WDAC Cross Country Team from the Wootton Race
Three Counties Cross Country Information Sheet
The Club takes part in the Three Counties Cross Country League. The Three Counties League is a local league with 11 teams. All the races are on a Sunday morning and the distance of each race is between 4.5 and 5 miles, never more than 5 miles. Your finishing time is not important but your position is. They attract runners of all abilities. The post race social includes a roll, a cake and a drink. The club pays for your entry into this league and if you haven't yet put your name down for the Cross Country but would like to run see Stuart Nelson.
Useful Cross Country Info!
You will be issued with a number prior to the first race. This number will be your number for all the league races so please don't lose it. (All the ladies numbers have a diagonal red cross running through the number.)
Race HQ, usually a sports hall, can be up to half a mile distance from the race start. After meeting at race HQ we walk to the start wearing warm gear and just prior to the start put non-running kit in bags usually held by Steve.
The rules state you need to run in a club vest as these are team races. Studded trainers or spikes can be beneficial but normal trainers are worn by some runners. The routes will be on grass, tracks, shingle paths and mud, but not on roads.
At the end of the race at the finishing tunnel you will be handed a raffle ticket. This is your finishing position in the race and the ticket needs to be handed to our club member assigned to record the positions of our team. The club results will be collated and our counting team submitted so that the overall team results can be announced at the Race HQ as soon as possible after the finish of the race. The counting team is our first 7 men, at least 2 of whom must be Vets, and the first 3 ladies, at least 1 of whom must be a Vet. Each scoring runner will contribute a point score equal to their position within their category. So the winning team is the one with the lowest number of points. You may not be a member of the counting team but each member of another club whom you finish in front of, if they count for their team, will have a higher points total because you finished in front of them.
