English Schools National Cross-Country Championships 2025

Well what a championship it turned out to be. Oskar and Kamil from JTHS were selected as part of the Staffordshire Team. This year the Staffordshire team was made up of 39 of the top cross-country runners in the country. The performances from this year showed all our young athletes that their time, dedication, commitment, persistence and hard work really does pay off.

Out of those 39 athletes, 56.41% (22) of those athletes bettered their positions from the 2024 championships, with 25.64% (10) improving their positions from last year by more than 50 places and 15.38% (6) improving their positions by more than 100 places.

Oskar last year finished 241st to 59th (2025) in the Junior Boys category and Kamil finished 277 in a very strong Senior Boys field.

The standout performance from the weekend came from the Junior Boys. I think myself and the other team managers were more excited than the athletes when we heard that the Staffordshire team were called to presentation. Last year the Junior Boys’ team finished 43rd out of 43 county teams, with the top 6 athletes scoring a total of 1,564 points from their finishing positions. This year the top 6 combined for a total of 284 points!! The effort from the whole team meant they were able to win the Junior Boys trophy for the first time since 1983. Oskar’s performance was a huge contributing factor to this victory.

I’m sure Kamil and Oskar enjoyed a brilliant two days and were able to take something away from the experience. Their conduct, cooperation and behaviour throughout the weekend was amazing. This year’s group of athletes seemed to get on with each other better than any other group we have taken before, and this helped create a lovely atmosphere amongst the team.

A big well done to them both!!

Miss Senior, Teacher of PE & PE SCITT Subject Pedagogy Tutor