Lawfield wins its 4th Fun In Athletics Team Title

The 2014 Fun in Athletics  Ontario Team Championships Final, hosted by L’Amoreaux Collegiate Institute 6 elementary schools from the greater Toronto area running, jumping and throwing implements around the gymnasium in the hope  of taking home the FUN IN ATHLETICS CUP and the team title for the 2014 school year.

Each school team consisted of 15 Girls and 15 Boys from grade 7 & 8 student body and leading   the field this year were the 2012 and defending team champions Terry Fox Public School of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and the 2009-2011 team champions Lawfield Elementary School from the Hamilton Wenthworth District School Board (HWDSB).  Lawfield were eager to regain their team champion title and take the Fun in Athletics cup back home to Hamilton.

The OT Fitness staff, as expected, was on point with running the event and everything ran smoothly and according to plan.

 The teams placed in the following order:
1^st with a combined team score of 778 points    Lawfield Elementary School (Hamilton)
2^nd with a combined team score of 736 points   Terry Fox Public School (Scarborough)
3^rd with a combined team score of 694 points    Charles Gordon Middle School (Toronto)
4^th with a combined team score of 674 points     Balmoral Drive Senior Public School (Peel)
5^th with a combined team score of 670 points    Lord Dufferin Public School (Toronto)
6^th with a combined team score of 660 points     ST. Paul's Catholic Schools (Alliston)

Diane Holfer Physical Education teacher at Lawfield said “It’s nice to be taking back home the Fun in Athletics Cup as we feel like it belongs in our school after winning it for 3 consecutive years. It’s a great event and we really look forward to participating each year”.

Teachers / coaches from schools that were first time participants offered other appreciative comments;

“I wanted to thank the OT Fitness team for an awesome time on Thursday at L'Amoreaux Collegiate. I have been teaching for 11 years and that was, by far, the best event I have attended thus far. It was well organized and the students were engaged and having a great time! It was a pleasure to be a part of such a fantastic event!”
Thanks again!   Laura Spizzirri ESL & Student Success Teacher Balmoral Sr. P.S

OT Fitness would personally like to give thanks to Athletics Ontario’s; John Craig and Val Sarjeant for their continued support over the past 10 years. Their support has helped to enable OT Fitness to offer exciting programs that gives children the opportunity to participate in fun and engaging activities that assist in the development of core skills movements and gives children the basic tools to help live a healthier active lifestyle. 

We at OT Fitness are actively seeking sponsorship / grants to cover the cost of facilitating the team competition series. It is our aim to expand on our competition series to cover grade 4-5-6 and, to additionally offer our Sportshall Secondary School competition for (Grade 9-10) in Ontario.