STUDENTS
BUILDING CROSS-COUNTRY REPUTATION Grantham
College students have been enhancing the College's growing reputation in
cross-country running with significant successes in a number of recent
events. lan
Boneham, a GNVQ Leisure and Tourism student at the College, has won both
the Grantham and District Schools Championships held at RAF Cranwell on
5th December and the British Colleges East Midlands Championships at
Mansfield on 6th December, despite the events being on consecutive days.
Ian also represented the North of England at an international
cross-country event held in Belgium last weekend, finishing 9th out of
70 runners. In Belgium too was Steve Ablitt, currently studying AVCE
Leisure & Recreation at Grantham College, who finished 20th. Other
successes have included fellow students Matthew Freeman and Chris Pullen
who study on the Pre-uniformed course, they were placed 3rd and 7th
respectively in the RAF Cranwell event and along with Ian now go forward
to represent the District in the County Championships on 20th January
2001. Similarly the
ladies team have enjoyed success. A level PE students Emily and Sarah
Hoffman were placed 2nd and 5th at the Mansfield run and now qualify for
the National British Colleges Championships, which will take place next
year. Course
tutor John Rees said, " I was really pleased with the students
performances and the commitment shown by the whole team, some of whom
were competing in their first event. It will be particularly good to see
three of our students running in the National Finals, it’s a great
achievement considering the level of competition they were up against
". |