PECO XC
Euan Brannan, 6M, won the final race of the PECO XC league last Sunday .This is a league for all Leeds area affiliated running/athletics clubs. The best 4 results count towards the championship positions. Euan won all 4 races that he competed in, making him the 2012 U11 champion. He will be awarded with his trophy on 1st April. What an incredible achievement—well done Euan on a fantastic result!
BGS Cross Country
Yesterday saw the return of our annual BGS U11 Cross Country. Fancy dress costumes were swapped for trainers and running vests as the children warmed up mentally and physically for their 2km races! The girls ran first and did a sterling job, coming a respectable 3rd overall out of 7 teams. Josh Fuller (old boy) kindly agreed to be our ‘hare’ but by the time he had to run the boys’ race he was clearly struggling to keep ahead of Euan Brennan who unbelievably managed to out-run him! Well done Euan on a fantastic run and an excellent 1st place finishing time. The boys all did remarkably well and secured an overall first place as a team. All our children did us proud and the results below are out of a total of 40 boys and 40 girls, with the times provided for the first 20 runners in each race.
National Cross Counttry championships - Euan Brennan
It was a really good afternoon at Parliament Hill and fortunately sunny. Euan took part in the boys U13 race. He was probably one of the youngest runners , only being 16 days past his 11th birthday (minimum age for entry was 11). He came 226th out of 373 runners, running 3k in 13.06 mins It was a huge mass start & in fact we couldn't see Euan until near the end. Approximately 100 runners went over the finish line in 40 seconds intervals! A great experience & he hopes to be able to race again next year.
U11 Cross Country at Giggleswick
On Wednesday 5 boys and 5 girls from BGS took part in the U11 cross country at iggleswick in cold and muddy conditions! The results are as follows:
Boys Race Results
Euan Brennan 6th, Jim Dacombe 14th, Kit Keith 28th, Callum Young 48th, William Wade 53rd Ruby Johnson 94th
Girls Race Results
Evelyn Wright 12th Emily Belcher 22nd, Jessica Jones 57th, Martha Dacombe 67th, Ruby Johnson 94th
There were approximately 100 boys and 100 girls in the races so our children did really well, especially considering they are from Y3-6 and this was an U11 (Y6) event. Well done to Ruby for finishing the race despite falling over and hurting herself.
St Martins Ampleforth, Cross Country
It was a lovely afternoon at Ampleforth and the boys really enjoyed themselves and all gave 100% effort. They were a credit to BGS.
Positions were:
Finn Keogh (6M) 53rd, Will King (6M) 50th, Kit Keith (4J) 29th, Robert Davies (5F) 24th, Jim Dacombe (6M) 19th, Euan Brennan (6M) 3rd
There were approximately 100 boys and girls in total in the U11 race.
Cross Country Championships 2012
We are delighted to announce the exciting news that Euan Brennan (6M) has been selected by Ilkley Harriers to compete in the National Junior XC Championships in London in February. This is a fantastic achievement and we wish Euan all the very best with his training.
Last Sunday, Euan competed in the first of the West Yorkshire Championship League XC races at Nunroyd Park in Guiseley. He came 4th in the Boys U11 category. Well done on another fabulous result!
Malsis Cross Country
On Thursday 6th of October the boys from BGS XC team set off to Malsis for the first Schools XC of the season. Despite the weather the team had a great time and put in a great performance. Will came 42nd Kit 35th Robert 28th Jim 14th and Euan 2nd out of over 80 boys. Special mentions go to Jim and Kit for a great first ace and to the whole team for running well. We can’t wait for the next race!
Euan Brennan 6M
