Pupils from Woodbridge School and its preparatory school, The Abbey put in some impressive performances at the East Anglian Prep Schools’ Cross Country Championships to claim two out of the three trophies on offer.
Teams of runners representing the school won the Girl’s Overall Trophy and the Overall Schools’ Trophy in this hugely popular schools’ competition which was held at Framlingham College.
Individual runners from the school picked up 4 top 3 positions in the races with Victoria Burrows (U11), and Madeleine Craig (U13) taking the bronze in 3rd, Sarah Barker (U12) claiming silver in 2nd and Nathan Goddard a glorious gold in 1st place. Top ten finishes were also recorded by Tom Turner (U10), Charlie Turner (U10), Edward Rufford (U10), Sophie Graham (U11) Ianthe Hill (U11), George Rufford (U12), Amy Graham (U12, Hariette Petley (U12), Sophia Ogilvie (U13) and Georgia Harrold (U13). Woodbridge School won the Girl’s Overall Trophy and the Overall Schools’ Trophy.
Adam Lubbock, head of sport at Woodbridge School added “To win two of the three trophies and have so many great individual performances is a great result for Woodbridge. Achieving well at cross country comes down to hard work and I would like to thank Mark Goddard for the tremendous and passionate work that he has carried out for the athletes and the school over the past year. Without his class as a coach we would certainly not have performed so well. There was also incredible parental support that was evident throughout the day.” Mr Lubbock continued “ the girls in particularly performed brilliantly winning three out of their four categories (U11, U12 and U13) but we also had to rely on a number of runners who ensured we could put out full teams despite not being ‘runners’ themselves. It was their selfless support which allowed us to compete in the overall team competition and win”.
Suffolk runners dominate at Regional Schools Cross Country Championships
