South Essex schools run up a clean sweep (From Echo)

South Essex schools run up a clean sweep

6:36pm Tuesday 4th March 2008 in

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YOUNGSTERS from south-east Essex dominated the individual and team events when the first-ever County Primary Schools' Cross Country Championships were staged at Basildon's Gloucester Park.

The four individual competitions were all won by local students and schools from this part of the world captured a quartet of team honours.

More than 50 schools were represented with 662 runners in all competing.

Year five boys' winner was Tommy Cobain, from Chalkwell Hall School, while Hadleigh took the team prize.

In the girls' race for this age group Millie Smith, Grove Wood, Rayleigh, emerged triumphant with Thurrock's Woodside the team winners.

Woodside also won the year six boys team race with individual honours going to their Daniel Landy.

And Chalkwell emerged triumphant in year six girls where Maisie Jones, from Edward Francis School, Rayleigh, took the individual prize following a superb run of 4 minutes and 32 seconds.

Top 20 individual and team places: Year five boys - 1, T Cobain (Chalkwell Hall) 4 mins. 42 secs; 2, J Redman (Colchester High) 4.51; 3, T Jefferies (Kents Hill) 4.54; 4, M. Delves (Riverside) 4.59; 5, B Disney (Colchester High) 5.02; 6, S Eccles (Long Ridings) 5.03; 7, C James (Mildmay); 8, J Allington (Quiilters) 5.08; 9, T Hajduczek (St Joseph's South Woodham) 5.09; 10, M Tonkin (Bournes Green) 5.11; 11, H Phillips (St Anne Line) 5.12; 12, A Fost (South Benfleet) 5.13; 13, T Leigh (Our nlady of Lourdes) 5.19; 14, J Green (St Anne Line) 5.20; 15, P Carman (Stambridge) 5.21; 16, S Hopson (Crowstone) 5.25; 17, J Clark (Lee Chapel) 5.26; 18, J Lilley (Hadleigh) 5.28; 19, M Clark (St Margaret's) 5.29; 20, C Smith (Woodside) 5.33.

163 runners took part.

Team: 1, Woodside (85); 2, Chalkwell (92); 3, Baddow Hall (126); 4, Westering (154); 5, Our Lady of Lourdes (167); 6, Crowstone (176); 7, Lubbins Park (187); 8, Kents Hill (187); 9, Ghyllgrove (204); 10, Kingston (234); 11, St Joseph's Woodham (254); 12, Hadleigh (260); 13, Holt Farm (267); 14, Holy Family (286); 15, Northwick Park (303); 16, St Margaret's (319); 17, Wickford (331); 18, St Anne Line (344); 19, Leigh Beck (371); 20, Noak Bridge (372).

Girls - 1, M Smith (Grove Wood) 4.32; 2, C Bennett (Baddow Hall) 4.40; 3, K Green (Woodside) 4.43; 4, A Tidy-Jones (Kingston) 4.48; 5, M Webb (Woodside) 4.51; 6, E Stapleton (Westering) 4.52; 7, M Scheffer (Ghyllgrove) 4.55; 8, D Pointing (South Green); 4.57; 9, B Armitage (Colchester High) 4.58; 10, J Popham (Woodside) 5.01; 11, E Minton-Branfort (Chetwood) 5.02; 12, F James (Our Lady of Lourdes) 5.03; 13, J Ace (Kents Hill) 5.04; 14, K Walsh (Chalkwell Hall) 5.08; 15, E Turner-Powell (Kents Hill) 5.09; 16, L Copper (Ford End) 5.10; 17, S Paci (St Joseph's Stanford) 5.11; 18, M Chapman (Chalkwell Hall) 5.11; 19, R Browne (Bournes Green) 5.11; 20, M Henderson (Highwood) 5.12.131 runners took part.

Team: 1, Woodside (85); 2, Chalkwell (92); 3, Baddow Hall (126); 4, Westering (154); 5, Our Lady of Lourdes (167); 6, Crowstone (176); 7, Lubbins Park (187); 8, Kents Hill (187); 9, Ghyllgrove (204); 10, Kingston (234); 11, St Joseph's Woodham (254); 12, Hadleigh (260); 13, Holt Farm (267); 14, Holy Family (286); 15, Northwick Park (303); 16, St Margaret's (319); 17, Wickford (331); 18, St Anne Line (344); 19, Leigh Beck (371); 20, Noak Bridge (372).

Year six boys - D Landy (Woodside) 5.46; 2, J Butterfield (Mildmay) 5.56; 3, E Curren (Quilters) 6.01; 4, C Charleston (Mildmay) 6.01; 5, P Bowen (Stambridge) 6.08; 6, A Adebamibo (St Anne Line) 6.09; 7, W Claydon (Writtle) 6.12; 8, T Bourne (Fairways) 6.14; 9, William Deasy (St Teresa Colchester); 6.17; 10, J Nutman (Our Lady of Lour-des) 6.17; 11, M Scott (Qui-lters) 6.17; 12, J Jenn-ings (Pitsea) 6.21; 13, C Walker (Sou-th Green) 6.

22; 14, R McIntyre (Chalkwell Hall) 6.26; 15, J Blenkin-sop (Bournes Green) 6.26; 16, D Loo-mes (Chalk-well Hall) 6.33; 17, G Spicer (St Margaret's) 6.34; 18, T Harvey (Long Ridings) 6.34; 19, L Duchars (Chetwood) 6.38; 20, G Ashley (Chetwood) 6.39. 173 runners took part.

Team - 1, Woodside (89); 2, Chalkwell (111); 3, Quilters (137); 4, Chetwood (138); 5, Bournes Green (145); 6, Hadleigh (150); 7, Our Lady of Lourdes (162); 8, Lee Chapel (169); 9, St Anne Line (197); 10, Ghyllgrove (219); 11, South Benfleet (250); 12, Lo-ng Ridings (259); 13, Ken-ts Hill (262); 14, Crowstone (303); 15, In-grave Johnstone (354); 16, Wi-ckford (360); 17, South Green (375); 18, Baddow Hall (382); 19, Westering (385); 20, Leigh Beck (395).

Girls - 1, M Jones (Edward Francis) 5.10; 2, S Wright (Lee Chapel) 5.12; 3, S Landy (Woodside) 5.13; 4, J Smith (Baddow Hall) 5.14; 5, O Tidd (Bournes Green) 5.20; 6, P Aitmarri (St Joseph's Stanford) 5.23; 7, K Solis (St Joseph's South Woodham) 5.25; 8, E Norman (Mildmay) 5.28; 9, L Kidd (Our Lady of Lourdes) 5.34; 10, E Davey (Giffards) 5.34; 11, J Harding (Chalkwell Hall) 5.34; 12, F Lister (Chalkwell Hall) 5.34; 13, A Matt-hews-Smith (Crowstone) 5.39; 14, E Oakley (Hadleigh) 5.39; 15, V Oshunremi (St Teresa Basildon) 5.46; 16, M Kass (Somers Heath) 5.46; 17, J Mans-field (Wo-odside) 5.49; 18, L Rob-inson (Quil-ters) 5.51; 19, R Pass-more (Writt-le) 5.52; 20, H Jones (Bournes Green) 5.52.

155 runners took part.

Team: 1, Chalkwell (71); 2, Bournes Green (95); 3, Quilters (151); 4, Woodside (158); 5, Kents Hill (180); 6, Maldon (189); 7, Leigh Beck (194); 8, Somers Heath (199); 9, Hadleigh (216); 10, Crowstone (229); 11, St Jo-seph's Woodham (241); 12, Edward Francis (254); 13, Kingston (297); 14, Long Rid-ings (297); 15, St Mar-garet's (327); 16, South Benfleet (344); 17, Ingrave Johnstone (371); 18, Noak Bridge (379); 19, St Teresa's Basildon (392); 20, St Anne Line (399).