Schools - Introduction |
Southport Waterloo is committed to being an effective, safe and child-friendly athletics club. We are keen to form links with local schools and a number of our track & field coaches deliver athletics coaching sessions in junior and high schools.
We are members of Sefton Athletics Development Group and work in partnership with Sefton Leisure Services and the education community to promoted athletics within Sefton.
We provide some competition for schools, in both cross country running and road running, and work with others to provide track & field competition. Below are details of our 1 Mile Races for schools in Victoria Park in Southport and the Sefton Junior Schools Cross Country Championships. We also organise two road races - the Southport 4 Mile Races and the Waterloo 15K multi-terrain race - both of which are accompanied by Fun Runs to encourage younger people to get involved in running and perhaps develop a more active and healthier lifestyle. The Waterloo Fun Run incorporates a schools' team competition for the Champion Trophy. See our Road Running page for more information.
The downloads panel contains some resources that schools may find useful. Please also see the 'About Us' page
Sefton Junior Schools Cross Country Championships |
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These championships, for school years 5 and 6, boys and girls, started in 2008, building on a long tradition of the Club providing cross country running for juniors.
To give every school in the borough an opportunity to compete, the event moves to different venues in the borough each year. In Year 1, they were held in the Rimrose Valley in Thornton, moving to Birkdale Common in 2009, Derby Park in Bootle in 2010 and Deansgate Lane Playing Fields in Formby in 2011; all very different courses and offering good, suitably challenging cross country running.
In the 2011 championships, 22 junior schools were represented by over 260 finishers across the 4 races. The popularity of the event has grown year by year and provides healthy competition for all junior school pupils. The reigning champions and holders of the Southport Waterloo Challenge Trophy are Great Crosby Catholic Primary School, overall winners in both 2010 and 2011.
The 2012 championships, in London Olympics year, will be at the Litherland Sports Park on Wednesday 21st March.
2012 Schools poster
Results: 2011 (photos) | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 |
1 Mile races for schools |
| These races for schools started
in 1984 as part of the Sefton Festival of Sport and proved so popular that
they are held annually in May. There is competition for school years
5 to 11 over the classical 1 mile distance on paths within the safe surrounding of
Victoria Park in Southport, with kind permission of the Southport Flower Show. |
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In addition to medals for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishers in each race, there is a team competition with 4 to count in years 5 - 8/9 and 3 to count in older ages. Overall, the junior schools compete for a Junior Schools' Trophy and the high schools compete for the Champion Secondary Schools' Trophy, based on the best two aggregate scores.
Further information can be obtained from the Race Director, Gill Gillison
Tel: 01704 228380, or email: gillgillison@blueyonder.co.uk
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