School Cross Country Race #2

The second cross country school event that Ben took part in was at Eggbuckland school. As it was after school, I was able to leave work a little earlier to go and watch him.  He did very well and came 24th out of about 60 in the boys race for his age, which was very […]

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School Residential Week

Ben had a great residential week towards the north coast of Cornwall near Torrington. He got up to loads of things including quad biking, bodyboarding, a mud race, shooting a real gun/rifle and generally having a great time!  On the Tuesday of the week, it was Ben’s 11th birthday, so he wasn’t home this year […]

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Secondary School Application

Last night, we filled in Ben’s Secondary School application form and we have all (finally) decided on Ivybridge CC as the 1st choice, with Tavistock as the 2nd and Eggbuckland as the 3rd. It was a hard decision as Ivybridge is far and away the best school, and Ben’s preferred choice, but it costs £63 […]

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Man Of The Match

Last Saturday, Ben got the Man Of The Match award from the opposite team’s manager, which he was very pleased about! Unfortunately, they lost 7-1 to Marjons Youth, but at least it cheered him up a bit! He played very well again and was deservedly chosen as the best Kolts player as he didn’t stop […]

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School Cross Country Race #1

Yesterday, Ben took part in the first Cross Country event of the term at Plymbridge Meadows. He did extremely well and ended up 14th out of about 60 children in his race! Awesome! Bickleigh School won the overall championship in all the age groups as well, so it was a great first event for him. […]

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