Thank you to our ‘roving reporters’, Braxton, Noah and Lucas, who prepared the following:
On Wednesday 12th October, some children from Lilac Class represented the school at the Cross Country at Beacon Academy in Crowborough. This event was very challenging and pushed St Mary’s to their limits. 12 children from our school Braxton, Harrison, Lucas, Noah, Will, Luca, Megan, Amelia, Layla, Isla, Freddie and Esrah were selected because of our Inter-House Cross Country results. All of the students pushed through and got exceeding positions in the race from, 35th to 11th place. This is amazing because there was a whopping amount of people in each race (going up to 70 plus people in each race). One of our students (the super Braxton) pushed through to make it into the next round as one of the representatives of East Sussex.
Quotes that were giving by cross country runners.
“This event was very challenging but the crowd kept us going.” Megan and Amelia
“It was very hard but I enjoyed it.” Will
“That everybody cheered us on so we could make a sprint finish.” Isla
“I am very proud of my performance as I tried my best and pushed myself to my limits.” Braxton
“I am very happy that I had someone to accompany me during the run.” Freddie
“I enjoyed that the team was really supportive and was happy all the way through even when somethings went wrong.” Noah
“I was very happy to be selected for this event as all of the schools were good sportsman.” Lucas
“It was a fun time and every one was supportive.” Layla
“I was injured near the start so my buddy Braxton continued the race for me.” Harrison
“I really liked the running and everything else.” Esrah
Before the event
Everyone was buzzing, confident and nervous ready for their exciting race, when they heard they were selected for this event. Mr D, our P.E teacher, prepared us incredibly well for races by reminding us of the correct running style and pushing us to the best we can be by practising with all of us and giving us encouraging advice.
Mrs Bastin was with us all the way through, cheering us on as we crossed the finish line. Mrs Neville was very supportive, helping us get through the daunting race.
This was definitely one of the best Beacon races St Mary’s has ever had and we hope next year is just as good – maybe better with extra training!
