On your marks, get set, go! Our best cross-country runners hit the tracks over the last couple of weeks to compete in three exciting competitions, with some challenging routes but fantastic results.
Junior Haskell Cup
This annual event is organised by RGS Guildford and is open to students in First to Third Years from schools across the Southeast. More than 25 teams took part in the challenging race at the end of September, and we took eight students to compete in two separate teams.
Our team of Third Year students Dan Tough, Shay Ivory, Charlie Goodbody and Second Year Paul Tregilgas finished 3rd overall. The team of Third Years Nathaniel Harris, Oscar Pickering, Oliver Sewell and Second Year Andre Nimoh came 13th overall. Congratulations to all students who competed.
King’s Trophy (photo left)
At the beginning of October, our Senior Boys running team competed in the King’s Trophy Cross Country race at KCS Wimbledon. The annual race takes place on Wimbledon Common and this year 16 schools and over 140 runners finished the 7km course. Congratulations to the below students who placed as follows:
Croydon Schools X-Country (photo above)
Our fastest four Sixth Form finishers from the King’s Trophy race, along with Fourth Year Alex Martin and new Lower Sixth student Megan Slattery competed in the Croydon Schools earlier this month.
We’re delighted to report that Megan Slattery convincingly won the Senior Girls competition, with Alex Middleton finishing 2nd in the Senior Boys competition and Alex Martin also finishing 2nd in the years 10 and 11 competition. Well done to those students for their fantastic performances.
Franco Hillier (5th), Nicholas Hadingham (17th) and Lewis Tagg (18th) also had great races.
Year 6 Croydon Schools X-Country
Mr King took a team of JBugs to Lloyd Park this week, to compete in the Year 6 Croydon Schools Cross Country race. Huge congratulations to all, but particularly Harry Beeraje who led early on and went on to win the race comfortably.
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