ESAA Sainsbury's English Schools Cross Country Cup Final 2007

ESAA Sainsbury's English Schools'
National Cross Country Championship

Temple Newsam, Leeds

Saturday 24th March 2007

The 47th Boys and 39th Girls ESAA Sainsbury's English Schools National Cross Country Championship is to take place at Temple Newsam Park on Saturday 24th March 2007.

The park is situated South East of Leeds and is just a few minutes from Junction 46 on the M1.
Temple Newsam is one of the great historic estates in England. Set within over 1500 acres of parkland, woodland and farmland landscaped by Capability Brown in the 18th century, it is a magnificent Tudor–Jacobean mansion. Famous as the birthplace of Lord Darnley and home to the Ingram family for over 300 years, the mansion houses rich collections of works of art. The garden is renowned for its Rhododendron and Azalea walk and features the National Plant Collections of Delphinium, Phlox and Aster novi–belgii. Europe's largest working Rare Breeds Farm, with over 400 animals, is set within the original estate Home Farm.
We are extremely grateful to Leeds City Council for allowing us to use this wonderful setting. You can view the park's extensive interactive website here.

Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.

Click the map to get interactive maps from www.multimap.com - you can also find directions from your own address by entering your own postcode as the starting address, and entering LS150AE as the destination address (that is LS one five zero AE, not oh AE).

Parking

There are double yellow lines along the Temple Newsam Road leading to the Park so there is NO on-street parking in the vicinity. There are hard standing areas along the road leading to the Park that we will be using first - these have a capacity of approximately 500 cars. There is also an overflow car park which is grass - at the moment this area is too wet to use, additional parking facilities will be given here when details are finalised. Car parking areas will be marshalled and there is no charge for parking.

County Coaches will be sent away from the park after dropping off their athletes.

Timetable of Events

9.30am Championship Course Open for Inspection.
The course is either up, down or round a bend.
Hence the shorter than normal distances,
but within the recommended ESAA minimum distances

10.00am Declarations open

11.00am Officials meeting

12.15pm Declarations Close and
Championship Course should be cleared

12.45pm Intermediate Girls Championship - 3650 metres
Followed by the Individual Presentation

1.15pm Intermediate Boys Championship - 5350 metres
Followed by the Individual Presentation

1.50pm Junior Girls Championship 3350 metres
Followed by the Individual Presentation

2.15pm Junior Boys Championship - 3650 metres
Followed by the Individual Presentation

2.45pm Senior Girls Championship - 4350 metres
Followed by the Individual Presentation

3.15pm Senior Boys Championship 6650 metres
Followed by the Individual Presentation

Presentations
Individual presentations (first 6 finishers in each race) will be made as each race is completed, at a point near to the finishing area.
It is again envisaged that the Team Race presentations will take place during the afternoon. There will be announcements made to keep you aware of the times of the Team Race presentations.
The presentation of the Aggregate Team awards will again take place during the Track and Field Championships in July.

Current Trophy Holders

Boys Trophy Name 2006 Winner

Junior Chesterfield Somerset

Intermediate Yorkshire West Yorkshire

Senior Derbyshire Essex

Aggregate A Liverpool Essex

Aggregate B Coventry Sussex

Aggregate C Sussex Bedfordshire

Junior 1st 8 Lockhurst Lane Surrey

Intermediate 1st 8 Newcastle 800 Northumberland

Senior 1st 8 Wigan West Yorkshire

Girls Trophy Name 2006 Winner

Junior Rochdale Greater Manchester

Intermediate Leicestershire Greater Manchester

Senior A.Foyston Kent

Aggregate A Lancashire Greater Manchester

Aggregate B Durham Cheshire

Aggregate C S. Rose Suffolk

Junior 1st 8 Stedman Lancashire

Intermediate 1st 8 R. Brown Cheshire

Senior 1st 8 H. Witham Essex

Course Map

aerial photo reproduced with permission from

www.getmapping.com

International Team Selection

The Athletes invited to represent English Schools' A.A. in the Home International on Saturday 31st March in Dublin will be selected from the Junior and Intermediate age groups.

The first 10 runners will be handed a letter informing them of this fact as they finish and they will be required to report immediately to the International Team Managers as soon as possible after the race in order to complete the necessary paperwork. Normally the first 8 are selected for the international team. Positions 9 and 10 are reserves in case one of the selected team has to drop out.

Competitor Lists

Competitors are asked to check these lists so that their name appears correctly in the programme, on the tee-shirts, and in the results. Everything to do with the event is prepared automatically from these lists so if your name is wrong here, it will be wrong everywhere!

Note that Counties can enter up to 16 athletes in each age group, but only 8 are allowed to run in the event. Your name appearing in these lists DOES NOT MEAN YOU WILL GET TO RUN IN THE CHAMPIONSHIPS. County team managers will make their final team selections in due course and the lucky athletes will be informed either by post or by telephone - you would have been told what your local arrangements are when you filled in your availability forms at the County Championships.

If you find any spelling errors, please notify us immediately. It is now too late to incorporate any corrections for the programme and teeshirts, but they will be included on the results.

Counties shown in silver have not yet sent in their entry list.
avon bedfordshire berkshire buckinghamshire cambridgeshire cheshire cleveland cornwall cumbria derbyshire devon dorset durham essex gloucestershire greater manchester hampshire herefordshire & worcestershire hertfordshire humberside kent lancashire leicestershire & rutland lincolnshire london merseyside middlesex norfolk northamptonshire northumberland north yorkshire nottinghamshire oxfordshire shropshire somerset south yorkshire staffordshire suffolk surrey sussex warwickshire west midlands west yorkshire wiltshire channel islands

Official Merchandise

www.inprints.co.uk

ESAA event tee-shirts, sweatshirts, and other items will be available at the event from our official suppliers Inprints/Sportserve.

After the event you can contact them via their websites.

www.sportserve.co.uk

Photographs

Photographs of ESAA events are published in the athletics press, local media, and on this website. All ESAA photographs are taken in accordance with the guidelines relating to photos in schools published by the Information Commissioner with regard to the Data Protection Act 1998.

Photographs and videos can be taken by the public from public areas for personal use only. They may not be published in any form (including personal or club websites) without written permission from the ESAA.

Photographers at ESAA events wishing to publish photos in the media or in any other form (eg. internet websites), or wishing to use them for anything other than personal use must be officially registered and accredited by the ESAA. A list of officially accredited photographers will be published on this website shortly after the event along with their contact details.

It is not possible to prevent photographs of any particular individual from appearing in the media. If this is a problem for you, you are advised not to take part in the event. If any parent wishes a particular picture of their child appearing on this website to be removed please contact us and we will do our best to resolve any problem.