Cross Country at Coleraine Grammar School

 

Cross Country is a winter sport offered to both girls and boys from all year groups.

We meet on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for training and are often joined by CGS rowers to work on building a good aerobic base. There is the opportunity to run across many terrains including grass, road, track, trail and beach. We do a variety of different workouts including intervals, fartlek, tempo, steady and long runs.

The Cross Country fixtures take the same structure every season. The first competition is the NEBSSA’s which is then followed by the District, Ulster and Irish Schools Championships, performance at each allowing progression to the next. Individuals must finish in the top 15 or teams must finish in the top 3 for qualification for the next stage.

We have enjoyed much success at these competitions over recent years.

2018 - 2019

OVERALL WINNERS OF THE NEBSSA SCHOOLS' CROSS COUNTRY ChAMPIONSHIPS:

Individual results:
One of our Year 8 girls was 2nd
One of our Year 8 boys was 3rd
One of our Year 10 girls was 3rd
One of our Year 11 boys was 1st

Team results:
Year 8 Girls – Silver medallists
Year 8 Boys – 4th
Year 9 Girls – 4th
Year 9 Boys – 6th
Year 10 Boys – 5th
Senior Girls – Bronze medallists
Senior Boys – Gold medallists

2017 - 2018

Matthew Beveridge – Districts (1^st), Ulster (3^rd), Irish (8 ^th)
Hermione Skuce – Districts (1^st), Ulster (4^th), Irish (17 ^th)
Andrew Gordon – Districts (1^st)
Year 9 Boys Team – Harry Hughes, Lewis Fleming, Callum Knox, Patrick Fell, Matthew Curry, Jack Devenney, Olly Simmons - Districts (3^rd)
Intermediate Girls Team – Hermione Skuce, Lucy McCallum, Kerri Clarke -Districts (2^nd)

Senior Girls Team – Elle Beveridge, Rebekah Hunter, Ruth Carson - Districts (1^st), Ulster (2^nd)

 

As a result of her performances over this XC season Hermione Skuce gained selection for the Northern Ireland team to compete at the London Mini Marathon and Matthew Beveridge was selected for Ireland to compete at the SIAB Cross Country at Woolaton Park, Nottingham on Saturday 24th March 2018 where he finished 3^rd for Ireland out of a team of 6.

 

2016 - 2017

Matthew Beveridge – Districts (1^st), Ulster (6^th), Irish (15^th)

Hermione Skuce – Districts (3^rd), Ulster (10th), Irish (19^th)

Rebekah Hunter – Districts (2^nd), Ulster (14^th), Irish (43 ^rd)

Andrew Gordon – Districts (5^th), Ulster (13^th), Irish (17 ^th)

Year 8 Boys Team – Callum Knox, Matthew Curry, Harry Hughes, Olly Simmons, Jack Devenney, Patrick Fell – Districts (2^nd)

Year 9 Boys Team – Matthew Beveridge, Patrick Irwin, Fletcher White, Henry McCallum, Matthew McNeill, Thomas Frew – Districts (2^nd)

Year 10 Girls Team – Lucy McCallum, Kerri Clarke, Erin Bratten, Eve Buchanan, Abby Tutty, Amelia McElhinney – Districts (3^rd)

Intermediate Girls Team – Hermione Skuce, Elle Beveridge, Emily Irwin – Districts (2^nd)

Intermediate Boys Team – Andrew Gordon, Dan Mairs, Callum Wallace, Jonah Lennox, Adam Connor – Districts (2^nd)

Senior Girls Team – Rebekah Hunter, Holly Woodhead, Ruth Carson – Districts (1^st)

 

As a result of their performances over this XC season Matthew Beveridge and Andrew Gordon gained selection for the Northern Ireland team to compete at the London Mini Marathon.

 

Image Gallery from 2017/18