Bishops' News

Year 9 & 10 Boys and Girls District Athletics

On Monday 22^nd May, selected students from years 9 & 10 and on Thursday 8^th June, selected students from year 7 & 8, were taken to Deeside track in Connah’s Quay for the day to compete in the Chester & District Athletics Championships. The sun was shining on both days and the students enjoyed wonderful days of athletics, conducting themselves superbly well and representing the best of Bishops.

There where there were some notable achievements at the events:

Year 7

• Lucy Renshaw won the long jump, with a distance of 3.71m
• Ellen Poulton came 3^rd in the high jump, with a height of 1.15m
• Finn Kirby finished 3^rd in the 100m, with a time of 13.93 seconds
• George Youd finished 2^nd in the high jump, with a height of 1.25m

Year 8

• Mae Grant won the hurdles in a time of 11.50 seconds
• Mae Grant came 2^nd in the high jump, with a height of 1.40m
• Sam Hughes won the shot put, with a distance of 8.37m
• Harry Orchard came 3^rd in the 800m, with a time of 2:34.48
• Charlie Buck placed 3^rd in the long jump, with a distance of 4.51m
• Jonathan Gordon narrowly finished 2^nd (on count back) in the high jump, jumping 1.45m

Year 9

• Emily Fuller came 2^nd in the shot put, with a distance of 8.22m
• Ben Maton finished 3^rd in the javelin, throwing 24.25m

Year 10

• Holly Wilkins came 3^rd in the javelin, with a distance of 20.72
• Evalyn Quegan finished 3^rd in the triple jump, with a distance of 8.19m
• Kieran Whittingham won the 400m, with a time of 57.58 seconds
• Luke Duffy won the 1500m, in a time of 5:06.10
• The 4x100m relay team (Kieran Whittingham, Luke Duffy, George Caley, Josh Smith) finished 2^nd with a time of 50.06 seconds
• K-Ci Pryde Domdji Ngameni won the high jump, with a height of 1.55m

Year 7-10 Boys and Girls

West Cheshire Athletics Club Schools Track & Field Cup

On Wednesday 10^th May, 4 boys and 4 girls from years 7-10 were selected to compete in the West Cheshire Athletics Club Schools Cup, held at the Ellesmere Port Sports Village athletics track. Competing schools were Bishops, Neston, Ellesmere Port Catholic High, Queens and Whitby. Each student competed in one event out of 100m, 800m, shot put, long jump and then joined to make a relay team.

Boys                                                       Girls

1 Bishops 67 points                                 1 Queens 81 points

2 EPCH 56                                                         2 Neston 72

3 Whitby 39                                                     3 Bishops 50

4 Neston 37                                                     4 EPCH 44

5 Whitby 35

Overall Combined Competition

1 Bishops 117 points

2 Neston 109

3 EPCH 100

4 Queens 81

5 Whitby 74

All of the students represented the school fantastically well and there were some notable winners:

• Ella Graham won the Year 8 shot put, with a distance of 6.04m
• Mae Grant won the Year 8 long jump, with a distance of 4.15m
• Year 9 girls won the 4 x 100m relay, in a time of 62.3 seconds
• Charlie Buck won the Year 8 long jump with a distance of 3.79m
• Ben Smith won the Year 9 800m in a time of 2:31.9
• Jake Griffin-Cowap won the Year 9 long jump with a distance of 4.05m
• Year 10 boys won the 4x100m relay in 52.8 seconds
• George Caley won the Year 10 shot put, with a distance of 7.69m
• K-Ci Pryde Domdji Ngameni won the Year 10 Long Jump, with a distance of 4.54m

Year 10 student Kara Stoll continues to show amazing achievements and progress in athletics.

She is currently ranked top in the hammer for her age group in the North West and 12^th in the whole of the country.

Last year she won the Cheshire Schools’ Championships, placed 4^th in the English Schools’ Championships and 9^th in the English Athletics Championships.

Last weekend (10/6/2023) she was once again crowned Cheshire Schools’ Champion with a distance of 44.68m.

Well done Kara with your sporting excellence

On Wednesday 24^th May, 5 students from Bishops’ were part of cup glory when they helped Chester Schoolboys secure their second Cheshire Cup trophy in 2 years, winning U15 Senior Trophy.

The team, led by Head of PE Mr Mitchell, continued on from last year’s success with a reformed squad of players from across the district schools that included 5 of Bishops’ own, Leo Heath (Captain), Adam Parry, Kieran Whittingham, Evan Bartlett and K-Ci Pryde Domdji Ngameni.

Once again Chester beat Wirral Schoolboys in a tense final, this time held on a fantastic playing surface down at Cairns Crescent in Blacon. Arguably this victory was made more impressive by the fact that Chester had been beaten twice already by Wirral this season 5-0 and 5-2 and Wirral had been recently crowned National Champions, so were riding high in confidence coming into this final. This didn’t affect the Chester squad, who fought back from 1-0 down to lead at half time 2-1, with goals from Ben Cutler of Abbeygate College, with a pile driving free kick from 25 yards and Bishops’ very own Kieran Whittingham with a classy finish on the break. The boys showed amazing resilience in the second half, playing the better football as well as creating the better chances but most importantly they played with a discipline and control against some reckless play from Wirral.

The squad has been through a fantastic 2 year journey that has had to come to an end but signed off with a historic victory as Chester SFA have never had both U14 and U15 teams crowned Cheshire champions in the same season until now. WELL DONE CHESTER SFA

Our Year 8 students had a brilliant day as part of the Chester Schools Together partnership with Blacon High School, Catholic High School and The King’s school. The two day interactive Beyond Cop21 symposium was an opportunity for students to meet with experts and build upon their awareness of local and global environmental issues in a fun, engaging way, in the impressive grounds of Chester Zoo. Watch the video to hear the impact these two days had on our students: