Riverside Girls shine at Northern Region Schools Championships

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Last Updated: Monday, 06 August 2012 13:14

Riverside Girls High School bested the boys teams to take the title of Champion High School at the recent Northern Region Schools Championships .  Nearly 100 runners, the great majority with no prior experience, raced at the St Ives Showground last week. Coaches from Orienteering NSW worked with the youngsters through an introductory coaching session which was followed by individual courses and relays.  The delight on the students' faces and the spirit that they displayed as they cheered each other on was really uplifting.

The courses were testing but that so many did exceptionally well shows how good coaching can bring beginners on quickly.

Champion primary school was St Ives North Public School.

Other results:

1st boys relay team was Normanhurst Boys High School (Daniel Hill, Adam Halmy and Matthew Osborne)

1st girls relay team was Riverside (Emily O'Loughlin, Rosie Browell and Anne Vervoort)

1st primary relay team was Turramurra Public School (Rachel Osborne, Hannah Wilkinson and Veronica Hardman)

1st composite team was St Ives Public/Chatswood High School (Joanna Hill, Sara McDonald, Sam Wilkinson).

The behaviour of ALL 90 students was exemplary and they all competed with great spirit.

Many thanks to sponsors of the event, The Athletes Foot, St Ives who donated prizes and also to Ku-ring-gai Council for allowing the use of the fantastic venue.

Thanks to Barbara Hill for this report

More photographs of the event can be found in the North Shore Times gallery