Orienteering Success! |
The first round of the Panathlon Orienteering Competition took place on Thursday 19th Nov at the River Dart Country Park. A (small) team from PHSG competed making up a team with boys from Mount Tamar Special School.
Rhian Roberts, year 11 and Hannah Greep, year 8 from Plymouth High were outstanding in both their enthusiasm and willingness to work with the boys from Mount Tamar. Thank you girls for a fantastic effort. A big thank you also goes to the Mount Tamar boys, who were a credit to their school - we are proud to be working with you!
The course was a challenge to the girls who have not done much orienteering in the past. They definitely benefitted from the training provided by the Marjons students in the morning though, putting in a great effort with the following results:
The year 8 pair came 6th overall out of 10 teams and placed first in our group for year 8's.
The year 11 pair did brilliantly, coming first out of the year 11 team's in our group, 4th placed team out of 10 in the competition.
Overall, the PHSG/Mount Tamar combined team placed 3rd out of the 4 teams in our group and will be participating in the upcoming orienteering league in preparation for the final Panathlon competition in March.
