News From Szkola Podstawowa Nr 71 - October 2006

Report from 71 Primary School, October 2006

As in the past school year, our school has entered Championships for Primary Schools in Lodz. More than ninety schools will compete in different sports in the whole school year. The first events were Relay Races in Cross Country Running.
On 3rd October our school team of athletes, consisting of 15 boys and 15 girls, age 11-13 competed with nine other primary school teams from the district Lodz- Baluty in cross country running. Each runner had to cover the distance of 800 meters in one of the city parks. The girls won the second position, while the boys the third one and both qualified for the final of Lodz.
The final was held on 12th October in another city park. Fourteen best in their districts teams of girls took part in the races. Our girls wre the second and received silver medals and the cup for our school. They will run in the next voivodship stage.
Our boys received the 8th position- there were 16 teams of boys that competed.
Our school runners had number ’3’.

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the boys exchange the baton
the girls finish
Photos from the Relay Cross Country Running
the girls show their medals
the boys team