Cross Country 2023-24

[gazb]

And me. Already booked a week in Stockholm for then, not expecting to miss any major races!

[Llani Boy]

Does anyone on here know that if a runner, not a member of an EA affiliated running club but a member of the FRA, is eligible to run in the County and National XC Championships?

[Witton Park]

Does anyone on here know that if a runner, not a member of an EA affiliated running club but a member of the FRA, is eligible to run in the County and National XC Championships?

You can't LLani and not sure you ever could in a National. We had this with Bowland following the rule change about 8 years ago and you have to be EA affiliated because they are a club that do not auto affiliate their runners but some used to run cross country.

I lobbied extensively about this because we used to pick up runners who came along as guests after maybe a couple of road, fell or trail races and eventually signed up to a club.

I have even selected unattached runners for Lancashire in the Inters XC.

For me it was a huge backward step and an indication that the top brass in our sport just do not understand the way the sport works at local level.

I stopped paying my EA fee as a consequence to object in my own little way.

Strangely, I keep the cross country races going at Witton. I just enjoy it