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School competition put on the map.
Tuesday afternoon saw over 150 primary school pupils come together for the East Riding Schools Orienteering Championships 2010 at Longcroft School in Beverley. The event was the culmination of a joint project between the 2 School Sport Partnerships that cover all the East Riding Schools and the local orienteering club HALO – Humberside and Lincolnshire Orienteers and brought together the top 10 pupils from numerous local events. There were 2 courses set up for the varying age categories, for Year 5 pupils and below the fastest runners were Madeleine Rhynehart and Thomas Nicholson from South Cave Primary School with a fantastic time of 12m.23s. Hot on their heels were Lewis MacInnes and Jake Vermeulen from Cowick Primary School who finished in 12m.59s and the 3rd fastest on the day was Izobel Cusse from All Saints Junior with 15m.27s.
In the Year 6 competition, the winner, with a fantastic solo performance 3 minutes ahead of the nearest rivals on 14m.12s was Yasmin Field from Minster School. Next came Jack Hatfield and Fraser Crawford from Brough Primary in 17m.01s and closely following them with 17m.26s were Connor Bingham and Kelly Ashley representing Martongate Primary School.
Huge congratulations to them along with the rest of the 171 competitors, each of whom received a certificate and a goody bag supplied in conjunction with Nestle, Tesco, British Orienteering and East Riding of Yorkshire Council Sports Development team. Partnership Development Manager for the Bridlington School Sport Partnership, Angel Sanderson commented “It is fantastic to see so many pupils here today having made the step up from their local competitions. We are all working towards achieving a 5 hour offer of PE & Sport per week at our schools and to have such large numbers at what is a normally a minority sport just goes to show how the team efforts are proving successful”. Amanda Jack, Competition Manager for the East Riding, reiterated this “Having developed an effective school to club link with HALO we are keen to not only build on the success of this event but ensure opportunities are available to all who are interested”.
After seeing all the talent on show here, HALO are keen to promote their Junior Club night which runs from Longcroft School, Mondays during term time between 6-7.30pm. For anyone wanting more information please contact John Butler (Chairman of HALO) on 07768 542832 or email john@the-butlers.co.uk.
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