New Inter Area Cross Country Challenge

EAMA Inter-Area Cross Country Challenge

England Athletics Masters in collaboration with Veterans AC are staging a trial Inter-Area Cross Country Challenge on Wimbledon Common, an historic and classic cross country venue. The date for this event was 24^th September but due to clashes with other events and a low entry level so far the decision has been taken to put this back two weeks to Saturday 8^th October.

The format of the event will be:

 Venue: Wimbledon Common, Camp View/North View end, London SW19 4UL.

Post-race reception and prize giving at 4pm in the Swan pub, 89 Ridgway, London SW19 4SU

Provisional booking at this stage

Events: Race 1 M65, M75+, Women; 1:30 pm

Race 2 M35, M45, M55; 2:30 pm

4.5 miles cross country

Age Groups 35-44; 45-54; 55-64; 65-74; 75+ men and Women

Eligibility: BMAF Area Club members only, UKA affiliation mandatory

Individual entry, no team selection necessary

Entry fee £10 online by BMAF OpenTrack only

Awards: Trophy for the wining Area Team, certificates for scoring runners in the winning team

The teams will be scored by points for 4 runners in M35 and M45 categories, 3 runners in M55+ and all women’s categories.

There is a link to a picture of the Trophy for the event:

 http://bmaf.info/bmaf2015/gallery/IAXC%20Trophy.JPG

This is a trial for this year and we would like it to be successful and grow in future years, when it can be held in a different region each year.

Many thanks,

Alex Rowe

Cross Country Secretary

England Athletics Masters Association