South of England and National Cross Country Championships 2020
More dates for your mud splattered diaries with two of the biggest events in the XC calendar!
The South Of England (SEAA) XC championships are at the home of XC running - Parliament Hill, on Saturday January 25th.
11:00am Under 15 Boys
11:20am Under 13 Girls
11:35am Under 13 Boys
11:50am Under 15 Girls
12:10pm Under 17 Men
12:40pm Under 20 Women
13:05pm Under 17 Women
13:30pm Under 20 Men
14:05pm Senior Women
14:50pm Senior Men
Entry Fee is £7
The Nationals are held at a brilliant course used several times in the past few years at Woolaton Park, Nottingham on Saturday February 22nd
11.00 am Under 17 Women
11.25 am Under 15 Boys
11.45 am Under 13 Girls
12.05 pm Under 17 Men
12.30 pm Under 13 Boys
12.45 pm Under 15 Girls
1.05 pm Junior Women
1.35 pm Senior Women
2.20 pm Junior Men
3.00 pm Senior Men Championship
Entry Fee is £9
For both, the club will do a block booking for all those wishing to run. If you want to take part then please pay the relevant fee (or fees) to the bank, which is Lloyds 30-90-53 account 00150196 and please add your name as reference.
Please also advise your coach and /or comment here.
Entries will only be submitted for athletes who have paid fees.
Entries close in late December (for the SEAA) and early January (for the Nationals). These are great events to be part of but if you want advice about competing, please talk to your coach in the first instance.
More details are on these links:
www.seaa.org.uk/images/2019/ENDURANCE/Southern_201920_XC_Prospectusv2.pdf
www.englishcrosscountry.co.uk/the-national-cross-country-championships/entry-procedure/
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BASINGSTOKE RUNNERS DO WELL IN THE HCCL.
There was a big turnout from the Club's athletes when the second Hampshire Cross Country League of the season took place at Sparsholt College, Winchester. The new venue turned out to be very testing and the incessant rain during the day led to the course cutting up and in places being a river of mud.The races as usual came along very fast with BMH fielding strong teams in most of them, with individual athletes finishing in the top 10 in 6 of the 8 races.
Top Placings came from Reece Sharman-Newell 4th in the U17 Men and Nicholas Thomas 4th in the U13 Boys race. The U17 Men's team did particularly well with as well as Reece, Alex Lakeland 9th, Oli Morgan 11th, Cameron Coveney 12th and the Richard Sutton 17th. The middle 3 having a close tussle with places changing throughout the race. Team wise they continued their high placing with a 2nd place and 2nd overall. The U13 Boys are in the same position with Nicholas backed by Charlie Coveney 11th and Freddie Eason 15th of the 78 runners.
In the U15 Boys race the team placed 3rd in this one with our scorers Nathan Lane 6th, Ben White 10th and Sam Kemp 18th, they also ran well in the conditions. The Senior Men are as well 3rd overall after a good 3rd at Winchester, 298 runners finished this race over 9.6K at Sparsholt with Dave Ragan leading the Clubs runners home in 7th, James Beeks was next 16th, then Rob Wood 19th, Tom Syckelmoore 31st and Alex Bigg 48th completed the scoring, while Alex Hamilton was 49th and 3rd Vet home and 25 Club members ran in this race when the course was at its worst.
There was 218 runners in the Womens race over 6K and again the BMH runners ran well and were always to the fore, Led home by Charlotte Chawin in 9th, Maddie Deadsman chased her for 12th, Charlotte Ragan finished 21st and Gemma Bigg was 27th of the 15 Club runners in action in this one. BMH lies 4th team in this age group of the 33 Clubs that entered runners. The U13 Girls are also in 4th spot and in a field of 74 runners, Macy Connolly was our lead runner in 7th, Imogen Edwards was next in 17th while Sophie Yates completed our scoring in 29th.
The other Club squad in action were the U15 Girls and Sienna Richardson was our first finisher in 15th spot, while Megan Hope was 32nd and Harriet Duncombe 36th and the Team placed 6th. On a day when everyone that ran went home heavy legged, Basingstoke maintained their high placings in the League. Full results are on the Hampshire Athletics website. ... See MoreSee Less
Hampshire XC Championships
The annual county championships take place once again at Fairthorne Manor on Saturday January 4th 2020.
There are races for all age groups from Under 11 up to Senior and veteran categories.
As part of the races, there is also a team competition with 3, 4 or 6 to score towards the team total.
Historically BMHAC have done well at both individual and team level, and by fielding a strong number of athletes, we improve our chances in the team competition.
For this event you will need to make your own entry - the club will NOT be doing a block entry for all interested athletes.
On the day we will have team managers to distribute numbers and advise about the course and start / finish areas.
To enter, we suggest using the online form, on the Hampshire Athletics website, the page with main details is on the link below. Entry fee is just £8.
Online entries close on December 27th, we will be posting reminders!
If you are unsure whether to compete or not, please ask your coaches who will be more than happy to help.
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