Cross Country

By Mike McGarry | Posted: Monday May 13, 2024

It was great to get the event completed despite the weather looking slightly marginal.

The boys turned out in good numbers in most of the races. Points were available for taking part and finishing in the top 20 in each of the five year group races plus bonus points for throwing the gumboot as far as you could.

The staff were fully engaged timing and recording results or stationed around the course as Marshalls.

Park House had the most entries overall with 127 and Aspinall were supreme in the Gumboot throw with 2 wins and 2 3rds in the events.

As the races took place it was clear that Park House runners seemed to be gaining more top 20 placings than the other Houses in the senior races and Saxton in the junior races. Winning runners in each year group (House):

Year 9
1. William Bolter (S)
2. Rowan Hamilton (M)
3. Bede Perkins (A)

Year 10
1. Lawrence Bielski-Cook (S)
2. Henry Hodgson (A)
3. Mathew Campbell (A)

Year 11
1. Dustin Young (S)
2. Hugo Buitenhek (P)
3. Findlay Williamson (S)

Year 12
1. Ruie Hyslop (P)
2. Cormac De La Harpe (P)
3. Ben Crump (P)

Year 13
1. Fergus Oberlin-Brown (P)
2. Max MacLachlan (M)
3. Jed Tisdall (P)

In the end the overall result was a repeat of last year.

1st Park
489

2nd Saxton
431

3rd Aspinall
404

4th McIndoe
275