Cross Country News

Saturday 21 March 2026 Cross Country Success at Longridge On the last full day of term Belhaven Hill took eight teams of four to this year's Longridge Cross-Country Championships. We entered all eight of the races and performed spectacularly well, winning five out of the eight races and coming second in the other three. There were roughly 60 runners per race.
Sunday 1 March 2026 Scotland’s Biggest Prep School Cross-Country Scotland’s Biggest Prep School Cross-Country Competition Continues Success at Belhaven Bay. Belhaven Hill School in East Lothian has just welcomed runners back for the 40th annual Belhaven Cross-Country Championships. This is the biggest cross-country competition in the annual prep schools’ calendar. The event is organised and hosted by Belhaven Hill School, the boarding and day school for 4 to 13-year-olds. Competitors run a course from the beautiful Seafield Pond at Belhaven Bay, overlooked by the school itself, out to the stunning John Muir Country Park and back.
Thursday 11 September 2025 The 3 Rivers Race September 2025 The first Saturday in of the term saw the year’s first running of Belhaven’s Three Rivers’ Run. It is a non-competitive run which takes the whole school out of the back gate, around the golf course and onto the sand at Belhaven Bay.
Tuesday 27 May 2025 Thursday Run breeds success galore for Belhaven Hill’s crop of 2025! This is the time of year when pupils are the most focused on achieving well at the Belhaven Run. This is their last ever chance to get their personal best. The crop of 2025 certainly did not disappoint.
Thursday 20 March 2025 Hundreds of Young Runners Compete in Belhaven's Challenging Cross-Country Championships Read this report of our 39th annual competition.
Monday 26 February 2024 38th annual Scottish Independent Schools' Invitational Cross-Country Championships. This is Scotland's Prep Schools' biggest cross-country competition in the annual calendar. It is organised and hosted by Belhaven Hill School and, this year, saw 384 pupils competing in the event. Read on...
Saturday 10 February 2024 Belhaven Individual Cross-Country Every year all pupils run traditional ‘Belhaven Cross-Country’ course, a 2.1km dash around the school grounds. This year was a good year in so many ways
Sunday 25 June 2023 Lochend Woods Parkrun Today saw all Form One pupils at Belhaven Hill running the annual Lochend Woods Parkrun. All courses are exactly 5K in length and are manned by volunteers every Saturday morning.
Friday 13 January 2023 Cross Country: 2023 Patrol Relay 2023's Cross Country season starts with Bellhaven Hill's Patrol Relay run over 5.1 miles of varying terrain, from Belhaven's school grounds to John Muir Country Park and back. Every fit and available pupil from our top six years, 98 in all, competed.
Wednesday 2 March 2022 Cross country Races at Merchiston This week we took twenty-four pupils to Merchiston for the annual XC relay races, a welcome opportunity to run after our own S.I.S.I.C.C.C. was cancelled due to damage caused by Storm Arwen. And what a storm our runners caused!
Tuesday 10 November 2020 Virtual Cross Country Championships In the absence of inter-school competitive cross country events, Shrewsbury School invited schools to a virtual Cross Country Championship. Belhaven Hill, of course, entered.
Wednesday 4 March 2020 Cross Country: SISICC Report 2020 This last weekend saw the annual running of the hugely successful Scottish Independent Schools Invitational Cross-Country Championships. It is held at John Muir Country Park and has, for the past 21 years, been organised by members of Belhaven Hill School sports department.
Wednesday 4 March 2020 Cross Country: Merchiston Relay Yesterday Belhaven took eight teams of three boys to the Merchiston cross-country races. The going was wet but we fared well.
Sunday 29 September 2019 Cross Country: First Run of the Season Cross Country is up and running again and the children have been practising down at John Muir Country Park. Here's the evidence:

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