Welcome to the 2024 Varsity Cross-Country Races
The event will take place on Saturday 7th December 2024.
From Thames Hare and Hounds’ Headquarters, Memorial Playing Fields, Roehampton Vale, SW15 3PQ.
Order of Events
1:00 p.m. 32nd Old Blues’ Race (4 miles) (All alumni welcome)
2:00 p.m. 48th Ladies’ Race (4 miles) (Eight-a-side, six-to-score)
2:45 p.m. 133rd Gentlemen’s Race (7½ miles) (Eight-a-side, six-to-score)
Programme
The programme for the 2023 races can be found at the link above. It contains event details including start-lists, a race preiew and a statistical history of the event. The 2024 programme will be added in early December.
Course Map
A map of the ladies’ and gentlemen’s courses can be found at the above link.
The Old Blues’ and ladies’ course route is: Start – A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – V – W – X – Z – Z1 – Z2 – Finish.
The gentlemen’s course route is: Start – A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – H – I – J – K – L – M – V – W – X – Z – Z1 – Z2 – Finish.
The What3Words locations of each of the points on the course can be found here.
Results
The results will be available on the OpenTrack website shortly after the conclusion of the races. The above link provides the result of the 2023 races.
Historic results
Details of the results of every gentlemen’s race (since 1880) and ladies’ races (since 1976), courtesy of Simon Molden. Further detail on the race history can be found on the Thames Hare and Hounds’ website.
Further details and news will be posted on the VarsityXC Twitter feed.