用比赛成绩迎接杭州亚运会，惠灵顿杭州心心相融

三月，学校运动队出省参赛。在这首次体育赛事之旅中，13 岁以下篮球、足球、游泳和网球队伍参加了常州体育节的比赛。我们与其他学校携手共进，让同学们将平常锻炼的技能付诸实践。我校运动队在这一系列比赛中大放异彩，赢得了总冠军奖杯。 

五月，惠灵顿杭州校区花样游泳队在主场举办的第三届惠灵顿杯花样游泳邀请赛中脱颖而出，在全国共六支参赛队伍中，一举拿下第一名的好成绩。比赛中，运动员们轻盈地跳入水中，在水中优美地旋转起舞，为我们呈现了一场精彩的视觉盛宴。

五月底，首届惠灵顿体育节隆重召开。来自惠灵顿（中国）姊妹学校的学子们齐聚南通校区，开展了飞盘、带式橄榄球、板球、排球、足球、曲棍球等四赛事的角逐。选手们展现出了超越年龄水平的运动技能和精神风貌，赛场上的每一位参与者都值得我们的尊重和称赞。 

五月末、六月初，惠灵顿杭州校区学生五年来首次应邀参加了亚洲英国国际学校联合会（FOBISIA）11岁以下锦标赛。34名学生参加了竞争极为激烈的足球、游泳、儿童棒球、田径等竞技赛事，充分展现出坚定的决心和敢与国内最强学校同场竞技的勇气。惠灵顿杭州校区校队赢得田径赛事第二名，其中不少学生在田赛项目中拔得头筹。足球比赛中，我校女足赢得第一名、男足赢得第三名的好成绩。女足队表现勇猛，赢得许多教练和家长的一致称赞。虽然我们没有专门开展游泳和儿童棒球的比赛训练，但同学们还是取得了第四名的好成绩。  

6月23日至25日，惠灵顿杭州校区花样游泳队伍前往澳门，参加2023美高梅艺术游泳精英汇演暨澳门艺术游泳公开赛。同学们有幸观看了中国花样游泳队、北京花样游泳队、四川洲克花样游泳队的精彩汇演——“水上芭蕾”秀。我校运动员在随后的公开赛中，凭借过硬的专业技能和优美的艺术呈现，一举捧回季军奖杯。 

我校运动队还在萧山地区的赛事中延续了去年的胜利。校队在这些比赛中展现出真正的勇气和体育精神，赢得了成功。初中部游泳队在萧山区比赛中，以10枚金牌、2枚银牌、1枚铜牌和2项区级记录的优异成绩赢得总冠军。14 岁以下女足队在区杯赛中获得第四名，12 岁以下触式橄榄球队在杭州触式橄榄球杯比赛中获得第三名。校队还首次参加了区级比赛中的篮球和排球比赛。

学校体育事业的建设以促进学生参与、发展竞技项目为愿景，赋予学生让潜力绽放的机会。通过体育锻炼，同学们得以在课堂之外、富有建设性意义的积极环境中，释放自我、茁壮成长。体育组将持续秉承这一愿景，期待着在下一学年更上一层楼。我们希望能在亚洲最好的联盟中积极参赛，将惠灵顿杭州校区的体育精神继续发扬光大。 

Sports results embracing the Asian Games: 

Heart to Heart at WCH

Athletes must push beyond themselves and break through barriers. If you play it safe, you may be surpassed by others. Embrace the challenge, go beyond your limits and achieve your best score, but more importantly, excel in your training and transcend yourself spiritually. 

Wang Shun

swim champion of Tokyo Olympics

World Championships

Indonesia Asian Games and China National Games

In line with the spirit of the Asian Games, Wellington College Hangzhou continues to build our sports programme that aims at increasing participation and building a well-rounded future for our pupils. Every time we compete on the sports field, we aim to win but also to uphold the sportsmanship of unwavering dedication and a positive attitude. As we approach the end of this academic year, let us follow our PE department in retrospect of the highlights and achievements of this year.  

During our fifth year at Wellington College Hangzhou, we saw a sporting programme that surpassed our expectations.  

COVID 19 becoming a thing of the past, enabling a dynamic, innovative programme to grow. We continue to model our outstanding sporting programme on the best sporting programmes in the world. This year, we can confidently say that we have established successful teams from both our Primary and Junior High/ Senior schools. We are now the dominant sporting school amongst bilingual and international schools in Hangzhou.  

During the month of March, our teams had the opportunity to compete outside of the province. The first sporting tour saw U13 teams in basketball, football, swimming, and netball compete at the Changzhou Sports Festival. This was a wonderful opportunity for our school to collaborate with other schools and also put their skills from training sessions into practice. Our teams shone throughout, winning the overall trophy.

April saw the first set of Wellington College Hangzhou versus Wellington College Shanghai competitive fixtures. The pupils truly showed their immense talent and dedication to the sporting program. The girls beat Wellington College Shanghai U14 girls football team 5-0. Please bear in mind that most of the girls were 12 years of age. The boys beat Wellington College Shanghai U14 football team 6-2 and beat the German International School U14 football team 5-3. The boys beat both Wellington Shanghai A U14 basketball team and Wellington Shanghai B U14 basketball team.  

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On 27 May, our Grade 5 and Year 6 pupils travelled to Nantong to participate in the launch of the under 11s 2023 Wellington Games competing in teams with pupils from our sister schools in Wellington College China. Pupils competed in six major events, including ultimate frisbee, tag rugby, bench ball, volleyball, unihoc and football. The athletes demonstrated sports skills and spirit beyond their age, and every participant on the field deserved our respect and praise. 

In May and June, Wellington College Hangzhou was invited to compete at the first U11 FOBISIA games in five years. The event took place in Beijing between May 31st and June 2nd. 34 pupils participated in the highly competitive event in the sports of football, swimming, T ball and athletics. Throughout the tournament, our pupils showed true determination and grit to compete against the best schools in China.  Our team placed 2nd in athletics, with many of our pupils placing 1st in track events. Within the football competitions, our boys placed 3rd and our girls placed 1st. The girls were the dominant force in the football competition, with many coaches and parents complimenting how well the team played. Swimming and T ball were sports that we had not trained in, however, we placed a respectable 4th.  

From 23 to 25 June, Wellington College Hangzhou Synchronised Swimming squad visited Macao, China, to participate in MGM Artistic Swimming Elite Extravaganza & MACAO Artistic Swimming Competition, where they were amazed by breath-taking performances from the elite teams, including China’s Synchronised Swimming Team, Beijing Synchronised Swimming Team and Sichuan ZOKE Synchronised Swimming Team. Our wonderful team won third place in the competition with their skills and artistic presentation.  

Sporting teams have continued their successes from last year within the district of Xiaoshan. Our teams demonstrated true grit and sportsmanship in these competitions, which led to their success. Our Junior High Swimming Squad was crowned the 1st overall champions in the Xiaoshan District Competition with an amazing record of 10 gold medals, 2 silver medals, 1 bronze medal and 2 district records. The U14 girl's football team placed 4th in the district cup, and the U12 touch rugby team finished 3rd in the Hangzhou touch rugby cup. Our teams have also competed for the first time in both basketball and volleyball within district competitions.  

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