Southend High School's points total in winning the junior boys race at the English Schools' National Cross-Country Cup at Oswestry was a new record for the competition.

With Tom Fifth winning the event, David Smale fifth, Jon Staines sixth and George Sofroniou 10th, their scoring team totalled 22 points to finish a massive 59 ahead of runners-up West Hill High School, Stalybridge.

And the local success story was completed by Rayleigh's Fitzwimarc.

They had their best ever result in this age group when they took third place with 98 points, with Alex O'Leary their top finisher in fourth position. Their scoring team was completed by William Matthews (14th), Richard Hall (32nd) and Adam McCarthy (48th).

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