Slough & Eton have entered the British Schools Karting Championship again this year and with the help of school funding and a Sport England bursary we have 4 teams of 3 drivers ready to race.

To ensure the fastest  racers represent the school a 2 nights of trials were held at F1 Karting, Colnbrook. 25 pupils took on the challenge and the teams are as follows.

Team A           Hasseb Salim, Usama Ahmed and Ilyas Ahmed
Team B            Bernard Golinski, Ghulam Fareed and Naveed Aktar
Team C            Irfan Khalid, Umar Dad and Zain Mir
Team D           Chaudry Nawaz, Sultan Bhatti and Sahd Raja

On Wednesday 3rd February the Year 10 & 11 go-karting team took part in the British Schools Karting Championship pre-qualifying practice round. There were some excellent drivers on display and a few of our boys made amazing progress from their first tentative laps to daring overtaking manoeuvres in the space of a few minutes on the track.

On Wednesday 3rd March the 4 teams will race for a place in the regional finals at Sandown Park. How many of our boys will qualify?

More details and results to follow.

Good Luck Boys!

UPDATE!

On Wednesday 3rd March all 4 teams battled it out with 3 other schools for just 3 qualifying places at the Southern England Finals.

Team B deserved their victory with some great drives and a team spirit that filled everyone with confidence.
1st Place           Slough & Eton Team B          115 points
2nd Place          Slough & Eton Team A          111 points
3rd Place           Heathland A                         95 points
4th Place           Douay A                              95 points
5th Place           Heathland C                         89 points
6th Place           Slough & Eton Team D          89 points
7th Place           Douay C                              88 points
8th Place           Heathland B                         87 points
9th Place           Slough & Eton Team C          82 points
10th Place         Douay B                               79 points

Southern England Finals Sunday 7th March 2010, Daytona Racing, Sandown Park, Esher.

 
Having driven superbly to win their place at Sandown Park, Daytona Race Track Team A & B took on the best Southern England Secondary Schools and Colleges had to offer.

The results of each race are as follows
Race 1.            Naveed Akhtar 13th
Race 2.            Haseeb Salim 2nd & Ghulam Fareed 14th
Race 3.            Ilyas Ahmed 6th & Bernard Golinski 14th
Race 4.            Usama Ahmed 14th
Race 5.            Haseeb Salim 6th
Race 6.            Ilyas Ahmed 4th & Bernard Golinski 11th
Race 7.            Usama Ahmed 7th and Ghulam Fareed 11th
Race 8.            Naveed Akhtar 11th

Team B found the much faster karts, better opponents and more challenging track too much to cope with and finished 18th (of 18) overall. Team A, veterans of the same competition last year, finished a very respectable 8th.

Great fun was had by all and Slough & Eton will be back in 2011 stronger than ever.

Mr Leane
Head of Sport