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Other Sports
Cross Country
In a departure from precedent, the cross-country season
commenced at the end of November with the annual league
cross-country races. This was the first time in recent years that
the event had been held in the Michaelmas term, and the change
provided keen runners the opportunity to show their ability and
gain race experience before the major events in the Lent Term.
The intermediate race (2nd & 3rdYears) was
a great contest to open the proceedings, with
only three seconds separating the top four
finishers. Congratulations to
ArthurVirgin
(first),
Augustus Stanhope
,
JacksonAmies
and
Chinweike Onwu
(second, third and fourth)
for their performances. Inspired by the effort
and application of boys in older years, the U9s
produced the best year-group race of the day.
Henry Snow
ran exceptionally well to claim
first position, ahead of
OscarWilbraham
(second) and
EddieAram
, with every other
place keenly contested.The senior race was led
from start to finish by
Jago Gourlay
, although
his every step was closely tracked by
Tommy
Sainz deVicuña
and
Patrick Murray
, who
engaged in an epic battle for position down
the home stretch, with the latter edging it by
just one second.With every finishing position
counting towards the league competition,
Moseley just beat Case to the overall title.
Pinewood’s 34th annual meeting was
the first external race of the year. Our first
runner home was Amies in 37th place. In the
seniors’ event Gourlay won the individual
bronze, with Murray,
Jack Miles
and
Edward
Bingham
finishing in 10th, 14th and 16th
places respectively, which ensured that
we also took team bronze.The Chandlings
cross-country races, covering three separate
year-groups, featured the debuts of thirteen
runners (including five 1stYears) from our group
of seventeen entrants.The U9s performed
very well, especially Snow (10th place) and
Wilbraham. Due to a mistake at the start line,
our 2ndYears had to run straight from their
warm-up to join the back of the field in an
effort to join the race after the start!
Harry
Nichol
finished an extremely creditable 37th
and all the boys responded to a tough situation
with great application. In the U11 finale,
Oscar Gleason
was our first runner home,
closely followed by
DoronAkinyanju
.The
Greyhound Run at the Oratory School saw the
boys compete well over a tough course.Amies
was our best 3rdYear, finishing 15th, whilst in
the senior race Sainz deVicuña finished in an
excellent 11th place with
Florian Hull
in 27th.
The National Prep School Cross-Country
Championships occurred during short leave
and it was great that so many boys and their
families were prepared to sacrifice their holiday
time to take part.The weather in Malvern was
beautiful and the course stunningly difficult.
In the junior teamAmies (90th),Akinyanju
(204th), Gleason (207th) and Stanhope (249th)
gave excellent performances. In the senior race
Gourlay (62nd) was our first runner home,
followed by Bingham (81st),
Cosmo St. John
Cooper
(98th), Murray (126th) and
Callum
Lloyd
(188th).
Whilst the nationals marked the end of the
formal cross-country season, thirty 5thYears
joined a group of staff runners in participating
in the OxfordTown and Gown run for Muscular
Dystrophy UK on Sunday 15th May. In the
junior event a few of our teammembers were
able to compete for top positions as the race
neared its conclusion; in the 12-13 age category
Gourlay finished second and
Jack Barrett
,
Bingham and Murray finished fourth, sixth and
eighth respectively.All our runners finished well
up the 277-runner field.
Thank you to all the boys, parents, spectators
and runners for their hard work and support
throughout the cross-country season.Although
running is fun, it is also tough and requires great
discipline.A special thanks goes to all those
friends and family members who contributed to
our fundraising effort for the OxfordTown and
Gown run (over £1,100 was raised for Muscular
Dystrophy UK).We hope participation in the
race will become an annual event for Summer
Fields for boys, staff and also parents.
DRW
School Cross Country U13 Winner
J. Gourlay
U11Winner
A.D.A. Virgin
U9Winner
H.P.W. Snow
League Cup
Moseley
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