The value of cross country running is a means of retaining physical fitness, its sorely under-estimated, this exciting and challenging discipline of sport, seemingly overlooked as some distant relative of the athletics family.Conditions may turn the faces of some, competitions frequently include cold freezing rain and occasional snow flurry, the lifting and lowering of weighty, mud-enshrouded shoes through the local farmers' specially ploughed fields, and the occasional shoe-cleansing, foot-numbing gallop through a beck.
Athletes relish the cross-country season for its camaraderie, challenge and opportunity to score for the club, huddling around a warm cup of coffee awaiting results. Cross country is the foundation and preparation for track and road, attracting the world's best from 800 metres to the marathon.
Sometimes it seems that cross country is less visible than other sports. Fewer spectators come to see the meets, and fewer cross country stories appear in the sports pages. One reason might be that cross country has to compete with football, and football draws attention. Also cross country meets aren't easy to view from a single vantage point, although the starts and finish normally are at the same location. The running course is spread out over hill and dale, and much of the race takes place out of sight. Spectators who don't do a little cross country scrambling themselves will miss some of the key moments of a distance race, it's a sport that asks more of its spectators than sitting in a stadium.
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NYSD Cross Country League races start at approximately 12.30pm. Fully Paid Up Club Members of all age groups are welcome; Seniors & Under 20's £5 for the season U13s, Ul5s, U17s £4 for the season. These fees will reduce by £1 for anyone starting to run after Christmas i.e. to £4 and £3. NYSD competition rules. more>>
There are u11 races at all venues, which are free to enter but a number will be issued and must be retained, please note the u11' are none scoring.
Why not come along and watch this exciting sport or compete, see you there by the big blue and white tent.
2011 - 12 Cross Country Fixtures
| 9th Oct | NYSD League | Acklam Grange School |
Details | Results | Photos |
| 23rd Oct | NYSD League | Scarborough, Olivers Mount | Details | Results | Photos |
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| 13th Nov | NYSD League | Summerhill, Hartlepool |
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| 4th Dec | NYSD League | Croft Autodrome | Details | Results | Photos |
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| 10th Dec | NE XC Championships | East Cramlington Nature Reserve | Details | Results | |
| 15th Jan | NYSD League changed venue to >>> | Acklam Grange School | Details | Results | |
| 28th Jan | Northern XC Championships |
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| 5th Feb | NYSD League | Old Richmond Racecourse | Details | Results | Photos |
| 19th Feb | NYSD | Whitby, Caedmon School | Details | Results | |
| 25th Feb | National XC Championships | Parliment Hill | Results | ||
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| 11th March | NYSD Thirsk Relay | ||||
North Yorkshire South Durham Cross Country League,Richmond Old Racecourse 5th February 2012
No U-11 from the club U-13 BOYS AND GIRLS, No girls competing U-15 BOYS AND GIRLS, Phillipa Stone in 2nd leading Gemma Clark 3rd and Grace Cuff 4th to a well deserved team win. Congatulations to Phillipa on her great run at Kirby Stephen, winning the Junior Race against tough opposition and wintry weather conditions. U-17 Men, Sen/jun/u-17/vet Ladies, Vet men, The final NYSD LEAGUE Race will be at Whitby on the 19th February. Many thanks once again to Michael for the tent and Marino for his continued assistance. Dave Wilkinson 06/02/2012 |
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Northern Cross Country Championships 2012, Pontefract, 28th January 2012 A small group of junior athletes made the journey to Pontefract to contest these Championships. The weather was ideal and runners were met with a bright sunny day and for once they did not have to contend with a mud bath. U-13 Boys A great team performance from our boys resulting in Bronze medals, Joshua Allen in his first year in the age group finishing in 16th, Jacob Jardine 41st, Isaac Suleman 54th and Domonic Swinsen 104th . U-15 Boys Mathew Bailey 71st and Charlie Race 111th U-15 Girls Unfortunately our team were missing both Emma Wortley, and Hannah Kitchener due to injury. Phillipa Stone running a very brave race, starting slowly and finishing up in 12th place supported by Gemma Clark in 58th and Grace Cuff in 70th . U- 17 Men Only Liam Watson from the club having a strong race in 42nd. U-17 Ladies Beth Brown in 66th and Hannah McLean in 79th. Dave Wilkinson 30/01/2012 |
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The 5th North Yorkshire South Durham XC League at Acklam 15th January 2012
A frosty start to this meeting, but the conditions improved throughout making for a excellant days Cross-Country racing.
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Under 13 boys Another winning team performance from our boys, Josh Allen 1st individual, Jacob Jardine in 2nd, Isaac Suleman 4th newcomer Matthew Crawford 5th Domonic Swinson 9th and Ben Palmer in 11th.
Under 13 girls, only 1 athlete from the club Rosie Sheffield in 13th
Under 15 boys, Matthew Bailey 2nd put in a strong finish, but just failed by 1 second to catch Henry Johnson of Shildon, Charley Race in 5th.
Under 15 girls, once again the rivalry was evident between our team and Scarborough AC, but despite missing Gemma Clark and Hannah Kitchener our team managed to come out on top by only 1 point. Emma Wortley finishing stongly in 2nd position,supported by Philipa Stone in 3rd ,Grace Cuff in 5th Rebecca Palmer in 13th and Alisha Richardson in 15th .
Under 17 men, only Liam Watson from the club finishing in 4th position.
SEN/U 17 /U20/VET LADIES, once again a increase in the numbers in the ladies race. Club newcomer Kerry Matthew running a strong race to finish in a excellent 2nd position supported by 2 u-17`s, Hannah Mclean in 23rd and Bethany Brown in 29th
Sen/Vet Men, a good run from Paul White in 3rd place, Paul Kitson V1 in 25th and V1 Stewert Swinsen 72nd.
Dave Wilkinson
15.01 All the following qualified for the Schools Inter-Counties at Kirby Stephen and are members of this club
Y7 Girls - Rebekah Kitchener
Y7 Boys - Dominic Swinson, Ben Palmer, Josh Allen, Isaac Suleman
Jun Girls - Philippa Stone, Gemma Clark, Rachel Harrison, Laura Blenkinsopp, Rebecca Palmer, Alicia McInnes, Alicia Moore, Rosie Sheffield
Jun Boys - Charlie Race, Jacob Jardine, Abdul Wahhab
Inter Girls - Emma Wortley, Grace Cuff, Hannah McLean, Emily Palmer, Alisha Richardson
Inter Boys - Liam Watson, Jason Blackburn, Lee Davies, Matthew Bailey
North Eastern Cross- Country report from 10th December 2011
Very cold weather greeted the athletes on this rugged open course at Cramlington Nature Reserve, our small contingent came away with a good measure of success,
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U-13 boys, Josh Allan just missed out on a medal finishing in 4th position but leading the team to gold medal success. Jacob Jardine in 11th, Isaac Suleman in 12th and Domonic Swinsen in 23rd.
U-15 boys, Mathew Bailey running in a Cross-Country Race for the first time for the club, finishing in a creditable 8th position and Charlie Race IN 31st position.
U-15 Girls, A great race for the club. Phillipa Stone in the first year in this age group finishing the medals with a 2nd place and Emma Wortley in 3rd position supported by Gemma Clark in 7th, Grace Cuff in 13th and Alisha Richardson in 27th. The girls also winning the team event.
U-17 Ladies, Bethany Brown running a strong race in 21st position.
U-17 Men, Liam Watson in 10th position and Lee Davies in 12th both having a competitive race.
Senior Ladies, more success for the club in this race came from Kirsty Legg in 2nd place after just arriving back from America on Thursday, Faye Buckton also running and finishing in 44th position.
Dave Wilkinson 11/12/2011
4th NYSD Cross Country League Races, Croft 4th December 2011
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snow. Many thanks to Darlington Harriers for providing a interesting course.
U-11`s boys and girls Joshua Cowperthwaite on this occasion had to settle for 2 nd place but still ran strongly and also a good race from
Charlotte Paterson in 10 th position.
U-13 boys Josh Allan once again in 1 st place with 26secs to spare from James Wood from Darlington Harriers. The rest of our team packing strongly with Isaac Suleman in 3 rd ,Jacob Jardine in 4 th and Domonic Swinson in 6 th .Another fine team performance.
U-13 girls A fine run by Rebekah Kitchener closing strongly at the finish to get 3 rd position.Rosie Sheffield in 17 th and Lucy Simpson in 19th .
U-15 boys A small increase in numbers for this race with 10 runners finishing. A good run from Charlie Race in 3 rd place .
U15 girls The race was led by Louise Taylor Scarborough AC in the absence of Bronwen Owen, she was followed very closely by Philipa Stone until just before the end of the 1 st lap when she pulled out of the race, (hopefully nothing serious) leaving Philipa to go away and win the race in fine style. She was well supported by Gemma Clark in 2 nd and Hannah Kitchener in 3 rd place running in her first race in 6 months after returning from injury and Grace Cuff in 5 th position .
U-17 Men Only Liam Watson running for the club and finishing in a fine 2 nd place.
U-17 /U 20/SEN/VET Ladies No team this time but good runs by our girls Hannah McLean in 14 th (u-17) , Beth Brown in 22nd (u-17) and Jessica Wilkinson 31 st (u-20)
SEN /VET Mens Paul White returning to race cross country for the club after a number of years absence, finishing very strongly in 3 rd position, our 2 vets having good races Paul Kitson in 23 rd and Stewert Swinson in 69 th
Many thanks again to Marino and Michael for the tent etc.
See you all in the New Year. Finally good luck to all our athletes running in the North Eastern XCFull results. more>>
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Inter Boys – Liam Watson, Jason Blackburn, Lee Davies, Matthew Bailey<br><br>
Apologies for any omissions
3RD North Yorkshire & South Durham XC League Races, Summerhill, Hartlepool, 13th November 2011.
Once again the weather was behaving for this very popular event,which includes a good variety of elements to test the athletes. Unfortunately the numbers were well down in all races up to u-17 boys. On the positive side the Ladies numbers are on the increase and for once we were able to field a team. Many thanks to Hartlepool, Burn Road for a well run event once again.
Under 11s, once again a fine winning performance from Joshua Cowperthorpe, supported by Charlotte in 5th and Courtney Johnson in 11th.
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u-13 boys, the boys team continues to impress, Josh Allen with another fine win and Jacob Jardine in 2nd and Dominic Swinson in 5th. Well done.
u-13 girls, Just 2 girls from our club, Rosie Sheffield in 15th and Lucy Simpson in 17th.
u-15 boys, only 4 runners in this event ,not a good omen for the future of cross country in our region. Charlie Race running strongly to finish 2nd .
u-15 girls, once again the team lost out to Scarborough AC despite having all our counters in with 12 points. Emma Wortley in 3rd, Gemma Clark in 4th and Grace Cuff in 5th.
U-17 men, just 7 runners, but Liam Watson running well to finish in 3rd position.
Ladies race-u-17/20/vet/sens, for once we had a team out for the 1st league race of the season, which resulted in a well earned 2nd team place. Josie Stone coming through strongly to finish 3rd and Kristina Grant running well again to finish in 4th, supported by Hannah Maclean in 23rd, Bethany Brown 27th and Jessica Wilkinson in 28th.
Senior Men, only 2 veterans from the club competing. Paul Kitson in 23rd and first timer at cross country for the club Stewart Swinson in 108th.
Dave Wilkinson
Full results and photos. more>>
2nd North Yorkshire & South Durham XC League Scarborough 23/10/2011
The weather was once again very kind to the athletes on this new course at Olivers Mount,
Scarborough. A very disappointing note is the lack of young boy athletes now competing in the League XC races.
U-11s
A good turnout 25 young boys and girls, once again first runner home was our young star Joshua Cowperthwaite, well done and his twin brother Adam in 12th position.
The under 13 boys winner was Josh Allen for the second race of the season followed in close order Jacob Jardine 2nd, Isaac Suleman in 3rd and Dominic Swinson in 5th position.
A second League win of the season, well done boys.
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U-13 girls
A increase in athletes in this race saw Rebekah Kitchener running a very strong race in 4th place, supported by Rosie Sheffield in 19th and Lucy Simpson in 21st.
U-15 boys
A poor turn out in this race, only 9 athletes. Charlie Race in 5th position and Mathew Coleman in 7th.
U-15 girls
Once again Bronwen Owen (Scarborough) won the race by 350 mtrs, Emma Wortley having a stronger race in 3rd place, followed by Philipa Stone in 4th and Grace Cuff 5th, Gemma Clark in 10th, the team lost out to Scarborough by 1 point.
U-17 Men
Just Liam Watson for the team having a strong run in 3rd position.
Sen/U-20/U17 Ladies.
Older sister Josie Stone having a very positive race in 3rd position, good to see her back again. Hannah Maclean (U17) having a stronger race this time in 14th position and Beth Brown in 24th again.
No Junior/sen/vet men from the club
Hope to see a better turn out at Hartlepool in 3 weeks.
Dave Wilkinson 24/10/2011Full results an photos. more>>
North Eastern Counties Cross Country Championships
Entries are now required for the North Eastern 10th Cross- Country Championships to be held at East Cramlington Nature Reserve on Saturday 10th December, hosted by Blyth running club.
Fees for age groups 13,15,17,20 £4.00, SENIORS £5.00. ENTRIES WITH full names, DOB, AND England athletics reg. number. entries and fees to Dave Wilkinson BY 4TH NOVEMBER. (No fees no entry.)
Entries must be from genuine st claim paid up club members and athletes must wear club vests, entris to Dave Wilkinson.The McCain UK Cross Challenge 2011-2012.
Five key cross country fixtures across the UK throughout the autumn/winter season.
Sunday 13th November 2011 Bristol Ashton Court Estate
Saturday 26th November 2011 Liverpool Sefton Park
Sunday 15th January 2012 Cardiff Blackweir Fields
Saturday 21st January 2012 Antrim Greenmount Campus
Saturday 10th March 2012 Birmingham Cofton Park
Further details if your intrested. more>>
NYSD Cross-Country League 9th October 2011, Acorn Centre, Acklam, Match 1
The first League race of the season was held in better than anticipated weather conditions, making for good, fast XC running on this slightly revised course
.Many thanks to Middlesbrough & Cleveland Harriers for a well marked out Course. Also thanks to all the young athletes from our club who supported the event.
Report:-
U-13 boysA great winning run by young Josh Allan,well supported by Jacob Jardine in 2nd place, Isaac Suleman in 4th, Dominic Swinsen 6th, Ben Palmer 7th and Connor Stephenson
in 10th. A well deserved team win well done to all.
U-13 girls
A confident a well timed run by Rebekah Kitchener in achieving her first league win, Rosie Sheffield in 1 th place, Lucy Simpson in 14th, Georgia Stokes 18th and sister Olivia 20th. Once again winning the team race.
U-15 boys
Aa very small turn out in this age group, our only competitor Charlie Race in 6 th Place .
U-15 girls
Last years National Champion and Schools winner Bronwen Owen, Scarborough had a easy win. Bronwen was followed home by Philipa Stone running very strongly and Emma Wortley in 3rd place supported by a very strong team of Gemma Clark 6th , Grace Cuff 7th , Alisha Richardson 9th and Rebecca Palmer 19th . Team race in dispute, but sure we won.
U-17 men's Race
Unfortunately the u-17 men's race was declared void due to mis –direction and athletes finishing at various distances during the race.
Senior/jun/u-17 ladies
Only 2 athletes competing for the club, Hannah Maclean running well in 19th, followed closely by Beth Brown in 24th. 70 finishers in this race.
Senior men's
Adam Mitchell having a good run in 8th place and vet Paul Kitson in 24th place
A special mention to Joshua Cowperthwaite in finishing 1st in the u-11 boys and girls race.
Hope to see you all in 2 weeks at next League race at Scarborough .Full results and photos, please note you will have to register to view photos. more>>
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