Team Richmond Cricket

Hampton Academy Y8 student, Henry, represented the borough at the London Youth Games Cricket Cup at the weekend in Harrow. The team did really well finishing in second place in their group. They beat Harringey and Hounslow but lost their last match to Hillingdon. Team Richmond missed out on a place in the finals due to point’s difference.

Team Richmond teammates Ryan and James went along to support the team too

Hampton Academy Follow Local Olympians

Our Olympic Ambassadors Jack and Holly have selected two local Olympians for Hampton Academy students to follow. The two Medal hopefuls that Hampton Academy will be supporting are Mo Farah and Jess Walker. Mo Farah has just won Gold in the indoor international athletics and Jess Walker is a former student of Hampton Community College. Check out the Olympian biographies below

Name: Jessica Walker

D.O.B: 24/06/1990

Olympic event: Kayaking

Hometown: Brighton/Hampton Hill(London)

Height/Weight: 170/170lb

Coach: Miklos Simon and Trevor Hunter

Hobbies: Running/Canoeing

Interesting facts: Jessica grew up in two places, Brighton and Hampton Hill. She went to school in Hampton, going to Hampton Hill junior school, and rectory grove, or as it is known now, Hampton Academy. She is the youngest ever British female Olympian to ever participate in an event. Her first event was the K2 500M in Beijing. She came 17^th.

Name: Mo Farah

D.O.B: 23/03/1983

Olympic events: 1500M, 3000M, 5000M and 15000 M. (Running)

Hometown: Hounslow.

Height/Weight: 1.75/140lb

Coach: Alberto Salazar

Hobbies: Football/Running

Interesting facts: Mo was born in Somalia, but is a British civilian. He has supported Arsenal football club since a very early age. He is a married man, married to long time partner in running and in love, Tania Nell. They married in Marble Hill, Richmond. He has one daughter, Rihanna. In his career, he has won a total of 6 gold medals, 2 silvers and 1 bronze.

Introducing our newest Olympic Ambassadors

Hampton Academy have two brand new Olympic Ambassadors! Jack P and Holly C to continue on the work done by Matthew G and Izzy H. Our new Olympic Ambassadors introduce themselves below...

Hi, I’m Jack and I’m in Wordsworth, and I’m in year nine. I’m also one of your four Olympic ambassadors. My job is to keep you up to date about the Olympics and what we can do as a school.  

In my spare time, I like going out with friends, playing football for a team every Sunday morning, and in the summer I play cricket for a team. I’ve also supported Chelsea all my life.

I work closely with my year nine partner Holly, who’s in Conrad.

Hi I’m Holly. I am in year 9, in Conrad. I have been chosen to be an Olympic ambassador working with Jack. Our job is to keep everyone updated about the Olympics and what we can do as a whole school.

I have been in the school netball team and the borough sports. I have recently joined Whitton netball team as goal defence and centre which I enjoy.