Who can run in an English county cross country championship?

Under UKA Rule G2 S6, English county championships are open to eligible athletes with a county qualification, gained by:

• birth in the county, or
• nine months' continuous residence in the county immediately before the championship, or
• nine months' service in an HM Forces unit stationed in the county.

Points to note:

• Belonging to a club affiliated to the county does not by itself give you a county qualification.
• Students don't gain residence by living in the county during term time only, though a county may relax this for its own championships.
• Once you've run in one county's championship (or represented a county in an inter-county competition), you can't run in another county's championship in the same competition year.
• County team championships are open to clubs affiliated to the county association, HM Forces units stationed there, and schools, colleges or businesses in the county, and every team member needs a county qualification. Athletes whose first-claim club isn't affiliated to the county may run for a second-claim club if they hold the county qualification.