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East Cork Cross Country Sunday Next
13th Sept. In Conna
The East Cork Senior and Masters Cross Country Championships take place next Sunday in Conna. Only out the road and we want as many as can to do it. You have all been looking for a race and now here is your chance. A nice easy course with 4,000m for the ladies and 6,000 for the men. Any of you that have been doing the trail running should fly it;
You MUST let Sally 0872265857 know before Friday Midday if you wish to run.
EAST
CORK CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS SUNDAY 13th SEPTEMBER 2020 –
INFORMATION
Registration:
All
athletes must pre enter through their respective club competitions secretaries.
Entries emailed to the Carrignavar A.C. Competition Secretary Ger Foley at Gerfoley5@gmail.com no later than 2 p.m. on Friday
the 11th September. No Late Entries
Only
Athletic Ireland registered athletes whose club are affiliated to the East Cork
Division may compete.
No
entries will be accepted on the day and this will be strictly enforced.
Any
coaches or guardians who intend accompanying athletes also need to register.
Details
to be forwarded are:
1
Athlete/coach/ parent/guardian name
2
Athletes club
3
Contact phone number.
4
Race intending to compete in.
5
Athletes age category
Please
note only one parent/guardian may accompany athletes to the warm up field and
competition field. This will enable more athletes to compete as total numbers
including officials cannot exceed 200.
Any
club sending athletes must appoint a Covid officer to attend the event to ensure
Athletics Ireland guidance is being adhered to.
All
competing athletes must make themselves familiar with and abide by Athletics
Ireland return to competition protocols. We would appreciate if each club could
provide one additional steward with their Covid officer.
Arrival:
The
venue will be well sign posted. There will be three fields in operation as
follows:
1. Parking will be in
one field only. Plan to arrive in good time for your race as they will go off
on time. Allow time to check in. Please follow stewards’ instructions at all
times.
2. Warm up field –
all athletes must remain in warm up field until called into competition field.
Please note that only athletes in the girls and boys U-10 races
will be allowed walk the course before their race.
3. Entry on to the
competition field:
A
single-entry point will be used and only athletes, coaches and one parent/guardian
of underage participants who have pre-registered will be allowed in.
A
physical distancing queuing system will be operated and all entrants will be
asked to use hand sanitiser.
An
entrance fee of €5 per adult, €3 per juvenile (Under 19) or €10 maximum per
family will be charged.
No
change can be given on the day so exact money only to be placed in an “honesty
bucket”at the check in desk.
Public
address:
A
public address system will be in operation to call athletes to their races.
Toilets:
Appropriate
cleaning products will be provided and all users will be asked to sanitise
before & after use.
In
competition:
Athletes
will be called to the competition field no sooner than 10 minutes before their
race.
Medals
for the first three individuals of each race will be on the podium for
collection.
Team
medals will be forwarded through the club competition secretaries.
After
competition:
After
an athlete’s race we ask that they leave the venue as soon as practicable.
There
will be a separate exit point from the competition field back to the car park
field.
Food
& Drinks:
Athletes/spectators
must bring their own refreshments with them. No bins will be provided so all
rubbish must be brought home by those that would like to bring a picnic.
Recording
of athletes at finish:
As
we can no longer give out tickets at the finish line – we ask each club to
provide a stick- on number to all of their competing juvenile athletes marked
with their relevant club number. Each juvenile club will be allocated a
number and all club athletes must wear that number as follows:
Ballymore
Cobh A.C. 1
Carrignavar
A.C. 2
Midleton
A.C. 3
St.
Catherines A.C. 4
St.
Nicks A.C. 5
Watergrasshill
A.C. 6
Youghal
A.C. 7
It
is very important that each club coach knows their first four athletes in each
race as our recorders will only record a club number and not a name.
A
separate recording procedure will be in place for the senior/master athletes
but all athletes Juveniles, Juniors, Seniors and Masters must pre enter in
order to compete.
Upcoming Surprize For Our Members
Km Series 
Midleton AC Will be holding a 5km Series on the 3rd
Sunday of every month throughout the winter months and early spring. This will
comprise of 5 races over the 5 months.
This will be open to members ONLY (You can join now for only 20 euro.) and will be a great way to race during these unprecedented times.
4 out of the 5 Times will count to your overall finish
accumulative time to establish placings.
We will have overall Category Prizes at the end of the
series.
Plenty of Spot prizes along the way.
You must complete 4 out of the 5 races to receive a unique
finisher T-shirt.
Races will be held on the following dates:
·
Sunday 18th October 2020 - 9:30am
·
Sunday 15th November 2020 - 9:30am
·
Sunday 20th December 2020 - 9:30am
·
Sunday 17th January 2021 - 9:30am
·
Sunday 21st February 2021 - 9:30am
The course will be revealed at a later date.
You must be a registered member of Midleton AC to race.
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