English School Cross Country Cup

On Saturday 11th November TPS pupils travelled to Taunton Racecourse for the regional rounds of the English School Cross Country Cup. To qualify for this round the teams had to finish in the top two in the Somerset area event. To reach the National Finals, teams had to finish in the top three.

All runners performed brilliantly on a course which was wet and had particularly long grass!! The U13 boys team won the event finishing as Regional Champions. They qualified as the South West 1 Team for the National Finals being hosted by Woodbridge School, Suffolk.

Runners:

U13 girls race – 68 runners over a 2500m course

Libby H (7th)

Xavia B (39th)

Poppy H (20th)

Evie L (35th)

Isabelle R (27th)

The team placed 6th among 12 schools

U13 boys race – 56 runners over a 2500m course

JJ W (12th)

Lewis W (28th)

George K (6th)

James F (10th)

William T (17th)

Maxime P (40th)

The team placed 1st among 9 schools.

U13 Girls Hockey

Congratulations to the U13 girls who finished joint top (2nd place on goal difference) at the recent county hockey event.  The top two teams now represent Somerset in the West Finals in March.

Equestrian

Many congratulations to our 70/75 team who last weekend won the Eventers Challenge at Pontispool. In doing so they have now qualified for the nationals at Hickstead.

Great achievements all round!