Winners South Essex XC League Div 1 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018
Essex U17 Men's XC Champions 2013-2014
We compete in two Cross Country Leagues:
Essex Cross Country League (Saturday) and the South Essex Cross Country League (Sunday)
All members are invited to come and race for the club in both leagues and enjoy racing throughout the winter season. You will compete not for times but for positions racing against members of other clubs in the leagues. You’ll also be rewarded for both performance and attendance in our own XC points League (see below).
- Saturday 11th October 2025: Essex Relays at Hylands Park, Chelmsford,
- Saturday 25th October 2025: Essex League #1 at One Tree Hill, hosted by Thurrock Harriers and Pitsea Running Club,
- Saturday 8th November 2025: Essex League #2 at Hainult, hosted by Ilford AC,
- Saturday 22nd November 2025: Essex League #3 at Hadleigh Country Park, hosted by Leigh-On-Sea Striders & SSAthletics
- Saturday 13th December 2025: Essex Vets Champs at Epping Forest, Chingford,
- Saturday 3rd January 2026: Essex Champs at Gloucester Park, Basildon
- Saturday 10th January 2026: Essex League #4 at Hilly Fields, hosted by Colchester Harriers AC and Colchester & Tendring AC,
- Saturday 7th February 2026: Essex League #5 at Gloucester Park, hosted bh Basildon AC, Billericay Striders and City of Southend AC
South Essex Fixtures:
- South Essex #1 at Hadleigh Country Park, hosted by Benfleet Running Club – Sun 2nd November 2025 – MARSHALLS NEEDED
- South Essex #2 at Hockley Woods, hosted by Hockley Trail Runners – Sun 30th November 2025
- South Essex #3 at Hadleigh Country Park, hosted by Leigh Striders – Sun 28th December 2025
- South Essex #4 at Nuclear Bunker, hosted by Nuclear Races – Sun 25th January 2026
- South Essex #5 at One Tree Hill, hosted by Pitsea – Sun 1st February 2026
- Vet Qualification on age at 1st race
- Male Open 1st – 3rd
- Male V40+ 1st – 3rd
- Female Open 1st – 3rd
- Female V35+ 1st – 3rd
BENFLEET CROSS COUNTRY POINTS COMPETITION
Aside from having a chance of being in a winning team for Benfleet, with the new points competition you also stand a chance of winning an award for your individual efforts ranked against your clubmates.
How it works:
BRC Competes in two cross country leagues over the season.
On Sunday’s there will be 5 South Essex XC races.
On Saturday’s there will be 5 Essex League XC races.
There will also be a one off Essex Championship race.
You will score points by running in any of these 11 races.
Points will awarded as follows:
Men’s table: 1st Benfleet man 20pts, 2nd 19pts, 3rd 18pts, and so on down to 1pt for 20th and below, everyone that turns up will score at least 1pt. (in reality you will most likely score more!)
Women’s table: As above however the 1st will get 12pts, 2nd 11pts etc, down to 1for 12th and below. Again everyone that races will score.
The winning man and woman will have the most points at the end of the season and will be crowned our cross country points champions.
There will also be awards for 2nd/3rd (silver) and 4th/5th/6th/7th (Bronze) positions.
You will be able to keep track of your progress via updated league tables after every race, online and at the club.
Notes: Points will not be awarded for the relays or Vets races, members who marshal our own race will score points for the race equivalent to their best score so far in the Sunday league. If they haven’t yet run they will score double pts at the next Sunday race (only).
In the event of a tie, positions will be decided on participation, the runner having completed the most events will win. If still level the runner having finished highest in the last race of the season will take precedence, if neither races the last race both participated in shall replace “last race”.
