The North East Lincolnshire School Sports Partnership’s Indoor Rowing Competition took place on Friday 27th February at Havelock Academy.
Representative teams from Oasis Academy Wintringham, Tollbar Academy, Havelock Academy, Cleethorpes Academy and Holy Family Catholic Academy. The performance at the event was to a very high standard with many students across years 7-11 achieving national standards.
The enthusiasm, teamwork and sportsmanship on show across both events was a joy to see with all pupils getting behind their team and encouraging them to achieve that extra metre or second to win the race!
The Year 7 Boys event was highly competitive, with the top 3 athletes achieving the gold national standard. In 1st place was Harry-Fred Jennings from Tollbar Academy, winning the event by 28 metres from 2nd placed Jack Holmes from Clee Academy.
The Year 7 Girls event was won by Chloe Hotson from Havelock Academy with another gold standard performance, winning the event by 39 metres from 2nd placed Ellie Smith from Oasis Academy Wintringham who achieved the silver standard.
In the year 8 Boys event, an outstanding performance from Tommy Skelton from Oasis Academy Wintringham won the event with a fantastic 833 metres, equalling the score at last year’s national competition in Manchester! Tom Favell from Tollbar was 35 metres behind in 2nd place with another fantastic, gold standard performance.
The Year 8 Girls event was incredibly close with Eve Kaveney from Tollbar winning the event by 1 metre from Kiera Swain from Havelock Academy in 2nd place.
In the Year 9 boys Event, Jake Hiles from Oasis Academy Wintringham finished in 1st place, 20 metres ahead of 2nd placed Max Searby from Tollbar.
The year 9 Girls event was extremely close, with 20 metres separating first to 5th position. Milly Towndrow from Oasis Academy Wintringham came out as overall winner, with 1006m, with Chloe Martin from Tollbar in 2nd place with 996m.
Harvey Nicholls, Tollbar won the Year 10 event with a fantastic performance, winning the event by 64 metres. In 2nd place was Liam Blakey from Clee Academy who achieved silver standard with his performance of 1307metres.
Starr Chilvers of Havelock Academy produced a powerful performance to win the Year 10 girls event, motoring home with 1244 metres. In 2nd place was Lily Wishart, from Tollbar who achieved the silver standard with 1161 metres.
In the Year 11 Boys event, a phenomenal performance from Nathan Wells saw him achieve over 30 metres above the gold national standard with 1788 metres. In 2nd place William Seed, of Oasis Academy Wintringham, also achieved the gold standard with 1636 metres.
In the overall team event, with scores calculated by points accrued from the individual, pairs and relay events, it was Tollbar Academy who were crowned secondary indoor rowing champions this year due to incredible consistancy throughout the competition, finishing no lower than 2nd place in every event, a fantastic achievement. Last years winners Havelock Academy finished in 2nd place, closely followed by Oasis Academy Wintringham in 3rd.
Event organiser Craig Dobbs said:
‘Indoor Rowing continues to grow and develop in North East Lincolnshire and now takes place on the curriculum at schools. Many children at the Secondary event achieved national standards showing a very high level of performance’
Special thanks go to Craig Suddaby, Kirsty Smith and Havelock Academy for hosting the event.
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