The South East Schools Cross Country Championships took place today over at Harrow School. It was the final race of the season for many of our runners and a great event to finish on. Schools from all over the South East battled it out in a highly competitive championships which involved over 30 teams including: Brighton College, Harrow, Eton, Dover College, Norwich, Sedbergh, St. Alban's and Judd School. The strength of the field was clearly evident with many top county runners participating and schools that placed highly at the national finals in December as well as the recent Knole Run. The CCCS sides ran exceptionally well especially considering many had already taken part in the London Mini-Marathon trials in the morning(!) and were definitely feeling it in the legs - pure dedication to the badge!! Thank you all! Overall results were as follows: Junior Boys (U15) - 2nd - Equal highest ever CCCS finish! Alex Ford - 3rd, Oliver Jones - 9th, Zach Bridges - 12th, Harry Lewis - 13th, Frank Lewis - 16th, Sam Bradley - 25th, Dan Edwards - 26th, Callum Basinger - 29th and Matthew Hick - 31st. Inter Boys (U17) - 6th Harry Jones - 8th, Oliver Woods - 30th, George Hill - 36th, Jacob Smith - 54th, Henry Lay - 57th, Jake Long - 61st, Dom Jarvis - 65th & Josh McGill - 66th. Senior Boys Tom Keevil - 9th, Sam Atkins - 13th, Oliver Morter - 47th & Joe Hudnott - 48th Well done team - fantastic results and excellent team spirit shown throughout! A couple of mentions: Well done to Henry Lay - who lost BOTH shoes during the race and continued to run with even more determination in the second half (through the pain!). Well done to Jacob Smith who picked up one of his shoes and ran with it all the way to the finish! Thank you to PC Edwards who came along to help manage and support the team today - much appreciated sir. To the Year 11 boys: Harry Jones, Ollie Woods, George Hill and Jacob Smith. Thank you for all your efforts over the past 5 years to CCCS Cross Country and hopefully we'll see you back in the senior team next year. Finally, Ollie Morter (Year 13) was running in his FINAL EVER cross country race for CCCS. Ollie has been fully dedicated to the school team for the past 7 years and has been a hugely influential member. The picture shows Ollie in his first ever race (the Lee Valley relays) - he has been a fantastic role model ever since, inspiring those around him and always bringing humour along with a superb team spirit to every competition. Thank you Ollie for being a definite CCCS Cross Country / Athletics / Triathlon(!) star and good luck in your final exams! #LasB #SouthEastChampionships #cccscrosscountry #tworacesinoneday #goodbyeandgoodluckollie

If you received a letter from Mrs Wilkes about ordering kit, the deadline is now Monday 5th March so please bring your reply slip to the office at break on Monday.

CCCS BOYS HOCKEY UPDATE: U14 game against Forest School (A) is still planned to go ahead. Captains, please ensure you check online and inform the team of the details, and arrange any changes needed. Please ensure you bring your full hockey kit and any warm CCCS clothing on Monday. If the weather prevents this game to go ahead, a notice will be put in your pigeon holes and on the PE whiteboard outside the office. If you are unavailable to play please ensure you inform Mr Messham via email.

CCCS Rugby Update Due to the current weather conditions U12 7's at New Hall tomorrow is cancelled. U15 7's at Brentwood tomorrow is cancelled U14 Essex 7's is cancelled on Monday and will hopefully be re scheduled for 12th March. Enjoy your weekend.

CCCS Netball update. The U14 Essex Cup match vs All Saints (away) and the Year 7 Essex Cup match vs Colchester (away) have both been rearranged for Monday 5th March. Captains, please check the online fixture list and your school email to contact team members so they are aware. Both games will be dependent on the weather improving but please be organised with kit and warm clothes for Monday. Any issues, please email Mrs Reed.

A nice online write-up by the Romford Recorder about the success of our Year 7 and 8 cross country teams last week at Stubbers! Look out for more in this Friday's paper. #essextreble #cccscrosscountry #LasB

Message from Claire Richards re Havering Mini Marathon Trial this Sunday: "At present the Mini Marathon trial will go ahead as planned. We are keeping a close eye on the weather conditions over the next few days, and we are hoping that the expected rain and increased temperature on Saturday will clear any snow. Should conditions not improve sufficiently and remain hazardous, unfortunately we will have to postpone the trial and seek a rearranged date. Any enquiries please e mail clairerichards6@tiscali.co.uk Havering Mini Marathon Team Manager. "

Due to the school being shut today this also means that there will be no fixtures including the Lee Valley Athletics Semi-Final. The organisers have been contacted and hopefully we can transfer to the alternative semi-final next Wednesday. Update to follow.... UPDATE - The Year 7 Lee Valley Semi-Final has been postponed due to the weather. It will now take place on Wednesday 14th March instead. Enjoy the snow day!

What a day for CCCS gymnastics! The U14 boys, U14 girls, U19 boys and U19 girls teams all became East Region (inc Essex) Floor & Vault Champions! Each gymnast competed in a floor routine, lasting up to 60 secs, and performed a vault in front of British Gymnastics judges. The school came out on top in every category against some of the best gymnastics schools from across the region including Haberdashers' Askes and Royal Masonic School. Final total scores were as follows: U14 boys - 110.80 - EAST REGION CHAMPIONS Team: Rhys Harding, Barney Saggers, Chris Brown, Joe Waller and Ross Bishop U14 girls - 112.5 - EAST REGION CHAMPIONS Team: Isabel Berry, Grace Ewenson, Issy Reid, Caitlan Turner, Melissa Knight & Zoe Corbett U19 boys - 111.15 - EAST REGION CHAMPIONS Team: Harley Whittlestone, Jack Ellerton, Oliver Ward, Ciaran Cheung, Enoch Tang & Daniel Barrett U19 girls - 117.0 - EAST REGION CHAMPIONS (0.05 ahead of 2nd!) Team: Josephine Tang, Faith Everett, Jess Sexton-Barnes, Scarlett Folan, Kate Walker and Yolana Welch. Congratulations to you all - a first ever for CCCS! This means that all four teams have now qualified through to the National Floor & Vault finals on the weekend of 5th/6th of May. Good luck! #cleansweep #eastregionchampions #cccsgymnastics #LasB

Even the snow and big freeze doesn't stop our runners! Great to see so many out at lunchtime cross country yesterday considering the conditions! Well done all! #weloverunning #cccscrosscountry #LasB

A huge well done to the 8A girls PE group who successfully raised a huge £560 by doing a 40 minute sponsored swim in their PE lesson before half term. Special mention goes to Erin Shore who raised a massive £140 on her own - a fantastic achievement! The girls voted to donate their money to SNAP (Special Needs and Parents) in Brentwood. Well done girls - a very kind and caring act showing Love as Brethren values at their very best! #lasb

The Beast from the East has defeated the resiliant astro turf which unfortunately means the u13 Boys Hockey game this evening against Forest School is cancelled ⛄❄