Central Zone Athletics

On the 14 of November,a group of Clyde Quay students went to Newtown park for central zone athletics. The students competed in sprints both long and short, relays, long jump, high jump, vortex, quoits but for year 7 and 8s only they did discus instead of quoits and also the 1000m for year 5-8s.The relays were a great start to the day, the year 5-8s did 4x100m relays and year 4s did a 5x80m relay. It was incredibly nerve racking for students waiting for their turn/event. Since the grand stand was closed we sat on the steep grass bank with our Clyde Quay School flag showing were we all were.The bank was so steep we keep slipping down it. Everybody tried as hard as they could and there was a lot of encouragement from the kids watching other kids doing their event. Everybody had heaps of fun and there were great results.

By Saskia, Jamie and Sean

On  the 14th of November a group of us went to Newtown park for central zone  athletics. It was a windy Wellington day. There were 8 categories quoits, vortex, long sprints, short sprints, relays, long jump, high jump and 1000 meter run but for year 7 and 8 they did discus instead of quoits . It was cold and nerve racking waiting for your event. The competition was very competitive, so it was hard to make it through to the next round. Some lucky people made it through to interzones. Only year 4s and up could compete. All schools had a flag so that after a competitor competed they knew where to go to eat their lunch. We were sitting on the bank on the grass. Everyone did very well and thank you to the parents who helped.

By Isla, Anna and Jessica