Year 8 cross-country success

 

The Habs Year 8 cross-country team started the new term in impressive fashion as they powered to team victory at the prestigious Bedfordia event on Tuesday 14 January. 

 

Bedfordia attracts some of the strongest school cross-country teams in the country and this victory demonstrates the talent and dedication to training that is present amongst this year group. The race took place in very testing conditions, with strong winds ensuring that the Habs runners had to race cleverly and find cover wherever possible. The course covered a variety of terrains and gradients which made it a tough but fair test for all of the runners.

 

Peter (8J) produced an exceptional performance in his favoured cross-country conditions and led the team home. Peter was pushed all the way by a fantastic run from Jordan (8H) who has made great progress this year. Max (8S) did remarkably well to finish the race in a prominent position after he rolled his ankle in an early fall whilst Rafi Gayer (8R) finished strongly and showed the benefit of his recent training. Camran (8J), Elijah (8R) and Rafi (8J) worked extremely hard and fought for every place which made sure that the entire team had finished within the first 30 positions and gave the team a commanding victory.

 

The Year 8 team had previously won the local round of the English Schools National Cross-Country Cup and had narrowly missed out on a place at the national finals. The team will be hoping to carry this impressive form into their subsequent races this term, starting with the Hertfordshire County Championships on the 1 February 2020.