Last updated
26 November 2021
Information on the Club Cross-Country courses and events
New 10 mile course for 2021
The New 7 1/2 mile course (27 October
2019 onwards)
See note on new Club 10k (15 January
2017 onwards)
See note on new Club 5 (21 March
2015 & 18 October 2015 onwards)
Origins of the Club Cry
PLEASE NOTE: For the 2021/22 season.
Registration and changing for the 5 Mile Championship, 10 mile Championship,
Yacht Handicap and Closing 5 Mile races will take place at Croydon RFC
Clubhouse, 135 Addington Road. Please arrive at least 30 minutes before the
race start time.
Registration, changing and refreshments for the 3 Mob Matches (Orion,
Ranelagh and the Open 10k) will be at the Warren, Hayes.
The current entry
cost is £4.00 per race.
So how did Cross-Country racing begin?
Check out here... What is a
Mob Match?
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The old clubhouse 1926-2021 |
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St
John's Church is the muster area for the start of our cross country
races. We use two different fields, depending on the 'horse'
situation. |
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Marking
of courses
 All
club courses are marked with flags and by pointsmen. Unless directed
otherwise, always carry straight on. When you pass a pointsman be polite
and thank them! When you have finished, please come back to the HQ
where the showers are hot and there are lots of cakes, buckets of tea,
and, if you are lucky, prizes to be picked up... |
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Club 5
(new from 21 March 2015)
New Club 5 Miles Course
At the January 2015
Executive Committee meeting it was agreed that the
traditional 5 Mile course should not be used in future
because of the risk to runners, marshals and members of
the public on the long road sections of the course.
Below is the course I
propose we should use for the Closing 5 Miles handicap
on 21st March. It is 4.92 miles, all on paths
up and down Boundary Wood. The out and back routes are
different apart from a very short section from the start
field to Boundary Wood
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Section of
course |
Distance
Miles |
Total
distance Miles |
Marshal
Point |
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Start at
the usual place in the field at the bottom
of Layhams Road, 1 circuit of field (as now)
, leaving by stile at corner |
0.53 |
0.53 |
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Towards
Boundary Wood as now, but turn left after
200m through gate into grass field, uphill
towards Wickham Court Farm
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1
Gate into
field |
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Leave field
by gate at top of field, turn right onto
track (used for Club10) looping back onto
path leading to Boundary Wood, where the
course turns left towards entrance to
Boundary Wood |
0.93 |
1.46 |
2
Gate out of
field |
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Just before
entrance to Boundary Wood, turn left onto
uphill path through the field, past group of
trees and continue on path towards the
entrance to woods. Keep to left hand path
all the way up through Boundary Wood to the
mid-field. |
0.75 |
2.21 |
3
Entrance to
Boundary Wood |
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Bear left
at mid-field onto wide but winding bridle
path in the left of woods, leading to the
top of Boundary Wood (called Rowdown Wood on
the AZ Map) |
0.58 |
2.79 |
4
Mid field
Boundary Wood |
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At very
top, near to metal fence, turn right and
follow usual wide straight path back down to
the mid field |
0.5 |
3.29 |
5
Top of
Boundary Wood |
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Across mid
field and then follow usual path down
Boundary Wood, bear left at bottom, to exit
onto path leading to finish |
0.99 |
4.28 |
6
Bottom of
Boundary |
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Run
straight to start/finish field |
0.38 |
4.66 |
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Over stile
into field, immediately turn left and follow
path along fence down to Addington Road,
turn right at bottom and run in to finish
at bottom of field close to gate at very
bottom of Layhams Road |
0.26 |
4.92 |
7
Stile into
finish field
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New 10k course for January 2017 on
The New 7 1/2
mile course from 26 October 2019
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New 10 mile course for 2021
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