In February more than a hundred children from seven local schools – Thornford, St Andrew’s Yetminster, Sherborne Primary, Sherborne Abbey Primary, Buckland Newton, All Saints, and Trent Young’s – competed in the Sherborne area cross-country competition.
Hosted by The Gryphon School, high school student sport leaders supported the primary pupils and ensured the highly competitive event ran smoothly.
The results were:
Girls Team:
1st: Sherborne Abbey Primary
2nd: Joint – Thornford Primary and All Saints Primary
3rd: Buckland Newton Primary
Girls Individual:
1st: Phoebe (Sherborne Abbey)
2nd: Lydia (Trent Young’s)
3rd: Tilly (Sherborne Primary)
Boys Team:
1st: Sherborne Primary
2nd: Trent Young’s
3rd: Thornford Primary
Boys Individual:
1st: Lenny (Thornford)
2nd: Archie (Buckland Newton)
3rd: William (Sherborne Primary)
Neela Brooking, Headteacher of Thornford Primary School, who organised the event said ‘Congratulations to all the children who took part and a big thank you to The Gryphon PE department and the student helpers for supporting the event. The children are already looking forward to the next competition!’
