Cross Country Season Begins
Cross Country Autumn Race 1
Tewkesbury Primary Schools' Sports Network's Cross Country Race 1 - The Vineyards - Thursday, 27th September 2018
As Tirlebrook ventured down to the Vineyards in Tewkesbury in the beautiful sunshine, the excitement and anticipation was building. Our very first competitive opportunity of the year was upon us, a competition that would include a great many of our KS2 children, from Years 4, 5 and 6.
The girls' race was up first and after the initial instructions it began. Our determined runners tried their best to overtake, get ahead and to gain a great position in the event. Their hard work most definitely paid off as we congratulated our first 5 runners in the girls' event: Y6s Charlotte Peirce (9), Gracie Janes (11), Martha Simpson (12) and Harriet Taylor (13), and Julia Gardiner (14) from Y4 who all finished in the top 15 positions. Not only were we applauding them on their great success, but we also celebrated the amazing achievements of our runners who had improved from last year, including Hattie Akerman who managed to gain a top 30 position for the very first time. Our new runners from Year 4 stormed through to the finish line too! Considering this was their very first cross country event, they performed absolutely superbly. Following Julia's incredible 14th position, Keira Hancox came next, achieving a brilliant 17th with Tilly Burton not far behind in 27th position and Chloe Messenger in 39th, of out over 80 girls altogether! What a phenomenal first race. We are sure next week will be even better, now that the girls have had their chance to work out the course. Well done girls!
The boys race was highly competitive. Thirteen of our KS2 boys were running in our first race. It was great to see new faces from Y4 but to also see the familiar faces from our committed Year 5 and 6 runners too. Silas Fox, runner-up in the overall individual competition as a Y5 last year, was the first boy home from Tirlebrook, working hard to win the race. Many congratulations - what an achievement! After setting himself the personal challenge of finishing in first position, Silas most certainly did not disappoint. Soon after, Silas was joined by a flurry of boys with Aaron Lyon our next best-placed runner in 11th position, Owen Burford in 13th position and Ewan Gosden from Year 4 in 15th! This was a particularly fantastic achievement by Ewan, who was running his very first race. Excellent results were to follow, as Finlay Whittard stormed through in 23rd, William Bethel in 31st, George Teasdale in 34th and Freddie Parsons in 51st.
What had already been a very successful race did not end there. Further great finishes soon came from Joshua Smith, Edward Ferrier, Harrison Turner and Paddy Mace and they should all be very proud of their efforts. The moment where Tirlebrook really showed their truly caring, community-minded and positive spirits was when they all joined together to support, run with and cheer on our final runner. Leland Pratley, who was running for the first time, completed the course, coming in in 100th position, and although he found it challenging, his determination and spirit to complete such a challenging event was delightful to see. We are so proud of all of our participants but also all of the parents, children and supporters who were there to smile and celebrate a very successful evening. We even had the pleasure of seeing Mr Lockley who was there to cheer us on too!
Go Team Tirlebrook!
Team: Hattie Akerman, William Bethel, Tianna Booth, Owen Burford, Tilly Burton, Edward Ferrier, Silas Fox, Julia Gardiner, Ewan Gosden, Keira Hancox, Gracie Janes, Aaron Lyon, Paddy Mace, Isobel McLaren, Chloe Messenger, Freddie Parsons, Charlotte Peirce, Leland Pratley, Poppy Radbourne, Martha Simpson, Joshua Smith, Harriet Taylor, George Teasdale, Leah Trust, Harrison Turner & Finlay Whittard
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.