Graeme College held its Athletics Day at the school last week, with Wiles House keen to retain the Athletics Shield. However, Hutton House showed great improvement in many of the day’s events, so competition was at an all time high.
Graeme College held its Athletics Day at the school last week, with Wiles House keen to retain the Athletics Shield. However, Hutton House showed great improvement in many of the day’s events, so competition was at an all time high.
Inclement weather – high temperatures in the morning and windy conditions in the afternoon – did not deter the boys from putting in some good performances.
In a closely contested affair, with the lead changing hands on a few occasions, so Wiles ultimately managed to retain the shield.
They finished on 629 points, second was Hutton with 584 points, third was Neilson with 540 points with Vernal fourth on 529 points.
The day only produced two new records, Cameron Rafferty broke the U7 long jump record with a new distance of 3,40m (The previous record was set in 2008 by Alex McGee with a distance of 3,21m).
Alex Banfield set a new U16 discus record with a distance of 35,25m (2008 – Chad Banfield – 34,08m). The medal winners for the Graeme 2010 Sports Day are as follows:
Most outstanding U7 athlete: Cameron Rafferty
Most outstanding U8 athlete: Zintle Papu
Most outstanding U9 athlete: Aaron Richardson
Most outstanding U10 athlete: Sokhana Mjekula
Most outstanding U11 athlete: Matthew Robertson
Most outstanding U12 athlete: Kamva Ntapu
Most outstanding U13 athlete: Mita Sixaba
Most outstanding U14 athlete: Ethan September
Smith Trophy (for the most outstanding U15 athlete): Zuko Cawe
Narshai Trophy (Best U15 sprinter): Gordon-Wayne Plaatjes
Howell Trophy (Most outstanding U16 athlete): Alex Banfield
Sieberhagen Trophy (winners of the ladder relay): Wiles
Powell Trophy (best field performance of the day): Abongile Hashe
Coetzer Trophy (best track performance of the day): Damyn Walton
Bailie Trophy (best overall performance of the day): Damyn Walton
Victor Ludorum: Quinton Muller and Kashka Crampton.
