A Celebration of Sport at Wycombe Abbey
25 April 2024 - All
To honour the sports stars of the year, the PE Department hosted Wycombe Abbey’s annual Sports Awards at the start of the Summer Term. This was the first year the awards included both senior and junior year groups, and younger pupils had the opportunity to share the evening with their school role models.
To start proceedings, we heard from Acting Director of Sport, Ruby Smith, as she gave the opening address. Guest speaker Kate Richardson Walsh OBE then shared an inspirational story of her journey to Olympic Gold in Rio 2016.
Before the event, pupils nominated their peers in each of the main sports played at school over the past year; the PE staff and coaches then shortlisted the nominations before choosing the winner. Prizes were awarded for Players of the Season, Unsung Heroes, Most Improved, Outstanding Performances of the Year, Team of the Year, and Lifetime Achievement.
The Awards were followed by a raffle to raise money for the charities the netball tour to South Africa will support in July. A huge thank you to everyone who donated prizes, we are very grateful.
The winners:
Lacrosse Player of the Season
UIII: Arabella Higgins
LIV: Gracie Guyver
UVI: Verity Galpin
LV: Annabel Spalton
UV: Clemmie Halle
LVI: Lola Compton
UVI: Amelia Smith
Tennis Player of the Season
UV: Imogen Bater
LVI: Nancy Montagu
UVI: Honor Eastwood
Swimmer of the Season
UIII: Madeleine Moore
LIV: Summer Trusted
UIV: Natalie Poon
LV Swimmer of the Season Lucy Liu
Senior: Annabelle Compton (UV)
Cross Country Runner of the Year
Junior: Alice Martin (UIII)
Inter: Monique Naik (LV)
Equestrian of the Year
Krishna Sunak (LIV)
Squash Player of the Year
Junior: Savannah Huang (UIII)
Senior: Lara El-Khoury (UVI)
Sailor of the Year
India Eastwood (UV)
Skier of the Year
Junior: Elizabeth Anne Stafford (LIV)
Senior: Annabelle Guo (UV)
Sportsmanship of the Year
UIII: Ella Harper
LIV : Sophie Strauven
UIV: Xinrui Ma
LV: Ava Claridge
UV: Kitty Kenyon
LVI: Amelia Sallybanks
UVI: Megan Ward
Most Improved
UIII: Kimberley Zhou
LIV: Penney Navalitloha
UIV: Celia Von Schacky
LV: Georgina Emmanuel
UV: Melody Zhou
LVI: Issy Duncan
UVI: Valentina Crespo
All Round Performance
UIII: Adaobi Ogbunude
LIV: Ella Lodge
UIV : Tess Easterbrook
LV: Angel Mendel-Idowu
UV: Lily Coomber
LVI: Ria ibru
UVI: Pip Lloyd -Williams
Team of the Year
Junior National Swimmers
Lifetime Achievement
Megan Ward (UVI)
Netball Player of the Season
UIII: Adaobi Ogbunude
LIV: Alice Burford
UIV: Kendra Mgbokwere
LV: Isobel Ferguson
UV: Anna Olugbodi
LVI: Ria Ibru
UVI: Anna Coomber
Cricket Player of the Season
UV: Lily Coomber
LVI: Nancy Montagu
UVI: Pip Lloyd -Williams
Athlete of the Season
UV: Maria McMullan
LVI: Sophia Strachan
UVI: Liza Kashirina
Fencer of the Year
Junior: Elizabeth Anne Stafford (LIV)
Senior: Isabella Pucci (UVI)
Dancer of the Year
Junior: Roxy Gooderick (UIV)
Senior: Kate Hsu (UV)
Footballer of the Year
Olivia Zangenberg (UIII)
Gymnast of the Year
Sophie Odeinde (LIV)
Sports Leader of the Year
Anabelle Shea (LV)
Unsung Hero
UIII: Olivia Gaffney
LIV: Sophia Geinsendorf
UIV: Alessia Chandler
LV: Yuning Liu
UV: Fariha Lovejoy
LVI : Thaisa Wilder
UVI: Hannah Wilkinson
Outstanding Performance
UIII: Issabella Sherman
LIV: Summer Trusted
UIV: Anissa Ekeh
LV: Isobel Ferguson
UV: Olivia Gordon Clark
LVI: Emily Maclay
UVI: Anna Coomber
Special Recognition
Eloise Schlotterbeck (LV)
Anjola Aderoju (UIII)
Melody Zhou (UV)
Maddie Chu (LV)
Olivia Cooper-Evans (LV)
Roxy Gooderick (UIV)
Clelia Antoine (LV)
Rachel Charles (UIII)
Phoenix Zhou (UIII)
Zoe Tang (UIII)
Zahirah Amir Hamzah (UVI)
Katherine Wang (UVI)
Beatrice Nield (LVI)
Vanessa So (LV)
Genevieve Donald (UV)
Emmy Penwell (LIV)
Alice Moser (UV)
Mr Nigel Greenall
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