A new November date for the annual interclub cross-country championships is the big decision to have emerged from the Athletics Ireland’s annual Congress held in Northwood, Santry over the weekend.
The national junior and senior inter club cross country championships will replace the intercounties as the selection race for the European Cross Country, with the senior men’s race shortened to 10,000m.
A national 4,000m short course championships will be reintroduced, while the Intercounties will now take place after Christmas, with the entire cross-country season wrapping up before mid-February. At juvenile level the U19 age group is abolished.
Delegates have also voted in favour of a National Cross Country Club League taking in the Novice, Intermediate, Senior and Master races. This will be a team league, with a winning club at the end of the season.
* Big thanks to Noel Guiden for this info.
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