The weather wasn't quite as nice as yesterday but the rain just about held off for the second day at Abacus School for Joshua's turn at sports day. He was entered into the hurdles and the long distance race and did extremely well. In the hurdles race he seemed to get off to a real slow start and was back in 3rd or 4th, but the rest as they say was history as he powered all the way through to the finish line for a very easy win and the gold medal.
The long distance involved two laps around the school field track and proved to be more of a challenge for Joshua. Him and Laurence had a real battle on the first lap and exchanged the lead on a few occasions. But Joshua just didn't have the legs to hang with Laurence on the 2nd lap and ended up a very respectable second place.
So really proud of Joshua for taking home a gold and silver medal from the Sports day. I do think it is good that the school give out gold, silver and bronze and teach the kids about winning and losing. It was a pleasure to watch all the kids over the last two days, lots of emotions for kids and parents. All the kids gave it 100% and it is fantastic to see how driven and competitive some of them are at such a young age.
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| White class do their parade lap around the track with Joshua's teacher Mrs Bright. |
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| Joshua following behind with his class mates on their parade lap. |
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| Joshua powers home in his first event, the hurdles, to take the gold medal. |
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| A proud boy with his first medal of the day. |
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| Joshua takes to the podium for the hurdles victory. |
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| Joshua lining up for his second race of the day, the long distance. |
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| Lap 1 and Joshua and Laurence keep exchanging the lead and pushing each other along. |
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| Easy win for Laurence in the end, but Joshua comes home in a comfortable second place with 3rd nowhere in sight. |
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| Second time on the podium for Joshua to collect his silver medal. |
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