A great day at RHS  for our Area Championships.Our thanks again go to the school for staging this huge event on our behalf. It really is much appreciated.

You will find below a copy of the letter given to top 50 runners telling them about the next event - the A races at Ipswich High. We look forward to this new course.

Parking there may be limited so runners are asked to share transport where possible.You may find there is a small parking charge.

If you cannot make this event we will need to know in advance.

If there are matters you need to discuss please contact your Age Group organiser :

.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               Stowupland High School, Church Rd,Stowupland, IP14 4BQ

Ipswich High School on Saturday 1^st December 2018

RACE DETAILS (distances are approximate)

10-45     Senior Girls (4400m)                      11-15        Minor Girls (2300m)

11-30      Minor Boys (2900m)                       11-50        Junior Girls (2900m)

12-10      Junior Boys (4400m)                      12-35       Inter Girls  (4000m)

13-00      Inter Boys (5000m)                       13-30       Senior Boys   (6500m)

Some may start a little later dependent on whether runners from the previous race have finished.

Car parking at the School may be limited, there may be a smalll parking charge..  IT WILL BE MOST HELPFUL IF YOU SHARE TRANSPORT WITH OTHER ATHLETES. Come changed.

ON ARRIVAL REPORT TO THE Cross Country  Reception area TO COLLECT YOUR NUMBER.

SPEEDY REGISTRATION. Look for the signs. PLEASE prepare your own number and pass through registration much more quickly. If you were in the Mid-South races at RHS use the number in which you finished at RHS eg 3^rd means create Number 3. For Nor-West runners add 100 to your place at RHS so 23^rd becomes 123 and 7^th becomes 107. No hand drawn versions please. Bring safety pins. A burger van will be there.                     

ESSA at Leeds

ESSA Website for full results last year

Suffolk Results downloaded below 

Saturday 17 March 2018 

Great performances from Suffolk School Athletes 

Some Highlights 

Junior Boys 

Lewis Sullivan 9th, Charlie Turner 23rd, Oliver Hitchcock 25th, James Peck 39th, Elliot Gladwell 44th and Freddie Adams 64th 

The Junior Boys team were an outstanding second team in England.

Junior Girls 

April Hill 12th and Tilly Aldis 55th 

Team 27th 

Inter Boys 

James Pettersson 31st and Nathan Goddard 66th 

Team 23rd

Inter Girls 

Maddie Jordan-Lee 22nd, Holly Fisher 26th, Millie Jordan-Lee 52nd, Katie Challinor 57th, Mimi Salsby 98th, Katie Cuddihy 189th

The Inter Girls team were an excellent 5th team in England.

Senior Boys

Tom Adams 41st 

Team 27th overall 

Senior Girls

Megan Newton 36th 

Team 21st Overall

In the C country Team Competition (for Counties of a similar size) 

Boys teams 1st Place 

Girls teams 2nd Place

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