Newsletter as word document

** Cheshire Grand Prix fixtures – for full details of rules please see Cheshire AA web site.

Contact details for other races are on the NoEAA web site : www.noeaa-athletics.org.uk

CROSS COUNTRY NEWS

Congratulations to all Cheshire athletes who competed in the ESAA event at Temple Newsam, Leeds.  A special plaudit must go to Heather Timmins who finished first in the Senior Girls Race, steering home Charlotte Roach, Rheannon Rainford, Rachel Clews, Lucy Gemmell and Hannah Weedall to take third place in the team event.  Just outside the medals were the team who came home in fourth place in the Inter Boys event.  Led home by Daniel Cliffe, the other team members were Stephen Broadhurst, Matthew Jackson, Andrew Clews, Jelle Verwer and Edward Williams.  Full results and pictures can be viewed on the ESAA website.

Additional comments (from John Driscoll) – adding to Ellen’s report, Rebecca Craigie was 9^th in the Inter Girls race while collectively the Senior, Inter and Junior Boys team totals gave then victory in Group B (which is dependent on population size), while the 3 girls age groups were second in theirs.  Excellent performances which provided a culmination to another very successful cross country season for Cheshire athletes – with another athlete absent from the schools but on international duty the same weekend in the heat and humidity of Mombassa, Kenya in the Junior Ladies World Championships – Stevie Stockton, who survived a very torrid race which saw  20 of the 87 starters fail to finish!

Two weeks previously to some extent as a lead up to the Schools championships, the National CC Championships on a windswept but largely dry course near Sunderland again produced individual and team awards for Cheshire clubs.  Heather Timmins (Warrington AC) was second in the Under 17 race held in conjunction with the Junior race in which Stevie Stockton (Vale Royal) also won a silver medal  (Vale Royal won 3^rd team medals in this age group with Charlotte Roach 11^th).  In the Under 13 Girls race M Huxley of Vale Royal was 10^th.  Meanwhile on the male side, the Warrington U17 mens team were second on count back having the same points total as the winners (Daniel Cliffe was their first counter in 14^th place).

  An excellent run by Callum Murray (Macclesfield) saw him finish 8^th in the Under 13 boys race.

FELL RUNNING

The inter-county Fell race Championship is being held in conjunction with the Crowden Horseshoe race, near Glossop on 13 May.  If any Cheshire qualified athlete wishes to be considered for the County team would they please contact Tony Hulme as soon as possible :

tony@bearsports.freeserve.co.uk

Tony is looking to hold the Cheshire Fell Running championships in a different event from the last few years on the eastern edge of the County probably in mid to late October.

It has been confirmed that T&F permits are not required for 2007,   However, the Committee consider it prudent that  Clubs hosting meetings continue to apply for a permit (to Adrian Thiemicke)

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

COACHING CLINICS AT MACCLESFIELD

Saturday 21.4.07 10.00-12.00

Javelin, Hurdles, Sprints, Long Jump

Saturday 21.4.07 13.00-16.00 

Mini Competition

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.

The North of England AA no longer exists.  It has been replaced by Northern Athletics who only involvement will be to organise Northern Championships.

Sport Cheshire : Community Sports Athletics Coach : Nicola Gore : 01606 871812 (Tues – Fri); nicolag@sportcheshire.org

PLEASE send any items for the next Newsletter direct to the Editor (Ellen Molloy):

jamesandellenmolloy@btopenworld.com

COMMUNICATIONS

Please ensure your club members see this Newsletter.

The next County committee meeting is:

11 April at the Community Centre, Fluins Lane, Frodsham, commencing at 7.30pm.  The Cheshire Cross Country League AGM will be held at the same venue at the earlier time of 6.30pm.

ALL clubs are entitled to a representative at these meetings.

Remember to look at:     www.cheshireaa.com