National News - Janruary 2003

Radcliffe fronts anti-doping campaign 31/01
British athletics star Paula Radcliffe is heading a new campaign against doping.

XCountry : English Territorial and Scottish 4km Cross Country Championships 27/01
Here are all the 1-2-3s in the Midlands Cross Country Championships at Alton Towers theme park, North of England Cross Country Championships in Manchester’s Heaton Park, South of England Cross Country Championships at Bicton College, Exmoor on Saturday 25 January and Scottish Athletics 4km Cross Country Championships at Bellahouston Park on Sunday 26 January. [ more ]

XCountry : Star Pair Lead Juniors Home : 26/01
Great Britain and Northern Ireland juniors scored a solid victory ahead of Portugal and Spain in their annual cross country match in Lisbon.
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XCountry : Tourcoing, France Charlotte Dale an outstanding 4th in Women's race 26/01

Track : ABSA series South Africa Fri 24th 1000m James McIlroy 3rd 2:21.66

Athletics Correspondents get the UK Athletics Stories 24/01
UK Athletics Performance Director Max JONES and other members of the Performance department gave full briefings to a group of UK athletics correspondents on Wednesday 22 January.

Coe calls for probe into doping coaches 22/01
ATHENS (Reuters) - Twice Olympic 1,500 metres champion Sebastian Coe has called for an investigation into the coaches of athletes who fail drug tests.

"We have a responsibility to look forensically at the chain of custody and establish the credentials of the coach," the former MP told an anti-doping seminar. [ more ]

XCountry : Weekend Cross Country Action 20/01
Ryan McLEOD (Elswick Harriers) scored a surprise victory in the XXI Cross Internacional De Italica in Seville on Sunday 19 January. He broke away with a kilometre of the 6.6km race remaining to win in a time of 21:11...

The other members of the England Team Matthew BARNES-SMITH (Ipswich Harriers) and Chris LAMB (Chester-le-Street AC) were fifth in 21:52 and seventh in 22:11 respectively.

The Junior Women’s 4km race was won by Aine HOBAN (Wakefield Harriers) 57 seconds ahead of second place, in a time of 13:40. . [ more]

XCountry : Essex - Triple team victories 17/01
Completing their Essex league fixtures for the season at the Stubbens Outdoor Pursuit Centre at Upminster on Saturday, Chelmsford Athletics Club claimed three team victories... [ more]

XCountry : UK Team - Spencer Barden aims to make team 15/01
Spencer BARDEN (Belgrave Harriers)sets his sights on a place in the Norwich Union Great Britain & Northern Ireland team for the 12km race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 30 March. . [ more]

XCountry : Wales - Euro x-country for Cardiff? 15/01
Top Welsh promoter Graham Finlayson wants Cardiff to host the annual European Clubs Cross Country Championships.. [ more]

XCountry : Greater Manchester - Harriers athletes win county honours 14/01
FIVE Leigh Harriers stars have won county honours following their performances in the Greater Manchester cross country championships. [ more]

Olympic Bid : London - Who thinks what 14/01
Views from inside sport about a possible British bid to host the 2012 Olympics. [ more]

World Cross Country Championships Opportunities for UK Athletes 14/01
In an era when a decreasing number of nations field full teams of 36 athletes for the highest quality six race programme in the athletics calendar, quality is of paramount importance. So the selection criteria devised by UK Athletics this winter offer athletes more pathways than has been the case in recent years to show their credentials whilst preparing effectively for the World Championships. [ more ]

XCountry : Martin Smarting Over Reduced Team 13/01
Former Flora London Marathon champion Eamonn Martin is adamant full size British teams should be sent to this year's IAAF World Cross Country Championships. [ more ]

Road Running : Bay to Bay 30K Cape Town South Africa 11/01
Dave Taylor of Blackheath 12th in 1:44.45