Dorset Schools Biathlon Relays 2008
The third Dorset schools Biathlon relays competition took place at Clayesmore School on Sunday 27 April 2008, with 50 teams competing from around the county. The standard of competition was high with many exciting races throughout the day.
The effort and enthusiasm put in by the athletes was excellent, with everyone giving their best effort. It was also good to see kids who would not usually compete in a school team coming along to take part, with all standards of competitors. We also had the complete novice coming along to have ago and competing along side International biathletes.
Like all these events they would not be possible without the help of the parents & teachers who bring the kids along and especially the parents that officiate on the day. So I would like to thank Guy Smith, Linda Chitty, Steve Luke, Carolyn Buttle, Patrick & Simon Boyne-Manchee for officiating. Also thanks to Clayesmore School for the use of the facilities, and to Glyn Richards the centre manager and staff for all their hard work on the day on setting up the pool and run course.
Well done to all the competitors on making the day an excellent competition with good sportsmanship throughout. Lastly to the schools sports coordinators, schools and teachers on promoting the event and getting teams from the school to compete. There will be a Dorset schools biathlon relays in the summer next year, date TBC.
I will be organising various biathlons and training events over the winter for further contact me at e-mail or 121 Belgrave, Southill, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 9SN.
The results are attached.
Michael Flaherty
Area Development Officer
South West Modern Pentathlon
GHS Schools Biathlon Success
Tara Oxley must have known that last Saturday (26th April) was going to be the best weather so far this year, when she chose the date for the first Guildford High School biathlon. Six schools competed in the biathlon, with sixty nine girls from years 5-8 competing. Schools attending were Guildford High, Tormead, Daneshill, Sir William Perkins, Holy Trinity and Rowan.
The run was held in the sun on the track just outside the fantastic new GHS sports centre, parents and teachers alike enjoying the sun, and the brilliant running. Fastest times of the day came in the year 8 age group with Jessica Filby and Poppy Disley-May both from Daneshill, clocking the same time of 3.33, in a very competitive finish.
The year 7 run was won by Lauren Sampson, (GHS) Year 6 Faye Rodgers (Holy Trinity) and Year 5 Sophie Rumble (Daneshill).
Best swim of the day was from year 7, Emma Adams (GHS), closely followed by Izzy Owen, year 8 (Tormead), Tilly Houston, year 6 (Holy Trinity) and Rose Griffiths, year 5 also from Holy Trinity.
The team event was also hotly contested, with Daneshill winning Year 5 and Year 8, Holy Trinity winning Year 6, with the host school Guildford High winning the Year 7 event.
This was the first event of its kind to be held at Guildford High, inspired by Tara Oxley and looks to become an annual fixture.
Also held alongside the competition was a taster fencing session which many of the girls took the opportunity to do, thanks to Steven Davey.
A shoot taster session will be held at the school on June 22nd. Contact Gill Measures.
Parents provided a wonderful lunch and tea, and most took the opportunity to picnic in the unexpected sunshine.
The event was run smoothly and ahead of time, due to Taras magnificent team of helpers, which included staff and pupils.
Well done to all!
Individual Results as follows;
Year 5
| 1st | Rose Griffiths | Holy Trinity |
| 2nd | Victoria Hargreaves | Guildford High |
| 3rd | Sophie Rumble | Daneshill |
Year 6
| 1st | Faye Rogers | Holy Trinity |
| 2nd | Alice Booth | Tormead |
| 3rd | Freya Savage | Guildford High |
Year 7
| 1st | Lauren Sampson | Guildford High |
| 2nd | Emma Adams | Guildford High |
| 3rd | Katherine Davies | Daneshill |
Year 8
| 1st | Jessica Filby | Daneshill |
| 2nd | Poppy Disley-May | Daneshill |
| 3rd | Elinor Morgan | Daneshill |
Schools Biathlon - National Championships Results
The results of the National Championships held at Bath University on 24th February are posted here.
Biathlon Qualifier Results
A huge thank you to all of those who entered the Schools Biathlon series of competitions this year. We have had a huge entry and held one of the biggest competitions of its kind at K2, Crawley on 9th December 2007 where 930 athletes entered.
Results from the competitons are available here. Invitations to the final, to be held at Bath University on 24th February 2008, will be sent out in the New Year and this page will be updated when those invitations have been sent.
Schools Biathlon Competition Format
The National Schools Modern Biathlon (running and swimming) Championships is an annual competition open to school pupils and their teachers with Qualifying events that are run at Regional level during the Autumn Term. The Finals of the Championships are held in the Spring Term. Please see the Schools Competitions page for details of the forthcoming events.
The competition comprises a 50-metre swim for Years 5-8 and their teachers, a 100-metre swim for years 9-13 and a 1000-metre run for all.
As in Modern Pentathlon, 1000 points is awarded for a ?bogey? time for the running and swimming with points being deducted as identified in the table below.
| CLASS | DISCIPLINE | |||
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Swimming |
Running |
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Distance |
Time for 1000 pts |
Distance |
Time for 1000 pts |
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Year 5 |
50m |
40 sec |
1,000m |
4:00.00 |
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Year 6 |
50m |
40 sec |
1,000m |
4:00.00 |
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Year 7 |
50m |
40 sec |
1,000m |
4:00.00 |
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Year 8 |
50m |
40 sec |
1,000m |
3:30.00 |
|
Year 9 |
100m |
1:20.00 |
1,000m |
3:30.00 |
|
Year 10 |
100m |
1:20.00 |
1,000m |
3:30.00 |
|
Year 11 |
100m |
1:20.00 |
1,000m |
3:30.00 |
|
Years12/13 |
100m |
1:20.00 |
1,000m |
3:30.00 |
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Teachers |
50m |
40 sec |
1,000m |
4:00.00 |
We encourage schools to organise an inter-school competitions and they are encouraged to follow these distances and times but have the allowance to adapt an event to take into consideration availability of facilities. The amalgamation of classes and introduction of a younger age group is acceptable in inter-school competitions.
Organisers of inter-school competitions are advised to check their insurance cover, as MPAGB insurance cover is only available to organisations who are affiliated to the MPAGB.
