Cross Country

The club is a member of the Manchester Area XC league which includes 5 matches over the winter. The leagues website is maccl.co.uk where you will find further information and results about each of the matches.

2018/19 will be our TWELFTH season entering the League. It will be a great way to keep (or find!) your running fitness over the winter. There was a fantastic MTC turnout last year and we were probably the best supported club out on the course at each race. The emphasis is firmly on having fun all standards, ages etc welcome. The ‘cake-off’ between the men and women was hotly contested as ever!

Organisation

The running coordinator will manage affiliation, liaise with the league and keep everyone updated on how we are doing.

We also need some volunteers to help marshal at one race- and to help set up another race – please look out for this request coming out – your help is always appreciated

The league requires us to submit a list of MTC members who are going to compete. (Additional people can be added at each race but to ease the burden on the organisers they would prefer to get people registered in advance. They have also asked that we don’t just register all runners in the club as this will create unnecessary work too.)

Each of these runners will be assigned ONE number for use in ALL races.

These numbers will be collected at the first race (by the team captain) and given to each runner. The runner will be responsible for presenting themselves at each match with their number.

For anyone who isn’t competing in the first race we will bring your number to the next race. Once you have competed the number is yours to look after. (The league will charge £1 for any reissuing of numbers). Reminder NO number belts in the races please!

How do I register and what does it cost?

Race Series entry (all 5 races) costs £10.60, you can pay via the club shop here: https://mantri.niftyentries.com/Manchester-Area-XC-League

You need to be affiliated to England Athletics , which you need to renew each season. EA affiliation has many benefits, beyond the Cross Country series.

You will also need an MTC club running vest – please beg, borrow or look out on Facebook for how to buy.

It costs £40 to affiliate the club to the league and we are then charged £1 retrospectively for each runner for each race they compete in. This will cover the cost of registration and the retrospective race charges. It’s a one off £10.60 fee whether you race all 5 races or once: where 60p is for the NIFTY admin and £5 is for a donation to help run the club.