Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96On the 3rd of February 2016, over 40 schools from all around the country travelled to Coventry to participate in the King Henry VIII School Relay. The event has a rich history, having been established in 1972 and taken place for the last 49 years annually. It boasts former competitors Seb Coe, Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee, Richard Nerurkar, and, more recently, the boy and girl winners of the London mini-marathon. In the Boys’ race (6 laps of the 2.3 mile course) Judd School won The King Henry VIII Relay Cup for the fourth time with an incredible time of 01:12:58, helped by Toby Ralph, whom achieved the joint fastest run of the year, with a time of 11:31. The runners up schools were Sedbergh School and Shrewsbury School, with times of 01:12:58 and 01:13:25 respectively. King Henry VIII School fielded one boys’ team this year, comprising of Harrison McCartney, George Gawthorpe, Stefan Hill, Oliver Smith, Ben Lane and Yuhang Xie. They finished 36st, a 5 place improvement, in a time of 01:29:08. Harrison had an outstanding time, placing him in the top 10% of the runs on the day, gaining a time 00:12:12. He certainly is a valuable asset to King Henry VIII School Cross Country and will be sorely missed next year. A runner also worth mentioning is George, achieving a time of 14:00, the second fastest King Henry VIII School runner of this year. Due to his relatively young age we expect him to improve immensely in the next few years to become one of King Henry VIII School’s greatest runners of his year group. The Girls’ race (4 laps of the same 2.3 mile course) was the fastest yet. Loreto GS Alt’ham won with a fantastic time of 00:54:42, the second best time ever, only losing out to their previous best by 7 seconds. The fastest girl, of Loreto GS Alt’ham, was Harriet Knowles-Jones, with a time of 12:07. The runners up schools were Sevenoaks (00:55:02) and Millfield (00:57:26). There were two girls’ teams for King Henry VIII School. The A team that featured Laura Hobbs, Louisa Woolley, Rosie Rushton and Charlotte Cleasby, came in 26th place, and the B team containing Emily Smith, Laura McTernan, Sarah Brown and Hannah Pilbeam came in 28th place. A particularly impressive run was made by Charlotte Cleasby, attaining a time of 14:55, the best of the King Henry VIII School girls. From Coventry we also welcomed Bablake (11th) and Tile Hill Wood (20th). It is worth remembering that schools travel the length and breadth of the country to attend the race that we proudly host, and we should expect to find ourselves up against some strong competition! Our guest presenter this year was Paul Sinton-Hewitt CBE, founder of the global organisation ‘parkrun’. A nationally recognised ‘Hero of Running’, Paul’s efforts to promote and encourage runners of all ages and ability make him an excellent ambassador of sport, speaking to the many athletes assembled for the after-race tea and awards ceremony. Thanks must go to the very many volunteers, students and staff who help to run the event on the day – more than seventy people make the event possible – but in particular to Mr Andrews, whom routinely does the bulk of the organising of the event. Thanks also to the War Memorial Park for the continued use of their park for the race. Thanks for making the King Henry VIII School Relay Race so great. relay raCe 2015 To 2016 | 27