Congratulations to all 18 children who attended the sailing course at South Cerney and passed their RYA Level 1 exam. Twelve of those children are now working towards Level 2.
A new group of children will have the opportunity to take up sailing next summer.
Well done to our golfers who achieved great results at the Milton Abbey Golf Tournament on Sunday.
Eight schools took part and we finished Runners Up to Castle Court with Sandroyd in third position. Markus Braadlie was also runner up in the Individual competition.
This young, inexperienced team can be very pleased with their performance.
Congratulations to Ema Lazic on her continuing tennis success.
Ema has recently won a Grade 4 tournament and she came 12th on the AEGON National Junior Girls 12 & Under leader board for the season. Ema has also represented Wiltshire in the County Cup this summer as part of a 5 girl team and at the moment, is ranked Number 1 in Wiltshire for the 12 and Under age group!
During the summer a team of Pinewood children ventured to Hickstead to take part in the prestigious Schools Show Jumping Competition.
This is a huge event with the top 10 teams going through to the second round in the international arena.
The Pinewood team rode superbly with Philly Hall and Ryan Lockwood just tipping a pole each and Hannah Hirayama (a late substitution) going clear. This was a huge achievement over an enormous course and was good enough to put them through to the 2nd round. Sadly, the pressure of riding in the main ring meant nerves got the better of the girls, but Ryan put in a brave performance to finish on 4 faults.
The team finished a creditable 9th out of 22 teams and should be congratulated on their efforts.
Congratulations to our athletes, who have been busy achieving great success over the holidays at the MADJA Club Championships.
Lucas Arkwright came 2nd overall in the U11 Boys Tournament, despite being a year young. He was also awarded a medal for 'Most Improved U11 Athlete'. The U10's and U11's were split, but he came 1st in 600m, 75m and Vortex, with a throw 7m further than anyone else and 2nd in the Long Jump.
Harriet Eyles won the U9's girls event and James Eyles also won a medal.
Old Pinewoodian Amy Cooper came first in the Senior Girls' Tournament.
Please note that Cumnor House will be on tour again this year and will be bringing hockey and rugby teams to play our U13A and 1st XV over the weekend of 27th/28th November.
The tourists will arrive on Saturday evening and we will play them on Sunday morning.
More details to follow, but do be aware that this is an exeat weekend.