Cross Country 2011/12

The 2011/2012 cross country season is fast approaching us, so we need to get ready before the season begins. If this is your first cross country season we will more than welcome you onto the cross country team and look forward to competeing with you.

For those who haven’t tried XC before: its best to have the right kit- either spikes or fell shoes and bring lots of warm clothing + waterproofs and with the exception of the Ingrams League, you’ll need a City of York vest

The Ingrams Cross Country will take place on 11th March 2012

Newsletters

September 2011 Click here - Includes entry form for the full seasons events

October 2011 Click here - Includes North of England Relays Race Report
End of Oct Click here - Includes Races 1 & 2 West Yorkshire League Reports

December 2011 Click Here - Includes National Relays & West Yorkshire final standings.

January 2012 Click Here - Includes Yorkshire and Northern Championship Review

Cross Country Captain - Andrew Nesom

FIXTURES

Date	Competition	Venue
TBC	Ingrams Cross Country	Knavesmire
1st October	North of England Club Relays	Graces Park, Sheffield
9th October	West Yorkshire League	Nunroyd Park, Leeds
29th October	West Yorkshire League	York
5th November	National Club Relays	Berry Hill Park, Mansfield
20 November	West Yorkshire League	Northcliffe, Shipley
4th December	West Yorkshire League	Thornes Park, Wakefield
2012
2nd January	New Year Relays	Knaivesmire
7th January	Yorkshire Cross Country Champs	Thornes Park, Wakefield
28th January	North of England Champs	Pontefract
25th February	National Cross Country Champs	Parliament Hill, London
11th March	Ingrams Cross Country	Rawcliffe Bar, York

Training

The middle distance group will move some of their track sessions to the Knavesmire to acclimatise to hills and grass. We will also organise weekend runs in the hills around York, including the Wolds.

Review

Last year the club were very successful – we had Northern individual and team champions; several top 10 finishes/times at the National relays and many athletes represented their county. Hopefully we can improve on that this year. But an equal measure of success is getting the greatest number of people out running.

Useful cross country links:
West Yorkshire League - westyorkshireathletics.org.uk
North of England - noeaa-athletic.org.uk
England Cross Country - englishcrosscountry.co.uk