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EMR Cross Country - Sunday 20th June 2010 - Ruffey Lake Park

Entries have now closed

Region Cross Country Championships - Sunday 20th June

Entries have now closed for the region event this Sunday at Ruffey Lake Park. I'm sorry but we cannot accept any late entries. Click here to see Doncaster athletes who have entered. There is a link above to the "order of events". The first event will start at 10:00am and events will be marshalled about 15 to 20 minutes prior to each event so please give yourselves enough time. Other important information regarding uniforms etc can be found here.

All centres of the region are required to help with duty. You can see Doncaster's duty roster here. Thank you for your help

Cross Country Photos

It was a very cold, foggy morning when the Eastern 7 group of athletes took to the hills of Ruffey Lake Park recently. You can see photos of the day here. Thanks to Dean Sharples for these photos.

Eastern Metropolitan Region Cross Country – Sunday 20th June 2010

Once again the Region competition is being held at Ruffey Lake Park, Doncaster and all the centres in the Eastern Region (not just the ones that we compete against on Sundays) will attend.

Athletes of all standards can enter, but we do need to enter prior to the event and pay for these entries, so please check your calendar and let Julie Bassett know via email if you wish to enter as soon as possible. Please also let Julie know if you are not entering so that we don’t have to follow you up. Thank you to those who have already done this. Please note that you cannot ring the night or two before and say you want to come. It will be too late. Entries close Thursday 10th June and late entries cannot be accepted.

The region will organise a duty roster and Doncaster will be responsible for some duties so please be available to help if required.

Cross Country Open Days

All entries to Open Days within the Eastern 7 Group (except those noted as optional on our program) are organised by our Cross Country Co-ordinator Julie Bassett. Entry to any other Open Days are the athlete's own responsibility. Entry forms for following Centres can be found here.

As there is no cross country for the "Eastern 7 Centres" on the Queens Birthday Long Weekend, you may like to take a drive to Mooney Valley or Benalla. These days are optional for Doncaster athletes so if you would like to participate, entry is your own responsibility.

Northern Metro Division One Open Day - Sunday 12th June - Entry Form

Benalla LAC Open Day- Sunday 13th June - Location - Reef Hills Reserve- Off Mansfield Road, Benalla - for more information see attached flyer

Knox LAC Open Day - Saturday 3rd July - The Eastern 7 Group doesn't run during the school holidays so this is a fantastic day for anyone wanting to have an extra run and prepare for the state champs - More details will be available soon.

Essendon LAC - Saturday 24th July - As this is a free weekend for the Eastern 7 Group, this is a perfect opportunity for a last run prior to state champs. Once again this is the athlete's responsibility to enter. Entry Form

SMR Cross Country Challenge

The Southern Metropolitan Region are holding a Cross Country Challenge on Saturday 26th June 2010. This is open to all little athletes across Victoria. See the attached flyer for details. As this is not within the Eastern 7 Cross Country Calendar, and if you are interested in participating, please enter yourself.

Cross Country Sunday 18th April – Parking options for Mirrabooka Reserve, Orchard Grove, Blackburn (Mel 61 J3)

The best option for parking is in the Orchard Grove Primary School car park off Holland Rd as there is limited parking in the car park at the end of Orchard Grove. It is then a 100m walk around the oval in the same direction as the parking access road to the start area (west) near the end of Orchard Grove. It has been requested that we stay clear of the soccer fields to minimise damage to the poor grass cover.

Attached is an updated Cross Country calendar

Yes it is that time again, the Summer T&F season has come to an end, and Winter running is about to start.

Cross Country is for all athletes Under 6 – Under 15. The season runs from late April till late July with an end of season get together some time in August (see program for details). It is great fun for both athletes and their parents and is a fantastic way to keep fit over winter.

Every Sunday morning for about half an hour, that’s it! - See the Calendar/Program for Dates, venues and times.

Our Cross Country competition is run with other centres from the Eastern Region - Box Hill, Ringwood, Collingwood, Nunawading, Kew and Camberwell/Malvern and we compete as Doncaster in the Doncaster centre uniform.

So if you love running and would like to improve your track time (no matter what distance you run) or would just like to keep fit over winter, this is for you.

For athletes already registered in the 2008/2009 Summer On-Track or T&F Season, the fee this year has been covered by your summer fees. so you don't have to pay anything. This includes all Open Days (except optional days) and entry to Region & State Championships. What a bargain!

For those athletes who are new registrations (ie: those who did not do Little Aths over summer) the fee is $53. This includes your registration to VLAA and DLAC, all Open Days (except optional days) & entry to Region & State Championships.

Why not try it out? We love it and we are sure you will too.

For more info please contact your friendly Cross Country Co-Ordinators:
Julie Bassett – 0421 652 264

Redesigned 2007 and maintained for Doncaster LAC by Jenny Watson