On Tuesday 16^th November our cross country team, along with five other schools, took part in the Salesian Cross Country Competition in Chertsey. With temperatures hovering not too far above zero and a thick blanket of fog hovering not too far above the ground, it proved to be yet another fantastic sporting day for the school.

 

Our team of almost 70 children from years 3 to 6, cheered on by fantastic parental support, performed superbly. Cross country is a team event and our sparkling individual performers were ably supported by the other team members ensuring overall success when the results were totalled up.

Once again we were proud of the commitment, team spirit and excellent behaviour of the whole team – well done everyone, you deserve your triumph!

 

Team Results (first 5 finishers counted to scoring, lowest total wins)

 

Year 3 Girls – 1st (23 points)

Emma Horsey 1^st, Rosie Whalley 2^nd, Maisy Cronin 5^th, Natalia Scannella 7^th, Olivia Hnatow 8^th. Zahra Hadfield 21^st, Sofia Scott 23^rd, Isabelle Johnson 24^th

 

Year 3 Boys – 3^rd (61 points)

Daniel Horsey 7^th, Louis Viner 8^th, Luca Federico 13^th, Mark Castiglione 16^th, Connor Brient 17^th, Christian Giardina 19^th, Luca Maglio 22^nd, Oliver Tyndale 23^rd, Anthony De Felice 27^th )

 

Year 4 Girls – 2^nd (55 points)

Alice Manning 6^th, Talia Swift 7^th, Ella Cronin 12^th, Laura Hobbs 13^th, Olivia Luterbacher 17^th, Hannah Lecky 18^th, Harriette Wallace-Smith 30^th )

 

Year 4 Boys – 1^st (40 points)

Keelan Brient 2^nd, Jonathan March 3^rd, Charlie Hill 9^th, Eoin Canning 12^th, Luca Hutton 14^th, Mark Broadberry 19^th, Tom Cursons 22^nd, Toby Bevan 24^th )

 

Year 5 Girls – 1^st (49 points)

Darby Begley-Jones 2^nd, Mollie Kelly 4^th, Sydney Bevan 12^th, Jasmine Fox 13^th, Georgina Townsend 18^th, Caitlin Geraghty 23^rd, Grace Lee 24^th, Sarah Meyer 25^th, Amber Lashley 26^th, Mimi Kilburn 28^th )

 

 

Year 5 Boys – 4^th (77 points)

Michael Burns 5^th, Dieter Appiah 13^th, Mark Loggia 14^th, Tyler Fifield 20^th, Lennan Day 25^th, Giuseppe Alessi 26^th, Oliver Herbert 28^th, Connor Noyes 29^th, Joseph Horsey 32^nd )

 

Year 6 Girls – 2^nd (65 points)

Emelia Emin 10^th, Phoebe Cheveley 11^th, Sara Dedman 13^th, Abbi Nagarajah 15^th, Jasmine Steeples 16^th, Sarah Broadberry 23^rd, Laura Kemp 28^th, Lauren Rice 29^th )

 

Year 6 Boys – 1^st (25 points)

Jack Montezano-Butler 1^st, Ethan Lee 2^nd, Michael Smith 3^rd, James Navarro 9^th, James Darch 10^th, David Smith 11^th, Adam Elvidge 21^st, Thomas Mooney 25^th, Charlie Macnair 26^th, Louis McGrane 27^th )

 

With 4 team wins and 2 second places from 8 races this was a remarkable team effort. We also had some sparkling individual performances with gold to Emma and Jack, silver to Rosie, Keelan, Darby and Ethan and bronze to Jonathan and Michael.

 

And the team performance of the day? Well, I think it’s a very close call. The Year 6 boys’ team was outstanding and once again stepped up and performed exceptionally on the big occasion – to finish 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd in this race was brilliant!  However, just edging the Year 6 boys’ for team performance of the day must go to the Year 3 girls. As our youngest team members, everything was new to them but they responded so positively and ran as fast as their legs would carry them. To finish with 5 runners in the top 8 was fantastic and gave them the lowest team total of 23 points. Well done girls – the biggest glory is yours!