SURREY ELITE CROSS COUNTRY TRAINING DAY Congratulations! You are all National Finalists/Reserves and CERTAINLY those identified as potential elite performers. YOU are Surrey’s Class athletes! To make the next step in your journey in Athletics PLAN TO ESTABLISH YOURSELF AS BELONGING WITH THE ELITES. Early success at Inter County Success in November – Yes we can! Year 7 Girls – 2nd Team, Hannah Morris (2nd) & Penny Myall (3rd). Year 7 Boys – 1st Team, Henry McCann (4th). JB’s – 2nd Team, Tom Holden (1st) IG’s – 1st Team, Poppy Disley May (2nd), Laura Gent (3rd). IB’s – 2nd Team, Ben Bradley (1st), Dom Nolan (3rd). INDIVIDUAL + TEAM SUCCESS ALWAYS THE TARGET Saturday success at National Cross Country Championships, Alton Towers, Staffs – Yes we still can! SURREY SCHOOLS & CLUB ATHLETES PROVE THEY CAN SUCCEED WITH ANYONE! U13 Girls – Katie Shiel Ranking (1st), Niamh Brown (10th), Breagha Campbell (14th) & Kathryn Ditton (22nd). U13 Boys – Charlie Wyllie (30th), Paul Burgess (39th) & Nathan Gibson (44th). U15 Boys – Matt Arnold (13th), Toby Starling (14th), Merhawi Yemane (18th), Charlie Critchley (27th), Jack Rowe(33rd), Cameron Shankly(37th). U15 Girls - Grace Baker (3rd), Harriet Preedy (12th), Eleanor Hunt( 15th), Rebecca Howard (20th), Leigh Chapman (25th), Hannah Braithwaite (31st), Georgie Hay (32nd), Natalie Connor (42nd), Ellie Wallis (45th). U17 Girls – Emelia Gorecka (1st), Georgia Peel (5th), Ruth Haynes (9th), Susan Shiel Rankin (14th), Kate Snowden (15th). Helen Wilson (19th), Laura Gent (27th), Ciara Stewart (53rd). U17 Boys – Harvey Dixon(2nd), Lewis Lloyd (9TH), Bradley Goater (13th), Ben Bradley (15TH), Peter Chambers (30th), Jack Killip (36th), Andy Provost (39th), Will Robinson(41st), Sam Eglen (44th), Dom Nolan (53rd). THEY BELIEVED THEY WERE GOOD ENOUGH ,SO SHOULD YOU WE MUST PLAN FOR SUCCESS IN 2011 Great performances need clear and precisely planned training.  Preparing athletes is very much a management problem that needs you and your ‘team’ working together.  Our aim: Athletes do the right work in the right amount at the right time and seize the right opportunity when the right circumstances occur.  Setting the right goal is the first step in every great achievement. Surrey needs you to do that!  THE JOURNEY HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN --for Years 6 & Under, 7 and 8  Your journey started in your school/club and took you to BEST IN SURREY.   Next step for Years 6 & Under: strengthening your position as Surrey elite - Work with a specialist coach who can be as responsible for as much as 60% of your success. Find/Use specialist help – your coach, Athletics club   Next step for Years 6/7 and 8: Best in SE England -INTERCOUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIP, 26th March at Reigate Priory (Martin Long is selector) CHALLENGE – ALWAYS THERE & ALWAYS CHANGING FOR ALL     There are always new challenges but remember your parents & coaches will help. Just how successful you are depends on you being fit, prepared & top of age group. So ..How good are you planning at SETTING AND WORKING TO NEW GOALS? Use Today to POLISH YOUR ROUTINES FOR BIG RACE SUCCESS in the weeks ahead! It’s the WILL TO WIN that matters………. Not everyone has that. It’s the WILL TO PREPARE TO WIN that matters….. Certainly not everyone has that. BEFORE WE START– Important advice  If you are injured NOW or during the day let us know  You do not do anything that you are unhappy or advised not to do by your coach.  After each activity athletes MUST WARM DOWN  Today will be a challenge. But if you are not preparing well and others are …they would have an advantage.  The aim is to SUPPORT YOU & YOUR COACH in YOUR countdown to further success and to make you MORE MOTIVATED for the tough challenges ahead. CONGRATULATIONS. MAKE TODAY THE START OF YOUR NEXT STEP FORWARD TO BEING AN ESTABLISHED SURREY ELITE!