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.  Although the 2016-17 season finished at the end of Feburary It's not too early to start to think about joining us for the 2017-18 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 2016-17: men, women

Well done to the men's team who came 4th overall in their league in the 2016-17 season and to Toby Oury who was 19th overall in the individual placings.  The women's team also had their best season for a number of years, finishing 16th in the league and 12th in the Masters' league, with Louise Booker coming 29th overall and 14th Master.

Interested?

There are four league events each season – November, December, January and February.  Additionally there are 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 ladies running two and men three laps.  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 2017-8

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

Midland Cross-country Relays
October
Date and venue TBA

League (1): 11 November 2017
Men: TBA
Women: TBA

Midland Counties' 5/7 mile
November
Date and venue TBA

League (2): 2 December 2017
Men: TBA
Women: Stratford on Avon

League (3): 13 January 2018
Men: Droitwich
Women: Cofton Park (TBC)

Midland Cross-Country Championships
January
Date and venue TBA

League (4): 10 February 2018
Men: TBA
Women: Wolverhampton

National cross country championships
25 February 2017
Date and venue TBA
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 laps).  There is also a Midland Masters Relay (age 35+) competition in May.  All these relays take place locally, in Sutton Park.