Westward League Cross Country

Westward League Rules 2026 – 2027Each autumn and winter the club enters and participates in the Charles Stanley Westward league cross country series of races. There are usually 6 races in the series including both the Devon and Cornwall championships races.

There are team events as well as individual events with the best 5 results from 6 races counting towards final positions. For the team events there need to be 5 men to score and 4 women to score for the respective races. Men and women have separate races. There are also junior age group races which are held separately at earlier times.

The race distances vary slightly at each event but in general the men run about 9k and the women run 5k. Juniors run between 1.5k and 4k depending on age groups.
The club will try to put together teams for the series, expressions of interest will be sought in October each year.

It’s a great way to improve your fitness and strength for all types of running and helps provide a focus during the wet winter months.

The first race of the Westward League Cross Country season is on October 11^th at Newnham Park, Plymouth.  The first race is a relay event.  We need a minimum of 3 women and 4 men per team for Vet teams and 4 & 5 respectively for Senior teams. Incomplete teams are allowed to race so that individuals can score for the overall series.

Details of subsequent fixtures are in this document.

For juniors the minimum age to race is 8 years on race day for U10 category for the other age groups their category is governed by their age on 31st August 2027.

Entry fees will be £2 for seniors & £1 for juniors.

If you would like to run in the first event or any race throughout the series, please let either Danny Heggs or Rob Russell know.  We will need your EA number and your date of birth.

These care really fun events with a good team atmosphere so it would be great if we could get as many people doing these as possible.