Cross Country

Race 8 -  City Championships - Graves Park:

WELL DONE to all our fabulous children running today in the City Champs! There were over 600 children taking part today and 30 of them were representing Norton Free.

We had guest appearances from Dylan, Stan D and Dotty and this meant that we could enter more teams (4 in a team). We had seven teams out today, amazing for a small school. Thank you!

You were ALL brilliant everyone finished the tough, muddy race and we had some PBs.

Well done to Harry (18th),  Eliza (24th) and Parker (23rd) - top 20 or top 30 in Sheffield is something to be very proud of!

Well done to Tamara who came and ran even though she had a late night at a sleep over!! That is real commitment.

Results:

Y3/4 Girls Team A - Gabby, Esme R, Isla C, Sophia S

Y3/4 Girls Team B - Lola, Esme H, Ellie, Imogen, Jasmine

Y3/4 Boys Team A - Harry W, Alfie L, Freddie G, Stanley TH

Y3/4 Boys Team B - Oliver, Ray B, Jacob, Zaeyne, Alex

Y5/6 Girls Team A - Eliza, Charlotte, Dotty, Tamara

Y5/6 Boys Team A - Parker, Finley, Maksym, Dylan

Y5/6 Boys Team B - Noah, Jesse, Michael, Stanley D

Lola S achieved a new PB and so did Freddie G in the Y3/4 races. Well done to you two!

Maksym had a great run today with a 17 place PB!

Zaeyne saw Alex fall at the beginning of the Y3/4 boys race and went back to get him so he could run - team work! Zaeyne deserves a special mention!

Thanks to Mr Grimmer who came to help and to the parents who marshalled - Mr Lowe and Mr Crookes!

Race 7 - Norfolk Park - Hilly and chilly!

A HUGE well done to all the children who took part in Cross Country. I am so proud of you all. Everyone finished and we had at least one team in every category which is brilliant for a one form entry primary!

We welcomed Isla C (Y3) today, who had a brilliant first run and Georgia G (Y6) made her second appearance for the team this year and almost halved her position. Well done to you two!

There were 548 children from Sheffield out running this morning and 25 of them were from Norton Free! Sadly, a few children have succumbed to chicken pox or injury so we missed them today but we will see you next time! This weeks teams were:

Y3/Y4 Girls A Team - Sophia S, Gabby G, Esme R, Esme H

Y3/Y4 Girls B Team - Isla C, Ellie N, Jasmine B (incomplete team)

(152 runners in the Y3/Y4 Girls race)

Y3/Y4 Boys A Team - Harry W(12),Alfie L, Freddie G, Oliver P

Y3/Y4 Boys B Team - Ray B, Jacob M, Micah H, Zaeyne,

Y3/Y4 Boys C Team - Alex (incomplete team) 190 runners overall

Y5/Y6 Girls A Team - Eliza R, Isla, Tamara, Charlotte H, Georgia G (78runners)

Y5/Y6 Boys A Team - Finley K, Jesse M, Maksym, Michael R (128 overall)

Most improved today were  - Georgia G Y6, Jesse Y6. Ellie Y3, Freddie Y3

Well done Everyone!

Race 6 - Brunswick Primary School - 18/1/25

A HUGE well done to all the runners who turned out to brave the cold this morning. It was heavy going after all the snow last week and you did well to get round! A few children looked very muddy at the finish line - there were quite a few fallers!

We missed a few runners this morning due to illness (poor Ray and Michael), but we welcomed Ellie from Y3 who did really well in her first race! Well done Ellie. The first race after Christmas is always hard - hopefully the next race will be warmer!!!

No matter where you finished, you are all fabulous and thank you for coming to represent our school on a very cold morning - it wasn't an easy course. Mrs B

Year 3/4 Girls A Team -  Amber, Esme R, Sophia, Jasmine

            Girls B Team - Esme, Gabby, Lola, Ellie

            Girls C Team - incomplete team - Imogen

Year3/4 Boys A Team -  Harry, Alfie, Oliver, Freddie G

              Boys B Team - Stanley, Casper, Jacob, Zaeyne

              Boys C Team - incomplete team - Alex

Y5/6 Girls A team (incomplete Team) - Eliza, Isla

 Y5/6 Boys A Team - Parker, Finley, Maksym, Jesse

Most improved runner today was Jasmine who improved her PB by 28 places! Esme R improved by 19 places and Esme H improved by another 8 places. Sopohia took another 6 places off her PB.

In the Y5/6 boys, Maksym moved up by 9 places, Finley improved by 10 places in the Y5/6 boys and Parker moved up 11 places. Keep going everyone!

Race 5 - Concord Park.

Well done to all you hardy runners - we had some cracking results today. We missed a few of the team due to illness and parties but just about everyone had a PB today! There were 492 children out today in total and several schools have been hit by illness. These are our results for today:

Year 3/4 Girls - Team A - Gabby G, Amber, Sophia S, Esme Hughes

                           Team B - Imogen A, Lola S, Jasmine B (incomplete team)

Year 3/4 Boys - Team A - Harry (10), Jackson, Alfie L, Stanley TH

                          Team B - Casper M, Oliver P, Ray B, Jacob M

                           Team C - Zaeyne, Alex (incomplete team)

Year 5/6 Girls - Team A - Eliza (15), Isla, Charlotte H, Tamara

Year 5/6 Boys - Team A - Parker, Maksym (incomplete team)

We had two top 20 finishers this week, with Harry finishing 10th and Eliza finishing 15th! Jackson ran very well to finish 24th. The children with  the biggest personal bests today were: Esme H and Imogen A improved by 8 places, Lola improved by 11 places, Sophia S improved by 25 places! Oliver P improved by 65 places! Well done!

Thank you to all the parents who helped with marshalling and tickets and tidying everything away at the end, your children are amazing.

Race 4 - Parkwood Springs

Well done to everyone who took part today at Parkwood Springs! It was a lot warmer than this time last year and we managed to get 5 teams out today. It was a hard one today with lots of hills. We missed a few children this morning due to dance exams, football matches and injuries, but don't worry, we will see you at the next one! Quite a few *PBs this morning, so well done to those children.

There were 135 girls in the Y3/4 girls race, 160 in the Y3/4 boys race, 82 in the Y5/6 Girls race and 138 in the Y5/6 boys race.

Here are the results:

Y3/4 Girls - Team A - *Amber W, *Gabby G, Sophia S, Esme H

                    Team B - *Imogen, Lola (incomplete team)

Y3/4 Boys - Team A - Harry, *Alfie, *Freddie G, *Ray B

                    Team B - *Alex, *Micah, Jacob, *Zaeyne

Y5/6 Girls - Team A - *Eliza, *Isla, Tamara, Charlotte

Y5/6 Boys - Team A - Parker, Jesse, Maksym, *Michael

Well done to Harry (14th) and Eliza (18th) and Alfie L (29th)! Amber and Gabby were definitely aiming for a new PB and ran really well to finish 38th and 42nd! Well done to Maksym for competing even though he felt unwell  - he didn't want to let the team down! Special mention to Lola for supporting Sophia who had some pre-race nerves. Both of them finished smiling. Well done and well done Sophia for finishing so well!

Race 3 - Bradfield Secondary School

WELL DONE to everyone who ran this morning at Bradfield Cross Country.

Chilly, cold and damp but every single one of our children finished the race. We had a few fallers today (Alex and Lola) but you got up and carried on! There were over 600 children out there today, less than normal but we managed to get a full team of 4 in the Y3/4 girls, Y3/4 boys and Y5/6 boys.

We welcomed Jasmine B today (awesome running) and Stanley from Y6 made a special appearance instead of playing football. We were a few short in some of the races so teams of 3 can't be entered in the league, which is a shame - come on Norton Free, persuade your friends to run!

The results (teams) are below:

Y3/4 Girls Team A - Esme R, Sophia S, Gabby G, Jasmine B

Y3/4 Girls Team B - Esme H, Imogen A, Lola Shelly (incomplete team)

Y3/4 Boys Team A - Harry W, Alfie L, Ray B, Oliver P

Y3/4 Boys Team B - Jacob, Zaeyne, Alex (incomplete team)

Y5/6 Girls Team A - Eliza, Isla, Tamara (incomplete team)

Y5/6 Boys Team A - Noah, Finley, Dylan, Jesse

Y5/6 Boys Team B - Stan D, Michael (incomplete team)

Well done you fabulous children!

Jasmine B completed her first race for Norton Free finishing as 4th counter in the A team - well done Jasmine! Eliza R went home poorly on Wednesday and arrived at Cross country this morning to finish in the top 20 = 19th place!!! Wow

Most improved runners today -

 Y3/4 girls - Imogen A improved by 30 places, Sophia St improved by 25 places and Esme H improved by 17 places.

y3/4 Boys - Zaeyne improved by 100 places, Ray B improved by another 12 places and Alfie Lowe improved by another 7 places.

Y5/6 boys - Noah H improved by 28 places!! Well done!!

Race 2 - Bolehills, Crookes.

If you were running this morning, you deserve a medal! There were more children running today than last weekend and probably more than there has ever been! By my calculations there were 752 children there today from many different primary schools. We managed to get 5 complete teams out today that will be entered into the league results. We had lots of teams of 3 (we need 4 to count) which is a shame because we only needed one more runner in each team. We welcomed Imogen, Micah, Dylan and Georgia today which was lovely, I hope it didn't put you off. All the races seemed very long today and it may have caused some confusion!

Don't be disappointed if you think you didn't run as well as usual - there was a bit of a mix up with the results in the Y5/6 girls and Y5/6 boys races!!! Some children ran a lot further than others! This has skewed the results but it has been raised with the organisers. In the Y3/4 girls race, the most improved runners were Lola and Sophia who both improved by 26 places. In the Y3/4 boys race, the most improved runner  was Ray Bratherton who improved by 70 places and Alfie Lowe who improved by 39 places! I'm not going to find the most improved runners in either Y5/6 Girls or boys races because of the messed up results!

Todays results are:

Y3/4 Girls A team: Esme R, Gabby G, Amber, Lola

Y3/4 Girls B team: Sophia, Esme H, Imogen (incomplete team)

Y3/4 Boys A team: Harry, Jackson, Alfie, Jacob M

Y3/4 Boys B team: Stanley TH, Casper, Freddie G, Ray B

Y3/4 Boys C team: Oliver, Micah, Zaeyne (incomplete team)

Y5/6 Girls A team: Ava, Eliza, Charlotte H, Jasmine

Y5/6 Girls B Team: Georgia (incomplete team)

Y5/6 Boys A Team: Parker, Finley, Noah, Jesse

Y5/6 Boys B Team: Dylan, Maksym, Michael (incomplete team).

Well done everyone who ran - everyone finished, no one gave up and most of you were smiling at the end! If you weren't smiling, I was smiling for you! Mrs B

Race 1 - High Hazels Park

Well done to all those hardy runners this morning! There were 151 runners in the Y3/4 Girls race, 184 in the Y3/4 Boys race, 92 in the Y5/6 Girls race and 148 in the Y5/6 boys race. Everyone who started, finished the races and we had 32 runners out this morning - not bad for a one form entry primary school!

We welcomed lots of new runners this morning - from Y3, Esme R and Esme H, Sophia S, Lola S, Freddie G, Freddie P, Alex G, Zaeyne, Benjamin and Stanley TH - well done to all of you and see you next time.

Alfie L and Jacob M joined us from Y4, Ava from Y5 and Jasmine from Y6. You were all fabulous and well done! These were todays results:

Y3/4 Girls A Team - Amber, Esme R, Gabby G, Sadie

Y3/4 Girls B Team - Lola, Sophia, Esme H (we need another runner!)

Y3/4 Boys A Team - Harry, Jackson, Casper, Stanley TH

Y3/4 Boys B Team - Alfie L, Jacob M, Freddie G, Freddie P,

Y3/4 Boys C Team - Benjamin, Ray B, Alex, Zaeyne

Y5/6 Girls A Team - Jasmine, Tamara, Dotty, Isla

Y5/6 Girls B Team - Charlotte, Ava C (incomplete team)

Y5/6 Boys A Team - Parker, Finlay, Noah, Jesse

Y5/6 Boys B team - Maksym, Michael, Leon

It wasn't our turn to Marshall the event but thank you John Higgins and Rose Bell for stepping up to help out.

Y3/4 Boys have QUALIFIED for the South Yorkshire School Games Cross Country at Cannon Hall, Barnsley on the 11th February 2020. Well Done boys! 

This event has been postponed until further notice, due to the current weather situation!