KEWLIMPICS

Citius, Altius, Fortius

Every four years the best of the best come together to compete in tests of courage, willpower and strength. However, there was also a similar, little-known event hosted in Rio in the past month, but let’s forget about that at the moment, because what I’m talking about is the ‘Kewlimpics’.

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Mr Abbott, one of the P.E. teachers who constructed and supervised the event and asked him a few questions about how it ran.

“Sadly, I can’t say I was the one who fabricated the idea of hosting an Olympics at Kew” said Mr Abbott, “that honour goes to Ms Cleghorn.”

Yet even if Mr Abbott didn’t envision the event, that doesn’t mean he didn’t have any input. In fact, he was responsible for brainstorming two of the five sports that were played. “I came up with the idea for a push-up competition and a 40m sprint in the quadrangle… They were simple ideas, but they worked.”

And that they did, with over 30 students participating in the events. Mr Abbot  also participated in two of the events, the 40m sprint, and Ms Bates’ long jump. “The way the sprint works is that you and another participant run down the track in the quadrangle… But unfortunately I was paired up with Mr Adderley, so it’s fair to say I lost.”

But that didn’t get Mr Abbott down, instead he also took part in the high jump, and came first! “To be honest my height gave me a significant advantage, ...and I’m looking forward to what’s going to happen at the next ‘Kewlimpics’.”

Dalton Coates

Year 10 Journalism