The Thistle - An E-Newsletter of Scotch College, Perth, Western Australia

Middle School Inter-House Cross Country

The annual Middle School Inter-House Cross Country was held last Wednesday 29 May, on what was a beautiful and sunny Autumn afternoon.

The first race of the event was the Year 6 students and coming through the finish line 1st with an amazing performance was Oliver Knuckey (6.3).  Oliver broke the previous Year 6 2.5km record by a monumental 15 seconds, running 8:59min.  

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The Year 7 students completed the same 2.5km course with excellent performances from many students.  In an extremely tight finish, Cody Curtin (7.4) completed the course in 9:17min and came in 1st, then one second behind him was Tex Cross (7.3) in 2nd place finishing in 9:18min, and closely behind him was AJ Merry (7.6) finishing in 3rd place in 9:19min.

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Year 8 students completed the 3km course with Henry Feutrill (8.6) winning in 10:35min in a very impressive run.  Jack Cook (8.6) came in 2nd place finishing in 10:44min, followed by Alexander Lee (8.2) 11:08min in what were really great performances.

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The final House standing points were:

  • 1st            Robert House:           4782
  • 2nd        Andrew House:          4191
  • 3rd        Bruce House:             4099
  • 4th        James House:            4073
  • 5th        David House:             3840
  • 6th        Gordon House:          3769

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It was fantastic to see so many students give their personal best on the day.  Thank you to all parents who came down to support their sons in what was a very successful afternoon.

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Mr Michael Brinsden
Head of Middle School Sport