Bromsgrove Prep – success at District Cross Country Championships

11 Dec 2017

On Tuesday 5th December, Bromsgrove hosted the District Cross Country Championships at its Senior School. Forty-eight boys ran from Years 5,6,7 and 8 and did exceptionally well, with leading individual positions as follows:

Year 5

Oliver Dieppe 1st

Year 6

William Pridden 2nd

Tom Fullard 4th

James Hobbs 5th

Jack Barnett 8th

Year 7

Rohan Adams 2nd

Lucas Ingram 3rd

Fin Dinnen 6th

Oscar Bridgewater 9th

Toby Lewis 10th

Year 8

Sebastian Purvis 1st (the first ever Prep School boy to win the District Year 9 race), Henry Jinks 3^rd, Callum Wilkinson 6^th, Jack Warner 7^th, William Hobbs 12^th.

Sebastian, Henry, Callum, Jack and William from Year 8 boys (as above) have been selected to represent the District U15 team at the Herefordshire and Worcestershire County Championships on Saturday 20th January. Huge congratulations to them, especially since they were running against Year 9 boys.

Congratulations to Year 8 who were crowned District U15 Champions.

Bromsgrove Prep Year 5 girls ran exceptionally well for their first time around the course and the positions were as follows: Tilly Wilkins 7^th, Megs Higgs 11^th, Jessica Fox 13^th, Phoebe Dinnen 25^th, Ruby Foster 27^th, Lauren Whitby 29^th and Abigail Lamb 30^th.

In the Year 6 race, Scarlet Preston came in 2^nd overall, Teah Petrova 5^th, Honey Bo Luscombe 6^th, Elizabeth Smith 14^th , Lily Milojevic 18^th and Isabelle Kavanagh 18^th.

In Year 7, Ella Kenward came 4^th, Charlotte Jones 5^th, Emelia Moberley 7^th, Freya Lawton 14^th, Katherine Sutherland 17^th, Sophia Sellers 27^th, Harriet Owen 28^th, Emma Dunnaker 31^st, Emily Dyer 32^nd and Libby Rolph 41^st.

In the Year 8 race, Ella Kershaw Crombie came 4^th, Abigail Barker 5^th, Louise Osborne 6^th and Sophia Meadows 8^th. Those top four runners were then selected to compete in the County round which is a significant achievement given they were running against Year 9 pupils. Well done also to Jemima Vaughan-Hawkins and Angelina Sanghera who came 17^th and 22^nd respectively.

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