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2026-2027 Season
2026-2027 Season
Dates for the Cross Country Season 2026-2027
Thursday 15 October 2026 Suffolk Area Championships at RHS Holbrook
Thursday 14 January 2027 Second race Woodbridge School
Saturday 30 January 2027 Anglian Championships This date is to be confirmed
Saturday 6 March 2027 English Schools Championships, Temple Newsam, Leeds
Age group changes, please read this importnat information about proposed age group changes. For many years UK and County cross country and athletics and school cross country and athletics have had different age groups.
There is a vote on 21 September 2026 to confirm new age groups starting this season.
The new age groups would be as follows:
Juniors Years 7 & 8
Inters Years 9 & 10
Seniors Years 11 & 12
Seniors + Year 13 This age group is unnamed at the moment
This information has been sent to schools who will need to ensure they make the correct entries.
Sadly this means that Primary School students will not be invited to the County Championships at RHS.
Note Suffolk Schools are 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.
The teams for the English Schools will leave on Friday 5 March 2027 and stay overnight near Leeds because of the distance involved.
Suffolk School Team Managers
To be changed if the vote for changes is successful
Minors Years 6 and 7 Chloe Godbold godbold.chloe765@gmail.com
Juniors Years 8 and 9 Mandy Godbold godboldmandy.suffolkschools@gmail.com
Inters Years 10 and 11 Alistair Dick alistairdick120@gmail.com
Seniors Years 12 and 13 Elisa Bostock elisa@primitivemovement.run
Note Chloe Godbold in the lead team manager for Suffolk Schools Cross Country
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.
Chloe Godbold
(lead team manager and secretary for Cross Country)
Results Archive
2025-26 Results
Results of the Suffolk XC Championships held at RHS October 2025
Anglian Championships Results Jan 2026
Suffolk School Teams for Anglians Jan 2026
Suffolk Schools teams for English Schools XC Liverpool 2026
Official results for ESAA 2026, you can search for athletes and team results
Team photos from Liverpool 2026
2024-25 Results
Woodbridge race results from 16 January 2025
Updated results of the Anglian XC Championships 1 Feb 2025
Suffolk Schools teams for Anglian Championships 2025
Suffolk School teams plus reserves for ESXC Championships 2025
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 local press 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 Chloe Godbold (our Cross Country Lead Team Manager) at the email address listed below"
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