English Schools Cross Country

English Schools’ Cross-Country Championships 2021 Cancelled

Message from Paul Allison (English Schools’ Cross-Country Secretary

Dear County Cross Country Secretaries

A belated happy new year to you all. I hope this email finds you and your families well in these unprecedented times.

As you are all aware, the English Schools Athletics Committee, in conjunction with Kent Schools AA have been working since January 2020 on the planning for a 2021 championships at Hop Farm, Kent.

The planning continued throughout the summer, autumn and winter on the hope that the pandemic would subside enough to allow some form of an English Schools Cross Country Championships. We even considered postponing the event and moving it to an April or May event on the hope we would get some additional time to plan and to see if the pandemic and government announcements allowed for more grass roots sport.

It will come then as no surprise to you all, and particularly because the pandemic has increased its ferocity over the past couple of months and with schools closures, the English Schools Committee have taken the decision to cancel the 2021 championships. This is obviously a decision that some of you were asking us to make some time ago, but we felt that in order to give the championships any hope of taking place, we wanted to give ourselves as much time as possible to wait to see if things improved. It is of course not just the logistics of the event, we also know the department of education play a big part in the decision about school sport, travel, residential and school closures, during this pandemic.

I can announce that Kent Schools AA have offered to host the championships in 2022, which we are very grateful. It makes complete sense with the amount of planning that they put into the 2021 event. The proposed date is Saturday 12^th March 2022, hopefully at Hop Farm. I would be very happy to hear from any county who would like to consider hosting the event in 2023 and beyond. I can offer complete support to your offer of hosting and if you would like to discuss this further, please drop me a line.

I would also like to announce a ‘Virtual English Schools Cross Country Championships’ for this year. Further details will be sent to you after I have finished the planning. In brief, it will require the athlete to run a 2k or 5k course (depending on age group) at a venue that has a measured course already. Park run courses are ideal for this and this will be our suggestion as part of the rules. A simple google form will allow the athlete to send their times in, along with a verification from a coach or teacher. New Balance will support this event with prizes and merchandise for athletes. This will also be a county team event.

I thank you all for being patient during this time and look forward to sending you details of the virtual event soon and better news about the 2022 championships.

Kind Regards

Paul Allison

English Schools Cross Country Secretary

English Schools’ Cross Country Championships

Saturday 14 March 2020

Sefton Park (Liverpool)

Congratulations and a huge well done to the 48 athletes who represented Durham so well in yesterday’s English Schools’ Cross-Country Championships. You were all a credit to yourselves, your parents, your schools and of course the county. It was an absolute pleasure to to team manage you.

Please click here for the results Aggregate Scores Inter Boys Inter Girls Junior Boys Junior Girls Senior Boys Senior Girls Summary

Please click here for the Photographs

Please Click here for FULL DETAILS

Please check the following entry form to make sure details are correct. Please let me know if any corrections need to be made asap shannaford@carmel.org.uk.

Entries ESAAXC-Durham-2020

The following athletes have been selected to represent Durham County at the ESAA National Championships to be held on Saturday 14^th March 2020 at Sefton Park, Liverpool. They will be required to travel to Liverpool with the team, on Friday 13^th March and stay overnight, compete on Saturday afternoon and return home Saturday evening.

Please download and complete the following selection letter with full details. Completed acceptance forms must be returned by the stated deadline. Nationals details & drugs form 2020

At this stage the reserves do not need to return the forms. If a place on the team becomes available, they will be contacted.

Durham Team

Junior Girls
Name	School	English Schools’ Cross-Country
Charlotte Dillon	Durham Johnston	Selected Pen 1
Jessica Milburn	Thorp Academy	Selected Pen 2
Hannah Bowyer	St Bedes Lanchester	Selected Pen 3
Annabel Milburn	Thorp Academy	Selected Pen 4
Freya Clarkson	Cardinal Hume	Selected Pen 5
Ellie Fellows	Thorp Academy	Selected Pen 6
Jessica Peart	Durham Johnston	Selected Pen 7
Ella Jones	Hermitage	Selected Pen 8
Anya Crowder	Whickham	Non Travelling Reserve 1
Hannah McIntosh	Hebburn	Non Travelling Reserve 2
Amber McAuley-Zechner	Framwellgate	Non Travelling Reserve 3
Macy Kelly	Hummersknott	Non Travelling Reserve 4
Inter Girls
Name	School	English Schools’ Cross-Country
Katie Francis	Lord Lawson of Beamish	Selected Pen 1
Marissa Boon Terode	Woodham	Selected Pen 2
Erin Keeler-Clarke	Durham Johnston	Selected Pen 3
Lucy Scothern	St Robert’s of Newminster	Selected Pen 4
Amy Leonard	St Robert’s of Newminster	Selected Pen 5
Mia Wetherill	Education Village	Selected Pen 6
Tess Graham	St John’s RC	Selected Pen 7
Cecilia Reid	St Thomas More	Selected Pen 8
Emma White	Harton Academy	Non Travelling Reserve 1
Jessica Ord	Whitburn C of E	Non Travelling Reserve 2
Kathryn Lee	Whitworth Park	Non Travelling Reserve 3
Alix Walton	Consett Academy	Non Travelling Reserve 4
Senior Girls
Name	School	English Schools’ Cross-Country
India Pentland	Carmel	Withdrawn
Anna Pigford	Hermitage	Selected Pen 1
Amy Baker	Emmanuel	Selected Pen 2
Rebecca Wren	St Thomas More (Blaydon)	Selected Pen 3
Eva Hardie	Park View	Selected Pen 4
Ellie Phillips	Carmel College	Selected Pen 5
Abigail Anderson	Gateshead College	Selected Pen 6
Abbie Lewis	Emmanuel	Selected Pen 7
Jessica Levy	Whickham	Selected Pen 8
Chloe Louise Fairclough	St John’s	Non Travelling Reserve 1
Megan Noble	Carmel College	Non Travelling Reserve 2
Amelia Grayson	Darlington College	Non Travelling Reserve 3
Junior Boys
Name	School	English Schools’ Cross-Country
Brandon Pye	St Robert’s of Newminster	Selected Pen 1
Alex Boyer	Carmel College	Selected Pen 2
Angus Milne	Whickham School	Selected Pen 3
Benjamin Giles	Whitburn C of E	Withdrawn
Sam Terry	Durham Johnston	Selected Pen 4
James Wilcock	Carmel College	Selected Pen 5
Dylan Wilson	Hummersknott	Selected Pen 6
George Beevers	Park View School	Selected Pen 7
Noah Glanville	Durham Johnston	Selected Pen 8
Ethan Stokes	Bishop Barrington	Non Travelling Reserve 1
Thomas Moles	Durham Johnston	Non Travelling Reserve 2
Harry Ayre	Whitburn C of E	Non Travelling Reserve 3
Inter Boys
Name	School	English Schools’ Cross-Country
John Russell	Hummersknott Academy	Selected Pen 1
Christopher Perkins	Park View	Selected Pen 2
Adam Russell	Hummersknott Academy	Selected Pen 3
David Race	Oxclose Academy	Selected Pen 4
Chris Coulson	Park View	Selected Pen 5
Thomas Wraith	Bishop Barrington	Selected Pen 6
Joshua Wraith	Bishop Barrington	Selected Pen 7
Duncan Hughes	St Bedes Lanchester	Selected Pen 8
Theo Barron	Cardinal Hume	Non Travelling Reserve 1
Jonathan Bracken	Durham Johnston	Non Travelling Reserve 2
Charlie Phillips	Durham Johnston	Non Travelling Reserve 3
Thomas Smith	Hummersknott Academy	Non Travelling Reserve 4
Senior Boys
Name	School	English Schools’ Cross-Country
Will Bellamy	Durham 6th Form	Selected Pen 1
Henry Johnson	Durham Johnston	Selected Pen 2
Samuel Gibson	Durham Johnston	Selected Pen 3
Daniel Boyer	Carmel College	Selected Pen 4
Izaak Robinson Taylor	Durham Johnston	Selected Pen 5
Will Lindsey	Durham Johnston	Selected Pen 6
Cameron Lawton	Sunderland College	Selected Pen 7
Tom Rutherford	Whickham	Selected Pen 8
Jordan Meikle	Durham 6th Form	Non Travelling Reserve 1
Max Tyrie	Harton Academy	Non Travelling Reserve 2
Joshua Mawer	Teesdale	Non Travelling Reserve 3
Ciaran Lines	Durham 6th Form	Non Travelling Reserve 4

Temple Newsam Park, Leeds Saturday 16th March 2019

Photographs from the 2019 English Schools’ Cross-Country Championships

Congratulations, to all of the athletes who represented County Durham at the English Schools’ Championships in Leeds. Despite the mud and the rain, Durham athletes produced some fantastic performances.

Junior Girls 9th, Inter Girls 8th, and the Senior Girls 11th. Group C Girls 1st.

Junior Boys 32nd, Inter Boys 18th, and the Senior Boys 37th. Group C Boys 8th.

Full Results:

A special mention to India Pentland (Carmel College), who won the Senior Girls race and to Chris Perkins (Park View School) who finished 6th in the Junior boys and earned his International vest. Chris will represent England at the Home Countries International/SIAB Cross Country Championships, in Dublin (Ireland), on Saturday 23rd March 2019.

To view all of the photographs from the 2019 English schools’ Cross-Country Championships, Please click the photo below.

Temple Newsam Park, Leeds Saturday 17th March 2018

Congratulations, to all of the athletes who represented County Durham at the English Schools’ Championships in Leeds. Despite the appalling weather conditions, the Durham results were our best for years!

Junior Girls 10th, Inter Girls 7th, and the Senior Girls 16th. Group C Girls 1st.

Junior Boys 7th, Inter Boys 36th, and the Senior Boys 29th. Group C Boys 5th.

Full Results: 1. Junior Girls 2. Intermediate Girls 3. Senior Girls 4. Junior Boys 5. Intermediate Boys 6. Senior Boys 7. Aggregate Results

A special mention to India Pentland (Barnard Castle School), who finished 5th in the Inter Girls and earned her International vest. She will represent England at the Home Countries International/SIAB Cross Country Championships, in Nottingham, on Saturday 24th March 2018. To view all of the photographs from the 2018 English schools’ Cross-Country Championships, Please click the photo below.

India Pentland (145) 5th in the Intermediate Girls race.

The 58th Boys and 50th Girls New Balance English Schools’ Cross Country Championship is to take place at Temple Newsam Park on Saturday 17th March 2018.

Wet weather parking

Updated 15th March The fields allocated for public parking are way too wet to use, so the public will now use the area shown designated for coaches. Coaches will need to drop off their teams and will then be turned around and sent to a coach parking area at Elland Road Football Stadium at the South side of Leeds, many miles away.

Athletes WILL NOT HAVE access to team coaches during the afternoon.

Team managers should obtain the mobile phone number of their coach driver so that they can inform them of when the team needs to be picked up. There will inevitably be delays and traffic jams.

Muddy kit

Updated 15th March It is now inevitable that athletes will get muddy. Coach drivers really don’t appreciate their shiny new coaches getting mucky, so please ensure that you bring enough plastic bags to safely wrap up your muddy kit before you try to get back on your team coach.

Temple Newsam Park, Leeds – Saturday 17th March 2018

The 58th Boys and 50th Girls New Balance English Schools’ Cross Country Championship is to take place atTemple Newsam Park on Saturday 17th March 2018.The park is situated South East of Leeds and is just a few minutes from Junction 46 on the M1.

Temple Newsam is one of the great historic estates in England. Set within over 1500 acres of parkland, woodland and farmland landscaped by Capability Brown in the 18th century, it is a magnificent Tudor‐Jacobean mansion.

Famous as the birthplace of Lord Darnley and home to the Ingram family for over 300 years, the mansion houses rich collections of works of art. The garden is renowned for its Rhododendron and Azalea walk and features the National Plant Collections of Delphinium, Phlox and Aster novi‐belgii. Europe’s largest working Rare Breeds Farm, with over 400 animals, is set within the original estate Home Farm.

We are extremely grateful to Leeds City Council for allowing us to use this wonderful setting. You can view the park’s extensive interactive website here.

Google Earth: simply search for Temple Newsam.Click the map to find directions from your home to the park,
enter postcode LS15 0AE as the destination (that is ZERO AE, not oh AE).Travel directions are shown on the right here.

Note that the route a Satnav will display will be closed.
You MUST follow the instructions given here.

Disabled Access

Reserved parking space will allocated as close to the finish as possible. You need to reserve your space before the event. Blue badge holders who wish to apply for a car park pass should email Paul Allison (allison.pa@nottinghamhigh.co.uk) Please provide your car registration number and email address and a pass with be emailed.

Take the M1 to juntion 46, turn westwards onto the A6120 ring road towards Leeds.
	After approx 300m stay in the middle lanes and go straight on at the roundabout, towards Leeds.
At the next roundabout about 900m on, stay in the left lane towards Halton B6169, this is quite a narrow road and is generally quite busy.	Take the 2nd exit onto Selby Road.
The final approach to Temple Newsam has two routes, this is the way a Satnav will show but the road will be closed – you need to follow the further instructions below.
After about 600m you arrive at traffic lights, with a small easy to miss signpost to Temple Newsam House on the left hand side just before the lights. DO NOT TURN LEFT HERE – the road will be closed.
Continue straight on through the lights for approximately 1600m, passing through a multitude of light-controlled pedestrian crossings and eventually arriving at a fairly congested shopping area. Continue through up to a large LIDL store on the left.Immediately after the entrance to the LIDL car park, turn very sharp left at the traffic lights onto Temple Newsam Road.
Temple Newsam Park is about 1600m down this road. There will be signs and stewards directing you to car parks. There will be 3 parking areas designated for public parking, team coaches, and VIP/officials/BlueBadges.

Public Parking – There will be a parking charge of £8 per car, which will include an event programme. Please ensure that you have the correct money available to help speed entry to the parking area.

Ground Conditions – As you may be aware, Leeds has had a whole load of snow in the last few weeks which has made the the ground conditions on the course very wet and soggy. As at Monday 12th March the going is very heavy in places, and it is recommended that longer spikes be used, perhaps 12-15mm.

It is likely that it will not be possible for teams to walk the course to inspect it prior to the races. We will have to try and preserve course conditions. We’ll update this information if it changes in the next few days.

Wet Weather Parking – If the fields allocated for public parking are too wet, the public will use the area designated for coaches. In this case, the coaches will be sent away and won’t return until the end of the event.

Athletes must not rely on having access to team coaches during the afternoon.

Muddy kit – It is quite possible that athletes will get muddy. Coach drivers really don’t appreciate their shiny new coaches getting mucky, so please ensure that you bring enough plastic bags to safely wrap up your muddy kit before you try to get back on your team coach.

Timetable

09.00 am –	Championship site open
09.30 am –	Course open for inspection
10.00 am –	Declarations open
11.00 am –	Officials meeting
12.00 am –	Declarations Close and Championship Course should be cleared
12.30 pm –	Intermediate Girls Championship Followed by the Individual Presentation	3800 metres
1.00 pm –	Junior Boys Championship Followed by the Individual Presentation	4100 metres
1.30 pm –	Junior Girls Championship Followed by the Individual Presentation	3100 metres
2.00 pm –	Intermediate Boys Championship Followed by the Individual Presentation	5200 metres
2.35 pm –	Senior Girls Championship Followed by the Individual Presentation	4100 metres
3.05 pm –	Senior Boys Championship Followed by the Individual Presentation	6800 metres

Presentations – It is envisaged that the Team Race presentations will take place during the afternoons races. There will be announcements made to keep you aware of the times of the Team Race presentations.

Championship notes for the start of each race –

1. Competitors should assemble in the marquee behind the start area in plenty of time before their race.

2. Competitors will be allowed into the start area 5 minutes before the beginning of each race.

3. A warning will be given 3 minutes before each race. At this time, competitors should assemble behind their start pen.

4. With 1 minute to go competitors will be instructed to move into their start pen and line up in race order by the Start Stewards.

5. Competitors should listen carefully to any last moment instructions given by the Starter.

6. The start will be by gun.

7. Numbers must be securely pinned on the front of the County vest. Any mutilation or folding of these numbers may lead to disqualification.

Anti-Doping – All ESAA competitions are subject to the strict anti-doping policies of British Athletics and IAAF. Further information can be found on the ESAA anti-doping page.

Health & Safety – Athletes are advised that Health & Safety regulations recommend that you should examine the course for potential hazards before competing.

The course will be checked by the organisers and a risk assessment conducted. A final inspection will be made on the morning of the event and any issues arising will be addressed then.

The course is on mixed-use land which may be grazed by farm animals. As a matter of normal daily life, we advise that athletes and spectators check that they are up to date with anti-tetanus injections – don’t forget that you need a booster jab every 10 years.

Any competitor who has concerns about a safety aspect on the course should bring it to the attention of the organisers immediately. If the issue cannot be resolved satisfactorily, the competitor will be advised not to participate in the event.

Photographs and Videos – Photographs of ESAA events might be published in the athletics press, local media, and on this website. All ESAA photographs are taken in accordance with the guidelines relating to photos in schools published by the Information Commissioner with regard to the Data Protection Act 1998.

Photographs and videos can be taken by the public from public areas for personal use only. They may not be published in any form (including on personal or club websites) without written permission from the ESAA.

Most ESAA competitions are held on private land and are therefore deemed to be ‘not public’ areas. All ESAA events are SCHOOL events and are therefore covered by regulations governing what can and can’t be done in schools. One important point therefore is that you are not allowed to take photographs of school activities for commercial publication without specific written permission from event organisers. This is no different to the fact that one cannot simply walk onto a school playing field and start taking and publishing photos – most parents, and the Information Commissioner, would strongly agree that school activities should not be published unless publication is under strict control.

Photographers at ESAA events wishing to publish photos in the media or in any other form (eg. internet websites), or wishing to use them for anything other than personal use must be officially registered and accredited by the ESAA, and register the use to which photos will be put, and to obtain permission for that use. Permission WILL be retrospectively withdrawn if anyone is found to be in breach of the uses which they registered with us, and under such circumstances, the offender will be required to delete all images they hold from our events.

This therefore precludes operators who simply turn up, make videos, then publish them with associated advertising which is outside of our control. No one has permission to do this unless they have written consent from the ESAA.

We are aware that some people register themselves as press photographers then publish complete videos of our events online, and even make their broadcasts available for sale.This is very specifically not allowed. In effect, they are broadcasting companies making television programmes without our permission. It doesn’t matter how they publish their content, whether by television over the air or via the internet, or via DVD. The fact they broadcast our event content to the world makes them broadcasters.

To be an accreditted broadcaster for the ESAA, they need to be properly established companies, properly registered and regulated by the broadcasting authorities, and they need to be properly registered with the Information Commissioner. Also, in order to sell their content they need to have been given written permission to sell what is our copyright, and pay the necessary royalties due to us. They also need to comply with the UK Distance Selling Regulations in order to take payments from the public. There is also the very important fact that under the rules of UK athletics, televised athletics events in the UK need to be authorised by the UK Governing Body. The ESAA operates under these rules.

A list of officially accredited photographers will be published on this website shortly after the event along with their contact details.

It is not possible to prevent photographs of any particular individual from appearing in the media. If this is a problem for you, you are advised not to take part in the event. If any parent wishes a particular picture of their child appearing on this website to be removed please contact us and we will do our best to resolve any problem.

The following athletes have selected to represent County Durham in the 2018 English Schools’ Cross Country Championships. If you have been selected please click here for your letter.Nationals details & drugs form 2018.

JG	1	Emily Chong	Hermitage	Durham Central	Confirmed	Paid
JG	2	Tess Graham	St John’s	South West Durham	Confirmed	Paid
JG	3	Katie Francis	Lord Lawson	Gateshead	Confirmed	Paid
JG	4	Amy Leonard	St Roberts	West Wearside	Confirmed	Paid
JG	5	Lucy Scothern	St Roberts	West Wearside	Confirmed	Paid
JG	6	Erin Keeler-Clarke	Durham Johnston	Durham Central	Confirmed	Paid
JG	7	Cecilia Reid	St Thomas More	Gateshead	Confirmed	Paid
JG	8	Scarlett Newby	St Leonards	Durham Central	Confirmed	Paid
IG	1	India Pentland	Barnard Castle	South West Durham	Confirmed	Paid
IG	2	Catherine Roberts	Hummersknott	Darlington	Confirmed	Paid
IG	3	Lydia James	Oxclose	West Wearside	Confirmed	Paid
IG	4	Anna Pigford	Hermitage	Durham Central	Confirmed	Paid
IG	5	Rebecca Wren	St Thomas More	Gateshead	Confirmed	Paid
IG	6	Ellie Phillips	Hurworth	Darlington	Confirmed	Paid
IG	7	Eva Hardie	Park View	West Wearside	Confirmed	Paid
IG	8	Sophie Robson	St Wilfrid’s RC	South Tyneside	Confirmed	Paid
SG	1	Lucy-Erin Hunter	Carmel	Darlington	Confirmed	Paid
SG	2	Sarah Knight	St Anthony’s	Wearside	Confirmed	Paid
SG	3	Hannah Short	St.Bedes Lanchester	Derwentside	Confirmed	Paid
SG	4	Eve Quinn	St Roberts	West Wearside	Confirmed	Paid
SG	5	Stella Jones	Queen Elizabeth	Darlington	Confirmed	Paid
SG	6	Laura Kirkham	Queen Elizabeth	Darlington	Confirmed	Paid
SG	7	Lisa Thornley	St Thomas More	Gateshead	Confirmed	Paid
SG	8	Amy Jack	Durham Sixth Form C	Durham	Confirmed
JB	1	David Race	Oxclose	West Wearside	Confirmed	Paid
JB	2	Christopher Perkins	Parkview	West Wearside	Confirmed	Paid
JB	3	John Russell	Hummersknott	Darlington	Confirmed	Paid
JB	4	Charlie Phillips	Durham Johnston	Durham Central	Confirmed	Paid
JB	5	Adam Russell	Hummersknott	Darlington	Confirmed	Paid
JB	6	Joshua Wraith	Bishop Barrington	South West Durham	Confirmed	Paid
JB	7	Chris Coulson	Park View	West Wearside	Confirmed	Paid
JB	8	Duncan Hughes	St.Bedes Lanchester	Derwentside	Confirmed	Paid
IB	1	Henry Johnson	Houghton Kepier	West Wearside	Confirmed	Paid
IB	2	Sam Gibson	Durham Johnston	Durham Central	Confirmed	Paid
IB	3	Will Bellamy	Houghton Kepier	West Wearside	Confirmed	Paid
IB	4	Cameron Thomas	St John’s	South West Durham	Confirmed	Paid
IB	5	Jamie Barnshaw	Whitburn	South Tyneside	Confirmed	Paid
IB	6	Daniel Boyer	Carmel	Darlington	Confirmed	Paid
IB	7	James Roberts	Hummersknott	Darlington	Confirmed	Paid
IB	8	Joshua Davis	Venerable Bede	Wearside	Confirmed
SB	1	Cameron Allan	Framwellgate	Durham Central	Confirmed	Paid
SB	2	Luke Pickering	St Leonards	Durham Central	Confirmed	Paid
SB	3	Jack Brown	Gateshead	Gateshead	Confirmed	Paid
SB	4	Michael Wade	St Leonards	Durham Central	Confirmed	Paid
SB	5	Matthew Phillips	St Roberts	West Wearside	Confirmed	Paid
SB	6	Sean Mackie	St Aidan’s	Wearside	Confirmed	Paid
SB	7	Joe Pomfret	Whitburn	South Tyneside	Confirmed	Paid
SB	8	Jonny Langley	Durham Johnston	Durham Central	Confirmed	Paid

English Schools’ Cross Country Championships

Saturday 18 March 2017 (Norwich Showground, Norfolk)

On behalf of all of the Durham County Schools’ Cross-Country Team Managers, I would like to thank all of the athletes who represented Durham in the ES XC this weekend. They were a pleasure to take away and were a credit to their parents, coaches, schools, clubs and of course the county. Well done everyone!

To view photographs of the championships please click https://www.flickr.com/photos/hannafordeducation/albums/72157678237203463

Full Results are as follows: