Suffolk Schools Cross Country Final Trial 2024

Woodbridge School Wins Almost a Third of the Medals at Suffolk Schools Cross Country Final Trial

Woodbridge School has once again been privileged to host another Cross Country event in our grounds, taking advantage of our superb Cross Country course. Last week saw the Suffolk Schools Cross Country Final Trials take place in near freezing conditions – but that didn’t seem to affect anyone taking part and it was an exciting event to say the least! Our report hold details of the day, the runners and the results.

Suffolk Schools Cross Country Final Trial Report

On Thursday 11 January 2024, Woodbridge School were proud hosts of the final Suffolk Schools Cross Country trial for this winter. The top 100 athletes in Suffolk in each age group had qualified to compete at this trial.

A very successful day for Woodbridge School athletes with around 40 (30 in 2023) having qualified to compete on their home course, even though a few were unable to race due to illness.

Incredibly seven (four in 2023) athletes won individual medals and hopefully some 20 are in contention for selection for Anglian Schools, to be announced later this week; incredibly those statistics means that Woodbridge School won almost 30% of all medals, with some 80 schools having entered the competition.

A huge well done to every athlete that took part, thank you to those responsible for organising and managing the event (including our own team of willing volunteer staff members who we just couldn’t manage these events without!) and good luck to those going on to race at Anglian Schools.

Full results:

Medal winners:

Gold – Year 7’s Dexter, Year 8’s Romilly and Year 13’s Henry

Silver – Year 7’s India J, Year 7’s Otis and Year 9’s Digby

Bronze – Year 7’s Alexandra

Minor Girls (Year 6 & 7):

2nd place – Year 7’s India J

3rd place – Year 7’s Alexandra

5th place – Year 6’s Chloe

8th place – Year 7’s India B

13th place – Year 7’s Imogen

20th place – Year 7’s Jasmine

29th place – Year 6’s Tati

40th place – Year 7’s Evie

42nd place Year 7’s Cecily

Minor Boys (Year 6 & 7):

1st place – Year 7’s Dexter

2nd place – Year 7’s Otis

5th place – Year 7’s Alfie R

7th place – Year 7’s Ollie

9th place – Year 7’s Charlie

14th place – year 6’s Archie

23rd place – Year 7’s Alfie P

38th place – Year 7’s Olly

Junior Girls (Year 8 & 9):

1st place – Year 9’s Romilly

7th place – Year 9’s Felicity

13th place – Year 8’s Alice

19th place – Year 9’s Sophie

24th place – Year 8’s Grace

34th place – Year 8’s Marina

43rd place – Year 8’s Millie

62nd place – Year 8’s Eirann

Junior Boys: (Year 8 & 9):

2nd place – Year 8’s Digby

9th place – Year 9’s Jago

34th place – Year 9’s Jack

63rd place – year 9’s Ambrose

69th place – Year 9’s Arthur

74th place – Year 9’s Jacob

75th place – Year 9’s Elijah

Inter Boys (Year 10 & 11):

9th place – Year 11’s Angus

15th place – Year 10’s Jasper

Senior Boys (Year 12 & 13):

1st place – Year 13’s Henry

5th place – Year 12’s Iwan

14th place – Year 12’s Bruce

Suffolk Schools will soon announce teams of 16 in each age group to compete at Anglian Schools in Lincolnshire on Saturday 3 February 2024 – we look forward to sharing more details once we have them.

After the February race, and including those race results, Suffolk Schools will announce reduced teams of eight (only for Juniors, Inters and Seniors – so students in Year 8 and above) to compete at English Schools in Pontefract, West Yorkshire in March.