Sixty (60) Junior children consisting of eight teams took part in the annual District Cross Country Championships today. We stationed ourselves near the finishing area, so we could cheer on everyone from our school. It was also uplifting to see our children sportingly clap for all of the other runners taking part. The parental support was outstanding, especially from the official helpers, as they allowed us to enter by far and away the most children at the event.

Everyone put in determined performance in their races, with some exceptional individual and team performances. Year 3 got our team off to a wonderful start with the girls picking up team silver, while the boys achieved a brilliant team gold. Rose Blair (2nd) , Macy Annan (6th) were particularly high finishers in the girls race, while Thomas Blair (2nd), Freddie Woodhouse (5th), Will Walton (6th) and Ted Brown (8th) were in top form for the boys.

In other races, Jack Murphy (3rd), Hayden Steven (5th), Leroy Velasco Luckham (6th) also registered incredible individual performances in fields of up 75. Darcey Tullis was the winner of the Y5 girls race after an outstanding display of controlled, distance running; the third consecutive time she has been an individual champion! Meanwhile in Y6, many children completed their fourth and final Cross Country for the school; I have really appreciated your amazing efforts!

Overall St. Bede’s achieved bronze in the team event, which was just reward for everyone’s positive efforts and good sportsmanship displayed throughout. Thank you to everyone who supported this year’s Cross Country- you made it a wonderful afternoon.

Once again, the Bedeswell Park Cross Country event proved why it is one of my favourite events in the school calendar! The St. Bede’s community came together to support and encourage 53 of our children around the course. There were so many lovely scenes of children and families having a great time at the event.

Meanwhile, there were many outstanding individual achievements and team successes for St. Bede’s. Pleasingly, we had the largest squad taking part on the day, even more than any of the Harrier’s squads!

Ultimately, it was just great to see so many people coming together and enjoying a sporting event. Thank you so much to everyone who made the effort to come to Bedeswell Park; you all contributed to a brilliant occasion!

 

 

I was very proud to present 82 certificates and 7 medals to our runners who took part in the Jarrow & Hebburn AC Cross Country event at Bedeswell Park. It was great to learn that we were Y4 Girls, Y5 Girls and Y6 Boys school team champions at the competition! Individually we also had 7 children who medalled in the first three for the schools races.

Alex Connor, Cordilia Odile and Jake Waters all achieved gold medals after outstanding first placed finishes. Mariz Hipos struck silver, while Darcey Tullis, Will Watson and Joseph Wood won brilliant bronzes.

Well done to everyone present on the day, either running or supporting. This was officially the biggest sporting event in our school history!

 

Eighty Two (82!!) fantastic children, represented our school in the Jarrow & Hebburn AC Cross Country event at Bedeswell Park on Saturday morning. This was the biggest sporting squad our school has ever had, while it was the largest team by far involved on the day. It was wonderfully uplifting to see everyone cheering and supporting each other around the challenging course. Many children and families even stayed after their races, to happily cheer on their friends. While there were inspiring, individual goals achieved and team triumph’s on the day; the main success  was the phenomenal good spirit shown by everyone who attended and supported this event. Thank you to everyone who made a wet, damp Saturday morning, look like a summer’s day with their positivity and smiles!

 

B. McVittie