District Cross Country

Dear Parents

Wednesday last week the OLHC Cross Country Team headed off to Eltham Lower Park to compete in the Eltham District Inter School Sport Cross Country Championships. These children had been selected from the results of the Our Lady’s House Cross Country Carnival that we held back on Friday1st of April.

The students turning 9 or 10 this year compete in the 2km 10-year-old section while those who turn 11 or 12 during the year compete in the 3km 11-year-old race or the 12-year-old race. Despite early dire weather predictions, the day turned out quite reasonable and the students got to mostly run in sunshine. 

This event is a stepping stone toward the School Sport Victoria State Cross Country Championships so students who finished in the top ten qualified to go on to the SSV Nillumbik Division Championships on Wednesday 1st June. We had 1 student qualify for this event. So special congratulations to Giulia Fernandes, 9th in the 10 Girls on making it through.

Congratulations need to go to the whole team on coming along and giving it a go. Just saying yes to doing a 2 or 3km run is a fantastic show of school spirit! Our team finished 6th overall which equals our position last year.

A special thanks to the awesome team of mum’s who came along and ran the score table, it is a much better job to have than standing out in a cold windy check point but it does put them under pressure at the end of the event when everybody is waiting to hear which school won the overall shield which this year was Eltham East.

One last thanks to Mrs. Askew and Mrs. Ashworth for coming along and helping with the team and to the teachers who stayed back at school and worked with those not selected to compete.