On
Saturday 1 February, four runners from Oundle School travelled to Abington
Park, Northampton, having been selected to compete in the inter-county ‘Anglian
Trophy’.
Angus
Dowie (17) and Natasha Crawford (16) both competed at U19 level and came 38th
and 35th (6th and 8th for the County) respectively and qualified to compete
in the English Schools Cross-Country Championships to be held in Castle Donington
Park, Leicestershire, on 15 March.
Berry
Campbell-Breeden (16), who finished in an amazing 2nd place in her U17 race in the
County qualifiers but was unable to attend last week, was also selected to take
part in the Nationals.
Ruby
Goodall (15), who came 5th in the U17 County qualifiers unfortunately did not
finish her race on Saturday, but will be a part of Oundle School U16 Netball
team who have made it to the National Netball Finals tournament to be held on
the same date.
Angus commented, “It was a very difficult race at a very high standard, and to have made
it through to a national event is brilliant, it wasn't something I was
expecting. The London Marathon remains my main focus but x-country has given me
a further challenge and is really helping me with my training."
In January, six runners from Oundle School
travelled to Sevenoaks School to take part in the Knole run, competing against
the best schools in the area.
Head of Girls’ Games, Leti Brighton
commented, “The new course for this 18th
anniversary run, set in Knole Park, was as beautiful as it was challenging,
with 3.1 miles of steep hills and heavy terrain.”
The Oundle girls did very well finishing 8th
out of 28 teams with Berry Campbell-Breeden (16) leading the way placing 25th,
followed by Lily Nicholson (16), Natasha Crawford (16)and Amelia Cookson (16)
coming in 48th, 49th and 52nd respectively and Emily Marshall (17) and Millie
Marks (16) finishing 85th and 99th, out of over 225 girls.
Leti concluded, “This Saturday, the Oundle School team also ran in the Senior Boys’ and
Open Girls’ races hosted by Worksop and despite missing 3 of their best
runners, managed to come 1st and 2nd. Such results in the 3rd of a total of 6
League races are extremely promising."
Press contact:
Liz Dillarstone
Publicity and Press Relations Officer
Oundle School
01832 277267
07810 788458
ed@oundleschool.org.uk
Background Information on Oundle School
Oundle
School is situated in the quintessentially English Market town from which it
takes its name. The School's buildings, dating from the seventeenth to the
twenty-first century, are dispersed throughout the town, which is, to a large
extent, its campus.
The
School's history goes back to 1556 when Sir William Laxton, Master of the
Worshipful Company of Grocers and Lord Mayor of London, endowed and re-founded
the original Oundle Grammar School, of which he was a former pupil. In 1876,
the Grocers' Company decided to divide the School into two parts: Laxton
Grammar School, mainly for the inhabitants of the town, and Oundle School,
mainly for pupils from further afield. However, to mark the new millennium, the
Governing Body decided to reunite the two schools under the common name of
Oundle School, with Laxton as a House for day-pupils.
The
School is now able to offer a range of educational possibilities to meet
contemporary needs: co-educational day or boarding education, with Laxton
Junior as a 4-11 day school, and Oundle School as a boarding and day school,
with entry at 11, 13 or into the Sixth Form.