King’s Ely Junior pupil Lucas Hilcenko has won a gold medal at a national Judo competition.
Lucas, 12, represented the school at the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC) Independent School Boys’ Judo Tournament. The competition took place at High Wycombe Judo Centre in Buckinghamshire.
Lucas, who has been a pupil at the school since joining King’s Ely Acremont Nursery aged 2, competed against two other boys on the day, and won a gold medal in the ‘Less than 50kg/Under 14 category’.
Head of King’s Ely Junior, Richard Whymark, said: “Lucas has worked so hard over the years to develop his Judo skills to this level. It is a great source of pleasure for us to see his hard work paying off this way.”
He is a member of the school’s busy Judo Club. From Judo to Jazzy Beads Club and Photography to Pottery, King’s Ely Junior has a holistic ethos and this is reflected in the energy invested in the breadth and depth of the co-curricular offerings of the school.