National Prep School
Cross-Country Championships

• Registration: The designated teacher MUST register teams at the Gryphon Room. Each school will be provided with a registration time to register runners.  Please ensure that you register runners at the time provided.  Any queries regarding your schools registration should be directed to Nicky Seed via npscc@malverncollege.org.uk 
  • Two members of staff should accompany each school as it is essential that one be at the start and the other at the finish in case runners become injured, unwell or lost.
  • In the event of lost children or lost property, please contact the Reception in the foyer of the Sports Complex. The phone number is 01684 581681.
• Course descriptions: The new course begins with a loop around The Junior cricket pitch, before a short, sharp climb onto The Senior – the heart of Malvern’s beautiful campus. From The Senior, runners turn uphill to the top of the course, where Under 13 runners have an additional descent and climb to test the strongest runners. The course then heads downhill back onto The Senior, past the finish line and back towards the Start area. A second additional section for Under 13s completes the first lap, before runners repeat the course for a second time.
• Footwear: Any sections where runners must cross tarmac paths will be covered in woodchip, so spikes are the recommended shoes for athletes. The course may be muddy in sections, and the steeper sections of the course can get slippery in wet conditions, so spikes would be the ideal footwear. All competitors should make every effort to wear appropriate footwear.

If you become ‘lost’ from your school, please find a marshal which will be a member of staff from Malvern College who will help you to find your school and team.

Marshals will be wearing a high vis jacket and will have green lanyards. Marshals are distributed across the major sections of the course and campus. On finding a staff member, they will inform our staff at our main registration area in The Grub. There is an announcer here on the day and they will announce your school name so that we can link you back to your school group.

Similarly, school leads please note – if you cannot locate a runner from your school please contact a member of Malvern College staff urgently. The main contact number for emergencies on the day is listed below:

Emergency Contact Information

If you need to send an urgent message or require additional information prior the event and on the day please email npscc@malverncollege.org.uk / nicola.seed@malverncollege.org.uk or in
the event of an emergency please use the mobile number for Mr Mark Hardinges, Director of Sport: 07971 837180

U11 Races

• 2 main laps, 2700m
• START > ABCDFGHIJL > ABCDFGHI > FINISH

U13 Races

• 2 extended laps, 3000m
• START > ADCDEFGHIJKL > ABCDEFGHI > FINISH

This information is also available in a downloadable PDF

Time My Race will be recording all results and will be located by The Grub. Following the event, results will be posted on their website: Time My Race – Nationwide UK Race Chip Timing Services

The presentations will take place at 3:15PM outside the Pavilion. Awards will be made to the first three individuals in each race. In addition, the first three teams in each race plus the first placed ‘small school’ will receive a trophy.

NB. Team positions will be calculated using the best three runners from the four who take part in that race.