Hampden Street dominates the interschool cross country

On Tuesday the 8th of June it was the Nelson interschool cross country at Branford park. As everybody arrived they walked the course, but because of the rainfall in the last few days it was pretty muddy. The first race was the year 5 girls. When they first started they ran past where the people were so they got cheered on.It was a close start but Hannah took the lead and won. Second was a girl from Victory and then Anna. The next race was the year 5 boys who rushed to the starting line eager to go. Some of the boys got quite muddy from falling over and sliding on water but that didn't stop Max, one of Hampden St School's top runners, from beating Central school's runners, David and Thomas, and coming 1st. The race after that was the year 6 girls who ran their hardest. It was a close race but Aimee took a 2 metre lead and kept it up to the finish line. Close behind was Joey from Central. Holly came third with a sprint to finish the race. The Year 6 boys were up next. Ben was far ahead of anyone in the whole race and got lucky number one.Cameron was the second Hampden street pupil with a placing of fifth. Our school got 3 firsts in the team competition - y5 girls and the y6 boys and girls. Now the top eight from each age group are going to the Nelson primary championships at Saxton Field. GO HSS!!!