County Cross Country Championships Cancelled for a Second Time!

There is only one way to say this. The re-arranged County Cross Country Championships on Saturday 30th January is cancelled.....

The reason for this is that all three possible venues for the championships have fallen through. The I only found out about the third choice venue not being able to host us late last night.

There is absolutly nothing We could have done to change this situation. It's is beyond our control.

The Championships will now taken place on the
6th Feb. at a venue to be confirmed. This is the date date of the Inter County match, which we will not be attending. Selection for the National Championships will now be based on the results on the day at the County Championships.

I can only appoligise if this causes difficulties for all those hard working staff, parents and coaches involved in getting atheletes to the championships. I know how difficult it is to organise, especially when the event keeps getting cancelled. However I can assure you that everything that could have been done has to this point.

I will post the details of the final venue as soon as it has been confirmed to me.

Tim Whitmarsh
Cumbria Schools AA

Re Arrangements For County X-Country Championships

The cancellation of the County X-Country Championships on the 16th of January has caused an inordinate number of problems. In particular finding a venue at short notice and a date that will not clash with club races and the Inter County Match on the 6th Feb.

We are pleased to announce that the Cumbria Schools Cross Country Championships have be re arranged for Saturday 30th January and we be held at Walney Island, Barrow. The first race will be at 12pm.

Further information is being sent out to districts. We realise that this date is close and it may cause some issues with some runners and staff having other commitments on that date but after many hours of consideration and work to secure an alternative venue this is the best possible date. It also means that runners will still be able to compete at the Inter County Match, which we had to cancel last year due to the difficult weather conditions.

We look forward to seeing you there and hope that the late date means you can get some good quality training done now the snow and ice has all but gone.

T.Whitmarsh

Cumbria Schools County Cross Country Campionships 2010

The County Championships on Saturday 16th January 2010 is cancelled.

We have had to make the decision not to host the championships due to the incredible amount of snow we have had over the last 3 weeks. whilst some areas of Cumbria have experienced a thaw this does not apply to Sedbergh. There is still significant ice and snow on the ground with more forecast for later this week.

I am in the process of rearranging an alternative date for the championships. This will be confirmed as soon as possible.

Again the weather has defeated us but we're not the only ones, Durham and North Yorkshire are having to exactly the same as are many other counties in the country.

T.Whitmarsh
Cumbria Schools AA