We are delighted to announce the 2022 Stragglers Summer Grand Prix. The  series of ten events kicks off with the Club 10k on Sunday 24 April in Bushy Park and is rounded off with the Wedding Day 7k on 29 July.

In total there is one half marathon, 3 x 10ks, 1 x 7 miler, 2 x 5 milers, 1 x 7k and 2 x 5k.

There are a number of mob matches including with Wimbledon Windmilers on 21 May at Bushy parkrun and with Ranelagh on 18 June at Old Deer parkrun as well as the usual competition with 26.2 at the Claygate Country 5 (CC5).

Details about the scoring system and awards are given at the bottom of the page.

2022	Race	Location	Summer Grand Prix (SGP)	Leads	Notes
Sun 24 April	Club 10k	Bushy Park	SGP	Phil Davies /   Simon Brazil	10 km Club Champs Run in pods. Pls pre register
Sun 8 May	Richmond Half Marathon  (Surrey League)	Richmond	SGP	Andy Howarth	Enter here  Club to pay for 40 places  Stragglers   HM Champs
Sat 21 May	parkrun mob match v Wimbledon Windmilers	Bushy parkrun	SGP	Andy Howarth	Club 5 km Champs
Wed 1 June	Wimbledon Trail Series Race 2	Wimbledon Common	SGP	Andy Howarth	Enter here   5 miles
Sat 18 June	parkrun mob match v Ranelagh Harriers	Old Deer Park parkrun	SGP	Phil Davies	5 km
Sun 26 June	Richmond 10k  (Surrey League)	Ham	SGP	Andy Howarth	Enter here
Sun 3 July	Claygate Country 5 & mob match v 26.2	Claygate	SGP	Andy Howarth	Enter here Club to pay for 40  5 miles
Sat 16 July	Elmore 7  (Surrey League)	Chipstead	SGP	Andy Howarth	Enter here Club to pay for 40  7 miles
Sun 24 July	Elmbridge 10k  (Surrey League)	Walton-on-Thames	SGP	Andy Howarth	Enter here 10k
Fri 29 July	Wedding Day 7k	Bushy Park	SGP	Andy Howarth	Enter here  7 km

Here is a summary of everything you need to know about the Summer Grand Prix 2022.  If you have any queries, contact Andy Howarth

Scoring

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
• Where there is a tie after 4 races, the score in the 5th, and then 6th races are used to determine positions in the table.
• 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
  • The categories are based on your age at the first event (24/4/22)
• Most improved male and female runner - at the discretion of the team captains