Club Championship & Age Awards 2025

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. The Championship will consist of the 25 races listed below, the best Harlow parkrun and any performance at 15 miles, 20 miles, marathon and ultra, making 30 events. Scores will be based on the aged graded WMA calculations for each race, with points awarded in order of percentage, i.e. highest WMA score gets 50 points, second gets 49 points etc. In the event of a tie on points scored, the total of each runner’s WMA scores from their 10 best races will be used to decide the winner. 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.

11 Jan – QE Olympic Park 10k link
26 Jan – Saffron Striders XC (Free)
2 Feb – Ware Joggers XC (Free)
16 Feb – Welwyn Garden City 10k link (Use ATW discount code HRAT15)
16 Mar – Weald Country Park 10k, Brentwood link
23 Mar – Bakers Brentwood Half Marathon link
6 Apr – St Clare Hospice 10k link
18 Apr – St Albans Easter 10K link (Use ATW discount code HRAT15)
5 May – Witham 10 Miles (Essex Championship)  link
26 May – Hatfield Broad Oak 10k link
28 May – MWL Race 1 (Free) – Stevenage
4 Jun –   MWL Race 2 (Free) – Watford
20 Jun – Springfield Striders Friday Night 5 Miles (Essex Championship) link
25 Jun – MWL Race 4 (Free) – Royston
12 Jul – QE Olympic Park 10k link
19 Jul – Regent’s Park 10k link
23 Aug – Lee Valley Velopark 10k link
14 Sep – Pleshey Half Marathon (Essex Championship)  link
21 Sep – Ingatestone 5 Miles  link
28 Sep – Hitchin 5k link
5 Oct – Southend 10k (Essex Championship) link
25 Oct – Lee Valley Velopark 10k link
9 Nov – Stebbing 10 Miles link
30 Nov – Hatfield 5 miles link (Use ATW discount code HRAT15)
Dec – Bishop’s Stortford XC (Free)

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

Current Standings:(Excel) [Updated: Dec 2025]

Updated Jan 2026