The London Marathon, held in April each year, provides the club with a small number of places. 

 A draw is made at the Hawker Centre on the last Thursday in November to choose the lucky recipients. The qualification criteria to enter the draw is as follows:

 1. All entrants must be an EA-registered,  first claim member of the Stragglers at 1st May in the year of the draw. The entrant (or their representative) must be present at the draw.

2. Entrants must have done two of the following in the 12 months prior to the draw:

   a) run in a Stragglers organised team (see note 1 below),

   b) run in a Stragglers organised relay which involves entering before race day (see note 2 below),

   c) officially helped out at: Wedding Day 7k, Green Belt Relay, River Relay, Cabbage Patch 10, Club 10k, Club cross-country championships, Rothwell Relay, Mob Match, Stragglers hosted Surrey League Cross-Country race.

3. Members lucky enough to have been drawn from last year's Stragglers' ballot will not be eligible for inclusion.

4. Entrants must provide proof of rejection from London Marathon prior to the draw taking place.

Please note the Committee will maintain the right to use their discretion with respect to any final decision relating to the merit and / or application of qualification criteria. 

Note1: 2a) is mob matches and all cross country races (but not the races in the summer road league which members enter themselves), 

Note 2: 2b) is Welsh Castles, Green Belt, County Road Relays, Southern Road Relays, Parkland Relay, Imber Court Relay, River Relay, Priory Cross-Country Relay

To enter the ballot for the 2019 marathon, send your reject email /letter and details of how you meet the criteria to secretary@stragglers.org by Thursday 21 November. The ballot will be held on Thursday 28th November.