There have been some amazing sporting highlights throughout this academic year, both individual and team performances and achievements.
Sports News
Sports Awards 2023
On Friday 28 April we held our magnificent annual Sports Awards Dinner at Ewood Park, the home of Blackburn Rovers FC.
Senior Ski Trip to Italy
Over February half-term some of our students were lucky enough to take part in a fantastic Ski-Trip to Italy. And what a week it was, filled with pizza, pasta and lots of pistes! We ventured to Italy on the first ski trip for Seniors since 2020 with 93 smiling faces.
Mark’s National Swimming Success
Huge congratulations to Mark, who recently finished Year 10 and will be moving into Year 11 in September, for his superb performance at the recent National Swimming Finals.
Westholme Sports Awards 2022
On Friday 29 April we were thrilled to be able to celebrate our students’ wonderful sporting achievements of the past 12 months at the Sports Awards 2022, especially because we had to miss out last year due to the pandemic. This made the night feel even more special.
County Success For Elizabeth
Earlier on this week, Elizabeth (Year 8) heard the news that she had been selected for the U14 County Cup team.
Prep Swimming Gala
The annual Primary Blackburn and Darwen gala took place this month after a 2 year absence and for Westholme, nine swimmers from Year 5 and 6 pupils took part in the event at Darwen Leisure Centre.
International Debut for Molly
Congratulations to Molly, our Sports Captain and INSPIRED Sixth Former for making her international Show jumping debut! Molly flew out to Portugal and competed in her first International competition. She wrote about her experience below:
National Honours for Benji
Over the Christmas break, Year 9 student Benji represented the Independent Schools’ FA U14 England team in their winter training camp.
Senior School House Cross-Country
Last week we held the House Cross-Country competitions at the Senior School, arguably one of the biggest sporting occasions in the school calendar! Overall we saw some fantastic performances and the spirit and determination from our students made it a great day of competitive racing.
Fantastic season for Fynlay!
Congratulations to Fynlay in Year 10 after having finished a fantastic golfing season.
Will’s amazing success!
Will, in Year 10, along with 5 other gifted young riders from Blackburn and District Pony Club have made local history with their trainer, Elaine Barker, by qualifying as one of only 6 teams across the country, for the Prince Phillip Cup, a mounted games competition.
This Week in…Sport
Last weekend William Grundy represented the North West Region at the British Triathlon Inter- Regional National Championships at Mallory Park Race Circuit, Leicestershire placing 5th!
Gymnastics success for Caitlin
On June 12, Caitlin (who will be continuing into Year 13 in September) competed in the Kyolis Cup, her first international individual competition hosted by France.
Sports Days
In the penultimate week of term, we were delighted to be able to hold both our Infant & Junior and Senior School Sports Days at Wilmar Lodge.
This Week in…Sport
At the Prep School, our focus for the rest of this term is ‘fun’, and what a lot of fun we have been having!
Give it some Welly Westholme!
Written by Miss Cooper
At Westholme School we have a number of students who ride horses, both competitively and just for fun.
Inter House Cross Country Races
The School cross country races took place last week at Wilmar Lodge and there were some fantastic efforts and impressive times from everyone involved.
Virtual running success for Jonathan
Not to be deterred by Covid or lockdown, Jonathan entered the English Schools Athletics Competition virtually over the summer holiday.
Tee-rific performance!
At the end of the Summer break Fynlay (9P) competed in the Lancashire U14 Championships held at the stunning Lancaster Golf Club.