The Merton SSP Cross Country events produced some incredible moments this year with a treble of challenges well-attended across the borough.
Thanks must go to Harris Academy Wimbledon for arranging to host at the Abbey Recreation / Nursery Road site and for their support with the HAWI Sports Leadership team.
Thanks also to Stephen from ParkRunUK for sharing opportunities for young people to get involved in local Junior ParkRun events on a regular basis. For more information on this, please email
steve.camacho@parkrun.com
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/morden/
Our Primary Cross Country Championships were held on Monday 7th October at Nursery Fields with competitors in Yr 4, 5 and 6 being set with the task of completing two laps of the park equalling approximately 1600m.
There were many inspiring performances from the 14 schools in attendance and thanks to all from the following schools for enabling your children to take part:
Hillcross, Poplar, St John Fisher, Bishop Gilpin, Wimbledon Chase, Merton Park, Holy Trinity, St Matthews, Dundonald, Links, Haslemere, West Wimbledon, Aragon, Pelham.
The Year 6 races took place first with the team award available for the best combined finishes for all 5 athletes per boy and girl races. The Yr 5’s followed with the Yr 4’s running last. Schools were permitted up to 5 runners per race over 6 categories and well done to all schools for attending with near maximum capacity for your teams:
The race results are as follows:
Yr 6 Boys
1 Zach – Wim Chase
2 Ethan – Pelham
3 Max – Wim Chase
4 Ben – Bishop Gilpin
5 Michael – St Matthew’s
6 Daniel – Wim Chase
7 Kasper – Bishop Gilpin
8 Jacob – Poplar
9 Benjamin – Dundonald
10 Stefanos – Bishop Gilpin
Yr 6 Girls
1 Chloe – Bishop Gilpin
2 Rachel – Dundonald
3 Cassidy – Merton Park
4 Lily – Wimbledon Chase
5 Poppy – Hillcross
6 Annabel – Merton Park
7 Malini – Bishop Gilpin
8 Sophia – Bishop Gilpin
9 Annabelle – Wimbledon Chase
10 Neve – Poplar
Yr 5 Boys
1 Elliot – Bishop Gilpin
2 Aaron – Links
3 Jotaro – Pelham
4 Kayan – St Matthew’s
5 Monty – Bishop Gilpin
6 Theo – Pelham
7 William – Holy Trinty
8 Heston – Poplar
9 Stephan – SJF
10 Aiden – SJF
Yr 5 Girls
1 Molly – Wim Chase
2 Agatha – Bishop Gilpin
3 Maggie – Wim Chase
4 Katie – Wim Chase
5 Mabel – Bishop Gilpin
6 Nadia – Haslemere
7 Isabel – Holy Trinity
8 Freya – Poplar
9 Havana – Wim Chase
10 Lisa – St John Fisher
Yr 4 Boys
1 Joseph – Dundonald
2 Ralph – Bishop Gilpin
3 Jude – St John Fisher
3 Duncan – St Matthew’s
5 Freddie – Wim Chase
6 Zavien – Poplar
7 Oliver – Wim Chase
8 Joe – Bishop Gilpin
9 Fraser – Wim Chase
10 William – Bishop Gilpin
Yr 4 Girls
1 Isabella – St John Fisher
2 Lexi – Bishop Gilpin
3 Dottie – Merton Park
4 Rosie – St Matthew’s
5 Clara – Bishop Gilpin
6 Gabriella – Wimbledon Chase
7 Allegra – Dundonald
8 Mila – Holy Trinity
9 Alice – Merton Park
10 Lily – Links
Congratulations to our overall team award winners for the year 6 events. These teams’ had their 5 runners’ accumulated positions with the lowest points across the event -finishing top 3:
Boys
1 Wimbledon Chase
2 Bishop Gilpin
3 Merton Park
Girls
1 Bishop Gilpin
2 Wimbledon Chase
3 Merton Park
Following directly after our Primary event was our Merton Secondary School Cross Country Trials. These were superbly attended by 8 schools in our borough, some with intentions to qualify for the Surrey Schools Cross Country Round and some purely with the ambition of taking park and participating for the first time! The course consisted of 2 full laps of both fields and an additional half lap for the Yr 10-13s.
Thanks to the following schools for enabling your pupils to take part – Wimbledon High, Ricards Lodge, Ursuline, Raynes Park High School, Rutlish, St Marks, Harris Academy Wimbledon, Wimbledon College.
Congratulations to the following athletes for placing top 10 across the different categories and qualifying for the SSAA champs in January – details will follow to heads of departments about confirming places:
Yr 7 Boys
1 Tom WCOL
2 Albert WCOL
3 Joshua RUTS
4 Max RUTS
5 Caleb STMK
6 Adam RUTS
7 Adrian RPHS
8 Ben WCOL
9 Noosh RUTS
10 Thomas WCOL
Yr 8/9 Boys
1 Dylan RUTS
2 Orson RUTS
3 Theo RPHS
4 Tawheed RPHS
5 Evan RUTS
6 Leo RUTS
7 Morton RUTS
8 Johnny STMK
9 Nico STMK
10 Simon RUTS
Yr 10/11 Boys
1 Hugo RUTS
2 Ebenezer RPHS
3 Arkaitz STMK
4 Caleb RUTS
5 Arthur RUTS
6 Ollie RUTS
7 Adam RUTS
8 Ivan STMK
9 Thomas RUTS
10 Harry RUTS
Yr 12/13 Boys
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Yr 7 Girls
1 Elena URS
2 Zara WHS
3 Victoria WHS
4 Giulia WHS
5 Lily WHS
6 Ariane WHS
7 Sara URS
8 Jasmine WHS
9 Audrey WHS
10 Taylor RIC
Yr 8/9 Girls
1 Freia WHS
2 Jess WHS
3 Anna RIC
4 Gweneth RIC
5 Serene URS
6 Sophia URS
7 Eleanor WHS
8 Zoe WHS
9 Evie URS
10 Beatrize URS
Yr 10/11 Girls
1 Isabelle WHS
2 Anna URS
3 Summer WHS
4 Ashlyn WHS
5 Iona WHS
6 Annie RIC
7 Kiana WHS
8 Rochelle WHS
9 Grace WHS
10 Stella WHS
Yr 12/13 Girls
1 Dillan WHS
2 Lara WHS
A very well done to all our participants and schools who were awarded with their own certificate for taking part in the challenge. Thank you to all the adults from each school for their efforts to arrange the trip and for assisting on the day.
We really appreciate your feedback. If there is anything you think that can help us improve this event for the future, please get in touch to let us know. Thank you