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ARC Cross Country Teams

Teams from ARC compete in the Birmingham and District Invitation Country League (men) and the Midland Women’s Cross Country league.  The entire 2020-21 season was cancelled due to COVID-19 but it's not too early to think about joining us for the 2021-22 season.  Have a look at the video of the relays to get a feel of the fun and challenge you might have.

Team results for 2021-22: men, women

Congratulations to the
men's team who finished in overall 9th place in their first season in Division 2.  Special congratulations to Liam Harrold who was 15th overall in the individual placings. 

The women's team finished 5th in their league and 3rd in the Masters' table.

Interested?

There are four league events each season – usually November, December, January and February.  Additionally there are usually relays, a 5 (ladies) and 7 (men) mile race and Midland area championships which we can enter if there is sufficient interest. If the National championships are in our region we also like to enter these.

Any ARC member is welcome to join in – our teams are mixed from all ages and abilities.  Eligibility criteria are:
  • Be a full member of the club
  • Be registered with England Athletics with ARC as your first club (automatic if you are a full club member and have not previously been a member of another running club)
  • To think that it’s fun to swap your usual Saturday routine to run in all conditions, usually involving mud
  • An ability to shout very loudly (we always like to support each other)
  • An ability to eat cake!

The courses usually consist of laps of (very) approximately 2 miles long, with women running two and men three laps (official distances are 6k for women and 10k for men, with championships 8k and 12k).  Team results are calculated using the first six members’ times (men) or the first four members’ times (women).  The women's Masters' team (> 35s) uses the first three members' times.

Most members meet at the Stick & Wicket and travel together.

Events 2021-22

All League matches:
Women: 1.30pm start
Men: 2.30pm start
 

Midland Cross-country Relays

23 October 2021
Aldersley Stadium, Wolverhampton 
Results

British Masters Open Relay Championships
30 October 2021
West Park, Long Eaton
Results - Women, Men

National Cross Country Relay Championships
6 November 2021
​Berry Hill Park, Mansfield
Results


League (1): 13 November 2021
Betley, Stoke - all men's and women's leagues
Results: Men, Women​

​Midland Counties' 5/7 mile
20 November 2021
Bulwell

League (2): 4 December 2021
Men - Stratford
Women - Rugby/Northampton
Results: Men, Women

League (3): 15 January 2022
Men - Leamington
Women - Droitwich (school course)
Results: Men, Women

Midland Cross-Country Championships
29 January 2022
Berry Hill Park, Mansfield
Results

League ​(4): 19 February 2022
Men & women - Bromsgrove/Redditch
Results: Men, Women

National cross country championships
Parliament Hill, London, 26 February 2022
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Team captains are Simon Hudson (men) and Anne Kelsall (women).  Contact us if you’d like to join in the fun.

As well as the cross-country events we take part in the
Midland Road Relays in Sutton Park, where there are 6- (men) and 4- (women) stage relays in the Autumn (all legs 4.3k) and 12- (men) and 6- (women) stage relays in the Spring (mixture of 5 and 8.6k legs).  There is also a Midland Masters Relay (age 35+) competition in May, with 3 mile legs.  All these relays take place locally, in Sutton Park.
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