Nearly 600 pupils from schools across east renfrewshire braved 4 seasons of weather in one day to compete in the annual Schools Cross Country championships recently.
The �� makes an appearance as we get underway at the cross country - 175 primary girls are off and running @sportscotland @scotathletics #activeschools pic.twitter.com/eU9z8MCORj
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Co-ordinated by the ERCL Active Schools team along with Physical Education staff from various secondary schools, the event was held at Rouken Glen Park and involved 360 primary pupils from every primary school and over 220 high school pupils from every high school in East Renfrewshire. With all schools represented and a record entry it was the largest schools cross country event ever hosted in the area.
As an annual event, pupils get the opportunity to compete against other schools in the authority and for individual top 3 places along with top team in the authority. A number of volunteers from Giffnock North Athletics Club were also on hand to assist and to provide information to all runners on pathways into their club if any child showed potential or wanted to participate in further running activities.
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Hundreds of pupils braving the weather to take on the cross country at @RoukenGlenPark last week (just as the Beast from the East arrived ❄❄❄)! @scotathletics @ScotWomenSport @sportscotland #activeschools pic.twitter.com/rux4YVntwH
On the day there was some strong competition and all athletes did their best in their race for their school. Below is a breakdown on the team scores for the primary to senior races.
Primary | |
Boys | Girls |
1st: Our Lady of the Missions | Mearns Primary |
2nd: Braidbar | Mearns Primary |
3rd: St.Cadocs | Our Lady of the Missions |
S1 | |
Boys | Girls |
1st: Williamwood | St.Ninians |
2nd: Woodfarm | Williamwood |
3rd: St.Ninians | Barrhead |
S2 | |
Boys | Girls |
1st: St.Ninians | Williamwood |
2nd: Williamwood | St.Ninians |
3rd: Mearns Castle | Eastwood |
S3 | |
Boys | Girls |
1st: Williamwood | Williamwood |
2nd: Eastwood | Woodfarm |
3rd: Woodfarm | Eastwood |
Seniors (S4-S6) | |
Boys | Girls |
1st: Williamwood | Williamwood |
2nd: St.Ninians | St.Ninians |
3rd: St.Lukes | Woodfarm |
For more information on Athletics in East Renfrewshire, please visit our Athletics pages or contact the Active Schools team.
This year we opened up the cross country to more primary pupils. Seeing so many pupils attending this event shows how much it has grown in the past few years. It is now one of the main events in the school calendar for both Primary and Secondary schools. It was great to have support from our local athletics club Giffnock North, our PE staff and various pupil volunteers who helped to make the day so successful.
Victoria Park, Sports Competition Co-ordinator, East Renfrewshire Culture and Leisure