Racketlon Comes to Stamford

Stamford School has hosted its first National Racketlon Tournament.Racketlon is a quadrathlon of smallest to largest racket sports including; table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis.Each discipline is to 21 and the player to accumulate the most points across the four games wins.Due to this point based system, concentration is key, as many who compete have a range of skills across each discipline.Some will be at national level in one, but a novice in another. This means when you are winning you have to win big, and when losing every point matters.The interest in this sport sparks from the ability to play four contrasting games in a singular tournament, providing a sense of variety.Some Stamford School students took part in the tournament, including Chase B (Y10), Henry A (Y10), Jamie A (Y11), Rohan K (Y12), Will D (Y11).Mr Ware, Biology teacher and Head of Brown Boarding House also took part in the tournament.  [gallery size="medium" columns="5" ids="https://www.stamfordschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-2.jpg|,https://www.stamfordschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-3.jpg|,https://www.stamfordschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-4.jpg|,https://www.stamfordschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-5.jpg|,https://www.stamfordschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-6.jpg|"][gallery size="medium" columns="4" ids="https://www.stamfordschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-7.jpg|,https://www.stamfordschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-8.jpg|,https://www.stamfordschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-9.jpg|,https://www.stamfordschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-11.jpg|,https://www.stamfordschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-12.jpg|,https://www.stamfordschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-13.jpg|,https://www.stamfordschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-14.jpg|,https://www.stamfordschools.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-15.jpg|"] For more news on badminton, click here. For more news on tennis, please click here.