Athletics

Ardingly Cross Country Relay

February 27, 2018

Last Friday gave our runners an opportunity to take to the fields and get in some vital competitive racing before heading off to the Nationals in a couple of weeks time. As always, I selected a young team to compete in what is billed as a Year 8 event. Girls team – Abigail (Y8), Emily [...]

Brambletye Cross Country

January 31, 2018

We have enjoyed recent success at the Brambletye Cross Country meet and went looking to repeat last year’s dominance in the Under 11 section and even cause an upset in the U13’s. Under 11 Team: Sam R, Thomas S, Marcos F-C and Alexander S Gabi H, Katie F, Biba M and Eva Z As expected, [...]

East Grinstead Primary School Cross Country (East Court)

October 11, 2017

Last Sunday afternoon we entered our first ever Primary School Cross Country at East Court not knowing what to expect. Having had a little walk of the course it looked like an even spread of uphill and downhill so the children were looking forward to getting their teeth stuck in! It was the girls who [...]

Congratulations Joseph!

September 29, 2017

Joseph has been accepted into the U13 pre-xmas cricket coaching Sussex pathway programme to assist talented club players to further their game through being selected for Area, District or County Junior Cricket. Good luck for the full county selection and fingers crossed for other Copthorne boys & girls with their trials. Well done Joseph!

Copthorne Prep Athletics Records

June 7, 2017

Sports Day proved to be very successful in terms of school records being broken with no fewer than 15 taking a tumble! Here is the breakdown of our new record holders: Year 3 Girls 75m – Tianna B – 11.61 600m – Tianna B – 2.24.10 Long Jump – Tianna B – 3.36m Year 4 [...]

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H4H Triathlon Results – Summer 2017

May 22, 2017

Following the hugely successful triathlon which took place on Sunday 21st May 2017 in aid of ‘Help for Heroes’, we are pleased to publish the results for the four races that took place. Bronze Results Silver Results Gold Results Adult Results

Pentathlon Athletics Meeting at Cumnor House – Summer 2017

May 4, 2017

One of my favourite competitions of the sporting calendar took place last Friday when we joined Cumnor House and Windlesham for a Pentathlon. For those not in the know this is an event where each athlete must compete in the hurdles, 100m, long jump, shot put and finish with a gruelling 800m. They score points [...]

National Prep Schools Athletics Finals, Alexander Stadium, Birmingham

July 7, 2016

Finally, the 4th July arrived! We had been waiting for this date all summer so that our qualifiers could pit their wits against the best in the country. 7 athletes in total travelled to Birmingham to take part in 11 events, a great achievement in itself for Copthorne Prep. Parents, siblings, grandparents and gap students [...]

Hurst Junior Athletics Championships

June 28, 2016

After the success of the Senior team at K2 in the Sussex Championships last Friday this time it was our Junior team who had the chance to show what they can do against the best that Sussex has to offer! In total there were around 26 different schools participating and we took a team of [...]