Club Championship & Age Awards 2023

The Committee has agreed that the scoring criteria will be the same as in for the past few years. Please note that some races sell out very soon after entries open, so if you wish to run in them, remember to enter early.

The Championship is held over a variety of distances and terrains, with a runner’s best 10 performances at the specified races/distances, counting towards the final positions. In addition to the 16 races listed below and any performance at 15 miles, 20 miles, marathon and ultra will be counted. Scores will be based on the aged graded WMA calculations for each race, but points awarded in order of percentage, i.e. highest WMA score gets 50 points, second gets 49 points etc. Runners under the age of 30 will have their percentage scores calculated at the age of 29, to eliminate some of the bias against younger runners in the formula. All calculations will be based on the official race results. Runners will stay in the same age category throughout the year, (i.e. age on 1st January).

There will be an Overall Male Winner, Male Runner Up, Overall Female Winner and Female Runner Up. These winners will not be eligible for the age category awards.

The Championship will also be used to decide the Club’s ten Age Category awards. For each race, runners would get 20 points for first place for the race in their age category, 19 for the second etc.

22 Jan – Saffron Striders XC
19 Feb – Ware Joggers XC
17 May – MWL Race 1 *Removed due to timing issues
29 May – Hatfield Broad Oak 10k Link
31 May – MWL Race 2 *Added
15 Jun – MWL Race 3 *Change of date
17 Jun – Harlow parkrun Race 1
23 Jun – Pleshey 5 (Essex Championship) Link
29 Jun – MWL Race 4
10 Sep – Pleshey Half Marathon (Essex Championship)
16 Sep – Harlow parkrun Race 2
17 Sep – Ingatestone 5 Link
1 Oct – Southend 10k (Essex Championship)
8 Oct – Tiptree 10m (Essex Championship)
22 Oct –  Stevenage Half Marathon Link
12 Nov – Stebbing 10
3 Dec – Bishop’s Stortford XC

When the missing race dates have been confirmed, this list will be updated.

If you wish to see how the age gradings are calculated, you can look on the website at

http://www.howardgrubb.co.uk/athletics/wmalookup15.html

Final Standings: (excel) [Updated: January 2024]