The 2022/23 Winter Grand Prix competition consists of 10 different races throughout the XC season:

2022/3	Race	Location	Leads	Notes
Sat 15 Oct	Surrey League XC Race 1	Effingham Common	Simon Brazil Helene Hill	Open to all
Sat 12 Nov	Surrey League XC Race 2	Wimbledon Common	Simon Brazil Helene Hill	Open to all
Sun 13 Nov	Leatherhead Fire Station Charity 10k	Leatherhead	Andy Howarth	Stragglers to pay for 40
[26 Nov]	South of the Thames 5 mile race	[Lloyd Park]	Simon Brazil	Open to all
Sun 18 Dec	Mob match v 26.2	BPSC	Phil Davies	c 4 miles
Mon 26 Dec	Cabbage Patch 4	Twickenham	Andy Howarth	4 miles
Sun 8 Jan	Tadworth 10	Epsom Downs	Andy Howarth	10 miles over mixed terrain  Enter here
Sat 14 Jan	Surrey League XC Race 3	tbd	Simon Brazil Helene Hill	Open to all
Sat 11 Feb	Surrey League XC Race 4	tbd	Simon Brazil Helene Hill	Open to all
[Sun 12 Feb]	Valentine’s 10k	Chessington	Andy Howarth

 

Scoring of Grand Prix Points

• Separate Male and Female competitions

• Every runner scores 10 points for each race they finish

• Bonus of 25 points to 1 point for the first 25 Stragglers in each race

• Max score for each race is 35

• Your best 4 scores for each race are totalled – max possible score is 140

• Minimum 4 races to win an award

 

Grand Prix Awards

• Male and female with the highest number of points

• Male and female hero - for running the most races (in the event of a tie, the lowest score wins)

• Highest age-grade performance for men and women in any race

• Gold, Silver and Bronze awards in each of the following categories:

  • Senior Women, F35, F45, F55, F65, F75

  • Senior Men, M40, M50, M60, M70, M80

• Most improved male and female runners – at the discretion of Team Managers

• The categories are based on your age at the first event (11/9/22)

 

The events which are included in the Winter Grand Prix are marked in the Key Races. Click on Club Activities/Key Race Fixtures or follow this link.

To see the results throughout the XC season, click on Club Activities/Results or follow this link.

The women's and men's captains will publicise each of the races a few weeks before the date.