National Crosscountry Champions (AAA) for England
Men (130 runnings)
11 Mar 2017 Loughborough 37:50 12 km Andrew Vernon-2
27 Feb 2016 Castle Donington 42:09 12 km Jonathan Hay
21 Feb 2015 London 39:12 12 km Charlie Hulson
22 Feb 2014 Nottingham 36:23 12 km Steven Vernon-2
24 Feb 2013 Gateshead 41:21 12 km Keith Gerrard-2
25 Feb 2012 London 35:56 12 km Keith Gerrard
19 Feb 2011 Alton 35:11 12 km Steven Vernon
27 Feb 2010 Leeds 38:01 12.0 km Andrew Vernon
21 Feb 2009 London 38:02 12.0 km Frank Tickner-2
23 Feb 2008 Alton Towers 32:03 12.0 km Thomas Humphries
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 14.5 km Malcolm Thomas
06 Mar 1971 Norwich 47:04 David Bedford
28 Feb 1970 Blackpool 42:48 14.5 km Trevor Wright
08 Mar 1969 London 47:47 14.5 km Michael Tagg
02 Mar 1968 Sutton Coldfield 43:55 Ronald Hill-2
04 Mar 1967 Norwich 44:12 14.5 km Dick Taylor
05 Mar 1966 Sheffield 46:21 14.5 km 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
14 Mar 1948 Sheffield 52:52 16.0 km 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 56:50 16.0 km Joe Cotterell
1923 Beaconsfield 58:00 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. The 2008 race distance was more like 10 km.
Women (85 runnings)
11 Mar 2017 Loughborough 29:54 8 km Jessica Judd
27 Feb 2016 Castle Donington 30:35 8 km Lilian Partridge-2
21 Feb 2015 London 30:07 8 km Lilian Partridge
22 Feb 2014 Nottingham 27:42 8 km Gemma Steel-2
24 Feb 2013 Gateshead 29:31 8 km Louise Damen-2
25 Feb 2012 London 27:06 8 km Gemma Steel
19 Feb 2011 Alton 23:49 7.0 km Louise Damen
27 Feb 2010 Leeds 27:52 8.0 km Stephanie Twell
21 Feb 2009 London 29:34 8.0 km Hattie Dean
23 Feb 2008 Alton Towers 23:44 8.0 km Elizabeth Yelling-Talbot-4
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
16 Feb 1980 Rugeley 21:50 Ruth Smeeth
24 Feb 1979 Runcorn 18:00 5.5 km 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 Pamela Davies-4
25 Feb 1967 Blackburn 21:34 5.6 km Pamela Davies-3
12 Mar 1966 Oxhey 19:38 Pamela Davies-2
13 Mar 1965 Quinton 23:51 Pamela 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
05 Mar 1960 Morden 15:22 Joyce Byatt-Smith-2
07 Mar 1959 Birmingham 19:30 Joyce Byatt-Smith
08 Mar 1958 Winton 19:10 4.8 km Roma Ashby
1957 Enfield 16:55 June Bridgland
1956 Sutton Coldfield Diane Leather-4
1955 Leeds Diane Leather-3
1954 Aylesbury Diane Leather-2
1953 Woodgate Diane Leather
1952 Birmingham Phyllis Green-2
1951 Tadcaster Phyllis Green
1950 London Avery Gibson
1949 Worsley E Johnson
1948 Sutton Coldfield Ivy Kibbler
1947 Oxford Ruby Wright
1946 Cheltenham Patricia Sandall
....
1939 Rugby Evelyn Forster-2
1938 Luton Evelyn Forster
1937 Birmingham Lilian Styles-6
1936 Ilford Nellie Halstead-2
1935 Birmingham Nellie Halstead
1934 Kettering Lilian Styles-5
1933 Warwick Lilian Styles-4
1932 Coventry Gladys Lunn-2
15 Feb 1930 Wolverton Lilian Styles-3
1929 Perivale Lilian Styles-2
18 Feb 1928 Chigwell Row Lilian Styles
1927 Luton 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.
The 2008 course was more like 7 km.
Most Titles
Men
(1877-date) 4
Percy Stenning
1877-80
.
Alfred Shrubb
1901-04
Women
(1927-date)
6
Lilian Styles
1928-30,1933-34
Last Updated on 15 Mar 2017
Contributors: Andy Milroy (2), Ian Champion, Maurice Wilson (50), Paul Michiels (8), Tony Barbat, Juraj Gasparovic (21), Mick McGeoch (13)