Students honoured for excelling in sport

DEDICATED sporting students honoured at Ripon Grammar School’s annual Colours awards ceremony have been praised for excelling in their various fields during a difficult period for sport.

Colours were awarded to more than 50 talented lower school students, in activities ranging from games to gymnastics, athletics, swimming and equestrianism.

Angel Cook and Kieran Mitra (pictured below) won particular praise as the students who have improved most in physical education over their three lower school years.

Kieran, 14, from outside Ripon, explained how he struggled in games to begin with but managed to overcome his problems as he learned to enjoy his sports more: "I have played quite a lot of sport since joining RGS and I have enjoyed tennis and football a lot. I have been playing a lot of football at both school lunch practice and out of school as well."

Pride of the school are Edith Scott and George Curtis (pictured below), the most outstanding performers over the same period.

Talented dancer Edith, whose ambition is to become a choreographer or run a dance studio, represents her school in netball, swimming, rounders and athletics, and also enjoys hockey and gymnastics.

"I love competitive sport at RGS, it's fun," says the 14-year-old, from Ripon, who juggles her studies with around 15 hours a week dance and gymnastics training.

George represents school in cross-country, swimming and rugby, has represented Yorkshire in triathlon at national championships and will also compete nationally in cross-country this year.  The 14-year-old, from Ripon, who wants to become a sports physiotherapist, dedicates ten hours every week to his training

Director of sport Mr Milner congratulated all the prize-winners: “In current times, it's been great to celebrate and award lower school colours to Y9 students. The PE department is very proud of all these students and ask that they wear their new pin badges with pride.”

The full list of award winners appears below:

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR NINE STUDENTS ON BEING AWARDED THEIR LOWER SCHOOL COLOURS

MOST IMPROVED STUDENTS

ANGEL COOK

KIERAN MITRA

OUTSTANDING PERFORMERS

EDITH SCOTT

GEORGE CURTIS

GAMES

IZZY BAILEY~GOUGH

HOLLY BARTON

JOSH BELL~WALKER

JACK BLACK

TOBY BURNETT~GRAHAM

PHOEBE BURTON

TOBY CARLING

EDIE COOPER

TOBY CROSSLEY

TOM ELLERKER

ESME FLETCHER

ELLA~GRACE FOSTER `

OWEN FRANCIQUE

JACK HICKMAN

RUPERT HUGHES

BILLY KENNY

OLIVER KITSON

FELIX LEES

HANNAH MELHUISH

CHARLES PETERS

ALEXANDER PICKERING

OLLY POLLOCK

OWEN ROBINSON

CHARLES RYDER

DULCIE SAY

EASHAN TURNBULL

ISABELLE WHITEHEAD

OSCAR WOLLOMS

DANIK ZGUNS

VLADIK ZGUNS

ATHLETICS

ELIZABETH BORDEWICH

NIA PEEDELL

JAMES POLLINGTON

EQUESTRIANISM

CASSIE HOLLIDAY

GYMNASTICS

GRACE DARBYSHIRE

OLIVIA KEILLOH

ISABELLA PARK

BOBBIE PULMAN

LAYNA ROSS

SWIMMING

ISLA DAVIDSON

MEABH O’COFAIGH

CALUM THWAITES

JAKE THWAITES

ATHLETICS AND GAMES

HENRY SIMPSON

EQUESTRIANISM AND GAMES

IMOGEN WHITE

GAMES AND GYMNASTICS

MAISIE LAMB

GAMES AND SWIMMING

WILL LEAR

ATHLETICS, GAMES AND SWIMMING

DAN BROWN

GEORGE CURTIS

ELIZA POLITO

ATHLETICS, GAMES, GYMNASTICS AND SWIMMING

EDITH SCOTT

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL, FROM THE PE DEPARTMENT

Students attaining colours are expected to:

  • Have been regularly involved with a team over a two year period.
  • Represent the team and school with pride and distinction.
  • Prove to be committed.
  • Be enthusiastic and keen to learn.
  • Be reliable and dependable.
  • Display sportsmanship, not gamesmanship.
  • Participate regularly in Physical Education lessons.
  • Adhere to the ethic of fair play.
  • Be a role model for others.
  • Show ultimate respect for the umpire, referee and opponent.
  • Attend regular training sessions.