The Leeds Primary Schools XC races were held at Temple Newsam on Thursday 13 February
There were 8 races – year 3 girls, year 3 boys, etc to year 6 boys
Children had qualified for this event by doing well at one of 5 local events before Christmas (most V S members had run at Roundhay High School). A few children that had been unable to attend a local event (either because their school hadn’t entered or because they were ill on the day) were added based on results at Leeds Schools Saturday League or Peco XC.
From this event, children then qualified for the the West Yorkshire Primary Schools XC Races which will be held at Temple Newsam on Thursday 6 March when teams from Leeds will be competing against teams from Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. Each city will have 35 runners at each of the 8 races, that will be 1,400 runners attending!
The qualifying rules at Leeds from each of the 8 races were
- top 5 schools (5 per school to run, 4 to count)
- best 10 individuals not including any who were in top 5 schools but must have finished in top 15 individuals.
At the West Yorkshire races, there will be awards for the top 3 schools and also the top 12 runners in years 4/5/6 qualify to represent West Yorkshire at the National Final at Stoneleigh Park (NB change of venue) on Saturday 22 March.
Note that individual entries, including year 3, are allowed for the National Final (contact me for details) but additional entries are not allowed for the West Yorkshire Races.
Link to National Final https://www.nationalprimary-year7crosscountryfinal.com/
Here are the names of the Valley Striders children who will be running in the West Yorkshire races
YEAR 3 GIRLS
Individuals
- 9 Lola Thomas
Qualifiers via top 5 teams
- 1 Green Lane
- 2 Woodlesford
- 3 Weetwood
- 4 Gledhow – Lola, Betsy Earl
- 5 Moortown – Isla Waters, Kitty Kirkley
YEAR 3 BOYS
Individuals
- 9 Leo Robinson
Qualifiers via top 5 teams
- 1 Otley The Whartons
- 2 Thorner
- 3 Allerton Bywater
- 4 Talbot
- 5 GSAL – Athen Doherty
YEAR 4 GIRLS
Individuals
- 2 Essie Molyneux
- 3 Ella Shanks
- 4 Ruby Wilson
Qualifiers via top 5 teams
- 1 GSAL
- 2 Horsforth Newlaithes – Essie, Ella
- 3 Thorner
- 4 Woodlesford
- 5 Roundhay St John – Ruby, Izzy Grosvenor
YEAR 4 BOYS
Individuals
- 5 Jasper Bennett
- 10 Kyle Reid
Qualifiers via top 5 teams
- 1 Thorner – Samuel McLarkey
- 2 Highfield
- 3 Roundhay – Jasper, Oliver Breedon, Alex Burbidge, Henry Kirwan
- 4 Weetwood
- 5 Westerton
YEAR 5 GIRLS
Individuals
- 4 Matilda Dark
- 10 Ella Ball
- 13 Helena Bolhasani
Qualifiers via top 5 teams
- 1 St Margarets
- 2 Pool in Wharfedale
- 3 Weetwood
- 4 GSAL
- 5 Moor Allerton Hall – Matilda
YEAR 5 BOYS
Individuals
- 3 Levi Woodger
- 4 Leo Freer
- 5 Austin Lyons
- 7 Caleb Keene
Qualifiers via top 5 teams
- 1 St Matthews
- 2 Bramhope – Austin
- 3 Meanwood – Leo, Edward Sharp
- 4 GSAL – Caleb
- 5 Guiseley
YEAR 6 GIRLS
Individuals
- 4 Abigail Bottomley
- 5 Emmy Deverill
- 6 Dora Walmsley
- 7 Ava McLarkey
Qualifiers via top 5 teams
- 1 GSAL
- 2 Otley The Whartons
- 3 Thorner – Ava, Evelyn Fordham
- 4 St Matthews- Libby Frenneaux, Laurie Phillips
- 5 Woodlesford
YEAR 6 BOYS
Individuals
- 2 Samuel Keene
- 3 Joshua Salmon
- 9 James Whittaker
Qualifiers via top 5 teams
- 1 Roundhay – Joshua, James, Jenson Bennett
- 2 St Margarets – Seb Fowler
- 3 Highfield
- 4 St Josephs Otley
- 5 Valley View
GOOD LUCK to the Leeds Teams and in particular those from Valley Striders!