Cross Country
2024-2025 Season
Dates for the Cross Country Season 2024-2025
Thursday 17 October Suffolk Area Championships at RHS Holbrook
Thursday 16 January Second race Woodbridge School
Saturday 1 February Anglian Championships hosted by Suffolk Woodbridge School
Saturday 15 March English Schools Championships, Sussex Showground West Sussex
Note Suffolk Schools are only organising 2 trials prior to the Anglian Championships, the Anglian Championships will also act as a final trail for selection for the English Schools Championships.
Suffolk School Team Managers
Minors Years 6 and 7 Chloe Godbold godbold.chloe765@gmail.com
Juniors Years 8 and 9 Mark Goddard goddardmark@btinternet.com
Inters Years 10 and 11 Sue Hargadon suehargadon@outlook.com
Seniors Years 12 and 13 Alistair Dick alistairdick120@gmail.com
Note Sue Hargadon in the lead team manager for Suffolk Schools Cross Country
Suffolk Championships at RHS Holbrook 17 October 2024
Results of the Suffolk Championships held at RHS on 17 October are on the link below.
Note there were 14 races held on that day, use the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet to navigate to the race you want to view.
Second race at Woodbridge School 16 January 2025
Copy of the letter given out after the Woodbridge race 16 January 2025
Woodbridge race results from 16 January 2025
Note the results for all 8 races are on one spreadsheet, use the tabs at the bottom to navigate to the different races.
Note there was a small issue with the results of the Minor Girls race. A few runners were given an incorrect race place by one place. The results posted above have been checked and are correct. Apologies for any confusion.
Anglian Cross Country Championships 1 February 2025
Suffolk Schools teams for Anglian Championships 2025
Updated results of the Anglian XC Championships 1 Feb 2025
The results of the Anglian XC are on the spreadsheet above. Note you will need to use the tabs to navigate to the race you want to view.
I think, unprecedented success for Suffolk Schools. Team winners of all 8 races held and therefore overall winners as well. Well done to all the athletes for a great achievement.
Thanks, as well to Woodbridge School for hosting, all staff, parents and helpers for being involved in a very successful day.
Thank you, as well to the other counties for travelling to Suffolk on Saturday and making it a very competitive event.
For minors the season (from a school level) ends here, teams will be selected for Juniors, Inters and Seniors to represent Suffolk Schools in March. We aim to post the teams in the next 2 weeks.
English School Cross Country Championships 15 March 2025
This will be held at Ardingly Showground, West Sussex
There will be no overnight stay as we can travel to the venue on the day of the championships.
Click to go to the ESSA website and more information
There is a map of the course on the site.
Suffolk School teams plus reserves for ESXC Championships 2025
First information letter about English Schools XC Championships for Suffolk team members
You will have been sent this letter, this gives you lots of information about the event including how to pay the entry fee. Please read carefully and get in contact with your team manager if you have any issues.
Congratulations to all team members and reserves. There is such strength in Suffolk Schools that it was tricky picking 8 athletes and 4 reserves, the team managers have spend a lot of time and discussions on this, if some athletes are disappointed we are sorry but please rest assured that decisions were not taken lightly.
All athletes and reserves or their parents, must email their team manager to confirm their availability. Entries are being made in the next few days and if any athlete is unavailable we still have time to get another reserve onto the team.
If unwell or injury, please keep your team manager informed and remember that the reserves are keen to compete and deserve the place if you cannot take it up.
There will be a cost payable for this event, there will be a letter coming out with more information.
SELECTION FOR ANGLIAN AND ESAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Updated January 2024
The two Suffolk races help us decide who to select for the Anglian Counties Championships. We take up to 16 runners (plus four reserves) for this regional inter-county Cross Country event and then select eight (plus four reserves) for the English Schools national event. (Reserves only attend the event if called upon beforehand.) There is no race for minors (years six and seven) at the national event though they do compete at the Anglian event.
The two Suffolk events are partly seen as trials. A top 50 place in the first race leads to an offer to compete in the second race. We also welcome additional runners to the second event who were unable to compete at the first one, and also any runner who was unhappy with their performance is welcome to enter too. After the second race, we select those who will represent Suffolk at the regional event.
After the Anglian race we take the results from all three races into account to decide on the team for the English Schools national championships. For both the Anglian and national teams, we consider any injury or illness that we are aware of. It is essential therefore that within one week (two days for the Anglians) of an event the lead manager and the relevant team manager are emailed with details of any difficulties as to why a runner could not compete or if they feel there is a valid reason for any under-performance.
It is in an athlete’s best interest to run in both Suffolk events and then in the regional event. Competing in just one race makes it more difficult to select a runner. Runners should be aware that even if they finish in the top 8 position in each race there is no guarantee that they will be selected for the regional or national event. We discuss each athlete at length between the team manager and the lead team manager. We consider performances in all three races alongside knowledge of any injuries/illnesses. Whilst the most recent races will be the most relevant, we will look at performances in all, including times in the first race at RHS. Where there is a decision to be made between two very similar runners, we will consider other recent races or information that we are aware of. The decision of the lead team manager is final.
Sue Hargadon
(lead team manager and secretary for Cross Country)
suehargadon@outlook.com
Results Archive
2023-2024 Results
Full results of English Schools Cross Country 2024
Results of the Anglian Championships 2024
Results from Woodbridge Jan 2024
Results from Suffolk Schools Cross Country at RHS 12 October 2023
2022-23 Results
Suffolk Championships at RHS Holbrook 13 October 2022
Race 2 Saturday 26 November 2022 at Ipswich High School, Woolverstone
All results from Ipswich High School Race 2
Race 3 Thursday 12 January 2023 at Woodbridge School
All results from Race 3 at Woodbridge School
The Anglian Championships Saturday 4 February 2023
Anglian Results 2023 held at Northampton
Suffolk School teams for the Anglian 2023
The English Schools Championships Saturday 18 March 2023
Suffolk Schools Teams for English Schools Nottingham 2023
Suffolk Results for the English Schools XC Nottingham 2023
Official Results Chip timing from Nottingham 2023
Suffolk team photos from Nottingham 2023
SAFEGUARDING
Please note the following advice
"Competitors need to be aware that the results of the A,B, Anglian and national races will be published on the Suffolk Schools Cross Country website and in the EDP including the name of the competitor, the school, the age range and the race time. If for safeguarding reasons you have concerns about this contact Sue Hargadon (our Cross Country Lead Team Manager) at the email address listed below"
Sue Hargadon : suehargadon@outlook.com
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