Cross Country Success!

Our school cross country teams crowned a record-breaking season with their amazing success; winning the boys trophy and the overall trophy, along with being joint-winners (with Maple) of the girls' trophy. There have been five cross-country meets over the course of the season and our teams have performed brilliantly on EVERY occasion! Calum won four of the five boys races and was a clear overall winner, Iris was consistently in the top three and won the second place trophy for the girls. She also represented Hertfordshire at the National Championships, coming 61st in a field of 182 elite primary school runners, completing a 2.7 km course in 10 minutes 39 seconds!

Jacob (who is still in Year 5 and was competing against Year 6 boys throughout the season) was equally superb, winning the 3rd place trophy overall. Our girls' team of Iris, Catherine, Betsy, Philippa, Ana and Erin have all been consistently in or around the top ten and have improved with every run. Likewise, our boys' team of Calum, Arthur, Jacob, Baxter, Declan and Freddie have been outstanding throughout the season. Arthur improved his personal best with every run and finished in 5th place at the final meet. They've all been SIMPLY BRILLIANT and for a one-form entry school to win all three team trophies and three 'top three' individual trophies has been amazing; but it's their performance as a team and encouragement for each other that has really stood out. Well done to everybody who has competed in our Skyswood cross-country teams this season and a big thank you to Mrs Jones and Mr Oswin for taking them to the meets over the course of the season.