Seb’s Racing Success

30th March 2022Alana Whenary

This weekend Year 9 student, Sebastian Parreira, competed in the third and final round of the Teesside Winter Sprint championship. He won all of his races to secure the Junior Prokart championship title. The championship was run from December to March with rounds 1 and 3 run at Teesside Karting and round 2 at Whilton Mill in Northamptonshire. Seb competed in all three championship rounds, winning eight out of the nine races.

Seb has been competing in kart races for a couple of years, having got his first kart at age 11 after enjoying karting at an indoor track in Newcastle before that. He has since raced in local outdoor championships at Teesside, Warden Law near Sunderland, and Cumbria, as well as a couple of national championships in 2021 which saw him competing at tracks all over the UK.

Under 18’s Rugby Winners

3rd March 2022Alana Whenary

The King Edward VI School Under 18’s visited Newcastle School for boys yesterday for a 7 a side rugby tournament. They overcame NSB, Dame Allan’s and Bede Academy to win the tournament.

Well done to all involved and thank you to Mr Short and Mr Rhodes for their support!

Ski Success

1st February 2022Alana Whenary

Former student Amy Stokoe, has been racing in Italy on her first year as an FIS Athlete in Giant Slalom and Slalom. She has competed in races in Alpe Cermis and Santa Caterina in December and in Bormio in January.
She placed 9th in Slalom in Bormio in the Scottish Championships and 18th in Giant Slalom in Santa Caterina at the Ambition FIS Championships. Her FIS points currently stand at 114.63 in Giant Slalom and 117.94 in Slalom.
Her goal is to get below 100 points in order to be selected for the GB squad.

Amy will be going to Bormio for the English Alpine Championships where she will be representing the England Alpine Squad. She hopes to be racing in Andorra in March and in the British Alpine Championships in France.

Well done Amy and good luck.

Ski Success for Amy

13th December 2021Alana Whenary

Y12 student Amy Stokoe has been recently selected for the English Schools’ Ski Association Training Senior Squad First Team 2021-2022 and has been in Italy training for the last 2 weeks.

This weekend Amy competed in FIS giant slalom and slalom races races in Alpe Cermis in the Dolomites competing with women from all over the world.

Amy was the fastest British racer in giant slalom. Giant slalom is not her main discipline as she is only able to train for this abroad and has been unable to be in the mountains much these last 21 months. She was the 2nd fastest Briton on Sunday, finishing 30th on a tough course where half the field didn’t finish the first run.

This is a fantastic achievement and we wish her every success!

Food Bank Collection

10th December 2021Alana Whenary

Staff and students at King Edward’s have once again made a great contribution to Wansbeck Food Bank this week. Their generous donations were greatly appreciated. Thanks to all students and staff for their contributions.

Team Success at National Cross Country Finals

6th December 2021Alana Whenary

Huge congratulations to our Cross Country team who came third in the English Schools Athletic Association National Finals in Newquay at the weekend.

(From right to left) Liam Roche, James Tilly, Matthew Walton, Will de Vere Owen, Ryan Davies and Bertie Marr put in a fantastic effort in dreadful conditions to secure their place. Well done to all and thank you to their parents for their support.