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Welcome to the Northern Police Cross Country League   The league started in the late 1970's and for over 40 years has attracted runners from most of the police forces across the north of England.   The league now stages 12 fixtures each season that starts in early October through to late March. Each fixture attracts between 40 and 80 runners.   In recent years the league has gone from strength to strength, despite the pressures of securing time-off from police duties. We have recently added an 11th and 12th fixture that add a better chance to attend the six required fixtures! New for 2021 we have created a Summer 10K Trail  Series. This year we  will have just three fixtures but hope to increase this to six in Summer 2022.   All information about the XC League and Trail Series, past and present is contained in this website.   For further information contact the League Secretary:  Steve Broadbent   New XC Season - 2021/2022 All fixtures 1.30pm Start - Dates and venues now fixed  Venues to be confirmed - 12 League Fixtures including Nationals Proposed fixtures - Dates set but venues to be confirmed: Fixture 1 - 6 October 2021 - North Yorkshire Fixture 2 - 20 October 2021 - Cheshire Fixture 3 – 3 November 2021 - Lancashire Fixture 4 -17 November 2021 - Cumbria Fixture 5 – 1 December 2021 - South Yorkshire Fixture 6 - 15 December 2021 - Derbyshire Fixture 7 – 12 January 2022 - Humberside Fixture 8 – 26 January 2022 - West Yorkshire Fixture 9 – 9 February 2022 - Merseyside Fixture 10 – 23 February 2022 - Lancashire/Cleveland/Durham Fixture 11 – 9 March 2022 - GMP/PSUK Fixture 12 – 23 March 2022 - PSUK/GMP New! We have now implimented a new on-line entry system for all runners. Every runner must pre-enter. The cost is: All 12 Fixtures - £10 Up to 6 Fixtures - £6 Single Entry - £2 per race (Only permitted for one-off host runners) Pre-entry runners will receive a reusable race number. The pre-entry system allows us to monitor numbers attending and audit entries. This is in-line with government guidelines concerning races. Entry fees are being kept to a minimum and we hope to award a race memento at the end of the season to all those who have completed six of the 12 fixtures. Click here to enter the NPCCL: Click Here for: Detailed Venue Information Link Live Soon North v. Midlands   West Yorkshire - 24 January 2018 Midlands Police Cross Country League   Click Here Male and Female Individual Winners 2018/2019 Season Lyndsay Chamberlain and Rob Grantham Both from Cheshire

Current Participating Forces   Cheshire Cleveland Cumbria Durham GMP Humberside Lancashire Merseyside North Yorkshire North Wales Northumbria South Yorkshire West Yorkshire    Do you wish to run in the League? Contact your Force Secretary for more information   If you wish to participate in the League please contact your Force representative who will liaise with you over transport to attend each fixture or you may chose to travel direct. We now have an entry system and you may enter either up to six or all 12 fixtures at the start of the season. Just follow the Book it Zone links below. It is possible to enter your own local 'Host' fixture and not compete in the other fixtures. You will just need to pay £2 on the day. If you intend to enter more than one fixture then we ask you complete a six or 12 fixture on-line entry.   Your Force Contact? - Click Here Latest News........ Hopefully we are Back! NPCCL 2021/2022 We have set the fixture dates for 2021/2022 starting 6 October 2021. Hopefull things will be back to normal by this time! The dates are posted on this page and Force venues have now been added. Will Force Leads please contact Steve Broadbent to confirm details. We have now added an 'entry system' to the NPCCL for the first time. This is to comply with Covid guidelines regarding race numbers but does also add a degree of improved control over numbers attending as well as recording of personal details such as age catagories. It also generates some additional income for the League that will be used to pay for end of season prizes and League Mementos for those who have completed six fixtures. Force Sports Clubs will still contribute to the League as usual. Here is the BookItZone link to enter either up to six or all 12 fixtures:  Click here to enter NPCCL: NEW! Northern Police Trail League We are trialling three 10K Trail Races in the Summer of 2021. These will be staged similar to our Northern Police XC races but provide a mid-summer fixture to bridge the gap between the Autumn/Winter season.  They all start at 1.30pm on a Wednesday. This mid-week time is best suited to Police Staff copying the same NPCCL model that has been successful for countless years.  Northern Police 10k Trail Race #1 – Wednesday 28 July 2021 – Starting at 1.30pm - Witton Park - Blackburn - Lancashire Northern Police 10k Trail Race #2 – Wednesday 18 August 2021 – Starting at 1.30pm - Parbold Northern Police 10k Trail Race #3 – Wednesday 1 September 2021 – Starting at 1.30pm - Boltby Forest, Thirsk YO7 2HT We have no implimented an on-line entry system for all runners. Every runner must pre-enter. The cost is: 3 Fixtures - £15 Single Entry - £6 per race   Click Here for: Detailed Venue Information Link Live Soon Click here to enter NP Trail Races: 2019/2020 Results News Here are the final individual and team prize placings for the 2019/2020 Season. It was hoped to present these at the first NPCCL fixture of the 2020/21 Season but COVID19 is likely to prevent this happening for the forseeable future. So as to finally box off the last season, I will  be sending out cash prize cheques to all the recipients before Christmas. Well done to everyone who took part last season. Despite COVID preventing the last fixture we have generated the highest number of runners in the League since the mid-1990's. Special thanks to all Force Team Captains for their hard work mustering their teams. 647 runners over 12 fixtures (Average 54 runners per fixture) 413 Men 213 Ladies If you are one of the season winners then please contact me by Whats' App with your address to send out the cheque. You will note that I will send all team prizes to your Team Captain for he/she to distribute among the team at their discretion at some point in the future. Perhaps toward a round of drinks for the team at a post-covid party! You will be aware that the PSUK Nationals are also cancelled in March.  In view of this I am not hopeful that we can consider staging a fixture this season. The Excel League tables have been updated: Click here to download full League Tables on Excel I hope everyone stays fit and well and will look forward to running with you at the soonest!   Hall of Fame Prizes 2019/2020 Season ORDER Place Class Prize TROPHY WINNER Force 1 4th Men's Open £5   Jack Pilkington Cheshire 2 3rd Men's Open £5   Geoff Wynn North Yorkshire 3 2nd Men's Open £10   Gary Scott GMP 4 1st Men's Open £15   Simon Frike North Yorkshire 5 4th Women's Open £5   Carys Samuel North Yorkshire 6 3rd Women's Open £5   Cheryl Hughes GMP 7 2nd Women's Open £10   Hannah McPeake North Yorkshire 8 1st Women's Open £15 CUP Natalie Iddon Lancashire 9 3rd Men's Veteran 40+ £5   Jim Pearson North Yorkshire 10 2nd Men's Veteran 40+ £10   Gary Corns GMP 11 1st Men's Veteran 40+ £15 Gerry Charnley Cup/SILVER CUP Malcolm Fowler Cheshire 12 1st Men's Veteran 45+ £15   Chris Gill North Yorkshire 13 1st Men's Veteran 50+ £15   Carl Quinn West Yorkshire 14 1st Men's Veteran 55+ £15   Mark Porter Lancashire 15 1st Men's Veteran 60+ £15   Paul Johnson Lancashire 16 1st Men's Veteran 65+ £15   Andrew Brown West Yorkshire 17 1st Men's Veteran 70+ £15   Dave Needham South Yorkshire 18 3rd Women's Veteran 35+ £5   Anna Sykes West Yorkshire 19 2nd Women's Veteran 35+ £10   Laura Lawler Lancashire 20 1st Women's Veteran 35+ £15 Abbey Newforge Trophy Kendra Wedgewood North Yorkshire 21 1st Women's Veteran 45+ £15   Tina Cardamone North Yorkshire 22 2nd Women's Veteran 50+ £15   Jane Brown GMP 23 1st Women's Veteran 50+ £15   Rachel Love Humberside 24 1st Women's Veteran 60+ £15   Sue Harrison Lancashire 25 1st Women's Veteran 65+ £15   Heather Mitchell West Yorkshire 26 3rd Men's Team £10   Prize to be distributed among team by Team Captain: Steve Broadbent Lancashire 27 3rd Men's Team   Lancashire 28 3rd Men's Team   Lancashire 29 3rd Men's Team   Lancashire 30 2nd Men's Team £15   Prize to be distributed among team by Team Captain: Gary Corns GMP 31 2nd Men's Team   GMP 32 2nd Men's Team   GMP 33 2nd Men's Team   GMP 34 1st Men's Team £20 Cup Prize to be distributed among team by Team Captain: Simon Fricke North Yorkshire 35 1st Men's Team  - // - North Yorkshire 36 1st Men's Team  - // - North Yorkshire 37 1st Men's Team  - // - North Yorkshire 38 3rd Women's Team £10   Prize to be distributed among team by Team Captain: Heather Mitchell West Yorkshire 39 3rd Women's Team   West Yorkshire 40 3rd Women's Team   West Yorkshire 41 2nd Women's Team £15   Prize to be distributed among team by Team Captain: Steve Broadbent Lancashire 42 2nd Women's Team   Lancashire 43 2nd Women's Team   Lancashire 44 1st Women's Team £20   Prize to be distributed among team by Team Captain: Simon Fricke North Yorkshire 45 1st Women's Team   North Yorkshire 46 1st Men's Team Cup North Yorkshire 47 1st Best Attendance Plaque Slateman Plaque'   North Yorkshire 48 1st Best Attendee £15 VOSA Cup Kate Aspey North Yorkshire   £400       Final League Tables Scores after 12 Fixtures! First 45 19B 19M 19F First Surname Force M/F V40 TOTAL Fix 1   1 Natalie Iddon Lancashire F   600 6 2 1   Simon Fricke North Yorks M   598 6 3 2   Gary Scott GMP M V40 598 6 4   2 Hannah McPeake North Yorks F V35 595 6 5   3 Cheryl Hughes GMP F V45 595 6 6 3   Geoff Wynn North Yorks M   588 6 7   4 Rachel Love Humberside F V50 586 6 8 4   Jack Pilkington Cheshire M   586 6 9 5   Malcolm Fowler Cheshire M V55 585 6 10 6   Phil Slingsby North Yorks M   570 6 11   5 Carys Samuel North Yorks F   569 6 12   6 Tina Cardamone North Yorks F V45 568 6 13   7 Laura Lawler Lancashire F V50 564 6 14   8 Anna Sykes West Yorks F V40 556 6 15   9 Jane Brown GMP F V50 549 6 16   10 Emma Moorhouse West Yorks F   545 6 17 7   Gary Corns GMP M V40 545 6 18   11 Heather Mitchell West Yorks F V65 544 6 19   12 Kendra Wedgewood North Yorks F V35 541 6 20 8   Jim Pearson North Yorks M V45 533 6 21   13 Kate Aspey North Yorks F V45 532 6 22 9   Carl Quinn West Yorks M V50 525 6 23   14 Claire Hudson North Yorks F   523 6 24 10   Paul Johnson Lancashire M V60 523 6 25 11   Bryan Lawton GMP M V50 522 6 26 12   Chris Gill North Yorks M V45 522 6 27   15 Sue Harrison Lancashire F V60 507 6 28 13   Carl Horth Humberside M   496 6 29 14   Mark Porter Lancashire M V55 488 6 30 15   Steve Broadbent Lancashire M V60 477 6 31 16   Andrew Brown West Yorks M V65 471 6 32 17   Phil Corris Lancashire M V60 467 6 33 18   Mark Mulryan Lancashire M V50 465 6 34 19   Wayne Marshall Lancashire M V40 463 5 35 20   Nick Martin Merseyside M V55 462 6 36 21   Michael Horne Lancashire M V60 459 6 37 22   Dave Watkinson Lancashire M V65 447 6 38 23   David Edon Cheshire M V50 431 5 39 24   Dave Needham South Yorks M V70 400 5 40 25   Andrew Guest Humberside M V50 388 5 41 26   Sanjay Bisnauthsing GMP M   379 4 42 27   Keith Swift Merseyside M V40 357 4 43 28   Kyle Hazeleer Lancashire M V40 346 4 44 29   John-Paul Chorley Merseyside M   338 4 45 30   Simon Polkey North Yorks M V45 294 4 PSUK Nationals Wednesday 26 February 2020 Results: www.policesport.org NPCCL is now on Facebook! 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