
After a summer that saw the weather have a significant impact on the grass
roots cricket schedule, there hasn’t been much let up during the autumn.
Multiple football matches have already been called off due to waterlogged
pitches and even cross country running has been affected.
Trees brought
down onto the course by a named storm recently caused a fixture in the North
East Harrier League to be cancelled. It’s unusual for bad weather to disrupt
cross country athletics.
In fact, running in awful conditions is one of the key
characteristics of the sport, as demonstrated in 2015 when the North Eastern
Counties Cross County Championships were held in a blizzard in East Park.
Those who were there on that December day will never forget it, and will soon
have an opportunity to take part in or watch an even bigger cross country
event in the park early next year. Read more about that below…