On Tuesday we took a huge team of Year 3-6s to the Basingstoke Cross Country Championships at Down Grange. We were very proud to come away with 3 Medalists. Cressida M won the Year 3/4 girls title, Wilf S picked up the bronze in the Year 3/4 boys race and Luke W ran an amazingly well paced race to win the Year 5/6 boys title. We are also very proud of our four Year 6 pupils that have qualified to run at the Hampshire Schools Cross Country Championships in March by finishing inside the top 12 - the pupils are Aabha K, Elizabeth L, Luke W and Hudson S. Year 5 pupil Hugh G just missed out on a spot in 13th place.
The Year 3/4 girls A team finished in 3rd place and the B team 14th place out of 15 teams. Individual results out of 85 runners were the as follows:
1st Cressida M
7th Annabelle L
29th Sophie G
34th Isabel W
46th Phoebe W
59th Otilia G
60th Erin G
76th Larissa VW
The Year 3/4 boys A team finished 3rd out of 22 teams. Individual results out of 112 runners as follows:
3rd Wilf S
18th Blake M
24th Teddy T
29th Edward G
33rd Laine L
84th Nivaan D
91st Joshua N
The Year 5/6 girls A team finished in 2nd place and the B team in 7th place out of 26 teams. Individual results out of 130 runners were as follows:
5th Aabha K
9th Elizabeth L
16th Holly O'C
23rd Mackenzie M
24th Bella B
28th Eva M
52nd Ava W
55th Taylor M
56th Esme S
74th Felicity P
Orla G also represented the school really well.
The Year 5/6 boys A team finished in 2nd place and the B team in 10th place out of 25 teams. The individual results out of 130 runners were as follows:
1st Luke W
10th Hudson S
13th Hugh G
23rd Arjun K
25th Jesse N
34th Declan O'C
48th Alfie H
53rd Henri N
71st Vivaan B
We are very proud of all our runners as the course was very muddy and it was very busy at the start of the race. They all supported each other so well and really pushed themselves to achieve the fantastic results we did get. A huge thank you to Mrs Dransfield, Mr Dunn and Mr Rossiter for their support with the team on the day. Mr Rossiter ran as a guide for one of our pupils and she wouldn't have been able to take part without him.
Michelle Matson
Head of Swimming and Modern Pentathlon