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Celebrating BWA's sporting activities.

March 2017

  • Brooke Weston student wins the A S Felton Cup for her cornet recital

    Published 21/03/17

    Brooke Weston student Daisy Oram competed in the Kettering and District Eisteddfod competition, an annual festival of music, speech and dramatic arts for amateur performers where she was successful in winning the A S Felton Cup in the 13 Years and under cornet Recital Class.

    Daisy practices the cornet five times a week and had to fight her anxiety issues during the competition when on the first day she became too nervous to compete but managed to overcome her fears and came back the next day to win. She said ‘The first day my anxiety got the better of me and I wasn’t able to play at all. I went back on the second day feeling scared and worried that I wouldn’t be able to play or I would go wrong. I played two different pieces tried my best to keep focused and won. It felt amazing, I was shaking I was so happy.’

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  • Students come out on top at The Winter Games Volleyball competition

    Published 07/03/17

    Our Year 9 and 10 boys and girls volleyball teams attended the Winter Games finals in Kettering and succeeded in coming fourth and second place respectively.

    The Northamptonshire School Games is part of a national programme of competitive sport that is open to all young people in every school across Northamptonshire. It is a celebration of sport that involves young people from 5-18 years, of all abilities and backgrounds.

    The boys; Alex Hodgkinson, Evan Clark, Sam Parker and Harry Gardner won two of their games and lost one taking them to their last game against Northampton School for Boys which would determine whether they would win a medal. It was point for point throughout however Northampton School for Boys managed to win 2 sets to 0 meaning Brooke Weston boys finished in fourth place having played some of the best volleyball they have ever played.

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  • Year 8 celebrate a win at Trust Festival

    Published 06/03/17

    Students from Year 8 were invited to attend the Trust Festival at Kettering Science Academy to compete in an alternative sports event where they were successful in winning joint first prize.

    More than 43 Brooke Weston students took part in the event which included; Endball, Capture the Flag and Dodgeball together with students from Kettering Science Academy, Thomas Clarkson, Corby Business Academy and Corby Technical School.

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March 2017

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