Cross Country Running

Coordinator

Mark Chillingworth
Location Wanganui
Extn: 65014
Email: zn.tvog.ecilop@htrowgnillihc.kram

Tim Masters
Location Waihi
Extn:
Email: zn.tvog.ecilop@sretsam.yhtomit

Overview

Welcome to the Council of Sport Cross-country Page.

This page provides a summary of the Council of Sport Cross-country.
To add content to this page please contact the code coordinator above.

Events

The Police Cross Country champs are held each year in either May or the first week of June. The venues change each year, the 2009 event being held in Paraparaumu, and 2007 in Tauranga..

The event in 2010 is to be run in Kihikihi, Te Awamutu, on Wednesday the 5 May.
For further information please contact the organiser Tamsin Brown on 07 856-1353 , or Mark Chillingworth at Wanganui on 06 349-0600.

Get a copy of the 2010 Cross Country Poster here

Links

Following the Police Champs each year, a NZ Police team is selected to run at the North Island Cross Country Champs, held at Taupo on the first Saturday in July. Over the years the Police Team has performed with real credit at this event, and it is an excellent opportunity for team members to test themselves in open company.

Further Information

The Police Cross Country Champs are open to all members of the NZ Police, sworn and non-sworn. It is an ideal event for both serious runners, and also for those who are more 'social' or do a bit of running to keep fit.

Staff from stations and areas throughout the country are encouraged to get together and organise a team trip to the event each year. The venues tend to be either parks, or farmland, and vary from year to year, at the discretion of the organiser. This is part of the appeal of cross country running.

There are a range of categories and distances. Open men and veteran men run 9K, open and veteran woman 6K, and there is a draughthorse category of 95kilo and over who run 6K. There is also a team relay section where each runner only has to complete 3K. There are trophies for the category winners, and usually enough spot prizes for everyone.