JUNIOR CROSS COUNTRY

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PECO Cross-Country Challenge Races for 8 to 16 year olds

This is just an info sheet to the clubs within the Bradford Athletics Network whose juniors are being allowed to compete in this League this season. Hopefully it answers any questions you might have.

Last year there were 11-16 junior races at the PECO Cross-Country League for the first time. There were not many runners and most were from Ilkley, however this year it has been offered to a lot more clubs with juniors so there will be more competition. The PECO League Challenge races are a great stepping stone from School to Club competition as it is not as high level as the Complete Runner League. The Challenge races are for everyone regardless of ability and we would like clubs to encourage as many of their youngsters to compete as possible. Some of the clubs within the PECO League do not have official junior sections. However we wish to encourage participation, so a son/daughter or grandchild is eligible to run under the name of the club of their parent/grandparent.

You do not need to register beforehand, just turn up on the day, register, pay your £1 and run. As you finish you will be handed a numbered tally. Ilkley Harriers have offered to run the junior finish and do the results at each of the PECO races this season, so a member of the club (usually me) will be at the finish to collect in your tally and record your name. You should wear club vests if you have them, but any coloured T-shirt will be fine if not. There is a 5 mile (approx) senior race at 11.00am where parents may run as guests if they wish (provided that they are members of a UKA-affiliated running club). Refreshments are available for everyone after the senior race, unless otherwise stated in the race information.

This year there are two XC Challenge races:
1 mile (approx.) XC Challenge (8-10 year olds) at 10.00am
AND
2 mile (approx.) XC Challenge (11-16 year olds) at 10.20am

Age qualification is based on age on November 8th 2009. It is run like a league so at the end there are age category prizes for U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17 (boys and girls).

The 5 provisional individual dates and venues are:

Sunday 8th November (Golden Acre Park)
Saturday 5th December (Hunger Hills/TASC)
Sunday 17th January (Nell Bank, Ilkley)
Sunday 31st January (John Smeaton)
Sunday 7th March (Emmanuel College).

Full race details are posted here a minimum of 2 weeks before each event: http://www.abbeyrunners.co.uk/PECO/peco.html

OTHER FIXTURES

See here