Points

1. Cross Challenge points will be awarded to those athletes competing in the Senior and Under 20 Men’s and Women’s races, held at the UK Athletics Cross Challenge events in Cardiff, Liverpool, London & Nottingham.

2. Cross Challenge points will be awarded to those athletes competing in the Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 Boys and Girls races, held at the UK Athletics Cross Challenge events in Cardiff, Liverpool, London & Nottingham.

3. Senior Men and Senior Women will score 50 points for 1st place, down to 1 point for 50th place. Junior Men and Junior Women will score 25 points for 1st place down to 1 point for 25th place. The U13, U15, and U17 age groups will score 25 points for 1st place down to 1 point for 25th place.

Points and Awards Eligibility

1. Only UK athletes are allowed to score Cross Challenge points and win UK Athletics Cross Challenge awards. Additional awards may be offered by individual race organisers. When non-UK athletes are competing, their position in the race is to be disregarded when calculating Cross Challenge points allocated to UK finishers.

Eligible UK athletes must meet the following criteria:

a. They must be first claim members of a UK Club.
b. They must have been resident in the UK for at least two years.
c. They must be in the process of applying for a UK passport.
d. They must be available for Great Britain and N Ireland team selection.

2. To be eligible for overall Series awards, Senior and Junior athletes must run in at least two of the four races being held in the series. Each athlete’s scores from races competed in will determine the overall placing.

3. For U13, U15 and U17 athletes to be eligible for overall series awards, they must compete in two of the four races being held in the series. Each athlete’s scores from races competed in will determine the overall placing.

4. If two or more athletes have the same points total at the culmination of the series, their overall Cross Challenge positions will be decided by count back of placement finishes during the series.

Awards & Payments

1. Event series Prize money is awarded to the first three Seniors and the first three Juniors at races at all 4 races. Payment will be made BACS transfer from UK Athletics within 60 days of receipt of the Prize form from the relevant athlete, who must provide their home address and email address when returning their completed form. Completed forms may be sent by e-mail to UK Athletics.

2. Event Prize Voucher awards will be awarded to the first three athletes in each of the U13, U15 and U17 age groups at all 4 races and will be presented on the day.

3. Para Events Medals will be awarded to the first three Male & Female athletes at Liverpool & Nottingham. Medals will be presented on the day.

4. Overall Series UK Athletics Cross Challenge Trophies will be presented to the first three athletes in each of the U13, U15, U17, Junior & Senior age group. These awards will be presented to the athlete on the day or posted to the athlete by UK Athletics after the last event.

5. UK Championships Medals will be presented to the first three seniors at Nottingham.  These awards will be presented to the athlete on the day.

Age Groups

1. All Under 20 (Junior) and Senior events in the Series must be run according to World Athletics age groups. In particular, this is relevant to Under 20 athletes (Junior), who will compete according to World Athletics eligibility. This means for example, that where an athlete is 20 at any point in the year of competition, he or she must compete in the Senior events.

2. Athletes who are World Athletics Juniors (Under 20) in 2025, but become Senior’s in 2026, are eligible to compete in UK Athletics Under 20 races in 2025 and win any awards due. However, they will not be eligible for the overall series awards offered to Under 20 athletes.

3. Athletes who are World Athletics Juniors (Under 20) in 2025, but become Senior’s in 2026, may compete in Senior races in 2025 if they so choose, and would therefore remain eligible for overall Senior Awards

Championship Races

1. The European Trials for Short Course Relay will be incorporated into the UK Athletics Cross Challenge event in Cardiff on the 8 November 2025.

2. The European Trials for Senior, Under 23 and Junior athletes, will be incorporated into the UK Athletics Cross Challenge event in Liverpool on the 22 November 2025.

The UK Championships for Seniors will be incorporated into the UK Athletics Cross Challenge event in Nottingham on the 7 March 2026.