SPORT// CROSS COUNTRY
CROSS COUNTRY ANNUAL REVIEW
This year a total of 52 students took
part in 6 different cross country
events. There were many notable
performances.
On Sunday 23rd
September Lucas Walton competed in
his first fell race in the English Schools
Fell Running Championships hosted
this year by Giggleswick School. The
race had a large field of 173 junior
athletes competing from all over
England. The 4.2 Kilometre course
was a real challenge for any athlete as it
included a daunting 675ft sheer ascent
and decent, a quarry and a stream
crossing. . Lucas who was struggling
for full fitness after an injury over the
summer ran a powerful controlled race
and was in the top 25 after the first mile.
The hill proved a real challenge though
with the descent especially needing real
concentration and technique to manage.
Lucas managed to complete the course
in a fabulous 26 minutes and 08 seconds
finishing in a highly commendable
52nd place against some seasoned fell
runners. Well done Lucas!
Four Teams of Pocklington students
competed in the English Schools Cross
Country Cup on Monday 1st October.
Our students performed admirably
against seven other schools especially
as some of top athletes were required
at other internal and external events
. The outstanding performer in the
Junior Boys team was Julian Brittenden
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showing true grit and determination
to finish 6th overall with Luca Maude
finishing in a commendable 29th place
in his first senior school race. The
Junior Girls team finished 4th overall
and just missed out on a place in the
next round of the competition. Sophie
Brosenitz finished in 11th beating many
students a year older than her. Issy
Rowley finished in 14th , Evie Rennison
closely followed in 19th and Ruby
Donohue Day completed the race in
28th. In the intermediate team Lucas
Walton finished 6th in his first race at
intermediate level and Ollie Eagle with
a strong run finished 13th. The Inter
Girls again struggled against some
strong athletes but a special mention
must go to Emma Forsyth with a strong
9th place finish in her first race at
intermediate level.
The East Riding Cross Country
Championships took place during our
half term on the 23rd October so it is
credit to our athletes that they took time
out of their holiday to run. The stand
out performer was Niamh Clements
who won was crowned the East Riding
Junior champion at the first time of
asking beating girls from across the
region who are a year above. Also a
special mention to Henry Rodmell who
came 3rd, Isabelle Scanlon and Lucy
Hatfield who came 8th and 9th. Overall
it was a great team performance.
Thanks to the their superb performance
at the East Riding championships 8
of our athletes qualified to run at the
Humberside Championship finals and
there were stand out performances
from both Isabelle Scanlon and Henry
Rodmell running in arctic conditions
not conjusive to running.
The annual Terrington Hall Cross
Country race took place on Monday
4th February 2019. This year the race
attracted a record 15 schools fielding
more than 360 runners. Pocklington
School entered a boys and girls U13
team for the challenging 5km race
On the day the sun was shining and
with only a light breeze it made for
excellent running conditions and gave
spectators outstanding views of the race
across the Howardian Hills. The course
however, was very muddy in places, and
our runners found the race challenging,
varied but rewarding.
The boys team consisting of Arthur
Cesbron Darnaud, Eddie Groombridge,
Julian Brittendan, Stanleigh Stone and
Tom Councell made a good start but
found the course tough going at times.
Julian ran a controlled race to finish
14th our first U13 finisher followed by
Tom and Stanleigh in 20th and 21st. A
special mention should go to Luke who
stopped to assist a member of the girl’s