Northern Police Cross Country League

Welcome to the

Northern Police Cross Country and Trail Leagues

The League formed in July 1967 and for over 57 years has attracted runners from most of the police forces across the north of England.

The league now stages 11/12 fixtures each season that starts in early October through to late March. Each fixture attracts between 25 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 FIVE required fixtures to score maximum points!

Due too falling numbers we decided to suspend the 'Trail' League. It was felt that we may have too many fixtures on offer but will simply continue to 'boulster' the original Winter Cross Country League.

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 - 2025/2026

For 2025/2026 we have twelve great fixtures plus the Nationals. Venue details will be published here prior to each race.

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Next Fixture

Next Fixture #3 - Spud Wood - Lymm - Cheshire

We look forward at Cheshire to welcoming you all on Wednesday 29th October 2025 at 1330hrs.

The race will start next to the Canal Bridge, aptly named Grantham’s Bridge (not after Rob), in Spud Wood, Stage Lane, Lymm WA13 9JQ.

The route will be 3x 2mile laps of the woodland (route below), fully marked out with some marshall support. If we can all do some rain dancing over the next week to make it more exciting, please do!

It is suitable for spikes though and is the same route as last year.

W3Ws for the start is:

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There are no shower facilities for this race or toilet facilities at the Woods, however, you can use the toilets at The Barn Owl if needed but be considerate of other restaurant guests!

Please park at Spud Wood at the various locations shown on the map below. Try and use Stage Lane outside the car park as much as you can to give other users the space on the car park itself.

Post race food will be at the Barn Owl Inn, Warrington Lane, Lymm WA13 0SW from 1430hrs. It's a minutes drive away or a 10 minute walk away from the start.

Please don't park on this car park until after the race as space is limited on the car park.

It is half term but please make every effort to attend if you can, bring the kids if needs be! Great free day out

I’ll be doing a course recce this week just to ensure there’s no surprises and I’ll update you. Hopefully the stream is in full flow.

All Results - Click Here for Snapshot Summary of Each Fixture

Latest Results

NPCCL Fixture #2 - North Wales - Friday 17 October 2025

Well done to everyone who attended the 2nd Fixture of the Season at Colwyn Bay Police HQ yesterday.

A big thank you to Nick Jones, Claire Foreman, Craig Jones and their team of marshals and helpers for staging a fantastic race.

The 4-lap, 4.5 mile course provided some very testing running. The twist and turns through woodland, and a few hills thrown in provided us with some really interesting terrain.

We had 43 runners taking part, with North Wales also staging their Force XC Championships within the race.

Very nice facilities and hospitality was provided. Post-race tea, coffee cakes and scones as well as a souvenir bottle of Wrexham Beer to take home, made for an excellent afternoon!

We hope many North Wales runners will consider entering our following League fixtures. The next being just over the border in Spud Wood, Cheshire on 29 October. Details out soon.

Here are the results...

PCCL - Fixture #02 - North Wales - 17 October 2025 Colwyn Bay Police HQ Northern League
25B	25M	25F	First	Surname	Force	BIB	L	M/F	Vet	P2	S2	NWP
1	1		Jack	Pilkington	Cheshire	98	NL	M		1	100	27.32
2	2		Chris	Myles	North Wales	30	NL	M		2	99	27.49
3	3		Rob	Grantham	Cheshire	182	NL	M	V40	3	98	28.33
4	4		Jamie	McDaid	North Wales	123	NL	M		4	97	29.46
5	5		Nick	Jones	North Wales	105	NL	M	V40	5	96	30.35
6	6		Ben	Garnett	North Wales	101	NL	M		6	95	31.12
7	7		Craig	Jones	North Wales	104	NL	M	V50	7	94	31.51
8	8		Andrew	Manson	Cheshire	110	NL	M	V45	8	93	32.13
9		1	Eleanor	Ashcroft	North Wales	44	NL	F		1	100	32.14
10	9		Rob	Balfour	Cheshire	124	NL	M	V50	9	92	33.49
11	10		Dave	Clarke	GMP	131	NL	M		10	91	34.16
12	11		Paul	Doran	Merseyside	158	NL	M	V40	11	90	34.19
13	12		Alex	Davies	North Wales	193	NL	M	V45	12	89	35.55
14		2	Michelle	Farrell	North Wales	129	NL	F	V40	2	99	35.57
15	13		Simon	Banfield	Lancashire	31	NL	M	V50	13	88	36.11
16	14		Matt	McGuiness	Merseyside	10	NL	M	V40	14	87	37.01
17	15		Syd	Omar	Merseyside	115	NL	M	V50	15	86	37.25
18		3	Laura	Lawler	Lancashire	68	NL	F	V55	3	98	37.28
19	16		Dan	Riley	North Wales	73	NL	M		16	85	37.43
20		4	Betheny	Clarke	North Wales	128	NL	F		4	97	37.58
21	17		David	Edon	Cheshire	75	NL	M	V60	17	84	38.04
22	18		Lee	Owen	North Wales	192	NL	M	V40	18	83	38.32
23	19		Chris	Hargrave	North Wales	102	NL	M		19	82	38.40
24		5	Vicky	Kehoe	Cheshire	132	NL	F	V50	5	96	39.02
25	20		Roger	Wilson	North Wales	48	NL	M	V65	20	81	40.00
26	21		Kieran	Russell	North Wales	5	NL	M		21	80	40.12
27	22		Stuart	Goldsack	North Wales	57	NL	M	V40	22	79	40.52
28	23		Matt	Watts	North Wales	93	NL	M		23	78	41.19
29	24		Dave	Wilkinson	Lancashire	36	NL	M	V65	24	77	41.28
30	25		Mark	Dixon	North Wales	52	NL	M	V40	25	76	42.01
31		6	Jacqueline	Blight	Social Services	22	NL	F	V60	6	95	44.41
32	26		Iwan	Jones	North Wales	77	NL	M	V65	26	75	44.48
33		7	Adelina	Olaru	North Wales	61	NL	F		7	94	45.04
34	27		Steve	Broadbent	Lancashire	1	NL	M	V65	27	74	45.34
35		8	Suzi	Richmond	Merseyside	181	NL	F	V45	8	93	45.39
36		9	Emily	Michaels	North Wales	189	NL	F		9	92	45.40
37		10	Rachel	Peel	North Wales	35	NL	F		10	91	46.27
38		11	Jane	Brown	GMP	47	NL	F	V55	11	90	46.45
39	28		Andrew	Brown	West Yorkshire	26	NL	M	V70	28	73	49.15
40	29		James	Lloyd	North Wales	43	NL	M		29	72	49.45
41		12	Pam	Grant	North Wales	92	NL	F	V65	12	89	50.02
42		13	Heather	Mitchell	West Yorkshire	46	NL	F	V70	13	88	51.20
43		14	Clare	Foreman	North Wales	122	NL	F	V45	14	87	DNF
44		15	Hayley	Parkes	North Wales		NL	F		15	86	MAR
45		16	Charlie	Overthrow-Jones	North Wales		NL	F		16	86	MAR
46		17	Nia	Lister	North Wales		NL	F		17	86	MAR
47	30		Jim	O'Donnell	Civil Service	200	NL	M	V75	30	71	MAR
48	31		Phil	Corris	Lancashire	64	NL	M	V70	31	71	TIME

This Season - Snapshot Results 2025/2026 - All Fixtures - Click Here

Last Season - Snapshot Results 2024/2025 - All Fixtures - Click Here

This Season - Excel Tables 2025/26 Season - XC MSExcel - All tables

Last Season - Excel Tables 2024/25 Season - XC MSExcel - All tables

Excel Tables contain various worksheets containing detailed results data.

New Dates Set for 2025/2026 with all County venues confirmed

Fixtures start at 1.30pm on a Wednesday unless otherwise stated...

Fixture 1 – 1 October 2025 – Cleveland – Confirmed
Fixture 2 – Friday 17 October 2025 – North Wales – Confirmed
Fixture 3 – 29 October 2025 – Cheshire – Confirmed
Fixture 4 – 12 November 2025 – Cumbria – Confirmed
Fixture 5 – 26 November 2025 – South Yorkshire – Confirmed (North+Mids)
Fixture 6 – 10 December 2025 – Derbyshire – Confirmed (North+Mids)

Christmas Bonus Fixture:

Fixture 7 - Monday 29 December 2025 - Lancashire - Confirmed

2026

Fixture 8 – 7 January 2026 – Staffordshire – Confirmed (North+Mids)
Fixture 9 – 21 January 2026 - North Yorkshire – Confirmed
Fixture 10 – 11 February 2026 – Humberside – Confirmed
Fixture 11 – Friday 20 February 2026 – Merseyside – Confirmed

PSUK Nationals:

Fixture 12 – 4 March 2026 – GMP – PSUK National – Confirmed

Final Presentation Fixture:

Fixture 13 – 25 March 2026 – West Yorkshire - Confirmed

Further details of each venue will be added here two weeks prior to each fixture.

2025/26 Season League Race Entry Point

12 Fixtures - £20
Single Fixture - £5

Please enter using our secure BookitZone System. Cost includes your booking fee.

https://bookitzone.com/steve_broadbent/PkjFFX

NPCCL 2024/2025 Season

Final NPCCL Fixture - Leeds Stadium - West Yorkshire

Latest Results

NPCCL - Fixture #12 - West Yorkshire Wednesday 26 March 2025 - 1.30pm Combined Northern Police - Guest Club
24B	24M	24F	First	Surname	Force	BIB	L	M/F	Vet	WYKS
1	1		Robert	Sparkes	Humberside	116	NL	M		36.50
2	2		Paul	Jacklin	Cheshire	112	NL	M		42.31
3	3		Andy	Lakeland	South Yorkshire	80	NL	M		42.50
4		1	Kiara	Ellis	West Yorkshire	53	NL	F		43.22
5	4		Sam	Needham	Cheshire	71	NL	M		45.02
6	5		James	Pearson	North Yorkshire	23	NL	M	V45	46.12
7	6		Jack	Murphy	Humberside	32	NL	M		47.12
8		2	Janine	Fallon	Lancashire	37	NL	F	V45	47.25
9	7		Dave	Pearson	Lancashire	109	NL	M	V55	49.07
10		3	Maria	Dixon	South Yorkshire	55	NL	F		50.25
11	8		Gary	Whittaker	Humberside	86	NL	M		50.43
12	9		Liam	Tyson	West Yorkshire	113	NL	M	V40	51.09
13	10		David	Edon	Cheshire	75	NL	M	V55	51.43
14	11		John	Bradfield	West Yorkshire	184	NL	M	V55	52.00
15		4	Laura	Lawler	Lancashire	68	NL	F	V55	53.02
16	12		David	Cathersides	West Yorkshire	154	NL	M	V50	53.13
17	13		Carl	Dunne	South Yorkshire	30	NL	M	V50	53.44
18		5	Rachel	Darling-Love	Humberside	97	NL	F	V55	54.42
19	14		Carl	Horth	Humberside	85	NL	M	V40	55.55
20	15		Arran	Sayle	Lancashire	141	NL	M	V45	56.29
21	16		Dave	Wilkinson	Lancashire	36	NL	M	V65	57.03
22	17		Andy	James	Merseyside	185	NL	M	V40	58.21
23		6	Laura	Stipetic	Humberside	29	NL	F		58.53
24	18		Colin	Botham	Humberside	147	NL	M	V55	60.32
25		7	Louise	Burnett	Humberside	191	NL	F	V55	61.37
26	19		Steve	Broadbent	Lancashire	1	NL	M	V65	63.24
27		8	Jacqueline	Blight	Social Services	22	NL	F	V60	66.13
28		9	Karen	Scott	Humberside	104	NL	F	V50	66.42
29		10	Samantha	Murtagh	City of Hull	5	GC	F	V40	69.25
30		11	Christine	Hemingway	City of Hull	52	GC	F	V40	72.30
31		12	Heather	Mitchell	West Yorkshire	46	NL	F	V70	76.08
32	20		Dave	Watkinson	Lancashire	100	NL	M	V70	76.53
33	21		Rob	Balfour	Cheshire	124	NL	M	V50	DNF
34		13	Anna	Sykes	West Yorkshire	14	NL	F	V45	MAR
35	22		Jim	O'Donnell	Civil Service	200	NL	M	V75	MAR
36	23		Carl	Quinn	West Yorkshire	79	NL	M	V50	ORG
37		14	Sue	Harrison	Lancashire	3	NL	F	V70	TIM
38	24		Andrew	Brown	West Yorkshire	26	NL	M	V70	TIM

Snapshot Results and Race Reports 2024/2025 - All Fixtures - Click Here

Participating Northern Police Forces

Cheshire

Cleveland

Cumbria

Durham

GMP

Humberside

Lancashire

Lincolnshire

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 £4 on-line or 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