William Cross House won the 2019 Dudley High School’s interhouse ath­letics competition at the ANZ Sta­dium, Suva yesterday.

The athletes in yellow collected 27 gold, 24 silvers and 21 bronze med­als, David Cargill House second with 24 gold, 17 silvers, 16 bronze medals. Third was John Hunt House with 19 gold, 18silvers, 20 bronze while Thomas Baker were­fourth with 18 gold, 18 silvers,18 bronze..

Assistant principal Uraia Toribau told SUNsports the focus is on max­imise participation as they try to improve their performance at the Coca-Cola Games.

“We’ve 1100 students in Dudley and this year is totally different from last year as we trying to maxi­mize participation,”Toribau said.

“Almost all the students participated during the inter­house except for those who were sick.

“We are very fortunate to be blessed with a fine weather which enabled us to host a good competition today.

“And comparing our athletes from last year we have quite a number of potential athletes in our school which we are hopeful to win medals for the school.

“So, we eventually we will take one step at a time and focus ac­cordingly on the zone and then the Coca- Cola Games respectively.

“I am grateful to the old scholars, parents and teachers for their nev­er ending support in making the inter-house meet possible.”