The new Cross Country season starts on Thursday 29th September 2016.

Dates

Thursday 29th September – Henry Road (league race everyone welcome)

Thursday 6th October – Sheldon Country Park (league race everyone welcome)

Thursday 13th October – Henry Road (Relay 4 boys and 4 girls chosen to represent the school)

Thursday 20th October – Sheldon Country Park (league race everyone welcome)

This event is open to all children in the school. Parents should make arrangements to and from the venue and it is just a matter of turning up and having a go.

Races will start at about 4.00pm with an event for girls and one for boys. Team results are announced at the end of each event.

There are two competitions over the season. For boys and girls there is a team event and an individual event. At the end of each race children are given a place card which is returned to to the teacher in charge on the night. These are added together to find the team score (the lower the score the better) from the first four finishers for the school.

Any child finishing in the top 20 scores individual points in the individual competition.

In total there are six races during the season, 3 before November and 3 after February half term.

Two other events are also scheduled. On October 13th is the relay event. For this the school chooses 4 boys and 4 girls to run. Each child has to run individually. Medals are awarded at the end for the winning teams.

During the Spring part of the season a Year 5 only race takes place. Medal are awarded at the end of this event also.

The dates for the Spring half of the season will be published when available.