Sydney West Metropolitan Cross Country
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This is a cross-country series in the Sydney Metro area, that has been a staple of the Athletics NSW club scene for some years, so most affiliated athletes get the race details via the West Met Series Handbook (available for $2 at each event). There is no series website, and this page has been put together by keen runners that are keen to encourage others to attend the events.
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Contact
To contact the series organiser call Merv Lee-Archer on phone/fax (02) 9858-1671. Please let us know via the CoolRunning Helpdesk any information missing from this page, so we can add it for everyone to benefit from.
Briefing
Athletes interested in distance running of all ages and irrespective of club membership are welcome to compete in any of the West Met events. The purpose of the events is to cater for regular competitors who use the competition as part of their training for the NSW Championships or the summer track season. New competitors are welcome and social runners are also encouraged to enjoy the sport. Competitors must be registered with an Athletics NSW affiliated club or a Little Aths NSW Centre in order to be covered for personal accident insurance.
You don't have to be an affiliated club member to run the race the first time, you can officialy run a trial.
Starting Times & Distances
On each afternoon, the first event is the shorter (1.5km-3km) and begins at 2pm. The medium distance event (3km-5km) begins at 2:25pm while the longer distance (7km-12lm) will begin at 3pm. When entering at the start of the season, runners should indicate which division (short, medium, or long) that they wish to score points for. Runners can use the Short event as a warm-up for the medum or long etc (as long as they pay for each event).
Entry Fees
$2 per entrant payable on the afternoon of competition or $20 for the full season of 16 afternoons. $2 per entrant entitles you to compete in all events that day if desired.
Age Divisions
Competition age is the age the runner will be at 31st December 2007 for the purpose of points scoring. Divisions are:
- Under 10s
- Under 12s
- Under 14s
- Under 16s
- Under 20s
- Seniors 20-29
- Pre-vets 30-39
- Veterans 40-49
- Masters 50-59
- Golden Oldies 60 years+
There is no minimum age, but suspect that kids under 5 years might be too young. There seems to be a few 5 or 6 year olds running.
Point Scores & Awards
To be eligible for awards, competitors must have finished in at least 8 afternoons in the age division. The main objective of the West Met Series is to encourage as large as possible participation, to enjoy winter competition for serious championship aspirants and to encourage track competitors to use the events as conditioning for the summer season. If good fellow and friendship can be formed by this regular competition then the desire achievement will be fulfilled. A competitor may run more than one event on an afternoon but can only nominate only one event to score points from.
Points will be awarded for places based on the actual times in each of the events in the nominated division as follows: 1st=10 points, 2nd=9 points down to 9th= 2 points. All other runners receive 1 point.
Course Ratings
- A flat relatively fast course
- Flat course with slight rises
- Undulating course with slight hills
- A hard course with large and steep inclines
- A difficult course with large and steep inclines
Winter Season 2008
- Race 1 - 29-Mar Sat West Met Haberfield Richard Murden Res.2k 2.00pm,3k-2.20pm 8k-3.
- Race 2 - 5-Apr Sat West Met Concord Queen Elizabeth Park
- Race 3 - 12-Apr Sat West Met Rydalmere North Bank Parramatta River
- Race 4 - 19-Apr Sat West Met Smithfield Rosford Reserve
- Other - 20-Apr Sun Mountain Running Champs TBA
- ANSW - 26-Apr Sat Novice XC Champs Scarborough PaRK
- ANSW - 3-May Sat Road Champs SOPAC
- Race 5 - 10-May Sat West Met Ermington George Kendall River Res.
- Other - 10-May Sat Aust Mountain Champs Canberra ACT
- Race 6 - 17-May Sat West Met Winston Hills Col Sutton Park
- ANSW - 18-May Sun Half Marathon Sydney CBD
- Race 7 - 24-May Sat West Met Dundas Upjohn Park
- ANSW - 25-May Sun NSW Team Walks TBA
- ANSW - 31-May Sat X Country Relays Miranda Park
- Race 8 - 7-Jun Sat West Met Nth Ryde Ryde Common Macquarie Hospital
- Race 9 - 14-Jun Sat West Met Baulkham Hills Crestwood Res.
- ANSW - 21-Jun Sat Long CXC Champs Nowra
- Race 10 - 28-Jun Sat West Met Prospect Prospect Reservoir
- ANSW 11 - 29-Jun Sun NSW Short Walks TBA
- Race 12 - 5-Jun Sat West Met Emu Plains River Rd Res.
- Race 13 - 12-Jun Sat West Met Ermington Cowells Lane Res.
- ANSW - 19-Jul Sat Short C XC Champ West Sydney Reg Park
- Race 14 - 26-Jul Sat West Met Greystanes Gipps Road Sporting Comp
- ANSW - 27-Jul Sun NSW Long Walks TBA
- ANSW - 2-Aug Sat Road Relay Champs Wollongong
- Other - 10-Aug Sun City to Surf Sydney CBD
- Race 15 - 16-Aug Sat West Met Meadowbank Meadowbank Memorial Park
- Race 16 - 23-Aug Sat West Met Enfield Ford Park
- Race 17 - 30-Aug Sat Trevor Lonard Memorial Prospect Reservoir
- Other - 6-Sep Sat Trophies Presentation West Auburn Chiswick Road
- ANSW - 22-Sep Sun NSW Marathon Champs Sydney CBD
