SW Cross-Country Championships


  • South-West Cross-Country Championships
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    • The 2024-25 season event is scheduled for Saturday 4th January 2025, at the venue at RNAS Merryfield (8 miles south-east of Taunton) used in recent seasons.

      Results for the January 2024 meeting can be found at
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    • The organisers have denied that officials will use the transportation normally seen at Merryfield:

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    • In a normal season:
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      • Inter-Club competition: U13/15/17: 4 to score. Senior Men (U20/Masters eligible): 5 to score . Senior Women (U20/Masters eligible): 4 to score.
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      • Inter-County Competition: The seven South-West counties compete against each other. U13/U15/U17/U20: 4 to score. SW/SM: 6 to score.
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    • Who competes? U13/U15/U17/U20/Senior athletes for each gender
    • (there are also Development races for Under-11's, although there is no County team involvement)
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    • London Mini Marathon Teams: The 2024 London Marathon was held on Sunday April 21st, with the London Mini-Marathon being held the previous day. The first two South-West finishers in each of the U13/U15/U17 races received automatic selection for the 2024 London Mini Marathon; the remaining four team places and two reserve slots per race) were decided by the selectors on the basis of the forms returned. It was strictly "No Form Returned, No Chance of Selection".

      SW Results from London Mini Marathon 2024
      SW Results from London Mini Marathon 2023

Organising a major Cross-Country meeting? That's simple, you just shove up some stakes and marker tape and recruit a few marshals, don't you? Er, not quite. Here is a link to the Tender Document for those who might have wanted to stage the 2014 South-West Cross-Country Championships.