Athletes and Clubs registered with England Athletics looking to book accommodation for cross country events this winter can access savings via England Athletics’ partnership with Intercontinental Hotels (IHG). IHG brands include Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express and Crowne Plaza and registered athletes can secure 30% off by booking three weeks in advance using the EA…
Bill McGuirk elected as President
On Saturday 16th May at Derby, the ECCA elected Bill McGuirk as it’s President for 2015/16. Bill a member of Wallsend Harriers & AC for many years has also been involved North East Counties Athletics for a long time and richly deserves the honour bestowed upon him. The photo show Bill being congratulated by outgoing…
No change to age groups
At the Annual Meeting, there was a unanimous vote to support the Bedford & County AC proposal to oppose any change to age groups for younger athletes. With strong support at the meeting from Aldershot Farnham & District, these major Clubs were representing the views of most Clubs, and with no dissenting voices we now…
Tree Planting at Wollaton Park
To commemorate that the National Cross Country Championships were held at Wollaton Park, Nottingham in 2014 an oak tree has been planted near to the start and finish of the races. The ECCA President Ian Byett, planted the tree and was accompanied by Mick Robinson of Notts AC and John Pell of Nottingham City Council. The…
8th English Cross Country Association Annual Open Meeting
The 8th Annual Open meeting will be held on Saturday 16th May at the Smart Aston Ct Hotel, Midland Rd, Derby DE1 2SL (near Derby Railway Stn). All Clubs affiliated to England Athletics for cross country running are eligible to attend and vote. The meeting will start at 12 noon The Annual Open meeting is…
Race Report – IAAF Antrim International Cross Country 2015
England teams had a successful afternoon at the IAAF Antrim International Cross Country races which incorporated the Home Countries International. There was two individual wins from the English athletes with both Jonathan Davies and Rebecca Murray scoring convincing wins in the Junior Men’s and Women’s events. Davies came home 20 seconds clear in a time…
Video from the Nationals..
Here’s a video clip of the Nationals, produced by Brandnation for BBC Wales. The video taken in among the runners was taken by Jon Quint, who ran with a camera. See and hear the iconic start of the Senior Men’s race!
Nationals Photos from Sussex Photography
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Race Report – 2015 English National Cross Country Championships
There were records galore achieved at the Saucony English National Cross Country Championships, held at Parliament Hill, London on Saturday. The numbers entered were already very high and the numbers running matched this. Firstly 5283 runners finished across the 10 Races, nearly 600 up on the previous best. On a day that was very wet…