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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 late September 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!   All information about the league, past and present is contained in this website.   For further information contact the League Secretary:  Steve Broadbent   New Season Has Started!! 2018/2019 Fixtures All fixtures 1.30pm Start - Provisional - Dates now fixed  Venues to be confirmed - 11 Fixtures + Nationals Fixture 1 - Friday 28 September 2018 - 2pm - Bodenwyddan Castle,  North Wales - Completed Fixture 2 - Wednesday 17 October 2018 - Lancashire Completed   Fixture 3 - Wednesday 7 November 2018  - Cheshire Completed Fixture 4 - Wednesday 21 November 2018 - Witton Park, Blackburn Completed Fixture 5 - Wednesday 5 December 2018 -Darley Park, Derbyshire - N. v. Midlands Completed Fixture 6 - Wednesday 9 January 2019 - Dioncaster, South Yorkshire Completed  Fixture 7 - Wednesday 23 January 2019 - West Yorkshire Completed Fixture 8 - Wednesday 6 February 2019 - Cleveland  Completed Fixture 9 - Wednesday 20 February 2019 - Merseyside Confirmed   Fixture 10 - Wednesday 6 March 2019 - Humberside Confirmed Fixture 11 - Wednesday 20 March 2019 - GMP Confirmed Nationals - Wednesday 10 April 2019 - PSUK Nationals - Lancaster - Lancashire Confirmed  Fixture List and Venue Information North v. Midlands - 13 December 2017   West Yorkshire - 24 January 2018 Midlands Police Cross Country League   Click Here Male and Female Individual Winners 2017/2018 Season Lyndsay Chamberlain and Rob Grantham Both from Cheshire A Second Season Triumph!! Well done to both of you!!	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   If you wish to participate in the League please contact your Force representative who will liaise with you over transport and directions to attend each fixture. There is no need to enter each fixture directly and there is no individual entry fee. You simply turn up and run! It could not be easier!   Your Force Contact? - Click Here Latest News........ Next Fixture - Merseyside Wednesday 20 February - 1.30pm Venue details - Altcar as previous years NPCCL is now on Facebook! Click on FB Logo and join us!     Latest Results   'Results Snapshots'    Click here to view quick snapshots of all fixtures Click here to download full League Tables on Excel Latest Results Osmotherley - Wednesday 6 February   Position Male Female First Surname Force M/F Age Time Category 1 1   Geoff Wynn North Yorkshire M SM 32.21 2 2   Tony Oliver Cleveland M V50 32.23 3 3   Simon Fricke North Yorkshire M SM 32.35 4 4   Tom Allen West Yorkshire M SM 36.53 5 5   Kev Elliott GMP M V40 38.10 6 6   Paul Johnson Lancashire M V60 39.24 7 7   Gary Corns GMP M V40 39.46 8   1 Caroline Glover North Yorkshire F V55 42.56 9   2 Kendra Wedgwood North Yorkshire F V35 43.58 10 8   Mark Mulryan Lancashire M V50 44.00 11   3 Emma Moorhouse West Yorkshire F SF 44.05 12   4 Angela Richardson North Yorkshire F V40 44.58 13 9   Andy Brown West Yorkshire M V65 45.27 14   5 Anna Sykes West Yorkshire F V40 46.07 15   6 Jane Brown GMP F V50 46.12 16 10   Steve Broadbent Lancashire M V55 50.53 17   7 Heather Mitchell West Yorkshire F V65 51.37 18   8 Kate Aspey North Yorkshire F V45 53.37 19 11   Dave Needham South Yorkshire M V70 54.06 20 12   Phil Cornis Lancashire M V65 54.42 21   9 Sue Harrison Lancashire F V60 65.07 Results - Leeds Stadium West Yorkshire 23 January 2019 Fixture 7 - West Yorkshire - NPCCL 18B 18M 18F First Surname Force M/F V40 WYP 1 1   Rob Grantham Cheshire M V40 36.31 2 2   Simon Fricke North Yorks M   37.27 3 3   Geoff Wynn North Yorks M   37.31 4 4   Malcolm Fowler Cheshire M V55 37.37 5 5   Simon Newton West Yorks M   38.12 6   1 Claire Smith West Yorks F   41.04 7 6   Ali Robinson West Yorks M   41.45 8 7   Simon Ward West Yorks M   41.55 9 8   Craig Cooper West Yorks M   42.02 10 9   Craig Morgan GMP M V40 43.30 11 10   John Levick West Yorks M V50 43.38 12 11   Phil Mitchell West Yorks M   43.43 13 12   Tom Allen West Yorks M   43.53 14 13   Kev Elliott GMP M V40 46.07 15   2 Natalie Iddon Lancashire F   46.26 16 14   Bryan Lawton GMP M V50 46.44 17 15   Gary Corns GMP M   47.01 18 16   Jim Pearson North Yorks M V40 47.11 19 17   Paul Johnson Lancashire M V60 47.13 20 18   Andrew Johnson West Yorks M V40 47.21 21 19   Leon Ricketts West Yorks M   47.23 22   3 Janine Fallon Lancashire F V40 48.03 23 20   Lee Geary West Yorks M   48.12 24 21   Dave Raby West Yorks M   48.13 25 22   Richard Nixon West Yorks M V45 48.23 26 23   Phil Slingsby North Yorks M   48.46 27 24   Richard Taylor West Yorks M   49.00 28 25   Mark Goulding West Yorks M V45 49.30 29 26   Andrew Guest Humberside M V40 49.36 30   4 Caroline Glover North Yorks F V50 49.42 31   5 Laura Lawler Lancashire F V50 52.00 32 27   Carl Horth Humberside M   52.26 33 28   Dan Hutton West Yorks M   53.05 34   6 Lauren Shuttleworth North Yorks F   53.14 35   7 Emma Moorehouse West Yorks F   53.26 36 29   Pete Gallagher West Yorks M V40 53.27 37   8 Mandy Geary West Yorks F   53.48 38 30   Jez Burkinshaw West Yorks M V45 53.50 39 31   Nick Wallen West Yorks M V45 53.59 40   9 Angela Richardson North Yorks F   54.14 41 32   Mark Porter Lancashire M V55 54.19 42 33   Adrian Fickling West Yorks M V50 54.27 43 34   Anthony Detoeuf West Yorks M   54.27 44 35   Jonathan Day West Yorks M   54.34 45   10 Rachel Mackenzie West Yorks F   54.41 46 36   Chris Gill North Yorks M V45 54.48 47 37   Andrew Brown West Yorks M V65 54.55 48   11 Anna Sykes West Yorks F V40 55.02 49   12 Lucy Smallwood West Yorks F   55.12 50   13 Jessica Mitchell West Yorks F   55.30 51 38   Pter Bedford West Yorks M   55.31 52   14 Jane Brown GMP F V50 56.42 53 39   A.N Other West Yorks M   56.58 54 40   Dave Wilkinson Lancashire M V55 57.34 55 41   Michael Horne Lancashire M V55 58.06 56   15 Emma Sebright-Pickard West Yorks F   58.09 57 42   Kev Metcalfe West Yorks M V45 59.34 58 43   Chris Birks West Yorks M   59.42 59   16 Jane Ibbetson West Yorks F   60.03 60 44   Phil Corris Lancashire M V60 60.56 61 45   Dave Needham South Yorks M V70 61.43 62 46   A.N Other West Yorks M   64.07 63   17 Lynda Bonser West Yorks F V45 65.04 64 47   Steve Broadbent Lancashire M V55 66.04 65   18 A.N Other West Yorks F   68.12 66   19 Deana Maddocks West Yorks F V50 71.57 67   20 Helen Keane West Yorks F V45 76.32 68   21 Laura Pinn West Yorks F V35 DNF 69   22 Sonia Grosier West Yorks F V45 DNF 70 48   Kevin Chippendale West Yorks M V60 DNS 71 49   Ian Micklethwaite West Yorks M V45 DNS 72 50   Carl Quinn West Yorks M V40 DNS 73   23 Heather Mitchell West Yorks F V65 DNS   Results - Keepmoat Stadium South Yorkshire 9 January 2019 Fixture 6 - South Yorkshire - North 18B 18M 18F First Surname Force M/F V40 SYP 1 1   Rob Grantham Cheshire M V40 38:08 2 2   Malcolm Fowler Cheshire M V55 38:38 3 3   Simon Newton West Yorks M   39:28 4 4   Matthew Oldham GMP M V40 40:01 5 5   Geoff Wynn North Yorks M   40:04 6 6   Simon Fricke North Yorks M   40:18 7 7   Andy Lakeland South Yorks M V45 43:10 8 8   Ian Micklethwaite West Yorks M V45 43:45 9 9   Peter Hague South Yorks M   45:09 10 10   Craig Morgan GMP M V40 46:01 11   1 Lindsay Dixon Cheshire F V45 47:47 12 11   Gary Corns GMP M   48:56 13 12   Paul Johnson Lancashire M V60 49:34 14   2 Laura Lawler Lancashire F V50 56:06 15 13   Mark Mulryan Lancashire M V50 56:43 16   3 Kendra Wedgewood North Yorks F V35 57:07 17 14   Chris Gill North Yorks M V45 57:07 18 15   Mark Porter Lancashire M V55 59:09 19 16   Andrew Brown West Yorks M V65 59:21 20   4 Anna Sykes West Yorks F V40 60:09 21 17   Kevin Chippendale West Yorks M V60 61:37 22 18   Phil Corris Lancashire M V60 66:30 23 19   Dave Needham South Yorks M V70 68:06 24   5 Heather Mitchell West Yorks F V65 68:12 25 20   Steve Broadbent Lancashire M V55 72:15	Our Mission Statement "The aim of the Northern Police Cross Country League is to promote the ethos of team work while improving the health, fitness and wellbeing of police officers and police staff in the forces of the Northern Region, and to provide participating forces with the vehicle to encourage and promote participation of members in their own forces’ Cross Country Championship"  "By each individual Force concentrating on achieving maximum attendance at their own fixture, the league as a whole will benefit"   More......   Police Sport UK Athletics Section Web Site     Details of all Police Sport UK Athletics Events throughout the year   www.policesport.org Cumbria Fixture - 29/12/2017   More Pictures Click Here Hall of Fame for 2017/2018 Season Prizes 2017/2018 Season         ORDER Place Class WINNER 1 3rd Men's Open Tom Allen 2 2nd Men's Open Richard Sample 3 1st Men's Open Jack Pilkington 4 3rd Women's Open Heather Mitchell 5 2nd Women's Open Kendra Wedgewood 6 1st Women's Open Lindsey Chamberlain 7 3rd Men's Veteran 40+ Andy Brown 8 2nd Men's Veteran 40+ Matthew Oldham 9 1st Men's Veteran 40+ Rob Grantham 11 1st Men's Veteran 45+ Bryan Lawton 12 1st Men's Veteran 50+ Adrian Martin 13 1st Men's Veteran 55+ Steve Broadbent 14 1st Men's Veteran 60+ Phil Corris 15 1st Men's Veteran 65+ Dave Needham 16 1st Women's Veteran 35+ Laura Lawler 17 1st Women's Veteran 50+ Jane Brown 18 3rd Mixed Team West Yorkshire 19 3rd Mixed Team West Yorkshire 20 3rd Mixed Team West Yorkshire 21 3rd Mixed Team West Yorkshire 22 2nd Mixed Team Cheshire 23 2nd Mixed Team Cheshire 24 2nd Mixed Team Cheshire 25 2nd Mixed Team Cheshire 26 1st Mixed Team GMP 27 1st Mixed Team GMP 28 1st Mixed Team GMP 29 1st Mixed Team GMP 30 1st Best Attendance West Yorkshire 31   Best Attendee Phil Corris PSUK Nationals - Picture Links Link to PSUK Cross Country Champs 2016 Photos (GMP Photographer) Ladies Race Click Here Link to PSUK Cross Country Champs 2016 Photos (GMP Photographer) Men’s Race Click Here Link to PSUK Cross Country Champs 2016 Photos (Emma Whittenbury Photography) Mixed and including presentations Click Here
Training Advice on Running   I don't profess to be an expert but I run fairly high mileage each year and have competed in many ultra distance events.   I have put together a short feature giving advice to anyone who may want to take up running including cross country or improve their performance.     Gadgets Feature   Find out more about GPS running devices	PSUK Cross Country Nationals   Kilmarnock     March 2018   Results Click here	British Police Fell Race    May 2018   Results   Click Here
Course profiles   View each league course on a GPS map and elevation profile as well as a brief report on each fixture     Past Seasons 1999 - 2018   Final Results Excel Tables           Please support as many as you can?? After all, it gets you out of the house, office or off the streets on a Wednesday!   Runner profiles       Dave Needham	Who are the NPCCL 'Stalwarts'?   Malcolm Fowler (Cheshire) Dave Wood (GMP) Steve Broadbent (Lancashire) Heather Mitchell (West Yorkshire)   Since 1995 they have competed in all 23 seasons!!   Dave Needham (South Yorkshire) has competed almost every season since 1980!   Did You Know......?   Since 1995 we have had over 1100 individual men and women compete in the League!   Men = 818 Women = 328   Figures at October 2014 Men   Women Count of Force     Count of Force   Force Total   Force Total West Yorks 261   Lancashire 94 Lancashire 151   West Yorks 78 South Yorks 88   South Yorks 40 GMP 80   GMP 32 Cheshire 50   Cheshire 21 Humberside 43   Cumbria 19 Cumbria 38   Cleveland 12 North Wales 38   Humberside 12 Cleveland 37   North Wales 11 North Yorks 18   North Yorks 6 Merseyside 8   Merseyside 2 Durham 3   Durham 1 AEP 2   Grand Total 328 Northumbria 1       Grand Total 818   Comb Total 1146	NPCCL Fixture - Leeds - 21 January 2015 Six inches of snow but no stopping the 30 strong team of competitors of a very cold, winters day!!