Over the Christmas break, Year 9 student Benji represented the Independent Schools’ FA U14 England team in their winter training camp.
Sports News
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.
Tennis Ace!
Over the Summer Year 7 pupil Elizabeth Rimmer (7B) was selected for Tennis Nationals and competed in Nottingham over two weekends.
North of England call up for Will
Congratulations to Year 9 student Will, who along with his Pony Poppy, has been selected to ride for the North of England Mounted Team Games.
Former Pupil Will Couch Begins Scholarship at Burnley FC
We are delighted to share that former student, Will Couch, has joined Burnley Football Club’s Academy.
Virtual Sports Day Results
Well done to all those who took part in the Virtual Sports Day. It was fantastic to see so many people get involved and take on the challenges to score points for their House.
Sports Awards 2020
Sport plays such an important role at Westholme, so that when the news came that we could not celebrate the success and participation of our students in the usual manner at Ewood Park, we thought how can we showcase our sporting heroes in a different manner?
BDSSA Cross Country
The gods of running were certainly smiling on us as the weather broke, the rain stopped, the sun weakly bathed us in its radiance- nigh on perfect running conditions for our juniors at Witton Park.
Ski Trip to Italy 2020
The annual ski trip took place this half term holiday at the Folgarida resort, Italy.
Annual House Swimming Gala
The Annual House Swimming Gala took place this week with the girls kicking off yesterday and the boys taking to the pool today.