KEVI THIRD IN ENGLISH SCHOOLS XC FINAL

For the second year in succession, King Edward VI Morpeth Senior Boys were podium finishers at the English Schools Cross Country Cup final, held at Leeds Grammar School on Saturday.
They finished third out of 26 complete teams, with their four counters totting up a total of 87 behind competition winners The Judd School of Tonbridge in Kent (47 points), with Abingdon School of Oxfordshire taking the runners up spot with 69 points.
Leading the King Edward squad home was Matthew Walton, who finished 15th, posting a time of 16m54s over the 5.3k distance, and was only 36 seconds adrift of event winner Harry Hewitt of Bourne Grammar School in Lincolnshire.
The King Edward scoring count was completed by Will DeVere-Owen (20th) 17m08s, Ryan Davies (21st) 17m17s, and Liam Roche (24th) 17m21s, who just got home in front of team colleague James Tilley (25th) 17m22s. Bertie Marr completed the list of King Edward finishers in 35th place in 17m47s.
There was a total of 145 finishers in the Senior Boys event.
All of the KEVI squad are, of course, Mike Bateman-coached club members of Morpeth Harriers & AC. Congratulations to all, and thanks to those parents who supported also.