Welcome to our newsletter
HAPPY NEW YEAR
We hope everyone had a happy and peaceful few days and are looking forward to 2026 with renewed energy and enthusiasm.
We are all looking forward to witnessing many PBs and hopefully club records being bettered. We’ve checked the crystal ball, and we can see it is going to be a great year and interesting with the implementation of the new age groups from April 1st but, we know you are all going to be as great as you were in 2025.
FROSTBITE FRIENDLY LEAGUE
This is a reminder that the next race in the series is on Sunday 11th January 2026 @ Elm Sports Club, March.
First race is the junior run which starts at 9.45am with the seniors starting at 10.30am.
There are a few options for parking PE15 0PR – 4/5 mins walk to HQ; Foundry Way, PE15 0WR – 2/3 mins walk to sportsground; Flagrass Road, PE15 0BX – 13 mins walk to sportsground or Marwick Road, PE15 8PH – 11 mins walk back.
We hope to see as many of you there as possible, the juniors are currently in 3rd place so it would be great to maintain that position.
NORTH MIDS CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE
The final league fixture takes place on Saturday 10th January @ Bulwell Hall Park, Nottingham NG6 8LF. The senior ladies are off at 1.50pm followed by the senior men at 2.20pm.
FOLKSWORTH 15
Entries are nearing capacity for this event which is to be held on 18th January 2026 you can find all you need to know about this popular local event here: https://folksworth15.org.uk/
ST VALENTINES 30km
Entries are now open for this race which will take place in Stamford on Sunday 15th February.
Further details can be found at https://www.stamfordstriders.org/Pages/St-Valentines-30k
SUMMER 2026 LEAGUE DATES
SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE
Saturday 16th May @ PETERBOROUGH
Sunday 21st June @ Luton
Sunday 19th July @ St Albans
Saturday 8th August @ Dartford
If you are in the U17 + age groups, please put these dates in your diary and if you are an official, it would be great if you can make yourself available to help at these matches.
EAST ANGLIAN LEAGUE 2026
The dates for the above league are Sunday 19th April, Sunday 31st May, Sunday 12th July and Sunday September 20th for the Final.
As soon as venues have been confirmed we will inform everyone but, we do think that the May 31st match will be held at Peterborough and that the July 12th match will also be held at Peterborough.In the meantime please put these dates in your diary and do your best to be available to compete, officiate or volunteer to help.
5KM ROAD RACE SERIES 2026
The proposed dates for the 2026 5km road series are:
10th June @ Eye
24th June @ Ferry Meadows
8th July @ Werrington 22nd July @ Stamford
5th August @ Ferry Meadows
There will be chip timing again, and it is likely that the courses at Werrington and Stamford will be slightly changed to have a Start/Finish closer to each other.
Currently we anticipate a change in the younger age groups to align with the proposed England Athletics age groups. As soon as this is clarified we will let you all know.
SOUTHERN 2026 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
6th & 7th June - U20 / Senior Champs @ Bedford 6th & 7th June
27th & 28th June - U14 / U16 / U18 Champs @ Chelmsford
18th & 19th July - Combined Events Champs @ Horspath, Oxford
12th September - U20 / Senior Inter Counties @ Kingston
13th September - U16 / U18 Inter Counties @ Kingston
MEMBERSHIP FEES 2026/27
Following the AGM earlier in November we can report that as from 1st March 2026 the membership structure will be as follows:
Adults (Over 18) £100; Under 18, Over 60, Full time education, second claim members (those who belong to another club), track only use £90; Under 11 £50; Associate members £20.
Those members who train at Boston will receive a £20 discount to reflect the extra charges incurred there.
We still have a few committee vacancies, mainly for admin roles. If you can help in any way no matter how small, please let us know. The more people who help, the lighter the load for everyone.
WINTER CROSS COUNTY, INDOOR AND ROAD FIXTURES
CROSS COUNTRY
NORTH MIDS CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE
Saturday 10th January @ Nottingham
CAMBS SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS
Saturday 10th January @ Ely
FROSTBITE FRIENDLY LEAGUE
Sunday 11th January 2026 @ Elm Sports Club, March
Sunday 1st February @ Bewsey Park, King’s Lynn
Sunday 1st March @ Huntingdon
LINCS CROSS COUNTRY SERIES
Sunday 18th January @ Doddington Hall (provisional) U11, U13 & U15s enter here: https://www.raceresults.co.uk/onlineentries/user/login.php?raceid=59180 U17, U20, Sen & Vets enter here: https://www.raceresults.co.uk/onlineentries/user/login.php?raceid=5979
SOUTHERN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS
Saturday 24th January, Beckingham Place Park, BR3 1SY
ENGLISH NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPS
Saturday 21st February 2026, Sedgefield, County Durham
CAU INTER-COUNTIES
Saturday 7th March 2026 @ Wollaton Park, Nottingham
INDOOR
SOUTH OF ENGLAND U13 / U15 / U17 CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th January @ Lee Valley Stadium, Edmonton, N9 0AR
Saturday 10th -
U13: 60M, LJ, HJ (start height 1.20m for girls, 1.25m for boys), SP
U13/U15: 800m Heats (Finals on Sunday)
U15/U17: 60m, 60m Hurdles
Sunday 11th –U13: 800m Final
U15/U17: 200m, 300m (U15B&G), 400 (U17M&W), 800m, LJ, SP
U15B: HJ (1.50m), PV (2.30m), TJ (9m/11m)
U15G: HJ (1.40m), PV (1.90m), TJ (7m/9m)
U17M: HJ (1.65m), PV (2.90m), TJ (11m/13m)
U17W: HJ (1.45m), PV (2.20m), TJ (9m /11m)
Entry on line at www.seaa.org.uk. Entries close 30th December
SOUTH OF ENGLAND U20 / SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday 31st January & Sunday 1st February @ Lee Valley Stadium, Edmonton, N9 0AR
Saturday - U20/Senior: 60m, 60m Hurdles, LJ, SP
Sunday - U20/Senior: 200m, 400m, 800m
U20W: HJ (1.50m), PV (2.30m), TJ (9m / 11m)
U20M: HJ (1.70m), PV (3.40m), TJ (11m / 13m)
SW: HJ (1.55m), PV (2.70m), TJ (11m)
SM: HJ (1.80m), PV (3.80m), TJ (13m)
Entry on line at www.seaa.org.uk. Entries close 20th January
CAMBRIDGESHIRE SPORTSHALL FINAL
Sunday 1st February 2026 @ UAE Sports Park, Norwich NR4 7TJ
KEITH WARD INDOOR
Sunday 29th March @ King’s Lynn.
RESULTS ROUND-UP
CAMBS CC CHAMPS, St Neots, 4th January
We witnessed some great running on a cold and frosty morning when all of our athletes delivered some impressive performances.
We came home with one silver and three bronze team medals. On the individual front Rachel Baker powered over the frosty course to claim herself a well-deserved gold medal in the W35 age group while Dan Lewis ran solidly to earn himself a bronze medal in the M45 category.
Lewis Legg, Nathan Bunting, Hannah Fitzjohn and Eloise Dobedoe all finished just outside of the individual medals.
Men (10km)
4 Nathan Bunting 33:58; 10 Daniel Evans 35:59; 15 Daniel Lewis (3 M45) 36:53; 20 Steven
Wilkinson 37:39; 25 Ben Hannon 37:52; 50 Oliver Mason (M35) 40:29; 87 Steve Hall (M45) 47:11;
88 Daniel Harris (M55) 47:15; 95 Tim Clough (M55) 49:23.TEAM: Bronze
U20 men (10km)
6 Tobias Goodwin 37:25
U17 men (5.8km)
4 Lewis Legg 18:37; 10 Luca Gaskell 19:44; 15 Noah Randall 21:01; 21 Finlay Overend 24:12.
TEAM: Bronze
U15 boys (4.8km)
20 Luke Royston 21:14
U13 boys (2.9km)
10 Eddie Radford 10:45; 26 Solomon Stuart 12:06
U11 boys (1.7km)
17 Rowan Wright 7:31; 21 Samuel Stuart 7:38; 52 Jackson Hornsby 8:46. TEAM: 9th
W35 (5.8km): 1 Rachel Baker 23:13
W45 (5.8km): 7 Elisabeth Sennitt-Clough 26:38
U17 women (4.8km)
4 Hannah Fitzjohn 20:58; 9 Rebekah Clough 23:00; 10 Izzy Hurn 23:44. TEAM: Bronze U15 girls (4.3km)
9 Olivia Peach 20:25; 19 Sarah Clough 25:11
U13 girls (2.9km)
9 Monica Stuart 12:14; 12 Lillya Bellaboid 13:04; 15 Olivia Hornsby 13:39. TEAM: Silver U11 girls (1.7km)
4 Eloise Dobedoe 7:30; 10 Alicja Szykowska 8:02
LINCS CC CHAMPS, Biscathorpe, 4th January
Currently we do not have official results from the organisers, fingers crossed we’ll have them in time for the next newsletter.
OUNDLE NEW YEAR 10km, 4th January Men
4 Phil Martin 36:08 (1st M45); 10 Monty Wood-Davis (U17) 38:29
NORTHANTS CC CHAMPS, 3rd January
Two wonderful silver medals won by our two representatives.
M35: 2 Kyle Tombelson 35:22
U11 boys: 2 Byron Stother 6:38
LONDON INDOOR GAMES, Lee Valley, January 1st Men
400: Harry Friend 56.13
U20 men
60/400: Alphin Hadfield 7.53/53.13
U17 men
300: Callum Bow 41.72
U17 Women
60/300: Iris Kwakye 8.08/43.62
U15 girls
60: Elyse Morgan 7.99; Amelia Mullings 8.31; Zina Nwamarah 8.41
300: Elyse Morgan 41.13; Zina Nwamarah 45.03
400/800: Eden Jeal-Dunkling 49.86/2:38/74
ELY 10km, 31st December
M55: Tim Clough 49:10
W50: E Sennitt-Clough 46:39
U20W: Rebekah Clough 49:12 (PB)
RIBBLE VALLEY 10km, Clitheroe, 28th December Men
72 Isaac Fell (8th U20) 33:23; 128 Simon Fell (9th M45) 35:19
FRIDAY UNDER THE LIGHTS 5, Battersea Park, 19th DecemberMen
27 Stuart Haw 25:14 (PB)
LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH 5km, Hyde Park, 19th December Men
Dave Knighton (M60) 21:20