The sun welcomed the children back to Milton Country Park

The sun welcomed the children back to Milton Country Park for the annual South Cambs Cross Country Competition.

It turned out to be a lovely sunny morning at Milton Country Park for the South Cambs School Sport Partnerships annual Small Schools Cross Country competition on 16^th November. Just under 600 children from 17 primary schools across the district enjoyed the event which has now become a highlight of the sporting calendar for many schools with some children racing at the venue for a second or third time.

The children who took part were competing for individual honours and team pride as they raced 1-mile course and they were cheered on by their teammates as they came back through the start area to complete their second lap.

Partnership Manager, Claire McDonnell, said,

“It was lovely to see so many children enjoying themselves and having fun together. There was lots of determination on display as the children took on the 1mile course and it was great to see them all supporting each other and cheering on their teammates. These events are really good fun but also so important for children’s physical and mental health. It was lovely to see their smiles on the children’s faces

We must thank the 25 sports leaders from Impington Village College who volunteered at the event leading the warm up zone, running at the back of each race as sweep runners, helping at the finish line and generally supporting the children they did a great job. Along with the team of uniformed services students from Cambridge Regional College who marshalled the route for us. I say it every time, but we simply couldn’t run events like today without their support.”

There were 8 races on the day with a separate boys and girls race for years 3, 4, 5 & 6 with the first three finishers in each race receiving a medal and certificate. In the team competition it was the top three placed runners from each school that scored for their team with a separate Year 3 & 4 and Year 5 & 6 team competition.

The individual results were as follows.

With four top 3 places in the four Year 5/6 races it was the team from Harston & Newton who took the team title followed by Girton Glebe who finished in second place. The Year 3/4 competition was dominated by Haslingfield. In the Year 4 races they had three finishers in the top three places which helped to secure them the trophy. Thriplow finished in second place despite not having any finishers in the top three places, showing real running strength across the team.

The overall team results were as follows (only schools that had entered a team for all four races could qualify for the team competition):

Children from Castle Camps, Barton, Elsworth, Guilden Morden, Foxton, Fen Drayton and Burrough Green primary schools also took part in the event but these schools did not have enough runners to qualify for the team competitions.