Ashlands Primary School in Ilkley hosted its second winter cross-country meeting a week ago

The event was supported with tremendous enthusiasm from most of the local schools, and saw almost 200 children competing in the ten races.

There were some very fine performances indeed, particularly from Scott Thwaites and Eleanor Kitchen in the Year 6 Races, and Finlay Kroon and Ria Thackray in the Year 5 races, who all finished as comfortable winners and clearly show immense promise for the future.

Best finish of the day came in the Year 3 boys race where Zac Thackray just got the better of classmate Alex Sinclair by a matter of inches in a tremendous sprint finish.

Many thanks are due to Liz Selman for her tireless efforts in putting the event on and organising things on the day, and to Nick and Sarah Dybeck for recording and collating results on the day under a great deal of pressure.

Year 6 Boys 1 Scott Thwaites, Burley Woodhead; 2 James Heaton, All Saints; 3 Tom Stoddart, All Saints.

Year 6 Girls 1 Eleanor Kitchen, All Saints; 2 Hannah Jones, Westville House; 3 Catherine Hill, All Saints.

Year 5 Boys 1 Finlay Kroon, All Saints; 2 Laurie O'Connor, Burley Woodhead; 3 Jack Williams, Ben Rhydding.

Year 5 Girls 1 Ria Thackray, All Saints; 2 Hannah Dean, All Saints; 3 Abby Tarrant, Ashlands.

Year 4 Boys 1 Oliver Webster, St Joseph's Otley; 2 Edward Haigh, All Saints; 3 Andrew Peel, Burley Woodhead.

Year 4 Girls 1 Alice Lannoch, Westville House; 2 Catherine Hebbert, All Saints; 3 Lauren Hutchinson, Burley Woodhead.

Year 3 Boys 1 Zac Thackray, All Saints; 2 Alex Sinclair, All Saints; 3 Adam Whitaker, Westville House.

Year 3 Girls 1 Emily Kerr, Westville House; 2 Ellie Walton, Burley Woodhead; 3 Daisy Spence, Ashlands.

Year 1/2 Boys 1 Cameron Lawson, Ghyll Royd; 2 Alexander Rose, Ghyll Royd; 3 George Fisher, Westville House.

Year 1/2 Girls 1 Florence Haines, All Saints; 2 Hannah Screeton, Ashlands; 3 Hannah Sadington, Westville House

l Full individual and team results can be viewed on the Wharfedale Harriers web site at www.wharfedaleharriers.org.uk.