Gresham's Schools Cross Country 2012. Under 9 boys' race. PHOTO: ANTONY KELLY

Photo gallery: Hundreds of pupils take part in cross country championship at Gresham’s Prep School, Holt

Picture: ANTONY KELLY Friday, October 5, 2012
6:14 PM

A north Norfolk school welcomed record numbers to its seventh annual cross country championship.

Winners

Team Events:

Under Nine Boys

1st Gresham’s Prep

2nd Fairstead House

3rd Colchester High

Under Nine Girls

1st Gresham’s Prep

2nd Fairstead House

3rd Buxton Primary

Under 11 Boys

1st Colchester High

2nd Corpusty Primary

3rd Gresham’s Prep

Under 11 Girls

1st Gresham’s Prep

2nd Sheringham Primary

3rd Colchester High

Individual winners:

Boys Under Nine

1st Henry Phillips- Colchester High

2nd Charles Knowler – Fairstead House

3rd Nicholas Feistner – Corpusty Primary

Girls Under Nine

1st Emily Gredley – Cherry Trees

2nd Emily Griggs – Fairstead House

3rd Charlotte Thistlewood – Norwich High

Boys Under 11

1st - Joshua Waylett – Colchester High

2nd - Matthew Grand Astley Primary

3rd Findlay Spear – Free School Norwich

Girls Under 11

1st Nellie Porter – Gresham’s Prep

2nd Blue Wilson – Langham Primary

3rd Lucie Thomas – Gresham’s Prep

Around 550 competitors from 28 different school participated in the event hosted by Gresham’s Prep School today (Friday).

Children from Norfolk schools and beyond – including from Colchester - took part in the race with the hope of bringing glory to their respective schools.

The pupils competed in four races across a course that sent them through woods, past an outdoor amphitheatre, and back across a rugby pitch to the finishing line.

Blue Wilson, of Langham Village School, came second in the under 11’s girls race. She said: “I enjoyed the race which was really muddy.

“It is my last visit here as I will be too old next year but I would definitely recommend it.”

A spokesman for Gresham’s Prep School added: “The weather held out for the duration of the championships and all four races were run in good spirits.

“One competitor nobly finished his race despite losing his shoe in the mud.”

Gresham’s organisers added that they were “delighted” that so many schools could participate in what is now becoming “a firm sports fixture in many schools’ calendars across East Anglia”.

Prizes were given out for team events and individual winners and were awarded by Steve Adams, sports development director, and Kim Quick, wife of Gresham’s Prep School headmaster.