2024 Zone Cross Counrty Carnival Convenor: 

• Renae Cumming - Pennant Hills PS - 9484 1134 

Date: Thursday 23rd May 2024,  Backup day is Thursday 30th May 2024
Venue: Fagan Park, Galston
Time: Arrival from 9:30am, course orientation 10:30am, first event at 11:00am
Cost:  $10 entry fee per competitor collected by schools.
Attire: School sport uniform, no spikes.

Entry to Zone Cross Country:

• 5 boys and 5 girls per school in each age group from Member School Cross Country Carnivals

Zone Cross Country Program: Please note the order of events has changed in 2024

• 10:30am: Walk the Course Orientation, 2 groupings 8/9/10s & 11/12/13s

• 11:00am: 12/13 Years Boys then Girls

• 11:30am:  11 Years Boys then Girls

• 12:00pm:  10 Years Boys then Girls

• 12:30pm:  8/9 Years Boys then Girls

Presentations of banners & ribbons will happen sporadically during the event as they are written and announced.

Zone Cross Country Distance:

• 11 years and 12/13 years - approx 3km

• 8/9 years and 10 years - approx 2km

NEW Zone Cross Country Course in 2024:

• The Cross Country Course has unergone significant change in 2024.

  • The new course is more streamline and simpler for compeditors to remember and follow

  • Is more safe by the removal of many narrow and historically slippery areas, as well as steps which that have eroded over the years.

    • Once the new map is finalised it will be posted here and communicated to all schools.

    • In saying this, the map may still change without notice on the morning of the carnival for safety reasons. 

    • This is why it is vitally important for all students to be present to walk the course at 10:30am

• The planned course map is shown below 

How the Champion School, Champion School Based on Enrolment and Team Point Score is calculated:

• Each compeditor receives a place card when they finish their race, this is the points their school recieves.

  • Points are given to a maximum of 5 compeditoirs, with a maximum of 105 points

  • Students who gain qualifcation to the Carnival as a Special Entry do not receive points for their school.

  • If a school has fewer then 5 compeditors or fewer than 5 finish they receive 105 points for those places.

• Champion School is awarded to the school with the highest total points overall from the carnival.

• Champion School Based on Enrolment is calculated on total points overall multiplied by the school's  3-6 Enrolment Numbers, lowest score overall is the Champion School Based on Enrolment

• Team Point Score is an team award for each race - 8 of these banners are awarded:

  • Each school's lowest 4 scores are added together to determine the team score.

  • Schools who do not have 4 runners entered or finish the race will be awarded maximum points for each position: 105 points

  • The Champion Team Point Score is the lowest combined individual 4 scores from all schools per event.

2024 Zone Cross Country Results:

• Champion School: Pennant Hills PS 

• Runner-Up School: West Pennant Hills PS

• 3rd Place School: Oakhill Drive PS

• Champion School Based on Enrolment: Hillside PS

• Runner-Up School Based on Enrolment: Middle Dural PS

• 3rd Place School Based on Enrolment: Arcadia PS

Team Point Score Results:

• 8/9 Girls: Normanhurst West PS

• 8/9 Boys: Thornleigh West PS

• 10 Girls: Pennant Hills PS

• 10 Boys: Cherrybrook PS

• 11 Girls: Normanhurst West PS

• 11 Boys: Pennant Hills PS

• 12/13 Girls: Oakhill Drive PS

• 12/13 Boys: Pennant Hills PS

Students selected in the Zone Team:

• Boys 8/9 Years

  • Tyler Tarbrett West Pennant Hills

  • Mason Lahoud Thornleigh West

  • Bobby Keane Thornleigh West

  • Isaac Fionda Beecroft

  • Lachlan McKay Thornleigh West

  • Nox Entwisle Arcadia

• Boys 10 Years

  • Remy Smith Cherrybrook

  • Jaden Ren Cherrybrook

  • Emmett Brown Epping North

  • Hugo Jordan West Pennant Hills

  • Stephen Lau West Pennant Hills

  • Eshaan Thirunavukkarasu West Pennant Hills

• Boys 11 Years

  • Alex Dai Beecroft

  • Ethan Chui Beecroft

  • Beau Gordon Pennant Hills

  • Maverick Hoogesteger Glenorie

  • James Bissaker Thornleigh West

  • Will Van der Hout West Pennant Hills

• Boys 12/13 Years

  • Justin Wu Epping West

  • Roger Luo West Pennant Hills

  • Caylen Young Glenorie

  • Jake Bylykbashi Beecroft

  • Daniel He Normanhurst West

  • Isheanesu Mawoyo Normanhurst West

• Boys MC F11

  • Peter O'Brien Oakhill Drive 

• Girls 8/9 Years

  • Valerie Darmari Epping West

  • Adele Taylor Galston

  • Juliet Allan Normanhurst West

  • Grace Dyson Pennant Hills

  • Ashleigh Dewhurst Pennant Hills

  • Anna Collison Thornleigh West

• Girls 10 Years

  • Ruby Haskins Oakhill Drive

  • Emma Camilleri Glenorie

  • Calla Riddle Thornleigh West

  • Isla Aliberti Pennant Hills

  • Jude Alkhateeb Roselea

  • Abigail Sarah West Pennant Hills

• Girls 11 Years

  • Abigail Chen Beecroft

  • Katherine Bennett Epping North

  • Lillian Murray Dural

  • Isabelle Toh Cherrybrook

  • Sarah Lettice Glenorie

  • Abigail Baxter Normanhurst West

• Girls 12/13 Years

  • Juliet Erickson Normanhurst

  • Hayley Irwin Oakhill Drive

  • Emily Xie Epping West

  • Chalie Shin Epping West

  • Millie Haskins Oakhill Drive

  • Emma Ostler Oakhill Drive

Students Selected in the Sydney North Team:

• Remy Smith - Cherrybrook PS

• Emma Camilleri  - Glenorie PS

• Peter O'Brien - Oakhill Drive PS

Students Selected in the NSW Team:

None this year.