County cross country success

5th February, 2012

Mr Nogues took a team of keen and talented Packwood runners to the Shropshire Schools Cross Country Championship held at Oswestry School on Saturday 4th February. The six boys – Freddie F, Simon W, Guy M, Jonty S, Jack A and Oliver C – performed exceptionally well in a strong field against competitors up to two years older than themselves.

An outstanding run by Freddie F saw him finish in second place overall and helped the team achieve third position out of the 71 teams that took part. Simon W and Jonty S also finished in the top 20 on an extremely cold day and over a challenging course.

Last term Freddie, who has been awarded a sports scholarship to Shrewsbury School, qualified for the English Schools Cross Country Championship to be held in Taunton next month as well as the National Cross country event in London at the end of February. All at Packwood wish him the very best of luck.