girls' race 
Scottish Prep School Championships 2008
Belhaven School again hosted this event in windswept John Muir Park in Dunbar last Sunday afternoon.
We fielded an U 12 and an U 10 team. The U 12s faced stiff opposition from several teams, most notably Belhaven, who cleaned up all the individual medals. Positions were as follows: 20th – Jamie Troup; 29th – Charlie Hunter; 30th – Ruairidh Mackay; 34th – Peter Ning and 42nd - James Carrie.
The U 10s were fairly evenly spaced in the upper half of the field, with strong performances by Callum Woodward in the bronze medal position and Henry Hunter not far behind him in 6th place. In a team event like this it is the determination of all the runners to continue fighting for position, even when they are no longer in the leading group, that can bring success. So it turned out on Sunday. With Archie Hodgson in 12th, Lorne Scott-Dempster in 13th, Christopher Jackson in 15th and Ryan Welsh in 25th place, the overall performance was good enough to bring back the U 10 trophy for the second year running. Well done to all competitors for this achievement!
Scottish Championship 2008
The P6 team, competing in a total field of around 2000 runners, ran a fantastic race on a mildly undulating course over 1 mile. In the boys’ race, Melvin-Farr led the team out from the front after a fast start and stayed in touch with the leading runners throughout the race to finish in an excellent 5th place, in a new personal best time of 7.05m. He was followed in by Gilmour (52nd), Ning (57th), Troup (69th) and Kinghorn (116th). The boys showed a real fighting spirit right to the end, overtaking others in a sprint finish. The girls’ race saw Berkmiller and Zaidi lead from the front, and they again showed a real strength of character and good running style to finish in 25th and 91st place respectively. A brilliant effort by all. Well done and thank you to all who supported the team.
Other Races
EA P5/6 Cross Country Championship 2008On a marvellous day for running, 96 boys and girls from P5 and P6 contested within a differentiated race for individual medals and the Division Cup won by Kinross last year. All runners made a choice to compete in the long (3.7km) or short (2km) course i.e. 1 or 2 laps of Inverleith Park. All competitors ran brilliantly, showing good technique and intelligent pacing to provide the spectators with exciting finishes to all the races. The support of all the runners was excellent. A magnificent achievement by all! Well done, everyone! Thank you to all who participated and who supported this hugely enjoyable and successful event. Division Cup: 1st Cockburn 2nd Dundas 3rd Kinross 4th Carmichael Results (boys)P6 Boys (long course) 1st Saul Melvin-Farr (1st Overall) 17.46 2nd Peter Ning 17.50 3rd Jamie Troup 17.54 4th Blair Kinghorn 17.57 5th Finlay Gilmour 18.03 6th Campbell Neill 18.37 (8th Overall) P6 Boys (short course) 1st Rory Mellis 10.39 P5 Boys (long course) 1st Christopher Jackson (6th Overall) 18.16min 2nd Camille Berkmiller (7th) 18.19 3rd Kelvin Chen (9th) 18.38 4th Oscar Ramsay (12th) 19.26 5th Harry Simpson (13th) 19.33 6th Angus Macpherson (19th) 20.21 P5 Boys (short course) 1st David Morrison 10.29 Special Achievement Award: James Fontana Results (girls)P6 Girls (short course) 1st Mathilde Berkmiller 11.03 Abaan Zaidi 12.28 3rd Natalie Herbert 18.37 P5 Girls (short course)1st Jessica Smyth 12.43 2nd Holly Willett 12.46 3rd Meabh McGuigan 18.57 |
U10/11 Compass Cross Country EventFour teams of boys and girls competed at this annual event in Pathhead, Midlothian. In excellent running conditions on a mildly undulating course over 1km the Academy put in some fantastic performances and showed courage and determination to complete the course against some excellent opposition. The sprint finishes were brilliant! Well done, boys and girls! Results:U10 Girls: Jessica Smith 7 th, Nicola Ludwig 23 rd, Ellie Gordon-Woolgar 24th-Team 7 th Overall U10 Boys: Innes Murray 2 nd, Harry Simpson 10 th, Kelvin Chen 11 th-Team 3 rd Overall U11 Girls: Matilde Berkmiller 4 th, Abaan Zaidi 12 th, Natalie Herbert 14 th – Team 4 th Overall U11 Boys: Saul Melvin-Farr 1 st, Peter Ning 6 th, Finlay Gilmour 13 th- Team 2 nd Overall U11 Merchiston Cross Country RelayResults: A team 5 th Overall 16.32 B team 7 th Overall 17.10 C team 15 th Overall 17.37 Teams: A-Peter Ning, Finlay Gilmour, Saul Melvin-Farr B-Ruairidh Mackay, Jamie Troup, Blair Kinghorn C-Harry Simpson, Kelvin Chen, Innes Murray. A fine effort was produced by all on a mildly undulating, wet and muddy course over 1km. P6 Cross Country TrainingNew Personal Best Times: Andrew Devine 8.58, Charlie Hunter 7.57, Rory Mellis 8.31, Saul Melvin-Farr 7.09, Jack Obrien 8.18, Claude Scott 10.02, Jamie Troup 7.25, Arthur Withall 9.30, Angus Bolton 8.55, Alasdair Gillies 8.53, Natalie Herbert 13.0, Blair Kinghorn 7.33, Yu Komiya 8.48, Rowan Milne 8.42, Peter Ning 7.49, Nicholas Peters 7.56, Alexander Tweedie 9.03, Abaan Zaidi 10.00, Mathilde Berkmiller 9.31, Robbie Brown 10.49, Sean Caiden 12.27, James Carrie 7.56, Joseph Dent 9.15, Alexander Fletcher 8.46, David Lian 10.13, Joshua Mateer 9.46, Campbell Neill 8.18. Excellent effort by all! Well done and keep up the hard work! |
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