County Cross Country Competition
County Level 3
Gloucestershire County Cross Country Championships - Saturday, 2nd March 2019
On a bright and breezy, beautiful Saturday morning, ten of our KS2 children, including three runners from Year 4, ventured over to St. Edward's Preparatory School in Cheltenham to compete in a highly competitive, challenging but exhilarating Gloucestershire County Cross Country Championships. Children from around the county who had successfully earned a top 10 position in their respective areas were invited to compete against each other. Districts as well as Tewkesbury included Cheltenham, Cirencester, Gloucester, North Cotswold, Stroud, The Forest of Dean and Wootton & Dursley.
The Boys' Year 4/5 race was first which included Finlay, Owen and Ewan, our youngest runner. What a race it was! All of the boys ran phenomenally. Despite the rough terrain, the climbing hills and the blazing sunshine, they each managed to push themselves to the finish gaining excellent positions. Ewan, despite a fall at the beginning of the race, showed outstanding grit and determination to become the first Tewkesbury Year 4/5 runner home, finishing in an astonishing 15th position. What an incredible performance! Owen and Finlay also ran exceptionally well, gaining positions right next to each other and both in the top 50.
The next to race were the Year 4/5 girls, a race which included Keira and Julia (two Year 4s). Again, they both ran exceptionally well, smiling right through to the finish!
The Year 6 Boys' race was extremely competitive and Aaron performed brilliantly. His race was followed by the one for the Year 6 girls and they all ran their socks off, saving breath for an amazing sprint finish in the last part of the race.
Unfortunately, our runners did not finish in the top 12 positions required to qualify for the Gloucestershire county team to compete in the next round of the event. However, Ewan did receive a medal for being the first finisher for the Tewkesbury District in the Boys' Year 4/5 event. Whatever the finishing position, every child can be proud of the way they tackled the course and the attitude on display in a field of at least 70 top quality cross country competitors.
The overall district results at the end of the morning saw Cheltenham regain the overall trophy from the team from Gloucester. Tewkesbury finished in 5th position in both Year 4/5 races and in the Y6 Girls' event. Tewkesbury finished 8th in the Year 6 Boys' event.
Congratulations to all of our runners who made it to the county competition. It is a fantastic achievement in itself to qualify for such an event but to go, finish and smile at the end - the children should be very, very proud of themselves. At school, we are all really proud of each and every one of you. You conducted yourselves superbly and showed fantastic positive attitudes. Not only that, you were there to support each other too, demonstrating a wonderful community spirit. Well done Tirlebrook and well done Tewkesbury.
Tewkesbury District Representatives: Owen B, Julia G, Ewan G, Keira H, Gracie J, Aaron L, Charlotte P, Martha S, Harriet T & Finlay W
Tirlebrook Primary School
Tirlebrook Primary School is highly committed to PE and school sport. The School Games and its associated values of Respect, Passion, Determination, Self Belief, Honesty and Teamwork are the essential embedded foundations of our approach to PE and school sport as we continue to develop a vibrant curriculum and an exciting array of wider opportunities that promote high quality learning, contribute to healthy lifestyles and provide a breadth of opportunities to organise, participate in and lead in a variety of sports and activities. We are delighted that we are currently holders of the Gold School Games mark - for the fourth successive year.