Congratulations to Eddie Johnson, 2021 winner of our National Skipping Challenge. Eddie is a Y6 pupil at St Andrews Primary School in South Gloucestershire. He set a new British record in the continuous crossover section with an amazing score of 2239; the previous record was set 18 years ago! He also managed outstanding scores in…
The winner of the 2019/20 National Skipping Challenge is Molly Irwin, a Year 5 pupil at King Athelstan’s Primary School in Kingston upon Thames. Molly completed 423 continuous crossovers, 68 pretzels and 50 double unders. The winning school this year was King Athelstan’s Primary
National Skipping Day 2018 (23rd March) was a great success with 172 schools and 42,350 children enjoying healthy exercise through skipping. We are grateful to the many schools who gave us positive feedback. Special thanks go to St John’s Primary School in Kingston-upon-Thames for a range of superb photos and The Tower School in West…
Earlier in 2016, Farncombe C of E Infant School used some of their School Sports Premium money to arrange a visit from Skipping Workshops. After the day of skipping, in which each class learnt a variety of skipping-skills, the staff saw a remarkable impact in two key areas: An increase in activity among pupils. An…
As anyone who has taken part in one of our Skipping Workshops will know, one of the highlights of the event is the whole school demonstration at the end of the day. It’s a celebration of skipping, showing many of the different skipping skills and games that our coaches have taught during the day. Recently…
Congratulations to the winners of this year’s National Skipping Challenge. This week we presented the Challenge Cups to the Individual Winner and the Team Winners. Our individual winner of the National Skipping Challenge 2015/16 is Sophie Froggatt, from Malden Parochial Primary School in Worcester Park, Surrey. Sophie proved to be an outstanding all-round skipper, managing…
National Skipping Day 2016 took place on Friday 18th March with 35,910 children from 144 different schools taking part. Thanks to everyone who took part, and to all of the people who sent us photos and posted photos and videos on twitter about their National Skipping Day experience! One highlight of National Skipping Day 2016…
Ken Tezuka from Hall School, Wimbledon, last week skipped 100 Double Unders, scoring more than double the previous high score of 47. Last year’s overall high score in the Double Unders category was 100. Ken has already equalled that score, and still has plenty of time to improve. Double Unders have long been one of…
Skipping Workshops was delighted to support this summer’s ‘Get Fit for Fun’ event at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre, organised by TotallyTween, an online magazine for pre-teens. The event, attended by children from the Windsor and Maidenhead area, was a celebration of skipping as a healthy and fun form of activity. Skipping Workshops Head Coach,…
Congratulations to National Skipping Challenge 2015 winners St John’s Primary School and Emilia Chittenden. National Skipping Challenge School Cup St John’s Primary School in Kingston-upon-Thames won the National Skipping Challenge School competition, just beating last year’s winners, Rushen Primary School, from the Isle of Man, and previous winners Watermore Primary from Bristol. Other schools…