Wildcard reminder!

28 November 2025 - By Natalie Lilley

Hi everyone,

A quick reminder to consider submitting a Wildcard before the Club Champs table for 2025 is finalised (at the end of the year).

For those of you who don’t know (or have forgotten how Wildcards work) please see below from the Club Champs rules:

Wildcards

It is recognised that it may not be possible for all club members to run one of the selected races at a particular distance. However if you have been able to run a race somewhere else, or you have produced a better performance in a non-club championship race, you may use a wildcard to maximise your performance points total.

The wildcard race must be a proper race which has been officially and accurately measured. Your race time must also be capable of being verified.

• You may only use the wildcard for one distance.
• You may not use the wildcard for a 5K. To score points in the 5K race distance, you must have run one of the selected club championship races.
• However, you may utilise your wildcard to use your points gained from completing a marathon in place of the 5K race distance. This reflects that training properly for a marathon will adversely affect your ability to reach your full potential in a 5K race.

To use your wildcard, you must notify the Fixtures Secretary of the race you are using as your wildcard, by the date announced – if you do not nominate your wildcard, it will not be automatically picked up.

 

Have a look at the current table (Note this version doesn’t currently include Hadleigh, or some recently submitted WCs). Are you showing all five “NOCD”s? If not, and if you’ve another race that could be counted, send it in as it could bump you up the table!

Club Champs Table 2025 – Witham Running Club

 

Good luck everyone 🙂