Inter-Schools' Cross Country
On Saturday 14th May 2016, the annual Inter-Schools' Cross Country races were held at Lancaster University. Unusually, the weather was fine with a slight breeze- ideal weather for running.
The races began at 10:15a.m. and were split into age groups. In each race there were about 150 runners.
Results as follows:
Year 5 Girls
Lucy Bunce 7th
Sacha Liver 38th
Year 5 Boys
Ashton Pinington 16th
Will Johnson 42nd
Year 6 Girls
Maddie Newby 8th
Elizabeth Loynds 61st
Year 6 Boys
Lucas Robinson 119th
Well done to all children who took part in this competition. Special mention has to go to Lucas Robinson who ran at least 3/4 of the route wearing only one shoe!
Year 4/5/6 and Parents Cross Country Competition
A huge well done to everyone that took part in the school cross country! It was lovely to see everyone out to support the runners.
The results are in...
Boys
1st - George Cookson - 10.14
2nd - Thomas Dowthwaite
3rd - Lewis Trowse
4th - Hayden Mills
5th - Dillon Ellis
6th - Spencer Drake/Isaac Lawton
Girls
1st - Amelie Earnshaw - 11.04
2nd - Maddie Newby
3rd - Libby Carter
4th - Mia Gerrard
5th - Olivia Roe
6th - Sacha Liver
Adults Race
1st - Stuart Newby
2nd - Ken Earnshaw
3rd - Paul Osmotherly
4th - Ian Gittins
5th - Danny Babij
6th - Steven Backhouse
Our overall winner was George Cookson! Well done George!
Well done to all who took part!
Inter-Schools' Cross Country Races
Saturday 9th May 2015
This year's races were, once again, held again at Lancaster University. The weather looked to be perfect for running and, unusually, it did not rain!
The races followed the same format as in previous years: Year 5 Girls; Year 5 Boys; Year 6 Girls; Year 6 Boys.
Races were about a mile in length and had about 150 participants from around 25 schools in each.
Torrisholme results:
Year 5 Girls:
Maddie Newby 15
Mia Gerrard 26
Year 5 Boys:
Toby Swarbrick 1
Steven Greenhow 131
Lucas Robinson 143
Year 6 Girls:
Abigail Floyd - Sanderson 52
Sophie Winder 66
Freya Shilton 94
Year 6 Boys:
Logan McIntyre 80
Sam Hansson 100
Finally, well done to all participants who represented the school. Special mention has to go to Toby Swarbrick - it has been about twelve years since we had a first place runner in this event!
Year 5/6 Running Club 2015
In preparation for this year's Inter-Schools Cross Country Race (date to be confirmed), I have started a running club for children, of all abilities, in Years 5 and 6. This will be held each Monday from 3pm - 4pm.
Let us hope that we can repeat the same success as last year!
Inter-schools Cross Country Saturday 10th May
This year’s Inter-schools Cross Country Races were once again held at Lancaster University. True to form, the weather did not look particularly promising though the rain held off until the event was over- very different from last year’s event!
There were four races, split into: Year 5 Girls, Year 5 Boys, Year 6 Girls and Year 6 Boys.
The races were held over a mile in length and the top three positions from each school combined to form a team total. There were over 130 participants in each race. In addition, every school in the District is invited to enter and, on the day, there were around 25 schools fielding teams.
The results are as follows:
Year 5 Girls:
Emma Pearson 27
Abigail Floyd-Sanderson 61
Lucy Seward 87
Year 5 Boys:
George Cookson 2
Thomas Dowthwaite 6
Joshua Allison 13
Lewis Trowse 28
Logan McIntyre 79
Sam Hansson 101
Year 6 Girls:
Eve Harwood 11
Abigail Trowse 36
Ellie Newby 44
Laura Reeder 72
Year 6 Boys:
Lucas Pinington 6
Jack Garwood 18
Ethan Harrison 33
The Year 5 Boys achieved the best team score of the morning (including all races and all schools!) with a combined total of 21. The Year 6 Boys missed out on third position by just one point!
Finally, it remains for me to say well done to all the runners representing Torrisholme C.P. School. Also, a big thank you to the two Year 5 Girls who stepped in at the last minute to enable a full team to be entered.
Lastly, thank you to all the staff who supported this event and trained our runners.
Mr. M. Harding