CHESHIRE COUNTY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 
NEWSLETTER  -  September 2007

ROAD RACE FIXTURES in CHESHIRE	
5 Sept
9 Sept.
15 Sept.

16 Sept
23 Sept.
29 Sept	Mobberley 5 mile Multi-terrain
Bristol Half Marathon and England Champs
Cheshire/Lancashire/Manchester/Merseyside Road Relays, Sefton Park commencing at 11.00am – Male and Female U13 to Senior
Sandbach Striders 10K
Sutton 6 10K, nr Chester**
Northern Road Relays at Birchwood Park, hosted by Spectrum Striders (club entry)	
30 Sept	Antrobus Cabbage Canter 3K, 5K, 10K	
30 Sept.
30 Sept.
7 Oct.
7 Oct

14 Oct.
3 Nov.
26 Dec.
2008
20 Jan
3 Feb
30 Mar
27 Apr?
9 May
18 May
15 Jun	Great North Run
Macclesfield ½ marathon
Congleton ½ marathon
Northern Athletics Young Athletes Relays,
Croxteth Park, Liverpool (club entry)
“On your Marks” 10K, Crewe
Langley 7 miles, nr Macclesfield
Chester “Round the Walls”

4 Villages ½ marathon, Helsby
Alsager 5 mile
Wilmslow ½ marathon
Whitley 10K
Christleton 5K
Chester half-marathon
Capenhurst RC 10K	
** Cheshire Grand Prix fixtures – for full details of rules please see Cheshire AA web site.
Contact details for other races are on the NoEAA web site  www.noeaa-athletics.org.uk

Any Northern athlete wishing to be considered for selection for the following fixtures should contact Rob Cameron (link on NA website) – 9 September Cardiff 10K; 10 October Chichester Priory 10K (incorporating AAA Champs; 25 November Leeds Abbey Dash 10K.

John Driscoll has forwarded fixture lists for the coming six months to Northern Athletics and these can be viewed on the NA web site.  However, Northern Athletics no longer has responsibility for maintaining the lists and it is recognised that they will become increasingly incomplete.  Road race permits are now managed by Athletics Services who have stated that fixture lists will be drawn up..

CROSS COUNTRY NEWS	
2007		
27 Oct.	Manchester Area XC League – Heaton Park	
17 Nov.	Manchester Area XC League – Boggart Hole Clough	
2 Dec.	Manchester Area XC League	
2008		
12 Jan	Manchester Area XC League	

CROSS COUNTRY PERMITS
Please note that there is a change to cross country permits from this month.  Permit applications for cross country events are to be sent directly to the Northern Athletics Office in Dewsbury (Judith Temperton) who will issue the Permits.  AdrianThiemicke has an electronic copy of the new Permit application form.
 
FELL RUNNING
The Cheshire Fell Running Championships have been incorporated into the Passing Clouds Race, to be held on October 28th from “The Winking Man” on the Buxton to Leek road at 11am; distance 9 miles.  Race Secretary is John Amies - full details are on the Congleton Harriers web site.  Entry forms can be downloaded from the Cheshire AA website.

TRACK AND FIELD	
2.9.07	Cheshire T&F League Round 4	
9.9.07	Junior MultiEvents Cheshire Champs. at Macclesfield	
16.9.07	Merseyside County Relay Champs., Litherland (hosted by Southport and Waterloo AC)	

Congratulations to Charlotte Roach (Vale Royal)  who won Gold in the U23 Inter-Regional Match at Derby held on 19 August.  Charlotte also collected her second Northern title (U20 3000m) at Trafford in mid-August to add to the 1500m title won at Wavertree in July.

England U15&U17 Combined Events at Stoke on 18 and 19 August – Jack Andrew (Macc) was 5th in the U17 Youths match, with Mike Lyness (West Cheshire) in 14th place.  Katie Gardner (City of Stoke) was  in 10th position in the U15 girls pentathlon, with Tom Booth (West Cheshire) finishing in 8th place in the boys’ event.  However, in the Northern Combined Events, congratulations are further due to Jack Andrew who came away with Gold and received an invitation to compete for England in a match due to be held at Stoke in September.  Tom Booth took Bronze in his age group.

Cheshire T&F League – After Round 3 – West Cheshire AC are leading the U11s table, with Crewe and Nantwich leaders in the Ladies’ League.  Macclesfield are winning in the Mens’ League and are leaders overall.

UKA Coaching Courses (local to Cheshire)

Date	Code	Venue	Subsidy
Available	
Level 1	
8.9.07	NW1C/10802	Widnes	£60 pp	
15.9.07	NW1C109/07	SportCity	£60 pp	
13.10.07	NW1C110/07	SportCity	£60 pp	
3.11.07	NW1C111/07	Wavertree	£60 pp	
1.12.07	NW1C113/07	SportCity	£60 pp	
12.1.08	NW1C114/07	SportCity	£60 pp	
15.3.08	NW1C116/07	SportCity	£60 pp	
Level 2 (Core)	
22-23.9.07	NW2C238/07	Robin Park		
15-16.12.07	NW2C239/07	Sport City		
15-16.12.07	NW2C239/02	Manchester	£140 pp	
23-24.2.07	NW2C240/02	Manchester	£140 pp	
Level 2 (Event)	
26.4.08		Sport City
Speed/Throws	£30 pp	
27.4.08		Sport City
Endurance/Jumps	£30 pp	
Level 3 (Phase 2)	
Level 4 (Phase 2)	
Children in Athletics	
20.10.07	NW1CA50/02	Sport City	£60 pp	
8.12.07	NW1CA51/02	Sport City	£60 pp	
19.1.08	NW1CA52/02	Sport City	£60 pp	
22.3.08	NW1CA53/02	Sport City	£60 pp	

Subsidised places are available  - funding information is available from Katie Jones kjones@englandathletics.org.   (Cheshire). 
Please book your course place with Alison Lysons, Administrator - NW at Sport City.  Telephone 0161 230 8184 o coachednw@englandathletics.org.
Details of courses at other venues can be found on www.ukathletics.net

Eddie Gore (Tel : 0151 513 5606), is the Cheshire County AA Coaching Co-ordinator 

OTHER CONTACTS
Michael Hunt, Manager, NW Region, England Athletics.   He is based at SportCity,  Tel : 0161 230 8184; Mobile : 07968 498710; e-mail : mhunt@englandathletics.org  
PLEASE NOTE that all enquiries about athletics should now be directed to the NW Regional Office.  Specific enquiries re affiliation and membership should be sent to athletics services, details having been sent to ALL affiliated clubs, leagues and associations.  Administrator for the NW Region is Alison Lysons at the Sports City office. 

Please note that Nicola Gore can no longer be contacted at Sport Cheshire – she left recently to start training for her new career.

Eligibility Rule Change – w.e.f 1 August responsibility for reviewing and determining eligibility as it relates to Club membership within England will be transferred to England Athletics – existing Territorial Eligibility Committees will be disbanded.  For further information see Cheshire AA website.

Northern Athletics can now offer athletes the chance to enter events via a new on-line entry system.  The system uses paypal for payment.

PLEASE send any items for the next Newsletter direct to the Editor (Ellen Molloy):
jamesandellenmolloy@btopenworld.com
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WILL  BE GRATEFULLY RECEIVED.

COMMUNICATIONS 
Please ensure your club members see this Newsletter. 

The next County committee meeting is on 5 September and will be held at Frodsham Community Centre, Fluins Lane, commencing at 7.30pm.

ALL clubs are entitled to a representative at these meetings. 

Remember to look at:	www.cheshireaa.com