Here is a summary of everything you need to know about the club’s priority races for Summer 2019, and the awards to be won.  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
• 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)
• Highest age-grade performance for men and women in any race
• Winners and runners up in each of the following categories:
  • Senior Women, F35, F45, F55, F65
  • Senior Men, M40, M50, M60, M70
• Most improved male and female runner

Stragglers Championship Races

In addition to the Grand Prix, there are the internal Club Championship races at different distances. There are four individual Club Championship races:

• 5k Wimbledon Common parkrun (Sat 25 May)
• Club 10k - Hawker Centre (Thurs 20 June)
• 10 Miles – Thames Towpath 10 (Sun 14 April)
• Half-Marathon - Richmond (Sun 5 May)

Details of Stragglers Championship Race awards will be added later.

Surrey Road League

This is a team and individual competition and is separate from the Summer Grand Prix which is an internal Stragglers competition. Some of the races in the Grand Prix are also part of the Surrey Road League. For individuals and team scores it will be the best five scores to count.  More information can be found on the Surrey Road League website. The following races are part of the Surrey Road League:

• Richmond Half Marathon (Sun 5 May)
• Dorking 10 miles (Sun 2 June) (not in Grand Prix)
• Richmond 10km (Sun 16 June)
• Elmbridge 10km (Sun 21 July)
• Wimbledon 5km (Sun 11 August)

UPDATE: Pls note that the Elmore 7 has been dropped from the Surrey Road League this year as it is the same weekend as the Elmbridge 10k. As a result the Elmore 7 is no longer part of the Stragglers Summer Grand Prix. The full list of races included in the Summer Grand Prix is shown below. You can find links to these and other key races in the Key Race Fixtures here.

 

2019	Race	Location	Stragglers Championship	Surrey League Race	Notes
Sun 14 April	Thames Towpath 10	Chiswick/ Kew	10-mile Championship		Club pay entry for 30
Sat 27 April	Mob-match v Sutton Runners	Bushy parkrun			Free 5k
Sun 5 May	Richmond Half	Richmond	Half-marathon Championship	Yes	Enter here
Sat 25 May	Mob-match v Wimbledon Windmilers (TBC)	Wimbledon Common parkrun	5k Championship		Free 5k
Sun 16 June	Richmond 10k	Ham		Yes	Enter here
Thu 20 June	Club 10K	Hawker Centre	10k Championship		Free entry
Sat 29 June	Mob-match v Ranelagh	Bushy parkrun			Free 5k
Sun 7 July	Claygate Country 5 & Mob-match v 26.2 (TBC)	Claygate			5 miles Club pay entry for 40  Enter here
Sun 21 July	Elmbridge 10k	Walton-on-Thames		Yes	Enter here
Fri 26 July	Wedding Day 7k	Bushy Park			Enter here
Sun 11 Aug	Wimbledon 5k Dash	Wimbledon Park		Yes	Entries not yet open