Last Monday (11th
July 2016) was the inaugural OAT School Games – Road to Rio. We took over 90
pupils from year 7-10 to compete in a range of events, including:
futsal, touch rugby, wheelchair basketball, handball, netball and athletics.
After the 2 hour
journey to Stoke-on-Trent we arrived and met the 6 other Ormiston academies who
also took part in the games. Each academy represented a country and began the
games with a dance off; our nation was Spain.
Well done to the
girls who took part in the dance-off!
Oli Yarnold, winner of the
English sports day oath competition, read out his oath in front of all the 700
competitors and was selected to carry the Olympic torch around the track. His
oath read:
Picture: Oli Yarnold
‘On behalf of all
the competitors here today, I promise to respect and not discriminate against
the other participants in a race. It’s not all about winning it’s the taking
part that counts. No matter your ability try your best. We will have
sportsmanship and congratulate the winners and losers’
During the day
our pupils competed in a number of sporting activities and did exceptionally well
in a lot of the events. We were victorious in many events, including: the girl’s
athletics and netball, the boy’s handball and even the tug-of-war.
The scores
were added up and we missed out on 1st place by 1 point!!
Well done to
the event organisers, the Ormiston Academies, the young leaders and the competitors.
A great day had by all! We'll look forward to the next event.
