Liverpool Cross Challenge and European Championships Trial

Sefton Park, Liverpool Saturday 24 November 2007

Preview

On Saturday 24 November, Liverpool will again play host to one of the year’s major athletics events.  The country’s top cross country runners will battle to secure places on the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to compete at the 2007 European Championships in Toro, Spain.

The Liverpool event is part of the UK Cross Challenge, an annual series of cross country events which this year takes in four venues throughout the country.  It brings together local club runners who compete alongside the elite athletes in a series of races for all ages.  The beautiful surroundings of Sefton Park will once again see runners from the Mid Lancashire and Liverpool and District Cross Country Leagues join with the nation’s best athletes in a day of top class athletics entertainment.

Liverpool City Council and UK Athletics join forces to stage the event and the importance to the city of events such as this cannot be overstated.  Top class sporting events not only provide marvellous viewing for spectators and bring prestige to the city, but the performances of top class athletes also inspire and motivate the next generation to take up sport and in many cases go on to achieve great things themselves.  With the 2012 London Olympics on the horizon, events such as the Liverpool Cross Challenge provide a showcase for the very best of current and future athletics talent.

 

Timetable

Race 1 11.00am Boys and Girls U11 (9&10)

            1.9 km One short lap plus start and finish straight

Race 2 11.15am Girls U13 (11&12)

            3.0 km One medium lap plus start and finish straight

Race 3 11.30am Boys U13 (11&12)

            3.0 km One medium lap plus start and finish straight

Race 4 11.45am Boys U15 (13&14)

            3.0 km One medium lap plus start and finish straight

Race 5 12 noon Girls U15 (13&14)

            3.0 km One medium lap plus start and finish straight

Race 6 12.15pm Girls U17 (15&16) and IAAF Juniors

            4.4 km One short lap and one medium lap plus start and finish straight

Race 7 12.35pm Boys U17 (15&16)

            5.5 km Two medium laps plus start and finish straight

Race 8 12.55pm Junior Men (IAAF age group U20 on 31.12.05)

            6.7 km Two long laps plus start and finish straight

Race 9 1.20pm Senior Women

            8.1 km One short lap and two long laps plus start and finish straight

Race 10 2.00pm Senior Men

            9.8 km Three long laps plus start and finish straight

 

Course Map