Athletics is a major sport in the summer term. All students practise the indivudal events in games lessons and many continue to develop their abilities at the wide variety of clubs on offer. Main training nights are on a Monday and Wednesday but practise sessions are delivered in specific events during several lunchtimes as well as before school.

Who we play?
Our fixture list is extremely varied and, in many ways, unique for the type of school we are. There are regular matches at Harrow School, Radley College, Marlborough College and, more locally, Brentwood School. Futhermore, we enter some challeging cups and events including:

• ESAA Track & Field Cup
• Achilles Relays @ Oxford University
• St. Olaves Relays
• Lee Valley Outdoor & Indoor Cups
• Havering District Championships ,

Success
Success is part of the athletics' ethos at Coopers Coborn. Our teams regular qualify for the national finals and reach the latter stages of the cups we enter. In 2014 alone, the Year 7/8 girls team were 2nd in the country and the Year 9/10 team were 4th. The Year 9 boys team were Lee Valley Outdoor, and Indoor, Champions as well as finishing on top at the Radley College Open and Multi-Events match.

We are extremely proud of our association with Havering Athletics and many of our studetnts train dilligently at this club. For more infomation on joining please visit the clubs' website: http://www.havering-mayesbrook.org/.

Club La Santa, Lanzarote
A regular warm weather training camp to Club La Santa, in Lanzarote, is offered to studnts in years 9 and 10. This week encompasses intense track/field training sessions, along with group activities such as mountain biking and more leisurely pursuits like wind-surfing. See the tours section for more details of our most recent camps.

Athletics Records
The school has maintained athletics records since the two schools moved to the Upminster site in 1973. Click on th links below to download the most up to date versions: