Cross Country (XC) 2025/26 Season

Archive: The 2025/26 cross country season has now finished. This page is retained as an archive of the fixtures and information from the season.

Whether you’re an experienced cross-country runner or tried XC for the first time, here’s the information from the 2025/26 cross country season with Tiptree Road Runners.

Important: You must wear an official red and black Tiptree Road Runners club vest or t-shirt (not a Tiptree 10 race t-shirt or TRR fluorescent training tops). This is an organiser requirement and failure to comply may lead to disqualification.


Tiptree Road Runners cross country team

Essex Cross Country League (Saturdays)

Website: Essex Cross Country League

Facebook: Essex Cross Country League Facebook Group

2025/26 Fixtures

  • 25 October 2025 – One Tree Hill
  • 8 November 2025 – Hainault (hosted by Ilford AC)
  • 22 November 2025 – Hadleigh (hosted by Leigh-on-Sea Striders & SS Athletics)
  • 10 January 2026 – Hilly Fields, Colchester (hosted by Colchester Harriers AC & Colchester & Tendring AC)
  • 7 February 2026 – Gloucester Park (hosted by Basildon AC, Billericay Striders and City of Southend AC)

Race Information

  • Ladies: 4 miles – 12:00pm start
  • Men: 5 miles – 12:45pm start

How It Worked

  • Race entry for all fixtures was via the Roster Athletics portal.
  • Runners who competed the previous season may already have been registered. The participants list could be checked before registering again.
  • New runners registered through the portal and received one race bib for the season, which was used at every fixture.
  • Tiptree Road Runners paid the league entry fee, so members could run any league fixture.
  • An official red and black TRR club vest or t-shirt had to be worn.
  • Race numbers had to be worn at every fixture.

NESS Cross Country League (Sundays)

Website: NESS Cross Country League

Facebook: NESS Cross Country League Facebook Page

2025/26 Fixtures

Race Information

  • Start time: 10:45am
  • Distance: Approximately 5 miles
  • Men and women raced together with separate finish funnels.
  • Runners were asked to hand their finish token to the TRR scorer after finishing.
  • Tiptree Road Runners covered the entry fee for members who ran.
  • An official red and black TRR club vest or t-shirt had to be worn.

NESS Scoring Explained

  • Individual scoring: 1 point for first finisher, 2 for second, 3 for third, and so on.
  • Pool A teams comprise 8 men and 4 women.
  • Pool B teams comprise 6 men and 3 women.
  • Team scores are the combined finishing positions of the scoring runners.
  • Incomplete teams receive penalty points equal to the number of finishers plus one point for each missing runner.

Essex Cross Country Championships

Essex Athletics organises three county cross country championship events each season: the Cross Country Relays, the Veterans Championships and the Essex Cross Country Championships.

Further information is available on the Essex Athletics website.

2025/26 Championship Fixtures

  • 11 October 2025 – Cross Country Relay Championships, Hylands Park, Chelmsford
  • 13 December 2025 – Veterans Cross Country Championships, Epping Forest, Chingford
  • 3 January 2026 – Essex Cross Country Championships, Gloucester Park, Basildon