A: Grange, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Ireland | E: info@mullingarharriers.com

Is this the end of cross country for 2020? (11th Oct)

 

Is this the end of cross country for 2020?

Enjoying a fine sunny morning for training in Belvedere on Sunday 11th October, on what should have been Day 2 of the Westmeath Cross Country, it was hard not to ponder if we’ve seen the last of cross country competition this side of Christmas. On Tuesday 6th October, the Country moved to Level 3 of the Plan for Living with Covid-19 for at least three weeks, during which no athletics competitions can take place, so we can’t hold Day 2 of the Westmeath Cross Country and the Leinster Cross Country scheduled for the October Bank Holiday weekend cannot be held either. If we manage to return to Level 2 as planned after the Bank Holiday, and that’s a very big if, we hope to hold Day 2 on Sunday 1st November and the Leinsters have been pushed out a week and re-scheduled for Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th November. Together with the change in date, the Leinster programme has also been changed, and instead of the Novice with the Junior and Juvenile Even Ages, the Seniors will be held with the Junior and Juvenile Even Ages instead, to align with the programme for the first National Cross Country for Senior, Junior and Juvenile Even Ages, assuming that competition can go ahead. For now, training continues at the Club grounds during the week and in Belvedere at the weekend under strict Covid-19 guidelines.