Summer Has Finally
Arrived!
The clocks have
gone forward and Congleton High School’s field has been basked in sun but these
are not the only signs that summer has officially begun as this week has seen
the start of Congleton High School’s summer sports.
CHS offers a
range of summer sports including cricket, tennis, athletics, rounders and ultimate
frisbee. The full extra-curricular sports programme for the summer term is
below. If you want to try out for a team or just want to have fun and stay fit, there is something for everyone. 
The school’s
first cricket net session of the summer was held this week, with Mr Naylor
feeling the full force of year 10 student, Cameron Jennings’ beamer, which left
him nursing a dead arm.
The summer
sports have begun and the winter sports have come to an end and Congleton High
School’s netballers have finished the season in style with both year 7 A and B
teams winning their respective South Cheshire Championship tournaments this week.
It was a fantastic end to what has been a brilliant season for CHS in netball,
with CHS’ year 8, year 9 and under-18 girl’s netball teams being crowned South
Cheshire champions this year along with the two year 7 teams. CHS have also
recorded clean sweeps of wins in league meetings this season. Well done to all
the girls who have been part of the school’s netball teams and let’s hope for further
success next year.
From the sun
baked netball courts to the snow covered mountains. Mr Naylor took part in a
skiing instructor course over the Easter holidays and he was lucky enough to
ski with former British alpine ski racer, Chemmy Alcott as well as get an
insight into the life of professional ski racer. For those who do not know, she
has competed in four Winter Olympics and seven World Championships and a multiple British national champion however she retired from international
competition last year.
Finally, you
may have seen in the news this week that cricketer Liam Livingstone set one of
the highest one-day scores in history after he scored 350 runs off only 138
balls (including 34 fours and 27 sixes), whilst playing for Nantwich Cricket
Club. I have been informed that CHS’ very own Mr French will be bowling against
him in a T20 match soon. I am not sure if he will being looking forward to
that!
Written by Adam Bailey
