TOMORROW IS THE DAY
Reminders
-students to wear their school house colours and running shoes to school
-school uniform, clean shoes, dry socks in a plastic bag to change into when they get back from Bloodworth Park
-Every class will walk down to Bloodworth Park at 9.15am.
-All parents, care givers and family and friends are welcome to join us at Bloodworth/Shore Road Reserve
Save day
The Cross Country will be postponed if the weather conditions or fields are closed. You will be notified on the Sports Blog by 7.30am on Tuesday 16th August. The save day will be Tuesday 23rd August 23rd 9.15-12.30pm.
All details for the Save Day will be posted by the end of the week.
Bay Suburbs and Eastern Zones Cross Country-
1st September (Rain day-2nd September)
To be eligible for a space in the BS or EZ cross country team for PDS you have to complete the PDS cross country on 16th August.
The top 8 runners for each of the below attend;
Year 4 boys and girls (16)
Year 5 boys and girls (16)
Year 6 boys and girls (16)
Year 7 boys and girls (16)
Year 8 boys and girls (16)
- We will require parent drivers to and from Churchill Park Reserve
Timings:
Reminders
-students to wear their school house colours and running shoes to school
-school uniform, clean shoes, dry socks in a plastic bag to change into when they get back from Bloodworth Park
-Every class will walk down to Bloodworth Park at 9.15am.
-All parents, care givers and family and friends are welcome to join us at Bloodworth/Shore Road Reserve
Save day
The Cross Country will be postponed if the weather conditions or fields are closed. You will be notified on the Sports Blog by 7.30am on Tuesday 16th August. The save day will be Tuesday 23rd August 23rd 9.15-12.30pm.
All details for the Save Day will be posted by the end of the week.
Bay Suburbs and Eastern Zones Cross Country-
1st September (Rain day-2nd September)
To be eligible for a space in the BS or EZ cross country team for PDS you have to complete the PDS cross country on 16th August.
The top 8 runners for each of the below attend;
Year 4 boys and girls (16)
Year 5 boys and girls (16)
Year 6 boys and girls (16)
Year 7 boys and girls (16)
Year 8 boys and girls (16)
- We will require parent drivers to and from Churchill Park Reserve
Timings:
We would like to get the racing underway around 10am. These are approximate timings and will not necessarily be strictly adhered to.
Year 1 Girls 10.00am Year 5 Girls 10.50am
Year 1 Boys 10.04am Year 5 Boys 10.54am
Year 2 Girls 10.10am Year 6 Girls 11.10am
Year 2 Boys 10.14am Year 6 Boys 11.14am
Year 3 Girls 10.20am Year 7 Girls 11.30am
Year 3 Boys 10.24am Year 7 Boys 11.35am
Year 4 Girls 10.35am Year 8 Girls 12.00pm
Year 4 Boys 10.39am Year 8 Boys 12.05pm
Terrain:
Thomas Bloodworth Park has a variety of terrains that the students will be running over. There are gravel paths, wooden bridges, grass, muddy puddles, concrete paths, and years 5-8 will be running up stairs. I ran this course on Sunday and it is dry bar the cricket grounds which are still a little soggy.
Clothing:
Please encourage students to wear their house coloured t-shirt, socks, hat, shorts
Teachers please inform your students which house they are in
Te Arawa Tokomaru Tainui Aotea
– house points will be awarded. Students will need a change of uniform and shoes for after the event due to the terrain circumstances – this can be done back at school.
Check with your child’s class list for their House OR ask their classroom teacher.
Courses
Each race will have Course Marshals around the route and they will be equipped with ice packs, plasters, water and encouraging the students as they run.
Courses
Each race will have Course Marshals around the route and they will be equipped with ice packs, plasters, water and encouraging the students as they run.
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