Cross Country Race Fun Run & Presentation
The season is over and there was lots to celebrate!
Tewkesbury Primary School’s Cross Country – Fun Run & Presentation - Thursday 5th March 2020
A small number of Tirlebrook runners gathered at Tewkesbury C. of E. Primary School last Thursday to participate in the season-ending Cross Country Fun Run. A couple of laps around the school field and a twisty run through a mini-maze later, the focus shifted to the presentations and final results. It has been an incredibly successful cross country season once more for us here at Tirlebrook and a number of successes need to be celebrated. Not only did eight children represent Tewkesbury in the County Cross Country Championships, but we also had a number of individual top ten finishers in the Tewkesbury competition who picked up medals and trophies. Huge congratulations to Tilly (3rd) and Julia (9th) in the overall girls’ competition and to Ewan (1st), Owen (5th) and Finlay (7th) in the boys’ event. It must be pointed out that Ewan made a clean-sweep of this year’s races, winning all four in style. The team results were announced next and we are extremely proud to inform you that Tirlebrook has retained the large schools’ title for the third consecutive year. This is an incredible achievement as we are one of the smaller schools in this category. The boys’ team won their overall competition, also for the third year in a row, whilst the girls’ team battled hard to finish second.
Perhaps the biggest success of all, however, is the mass participation in this event by Tirlebrook pupils. We have by far and away the highest number of runners at each event, on average 35 every week (that’s more than a third of the children in the school eligible to run) and the positive attitude, encouragement and sportsmanship on display is a delight to behold. Every single child who represented the school contributed to our overall achievement and they deserve to be recognised. Cross Country Champions certificates were awarded to everyone who took part in at least two races and there were special awards for those who completed three or all four races. So congratulations to our terrific team – you deserve every bit of your success and we are all very proud of you. Well done to our Cross Country SUPERSTARS!
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.