GHS Cross Country/Fun Run Tuesday 6th May 2025

Postponement Date: Wednesday 7th May 2025

This is a compulsory school event. 

All students must compete in an acceptable manner. 

Any student unfit to run must see Ms Harding or Mr Blogg well before the start day. 

Those not participating on the day will either be given a responsibility or will be supervised in a classroom at school.

Students will come to school in free dress that is suitable for running cross country. All students will be able to go home in free dress.

Students on buses must be clean and can not have paint on them otherwise they will not be let on the buses. Bus students should be prepared with a second set of clothes should they want to do the colour run.

There will be a Whanau time at 2.50. You may leave when the bell rings at 3.00pm. You are not permitted to leave the school grounds earlier than this. 

House Points 

Points will be issued to the top 20 finishers boys and girls in each age group. Points will also be awarded if you finish. 

Time 

School Assembly 8:40-9:05

Period 1 = 9:05 - 10.05 am 

Period 2 = 10:05 - 11:05 am 

Interval = 11:05 am - 11:25 am 

Period 3 = 11:25 am - 12 pm 

Lunch = 12 - 12:30pm and get changed 

Whanau Time = 12:30 - 12:40pm (roll call) - leave your school bag in class. Teacher will lock. 

Marshalling 12.45pm on the field

First race begins approximately 1.00 pm in the following order:- 

Seniors

Intermediate

Junior

Minor

Whanau Time  = 2.50 - Complete attendance in whanau room. 

Age groups

Please make sure you are in the correct age group. You will be wearing a coloured wrist band for your age group, and this will correspond with the finish line. You will run down the lane of your age group, and colour, before crossing the finish line. Please be aware of your wristband colour and run down the appropriate lane to finish your race in your lane. 

Course 

Please refer to the map. All races will be approx 2.8km - 4.2km 

All events will start and finish on the main field. 

There is no river crossing option at the traffic bridge. All students go across the bridge.

Males and females will begin together in their respective age groups. 

Optional colour run at the end.  You can finish the race then return to do the colour run. (It is not a shortcut)

Clothing and Equipment - You will need suitable footwear and socks. No rugby balls or similar sports equipment, no earplugs with music. 

The Colour Run - The colour run will be an optional route near the end of the cross country race. 

It will begin with a slip n slide onto the football field and finish with a jump over or crawl under an obstacle. Throughout the length of the colour run, students will be lined up along the sides, throwing all different colours at the runners. The colour is likely to stain clothes and the slip n slide will make runners wet, so wear old clothes.