Successes hailed at Collyer’s awards night
At the annual Collyer’s Sports Awards Ceremony, successful students were rewarded for their 2018/19 achievements at the Ofsted Outstanding college.
The Duckering Hall event was attended by students, teachers and other members of the Collyer’s community.
During the season, Collyer’s teams won numerous honours across a range of sports. The men’s basketball team were Association of Colleges (AOC) under-19 National Championship runners-up, AOC South East Regional Championship winners and Surrey under-18 Schools League winners.
The mixed hockey team were AOC under-19 South East League runners-up, while the men’s football first team secured third place in the AOC South East League third place.
The women’s netball first team were Surrey under-18 Schools League Division 1 winners, while the second team were third in Surrey under-18 Schools League Division 2. The men’s rugby team were AOC South East League winners, runners-up in the Sussex Cup and AOC National Cup quarterfinalists.
Individual successes were numerous. In the Cross Country, Women’s Sussex under-18 Schools Championship: Alex Richer (fifth), Darja Knotkova-Hanley (fifth) and Jasmine Mamoany (eighth) all qualified for the English Schools Championship.
In the Cross Country Men’s under-18 Schools Championship, Luke Burgess (seventh), Bradley Burke (11th), Josh Barnett (13th) and Will Michell (26th) all qualified for the English Schools Championship.
In table tennis, Alice Hazell and Kate Cheer won the Women’s Regional under-18 Schools Championship, finishing runners-up in the National under-18 Schools Championship.
Multi-disciplined Will Michell then won the Regional under-18s School Championship, finishing fifth nationally.
Head of Collyer’s Sport Academy John Burroughs said: “It is important that we reward students for application, as well as the outstanding ability they have demonstrated over the year. Today’s prize winners regularly attended training, in addition to demonstrating superb team work, leadership and skills in their chosen sport.”
The Most Improved Player (MIP) for men’s basketball went to Mark Wint, while Archie Hill was delighted to pick up the Player of the Year (POY) award.
In women’s football, Maddy Davis (POY) and Phoebe Allan (MIP) came away with the honours, while men’s first team POY was awarded to Connor Jones, with the MIP prize won by Aaron Cowley.
The men’s football second team prize for POY was picked up by Tom Edevane, with Oli Kerr winning the MIP prize.
The mixed hockey MIP award went to Lewis Spiller, with Ella Sharpe winning MIP. Ellie Hutchinson (first team), and Fab Micoud (second team) walked away with the POY women’s netball prizes; MIP women’s netball awards went to Lucy Wright (first team) and Amelia Heath (second team).
The women’s rugby POY award went to Hannah D’Urban-Jackson and Melanie Davies picked up the MIP award. The men’s rugby MIP award went to Adam Williams, and Ian Paku was delighted to receive the POY prize.
The Individual Sports Person of the Year was Perry Malik, for his double success winning the under-19 Squash South East and National Championships. The Coach of the Year was current students Maya Le Rossignol and Ellen Oliver for their outstanding work.
The climax of the awards saw Collyer’s basketball team, National AOC runners-up, crowned Team of the Year, for the very first time.
Principal Sally Bromley added: “Massive thanks to our great coaching team and our superb athletes. These students are incredible young men and women and we are hugely proud of them. We are at the beginning of a golden generation here at Collyer’s.”