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Cross Country 2025/26 – dates for the diary

Cross Country 2025/26 dates for the diary

 

Good news for Biggleswade AC runners seeking a fresh challenge after a long hot summer of racing on flat tracks and hard roads the cross country season with its myriad delights of mud, rain, snow, ice, hills and more mud is nearly here!

BAC will again be competing in two regional cross country leagues through the coming 2025/26 season the Chiltern and the Three Counties. Anyone interested in joining the BAC team for either of those leagues should flag up their interest to a club official over the next few weeks.

The Chiltern XC League comprises around 40 clubs from across Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire competing in two divisions. There are five meetings, with races for all age groups from U-11 to seniors. It is the main XC league competition for our junior track athletes.

The Three Counties XC League comprises 14 running clubs in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Northamptonshire who compete in a series of five races, each hosted by one of the league clubs and run under the rules of the Association of Running Clubs (ARC). The minimum age for participation is 17. It is the main XC league competition for a lot of our senior road-running members.

In addition to the two leagues, a number of BAC members usually enter – or are selected for − various county, regional and national XC championships. See below for a list of many of those events, including the Bedfordshire County XC Championships at Southill on Saturday January 3, 2026, which will be hosted by Biggleswade AC.

 

 

CROSS COUNTRY 2025/26 FIXTURES

 

Chiltern XC League

The Chiltern Cross Country League meeting dates, all on Saturdays, are:

October 11: Verulamium Park, St Albans

November 15: Shotover Park, Horspath, Oxford

December 6: Campbell Park, Milton Keynes 

January 10, 2026: Cassiobury Park, Watford 

February 7, 2026: Stopsley Park, Luton

https://chilternccl.co.uk/

https://chilternccl.co.uk/fixtures/

 

 

Three Counties XC League  

The Three Counties Cross Country league meeting dates, all on Sundays, are:

October 26: Wellingborough & District Athletics Club

November 16: Wootton Road Runners

December 14: North Herts Road Runners

January 11, 2026:  Dunstable Road Runners

February 1, 2026: Leighton Fun Runners

https://www.threecountiesxc.co.uk/3CXC_Fixtures.html

 

 

Eastern XC Championships

Saturday November 15

Eastern Athletic Association Cross Country Championships

Horseheath (near Haverhill), Cambridgeshire

https://my.raceresult.com/346472/registration

 

 

SEAA XC Relays

Saturday October 18

South of England Athletic Association Cross Country Relays (3 in a team)

Wormwood Scrubs, London

https://www.seaa.org.uk/index.php/events/cross-country

 

 

SEAA London XC Championships

Saturday November 8

South of England Athletic Association London Cross Country Championships

Parliament Hill, London

https://www.seaa.org.uk/index.php/events/cross-country

 

 

SEAA XC Inter Counties Championships 

Saturday November 29

South of England Athletic Association Cross Country Inter Counties Championships 

Horsenden Hill, Greenford

https://www.seaa.org.uk/index.php/events/cross-country

 

 

SEAA XC Masters Championships 

Saturday November 29

South of England Athletic Association Cross Country Masters Championships 

Horsenden Hill, Greenford

https://www.seaa.org.uk/index.php/events/cross-country

 

 

Bedfordshire XC Championships

Saturday January 3

Combined Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire Athletic Associations’ County Cross Country Championships, Southill Park, Bedfordshire (hosted by Biggleswade AC)

 

 

SEAA Main XC Championships 

Saturday January 24, 2026

South of England Athletic Association Main Cross Country Championships 

 

Beckenham Place Park, London

https://www.seaa.org.uk/index.php/events/cross-country

 

 

English National XC Championships

Saturday February 21, 2026

English National Cross Country Championships

Sedgefield, County Durham

https://runabc.co.uk/english-national-xc-championships

 

 

 

UK CAU Inter Counties XC Championships

Date (in March) and venue yet to be announced