Cross Country It was a fantastic Wednesday afternoon, in the sunshine at Sedbergh for the North West region of the ESAA Cross Country Cup. Our students’ attitude, enthusiasm and effort was outstanding! The six girls, who had qualified as a team to represent WHS, performed to their best against 60 other competitors. The undulating 2.4km…
A Fantastic Start to the Hockey Season After several match cancellations, WHS Junior and Inter hockey teams played their first matches of the season on Tuesday evening against QEGS. The Junior team performed well, with good ball distribution, strong tackles and enthusiastic play. Good attacking play resulted in goals and at half time WHS were…
Year 8 Rugby The Year 8 rugby team enjoyed two competitive fixtures last week, facing Central Academy on Tuesday and Caldew School on Thursday. Tuesday vs Central Academy For several of the boys, this was their very first experience of playing in a rugby fixture. Understandably, we were a little disorganised in the opening stages,…
Year 9 Football Our Year 9 boys football team have had quite the week! On Monday, they had an away trip in the county cups against Appleby Grammar School. The trip down the M6 saw the boys play their first fixture of Year 9 and they overcame their competition in an excellent display of teamwork.…
Primary Schools Football Tournament Five of our Year 9 and 10 students refereed the primary school football tournament on Saturday 3rd October morning. It was a busy event, with lots of games and goals throughout the competition. Our students demonstrated fantastic leadership, respect and confidence when officiating each game, we are so proud of them! A…
Year 9 Cricket Year 9s had their annual Cricket City Tournament on Tuesday at Edenside. All students performed exceptionally across their two games, including a remarkable comeback in their final game against NTS. Requiring 72 to win, WHS found themselves 36/8, however an excellent fightback from Lewis, Matthew and Will got us over the line…
Cricket Our Year 7 cricket team were involved in a final-ball thriller against RR Central Academy on Monday night. Although narrowly coming out on the wrong side, it was great to see some fantastic individual contributions and brilliant team spirit along the way. Year 9 also had a great game, with lovely students from both…
Boccia Following on from their success at the Carlisle and Eden Boccia Competition earlier in the year, one of our Boccia teams travelled to Penrith to compete in the County Competition on Friday. There were eight teams in total from around the whole county, all winners of their earlier, more local events. Competition was fierce…
Following an overnight ferry crossing, students and staff arrived at Toverland Theme Park to begin what would be an exciting and rewarding sports tour. Despite mixed weather conditions, everyone made the most of the opportunity and thoroughly enjoyed a fantastic day exploring the rides and attractions. Tuesday marked the start of the sporting schedule. Both…
Year 7 Netball Well done to our Year 7 Netball teams who took part in the Carlisle District Tournament on Wednesday. They competed in a round robin of games against seven other teams from the Carlisle area. Our A team took a few matches to settle into the tournament, and despite some excellent defending and…