Cross Country Championships
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Age groups in each Championship: |
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The Cheshire County CC Championships: |
Week 1 or 2 |
10 days before event |
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All age groups - plus u11’s race. |
1st/2nd Weekend |
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The Northern Area CC Championships: |
Week 4 | 2nd Friday in December! | ||
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All age groups, – but no u11’s |
4th Weekend |
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| The L & D CCU Championship: | Week 6 | Weekend before | ||
| Junior and Senior Men plus Senior Women |
2nd Weekend |
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The National ECCA Championships: |
Week 8 |
1st Weekend in January! |
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All age groups, – but no u11’s |
4th Weekend |
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How do I enter?
Championship races are traditionally team events therefore:-
West Cheshire AC is sent a set of entry forms for each championship, one form for each age group and gender.
You need to get your name with your individual entry fee to the Cross Country Secretary, either directly or via your coach.
The Cross Country secretary then enters your name and required details onto each form for your age group and sends the forms in before the closing date.
Age Groups for Championships
The U11 (Cheshire event only) must be at least nine on the day but if the race is on or after their 11th birthday they run in the U13 age group.
To be U13 you must be aged 11 on the day or still 12 on the 31st August before the Competition Year, see below.
If you are 13 on or before the 1st September you run in the U15 age group. The same rules then apply in the U15, U17 and U20 age groups
Veteran/Master age groups are decided by their age on the day of the Championships.
Qualifications for Championships
Your Club vest must be worn - all of the same style.
Only 1st claim members can count for team awards.
The Competition Year is from 1st October to 30th September.
- To run in the County Championships, provided you have not competed in another County’s Championship, in any discipline, within the same Competition Year, you must have been born or have been resident for nine months within the county border or have previously qualified and competed as a resident. The residential link is broken by competing in another County’s Championship after moving outside the previously qualified county boundary.
To run in the Area Championship you must be a 1st claim member of WCAC.
New members whose registration is not ratified may run but not count in the team competition.
To run in the National Championships the same conditions as the Area apply