[:es]Por 6º año consecutivo Novaschool Sunland ha estado al frente de la organización del Interschool Cross Country Championships, encuentro anual que reúne a 12 colegios internacionales de la Costa del Sol y que se caracteriza por el buen ambiente y competitividad sana que se respira entre los 565 alumnos/as que han participado en esta edición.
12:00 del mediodía, un marco incomparable, Novaschool Sunland, en pleno paraje natural de 40.000 metros cuadrados al noroeste de Málaga y en medio del Valle del Guadalhorce, una mañana de inverno con un sol radiante, una dura prueba de cross y más de 500 niños/as impacientes por comenzar la competición, un recorrido con aproximadamente 1.000 metros, desarrollado por las instalaciones del colegio y sus alrededores, combinando pendientes con largos descensos, por superficies de suelos compactos, áreas ásperas o pedregosas, todo un reto para estos corredores que año tras años repiten la experiencia.
Esta edición ha contado con 565 participantes, niños y niñas procedentes de diferentes colegios internacionales de la Costa del Sol han participado en la Cross Country, competiendo en 8 categorías de carácter individual, y en la categoría de grupo como representación del colegio, todos con un único objetivo: pasárselo bien y disfrutar al máximo de la experiencia con la ilusión de conseguir la mejor puntuación como representantes de su colegio y llegar al pódium.
Participantes y PODIUM
En la categoría global por equipo (colegios) The English International College alcanzó el oro obteniendo la primera posición, seguido por Novaschool Sunland con la plata, y cerrando el pódium Aloha College que ha obtenido el bronce.
Los alumnos/as representantes de Novaschool han obtenido unos excelentes resultados, llegando a pódium en 7 de las 8 categorías individuales: Year 5/6 oro en la categoría de chicos y bronce en la de chicas; Year 7/8 bronce en ambas categorías; Year 9/10 oro y en Year 11/12/13 oro en chicos y plata en chicas.
En esta 6ª edición del Interschool Cross Country Championships han participado colegios como Aloha College, British International School, Swans International School, The English International College, The British School, Sunny View School, Laude International School, Sotogrande International School, St. Anthony’s Collegue, Almuñécar International School, Queens British Grammar School y Novaschool Sunland.
[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”3″ gal_title=”croos”][:en]For the 6th year running, Novaschool Sunland has played host to the Interschool Cross Country Championships; the annual event which sees 12 International schools along the Costa del Sol go head to head amid a refreshing atmosphere of healthy competition; this year enjoyed by 565 pupils.
Against the unbeatable backdrop of 40,000 squared metres of natural beauty, nestled in the Guadalhorce Valley (north east of Malaga), Novaschool Sunland was proud to launch the event. The action kicked off at 12pm midday on a cold yet dazzlingly bright winter morning. Over 500 eager pupils, impatient to begin the race covering approximately 1,000 metres, were yet again poised to conquer the challenging course spanning the school’s buildings, varied terrains and rugged peaks and troughs.
This year, the competition saw 565 participants, girls and boys, from different International colleges along the Costa del Sol, compete in 8 individual categories as well as in the category chosen to represent the school. All were united by a single goal: have fun and enjoy the experience in the hope of gaining record points and reaching the podium as an honour to their school.
Participants and PODIUM
In the overall team category (all schools), The English International College touched gold, obtaining first place, followed by silver prize winners, Novaschool Sunland with Aloha College taking home the Bronze.
Competitors from Novaschool obtained outstanding results, making a stand on the podium in 7 of the 8 individual categories: Year 5/6 won a gold medal in the boys category; Year 7/8 girls achieved an impressive bronze in both categories; it was an unbeatable gold for Year 9/10 and in Year 11/12/13, gold was awarded to boys and silver to girls.
This 6th edition of the event was represented by the following 12 International schools: Aloha College, British International School, Swans International School, The English International College, The British School, Sunny View School, Laude International School, Sotogrande International School, St. Anthony’s College, Almuñécar International School, Queens British Grammar School and Novaschool Sunland.
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