Cross Country & Road 2025
Welcome
to Cross Country 2025
We trust you are enjoying the Cross- country part of the 2025 season so far. The Running Passport for our younger runners seems to be going well and we encourage all young people to get in and earn their stamps where possible. The Cross-Country Championship Challenge for those in the Under 18 grade and above is also heating up with some grades still very open while other leaders are consolidating their positions.
​The Current leaderboard and the Hill Champions 2025 makes interesting reading.
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In the footer we will also be tracking progress in the Winter Club of the Year with 2025 having both junior and senior competitions.
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Next up is the Lakeside Trail Relay - an opportunity to run with others in a team event.
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This website covers the Cross-Country Challenge five events. The Road website (available in early June) will cover those events held later in the season.​Run in our Road events, the excellent club races, and the Cross-Country Challenge events to have a full year of racing. Your registration covers the whole winter programme.​​​
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A new running challenge exclusively for registered runners in the U18+grades- i.e. 16 years and over at the end of 2025.
Join our community of runners and earn points towards becoming the:
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Overall Champion in your age grade
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A Hill Champion
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A Sprint Champion
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Full details of how it all works are available here.
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The Cross Country Challenge 2025
The CC Challenge Events
Run in all five events to achieve your Cross-Country Challenge Goal or your passport stamps.
Next up:
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The Kennett Cup Cross Country Races incorporating the Cross-Country Short Course Championships at Rawhiti Domain, then
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The Cross-Country Long Course Championships at Ascot Park
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The Mid-Winter Time Trial - an "individual race" at Hagley Park run in conjunction with our orienteering friends. Live results on show as runners complete their courses - will the early runners retain their leads or slip down the leaderboards?​
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The Bottle Lake Assault - Two* 2km loops in the straight race up and over the Bottle Lake Hills as well as a multi-member relay.
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Friday Night Lights - Loops in the University Ilam Fields. Includes the infamous "Eliminator" for our fastest.
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The Passport
For 2025 we have developed a Runners passport for our Under 16 runners so they can have a physical record of their achievements over the season. Passports are available from the "Passport Control" tent.
The next stamp available is for the Lakeside Trail Relay event and this stamp can be collected, after you have run in this event. A reminder all U16 athletes can run lap one to earn the stamp even if they are not in a team.
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Athletes should simply go to Passport Control with their passport, and we will give them the right stamp for that event. Initial passports are free of charge; replacement passports will cost $5.
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Collect all 10 to have a full record of the 2025 season. Collect at least 8 and get to join in the VIP end of season event.
