On Saturday 3 June, our swimmers attended the IAPS National Swimming finals at the Olympic Aquatics centre in London. They attended this competition having qualified in the top 20 in their event earlier in the year. More than 1500 pupils took part in the 53 heats at the finals on Saturday.
Our U10 medley team of Eleanor (backstroke), Imogen (breaststroke), Arabella (butterfly) and Freya (front crawl) qualified for the relay in 18th place however, in the final, they moved up to 13th in the country and took almost 7 seconds off their time.
The U10 freestyle team made up of Pippa, Imogen, Freya and Arabella qualified for the relay in 7th and moved up to 5th in the country taking almost 6 seconds off their time.
Arabella qualified for the individual 25m butterfly in 7th. It is important to point out that individuals had to swim in a heat and from the two heats, the top 10 pupils then swam again in the final. Arabella placed 7th in the heats and in the finals finished 8th in the country and took half a second off her time.
Our U11 medley team of Sasha (backstroke), Abigail (breaststroke), Sophia (butterfly) and Nefeli (front crawl) qualified for the relay in 10th place however, in the final, they exceeded all expectations and took almost 6 seconds off their time to finish 3rd in the country!
The same girls qualified for the freestyle relay having qualified in 9th and moved up to 6th in the country taking over 4 seconds off their time.
Sasha qualified for individual 50m backstroke in 13th and finished 14th in the heats having taken a whole second off her time.
Abigail qualified for the individual 50m breaststroke in 5th, moved into 6th in the heats and then in the finals placed 6th in the country and took over one and a half seconds off her time.
Huge congratulations to all of the swimmers for their incredible times and placings.
It’s been a successful year for Warwick Prep at the National Schools Equestrian Association Eventer Challenge Finals at the international All England show ground, Hickstead 2023.
The Mini class (70/75cm) team was made up of pupils from King’s High and from Warwick Prep, Mila, in 4WS. Mila also represented the school as an individual. Every team at the finals had to have won or come 2nd in the winter qualifiers so the standard was high. Each member of the team put in good rounds, leading to the team placing 13th out of 34 teams on a score of 4. This was an amazing achievement and all the girls were thrilled. Along with two other King’s High pupils, it was Mila’s first year at this prestigious final, so for the team to finish in the top 40% was fantastic.
In show jumping, Mila participated in the 70cm class, finishing 15th in a massive class of 68 riders.
Thanks to Sara Copley for travelling to Sussex to support us and hand out the commemorative plaques awarded to all riders that had qualified for the Championships.
