Thu 21 March 2024

Wythenshawe Park and Wythenshawe Hospital

If you are attending this weekend’s Northern Athletics road relay championships at Wythenshawe Park in Manchester, may I inform you that there is a hospital nearby.

If you are driving, with your kind assistance, please park sensibly and wisely.

If you are cycling, be careful on

• Crossing a tramway track on Southmoor Road and Moor Road as it can be slippery.
• the entrance and exit areas of major supermarkets, Tesco, Aldi and Lidl
• the roundabouts on the major roads (Princess Parkway and Brooklands Road) as it can be difficult to work out the road layout and the road ahead.

Fri 15 March 2024

Amendment

Album category 
from
'Championships'
to
'Championships • Championships trial • Series race'

British Athletics Cross Challenge is not a championship.


Thurs 14 December 2023

Crazy Legs Event chip timing company at

• Manchester Area Cross Country League, 2021-2022, match 4, Tatton park, Knutsford, 15th January 2022
• Cheshire Cross Country Championships,The farm club, Knutsford, 8th January 2022

had the same explanation as FR systems.
The first mat is where the result is taken. The second mat is for a backup.


Wed 13 December 2023

During the British Athletics Cross Challenge in Liverpool, I had a chance to speak to FR systems, the official chip timing company for the Liverpool event.
I asked how they measure and record the time and where exactly the data will be taken on the mats. For instance, whether it will be on the edge of the first mat, the middle of the first mat or between the two mats.

The FR systems explained that the time will be taken when the chip crosses the middle of the first mat where the tape was put on.



British Athletics 2023-2024 British Athletics Cross Challenge, stage 2
(incorporating European cross country championships trial, Mid Lancs, Liverpool & district and Red rose league)
Sefton Park, Liverpool
25th November 2023
FR systems chip timing mat and finish line
© Yoko Shelley

The second mat is for their backup in case the first mat is failed.

This is not an official statement from FR systems or a documented rule but a simple question about the chip timing method for my interest as a photographer.

In the British Athletics Cross Challenge series, the athletes are awarded on the points scored.

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Additionally, I have asked if the case that the FR systems attends any other events (not applicable for the British Athletics Cross Challenge) for instance road races, the FR systems explained that the same principle will [most likely] be applied. If it's for a wheelchair event, the time will be measured from where the chip is placed.

Sun 3 December 2023

Event (album) name: 2023 Great Manchester Run (AJ Bell Great Manchester Run, Half marathon • 10k), Manchester

1)
Amended from
'Elite Women 10k Finish: The 20th anniversary elite 10k winner,'
to
'Elite Women 10k Finish: The 20th 10k anniversary. Winner,'

2)
Amended from
'Elite Men 10k Finish: The 20th anniversary elite 10k winner,'
to
'Elite Men 10k Finish: The 20th 10k anniversary. Winner,'