A team of four girls from Bradford Grammar School recently won the King Henry VIII Cross Country Relays, after placing third last year. This highly prestigious competition, which takes place annually in Coventry, acts as an unofficial British schools’ championship.
Phoebe, Amelie, Rebecca and Emily each completed legs through mud, and over tarmac, of just over two miles each, and despite being up against athletes who were as much as five years older, won the event with an impressive 30 seconds to spare. We were delighted to present them with their trophy in this morning’s assembly.
Dr Simon Hinchliffe, BGS Headmaster, said: “This is the first time in the history of our very successful Cross-Country Club that a girls’ team has won the race, which means that BGS is now only the second school in the country to have won this competition in both the boys and girls categories. What a truly fantastic achievement – we are so delighted and immensely proud.”
Amazingly, this relatively young team are already looking forward to defending their title next year!
“This is the first time in the history of our very successful Cross-Country Club that a girls’ team has won the race, which means that BGS is now only the second school in the country to have won this competition in both the boys and girls categories. What a truly fantastic achievement – we are so delighted and immensely proud.”
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