Beaudesert school celebrate success in national sporting arenas (From Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)
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Minchinhampton's Beaudesert school make a big splash in sport
10:14am Tuesday 31st July 2012 in School News
Bea Knight, 10, of Beaudesert Park School, receives her medals and trophy for winning the British Modern Biathlon
CHILDREN at Beaudesert Park School in Minchinhampton have been lapping up national attention thanks to their recent sporting successes.
Georgia Martin and Zoe Davison both took gold, Georgia in U12 backstroke and Zoe in U13 breaststroke, at national swimming finals organised by the Independent Association of Prep Schools (IAPS).
Zoe is a current GB national triathlon champion and has recently been selected for support by the GB English talent programme.
Beaudesert boys Lucas Sopher and Timmy Mayer have also excelled, sailing home with silver medals in the sailing finals.
Elsewhere, Bea Knight, 10, won gold at the British Modern Biathlon Championships in Sutton Coldfield, taking the lead in her class in the 50m swim and the 500m run.
Beaudesert Park School headteacher James Womersley said: “We are proud of all the achievements of the children here at Beaudesert and these recent sporting achievements are very impressive. They are the well-deserved result of huge amounts of effort and dedication by the children. Well done them.”
