ALLEYN Court School made home advantage count as they hosted and won the annual Hobbs Cross-Country races.

The Thorpe Bay school won the team event in six of the eight races to claim the overall champions mantle.

A total of 280 runners from Alleyn Court, Rayleigh’s Grove Wood, Hockley’s Plumberow, Eastwood’s Heycroft, Thorpe Bay’s Thorpe Hall, Westcliff’s Crowstone and Brentwood’s Ursuline competed.

FULL RESULTS AND MORE PICTURES IN WEDNESDAY'S ECHO