Schools - Introduction |
Southport Waterloo is committed to being an effective, safe and child-friendly athletics club. We are keen to form links with local schools and several of our track & field coaches can deliver athletics coaching sessions in junior and high schools.
We are members of Sefton Athletics Development Group and work in partnership with Sefton Leisure Services and the education community to promote athletics within Sefton.
We provide some competition for schools, in both cross country running and road running, and work with others to provide track & field competition. Below are details of our 1 Mile Races for schools in Victoria Park in Southport and the Sefton Junior Schools' Cross Country Championships.
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Sefton Junior Schools Cross Country Championships |
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These championships, for school years 5 and 6, boys and girls, started in 2008, building on a long tradition of the Club providing cross country running for school children.
To give every school in the borough an opportunity to compete, the event moves to different venues each year. They have been held in the Rimrose Valley in Thornton, Birkdale Common, Derby Park in Bootle, Deansgate Lane Playing Fields in Formby, Litherland Sports Park, Bootle Golf Club, Jubilee Woods and North Promenade Blundellsands; all very different courses and offering good, suitably challenging cross country running.
After an absence of two years due to Covid-19, the championships returned to Birkdale Common in Southport in March 2022 and tor Sefton Coastal Park, by Crosby Lakeside, in March 2023. The 2024 Champs are again on Birkdale Common.
For further information, see below; or contact the Race Director Ron Scott.
Previous Results: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 (photos) | 2019 | (photos) | 2018 (photos) | 2017 (photos) | 2016 (photos) | 2015 (photos) | 2014 (photos) | 2013 (photos) | 2012 (photos) | 2011 (photos) | 2010 | 2009 (photos) | 2008 |
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The Sefton Cross Country Cup for smaller schools |
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2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008 |
St Luke's CE, Formby
Great Crosby Catholic Primary
St Luke's CE, Formby
No event due to Covid-19
Event cancelled
Great Crosby Catholic Primary
Farnborough Rd
Great Crosby Catholic Primary
Great Crosby Catholic Primary
Great Crosby Catholic Primary
Churchtown Primary
Great Crosby Catholic Primary
Great Crosby Catholic Primary
Great Crosby Catholic Primary
Great Crosby Catholic Primary
Churchtown Primary
Ursuline Catholic Primary |
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2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015 |
Freshfield Primary
St Nicholas CE Primary
St Nicholas CE Primary
No event due to Covid-19
Event cancelled
Freshfield Primary
St Jerome's Catholic Primary
St Mary's Preparatory School
St Jerome's Catholic Primary
St Jerome's Catholic Primary |
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1 Mile races for schools |
| These races for schools started
in 1984 as part of the Sefton Festival of Sport and proved so popular that
they are held annually in May. There is competition for school years
3 to 11 over the classic 1 mile distance on paths within the safe surrounding of
Victoria Park in Southport, with kind permission of the Southport Flower Show. |
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In addition to medals for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishers in each race, there is a team competition with 4 to count in years 3 - 8/9 and 3 to count in older ages. Overall, the junior schools compete for a Junior Schools' Trophy and the high schools compete for the Champion Secondary Schools' Trophy, based on the best two aggregate scores. A Fair Play trophy was added in 2012.
Further information can be obtained from the Race Director, Gill Gillison
Tel: 01704 228380, or email: gillgillison@blueyonder.co.uk
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