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Any Northern athlete wishing to be considered for selection for the following fixtures should contact Rob Cameron (link on NA website) – 10 October Chichester Priory 10K (incorporating AAA Champs; 25 November Leeds Abbey Dash 10K.

Cheshire Grand Prix  -  Individual winners were – Mike Halman of Wilmslow Running Club and Marilyn Kitching from Tattenhall Running Club.  The Ladies’ team event was won by Macclesfield Harriers, with the honours in the Mens’ event going to Wilmslow Running Club.

In conjunction with the GP series has been a second year of experiment with an endurance handicapping scheme invented by George Bunner.  In this a handicap code (as in golf) is determined by an athlete’s recent performances and then the code translates into a time allowance which varies depending on the distance of the race.  Handicap results were produced for each of the Cheshire GP races and can be seen on the cheshireaa.com website.

North West Road Relays –Sefton Park

The County Championships were again held in conjunction with the NW event which sees 4 counties come together to hold a single meeting.

Winning Cheshire teams (again full results are on the cheshireaa.com web site) :

U13 Girls : West Cheshire just ahead of Vale Royal

U13 Boys : Warrington (2^nd overall) from Vale Royal

(4^th overall).

U15 Girls : Vale Royal (5^th Overall) from Warrington

U15 Boys : Warrington (also 1^st in North West) from Crewe and Nantwich

U17 Women : Vale Royal (also 1^st North West) with Rebecca Craigie running the fastest leg of all teams.

U17 Men : Warrington (also 1^st NW) with Daniel Cliffe running the fastest leg overall, from Vale Royal.

Senior Women : Warrington AC (5^th overall)  from an anonymous Macclesfield team (8^th)!

Senior Men : Wale royal (9^th overall) from Ellesmere Port (14^th).

The Northern Senior road relay championships were held at Birchwood on Saturday 29^th September with only a few Cheshire teams taking part – Warrington, Macclesfield (ladies) and Spectrum Striders.  The local organisers were Julian Spencer with his team of Spectrum Striders members.

CROSS COUNTRY

West Cheshire AC are hosting a series of Cross Country races for Primary School pupils Years 4, 5, and 6, plus High School pupils year 7, as part of their Club/School link programme.  The races will take place at Cheshire Oaks HS, over the same course as last year, but over extended distances.  All club athletes are welcome to take part, but MUST enter as a member of their school.-no Club vests. Individual and overall awards, plus overall team awards.  Athletes must compete in three from four events to quality for the overall award.  The cost will be 50p for each participant.  The first race start at 10.00am. 

CHESHIRE CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS  - details and entry forms will be available in October.

Cross Country Permits

Please note there is a change to cross country permits from this month.  Permit applications for cross country events are to be sent directly to the Northern Athletics Office in Dewsbury (Judith Temperton) who will issue the Permits.  AdrianThiemicke has an electronic copy of the new Permit application form.

FELL RUNNING

The Cheshire Fell Running Championships have been incorporated into the Passing Clouds Race, scheduled for 28 October from “The Winking Man” on the Buxton to Leek road at 11am; distance 9 miles.  Race Secretary is John Amies - full details on the Congleton Harriers web site.  Entry forms are on the Cheshire AA website.

TRACK and FIELD

UK SCHOOLS – A mumber of Cheshire Athletes were in action for the North West at the end of August.  Liverpool Harriers’ Mike Ehlen took first place in the High Jump, with club mate Tony Corrigan finishing in second place in the 200m.  Stephanie Blackwell (Birchfield) was 5^th in the 300mH. Stephanie Owens, Sian Kelman and Emily Fisher (West Cheshire) were 5^th (Hammer), 9^th (Long Jump) and 10^th (Javelin) respectively.  Luke Miller-Briggs was 2^nd in an invitation 100m, with club-mates Daniel Cliffe 4^th (3K), Stephen Broadhurst 10^th (1500m) and Matt Jackson 4^th (1500m S/C).  Rebecca Craigie from   Vale Royal finished 4^th in the 1500m.

ESAA Combined Events Chakmpionships

Results for Cheshire-based athletes who competed at the above Championships, are as follows: Jack Andrew (Macclesfield Harriers), competing for Derbyshire finished 9^th in the Inter Boys’ Octathlon.  Carl Van Schie (West Cheshire) finished in fourth spot in the Senior Boys’ Decathlon, and Samantha Fraser (Sutton St Helens) also finished in fourth in the Junior Girls’ Pentathlon.  Samantha’s efforts have led to an invitation to represent English Schools in an International Pentathlon, in December.

Cheshire T&F League – Final positions are as follows:

Women    -    Crewe and Nantwich

Men         -     Macclesfield Harriers

Overall     -    Crewe and Nantwich

U11s        -    Salford Mets

Congratulations to all the Clubs and athletes who took part.

SPORTSHALL  ATHLETICS

Dates for the 2007/2008 North West League have been set as follows:

Round 1  - 7 October

Round 2  - 28 October

Round 3  - 18 November

Round 4  - 27 January

League Final – 3 March

CALLING ALL POLE VAULTERS – Rod Grant-Smith (Macclesfield) would like to hear from anyone who would be interested in learning the basics of Pole Vaulting during the winter months.  Essentially, this is aimed at beginners (Under 16s) and would involve indoor sessions at a number of venues.  If you are interested, contact Rod directly so that he can gauge the level of interest.  His email address is: leogrant@tiscali.co.uk.  Cheshire has few Pole Vaulters and England Athletics are keen to invest in the development of this discipline in the County.  There is a lot of potential vaulting talent, but both coach support and the provision of indoor venues are needed.  Any coaches who would like to discuss this issue further should also contact Rod.

Northern Athletics have issued a Directory of Tracks covering England (plus a few in Scotland).

UKA Coaching Courses (local to Cheshire)

Subsidised places are available  - funding information is available from Katie Jones kjones@englandathletics.org.   (Cheshire).

Please book your course place with Alison Lysons, Administrator - NW at Sport City.  Telephone 0161 230 8184 o coachednw@englandathletics.org.

Details of courses at other venues can be found on www.ukathletics.net

Eddie Gore (Tel : 0151 513 5606), is the Cheshire County AA Coaching Co-ordinator

IMPORTANT news for Officials  - a level 3 training course is to be held at Sport City, Manchester on Sunday 14 October.  Further details and forms are available on the UKA website and application forms are to be sent to Alison Lysons.  The course is free for those existing level 4 officials.  The charge for level 2 officials wishing to progress to level 3 and beyond is £30,

Other news (from Adrian Thiemicke) :

In the World Master’s Championships held recently in Italy (where Joe Shellhorn was officiating) Darren scott (Trafford) a long established Cheshire athlete won two gold (200m and 4x100m relay) and one bronze (100m) medals in the 35 to 39 year old age group.

OTHER CONTACTS

Michael Hunt, Manager, NW Region, England Athletics.   He is based at SportCity,  Tel : 0161 230 8184; Mobile : 07968 498710; e-mail : mhunt@englandathletics.org 

PLEASE NOTE that all enquiries about athletics should now be directed to the NW Regional Office.  Specific enquiries re affiliation and membership should be sent to athletics services, details having been sent to ALL affiliated clubs, leagues and associations.  Administrator for the NW Region is Alison Lysons at the Sports City office.

Northern Athletics first AGM was held at Longford Park, Manchester on 22 September.  Bryan Heywood of Holmfirth Harriers became the new President.

PLEASE send any items for the next Newsletter direct to the Editor (Ellen Molloy): jamesandellenmolloy@btopenworld.com

ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE GRATEFULLY  RECEIVED.

COMMUNICATIONS

Please ensure your club members see this Newsletter.

The next County committee meeting is on 17 October and will be held at Frodsham Community Centre, Fluins Lane, commencing at 7.30pm.  ALL clubs are entitled to a representative at these meetings. Remember to look at:     www.cheshireaa.com