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Mark Hetherington -
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This year, the League Presentations will take place at John Smeaton Leisure Centre on Sunday 1st April, starting at 1.30pm. The bar will be open and I’m looking into the possibility of having a buffet provided too. The presentations will follow on from the You Muddy Fools! Cross Country Race (see below for details), as part of our latest attempt to boost the numbers attending the League Presentations. All are welcome to attend (Seniors and Juniors): entry will be free, and there is no obligation to take part in the You Muddy Fools! Race beforehand. I am aware that this date clashes with the Baildon Boundary Way, but it is impossible to find a Sunday date that doesn’t clash with something, and there should be time for anyone who wishes to run at Baildon to make it to John Smeaton in time for the presentations.
You Muddy Fools! This will be a 5 mile (approx.) cross country race around the fields and woods near John Smeaton Leisure Centre. It will be loosely based on St Theresa’s PECO League course, but will feature more stream crossings to fall into, more fallen logs to scramble over and, hopefully, more mud to get covered in. Entry costs £5 for club runners, there will be prizes in all age categories (depending on the number of entries) and there will be a bottle of beer for all finishers. An entry form is attached, as we will be taking entries in advance as well as on the day. There will shortly be a link to the entry form and race information from the PECO League web site, and I will also email out club block entry forms in the near future. The race will be open to other clubs too, and the West Yorkshire Winter League clubs are considering an invitation to take part, and take part in a ‘PECO v WYWL Challenge’ (details of the format of this have yet to be finalised). There will definitely be an ‘Unofficial Champion Club Trophy’ to be awarded on the basis of:
First 5 M Open. First MV40, First MV50, First MV60
First 3 F Open, First FV35, First FV45, First FV55
Team scores will be calculated from finishing positions (as in the PECO League), but the age categories will be determined from ‘age on race day’ (as there may be ‘non-PECO’ clubs taking part, our date for determining the season’s age categories isn’t really relevant)
There will also be a 3 x 1 Mile (approx.) ‘Little Fools’ relay race for Juniors (aged 8 – 16). Teams may ‘boys’, ‘girls’ or ‘mixed’ (at least 1 girl); each team must include at least one U11 and at least one U13 member.
I hope that we can manage a really big turnout for this race (although there will be a 500 limit due to the capacity of the course), and that lots of people will stay on for the League Presentations: we are having a bumper cross country season, and it would be great if those clubs and individuals who win prizes could have their achievements acknowledged by a few more people than has been the case in recent years!
Click Here to download a Muddy fools entry form...
Kind Regards,
Mark Hetherington (PECO XC League Co-ordinator)
Race Start Times:
Junior 1 Mile XC Challenge (8 – 10 year olds): 10.00am
Junior 2 Mile XC Challenge (11 – 16 year olds): 10.20am
Senior race (men and ladies): 11.00am
The PECO Cross Country League is a ‘closed’ league:
Only runners from clubs that are affiliated to the league are eligible for series prizes.
Runners from other UKA-affiliated clubs may run as ‘guests’,
The races are NOT open to ‘unattached’ runners
