National Crosscountry Champions (AAA) for England
Men (120 runnings)
10 Mar 2007 Sunderland 37:31 12.0 km Frank Tickner
25 Feb 2006 London 38:53 12.0 km Peter Riley
19 Feb 2005 Birmingham 37:53 12.0 km Glynn Tromans-3
21 Feb 2004 Leeds 41:24 12.0 km Glynn Tromans-2
22 Feb 2003 London 41:54 12.0 km Matthew Smith
23 Feb 2002 Ashton 39:26 12.0 km Samuel Haughian
24 Feb 2001 Durham 36:52 12.0 km Michael Openshaw
26 Feb 2000 Stowe 40:19 12.0 km Glynn Tromans
13 Mar 1999 Newark 38:32 12.0 km Justin Pugsley
14 Mar 1998 Leeds 44:45 14.2 km Dominic Bannister
08 Mar 1997 Havant 45:53 14.5 km Steffan White
09 Mar 1996 Newark 40:35 14.0 km John Nuttall
11 Mar 1995 Luton 42:35 14.5 km Spencer Duval
12 Mar 1994 South Shields 42:35 14.5 km David Lewis-3
27 Feb 1993 London 42:52 14.5 km Richard Nerurkar-3
29 Feb 1992 Newark 40:29 13.9 km Eamonn Martin-2
23 Feb 1991 Luton 43:11 14.5 km Richard Nerurkar-2
24 Feb 1990 Leeds 44:56 14.5 km Richard Nerurkar
25 Feb 1989 Epsom 44:26 14.5 km David Lewis-2
20 Feb 1988 Newark 44:14 14.5 km David Robert Clarke-3
21 Feb 1987 Luton 47:05 14.5 km David Robert Clarke-2
01 Mar 1986 Newark 47:25 14.5 km Tim Hutchings-2
02 Mar 1985 Milton Keynes 44:30 14.5 km David Lewis
03 Mar 1984 Newark 41:50 14.5 km Eamonn Martin
05 Mar 1983 Luton 37:28 12.0 km Tim Hutchings
06 Mar 1982 Leeds 42:19 14.5 km David Robert Clarke
07 Mar 1981 London 44:39 14.5 km Julian Goater
23 Feb 1980 Leicester 45:15 14.5 km Nick Rose
03 Mar 1979 Luton 47:10 14.0 km Michael McLeod
04 Mar 1978 Leeds 41:34 14.0 km Bernard Ford-2
05 Mar 1977 London 43:49 14.0 km Brendan Foster
13 Mar 1976 Leicester 43:26 Bernard Ford
02 Mar 1975 Luton 46:24 14.5 km Anthony Simmons
02 Mar 1974 Sheffield 47:42 14.5 km David Black
03 Mar 1973 London 43:55 14.5 km David Bedford-2
04 Mar 1972 Sutton Coldfield 47:27 Malcolm Thomas
06 Mar 1971 Norwich 47:04 David Bedford
28 Feb 1970 Blackpool 42:48 Trevor Wright
08 Mar 1969 London 47:47 Michael Tagg
02 Mar 1968 Sutton Coldfield 43:55 Ronald Hill-2
04 Mar 1967 Norwich 44:12 Dick Taylor
05 Mar 1966 Sheffield 46:21 Ronald Hill
06 Mar 1965 London 44:27 14.5 km Melvyn Batty-2
29 Feb 1964 Leicester 46:34 14.5 km Melvyn Batty
02 Mar 1963 Cambridge 50:25 14.5 km Basil Heatley-3
10 Mar 1962 Blackpool 46:50 14.5 km Gerald North
11 Mar 1961 London 48:24 15.1 km Basil Heatley-2
12 Mar 1960 West Bromwich 45:15 14.5 km Basil Heatley
07 Mar 1959 Peterborough 46:57 14.5 km Fred Norris
08 Mar 1958 Birkenhead 48:51 14.5 km Alan Perkins
09 Mar 1957 London 50:24 Frank Sando
03 Mar 1956 Warwick 48:11 14.5 km Kenneth Norris
1955 RAF Cardington n/a Gordon Pirie-3
1954 Birkenhead n/a Gordon Pirie-2
1953 Reading n/a Gordon Pirie
1952 Birmingham n/a Walter Hesketh
1951 Richmond n/a Frank Aaron-3
1950 Aylesbury n/a Frank Aaron-2
1949 Birmingham n/a Frank Aaron
1948 Sheffield n/a Sydney Wooderson
1947 Apsley n/a Archie Robertson
1946 Leamington n/a Jack Holden-3
....
1939 Worsley n/a Jack Holden-2
1938 Reading n/a Jack Holden
1937 Stratford-upon-Avon n/a Herbert Clark
1936 Alderley Edge n/a John Potts-2
1935 Beaconsfield n/a Frank Close
1934 Wombourne n/a Sam Dodds
1933 Alderley Edge n/a Thomas Evenson
1932 Wolverton n/a J Alec Burns
1931 Kettering n/a John Potts
1930 Sheffield n/a Walter B Howard
1929 Beaconsfield n/a Ernest Harper-2
1928 Leamington n/a Jack Webster-2
1927 Crewe n/a Ernest Harper
1926 Wolverton n/a Jack Webster
1925 Hereford n/a Joe Cotterell-2
1924 Doncaster n/a Joe Cotterell
1923 Beaconsfield n/a Charles Blewitt
1922 Hereford n/a Harry Eckersley*
1921 Doncaster n/a Walter Freeman
1920 Windsor n/a Charles Clibbon*
....
1914 Chesham n/a Charles Ruffell
1913 Wolverhampton n/a Ernest Glover
1912 Haydock n/a Fred Hibbins-2
1911 Taplow n/a Fred Hibbins
1910 Derby n/a Fred Neaves
1909 Haydock n/a James Murphy (IRL)
1908 Newbury n/a Arthur J Robertson
1907 Colwell Park n/a George Pearce
1906 Haydock n/a Charles Straw
1905 Lingfield n/a Alfred Aldridge
1904 Wolverhampton n/a Alfred Shrubb-4
1903 Haydock n/a Alfred Shrubb-3
1902 Lingfield n/a Alfred Shrubb-2
1901 Leicester n/a Alfred Shrubb
1900 Rotherham n/a Charles Bennett-2
1899 Wembley n/a Charles Bennett
1898 Horton n/a Sydney Robinson-2
1897 Manchester n/a Sydney Robinson
1896 Water Orton n/a George Crossland-2
1895 Wembley n/a Steve Cottrill
1894 Blackpool n/a George Crossland
1893 Redditch n/a Herbert Heath-2
1892 Ockham n/a Herbert Heath
1891 Rock Ferry n/a James Kibblewhite
1890 Sutton Coldfield n/a Edward Parry-3
1889 Kempton n/a Edward Parry-2
1888 Manchester n/a Edward Parry
1887 Sutton Coldfield n/a J E Hickman-2
06 Mar 1886 Croydon n/a J E Hickman
1885 Manchester n/a Walter Snook
1884 Sutton Coldfield n/a Walter George-2
1883 Roehampton n/a George Dunning-2
1882 Roehampton n/a Walter George
1881 Roehampton n/a George Dunning
1880 Roehampton n/a Percy Stenning-4
1879 Roehampton n/a Percy Stenning-3
1878 Roehampton n/a Percy Stenning-2
1877 Roehampton n/a 18.1 km Percy Stenning
Note: These championships were typically "open" to non-English runners and the winner of some races was not the champion. These exceptions are:
1973 => Rod Dixon (NZL)
1922 => J Guillemot (FRA)
1920 => J Guillemot (FRA)
Note: A championship was held in 1876 but the results were declared void when all runners went off course.
Women (75 runnings)
10 Mar 2007 Sunderland 28:56 9.2 km Elizabeth Yelling-Talbot-3
25 Feb 2006 London 32:12 8.0 km Lizzie Hall
19 Feb 2005 Birmingham 28:21 8.0 km Hayley Yelling-2
21 Feb 2004 Leeds 32:28 8.0 km Birhan Dagne
22 Feb 2003 London 32:18 8.0 km Hayley Yelling
23 Feb 2002 Bristol 27:36 8.0 km Elizabeth Yelling-Talbot-2
24 Feb 2001 Durham 28:08 8.0 km Elizabeth Yelling-Talbot
26 Feb 2000 Stowe 27:21 8.0 km Tara Krzywicki
13 Mar 1999 Newark 29:33 8.0 km Angela Newport
14 Mar 1998 Leeds 28:59 8.0 km Mara Myers
08 Mar 1997 Havant 21:07 6.0 km Andrea Whitcombe-3
09 Mar 1996 Newark 21:59 6.0 km Alison Wyeth*
11 Mar 1995 Luton 19:55 5.6 km Katy McCandless (USA)
13 Feb 1994 Blackburn 20:51 6.0 km Paula Radcliffe
27 Feb 1993 Luton 19:53 5.7 km Gillian Stacey
15 Feb 1992 Cheltenham 19:49 6.0 km Lisa York
23 Feb 1991 Birkenhead 19:55 6.0 km Andrea Whitcombe-2
17 Feb 1990 Rickmansworth 19:03 5.8 km Andrea Whitcombe
18 Feb 1989 Birmingham 23:58 6.0 km Angela Hulley-Pain
13 Feb 1988 Leeds 20:57 Helen Titterington
14 Feb 1987 Buxley 21:03 6.0 km Jane Shields-Furniss-2
15 Feb 1986 Leicester 15:06 5.0 km Carole Bradford
16 Feb 1985 Birkenhead 18:25 5.0 km Angela Tooby
18 Feb 1984 Knebworth 16:35 4.9 km Jane Shields-Furniss
26 Feb 1983 Warwick 21:35 Chris Benning-Tranter-2
20 Feb 1982 Carlisle 20:20 Paula Fudge-Yeoman
28 Feb 1981 Colchester 22:09 Wendy Smith-Sly
1980 Rugeley 21:50 Ruth Smeeth
1979 Runcorn 18:00 Kathryn Binns
25 Feb 1978 High Wycombe 18:32 5.2 km Mary Stewart (SCO)
26 Feb 1977 Stoke-on-Trent 20:16 5.1 km Glynis Penny-Goodburn
31 Jan 1976 Blackburn 17:23 Ann Ford-Yeoman
22 Feb 1975 London 18:35 Chris Benning-Tranter
23 Feb 1974 Leicester 20:03 Rita Ridley-Lincoln-5
24 Feb 1973 Rawtenstall 22:10 5.3 km Joyce Byatt-Smith-3
26 Feb 1972 High Wycombe 19:15 5.5 km Rita Ridley-Lincoln-4
27 Feb 1971 Wolverhampton 18:43 Rita Ridley-Lincoln-3
28 Feb 1970 Blackburn 21:01 5.6 km Rita Ridley-Lincoln-2
22 Feb 1969 Aldershot 22:05 5.6 km Rita Ridley-Lincoln
24 Feb 1968 Coventry 21:26 5.4 km Pam Davies-4
25 Feb 1967 Blackburn 21:34 5.6 km Pam Davies-3
1966 Oxhey 19:38 Pam Davies-2
1965 Quinton 23:51 Pam Davies
1964 Bury 19:43 Madeleine Ibbotson-2
1963 Richmond 19:20 Madeleine Ibbotson
1962 Cambridge 20:07 Roma Ashby-3
04 Mar 1961 Shefield 22:51 5.6 km Roma Ashby-2
1960 Morden 15:22 Joyce Byatt-Smith-2
1959 Birmingham n/a Joyce Byatt-Smith
1958 Winton n/a Roma Ashby
1957 Enfield n/a June Bridgland
1956 Sutton Coldfield n/a Diane Leather-4
1955 Leeds n/a Diane Leather-3
1954 Aylesbury n/a Diane Leather-2
1953 Woodgate n/a Diane Leather
1952 Birmingham n/a Phyllis Green-2
1951 Tadcaster n/a Phyllis Green
1950 London n/a Avery Gibson
1949 Worsley n/a E Johnson
1948 Sutton Coldfield Ivy Kibbler
1947 Oxford n/a Ruby Wright
1946 Cheltenham n/a Patricia Sandall
....
1939 Rugby n/a Evelyn Forster-2
1938 Luton n/a Evelyn Forster
1937 Birmingham n/a Lilian Styles-6
1936 Ilford n/a Nellie Halstead-2
1935 Birmingham n/a Nellie Halstead
1934 Kettering n/a Lilian Styles-5
1933 Warwick n/a Lilian Styles-4
1932 Coventry n/a Gladys Lunn-2
1931 Epsom n/a Gladys Lunn
1930 Wolverton n/a Lilian Styles-3
1929 Perivale n/a Lilian Styles-2
1928 Chigwell Row n/a Lilian Styles
1927 Luton n/a Anne M Williams
Note: These championships were typically "open" to non-English runners and the winner of some races was not the champion. One (known) exception is:
1996 => Nnenna Lynch (USA)
Note: Distances are those reported; the accuracy of the race distances is not known.
Most Titles
(1877-date)
Men
4
Percy Stenning
1877-80
.
Alfred Shrubb
1901-04
Women
6
Lilian Styles
1928-30,1933-34
Last Updated on 13 Mar 2007
Contributors: Andy Milroy, Ian Champion, Maurice Wilson (50), Paul Michiels (2), Tony Barbat