2025 BVPS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Ben Venue Cross Country Championship was our second major sporting event for the year. The course proved challenging for many runners, but some very impressive overall results were posted on the day.

From this carnival, the top 6 runners have been selected to represent our school at the 2025 Armidale Zone Cross Country Championship to be held on Monday 26 May at Bellevue Oval, UNE. From there, a squad of Zone representatives will compete at the North West Cross Country Championships. A permission note will be sent out via SchoolBytes soon, including a timetable of events.

Individual Champions

Congratulations to the following students:

Place	8/9 Years Girls 2km	Place	8/9 Years Boys 2km
1st	Natasha Green - Time 10:30:19	1st	Angus Faint - Time 9:12:59
2nd	Dakota Archibald	2nd	Loki Clark
3rd	Isla Maloney	3rd	Oliver Ince
4th	Eliza Clark	4th	Darcy Collett
5th	Connie Fahey	5th	Harry Sewell
6th	Celeste Reid	6th	Harvey Piddington

Place	10 Years Girls 2km	Place	10 Years Boys 2km
1st	Stella Piddington - Time 10:04:41	1st	Chase Gordon - Time 8:14:50
2nd	Lily Hardman	2nd	Thomas Goodare
3rd	Lucianna Mosquera-Suarez	3rd	Cooper Kennedy
4th	Lucinda Pezzutti	4th	Benji Clee
5th	Lila Pearce	5th	Jaxon Bale
6th	Lynzi Beard	6th	Archie Drozdowski

Place	11 Years Girls 3km	Place	11 Years Boys 3km
1st	Sydnee Schneider - Time 14:29:37	1st	Nate Archibald - Time 13:58:91
2nd	Blythe Schneider	2nd	Riley Lord
3rd	Grace Ince	3rd	Tom Hamparsum
4th	Elina Green	4th	Jack Sewell
5th	Nidhal Adi	5th	Harvey Guy
6th	Kinley Green	6th	Bailey Halloran

Place	12/13 Years Girls 3km	Place	12/13 Years Boys 3km
1st	Eliza Magann - Time 15:42:39	1st	Harrison Faint - Time 13:48:78
2nd	Scarlett Hall	2nd	Max Clee
3rd	Audrey Fowler	3rd	Leo Osborn
4th	Elsie Fittler	4th	Lachlan Percival
5th	Savannah McIntyre	5th	Archer Gray
6th	Abigail Andersson	6th	William Friedman
7th	Emily Wain

Team Champions 2025 House Points Scoresheet

House Results	8/9 Girls	8/9 Boys	10 Girls	10 Boys	11 Girls	11 Boys	12/13 Girls	12/13 Boys
1st Team	Sturt	Oxley	Sturt	Oxley	Blaxland	Oxley	Sturt	Sturt
2nd Team	Blaxland	Cunningham	Blaxland	Sturt = Blaxland	Sturt	Blaxland	Oxley	Blaxland
3rd Team	Cunningham	Sturt	Cunningham =Oxley	Sturt = Blaxland	Cunningham	Cunningham	Blaxland	Oxley
4th Team	Oxley	Blaxland	Cunningham =Oxley	Cunningham	Oxley	Sturt	Cunningham	Cunningham

POINT SCORE

WINNER: BLAXLAND 269 points (Lowest score wins)

2ND: STURT 272

3RD: OXLEY 312

4TH: CUNNINGHAM 365

Congratulations to all who participated in our school carnival and a special thank you to the teachers and school leaders who assisted at the finish line with recording, judging or time keeping on the day.

An extra special thank you to the parents who assisted with the carnival’s setup; your time was greatly appreciated.

Rebecca O’Hara

Cross Country Coordinator

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