What is it?
The Club Championship is a selection of races over a range of distances (5k, 8k, 5m, 10k, 10m & half marathon) for members to enter.
The Club Championship will run from 1 June to 31 May the following year (this is to ensure there is sufficient time to finalise positions prior to the annual awards evening).
There will be a male and female competition, and each will have the following age categories based on a members age on 1 January in the year that each championship starts (ie. for the championship starting on 1 June 2023, the age category will be based on the members age on 1 January 2023):
- 17-39 years of age
- 40-50 years of age
- 51+ years of age
All ages will be taken from the membership records, so please ensure that your profile on England Athletics is all correct!
Scoring
Points will be awarded to each age category at each event, as follows :
1st place Plodder in their age category 12 points
2nd place Plodder in their age category 10 points
3rd place Plodder in their age category 8 points
4th place Plodder in their age category 7 points
5th place Plodder in their age category 6 points
6th place Plodder in their age category 5 points
7th place Plodder in their age category 4 points
8th place Plodder in their age category 3 points
9th place Plodder in their age category 2 points
10th place & below Plodder in their age category 1 point
Please note that members will only be awarded points if they compete as a Prudhoe Plodder member (by stating you’re a member on your entry) at events declared on the Club Championship.
Which races are in the 2023 Club Championships?
Each year the events that make up the Club Championships are reviewed to ensure that we have a good coverage of distance, to reflect any feedback from members and any race calendar changes.
The full race calendar for 2023 is still to be confirmed, but initial events are as follows:
- 9th June – Blaydon Race https://blaydon-race.co.uk/
- 21st June – Elswick Harriers Newburn River Run https://elswickharriers.org.uk/newburn-river-run/
- 21st July – LGBT 5k https://www.newcastlefrontrunners.co.uk/lgbt5k-festival-of-running
- 6th August – Darlington 10k* https://www.enjoydarlington.co.uk/10k
- 12th August – Gateshead Trail 10k* https://www.gatesheadtrail10k.com/
- 20th August – Tynedale Jelly Tea 10m** https://tynedaleharriers.com/our-races/jelly-tea-10/
- 20th August – Run Durham Dalton Park 10 miler** https://runnation.co.uk/r/daltonpark-10miler-2023
- 3rd September – Prudhoe Town Council Miners Race 5m https://theentrypoint.co.uk/events/prudhoe-miners-race-YZ6Ky9ZZ292jdkD
- 7th October – Tyne Green parkrun 5k https://www.parkrun.org.uk/tynegreen/
- 23rd December – Prudhoe Riverside parkrun https://www.parkrun.org.uk/prudhoeriverside/
- 6th January 2024 – Temple Park XC Sherman Cup Davison Shield http://www.harrierleague.com/
- 7th April 2024 – Port of Blyth 10k Port of Blyth 10K | Blyth Running Club
- June 2023 to April 2024 – UK Half Marathon of your choice****
* Only 1 score to count from Darlington 10k or Gateshead Trail 10k, race results will be combined with your fastest time scoring
** Only 1 score to count from Tynedale 10m or Dalton Park 10m – choose which event you want to enter
*** Final dates to be confirmed once published
**** Must be a UKA licensed event to ensure accurate course measurements. Please submit your time to [email protected], this must be from official race results. Only 1 event to count, if you submit multiple event times then your fastest time will be used.