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Congratulations to Rob Thomson (Year 11)  who has completed a 172 mile run, over half term, from the source of the Thames to Tower Bridge in 7 days. The individual days mileage and times were:

Day 1 = 23 miles 3 hours  55 mins
Day 2 = 23 miles 4 hours 55 mins
Day 3 = 30 miles in 5 hours 30 mins
Day 4 = 27 miles in 5 hours 15 mins
Day 5= 23 miles in 4 hours 15 mins
Day 6 = 25 miles in 4 hours 33 mins
Day 7 = 22 miles in 3 hours 18 mins

He has raised around £1,000, from the run, to fund a £4,000-trip to Bolivia next summer where he intends to do a mountain trek followed by charity work.

“He didn’t stop during the runs for breaks. He drank loads of water, Lucozade and ate Jelly Babies to keep going,” said his Mum, Suzanne Thomson. 

I had never thought of rowing as a sport that I was ever going to do, but last November Mr Holden told me that a Sport England scout had asked if anyone had the potential to be a rower and he put me forward.

Now after several tests and trials I am on the Great Britain Rowing World Class Start programme. I have to go on rowing camps every month in Nottingham, and the overall aim is to go to the 2016 Olympics in Rio representing Great Britain.

I am tested all the time by doing skills and rowing, and I have to continue improving at a certain rate. World Class Start have coaches, dieticians, nutritionists, doctors, sports psychologists, physiotherapists and we are sponsored by Siemens and the National Lottery.

Joe Lynch

I am launching a new category on The Corsham School blog called ‘Student Inspirations’ that will showcase our students’ amazing achievements outside of school. To launch this new category I am profiling James Threlfall. Look out for more in the coming months and let me know if your child has achieved something amazing!

Mr Parsons

ele-manager@corsham.wilts.sch.uk

Profile

• Skateboard on what’s known as vert
• Finished 3^rd overall in the UK this year
• Now been promoted up to A group, which is the highest group in the UK for competition
• Sponsored by four companies (DuFFS, Skate Warehouse, Suso Drinks and Sutsu) who provide boards, clothing, drinks, shoes etc for free in return for promotion
• Vert is being introduced as a pilot sport in the 2012 Olympics
• Hopefully going to the European’s in Sweden again in February
• Ran the Wiltshire Skate Series across 3 different towns in Wiltshire recently for youths in conjunction with Wiltshire Alternative Youth Sports, Wiltshire County Council, Skate Warehouse, Monster Energy Drink and We Are Rollers. This attracted a couple of hundred people to each leg

Team Interview for James by Sutsu

Name: James Threlfall

Alias/nickname: Freefall

Location: Bath

Years skating: About 5 in total, 2 on vert

Favourite skatepark: Gotta be Bath! Going with the local haha. Our local vert’s there and the midi ramp they have there’s real nice.

Proudest moment: I’d say picking up my first athlete’s pass at Boardmaster’s 08 was a big deal for me. I’d been there when I was 12 and became really determined to get into vert at some point when I saw the guys riding the ramp, so to be on the athlete’s list a couple of years later felt pretty cool. I guess I was inspired…

Signature manouver: Frontside air variations are always in my runs… I’d say I rep lien airs pretty frequently haha.

Best thing about being a vert skater: Almost everything’s an adrenaline rush. Learning something new on vert is always feels a lot more crazy than on any other ramp, I guess that’s one of the most rewarding things.

And the worst?: Going faster and higher has its downs I guess… You hit the floor harder.

How do you deal with skating and school?: It’s not bad, my school are actually really cool with my skating and give me days off here and there when I need them for competitions and stuff. They also let me out at 1 on a Wednesday to go and skate vert so I get a good bit of practice in there, they’re really supportive of me.

Future ambitions: Just to keep skating! It’d be great to have a job involving skating, but other than that I just want to keep riding to see where it takes me!

Photo credit: Jacob Box 

James Threlfall – Welcome to Sutsu

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