The Newington Cross Country team had a fantastic day at the Combined Independent Schools (CIS) Cross Country championships at Eastern Creek on Thursday 16 June with many of our boys gaining selection to represent the CIS at the NSW All Schools Championships and two CIS Champion Team titles.

Both our Under 12 team consisting of James Smith (7/ME), William Smith (7/MA), Renato Pane (7/JN) and Benjamin Tahmindjis (7/KL), and Under 15 team made up of Josh Macdessi (9/MO), Justin Raja (10/JN), Oliver Smith (10/MA) and Kieran Corcoran (9/FL) were named CIS Champions Teams.

On top of this, there was some outstanding individual performances from twin brothers James Smith (7/ME) and William Smith (7/MA) who were selected to represent the CIS Under 12 team at the NSW All Schools Championships; Angus Beer (9/ME) won his race for the third time in a row which also takes him to the NSW All Schools Championships; and Josh Macdessi (9/MO) after running the race of this life, came in first and went through to the Championships as well.

Well done to all the boys who competed on the day with a special congratulations to Mr Symon Astley, Director of Cross Country for coaching and mentoring these boys.