We’d like to congratulate Year 12 student Zach Sturgess on winning second place in the U17 Spanish International Badminton Tournament, which took place during the 16-18 September.
He and his partner played incredibly well and beat both the No 4 and No 1 seeds to advance to the final. They sadly lost against their opposition in the final round, but a second-place win is an incredible result from the pair. Well done Zach 🎉
What an amazing achievement our Year 7 student, Zane Clements, who was recently awarded a Pass with Merit in Musical Theatre grade 4. He first became interested in musical theatre performance when he was in Year 1. He was chosen to be in the school performance and really enjoyed the experience. Since then, he would always try to participate in as many school productions as possible.
He has been attending Stage Coach Drama School every Saturday since and continues to work on his abilities as a performer. On Sunday, Zane and some members from his group are performing a short version of the Broadway musical, The Spelling Bee at Shaftsbury Theatre in the West End! He will be performing again on 27th November at the Lighthouse Theatre in Kettering where he will play the lead role of Danny Zuko in Grease.
We can't wait to see all that you do next, Zane. As they say in theatre, "Break a leg!".
Year 9 student Katie has recently won the Northamptonshire County Cricket 'Girls Pathway Player of the Season' award.
Following an impressive season, Katie was the leading run scorer for the U13s and the Girls Pathway with 381 runs at an average of 34.64. She was also 2nd in the wickets tally for the u13’s with 16 wickets.
Her fantastic achievements do not stop there, Katie has also been selected for the Loughborough Lightning Emerging Player Pathway award.
A lady of many talents and skills - Lilia is a fantastic student who is currently competing in Ballroom Dancing, as well as playing Hockey during the week.
Lilia in Year 9 is really enjoying getting back into competing in dance. It is early days, but she is coming first and second in beginners classes, as well getting to semi finals/finals in other open classes. She recently competed at Blackpool Winter Gardens at their first ever all solo competition.
Lilia a member of the Towcester Ladies Hockey team and loves training and playing weekly.
Keep working hard Lilia - we can't wait to see all that you achieve!
In September, Cayde K joined the Northampton Volleyball Club and quickly progressed to playing in their Men’s team in the local League (they won the League with all wins and only one defeat). He also does additional training with East Northants Volleyball Club and has participated in a number of U16 and U15 Tournaments for them in Nottingham.
At one of these Tournaments he was talent spotted by a Volleyball England Talent Scout and was invited to a Closed Trial with the U17 England Squad over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. He had a very successful trial and will be joining the squad on the Volleyball England Talent Pathway and will attend their Summer Training Camp in August in Leeds. The team are now in training preparation for the new season to start in the autumn.
An amazing achievement for Year 7 student Jasmine Jessamy who competed in the Northamptonshire County Championship this past weekend and won in both the 200m in 27.19s and 100m in 12.98s! Her fast times have her placing well in the Power of 10 rankings. Jasmine has either equalled or broken the 12-year record for the 200m U13 G in that competition.
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Introducing our Year 12 Student, Céadach Staff who is being recognised for his talented writing. Below, is from his own words:
I started writing for the stage in Year 9, having written and directed my group's end of year performance, I ended up penning a couple of plays over that summer. Reading these back, my early work has some poor dialogue, characters with no depth, but some basic understanding of ideas of structure. I’ve continued writing plays, and my more recent work has become more abstract and surrealist. I would cite Alfred Hitchcock, Franz Kafka and the noir genre as influences to my concurrent work. After Year 13, I hope to go to York University to study playwriting.
These are some stills from my short play "Untitled", which follows a man as he becomes increasingly obsessed with a light. On the surface, "Untitled" appears as a very abstract vignette, but, as the title suggests, it is designed for the audience to take any interpretation of the light they wish. Among others, some interpretations see the light as the ghost of a loved one, a metaphor for hope, and a retelling of the Myth of Tantalus.
Zsofia Lotter in Year 10 for her commitment to leadership. She coaches at Northampton NCAAC Gymnastics Club and received a Young Leaders Bronze award. She has been coaching there for the last few months and was keen to show her success in completing her qualifications to the PE team.
Archie Heron has been Go Karting at a professional level for over four years. While driving in Cadets he had over 30 podiums. Archie finished 2nd in the Daniel Riccardo UK Series Championship. He also finished 6th in Super One Championship, which is where George Russell, Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton started their careers. Archie was also the East of England Champion 2 years running.
He is now racing in a Junior X30, with 13 to 16-year-olds, the kart reaches speeds of 75 mph. Over the past year has raced at Whilton Mill and Kimbolton tracks and regularly finishes in the top 10, with tough grids of over 30 drivers that includes European and British champions.
