RECORDS AFTER 9 EVENTS ARE ON RESULTS PAGE
FIVE CATEGORY WINNERS HAVE EMERGED! OTHERS ARE CLOSE!
RACE 10 on SUNDAY 3rd NOVEMBER
Canal Race
Start 10.30am, enter at ...... (TBC)
Fee £6 or £8
4 miles mixed terrain
RACE 9 on SUNDAY 1st SEPTEMBER
Pre-entry
Wickersley Chase
Start 10.30 am on Wood Lane- enter at Three Horseshoes 9.30 to 10.15
On-the-day or Pre-entry (detail shortly) available
Fee £6 or £8
4 miles (2 laps of wood, path, grassland and road)
RACE 8 on THURSDAY 15th AUGUST
Toffee Race
Start 7pm, enter at Market Hotel, Elsecar (TBC)
Next to Heritage Centre
Fee £6 or £8
4 miles trail
RACE 7 on WEDNESDAY 7th AUGUST
Butchers' Dog Leg
At Braithwell. Start 7pm, enter at Butchers Arms from 6pm
Fee £6 or £8
4 miles trail - enter on the night only
RACE 6 on WEDNESDAY 17th JULY
Rockingham
Start 7pm, enter at Milton Arms Greasbrough
Fee £6 or £8
4 miles out and back all road
RACE 5 on WEDNESDAY 10th JULY
Roche Abbey Dash
Start 7pm, enter at Maltby Catholic Club
Fee £6 or £8
4 miles trail - NEW OFF-ROAD COURSE
RACE 4 on WEDNESDAY 19th JUNE
Ulley Res
Start 7pm, enter at Whiston Cricket Ground S60 4JG
Fee £6 or £8
5 miles trail
RACE 3 on TUESDAY 4th JUNE
Kimmy Kanter
Start 7pm, enter at Droppingwell (TBC)
Fee £6 or £8
4 miles trail
RACE 2 on WEDNESDAY 29th MAY
Scholes Coppice
Start 7pm, enter at Kimberworth Park Pub S61 3AX
Fee £6 or £8
4 miles trail
RACE 1 on WEDNESDAY 8th MAY
Maltby: Memorial Race
Start 7pm, enter at Maltby Catholic Club
Fee £6 or £8
4.5 miles trail
ABOUT EACH RACE
Some key points about the events
• We welcome all clubs and all runners affiliated or not
• Each race is a race in it's own right, there may be different awards etc
• The entry costs will typically be the same
• Whilst being seriously competitive, they are very friendly events
• Very low cost of entry for such well-organised races (£6/8 in 2024)
• Entry allowed on the day/evening
• Distances typically from 4 miles up to around 8
• Refreshments provided after eg sandwiches, rolls, chips, ....
• Series awards open and 5-year vet groups
• Suits all standards; suits beginners
• Some seriously fast runners expected
• Fields typically ~80 up to 200+
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ABOUT THE SERIES
There are 12 races. You can run as many as you like! But if you want to compete in the series......
We race in 5-year categories
The rules change a bit as you get later in the season
Initially, the number of races done places you in your category league
The leader is the one who has done most races
If that's equal, it's who won the most races when looked at as head-to-head in the category
...UNTIL YOU GET TO 8 RACES DONE....
8 is a magic number: if only one runner has done 8 that of course is the winner
but if two or more have done 8, or more than 8, it goes straight to head-to-head
whether one or more have done 9, or 10, or 11, or 12 is immaterial
at that level, only the number of wins head-to-head is counted
see further in menu "Rules"
(I will put some old examples in the "Results" section as illustration)
