On Wednesday the 25^th of September, around forty pupils from the school travelled to Lees Road for a day of cross-country running. It was for schools in East Clare. We left on a bus at 10:10 with Shona, Colm, Cillian, and Tina. When we arrived we went to our tent and put down our bags. We walked the track to prepare ourselves and warmed up. There were three categories, under  8, under 10, and over 10. The under-8 boys and girls ran first and they put in a great effort. Then the under 10 boys and girls ran and we won two medals in these races! After that over 10 boys and girls ran and we won three medals in this category. The girls under 10 team also won a team medal. We were really happy to win the medals and it was great to win a team medal as well.

It was lashing rain for most of the day and everyone was drenched! We got cookies at the tent after the races to celebrate and when we came back to school Tina had made us hot chocolate to warm us up! Anyone who won a medal on the day gets to progress to the Clare County finals in November. Overall we had a fun day out despite the miserable conditions and hopefully, it won’t be as wet for the next stage of races!

By Michael Quinn, Seán Hassett and Lillie Ryan.