The National Skipping Challenge

The National Skipping Challenge is a project organised by ‘Skipping Workshops’. Beginning in 2002 over 8000 children from over 1000 different schools throughout England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland & Ireland have taken part. We've also had entries from Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Hong Kong and Dubai. Maybe we should be calling it the 'International Skipping Challenge'. This year for the first time we recieved over 1000 diffeernt entries from over 75 different schools.

The objective is to motivate and inspire children who have developed an interest in skipping and wish to improve their skills. Any child can, through their school, submit their name to us and at the end of the year a list will be published of the best scores in each category. Since the 2009-10 academic year, each child with a top 10 score earns points for their school (10pts for 1st, 9pts for 2nd, etc.), and at the end of the school year the points are added up to find the winning school. We hope this will encourage children to raise their own standards and strive to improve further. In the nine years the challenge has been running we have seen a huge rise in standards of skipping across the country. Below are the six categories of the Skipping Challenge, and the recent high scores that skippers across the country have achieved.

Category	2009 High Score	2010 High Score	2011 High Score
Continuous Crossovers	767	890	1306
Pretzels	163	184	397
Face-to-Face Partner Skips	2164	480	1016
Double Unders	174	172	260
Double Dutch	874	903	770
'Keep the pot boiling'	1267	2001	3000

Schools wishing to submit an entry for any of the challenges should send the following information to “Skipping Workshops”: name and age of child, school name, the category attempted and the achievement(s).

National Skipping Challenge 2011

National Skipping Challenge Winners - Watermore

National Skipping Challenge Individual Winner - Ben Jeffrey

National Skipping Challenge Autumn Term Certificate Winners

Congratualtions To:

Continuous Crossovers:

Zoe Shepherd, Burlington Juniors 599
Callum Reid, St John the Baptist 513
Bethany Clark, Watermore 510

Double Dutch:

Molly Ashford, Watermore 709
Kieron Taylor, Elburton 578
Sophia Leipnitz, Burlington Juniors 578

Double Unders:

Nicole Wade, Watermore 170
Ben Jeffrey, St John the Baptist 125
Molly Ashford, Watermore 81

Face to Face:

Nicole Wade and Bethany Clark, Watermore 868
Grace Lambe and Nicole Wade, Watermore 747
Molly Ashford and Jasmine Stone, Watermore 430

Keep the Pot Boiling:

Burlington Juniors 422
Rushen 399
Watermore 300

Pretzels:

Shona Buckley, Watermore 156
Bethany Clark, Watermore 124
Alissa Subrovska, Burlington Juniors 111

Congratulations to all the above schools who have managed a 'top ten' score this term

Please select your school from the list below:

Event Name	First Name	Last Name	School Name	Score
Continuous Crossovers	Janke	Fouche	St John the Baptist, Richmond	551
Continuous Crossovers	Ben	Jeffrey	St John the Baptist, Richmond	517
Continuous Crossovers	Zoe	Shepherd	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	402
Continuous Crossovers	Adela	Fernandez	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	350
Continuous Crossovers	Daniel	Shepherd	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	261
Continuous Crossovers	Eva	Clarke	St John the Baptist, Richmond	258
Continuous Crossovers	Antonia	Williams	Watermore, South Gloucs	254
Continuous Crossovers	Alex	Fletcher	St John the Baptist, Richmond	185
Continuous Crossovers	Bethany	Clark	Watermore, South Gloucs	174
Continuous Crossovers	Alex	Fletcher	St John the Baptist, Richmond	156
Continuous Crossovers	Grace	Morgan	Green Lane - Kingston	146
Continuous Crossovers	Anna	Walsh	St John the Baptist, Richmond	132
Continuous Crossovers	Jason	Gadd	Green Lane - Kingston	130
Continuous Crossovers	Melania	Zomer	Green Lane - Kingston	123
Continuous Crossovers	Carina	Ellis	St John the Baptist, Richmond	111
Continuous Crossovers	Sophia	Leipnitz	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	110
Continuous Crossovers	Alissa	Subrovska	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	106
Continuous Crossovers	Emily	Davis	Seer Green, Bucks	103
Continuous Crossovers	Freya	Bullock	St John the Baptist, Richmond	93
Continuous Crossovers	Tabitha	Hodder	St John the Baptist, Richmond	78
Continuous Crossovers	Shona	Buckley	Watermore, South Gloucs	75
Continuous Crossovers	Freya	Bullock	St John the Baptist, Richmond	73
Continuous Crossovers	Sadie	Day	St John the Baptist, Richmond	67
Continuous Crossovers	Sive	Walsh	St John the Baptist, Richmond	63
Continuous Crossovers	Joe	Jeffrey	St John the Baptist, Richmond	61
Continuous Crossovers	Shona	Buckley	Watermore, South Gloucs	61
Continuous Crossovers	Olivia	Stoaf	St John the Baptist, Richmond	56
Continuous Crossovers	Lois	D'Alton	Green Lane - Kingston	54
Continuous Crossovers	Subitha	Yogalingham	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	51
Continuous Crossovers	Roisin	Caffrey	Watermore, South Gloucs	50
Continuous Crossovers	Jacob	Walker	Green Lane - Kingston	49
Continuous Crossovers	Ben	Shroll	Green Lane - Kingston	36
Continuous Crossovers	Genevieve	Williamson	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	35
Continuous Crossovers	Rachel	Brage	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	32
Continuous Crossovers	Abbey	Fountain	Seer Green, Bucks	30
Continuous Crossovers	Esme	Williams	St John the Baptist, Richmond	27
Continuous Crossovers	Lucy	Hurst	Chyngton, Seaford	26
Continuous Crossovers	Amy	Cruddock	Chyngton, Seaford	23
Continuous Crossovers	Harriette	Gregory	Watermore, South Gloucs	18
Continuous Crossovers	Dannon	Wilkinson	Watermore, South Gloucs	18
Continuous Crossovers	Zoe	Fairbrother	Watermore, South Gloucs	17
Double Dutch	Ben	Jeffrey	St John the Baptist, Richmond	1302
Double Dutch	Jason	Gadd	Green Lane - Kingston	516
Double Dutch	Isaac	Walker	Green Lane - Kingston	388
Double Dutch	Adela	Fernandez	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	338
Double Dutch	Julia	Laming	Green Lane - Kingston	272
Double Dutch	Nicole	Wade	Watermore, South Gloucs	216
Double Dutch	Molly	Ashford	Watermore, South Gloucs	213
Double Dutch	Zoe	Shepherd	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	200
Double Dutch	Alex	Fletcher	St John the Baptist, Richmond	172
Double Dutch	Sophia	Leipnitz	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	157
Double Dutch	Freya	Bullock	St John the Baptist, Richmond	140
Double Dutch	Holly	Pearce	Watermore, South Gloucs	134
Double Dutch	Paige	Allum	Green Lane - Kingston	125
Double Dutch	Lucy	Hurst	Chyngton, Seaford	110
Double Dutch	Grace	Lambe	Watermore, South Gloucs	109
Double Dutch	Keir	Fairweather	Green Lane - Kingston	102
Double Dutch	Amy	Cruddock	Chyngton, Seaford	88
Double Dutch	Antonia	Williams	Watermore, South Gloucs	61
Double Dutch	Bradley	Miskin	Chyngton, Seaford	59
Double Dutch	Bethany	Clark	Watermore, South Gloucs	28
Double Dutch	Esme	Williams	St John the Baptist, Richmond	8
Double Unders	Ben	Jeffrey	St John the Baptist, Richmond	94
Double Unders	Alex	Heard	Seer Green, Bucks	82
Double Unders	Lara	Liebenberg	Seer Green, Bucks	61
Double Unders	Morgan	Edwards	Seer Green, Bucks	60
Double Unders	Leah	Hale	Watermore, South Gloucs	40
Double Unders	Julia	Laming	Green Lane - Kingston	40
Double Unders	Freya	Bullock	St John the Baptist, Richmond	38
Double Unders	Sophie	Edgington	St John the Baptist, Richmond	34
Double Unders	Abbey	Fountain	Seer Green, Bucks	25
Double Unders	Emily	Davis	Seer Green, Bucks	25
Double Unders	Abbie	Woodbridge	Watermore, South Gloucs	22
Double Unders	Rhys	Davies	Green Lane - Kingston	22
Double Unders	Sophia	Leipnitz	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	22
Double Unders	Emma	Hughes	Seer Green, Bucks	21
Double Unders	Eva	Clark	St John the Baptist, Richmond	18
Double Unders	Joshua	Martin	Seer Green, Bucks	16
Double Unders	Sophie	Taylor	Watermore, South Gloucs	16
Double Unders	Sophia	Leipnitz	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	16
Double Unders	Janke	Fouche	St John the Baptist, Richmond	16
Double Unders	Jason	Gadd	Green Lane - Kingston	14
Double Unders	Alissa	Subrovska	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	14
Double Unders	Alex	Fletcher	St John the Baptist, Richmond	11
Double Unders	Dannon	Wilkinson	Watermore, South Gloucs	10
Double Unders	Harriette	Gregory	Watermore, South Gloucs	8
Double Unders	Erin	Porter	Watermore, South Gloucs	7
Face to Face	Alicia Kneebone	Shona Buckley	Watermore, South Gloucs	312
Face to Face	Molly Ashford	Shona Buckley	Watermore, South Gloucs	277
Face to Face	Amber Thomson	Olivia Caple	Watermore, South Gloucs	190
Face to Face	Grace Lambe	Shona Buckley	Watermore, South Gloucs	163
Face to Face	Sadie Day	Freya Bullock	St John the Baptist, Richmond	140
Face to Face	Sabrina Allen	Abbie Woodbridge	Watermore, South Gloucs	120
Face to Face	Adela Fernandez	Zoe Shepherd	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	111
Face to Face	Adela Fernandez	Alissa Subrovska	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	100
Face to Face	Shona Buckley	Harriet Lambe	Watermore, South Gloucs	100
Face to Face	Joe Jeffrey	Ben Jeffrey	St John the Baptist, Richmond	94
Face to Face	Sophia Leipnitz	Alissa Subrovska	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	64
Face to Face	Genevieve Williamson	Sophie Bryant	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	64
Face to Face	Zoe Shepherd	Zainab Anjum	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	63
Face to Face	Sophia Leipnitz	Genevieve Williamson	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	60
Face to Face	Daniel Shepherd	Diana Zhuk	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	57
Face to Face	Zoe King	Kira Mc Allister	Watermore, South Gloucs	56
Face to Face	Carina Ellis	Olivia Stoaf	St John the Baptist, Richmond	55
Face to Face	Milly Fletcher	Tabithat Hodder	St John the Baptist, Richmond	42
Face to Face	Antonia Williams	Ella Carrick	Watermore, South Gloucs	41
Face to Face	Molly Wilcox	Dannon Wilkinson	Watermore, South Gloucs	35
Face to Face	Antonia Williams	Zoe Fairbrother	Watermore, South Gloucs	12
Keep the Pot Boiling			Watermore, South Gloucs	1332
Keep the Pot Boiling			Burlington Juniors, Kingston	371
Keep the Pot Boiling			St John the Baptist, Richmond	211
Keep the Pot Boiling			Green Lane - Kingston	81
Keep the Pot Boiling			Chyngton, Seaford	69
Pretzels	Alissa	Subrovska	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	128
Pretzels	Daniel	Shepherd	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	80
Pretzels	Tabitha	Hodder	St John the Baptist, Richmond	65
Pretzels	Jason	Gadd	Green Lane - Kingston	61
Pretzels	Zoe	Shepherd	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	60
Pretzels	Shona	Buckley	Watermore, South Gloucs	57
Pretzels	Adela	Fernandez	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	56
Pretzels	Scott	Walker	Chyngton, Seaford	54
Pretzels	Eva	Clark	St John the Baptist, Richmond	39
Pretzels	Shona	Buckley	Watermore, South Gloucs	32
Pretzels	Alex	Fletcher	St John the Baptist, Richmond	29
Pretzels	Millie	Fletcher	St John the Baptist, Richmond	27
Pretzels	Rhys	Davies	Green Lane - Kingston	24
Pretzels	Sophia	Leipnitz	Burlington Juniors, Kingston	22
Pretzels	Roisin	Caffery	Watermore, South Gloucs	22
Pretzels	Dannon	Wilkinson	Watermore, South Gloucs	17
Pretzels	Scott	Walker	Chyngton, Seaford	15
Pretzels	Melania	Zomer	Green Lane - Kingston	15
Pretzels	Esme	Williams	St John the Baptist, Richmond	10