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