Sporting News from the Week

Well done to our athletes who competed in the Super 6 athletics event held at Carn Brea track. Our year 8 and 9 combined team achieved 3rd place and our 1st Years placed 5^th.   A special shout out to those who had their first experience competing for Truro School in a sporting fixture.

Our Under 13 tennis teams took to the courts today at the Heron Tennis Centre to compete in their county tennis tournament. Well done to the boys team who achieved 2nd place overall and the girls team who placed 3^rd. A brilliant day of tennis from all.  Thank you to Mrs Holmer and Mr Askey for supporting and coaching the teams today.

Also a big well  done to our Truro School athletes who either competed for their club or the school in the Cornwall County Athletics Championships over the weekend. In the 1st Year, Aria won the 1500m. Matilda M and Billy E, in 2^nd Year won the 100m and long jump u15 title, with Billy running an impressive sub-12 seconds.

Well done to Matilda, who achieved 3rd in the 200m, and Billy, who became county champion.

2^nd Year Dan G ran the 1500m race in the U15 category where he finished 2nd with a time of 4:59. Poppy M in the 3rd Year achieved 3rd in the 100m and long jump in the under 15 age group category.  Gen P competed in the Under 15, 800m and achieved 2nd place with a personal best time or 2:33.6 . Naomi H ran the 1500m and achieved 3rd place in the under 15 age group. Barnaby O also took silver in the u15 800m race. 4th Year, Lydia M achieved 3rd in the u17 girls’ long jump.

In Gymnastics, congratulations to Lola S, who was called up to compete in bars and vault at the Performance 3 National Final at the weekend. She competed in a team of five, and they did brilliantly on the National Stage. Her true highlight was her vault, where she hit a PB and secured 10th place nationally – an incredible achievement in her first National Final! The SW team came 8th overall. 

In the last week, the U14 boys’ cricket team has won its first two games of the season against Penair and Penryn. Batting second in both games, they successfully chased totals of just over 100 inside 20 overs. The players of the match went to Felix B and Freddie G in the respective games for controlled scores of 30, which anchored the side to victory.