Sportshall Athletics Festival at Newent
Today a team of eighteen pupils represented Highnam Academy in the Newent Sportshall Athletics Festival. This was the first time Highnam had taken part in this event. The team consisted of 9 boys and 9 girls and each pupil competed in two track and two field events.
Girls Team: Charlotte, Isobelle L, Isabelle W, Isabelle J, Harriet J, Kelsey , Hannah, Abigail and Ellie
Boys Team: Alex G, Matthew, James, William, Jack, Haydn, Cameron, Calum and Harry E
All the pupils were eager to take part in the event as it was the first time the new Athletics T-shirts were being worn.
Many thanks to the PTC for kindly purchasing the new kit.
After all of the results had been collected it was announced that Highnam finished top of the rankings with 552 points but will have to wait until the New Year to see if they progress to the district competition.