98 Students from 17 different East London schools from Newham, Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering took part in the Panathlon Challenge today at Langdon Academy. This was the second East London competition in the first round, following on from last weeks competition in Hackney.
The scores were incredibly close, between the ever competitive rivals of Newham and Barking and Dagenham, both previous London Final winners. However the early running was made by surprise outsiders, Redbridge who won the first few sports completed, being Boccia & Table Cricket. Barking & Dagenham triumphed in Polybat and the Athletics Field competitions, with the consistent Newham winning Kurling and the Athletics Races. This meant that only 2 points separating the 3 top teams overall, with Newham just edging it with 48 points, and Barking & Dagenham and Redbridge both with 46 points. in tied situations we go to ‘countback’ and count the individual first, second and third places, and in this case, Barking & Dagenham edged 2nd place by a high number of 2nd places. For a full break-down of the results click here.
Redbridge and Havering go through to the Plate Final for the runners up, whilst Newham and Barking & Dagenham qualify in the main competition, to join last weeks winners, Hackney and Waltham Forest. The East London Finals will take place on March 25th at the University of East London Sports Dock.
Please click below to see the gallery of pics from today and also see the Blog, for a story on our Young Leaders and officials from today.
The schools involved today were-
Redbridge – Seven Kings & Little Heath
Havering – Hallmead & Ravensbourne
Newham – St Angelas, Langdon Academy, Rokerby, Plashet, Little Ilford, Eastlea, St Bons & Royal Docks.
Barking & Dagenham – Jo Richardson,Trinity, All Saints, Eastbrook, Barking Abbey, Robert Clack
