Sefton Park, Liverpool
Saturday 8th March 2008
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The 48th Boys and 40th Girls ESAA Sainsbury's English Schools National Cross Country Championship is to take place at
Sefton Park on Saturday 8th March 2008.
The magnificent 200-acre Sefton Park is in the South East of Liverpool and looks like a natural landscape
rather than a man-made park. In spring the sight of millions of golden daffodils around the lake draws residents from across
the city and carpets of bluebells give an impression of rural permanence.
We are extremely grateful to Liverpool City Council for allowing us to use this wonderful setting.
You can view full details of the park here. (9.3MB pdf file)
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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 L173BN as the destination address
(that is L one seven three BN).
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Parking
Car parking at the 2008 Championships will be on the public roads in and around Sefton Park.
Visitors are asked to respect local residents’ right to access their properties and to avoid causing
congestion or blocking emergency access by parking illegally or in an inconsiderate manner.
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Motorists travelling to Liverpool from the North of England are asked to arrive via the end of the M62, turn left onto the ring
road, and travel to Sefton Park following the AA signs marked ‘red route’. On arrival at the venue,
AA signs will guide you to park at the northern end of Sefton Park. Please note that there is no access to
the north end of the the park from the end of Queens Drive (A5058) due to a bridge closure. Please just follow the signs, not your GPS system!
Visitors travelling from the Midlands or South are asked to arrive via the A561. Turn left off the M62 at junction 6 onto the A5300 dual carriageway.
At the end, turn right onto the A561(follow signs towards the Airport and Liverpool). Stay on the A561 dual carriageway,
go past the airport, and follow the AA signs marked ‘blue route’.
On arrival at the venue, AA signs will guide you to park at the southern end of Sefton Park.
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By following these directions, your journey to and from the Championships should be made easier with fewer delays
en route to and away from Sefton Park.
Timetable of Events
| 9.30am | Championship Course Open for Inspection.
Sefton Park is a municipal park. The course is over open parkland,
however if wet it can become heavy under foot.
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| 10.00am | Declarations open |
| 11.30am | Officials meeting |
| 12.30pm | Declarations Close and
Championship Course should be cleared |
| 1.00pm | Intermediate Girls Championship - 3750 metres
Followed by the Individual Presentation |
| 1.25pm | Intermediate Boys Championship - 5900 metres
Followed by the Individual Presentation |
| 1.55pm | Junior Girls Championship 3500 metres
Followed by the Individual Presentation |
| 2.20pm | Junior Boys Championship - 3750 metres
Followed by the Individual Presentation |
| 2.45pm | Senior Girls Championship - 4200 metres
Followed by the Individual Presentation |
| 3.15pm | Senior Boys Championship 6500 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.
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Course Map
Course distances are shown in the timetable above.
Site Layout
Registration and Officials' parking is at St Hilda's school, about 600m to the North of the course.
County Coaches will be parked on the roadside adjacent to the course.
International Team Selection
The Athletes invited to represent English Schools' A.A. in the Home International on Friday 28th March in Edinburgh 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.
Team Travel Arrangements
The Championships are a team event, not an event for individuals. Athletes must travel with and remain with their
team for the entire duration of the Championships. It is not permitted for them to travel with parents or others,
nor to leave the team accommodation facilities. Athletes are under the care and control of teachers throughout the
Championships. Further details relating to competing in ESAA events can be found in the
Notes for Parents document.
Competitor Lists
List of County Teams are published here.
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!
The entries have now been printed in the program and on the teeshirts so it is too late
to include changes in them. Any spelling changes received now will appear in the results.
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. A note for team
managers: if you find a spelling mistake in your entries please do not re-submit them online, please
notify us directly.
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
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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.
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www.sportserve.co.uk
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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.