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 2026-27 season

Date	Host club	Venue
25th October 2026	Basingstoke & MH AC	Benyons Inclosure
22nd November 2026	Farnham Runners	Alice Holt Forest
13th December 2026	Hart Road Runners	Lord Wandsworth College
3rd January 2027	Fareham Running Club	Alver Valley
17th January 2027	Alton Runners	Chawton House
24th January 2027	Haslemere Borders	Highfield School
28th February 2027	Farnham Runners	Bourne Woods

Press releases for 2025-26 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.