2025 Zone Cross Country Carnival Convenor: 

• Renae Cumming - Pennant Hills PS - 9484 1134 

19/5/25
Zone Cross Country POSTPONED 

At today’s Term 2 Beecroft Zone Meeting, it was decided that the Zone Cross Country Carnival, originally scheduled for Thursday, 22nd May, has been postponed due to saturated conditions at Fagan Park and the closure of the overflow car park.

The event will now take place on the back-up date of 29th May, and all other details will remain the same. Additionally, we have secured a further back-up date of Thursday, 5th June, should it be needed.

Date: Thursday 29th May 2025, 2nd Back-Up Date 5th June
Venue: Fagan Park, Galston
Time: Arrival from 9am, course orientation 10:00am, first event at 10:45am
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 since 2024

• 10:00am: Walk the Course Orientation, 2 groupings 8/9/10s & 11/12/13s

• 10:45am: 12/13 Years Boys then Girls

• 11:15am:  11 Years Boys then Girls

• 11:45pm:  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 from 2024:

• The Cross Country Course underwent significant changes in 2024.

  • The new course is more streamline and simpler for competitors 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 10:00am

• The planned course map is shown below 

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

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

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

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

  • If a school has fewer then 5 competitors 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.

2025 Zone Cross Country Results:

• Champion School: West Pennant Hills PS

• Runner-Up School: Thornleigh West PS

• 3rd Place School: Pennant Hills PS

• Champion School Based on Enrolment: Hillside PS

• Runner-Up Champion School Based on Enrolment: Arcadia PS

• 3rd Place Champion School Based on Enrolment: Middle Dural PS

Team Point Score Results:

• 8/9 Girls: Pennant Hills PS

• 8/9 Boys: Pennant Hills PS

• 10 Girls: Normanhurst West PS

• 10 Boys: Thornleigh West PS

• 11 Girls: Oakhill Drive PS

• 11 Boys: Cherrybrook PS 

• 12/13 Girls: Normanhurst West PS

• 12/13 Boys: Beecroft PS

Students selected in the Zone Team:

Boys 8/9 Years:
1st: Jai Prados-Valerio, Thornleigh West PS
2nd: Josh Ekers, Epping North PS
3rd: Leo Vali-Khojeini, Roselea PS
4th: Rueben Herbert, Thornleigh West PS
5th: Nox Entwisle, Arcadia PS
6th: Senuku Wijeskara, Cherrybrook PS

Boys 10 Years:
1st: STUDENT STUDENT, Thornleigh West PS
2nd: Bobby Keane, Thornleigh West PS
3rd: Tyler Tabrett, West Pennant Hills PS
4th: Max Delfini, Normanhurst West PS
5th: Max Trotman, Cherrybrook PS
6th: Alex Du, Oakhill Drive PS

Boys 11 Years:
1st: Remy Smith, Cherrybrook PS
2nd: Anton Rogozhin, John Purchase PS
3rd: STUDENT STUDENT, West Pennant Hills PS
4th: STUDENT STUDENT, Thornleigh West PS
5th: Jaden Ren, Cherrybrook PS
6th: James St Quintin, Epping North PS

Boys 12/13 Years:
1st: Ethan Chui, Beecroft PS
2nd: Shaun Hegarty, Dural PS
3rd: Alex Dai, Beecroft PS
4th: Max Tang, John Purchase PS
5th: Maverick Hoogesteger, Glenorie PS
6th: STUDENT STUDENT, Thornleigh West PS

Girls 8/9 Years:
1st: Grace Dyson, Pennant Hills PS
2nd: Maddison Johansen, Glenorie PS
3rd: Nyssa Foti, Pennant Hills PS
4th: STUDENT STUDENT, Thornleigh West PS
5th: Emalee Cape, Arcadia PS
6th: Charlotte Patchett, Galston PS

Girls 10 Years:
1st: Juliet Allan, Normanhurst West PS
2nd: Audrey Steele, Beecroft PS
3rd: Adele Taylor, Galston PS
4th: Ashleigh Dewhurst, Pennant Hills PS
5th: Sarah Muhammadi, Oakhill Drive PS
6th: Anya Ekanayake, Thornleigh West PS

Girls 11 Years:
1st: Ruby Haskins, Oakhill Drive PS
2nd: Emma Camilleri, Glenorie PS
3rd: Abigail Sarah, West Pennant Hills PS
4th: Sunnee Gow, Pennant Hills PS
5th: Ella Hall, Oakhill Drive PS
6th: Liberty Gates, Beecroft PS

Girls 12/13 Years:
1st: Isabelle Toh, Cherrybrook PS
2nd: Kira Ekers, Epping North PS
3rd: Abbie Baxter, Normanhurst West PS
4th: Abigail Chen, Beecroft PS
5th: Lucy Fenton, Thornleigh West PS
6th: Luella Wark, Normanhurst PS

Students Selected in the Sydney North Team:

Students Selected in the NSW Team:

2025 Sydney North Cross Country Report:

The weather held off here today at the Sydney North Cross Country Championship. All students ran with integrity and grit. All students should be proud of their achievements and their sportsmanship.

A special congratulations to Mason from Thornleigh West and Isabelle from Cherrybrook who will both be moving forward to the NSW State Cross Country Championship on the Wednesday 23rd July 2025.