Kids Running: HOH Kids Feature in School Cross Country

 

The first term of Hooked on Health’s kids’ running training group, HOH Athletics, has been a great success. With 16 regulars training at Melwood Oval on Tuesday afternoons, there was always plenty of action. Ranging in age from 7 to 12, the kids all benefitted from the great coaching and motivation provided by Kids Athletics Coach Richard Sarkies.

 

The focus for term I was cross country training, as most schools held their cross countries at the end of last term, or will hold them early this term. The representative season starts with the local primary school sports association zone carnival on 11th May at Lionel Watts Reserve.

 

All HOH Athletics kids achieved outstanding results in the cross countries. The results were:

 

Will Barry: 4^th, U/8, St Josephs, Nbeen

Jacob Wander, 12^th, U/8, Wakehurst Public

Lizzy McMillen, 1^st, U/8,Forestville Public

Eva Strachan, 21^st, U/11,Forestville Public

Emma O’Reilly, 1^st, U/10, Belrose Public

Genevieve O’Brien, 4^th, U/9 OLGC

Harrison O’Brien, 5^th, U/8, OLGC

Olivia Thomson, 4^th, U/8, OLGC

Flynn Stapleton, 4^th, U/10, Belrose Public

Jordan Casey, 4^th, U/8, Wakehurst Public

Cameron Lesurf, 8^th, U/8 and U9, Mimosa Public (3rd U8 home)

Abbey McMillen, 1^st, U/11,Forestville Public

Will Keir, 1^st, U/13, Killarney High

Wilson Sarkies, 3^rd, U/8 and U9, Mimosa Public (1st U8 home)

Tom Irwin, 2^nd, U/10, Mimosa Public

 

In term two we will initially be focusing on the cross country and longer distances, adding in the shorter distances as the term progresses towards the school Athletics Carnivals.

Registrations are now open for term II running training.

 

Friday Arvo Races As an extension to our Tuesday Athletics Training, and seeing how much kids love running races, we have  ‘FRIDAY ARVO RACES’ at Lionel Watts Reserve Frencsh Forest, on, well, Friday of course! It’s open to ALL AGES and LEVELS, and the idea is for the kids to have a few races over various distances and try to improve their OWN times. Of course they’ll all be trying to beat each other as well. It will  be a great way of getting ready for their Athletics Carnival.

 

Find more information about our kids running groups, or register for a free trial now.

 

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