With a 46-strong team of 27 girls and 19 boys, Headlands found themselves competing against some of the best athletes from Bridlington and Driffield Schools.

The events were long and high jump, shot putt, discus, javelin, 100m, 200m, 800m, 1,500m and boys’ and girls’ 100m relays.

With Years 7,8 and 9 taking part, novices and veterans helped each other out with support and guidance and parents, friends and pupils encouraged from the sidelines.

The competition started with the girls’ track events and the first discovery of the afternoon came from year 7’s Poppy-Lea Wilson in the 100 metres.

She crossed the line third behind two county performers in a time of 13.5 seconds, beating the times from both Year 8 and Year 9 competitors!

Zoe Atkin in Year 8 came first in her 100m event.

Demi Hanson also flew the flag for Year 8 in the 800m with a fantastic time of 2.59 and Megan Saywell in the 1,500m with a time of 5min 42sec, just 10 seconds behind the Year 9 and overall winner, Courtney Gray, in 5.32.

Rebecca Almond came first in the Year 8 200m in a time of 33.60.

Ellie Harding (Year 8), Kate Hutchinson (Year 7), and Ellis Hodges (Year 7) ran personal best times in the 1,500m.

In the field events, success came from Cath Shanks (Year 8) in the javelin (17.10m), Josie Fletcher (Year 9) in the high jump (1.35m), Brodie Stirk (Year 8) in the long jump and especially Lauren Burton (Year 7) who threw the discus a massive 16.13 metres, smashing the previous school record!

Congratulations also go to Rebecca Webster for winning the Year 8 discus and Kate Hutchinson and Amy Wood who came joint first in the year 7 high jump.

The boys kicked off with the field events first with success from Rob Tindall (Year 9) in the javelin (27.96m), David Sims (Year 8) in the long jump (5.20m), Spencer Day (Year 8) in the shot putt (8.65m) and Jacob Manson (Year 7) also in the shot putt (6.31m).

In the track events, David Sims (Year 8) ran an incredible 100m in a time of 12.07, closely followed by Jarrod Smalley (Year 7) in a time of 12.09.

The most strongly-fought battle was in the 800m between Lee Warters (Year 9) and Spencer Day (Year 8). The boys battled hard throughout the race only to find there was no difference between them, both finishing in a highly impressive 2min 34sec.

A special mention must go to Jacob Hunt (Year 9) for representing Headlands for the first time in his school career and also finishing the 800m in a respectable time of 3.36.

Boys and girls competed in the final events – the 100m relay. Each team worked really hard and team spirits were high.

However, the best relay without a doubt came from the Year 8 boys.