SW Cross-Country Championships


  • South-West Cross-Country Championships
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    • The 2024-25 season event was held on Saturday 4th January 2025, at the venue at RNAS Merryfield (8 miles south-east of Taunton) used in recent seasons. Results can be found Here.

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    • The organisers have denied that officials will use the transportation normally seen at Merryfield:

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    • Despite the lack of water in the above image, RNAS Merryfield and the nearby RNAS Yeovilton are classed as "HMS Heron" (in naval terms, a "Stone Frigate").
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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 2025 London Marathon will be held on Sunday April 27th, with the London Mini-Marathon being held the previous day. The first two South-West finishers in each of the U13/U15/U17 races will receive automatic selection for the 2025 London Mini Marathon; the remaining four team places and two reserve slots per race) will be decided by the selectors on the basis of the forms returned. It will be 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.