Mid-June heralded the welcome reappearance of a long-standing feature in the AKS House competition calendar: Year 8 Hardspell. Gawthorpe faced-off against Rufford in one semi-final duel, whilst Samlesbury confronted Leighton in the other; fierce orthographical frenzy then generated a final pairing of Rufford and Samlesbury, with the latter emerging as winners this time around, securing victory on the final question (46-42). It was quite a thriller!
As you might imagine, Year 8 proved more than a match for some particularly discombobulating vocabulary over the course of the three days of competition. Laryngitis, archaic, astrophysics, macabre, incorrigible and liposuction were dispatched (all words which featured) without a murmur (and that was another).
The watching audience of pupils from this same year group (which grew day by day) were entertained by the air of spirited competition, tenacity, teamwork and toned buzzer fingers – well done to all Houses and thanks, too, to Mrs. Swift, Mrs. Mayhew and Miss Johnson for their tallying of totals throughout the week.