About the Club Championship Award

This award group was new for 2009, during which 114 Club members took part in the chosen races - a great level of participation for the first year. Our Club Championship is modelled on championship schemes observed at other running clubs. It aims to:

  • Include a more diverse range of race distances/disciplines in the awards
  • Enable more members to participate in and qualify for awards
  • Reward members for racing for their club, particularly in local events and leagues
  • Support local races
  • Encourage and recognise the race to race rivalry with your similar paced running friends

    • Club Championship Overview

    For the Club Championship, members score points according to their finishing position relative to other club members in any of the chosen Club Championship races. A list of Club Championship races can be found on the notice-board, the website (see link on the right) and in The Runs. There are plenty of races of different distances to choose from.

    Members’ final scores will be a total of scores from up to six races from the 2010 season. Note that you do not have to do six races before you obtain a Championship score. If you do fewer than six races, all your races will count. If you do more than six races from the list, your best six races will count.

    Within the Club Championship there are separate male and female leagues. In each league, there are currently four Divisions, (more divisions will be added if numbers increase signicantly.)

    New members are allocated to divisions according to a recent five mile (i.e. the Time Trial) or 10K race times. This time does not have to be submitted before being able to score in another longer or shorter event. There will be awards for the first and second places in each Division.

    Club Championship Scoring & Rules

    1. For each Club Championship race/event, a list of Club male and a list of Club female finishers will be drawn up.
    2. First home for the Club will be awarded 50 points, second home for the Club 49 points, third home 48 points, etc.
    3. Marathon scoring shall be awarded by making an ordered table of all marathon times from the year. Member with the fastest time will be awarded 50 points, second fastest 49 points, etc.
    4. Any marathon can be submitted as your chosen marathon event. Members may only use one marathon from 2010 to score for the Championship.
    5. Scoring levels will be reviewed in the instance of there being more finishers than point’s places available. Runners will always score for completing an event.
    6. Members should report their race times as normal via the email results@bsrc.org.uk or phone them in to the Publicity Officer (see The Runs for details).
    7. Point scoring will be done by the Championship Results Coordinator, and league tables posted on the web and notice-board.
    8. Positions based on official race times (gun time) will be used for allocating points - ie positions will not be adjusted for runners’ personal times or chip times. This is to facilitate head to head racing and easy scoring. Runners should start beside their nearest rivals to ensure they are not disadvantaged.
    9. Members should check after each race has been scored that they have been identified as having done the race.
    10. If anyone passes their number to someone else, the Championship Results Coordinator must be notified.
    11. There will be no distinction based on age in any of the scoring this year. Use of international athletic age-related performance tables is being considered for 2010.
    12. You must be a paid up Club member to qualify for a score.
    13. You should be entered in the event as Bishops Stortford Running Club and run in Club colours to qualify for a score.
    14. Any queries regarding scores and notification of marathon results must be with the Results Coordinator by 31st December 2010.
    15. In the event of a tie, positions in races where the two (or more) members who are tied on points competed against each other will be taken into account. Most 'wins' will be deemed the winner. If there are no common races, or in the event of there still being a tie, the higher number of Championship races undertaken in the season will be the decider.
    16. There will be promotion and relegation between divisions at the end of the season. These rules still to be finalised, most likely two will move up a division and two will move down.
    17. After initial placement in a Division, the Championship Results Coordinator/Committee may revise this placement if the initial qualifying time is found to be misleading.

    Last updated 10/01/2010