Essex Road Championship Information and 2018 dates Inc. Essex Road Relays
16 November 2017 - By Anita Grainger
Following on from the success of the 2017 championships here’s more information about the championships as a refresher for members and guidance for new members…. so recycling my posts from Feb & March this year……
2018 Road Championship Race Dates
20 Miles –Rochford (4 March) – entries now sold out
10km – Bromley 8th April – entries now sold out
Marathon – Halstead (13 May) – entries are open
Half Marathon – Pleshey (16 September) – due to open in April
10 Miles – Tiptree (October 14th) – not open yet
5 Miles – Wix (October 21st) – entry are open
If you have places for these races that you no longer want or if you’d like a place let me know & I can run a waiting list for WRC as I’ve done for other Essex Champs races
Other Essex Road Championships
Essex Road Relays – Harwich (Sat 24th March) -entries open 1st Dec 2017 & close on 3rd march 2018 – entries via the team entry link – https://www.withamrc.org.uk/team-event-entry/
Scoring Information
The Championships are held annually over 6 distances; 5M, 10K, 10M, Half Marathon, 20M and Marathon.
At each of the championship races medals are awarded for the first 3 in each age category and the first 3 teams in both Ladies and Mens. Teams are made up of 3 runners in finish order
Over the race series points are awarded for the first 25 in each age category of each race. These points are totted up after the last race and medals awarded to the first three in each age category overall.
The following trophies are awarded to the winners of each distance as follows:
Distance Men’s Trophy Ladies’ Trophy
The points scoring is as follows:
Points awarded for the best 5 races out of the 6 – runners can “drop” their worst race score.
- The “attendance” point system remains (1 point for doing 1 of the races, an additional 2 points for the 2nd, etc up to 5 points for the 5/6th race). In total a runner could get 15 points by doing 5 races (1,2,3,4,5). The attendance points will only apply to age categories (not the open category);
- “Position” points to the top 25 runners in each category remain – 1st gets 25 points down to 25th gets 1 point.
- All races will score the same (no additional points for the longer races)
DON’T FORGET: Race Licences and selecting Essex qualified when entering are required to take part!
WRC missed has previously missed out on medals in 2016 as a result of not selecting Essex qualified which is a shame. This is why I go on about it so much and look at the entry lists for the races & tend to make friends with the race directors 🙂
What does Essex qualified mean?
The criteria is to either have been born in Essex or have been an Essex resident for at least 9 months. In addition you cannot have competed in another county’s championship in the same year (eg. Suffolk / Kent, etc). Race licences are also a must
Links
Link to Road Championship page on Essex Athletics Site
Any questions please ask Bill & I.
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