Five Wairarapa youngsters will be in the Wellington squad when the inter-regional cross-country championships are held at Queen Elizabeth Park, Kapiti, tomorrow.
Hadlow duo Patrick Wall and Jessica Graham will join Kate Sims (Alfredton), Teagan Andrews-Paul (Fernridge) and Matthew Heard (Greytown) in wearing Wellington colours at a meet which will also involve teams from three other centres, Canterbury, Tasman and Manawatu.
All told, 263 children from Years 5 to 8 will participate. The Wairarapa contingent have been following a challenging training programme since qualifying in June.