After two postponements due to bad weather, the House Cross Country competition eventually took place in glorious sunshine.
Making full use of the Prep School grounds, children from Years 2 to 6 completed either two or three laps.
Downton House (red) triumphed for the fourth year running. Wantage House (green) claimed second position, Pusey House (blue) took third place and Sellon House (yellow) had to settle for fourth.
The top three runners in each year group were:
Year 2 Boys | 1st - Ben Smith (Wantage) 2nd - Jake Smwith (Wantage) 3rd - Zain Bihnam (Wantage) |
Year 2 Girls | 1st - Holly Lane (Pusey) 2nd - Verity Tank (Downton) 3rd - Polly Evans (Wantage) |
Year 3 Boys | 1st - Rocky Prowse (Wantage) 2nd - Hugo Kehoe (Wantage 3rd - Thomas Normington (Downton) |
Year 3 Girls | 1st - Lydia Lambie (Downton) 2nd - Chloe Bersey (Sellon) 3rd - Natalja Boulting (Downton) |
Year 4 Boys | 1st - Barnaby Mills (Sellon) 2nd - William Mills (Sellon) 3rd - Harvey Bishop (Wantage) |
Year 4 Girls | 1st - Megan Bishop (Sellon) 2nd - Velvet Prowse (Wantage) 3rd - Kate Short (Sellon) |
Year 5 Boys | 1st - Jack Lane (Pusey) 2nd - Fardeen Gafoor (Downton) 3rd - William Stevenson (Downton) |
Year 5 Girls | 1st - Rebecca Eadie (Wantage) 2nd - Browyn Harris (Downton) 3rd - Hazel Vernon (Pusey) |
Year 6 Boys | 1st - Oliver Smart (Pusey) 2nd - Nicholas Sawyer (Wantage) 3rd - Hamish Harris (Downton) |
Year 6 Girls | 1st - Connie Hickman-Tinniswood (Downton) 2nd - Kate Saxby (Sellon) 3rd - Arpitha Abraham (Sellon) |