Category: Sport

10 July 20

This term pupils in the Senior School have been taking part in virtual Sports Day challenges…they were lots of fun! The PE Department also marked the end of term in the traditional way by awarding the Barry Goodall Award for an Outstanding Contribution to School Sport.  This year it was jointly awarded to Ben Hawthorne…

23 June 20

Welcome to this week’s St Chris Community Challenge –  Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. It starts off fairly simply and then gets progressively harder. Go and give it a try and send in your video attempts to lyn.mcgreggor@stchris.co.uk

23 May 20

Our Swim School teachers have taken part in the Toilet Roll Challenge! (The video includes an announcement from Kate…the teacher in the blow up birthing pool!)   Thanks to Hollie, the daughter of one of our Swim School teachers – for putting this together!   #mystchris

22 May 20

This week, as part of their Senior School virtual sports day challenge, St Chris pupils have been taking part in a Limbo Challenge and a Star Agility Challenge. Limbo Challenge – Set up your own limbo! How low can you go? Measure your lowest distances (and video your performances) and send them into fitnessfun@stchris.co.uk Dalia…

12 May 20

Jenny White has posted this week’s Sports Day Hurdling Challenge onto SMHW for Senior School pupils – below you’ll find a video of Connie (I Group/Year 7) showing us how it’s done!  (Thank you to Connie for inspiring the Challenge this week.) There is a Tennis/Badminton Rallying Challenge too, for those who’d prefer to keep…

1 May 20

Welcome to Week 2 of remote learning which means… it’s time for Lyn’s second challenge! This timed challenge is open to all pupils and families (and staff) at St Chris! Go on, give it a try and message in your fastest time to lyn.mcgregor@stchris.co.uk

7 February 20

Well done to our Senior School swimming teams – Junior Girls and Junior Boys (Years 7 and 8) and Inter Girls and Inter Boys (Years 9 and 10) – who represented St Chris at the District Swimming Gala at Hitchin Swimming Centre on 30 January. All our swimmers were placed successfully in the gala and…

24 October 19

On Sunday 6 October, Stan – a Year 12 (LVI) pupil – represented St Chris in the annual, local Standalone 10K Race which this year attracted 1,336 competitors.  Stan ran a very respectable time of 43 mins, but already plans to race again next year to beat his Personal Best! Well done Stan.

23 October 19

Our Year 8 Rugby team recently entered a 10-a-side Rugby Festival at Stevenage Rugby club.  There were 12 local schools taking part, split into two pools. The games were all very fast-paced, being played on half a pitch and only 10 minutes long. As this was a festival there were no winners or losers. Our games all proved to be closely fought…

28 June 19

Congratulations to St Chris PE teacher Lyn McGregor who, last week, won the Grassroots Match Official of the Year Award at Hertfordshire Football Association awards ceremony.