ATHLETICS

DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS

As another fantastic athletics season draws to a close we can celebrate the many successes of our Bushey Meads students. After individual success in the County Championships, the final County League match of the season saw the Senior Boys team qualify for the COUNTY PLATE FINAL after finishing 8th after 6 matches in the regular season. We look forward to hearing how they get on in a later newsletter. This week a hot Wednesday 17th June saw the Watford District Athletics Championships take place with over 1500 students from 18 schools in the Watford District competing in the full range of track and field events at the Woodside Stadium. As ever competition was fierce but the Bushey Meads students can be proud of their efforts. It was a fantastic day of competition with a special mention to K Walker who was crowned District 100m Champion winning the Year 10 Outstanding performance award. In the process of winning the 100m he also broke the District 100m record – an outstanding achievement. E Silver, County Shot put champion,  produced a similarly outstanding performance to win the Year 9 shot competition. M Gibson, competing in her first District Championships produced a fantastic throw to win the year 7 Girls Javelin competition. M Oleksy made it 4 outright District Champions with a great win in the Year 9 Girls 200m Final.

With all the results collated Bushey Meads Boys teams finished top of the Boys District B League for the second year in a row with the BMS Girls teams finishing 4th.This made the teams the outright B League Runners-Up after narrowly being beaten by Grange Academy. All of our competitors should be applauded for their efforts and they were a credit to the school throughout the day. Special mention to the following students who finished in the Top 6 in their respective events :

Year 7 Girls (Overall 11th out of 18)

A Gray 4th Shot

M Gibson 1st Javelin

Year 8 Girls (Overall 9th out of 18)

M Preston 6th 100m

E Bain 6th High Jump

E Coetzee 6th Shot

E Wurr 4th Discus

Year 9 Girls (Overall 11th out of 18)

M Oleksy 1st 200m

E Gillett 5th 800m

M Grund 6th Shot

Year 10 Girls (Overall 13th out of 18)

Y Khan 5th Discus

A Permeti 4th Javelin

Year 7 Boys (Overall 14th out of 18)

Sam Frigot 2nd Javelin

Year 8 Boys (Overall 7th out of 18)

D Hope 2nd 1500m

A Nguyen 4th High Jump

S Atodiresei 4th Pole Vault

Year 9 Boys (Overall 4th out of 18)

R Samin 6th 100m

Z King 3rd 800m

A Cohen 5th Hurdles

E Rumney 4th Triple Jump

G Fogden 5th Pole Vault

E Silver 1st Shot

D Isles 6th Discus

N Gibson 5th Javelin

Year 10 Boys (Overall 7th out of 18)

K Walker 1st 100m

I Mwandira 5th 400m

F Francos 2nd 1500m

C Munyoro 3rd Hurdles

A Chaudhry Shamas 5th Discus

R Doran 6th Javelin

Overall District Sports Results

Bushey Meads Boys 7th out of 18 / B League 1st

Bushey Meads Girls 12th out 18 / B League 4th

Bushey Meads Combined 9th out of 18 / B League 2nd 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CRICKET

Year 9/10 Cricket v Reach Free (Division 1)  Mr Cartledge

Date : Thursday 18th June  2026

Score : Bushey Meads 70 for 8 (15 overs) Reach Free 54 all out (12.1 overs) BMS win by 16 runs

Batting : A Chaudhry-Shamas 13

Bowling : P Patel 4 for 8, A Chaudhry Shamas 1 for 8, S Jabarkhel 2 for 14, E Rumney 1 for 15, K Gorsia 1 for 9

Squad : P Patel, M Jaji, A Chaudhry Shamas, S Mcgrath, E Rumney,K Gorsia, S Kochai, S Jabarkhel, D Isles, M Patel

Comment : The team made it 2 wins out of 2 with a fantastic bowling and fielding performance after struggling with the bat. A Chaudhry-Shams top scored with 13 as the boys laboured to a total of 70. Needing to start well an outstanding first over from P Patel saw him take 3 wickets for 2 runs including the key wickets of their leading batsmen. This included 2 excellent catches from wicketkeeper M Jaji.He was ably supported with excellent spells of bowling from S Jabarkhel, E Rumney, A Chaudhry-Shamas and K Gorsia. The boys also fielded really well with further catches from M Patel and A Chaudhry-Shamas to dismiss the opposition for 54. Well done the whole team!

It is essential that students have the full correct PE kit for all lessons. This includes shinpads and black /yellow socks when participating in football lessons and also a pair of white sports socks for all other activities. Students will be reminded when activities change. Students not bringing the correct kit will instantly receive consequence points.

Girls should be wearing plain black shorts which are longer than the length of their PE shirt or hoody. Leggings should be black sports leggings and not see through.  Black tracksuit bottoms are also permitted.

ALL jewellery should be removed prior to the start of the lesson, including earrings, and hair should be tied up.

For any parental enquiries about any aspects of PE contact the Head of PE and Health Faculty Ashley Cartledge cartledgea@busheymeads.org.uk . For any specific issues related to Girls PE and girls fixtures contact Sarah Cooper coopers@busheymeads.org.uk.

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