Southern Cross Country League (SXCL)

The league was formerly the Hampshire Division of the Today’s Runner Winter League, also commonly known as the Today’s Runner Cross Country League (TRXCL).

The races are on Sundays unless stated, about once per month from November through until February or March. All races start at 11 am.

All races qualify for participating Farnham Runners towards their annual Grand Prix points total for their respective calendar year unless indicated.

All runners must wear a club vest.

For further information including rules, fixture details and locations see the Southern Cross Country League website.

Races for 2025-26 season

Date	Host club	Venue
2nd Nov 2025	Basingstoke & MH AC	Benyons Inclosure
23rd Nov 2025	Farnham Runners	Bourne Woods
(TBC) Dec 2025	Hart Road Runners	Lord Wandsworth College
18th Jan 2026	Alton Runners	Chawton House
1st March 2026	Farnham Runners	Alice Holt Forest
8th March 2026	Fareham Running Club	Hundred Acres Wood

TBC: Fixtures, dates and location details to be confirmed

Press releases for 2024-25 season

About the league

Courses are a mixture of woodland trails and parkland and are usually not usually more than 5 miles in length.

Men and women compete in the same race with the first 4 men and first 4 women from each club scoring points. All abilities take part and even non-scorers can affect the result by getting ahead of scorers from other clubs.

Racing in this league is more about friendly competition and making sure everyone enjoys the events. One feature of this friendly atmosphere is that each host club provides refreshments after each event while the results are prepared and presented.

Note that men who have run faster than 5:30 minutes per mile pace and women who have run faster than 6:00 minutes per mile pace in a measured road race of 5 miles or more in the twelve months prior to the first race of the season are ineligible for any race in this league. This converts to 10k times of 34:11 – men and 37:17 – ladies.