Ellie's Biathlon success

4th March, 2011

Packwood’s Ellie Hutchings has won the chance to compete at the National Schools’ Biathlon competition to be held at Crystal Palace in London on 27th March.

Ten year old Ellie won the regional schools round of the competition in Solihull last November, beating off opposition from 46 other participants. In January this year Ellie travelled to Macclesfield for the semi-finals where her new personal best time in the 50m swim and an impressive 500m run meant she qualified for the upcoming finals.

Ellie’s success has been an inspiration to all at Packwood where biathlon is becoming increasingly popular with more and more children taking part every year. Ellie will be the first Packwood representative to compete at National level and hopefully many more will emulate her achievement in years to come.