.Our Team Organisers :  

Minors               Georgina Malster    georgina.malster@ebhigh.org.uk

Yrs 6 and 7         East Bergholt High School,Heath Rd,East Bergholt CO7 6RJ

Juniors              Mark Goddard (Woodbridge)   goddardmark@btinternet.com 

Years 8 and 9

Intermediates       Sue Hargadon         suehargadon@outlook.com

Years 10 and 11    Potash Farm,Church Rd Crowfield  IP6 9TG   

Seniors              Alistair Dick    (Stowupland)   adick@stowuplandhighschool.co.uk

Yrs 12 & 13             Stowupland High School, Church Rd,Stowupland, IP14 4BQ

 SUFFOLK SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY 2018/19 DATES

Sat  1st December 2018   County ‘A’ Series races at Ipswich High School

Ipswich High School, Woolverstone IP9 1AZ

Thur 10^th January   2019    County ‘B’ Series Woodbridge

Woodbridge School IP12 4JH

Sat 2nd February 2019       Anglian Counties. Northampton

Sat 16^th  March 2019         ESAA XC Championships, Leeds (again)

SELECTION FOR ANGLIAN AND ESAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

The first three events listed above (Area, A and B races) help us decide who to select for the Anglian Counties Championships. We normally take 12 or so runners who are all still in contention for a position in the final 8 (in their age/gender group  eg Junior Girls) to participate at the ESAA Championships.

WE DO NOT CONSIDER SUFFOLK AA or CLUB RESULTS. The three listed events represent our trials. Success at the first  (in top 50) leads to selection to compete in the A races.

Success in the A races (in the top 40) leads to selection for the final trial (the B races).

After the Anglian we select on the basis of four events (Area, A, B, Anglian) the most consistent and successful runners to represent Suffolk at the ESAA Championships.

CLEARLY IT IS IN THE ATHLETES BEST INTEREST TO COMPETE IN ALL FOUR TRIALS.

It is most unlikely (indeed quite unfair) to select runners who compete in just one event and it will be difficult to select you on the basis of only two events.

In a previous year the B races were cancelled due to bad weather. We still had three races to base our ESAA selection on. One cannot predict the future so this reinforces the need to go to all events.

Any runner unable to compete in one of our races should inform  their Team Organiser in writing preferably by email and in advance of the event giving the reason (eg exam, injury, illness etc) so that we can take this into consideration.

RUNNERS who feel they underperformed at any of the first two events (and were as a consequence not invited to the next one) are welcome to apply to compete in the next event at which you will be automatically accepted. 

B.H.Andrews

Secretary