The Chronicle, Autumn 2018

11 ST EDWARD’S CHRONICLE

No Half Measures

At the Oxford Half Marathon in October, groups from Teddies and the Eynsham Roadrunners manned adjacent water stations. We were delighted to receive this jolly note from one of the Roadrunners crew: ‘I just wanted to say what a delight it was to have [the pupils’] company. They were lively, great fun and highly energetic. In the hour or so between finishing setting up and the first runners coming through we enjoyed a high energy relationship with them, including street dancing and a conga! They then set about the official business with enormous enthusiasm and appropriately loud volume encouragement.  Finally, they actually cleared up after themselves – a characteristic I don’t see very often in the teenagers in my world! They were great ambassadors for modern youth.’ The Steeplechase Always a spirited occasion, the annual whole- school cross country run is loved and dreaded in equal measure. This year’s event took place in glorious weather and was supported by the Friends of St Edward’s who organised a very welcome Steeplechase Tea for parents and supporters. Winners were: junior and senior girls, Corfe; junior boys, Field; and senior boys, Segar’s. Individual winners were: junior girls, Isabel Llabres Diaz (13.28); senior girls, Amy Theakstone (33.32); junior boys, William Robertson-Acolet (13.00); and senior boys, Oli McCrum (28.20).

Fourth Former Joe Porter

Kunal Barman, Isaac Riviere and Arya Firake, the winning Segar’s team in the senior boys’ race.

Octavia Hamilton, Lucy Hope, Evie Faber and Ella Mival running well on Port Meadow.