The Mead Community Primary School

Sports Gala Evening 26th April 2016

Welcome

Welcome to our first Sports Gala Evening. Our aim is to celebrate the talents of our sporting children and alumni. These are children and young people who are competing at county level or above and showing a huge commitment to their respective sports. In this Olympic year we are thrilled to be joined by special guests Adele Nicoll, Joanna Miri and Pete Cracknell who will be sharing their experiences of competing at National and World level with our young athletes. We are also joined by our Gamesmakers, These are children who have been chosen to represent their school at our forthcoming Olympic Carnival, our annual community event, which this year is focusing on health and fitness. The Gamesmakers have applied to take on this role and shown a commitment to helping the whole community to take part and enjoy our Olympic Carnival. Thank you to the parents who have come with their sporting children and no doubt spend many hours supporting their children to compete as they travel to competitions and matches, as well as training every week. At The Mead we hugely value the contribution made by parents to their children’s success, both in their academic work and extra curricicular activities. We hope you will enjoy the evening and celebration of all the children and their successes. Please do take the time to let us know what you thought of the evening by emailing us at feedback@themead.wits.sch.uk. Thanks to Trowbridge Rugby Club for their lovely venue and to Friends of the Mead for their support in making this event possible. •

Adele Nicoll Team GB shot putter and discus thrower. She is currently ranked number 1 in the UK for her age and as one of the top athletes in Europe. She has represented both Great Britain, and Wales at a world and European level. She has 11 British Titles, is the under 17 British Record Holder, Welsh record holder at every age group apart from seniors, ranked number 1 in Wales seniors and number 3 in UK seniors. She was World Youth Championship Finalist in 2013, European Junior Finalist in 2015 and BBC WALES Junior Sports Personality of 2013.

Pete Cracknell Pete did gymnastics for fun, once or twice a week from 11 to 19. He started trampolining at University, again for fun. He started competing at 21, where he was typically the only competitor in 19+ novice category. He made the national circuit at 24 and took up Double Mini Trampoline (DMT). Pete competed in DMT nationally and made the England team at 26, followed by the GB team at 27. He has competed in 5 consecutive World Championships, the World Games and 2 European Championships. He was 2011 British Champion in DMT and 2013 World Team Bronze.

Joanna Miri Joanna is 21 years old, training full time at the University of Bath with the National Modern Pentathlon squad. Originally from South West Scotland, Joanna has competed at European and World Championships and World Cups.

Caleb Nash Caleb has been a member of the Bath and Wiltshire District school side for two seasons, the past year as the under 11s captain. Not just a capable sportsman, Caleb has shown the values and personality traits that the association values so dearly and has thus become an integral part of our activities. He has represented the District at both home and abroad travelling to places such as Lithuania, Germany, Belgium and Holland. His coach describes him as an ‘excellent role model for his peers ‘ ...

Harry Cottrell Harry started training at Staverton playing fields for Trowbridge Rangers in September 2012. This season his team played in the Rio Ferdinand cup getting to the final on 19th March at Corsham FC and won it 9-0. He has played in many games and tournaments over the past 3 ½ years. During Year 2 Harry was scouted by Reading football club and invited to train in their academy in Swindon. In October 2014 (Year 3) Harry was invited to Wiltshire FC trials at Beaversbrook sports facility in Calne. He was successful and made the U8s squad and trains in Chippenham every Friday night.

Jack Amor Jack started playing for Trowbridge Town U7s in November 2014, he began in the ‘C’ Team but by February 2015 Jack became the regular Goalkeeper for the ‘C’ Team and was then approached to become the ‘A’ Team Goalkeeper by the end of the 2014/15 season. During his first season with Trowbridge Town (2014/15), Jack was awarded the TTFC U7s Supporters Player award. Jack’s manager put his name forward for a trial at FC Wilts in October 2015. Jack successfully completed his trial in goal for FC Wilts and has since taken part in 3 tournaments for them.

Ross Mason Ross Mason has played football since the age of 4. He joined the FC Wiltshire development centre at age 7 and trained as a goal-keeper. In Spring 2015 he was selected to represent Bath & Wiltshire schoolboys at U10's. In March 2016, he was a member of the Bath & Wiltshire U10's team which made it to the quarter finals of a competition in Gothenburg, Sweden. This month Ross has been selected to play up a year group in goal for the Wiltshire under 11's team in the South West regional final of the English Schools FA Danone Nations Cup. Ross has just been selected to play cricket for Wiltshire U10's in the 2016 summer squad.

Will Stanton Will started playing football when he was 6 for local team Trowbridge Wanderers. His coach saw his potential and introduced him to the Swindon Town FC academy. He was given a professional contract when he was 8 years old. He continued to play with them for 8 years through to when he was 14. He had amazing opportunities, playing against all the Premiership clubs at their training grounds including Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester United, Liverpool, Everton, Aston Villa, Fulham, Swansea to name but a few. He has now switched to playing rugby for Trowbridge and he also plays for St Laurence in a very successful team which have been invited by several public schools to play including a tournament at Milfield school. He still keeps his hand in playing football for Trowbridge Wanderers and is the captain of the school football team.

Lyndon Banfield Lyndon has been with FC Wilts since June 2014. FC Wilts are part of the Junior Premier League, a development centre providing training for gifted boys. Lyndon also plays for Melksham Town FC and trains three times a week and has games twice a week. During his time at FC Wilts Lyndon has been top goal scorer for both U10 and U11. The team travelled to Belgium and were finalists in the Hagueland Cup, won the Southwest Futsal Competition and were finalists at the grand final futsal championship in Birmingham where Lyndon was awarded gold award by the Junior Premier League. Over the last season Lyndon has been recognised by opposition teams gaining 3 gold and 3 silver awards. Lyndon has also this year trained with Swindon town and Southampton academies.

Megan Tate Megan started playing tag rugby at the age of 7 at Avonvale in Bath. In June 2013 she decided to attend a girls taster session run by Bath Rugby Ladies. For the next 18 months Megan trained and played for Bath under the guidance of 2 England Ladies Internationals. In March 2015 Megan joined Bradford on Avon’s Bobcat team. Megan’s form as a scum half was rewarded when she was selected for the Somerset County team in Sept 2015. Megan is regularly used by Bath Rugby to promote Women / Girls rugby and appeared in Visit England’s Rugby World Cup TV adverts in 2015.

Jake Nickerson Jake has been playing rugby for Trowbridge rugby club since 2012 was selected to play in the Wiltshire and Dorset County Squad. A year after playing for county he was then selected to train and play in the Bath academy U15’s squad. Jake lives and breathes rugby and his dream job would be to play professional rugby ultimately for Bath. In athletics Jake competed in the National Schools cross country and went on to represent Wiltshire in the final in Blackburn in 2015 coming 45th out of the country for his age group. He also represented Wiltshire at the Gateshead national school final for triplejump coming 6th for his age group. He also qualified to represent Wiltshire in pentathlon, coming 20th. By qualifying for all three events he earned himself the title of the Ultimate Athlete Award.

Wilf Birkett-Wedes Wilf joined Bath Swords fencing club aged 8 and won his first trophy trophy that year in the foil at the Bath Annual Championships. He and his best friend Josh also competed that year in the Bath School Championship coming joint second. Their combined score meant the Mead came second overall. Wilf now fences epee and recently came first in his age group at Dunstan School. He also competed at Regional Level in January qualifying for the British Youth Championships which will be held in Sheffield on 30th April.

Rihana Ogborne Rihana has been dancing since she was 3 and competing since she was 7. She has qualified every year for the National Finals in Blackpool both as a solo performer and with her dance partner. She now teaches one night a week and gives 1-1 lessons and choreographs for students who wish to enter competition. She also performs at a number of charity fundraisers throughout the South of England.

Emily Jacob Emily started playing bowls at Trowbridge Westbourne at age 9. She represents the club in both womens and mixed teams (includes adults) during the summer outdoor season and has competed in the Sutton Winson Trophy in the National Championships in Leamington Spa. Emily has competed in the indoor English Bowls Youth Development Scheme under 15s 3 years in a row and was Wiltshire Champion in 2015 moving on to represent Wiltshire in the Regional Competition. Emily won the Flo Brown Cup in 2016 competing against all adults in this club competition. Emily has also been selected to join the Amy Rose Squad which is under 25s women squad for Wiltshire – being selected as part of the team at Leamington in 2015.

Charlie Tarr Charlie started playing when he was 9 and got picked for West Wiltshire squad the following year for under 10's and then again for the under 11's and just found out he is in the squad this year for the under 12's. He also has played for Trowbridge u13's & u15's. Charlie was Top Batsman for Wiltshire District cricket last season with an unbeaten 51 not out and has played in the squad for the last 3 years. Following on from cross country at The Mead he represented Wiltshire for Clarendon placing 8th in the area competition.

Caitlin Wosika Caitlin has represented Wiltshire and Wiltshire schools at cross country and track and field athletics for past 5 years. She was South west 1500 m champion in 2015. 8th under 17 s 1500 Steeple chase at English schools 2015, now ranks 5th in GB, She represented GB and won gold at European Biathle Championship in Portugal 2014. Caitlin trains with the endurance coach at team bath twice a week. She swims for and trains at BOA Amateur Swimming Club. Caitlin is a member of Dorset Pent athletes.

Jack Wosika Jack represented Wiltshire at National Cross Country competition in Birmingham and ran Liverpool National League with European qualifiers. He represented team Bath at the National Cross country relays. 6th at BANES schools. Jack is a member of Dorset Pent athletes and trains once a week with coach and once with 365 athletics academy. He played for West Wiltshire Cricket for 2 years and was the Under 13 Leading Bowler in Division 2015, 9 wickets @ 4.6 with 5 for 11 in 1 match. Jack plays cricket at Trowbridge at school and District last season.

Leona Britton Leona has been attending gymnastics for only 1 year. She started in a 1 hour recreational class and very quickly was spotted as talented. She is now in Wiltshire and Regional grades and competed in the Rising Stars competition yesterday. She achieved overall 9th place in this, her first external competition. She was awarded a trophy last year for most improved gymnast 2015.

Natasha Gamble

In Trampoling Natasha has competed in

Regional Grades winning SILVER and Gold and

qualifying for the semi-final.

In DMT Natasha has Competed at the National

League 2015 (11-12yrs)achieveing

GOLD atBurgess Hill, and at League finals at ’s

Olympic Park she inished overall 4th place

She has achieved GOLD in Regional Gradings

and qualified to semi-finals on 20/3/16 and

won GOLD. Natasha will now represent the

Southwest region in the Southwest Team

competing at the National Team Finals.

In Gymnastics passed Grade 4 with distinction

at Southwest Regional Grading and

competed at the Southwest Springboard

competition against 46 girls from across the

Southwest region and finished 29th overall.

Catherine Gamble In Trampoline Catherine has achieved

Bronze in Regional grading level 6 (13-14yrs) and

qualified to semi-finals on 20/3/16 (13-14yrs) 4th

place and competed in the National League.

In DMT she has Competed at the National League

2015 and competed at 3 league events and

qualified through to the finals. In the League

finals at ’s Olympic Park she finished overall

GOLD.

In the Regional Grading earlier this year she

achieved level 6 GOLD and qualified to semi-finals

winning SILVER.

Catherine will now represent the Southwest

region as part of the Southwest Team competing

at the National Team Finals in at the end of May.

Catherine also competed at regional level in

gymnastics.

Ashley Hamilton Ashley has been doing gym since she was 5 years old and was selected for the Squad after only a few weeks. Being in squad allows her to compete at a higher level earlier. She has achieved a distinction in her Wiltshire Grade 4. She was highly commended at Regional Grade 6. She did this a year ahead of time and was the youngest competitor. Ashley was named the most improved gymnast at the club annual awards. Coming up, Ashley will compete at Wiltshire Grade 3, Regional Grade 5 and West Country League.

Amie Clark Amie trains at West Wilts Esprit Trowbridge for 6 hours per week and has been competing since 2012. She has achieved Wiltshire County Grades from 4-1 and Regional Grade 14 with distinction. In September 2013 she won the Wiltshire Floor and Vault Competition. In trampolining, including the Double Mini Tramp, she has competed several times at Regional level in team competitions and individually, all ended in a high level of achievement. Her most recent successes include coming 2nd in Regional Grading for Double Mini Tramp, in February this year and 3rd place in March this year. In April of this year, Amie competed in the National Trampoline and DMT League Qualifier and came 17th place out of 31 – for trampoline and for Double Mini Tramp – 3rd out of 7.

Rue Fowler Rue holds the County Records for 100m Butterfly (age 9 years), 50m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke & 100m IM (age 8 years). Rue is ranked No 1 in her current age group in Wiltshire for 100m & 200m Freestyle, 100m & 200m IM. Rue won top girl at in Trowbridge, Bristol & Gloucester last year. Rue trains with Trowbridge Amateur Swimming Club & Aquae Sulis Performance Swimming Club (Bath Uni)

Wiltshire County Championships Jan & Feb 2016:

Gold 50m & 100m Freestyle Gold 200m Freestyle Silver 50m & 100m Butterfly Silver 100m & 200m Breaststroke Silver 200m Individual Medley Bronze 50m Breaststroke Bronze 100m Individual Medley Bronze 200m Backstroke •

Eve MaCallum

Eve started gymnastics at the age of 5 and quickly progressed to Wiltshire School of Gymnastics Squad where she competed in regional competitions.

At the age of 10 she began diving at West Wiltshire Diving Club based in Trowbridge pool. She competed in club championships and was invited to take part in Regional Competitions.

She has been competing in Regional and National competitions for the last 6 years winning the Regional Championships twice for her age group.

She has had some great opportunities including training camp with Tom Daly’s Coach.

Emily Harrison Emily is a member of Trowbridge ASC and started swimming when she was just a toddler. She first started competing at open meets when she was 10 years old. She is a part of the the Aquae Sulis Performance club who are fortunate enough to train at Bath University Sports Training Village. She currently trains between 12 and 16 hours a week covering a distance of anywhere between 35 and 40 km as well as land based resistance training. Emily competes in both the pool events and open water and has qualified at County, Regional and National level, with medal successes including Open Water Southwest Champion.

Lewis Jackson

Lewis joined the Bradford on Avon Tae Kwon Do Association of Great Britain in 2011 aged 7.

He trains two to three times a week.

At age 11 he successfully graded at Black Belt (1st Dan).

He continues to train hard, teaching and guiding others at the club and will be competing in the Welsh Championships in May.

Harry Robbins Starting off at Trowbridge with U9s Harry rapidly progressed to district (West Wilts) U10s and has picked up club awards for most improved player, best batsman and best fielder over the years. He is best known for his left arm pace bowling. Last session, 2015 Harry was joint captain with Charlie Tarr and Haden Lloyd (Castlemead), of the Trowbridge U11 boys they won the league. He also played up to U13 and U15 level and was successful in being selected to play for Wiltshire U11 boys. Harry was also very pleased to captain The Mead Kwik Cricket team that won the regional final last session.

Harry opened the bowling for Wiltshire U11 boys and in the final match of the season bowled taking two wickets in the final over to save and win a very close match. Having completed a district winter coaching programme Harry has been selected for Wiltshire U13 trails on 8th May.

Alice Robbins Last summer in only her second session of playing cricket at Trowbridge Alice played for the U11 girls (aged just 8) and was in the team that won the U11 girls Wiltshire league 2015. In fact she captained them for their final game. In the annual youth awards night at Trowbridge Cricket Club at the end of the 2015 session Alice was recognised as the best U11 girls bowler. In the autumn Alice trialled for the U11 girls winter coaching programme and was successfully selected as one of only a few girls to train on a Sunday morning in Salisbury for 12 weeks as Wiltshire south. Alice has now been selected to play two Wiltshire U11 girls games over the summer and will debut against Wiltshire North on Sunday in Sailisbury.

Christopher Dicker & Matthew Dicker Both boys have been playing cricket since they were 5/6 years old. They play at Trowbridge Cricket Club 3-5 times a week during the cricket season (april to September) and have played for Trowbridge Cricket Club, West Wiltshire District and Wiltshire County and both have had many accolades for Best Bowler, Best Batsman and Best fielder. Christopher now plays for the adult 1st and 2nd teams and Matt plays for U15 and adult 2nds. They train weekly during the cricket season and indoors throughout the winter and attend masterclasses at The Ageaus Bowl in Southampton, home of Hampshire Cricket Club. As well as cricket training they both work hard twice a week in the Gym . Christopher also has a Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Anwen, Isobel & Colette Crowther All 3 Crowther girls have competed at a British Cycling race at Castle Combe on Good Friday this year. These are National level races and children come from all over the country to race, so the girls are up against the best of the best. The fields are big and the race is fast! Anwen races in the U10s, Isobel is the U12s and Colette in the U14s. Boys and girls race together at this level but are scored separately. All 3 girls have won medals at club level but not at National level.....yet!

Gamesmakers Every year The Mead hosts a community event – every fourth year this has a Health & Fitness theme. Its aim is to give children and adults a chance to try lots of different sports – we hope that they will find something they enjoy and maybe that they will excel at in the future. This year’s Olympic Carnival will take place on May 14th at the school with over 50 sports and activities for families to try – we have chosen Gamesmakers from The Mead and other schools to be ambassadors for the day and help host the event. Most of them are here this evening and we would like to welcome them into their new role.

Gamesmakers The Mead

• Charlotte Baars

• Isaac Bull

• Hannah Bush

• Maddy Eden

• Nathan Gardiner

• Lydia Holden

• Freddie Jones

• Harriet Good

• Casey Perren

• Annika Rhodes

• Lizzie Stone

• Ella Williams

• Evie Wyatt

Castle Mead School •Louis Cliff •Mollie Norris

River Mead School •Jarret Brown •Abigail Maritiro

Saturday, May 14th11-3pm

Thank you!

Have a great sporting year!