Queen Anne’s, Caversham won five cups and two medals at the Grey Coat Hospital Foundation School’s Athletics Championship on Friday 16 May.
Both the intermediate and junior teams won their respective team awards and Queen Anne’s won the overall championship cup.
The championship, which is held annually, involved Grey Coat Hospital, Sutton Vallance and Emmanuel schools, and took place at Battersea Park, London.
Queen Anne’s students Katie Belcher and Jessica Webber won cups for achieving the highest combined point score in their events and Katie Belcher and Louise Gillman-Wells set new records in the 800m and discus.
Louise Gillman-Wells, Jessica Weber, Katie Belcher
The Grey Coat Hospital Foundation, an educational charity, was established in 1698, by eight merchants in Westminster. A few years later, the charity received the Royal Foundation of Queen Anne, and Queen Anne’s School was officially opened on its Caversham site on Ascension Day in 1894. The school still retains strong links with Westminster, and holds a celebratory service at Westminster Abbey every three years.
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Notes for editors
Queen Anne’s celebrated its 114th birthday on Ascension Day, Thursday 1 May 2008.
Queen Anne’s was invited to design and craft the Easter Garden at Westminster Abbey, which was open for public viewing from Easter Sunday until Pentecost.
