The trial race to select the England team for the Masters Cross Country International is again being held at Betley, near Crewe, this year on Saturday 27 September 2025. It is open to all paid-up members of the BMAF area clubs in England. Link to details of selection process (v3a).
Category: Cross Country
EMAA Vacancy – Cross Country Secretary
EMAA are looking for someone who has a reasonable knowledge of Cross Country Running either as a competitor or as an administrator.
The secretary will have responsibility, along with other EMAA committee members of organising the Selection Trial, the selection process, liaising with the area selectors, and the selection meeting in order to pick the England Masters team to represent England in the British and Irish Masters Cross Country International. They will also liaise with the Team Manager to inform those who have applied for selection how successful/unsuccessful they were in their quest for selection.
Those willing to be considered for the post should send their expressions of interest to Kim Matthews
England Masters XC Team Selection 2024 Now Published
The EMAA cross country team selection will follow a similar process to last year with selection races held
on Saturday 28th September 2024. Teams will be selected for the British & Irish Masters’ Cross Country
International, which will be held in Belfast on Saturday 16 November 2024. The teams will be selected in all five year age categories from 35 to 80 plus. The venue for the trial races is Betley Court Farm, Main Road, Betley, Crewe, Cheshire CW3 9BH. The races will be held in conjunction with a North Staffordshire Cross Country League meeting.
Much more info on Cross Country page.
The Selection List is now published
BMAF XC Championship 2024 (Inc EMAA Inter Area) – Results
Sat 16 Mar 2024 at Rhug Farm, Corwen, Denbighshire, North Wales with an 8km course for M35 – M60 and 6km course for F & M65+ Results on Cross Country page
British Masters Cross Country Championships – Wallsend 18 Mar 2023
The results from the BMAF XC Championships 18 Mar 2023 at Wallsend have been published on the XC page
England Masters Cross Country Team Selection Events – Results & Team List (with Reserves)
Official photographs from the B&I international can be purchased from the website below
Paul Reilly Photography portfolio website (zenfoliosite.com)
The results for the EMAA XC selection races have been published and are available :
9.8km (M35 – M65)
Men & Women Selection List (Oct 2022)
Inter-Area X-Country – 5 Feb 2022 – Full Results
Results are available on OpenTrack at :
Men https://bmaf.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/bmaf661/scores/all-men-all/
Women https://bmaf.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/bmaf661/scores/all-women-all/
Results and some pictures at NEMAA News https://www.nemaa.co.uk/news
Race 1 – All women and Men 65+
Winning team of six scorers – NEMAA 86.32%
Carol Page 88.66%, Allie Wilson Craw 88.16%, Katherine Davis 88.06%, Jane Hodgson 85.48%, Jackie Murdy 84.03%, Maggie Lorraine 83.48%
Race 2 – Men 35 to 64
Winning team of 6 scorers – NEMAA 81.90%
Brian Martin 84.91%, David Nicholson 84.73%, Gavin Bayne 82.22%, David Graham 80.68%, Mark McNally 79.50%, Jarlath McKenna 79.36%
Runners up team – Welsh Masters Athletics Ltd. 76.37%
Combined overall female top age graded result – Carol Page NEMAA W60 – 88.66%
Combined overall male top age graded result – Stanley Owen NMAC – 87.49%
18 of the top age graded results were by NEMAA representatives.
England Masters Cross Country Team Selection for 2020
The EAMA cross country team selection process has been changed and there will now be a selection race for the teams to compete in the 2020 British & Irish Masters Cross Country International to be held in Dublin on 14 November 2020. The selection race will be held on 10 Oct 2020 and it will be incorporated within a North Midlands Cross Country League race. The team will be selected in all 5-year age categories. The venue for the race will be Markeaton Park, Kedlesdon Road, Derby DE22.
Full details and the selection for are available here :
and on the Cross Country page.
See later post update re-Covid Lockdown etc. https://englandmasters.org.uk/2020/05/07/british-irish-masters-cross-country-international-dublin-on-14-nov-2020/
B&I 2019 Cross Country : Southport 16 Nov 2019 – Photos from D Greenwood
B&I 2019 Cross Country : Southport 16 Nov 2019 – Team Announcement (updated)
Kim has announced the team for the B&I Cross Country – the sheet below shows the (corrected) accepted team members. Good luck.