Minibus Departure Times on Saturday

• Depart outside M & S, Orbital Shopping Park, Swindon SN25 4BG. Meet at 06:50 AM to leave 07:00 AM
• Pickup at the Chippenham BP Garage on the A350 (SN14 6UY). Meet at 07:35 to leave 07:40

Return journey: We will aim to leave by 16:00 to return Chippenham by 20:00 and Swindon by 20:30

Parking at the event

The car parking arrangements for the SW Cross Country races at Newquay

SPORTS HALL CAR PARK: Event Officials/Local volunteers and Disabled 'Blue Badge' holders

MAIN SCHOOL CAR PARKS: (Treveson Road): Team Coaches, School minibuses and County Team Managers. Counties have indicated as follows: Gloucester 1xCoach; Wiltshire 2xCoaches; Avon 1xCoach; Somerset 4xMinbuses; Devon with parents, Dorset 2x Minibuses.

NEWQUAY WATER WORLD LEISURE CAR PARK: Parents and Spectators.

Course Map

Congratulations to those athletes selected to represent Wiltshire at the South West Cross Country championships to be held on Saturday 1st February at the Leisure centre, Newquay Cornwall. (Next to Newquay Tretherras School) here.

Wiltshire Team for the SW XC Championships

If you have a place on the team but are NOT able to compete, please let Andy Scrase know ASAP.

Transport to the SW will be provided this year. Coaches are travelling from Swindon orbital (by M & S) or from Salisbury Rugby Club. Both coaches leave at 7.10, so please be there by 7.00 a.m. We aim to arrive by 11.30 which gives us sufficient time to register athletes for their race, meet their team manager and walk the course. Any late arrivals might mean that you will not be able to race. (We are not allowed to arrive and get on site before 11.00 a.m)

If you require a Wiltshire vest, please bring £20.00 with you in cash (no cheques or cards please) and purchase one on your arrival.

Please ensure that you provide your personal details to Andy Scrase before the competition date. You can do this by scanning the QR code shown. This will take you to an online form where you can input the information.

Payment, if needed, can be made by cheque or BACS

• Cheques should be made payable to Wiltshire Schools’ Athletic Association (or WSAA) and sent to the WSAA treasurer Mrs W Brown, 131 Countess Road, Amesbury, Wilts. SP4 7AR
• When making payment please state your name and school.
• BACS payments to Sort code: 309159 Account Number: 01019624
• Treasurer email: wbown@outlook.com

Should you require any further information about this event, please contact the lead Team Manager Andy Scrase ((mobile 07775790342)

Good luck!

Timetable:

• 13:30 Senior Girls 4176m
• 13.51 Junior Boys 3216m
• 14.05 Junior Girls 3216m
• 14.20 Inter Boys 4684m
• 14.40 Year 7 (minor)Girls 2114m
• 14.50 Year 7 (minor) Boys 2665m
• 15.01 Inter Girls 3798m
• 15.18 Senior Boys 6124m

Documents:

• Code of conduct
• Letter to Athlete/Parent
• Letter to School Teacher/Head

The WSAA Cross Country Championships will take place on Saturday 11th January 2025

Venue

Sheldon School
Hardenhuish Lane
Chippenham
SN14 6HJ

Arrival

The School site will be open from 9.30am. Please do not arrive before this time as the site will be in a state of preparation. The course opens at 09:45. The first race starts at 10:45.

Teams should arrive between 09:30 & 09:45.

The Cross Country Course will be open from 10.00am

Parking

Minibuses please park in the long bus bay at main Hardenhuish / Sheldon entrance

Visitors from North Wilts & Swindon use North entrance – Sheldon main drive to reception (Jubilee Drive)

Visitors from West Wilts, Kennet & Salisbury use South entrance – Service Drive by Site Manager’s bungalow to playground parking

The Hardenhuish Campus is also open and available for parking – there is an excellent view of the campus from this area.

Entry

Please note, we can only accept cash for programmes and refreshments.

Entry is by programme, price £2.00 for adults (U-18 free). Programmes will be on sale at the exit from the car parks to the courses. Programmes will contain the names of every athlete entered and a map of the courses.

Dogs are not permitted on site as this is a school campus. Ball games are also prohibited. Sorry!

Refreshments

WOW cakes and Hot Drinks will be on sale from 09:30.

Please continue to support WSAA by enjoying the refreshments on offer and purchasing a programme. Without your support we would not be able to run our Cross Country Championship.

Teams

Team managers! Thank you for your entries. Please now verify these are all present and correct by inspecting the Entries in the Events section below.

Kennet	Nancy Strickland nancybstrickland@yahoo.co.uk	Team
North Wilts	Scott Ferguson SFerguson@kga.ascendlearningtrust.org.uk	Team
Salisbury	Andy Scrase andrewscrase66@outlook.com	Team
Swindon	Corinne Hunter HunterC@lydiardparkacademy.org.uk	Team
West Wilts	Jason Carter jascar@st-laurence.com	Team

Events

10.45	Senior Boys (Y12&13)	6,615m	Entries	Map
10.46	Year 7 Girls (Y7)	2,370m	Entries	Map
11.10	Senior Girls (Y12&13) Inter Girls (Y10 &Y11)	3,860m	Entries Entries	Map
11.25	Year 7 Boys	2,700m	Entries	Map
11.35	Junior Girls (Y8 & Y9)	3,280m	Entries	Map
11.45	Junior Boys (Y8 & Y9)	3,860m	Entries	Map
12:00	Intermediate Boys (Y10 & Y11)	5,580m	Entries	Map

Documents - TBC

South West School’s Cross Country Championship

If you finish in the top 13 of your race you will be asked afterwards, in the Results Hub, whether or not you are available to compete in the SW School’s Championship. We will require a Yes or a No from you at this time. For each age group we enter a team of 10 plus 3 reserves. Thank you.