District Cross Country Finals

Today saw 41 of our NHPS runners take on a challenging but fun course to compete in the South Northants Cross County event held at Courteenhall Estate near Roade.

The children from Years 3-6 managed some tricky, undulating conditions and were a real credit to the school, cheering on runners from lots of schools of all abilities.  With events for different year groups ranging from 1400 – 2400m, regardless of their final finishing place, these children should be immensely proud of their achievements today.

A special mention must go to the nine Year 5 and 6 children who placed high enough in their respective races to qualify for the county finals to be held in January – winter training continues to have an end goal for these! And a final mention must go to Freddie in Year 5 who literally tore up the course to finish 1^st, almost catching the ‘hare’ who was pacing the race.

Overall, it was an extremely successful event and Ms Curtis’ team of runners did themselves proud – I hope they get a nice hot bath to soak those muscles and clear off all the mud!