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Medway Secondary School Games Cross Country
Tuesday 1st December 2009

The Medway Secondary School Games launched into action for the third event on its calendar with the Cross Country, held at Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School, Rochester on Tuesday 1st December 2009.

Over 350 athletes from 15 Medway Secondary schools competed in the freezing conditions, but this did not take away from every athlete giving everything and produced some thrilling race finishes. The Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical school dominated the event winning every boys’ team event (the team event was based upon each schools highest placed 4 finishers). The results after all 8 races were as follows:

YEAR 7 Individuals

1st Jacinta Barham – Fort Pitt Grammar School for Girls
2nd Emily Milligan – Rochester Grammar School for Girls
3rd Hannah Wheeler – Rainham School for Girls

YEAR 7 Teams

1st Walderslade Girls
2nd Rochester Grammar School for Girls
3rd Thomas Aveling

JUNIOR GIRLS Individuals

1st Katie White – Kings School
2nd Lauren Davis – Rainham Mark
3rd Jessica Murphy – Thomas Aveling

JUNIOR GIRLS Teams

1st Thomas Aveling
2nd Chatham Grammar School for Girls
3rd Rochester Grammar School for Girls

INTER GIRLS Individuals

1st Cerys Sanders – Walderslade Girls
2nd Lucy Nicholson – Fort Pitt Grammar School
3rd Jade Smith – Walderslade Girls

INTER GIRLS Teams

1st Walderslade Girls
2nd Chatham Grammar School for Girls
3rd Rainham School for Girls
SENIOR GIRLS Individuals

1st Holly Davis-Miller – Mid Kent College
2nd Rebecca Collins – Rochester Grammar School for Girls
3rd Lucy Essenhigh – Chatham Grammar School for Girls

SENIOR GIRLS Teams

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YEAR 7 BOYS Individuals

1st Tom Whiley – Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School
2nd Yuxin Caizuang – Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School
3rd Jay Le Marrec – Greenacre School

YEAR 7 Teams

1st Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School
2nd Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School (B)
3rd Thomas Aveling

JUNIOR BOYS Individuals

1st James West - Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School
2nd Stephen Jones - Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School
3rd Scott Trenton – The Howard School

JUNIOR BOYS Teams

1st Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School
2nd The Howard School
3rd Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School (B)

INTER BOYS Individuals

1st Adam Gilbert – Thomas Aveling
2nd Jamie Arnold – Chatham South
3rd Jasper Cannon-Walledge – Rainham Mark

INTER BOYS Teams

1st Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School
2nd Rainham Mark
3rd Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School (B)


SENIOR BOYS Individuals

1st Josh Elderfield – Thomas Aveling
2nd Nathan Wilkins - Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School
3rd Aaron Taylor – Mid Kent College

SENIOR BOYS Teams

1st Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School
2nd Chatham Grammar School for Boys
3rd Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School (B)

GIRLS OVERALL TABLE

POSITION SCHOOL
1st Walderslade Girls
2nd Thomas Aveling
3rd Chatham Grammar School for Girls

POSITION SCHOOL
1st Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School
2nd Chatham Grammar School for Boys
3rd Rainham Mark

The top individual finishers from every race will now go on to represent Medway at the Kent Schools Cross Country Championships being held in Dartford on Saturday 16th January 2010.

The sports development team would like to thank everyone involved in making this event so successful including the help of PE staff and volunteers from Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School.

The Medway Secondary School Games is a multi-sport programme of events running throughout the school year, open to all Medway secondary schools. The scheme is organised by Medway Council’s Sports Development Team, with the support of Governing Bodies of Sport, local sports clubs and leisure facilities.

The next Medway Secondary Schools Games event is the Trampolining Festival on Tuesday 26 January 2010 at Jumpers Rebound Centre, Gillingham.

If you are interested in joining a local running club, getting involved in the sport, you can now do this online on our online directory - go to the sports development pages at http://www.medway.gov.uk/london2012.

For more information on getting involved with the Medway Secondary School Games programme contact John Hatchett Sports Development Team Medway Council Tel: 01634 338763.