GMAA XC Champs
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GMAA XC Champs
The Greater Manchester Athletic Association Annual Cross Country Championships take place on Sunday 13 December 2026 at Wythenshawe Park, Wythenshawe Road, M23 0AB, United Kingdom. The event is staged by the Greater Manchester Athletic Association and will use chip timing.
Entries are online at niftyEntries.com. The entry fee is £12.00 per athlete. Entries close in early December 2026. Numbers will be issued only to team managers.
Race distances by age group include:
- U14 Boys and U14 Girls - approx 3000 m
- U16 Boys and U16 Girls - approx 4000 m
- U18 Men and U18 Women - approx 5000 m
- U20 Women - approx 5000 m
- U20 Men - approx 7000 m
- Senior Women - approx 7000 m
- Senior Men - approx 10000 m
Ages are calculated on 31 August 2027. Competitors must race in their own age group. The Women’s U18 and U20 races will run as a combined team race with separate individual and team awards.
Qualification requires birth in, or nine months continuous bona-fide residence in, Greater Manchester as defined on 1 April 1974, immediately before the championships. Results will be used to select the GMAA team for the CAU Inter-Counties Championships at Wollaton Park on 13 March 2027.
Team managers must collect numbered race bibs that include timing chips and assign them to named athletes; lost chips are charged at 50p each. Awards are given to the first three individuals in all races and to scoring members of the top teams; presentations follow each race. Club vests of the same colour and design must be worn by team members. First aid will be in attendance. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
