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Well done to Claudia for running this tough race. See the hill profile here

Well done to all those who ran this tough course, next up is Reading in the new year.

If you look in the OED, I’m sure that “Sandhurst” must mean “rain” in some regional dialect, because yet again the weekend was anything but dry, and the conditions underfoot were a little soft in places.

Results to come (see www.tvxc.org.uk for all the results), but in the meantime here are some photos (click the thumbnails to go to the large images).

It may still be summery but we’re counting down to the cross country league already.

Dates (so that you can keep space in your diaries – you know you want to!) and the rules etc are on the cross country league page. Our wonderful fixtures secretary will send out times and locations nearer the time

That’s three in a row for Paul & Barbara Mason!

(couldn’t resist leaving in the “Man in Black” – is that you??)

Edited to add Barbara’s vet status! Not sure if apologies are appropriate

I particularly liked the cheese on toast afterwards, run was good fun as well!

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Race starts at 11am and Dave Glazier will be there from around 10.15am onwards. Please email Colin (fixtures.secretary at datchetdashers.com) beforehand to let him know you’re coming so that he can type up the list.

Also don’t forget to wear club kit in order to gain points for the club!

Updated 26 January with times

Some photos from Tadley – I’m sure if you email Chris (chrisbradfield at gmail dot com) and ask nicely he’ll give you an original, high-def photo.

(Results to follow when available)

Tadley Cross Country 2009

The next cross country – and next race in the club championship – takes place on January 9th, at Hurst Community College, Tadley, Hants RG26 5NL. The race starts at 11am, but the start is 10-15 minutes walk from the parking, so please get there in plenty of time.

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Mike Raistrick at Bracknell Forest Runners has kindly put together a composite Google map with all the XC venues on it

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The CX races are like the summer 5Ks, and all club runners must wear club kit to score points for the club, as it is a team event.

Free for Dashers as the club are paying the entrance fees, guests £3 per race.

The club holding the event also provides food etc after the race.

Rules

The minimum age for participation in the league is 16.

All participating club runners must wear club colours.
Anybody not wearing club colours will be excluded from the scoring team.

All events will start at 11:00 am.

Vets age status will be fixed from 1st Nov prior to the first event of the new season.

A scoring team will consist of 7 male runners (including a minimum of 2 vets) and 3 female runners (including at least 1 vet). Each scoring member will contribute a point score equal to their position within their gender. If a club is unable to field a full team, the missing competitors will score as the last position in the race plus 1; this will be split by gender.

Male and female results will be calculated as separate races but the overall club score will be determined by the addition of male and female scores.

The club position for each event will be determined by the total points of the scoring team. League points will be awarded to each team according to their position within the fixture. Any team failing to compete in a fixture will receive no points.

The final overall league position will be decided by taking the total of the league points for all the fixtures. A club’s total league score will be defined by its total score minus the worst score for the season, i.e. best 7 from 8 events.