Essex XC Championships – entries now open
Message from Billy Green November 14, 2025 16:07
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Entries for the Essex XC Championships which will take place on Saturday 3rd January 2026 at Gloucester Park, Basildon are now open.
Entries are being managed online by ATW using the below link:
www.atwevents.co.uk/e/essex-xc-championships-10046
Please note that entries close at 23:59 on Sunday 21st December.
The course will again be multi lap and reasonably challenging and for that reason we have kept the same cut off times for the senior mens’ and womens’ races as last year, to avoid impacting on the subsequent races/end of event. Senior men should be able to complete the 12km course in 75 mins. Senior women should be able to complete the 8km course in 65 mins. Please ensure your athletes are aware of this (this is also mentioned on the ATW entry page).
Race 1 @ 9:45am – U11 G and B (1.5km) (for girls and boys aged 9 or 10 on 31st Aug 2025) (non-championship)
Race 2 @ 10:00am – U13G (3.1km) (for girls aged 11 or 12 on 31st Aug 2025)
Race 3 @ 10:20am – U13B (3.1km) (for boys aged 11 or 12 on 31st Aug 2025)
Race 4 @ 10:40am – U15G (4.3km) (for girls aged 13 or 14 on 31st Aug 2025)
Race 5 @ 11:00am – U15B (4.3km) (for boys aged 13 or 14 on 31st Aug 2025)
Race 6 @ 11:20am – U17W (5.2km) (for women aged 15 or 16 on 31st Aug 2025)
Race 7 @ 11:50am – U17M & U20W (6.1km) (for men aged 15 or 16 and women aged 17, 18 or 19 on 31st Aug 2025)
Race 8 @ 12:20pm – Senior Women & U20M (8km) (for women aged 20 or older and men aged 17, 18 or 19 on 31st Aug 2025)
Race 9 @ 1:10pm – Senior Men (12km) (for men aged 20 or older on 31st Aug 2025)
Finally – we need your help to ensure that these events can continue to be held for the County.
Each club with athletes competing at the Championships is requested to provide a minimum of one volunteer to assist with marshalling on the day. Please ensure that the name of this volunteer is provided to Nick Wetheridge (nick.a.wetheridge@natwest.com)
If you need to respond to this email please do not reply but contact Billy Green separately