Kropacsy Relays - winners five years in a row!

If there is one inter-House competition which the boys in Latham would like to win every year, it would be the James Kropacsy Relays. Held in honour of James, himself a Lathamite and keen athlete who tragically died in 1998, the event consists of a series of running relays involving as many boys from the junior and senior ends of the House as possible; this year, a total of 23 different boys represented Latham in the event. We have been lucky enough to win the relays for the past four years and, on the afternoon of Monday 13th June, the boys in blue and white made it five in a row! Led brilliantly by Christian Priestley and Dominic Chaffey (both L6) the seniors came first in 3 out of their 4 events, and the juniors also gave it everything they had to finish a creditable third in 3 out of their 4 events. After a nervous wait, Mrs Bordoli announced that Latham had once again secured first place with 34 points, our nearest rivals left languishing on 29. When it comes to teamwork, giving one's all, and that elusive concept of 'house spirit', is there any House in Repton which can compete with Latham? The boys (and the Housemaster) like to think not!