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Adam Selected for english Schools'

Athletic Association Championships

Ivybridge Community College is delighted to announce that Year 9 student,
Adam Dingley has been selected for the eSAA (english Schools' Athletic Association)
Championships for U15 80m hurdles event.
this is a huge achievement and follows months of training and competing in athletics
competitions throughout the country. these include the South West Athletics
Academy open, the Yeovil olympiads, Brickfields for the first Devon open, the exeter
Athletics Academy open, the Newquay and Par open and
the Devon open. At these events he nas notched up many personal bests and
medals, whilst continuing to improve his UK rankings.

“Adam continues to make me extremely proud, and I am beyond excited for him
to participate in the eSAA Championships next month. he has shown me the track
where he will be participating in Manchester and I will eagerly await an update
on how he has done.” gemma Riley, tutor.

the championships will take place in Manchester, in July and we wish him the very
best of luck!
Sporting Achievements
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Rugby Celebration for NatWest Schools Cup finalists

In May, the College’s Rugby Academy held a celebration event for its 2020 Under 15 team.
the team made College history when it reached the final of the Under 15 NatWest Schools’
Cup, which is the foremost english Schools' Rugby Union Cup competition. the Ivybridge
Community College students were the first team from a state school to reach the Cup Final
in 10 years.
the team were due to play against Stowe School in the final at twickenham, the home of
england Rugby, in March 2020. however, the match had to be postponed, and was then
eventually cancelled, due to CoVID-19 restrictions.
“Reaching the final of the NatWest Schools’ Cup was an astounding achievement, usually
achieved only by teams from independent and private schools.” said Matt Shepherd, head
of Rugby at Ivybridge Community College. “It is such a shame that the ultimate reward, to
play and possibly win, at twickenham, could not happen. As a College, we are
exceptionally proud of everyone involved, so we were determined to commemorate their
achievement by holding a well-deserved celebration for the squad.”
the celebration included each squad member being awarded the shirt that they would have worn had
they played against Stowe School at twickenham. After they had received their shirt, the ‘Player of the
Year’ trophy was then presented. this was awarded to Jeremy tuima. Jeremy’s brother Rusiate plays for
the exeter Chiefs, his sister for the england ladies' team and his uncle was captain of the Fiji team.
Matt Shepherd then outlined the Rugby Academy’s ambitions for the next College year in a special
presentation. he detailed the provision that Ivybridge Community College will be offering to those who
stay on and head towards its Sixth Form programme for the Senior elite Squad.
Ivybridge Community College has an
impressive record of producing Rugby players
of the highest calibre, including current exeter
Chiefs players Stu townsend, Dave ewers,
Ben Moon, Sam Simmonds and team captain
Joe Simmonds.
“I am extremely proud of every one of the
Under 15 Rugby Squad,” added Matt, “they
are a credit to themselves, Ivybridge
Community College and to their parents. We
are excited for the next part of our journey into
the Sixth Form with an outstanding group of
Rugby players.”

Email: icc@ivybridge.devon.sch.uk Website: www.ivybridge.devon.sch.uk