Cross Country
On Thursday 23rd July, in perfect sunny winter conditions, Port Dalrymple School conducted the 2020 Cross Country ‘Run’. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, our usual Cross Country carnival, held mid Term 2 was replaced with a participation focused ‘Run’. This event was a culmination of a school-wide focus on physical activity and exercise during at-home and at-school physical education lesson throughout Term 2. The participation of students throughout the school was pleasing for all involved. In particular, our Primary School students, who had to endure some chilly and wet conditions early, were sensational with their participation, effort and encouragement.
Although participation was the major focus of the day, winners, placegetters and house points were still awarded. There were some exciting finishes to each year’s event, with many finishers collapsing across the finish line with exhaustion. An example of this was Jack Harris’ hard fought victory over 2019 winner Tallis Trudgeon, and Sashyn Tuthill in the Year 9 Boy’s event. With house points awarded from 1st (50 points) down to 10th (5 points), plus a point for every participant, it was Norfolk house who came out victorious over Paterson 3058 points to 2397 points.
These events take a lot of organising so a big thank goes out to Ms Bolton and senior staff for their support of this event and our teaching and support staff who kept the schedule moving on time and provided great support to their students. An extra big thank you must go to our HPE team and our Port Sport Leaders who carried out many duties before, during and after the carnival.
Regards
Adam Sanders
