee for all entrants.
By winning the school stage the boys then represented Coopers' Coborn in the regional stage, here they won convincingly to qualify to reach the finals and the opportunity to play at the national tennis centre in Roehampton this weekend. It was a fantastic day and the boys brushed shoulders with some top tennis stars including Andy Murray (who was training next to them) and Pat Cash who presented the prizes. The pair played exceptionally well together and went through to the semi-finals, only loosing one match in the group stages. They won convincingly 6-2 in the semis and met their previous conquerers in the final. This time however the boys raised their game and finished off the tournament in style with a spectacular 6-3 win to become National Champions.
Congratulations Harry and Gopal a great result.
2nd October 2008
Coopers' Cricket 2008
Boys' Cricket
U/17 Essex Champions
U/15 London Champions (3rd year in a row)
(U/19 Essex Runners-up and U/15 Essex Twenty20 Runners-up)
Girls' Cricket
U/13 Inter-Cricket (Indoor) Essex Champions
U/13 8-a-side Essex Champions
U/13 Essex Champions
U/15 Essex Champions
County Representatives
Thomas Oakley, Guy Balmford (U/14)
Jamal Francis (U/15)
Lynsay Mair (U/15 girls), Millie Martin (U/13 girls)
Mr Bremner's Report
It's been another action-packed and successful cricket season for The Coopers' Company and Coborn School. The 1st XI had a very eventful summer, which included participation in a Twenty20 tournament in Ipswich, a narrow defeat in the final of the Essex U/19 Cup and a successful defence of their U/17 Essex title. For the third successive season, the Under 15 team, captained by Jamal Francis won the London Schools Cricket Association Cup. They also reached the final of the Essex Twenty20 only to lose to Felsted in the final. The highlight of the summer was the inaugural 'cricket week' which included matches against a variety of schools outside of the county, as well as a Twenty20 fixture with Upminster Cricket Club. There was also an action packed 8-a-side Under 13 girls' tournament involving Hall Mead, Gaynes and Emerson Park. The 'week' ended with a visit from cricket legend Shane Warne's old school Mentone Grammar from Melbourne, Australia, who had no answer to the batting of Harry Jenkins (135 not out) and Christian Burgess (97 not out) as they amassed 254 runs for the second wicket. In reply, the Australians fell 51 runs short of Coopers' target, with James Borman taking five wickets. Nevertheless, the tourists enjoyed two nights of friendly hospitality with their hosts and everyone involved had a great time. Throughout the season there were some outstanding individual performances, particularly with the bat; the prolific Guy Balmford (U/15) was the leading run scoring with four centuries to his credit and Harry Jenkins (1st XI) scored three, one of which was made in the U/17 Essex final. Furthermore, history was made by Millie Martin when she became the first centurion in Coopers' girls' cricket. It is thanks to the talent and application of girls' like her that the school is one of a handful in the county where the girls' game is flourishing. This season the Coopers' girls made a clean sweep of all the Essex Cup competitions, to add to the indoor title won pre-season.
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13th September 2008
Upminster Junior Triathlon
Congratulations to all students that took part in today's triathlon at school. Many were completing there first competitve triathlon and some excellent performances were given showing determination and great character in finishing a tough event. Full results will be posted shortly on the following website: http://www.trisportepping.co.uk/.
Well done to Nicole Raymond who finished 1st in her event and also to James Davis who finished 2nd.
Further congratulations to all coopers pupils taking part: Hannah Bloy, Grace Balmford, Bethany Chambers, Jed Rimmell, Nick Shade, Will Bottoms, Rory Flood, Tom Clark, Geroge Balmford, Toby Jarvis, James Davis and Nicole Raymond.
Look out for more triathlons, training and cycling events in the future!
Some photos:
More photos click here
Website Update:
Club timetable has now been updated to the latest winter version.
21st July
STOP PRESS!!
UPMINSTER JUNIOR TRIATHLON
This event is taking place at school on Saturday 13th September. It is run by Tri-Sport Epping and an entry form can be downloaded by clicking here.
It is one of the most successful junior triathlons in this region and the closing date is 30th August or when the event is full. There are still places available now so if you are interested fill in an entry form and send off to the address on the form ASAP. Please note you will need your own bike for this event.
We look forward to seeing as many Coopers students enter as possible!
For further information please visit Tri-Sport Epping's website: http://www.trisportepping.co.uk/
18th July
Thank you to everyone who took part in any sporting event this year. It has been incredibly successful and we look forward to more achievements next year! Enjoy the break!
News From the Final 2 weeks of term!
English Schools Athletics Championships
Two of our pupils travelled to Gateshead last weekend to represent Essex in the English Schools National Track & Field Championships. They were Lawrence Goodacre (Shot) and Georgie-Lou Sales (3,000m). Lawrence, one of the youngest in his event, finished in 8th place with a huge throw of 14.00m with a 5kg shot. Georgie-Lou also performed well in a hard fought race to finish 12th in a time of 10m36s. Together they both helped towards the team total for Essex who were the overall winning county. Congratulations to both of you!
National School Tennis Finals
Both boys and girls U19 tennis teams made it through to the National Schools Finals held at Queenswood School in Hertfordshire on the 7th - 9th July. Both teams performed exceptionally well with the boys team, consisting of Elliot Bussey, Simon Weatherup, Jordan Jones and James Davis, finishing in a highly respectable 8th place in the country. This is even more impressived cnsidering the fact that the team were only called up at the last minute as the school we played in the regional final withdrew. The girls team, made up of Adele Sammons, Eva Dench, Emily Defroand and Sian Green, went one better and finished a commendable 7th place in the country. Again this was equally impressive considering that all of our team were year 9 or below whereas most of the opposition were at least three years older (make that five for Sian!!)
The boys started off their competition (the Glanvill Cup) in style producing some of their best ever tennis to defeat Cheltenham College by 4 matches to 1. There were some exciting matches and good ratings wins for Bussey, Jones and Davis. The latter two tied things off by winning their doubles rubber in a championship tie-break! Unfortunately the quarter finals proved to be a much tougher affair. The opponents were Reeds School, the defending champions and also Tim Henmans old school! After a bravely fought match they were too strong for our team (and went on to win the competition). The boys finished the tournament in 8th place which out of the hundreds of schools that entered the event is an excellent achievement.
The girls had a similar story in their competition (the Abedare Cup). They started off strongly and showed some creative play to storm past Sedbergh School with all girls winning their singles matches. In the quarter finals they faced Cheam school, the defending champions, and couldn't quite compete on the same level. Cheam school won and went on to win the tournament overall. The Coopers Coborn girls continued to perform well and went on to win one more match in the competition against St George's College to finish a well deserved 7th in the country.
Well done to all players, what a fantastic end to the summer season!
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For full results: Glanvill Cup (Boys), Aberdare Cup (girls)
Havering Tennis Finals
The school performed exceptionally well at the borough finals day held at Next Generation in Gidea Park on the 8th July. In the boys section we achieved a clean sweep winning all events and trophies. In the U13 singles Rob Lewis showed some excellent skills and powerful shots to win with a 6-0 victory. He then teamed up with Adam Gray and together they were far too strong for their opposition as they went on to win the title with ease. In the U15 age group Billy Elliott rose to the occassion and captured his first singles win at this competition. He partnered up with Jonathon Foong in the doubles tournament and they met another Coopers pair in the final, Tom Wilson and Andrew Carter. The latter very kindly stepped in at the last minute to replace Jordan Jones who was needed at the National Tennis Finals. This did not faze him however and there was some excellent shot making and doubles play in the final with eventual winners being Elliott and Foong. Well done to all boys who took part.
In the girls competition there was similar success. The U13 girls event saw Pippa Wilson fly through to the final where she brought out some of her best tennis to bring home the silverware. She then teamed up with Lucy Taylor and together there ensured the U13 would sweep up by winning the final with an excellent display. Unfortunately the U15 girls were away at the National Finals so we didnt have a team in this event due to both competitions being on at the same time. Well done to all girls that took part.
National Schools Track and Field Cup Final
On Saturday 5th July the Inter Girls team competed in the National Athletic Finals at Hull. The competition was strongly fought and despite the weather conditions the team performed remarkably well with many PBs made on the track. Overall the team finished 5th in the country. What a brilliant achievement, well done girls, we are all very proud of you.
Full results: Click here
Coopers Pentathlon
The whole school day on 3rd July saw the PE department host a Coopers Coborn Modern Pentathlon. The day consisted of 5 teams, each a different country from one of the five continents, competing in 5 different events and trying to score points for their team. The events were 'loosely' based on the events in the modern pentathlon which the school is now heavily involved in. The events were: cycling, the great chase, shooting, padbox and welly throwing!! One of the higlights was the shooting where a national coach came in with 8 hand air pistols and gave some excleent tuition to all pupils with some performing very well indeed.
The winning team was: South Africa
The individual winner was: Tom Whipps (South Africa)
The highest scoring shooters were: Mary Dunnet (GB) and George Ishmail (USA)
Well done to all pupils involved. Look out for more Modern Pentahlon events and possibly an air pistol club starting soon.
2nd July
District Sports
Well done to all pupils involved in todays events. It proved to be one of our most successful districts. There were many personal bests recorded and the team standings were as follows:
Girls:
Year 7 - 1st
Year 8 - 1st
Year 9 - 2nd
Year 10 - 1st
Overall girls - 1st
Boys:
Year 7 - 1st
Year 8 - 2nd
Year 9 - 4th
Year 10 - 1st
Overall boys - 2nd
Overall boys & girls - 1st
1st July
Sports Day
A huge thank you to everyone who took part in sports day today. You behaviour was excellent and their were some outstanding efforts throughout the year groups. What was most impressive was the support you gave to others in your year, house and school. It showed the true ethos of the school and you should all be very proud of yourselves. You were a credit to the school. Well done, more results and pictures from the day will follow shortly.
28th June
Modern Pentathlon Talk
This week saw Stuart Mason, the world class performance manager, and Bernie Moss, the National shooting coach, from the Modern Pentathlon GB visit school. They gave a short presentation to 20 students about the Olympic pathway programmes and the support the governing body can provide. It is hoped that some Coopers students will qualify for these programmes and that the school will be developed into a performance centre for the sport due to our excellent results at the Schools National Biathlon Finals. Here we produced 2 individual National champions and three team National Champions. The part of the afternoon which stood out for all students involved was the air pistol shooting which they got to take part in. It is hoped that shooting will turn into a regular extra-curricular club so keep your eyes peeled for that if you are interested.
Action Shots:
23rd June
Cricket Week coming soon!
21st June
Track & Field Cup - Regional Rounds
Congratulations to the boys and girls athletics teams who competed in their regional finals this week. On Monday the Inter boys team travelled to Cambridge for their final. All boys performed exceptionally well and managed to score 475 points as a team, winning the regional final. Unfortunately they just missed out on a place in the National Finals by 16 points. However overall they finished 10th in the country which is an excellent achievement.
The girls had their final closer to home on Tuesday at Chelmsford. Again their were some top performances in the teams which saw the Junior girls score a total of 282 points finshing in 8th place. The Inter girls team proved to be the stars of the day with them scoring an impressive 365 points finishing in 2nd place. This was enough to secure them a place at the National finals and they go to Hull to represent Coopers Coborn on the 5th July. We wish them every success there. Well done!
Results can be found through the links below:
Inter Boys Results
Junior Girls Results
Inter Girls Results
More Athletics Photos - Click here
15th June
Florida Tennis Tour 2010
Thank you to those of you who attended the parents evening last week. A letter will be distributed shortly containing more information regarding tour. This will also ask for the deposit for the tour which will need to be returned by the end of this term. You can download the powerpoint presentation used at the parents evening by clicking on the link below. If you require any further info please do not hesitate to contact Mr Duncan at school via email: mdu@cooperscoborn.co.uk
Click here: Florida Tennis Tour Powerpoint
8th June
Essex Schools Athletics
Many Coopers students performed well yesterday representing Havering as they competed in the Essex Track & Field Championships at Melbourne Park, Chelmsford. Standout performances were from Lawrence Goodacre, who achieved a new school record with an outstanding win in the shot putt of 14.39m, also from Nikki Twine who smashed the school record in the 800m with a time of 2m19s. Furthermore they have both been selected to represent Essex at the National Schools Championships in Gateshead. This is a fantastic achievement and we wish them every success there.
Other students that competed and did the school and borough proud on the day were:
Sidnie Sales (1st, 3000m), Eleanor Bounds (1st, 800m), George Perkins (2nd, Long Jump), Nick Duffey (Finalist, 800m), Hannah Bloy (Finalist, 600m), Bethany Chambers (Finalist, 200m), Kweku Ofari-Darko (200m), Alex Roeper (200m), Jon Murphy (Shot), Abbie Taylor (600m), Enis Nazif (Long Jump), Gemma Phillips (1500m), Kirsty Evans (High Jump), Rebecca Chapman (High Jump), Grace Duffey (600m), Emily Clements (1500m), Jon Foong (Hurdles), Gopal Sagoo (100m) and Jonathon Murphy (Shot).
Congratualations to all pupils involved.
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6th June
Tennis Update
The school tennis teams have been performing exceptionally well this season so far. The U19 boys team of Elliot Bussey, Simon Weatherup, Jordan Jones and James Davis made it through to the regional final of the Glanvill cup competitions. A bravely fought fixture last week at Next Generation Tennis Club saw them narrowly beaten in an epic tie-break shoot out by John Lyon School after the matches were tied 3-3. Congratulations to all the team for getting this far and a special mention to Simon Weatherup who remains unbeaten in his singles matches throughout school! Only one more year to go for a clean sheet.
Not to be outdone the girls U19 team have gone one better and they won their regional final match last week after a thrilling battle with Benenden School. Two championship tie-breaks saw them go through to the National Finals at Queenswood in July. Well done girls and best of luck in the next round.
Players: Helen Parish, Adele Sammons, Emily Defroand, Eva Dench and Sian Green.
Havering Championships - Coopers are currently dominated the Havering Championships with the following pupils making it through to the finals:
U15 Boys Singles: Billy Elliot
U15 Boys Doubles: Jordan Jones & Tom Wilson
Billy Elliott & Jon Foong
U13 Girls Doubles: Eva Dench & Sian Green
For more Tennis Photos CLICK HERE
23rd May
Corus Kids Of Steel Triathlon
40 year 7,8 and 9 pupils competed in their first ever triathlon yestersday at Blackshots Leisure Centre in Grays. The event was designed as an introduction to triathlon and comprised a 2 length swim, 2 km bike ride and 1 km run. It was well organised with the competitors completing a proper triathlon course with a swim around 2 buoys, running out of the pool to their box where they put on their bike/run wear, taking a bike from the area, completing the bike course on grass, back into transition where their bikes were dropped off and finally running all the way to the finish line.
All pupils enjoyed the taster and many are now looking to enter full triathlons. Triathlon is an event that could be very big at the school and we will shortly be setting up a link with the local triathlon club so keep your eyes peeled for further information.
You can find some action shots in the photo gallery and click the links below for further information.
http://www.east-essex-triclub.co.uk/
http://www.trisportepping.co.uk/
20th May
Track & Field Schools Cup 
Congratulations to every athlete that competed last Friday at Chelmsford in the first round of the National Schools Track & Field Cup. There were some fine performances all round on a day where many personal bests were set. Overall results can be found below. A special mention to the inter girls team, who have qualified for the regional A final on the 18th June, and also to the Inter boys team, who have qualified for the regional B final (scoring the highest team score so far for a boys team) along with the junior girls. This final takes place on the 16th June in Cambridge. Well done to everyone who took part, keep on training!
Inter Boys Results
| 2 : 440pts : The Coopers' Co. and Coborn School | ||||
| 100m | 11.9s = 12.0s = |
24pts 23pts |
Nkemefula Ofoegbu Joe Hasted |
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| 200m | 25.4s = 25.3s = |
19pts 19pts |
Alex Lee Matthew Cumbers |
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| 400m | 56.4s = 60.0s = |
21pts 16pts |
Toby Jarvis Ross Javis |
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| 800m | 2m13.3s = 2m17.2s = |
19pts 17pts |
Tom Toolis Jordan Jones |
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| 1500m | 4m33.1s = = |
19pts 0pts |
James Davis : |
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| Hurdles | 14.9s = = |
10pts 0pts |
Jonathon Foong : |
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| Relay | 52.4s = = |
15pts 0pts |
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| High Jump | 1.51m = 1.39m = |
16pts 12pts |
Matthew Cumbers Alex Lee |
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| Long Jump | 5.38m = 4.62m = |
18pts 11pts |
Jonathon Foong Tom Toolis |
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| Triple Jump | 11.94m = 9.88m = |
21pts 11pts |
Nkemefula Ofoegbu Jordan Jones |
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| Shot | 15.79m = 8.37m = |
35pts 10pts |
Laurence Goodacre Ross Javis |
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| Discus | 34.73m = 27.51m = |
25pts 19pts |
James Davis George Ishmail |
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| Javelin | 30.33m = 33.83m = |
14pts 16pts |
Joe Bilton Joe Hasted |
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| Hammer | 27.86m = 23.73m = |
17pts 13pts |
Toby Jarvis Alex Palmer |
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Junior Boys Results
| 2 : 322pts : The Coopers' Co. & Coborn School | ||||
| 100m | 12.8s = 14.3s = |
22pts 10pts |
Ben Ashton Billy Bilton |
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| 200m | 27.6s = 30.2s = |
18pts 12pts |
Sean Holmes Cade Carter |
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| 400m | 65.2s = 65.2s = |
16pts 16pts |
Antony Bottone Joshua Cipa |
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| 800m | 2m38.1s = 2m34.6s = |
14pts 15pts |
Rob Bagnall Nick Duffey |
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| 1500m | 5m37.0s = 5m27.0s = |
9pts 12pts |
Joseph Carter Nick Shade |
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| Hurdles | 16.4s = 16.1s = |
7pts 9pts |
Michael Blunt Jospeh Harrison |
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| Relay | 59.6s = = |
11pts 0pts |
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| High Jump | 1.29m = nr = |
13pts 0pts |
Joshua Cipa Joseph Carter |
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| Long Jump | 4.82m = 4.02m = |
20pts 12pts |
Michael Blunt Ben Ashton |
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| Triple Jump | 8.79m = = |
12pts 0pts |
Rob Bagnall : |
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| Shot | 9.01m = 6.32m = |
16pts 7pts |
Cade Carter Nick Duffey |
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| Discus | 22.31m = 21.32m = |
16pts 15pts |
Sean Holmes Jonathan Cheung |
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| Javelin | 18.55m = 20.62m = |
11pts 13pts |
Joseph Lagenhan Billy Bilton |
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| Hammer | = 23.46m = |
0pts 16pts |
: Antony Bottone |
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Inter Girls Results
| 1 : 362pts : The Coopers' Company and Coborn School | ||||
| 100m | 14.3s = 14.4s = |
13pts 12pts |
Laura Weir Fimi Adediji |
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| 200m | 29.8s = 30.7s = |
14pts 11pts |
Lucy Newman Jessica Lowe |
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| 800m | 2m22.8s = 3m00.9s = |
26pts 9pts |
Nikki Twine Emily Mills |
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| 1500m | 4m54.0s = 5m08.0s = |
25pts 22pts |
Elle Bounds Sidnie Sales |
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| Hurdles | 14.4s = 15.1s = |
17pts 14pts |
Sophie Baggs Louise Lee |
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| Relay | = 60.0s = |
0pts 14pts |
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| High Jump | 1.36m = 1.29m = |
16pts 14pts |
Jessica Lowe Laura Smith |
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| Long Jump | 4.00m = 4.97m = |
13pts 23pts |
Laura Weir Louise Lee |
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| Shot | 9.32m = 7.66m = |
25pts 16pts |
Nikki Twine Fimi Adediji |
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| Discus | 31.19m = 21.15m = |
29pts 17pts |
Sophie Baggs Lucy Newman |
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| Javelin | 23.72m = 19.90m = |
18pts 14pts |
Sidnie Sales Frances Pridie |
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Junior Girls Results
| 3 : 291pts : The Coopers' Company and Coborn School | ||||
| 100m | 14.9s = 14.8s = |
12pts 13pts |
Catherine Norris Kirsty Evans |
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| 200m | 31.2s = 31.1s = |
14pts 14pts |
Bethany Chambers Grace Duffey |
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| 800m | 2m57.7s = 3m00.1s = |
15pts 14pts |
Grace Balmford Abbey Taylor |
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| 1500m | 5m37.8s = 5m32.9s = |
19pts 20pts |
Emily Clements Hannah Bloy |
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| Hurdles | 15.5s = 14.8s = |
12pts 15pts |
Phillipa Wilson Lucy Taylor |
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| Relay | 62.2s = = |
13pts 0pts |
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| High Jump | 1.41m = 1.29m = |
21pts 17pts |
Rebecca Lawrence Kirsty Evans |
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| Long Jump | 3.52m = 3.84m = |
10pts 13pts |
Catherine Norris Emily Clements |
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| Shot | 6.69m = 5.62m = |
14pts 10pts |
Georgia Barrand Bethany Chambers |
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| Discus | 15.44m = 15.56m = |
13pts 14pts |
Hannah Bloy Grace Duffey |
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| Javelin | 14.66m = 9.96m = |
12pts 6pts |
Phillipa Wilson Lucy Taylor |
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30th April
National Gymnastics Finals - NATIONAL CHAMIPONS
This weekend saw the U19 boys and girls gymnastic teams travel to Stoke for the National Gymnastic finals. All individuals had to perform a floor routine and a vault with the combined scores of the top 4 making up a team total. The girls team performed exceptionally well and finished 5th overall in the country. Special mention to Lauren Kennedy, who gained top honours in the vault and the floor for the girls team, and also to Sophie Bedford who acted like a true professional and improvised her routine when the wrong music was played!!
The boys team also performed at an outstanding level with some very high scores all round including 9.7s from Anthony and Chris in the vault and an excellent floor display from Joe Ben-Aderet, scoring a 9.1. The team finished 1st and are now NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!! What an achievement, the best team in the country. Congratulations to all gymnasts that competed:
U19 Boys Team: Chris Hawkins, Christian Vaquero, Anthony Vaquero, Joe Ben-Aderet and Will Goodchild.
U19 Girls Team: Kirsty Smith, Lauren Kennedy, Lucy Weatherup, Catherine Daly and Sophie Bedford.
26th April
COOPERS COBORN 7th In The WORLD @ Cross Country!!!
Congratulations to the Inter girls Cross Country team who all ran superbly well on Thursday to finish 7th in the ISF World Cross Country Championships at Czech Republic. This is an incredible achievement and is down to the hard work, commitment and dedication that all the girls have shown. Very well done to you all we, the school is very proud of you. Results shown below:
Position Time
21 BOUNDS Eleanor 10:42
33 SALES Sidnie 11:04
45 TWINE Nikki 11:19
56 PHILLIPS Gemma 11:38
57 RAYMOND Nicole 11:39
66 HOLLAND Jennifer 11:49
Team Total: 155 points - 7th
7 April
Photo Update & New Sections for Athletics and Nutrition
Check out the new sections of the website on Athletics and Nutrition for some very useful information!!
Also the gallery has been updated with recent photos of All england Badminton, Bromley & Harriers X-Country Race and Netball team snaps.
29th March
ATHLETICS TEAM TRAINING
There will be athletics training for the team in the school holidays on the following dates:
Tuesday 1st April @ 10.00am
Tuesday 8th April @ 10.00am
It will last until approximately 11.30am. Meet at the PE Office.
20th March
U15 Essex Rugby Champions
The year 10 rugby team produced a superb display this week as they managed to defeat Woodlands school from Basildon in the final of the Essex Schools Competition. They now go on to to represent Essex in the the National Finals at the renowned London Irish Stadium. This is an outstanding achievement, Congratulations to all the team!
Havering Champions
Further rugby success has been had over the past few weeks with our U12, U13, U14 & U15 teams all becoming Havering Champions. This just shows the strength and depth of rugby in the school and is a reward for all the hard work and dedication the teams have shown this season. Well done.
6th March
U19 Double Essex Gymnastics Champions!
Congratulations to the U19 girls and the U19 boys gymnastics teams who last week became Essex champions. It was a hard fought competition which saw some excellent vault scores (all Coopers gymnasts scored 9+) and solid floor performance giving the teams a victorious double title.
This means that both teams now progress to the National Finals in Stoke in May. Congratulations to both teams and also the U13 boys and girls team who performed extremely well on the day, with some gymnasts competiting in their first ever competition, well done!
U19 girls team: Kirsty Smith, Lauren Kennedy, Frilly Hyde, Lucy Weatherup and Catherine Daly.
U19 boys team: Christ Hawkins, Anthony Vacquero, Christian Vacquero, Joe Ben-Aderet and Will Goodchild.
25th February
TRIPLE NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONS at BIATHLON and TWO INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!
This weekend saw one of the greatest sporting achievements in the schools history! The Year 10 boys, year 10 girls and year 12 girls Biathlon teams all become National Champions. To have three teams achieve this accolade is unprecedented and all pupils involved performed remarkably well. As well as this James Davis finished 1st individually for year 10, Tom Toolis finished 2nd in the same age group, and Georgie-Lou Sales finished 1st for year 12 girls. The Biathlon is a challenging event and involves a 100m swim and a 1000m run. It was an amazing weekend away held at Bath Univerisity and personal bests were seen all round, with some pupils knocking as much as 28 secs off their running teams. Everyone showed great team spirit on the day and the hard work, commitment and dedication to training certainly paid off as Coopers made a clean sweep even knocking Millfield into second place! Congratulations to all involved you should be very proud of yourselves. Results were as follows:
Year 9 Boys
Tom Clark - 2234 points (17 secs PB on run) - 20th
Year 10 Boys
James Davis - 2441 points (11 secs PB on run) - 1st - National Champion!
Tom Toolis - 2418 points (12 secs PB on run) - 2nd
Toby Jarvis - 2232 (2 secs PB on swim) - 27th
Team Position - 7091 points - 1st - National Team Champions
Year 10 Girls
Nicole Raymond - 2245 points (3 secs PB on run) - 3rd
Nikki Twine - 2198 points (3 secs PB on run) - 7th
Sidnie Sales - 2131 points (13 secs PB on run) - 16th
Team Position - 6574 points - 1st - National Team Champions
Year 12 Girls
Georgie-Lou Sales - 2273 points (13 secs PB on run) - 1st
National Champion
Jennifer Holland - 2222 points (13 secs PB on run) - 6th
Christina Holland - 2039 points (28 secs PB on run!) - 19th
Team Position - 6534 points - 1st - National Team Champions
Full results can be downloaded here: Results 2008
6th February
Congratulations to the school badminton teams! They competed in the the county stages of the National Schools Badminton Competition yesterday and had some hard fought matches. Well done to all teams but a special mention to the Year 9 & below girls team who won their group and have qualified for the regional finals.
U14 Girls: Emily Defroand, Adele Sammons, Pippa Wilson, Eva Dench and Ciara Malone - 1st
U14 Boys: Jack Mosely, Jonathon Cheung, James Marigold, Harry Cannons, and Kane Patience - 2nd
U16 Boys: James Terry Michael Titterton, James Davis and Jordan Jones - 3rd
4th February
Swimming Success! There were some fantastic results recorded at the weekend as the school swimming team competed at the National Finals at the renowned Ponds Forge pool in Sheffield. All teams out did our expectations and continued the legacy of being one of the schools most successful sports. Coopers Coborn was one of very few schools to have four teams qualify for the final in 7 events and there were some outstanding swims. It proved to be a very memorable weekend away, with all pupils involved being a credit to the school...well done! Results can be found below along with photos in the Gallery section.
Freestyle Medley
Intermediate Girls: 13th 9th
Intermediate Boys: 13th 13th
Senior Girls: 19th
Senior Boys: 12th 5th
Full results can be downloaded here
28th January
Photo Gallery Update - Check out the photos section for some new snaps from the Basketball trip, athletics / cross country and last years cricket.
26th January
What a result!
What an excellent weekend of rugby. All teams peformed superbly and we managed a clean sweep over Gravesend Grammar with victories all round. Congratulations to all players. Performance is peaking at the right time with our toughest fixture of the year against Judd School next week. Let's continue these high standards and winning ways all the way to the end of the season. Well done and thank you for all your efforts so far.
7th January
Welcome back and a happy new year to everyone! This week your PE lessons will consist of interform/house sports. Boys are on rugby and girls are on either netball or hockey. Please bring appropriate kit.
17th December
This week is Christmas week which means in your PE lesson it will either be interform swimming gala, for those forms still yet to do it, or the very excellent Country Dancing! Yes it's that time of year to join in this Coopers tradition, you may feel like your making a fool of yourself but don't worry you won't be as bad as Mr Davis!!!
Enjoy the dancing, enjoy the week and get ready for Christmas!
11th December
Biathlon Success
This weekend saw the school excel in the South East Schools Biathlon competition down in Crawley. There were some outstanding performances in this event where competitors had to complete a 1000m run and a 100m swim. 3 teams managed to qualify for the National Finals in Bath in February and one individual qualified also. This is our first time in the competition and we managed to score at least a top 3 overall team finish in every event. Well done to all pupils involved, without the hard work and dedication you have put in to training for this event none of this would be possible. A huge congratulations!! Results are as follows:
Year 9 boys:
Tom Clark - 5th - 2158 points (through to National Finals!)
Tom Johnson - 12th - 2063 points
George Balmford - 22nd - 1875 points
Team position: 3rd
Year 10 boys
James Davis - 2nd - 2390 points
Tom Toolis - 4th - 2366 points
Toby Jarvis - 14th - 2209 points
Team position: 1st (whole team through to National Finals)
Year 10 Girls
Nicole Raymond - 2nd - 2239 points (fastest overall swim)
Nikki Twine - 4th - 2196 points
Sidnie Sales - 7th - 2082 points
Team position - 1st (whole team through to National Finals)
Year 12/13 Girls
Georgie-Lou Sales - 2nd - 2210 points
Jennifer Holland - 6th - 2143 points
Christina Holland - 12th - 1887 points
Team position - 1st (whole team through to National Finals)
Year 12 / 13 Boys
Billy Tubbs - 7th - 2255 points
Matthew Smith - 9th - 2239 points (fastest overall swim)
Matthew Mills - 15th - 2186 points
Team position - 3rd
Full results can be downloaded from here
11th December
Rugby Update - The weekly update of the year 7 league can be downloaded below. AND .... the leading team is .... TREVISO! Can anybody stop them? Check out the standings ..... It's game on!
Year 7 League - Week 2
10th December
National Champions!- Congratulations to the U13 girls tennis team who beat Milfield at the weekend in Bath to become the National Champions! This is a fantastic result and we are all very proud of you. Well done to: Emily Defroand, Adele Sammons, Eva Dench and Sian Green
7th December
STOP PRESS!! The rugby fixture against Judd School has been rearranged from January 5th (school holiday!) to February 2nd for all teams other than year 7s. Year 7 fixtures against Judd will be on Friday 1st February. Update your diaries!
7th December
X-Country- A fantastic letter was received by the PE department this week from UK Athletics inviting the Inter Girls X-Country team to represent England in the European Schools Championships in Czech Republic. This is due to the outstanding success the girls had over the weekend, where they came 3rd in the National Finals, and over the past year. Well done to Jennifer Holland, Ellie Bounds, Sidnie Sales, Nikki Twine, Nicole Raymond and Emily Defroand.
6th December
Swimming Relays- A huge congratulations to the following teams who have made it through to the National FINALS at Sheffield in February:
Inter Boys- Freestyle (11th) and Medley (9th)
Senior Boys- Freestyle (17th) and Medley (14th)
Inter Girls- Freestyle (13th) and Medley (10th)
Senior Girls- Medley (14th)
This is a fantastic achievement the most teams we have ever managed to qualify for the finals! Well done keep training hard- Mr Duncan and Mrs Barrett.
5th December
Havering Schools Cross Country- Well done to all runners who took part in the run this afternoon even though conditions (i.e. thunderstorms!) weren't the best!. There were some excellent performances and it was a real pleasure to take all 90 of you to Pages Wood. You were a credit to the school and to yourselves. Check out all the results by clicking on the link below. Overall positons compared to other schools will follow shortly.
Havering Schools X-Country RESULTS - Click here
2nd December
Biathlon - All information for pupils and parents can now be found by downloading the letter below. A map and timetable for the day can also be found below (in pdf format). Good luck to all pupils taking part. It looks to be an exciting event!
Information Letter
Map and Directions
Timetable
23rd November
Cross country- Results of the inter-form cross country which took place at the start of this half term can now be downloaded from the link below. Well done to everyone who participated in the legendary 'ARGYLE RUN'. There were some fantastic times here and it was inspiring to see so many of you complete it with enthusiasm and determination. Good cardio vascular fitness levels are vital for a healthy life and for sporting performance. Get training and see if you can beat your time next year! Thank you for your effort from all the PE staff.
Interform Cross Country Results
17th November
Well done to all year 7 rugby boys for attending the first day of the league this saturday. The table can be viewed below, Wasps are the current leaders. The race is on now to see who can be champions by the end of the season! Good luck.
Year 7 league- week 1
15th November
What a fantastic week of sport so far! Check out the results section and hall of fame to see the sucess of the hockey players (U16 Boys Indoor Champions + year 10 Hockey Champions), netball players (U19 Essex Champions), x-country runners (Intermediate Girls through to National Finals) and swimmers (clean sweep of all age groups in first gala this year). Well done to all players keep up the excellent work!
19th October
Sports Presentation Evening: Congratulations to all sport award winners, a fantastic night celebrating the incredible achievements you have shown this year. The evening was a huge success special thanks to the Games Captains for their well delivered speaches and all performers for their amazing sporting and musical talents. Looking forward to what I'm sure will be another successful year for sport.
17th September
Cross country trials - This Tuesday (18th) after school, all runners please attend. The first race is coming up in October!
New Cross country club- Fridays after school. All standards welcome. Variety of runs, types of training done each week. Come along to boost your fitness levels!
Swimming pool is back in action! Swimming club starts again as per the club timetable from this week. We have galas coming up starting in October, lets see you at training!
5th September
All arranged rugby fixtures for september can be found under the fixtures section in one table. The remaining fixtures will be posted over the weekend. If parents wish to travel to fixtures the postcodes can be used to find directions on a website such as http://www.multimap.com/ or for use in a GPS!
Year 7 training starts this Saturday at 8.45 - 10.00am. Come along and enjoy!
3rd September 2007
Welcome back! A new academic year and another year for you to get involved in as much sport as possible. Whether you're new to the school or an existing student be sure to check out the club timetable on the left to see what activities you want to take part in this year.
Want to do something that isn't there? Come see one of the PE staff or use the contact form on the left and we'll see what we can do.