The Grand Prix is maintained by Barbara Johnson. Many thanks go to Barbara for all the work this involves.
The provisional list of races for 2018-19 can be found below - this will be finalised soon. To help you track your progress updated tables will soon be available here. It's always worth checking them to make sure your result is correct!
2017-18 WINNERS:
AGE GROUP COMPETITION:
The provisional list of races for 2018-19 can be found below - this will be finalised soon. To help you track your progress updated tables will soon be available here. It's always worth checking them to make sure your result is correct!
2017-18 WINNERS:
- Men: Leigh Ally (140 points), Runner Up: Mandip Thandi (133), Joint 3rd place: Eamon Lyons & Kevin Attwood (132).
- Women: Lisa Wakeman (150 points), Joint Runners Up: Laura Kirwan, Lorraine Beesley & Emma Hawkey.
AGE GROUP COMPETITION:
- Men U40: No qualifying member, Women U35: Laura Kirwan
- Women Vet 35: Abby Wright
- Men Vet 40: Steve Blakemore, Women Vet 40: Emma Hawkey
- Men Vet 45: Steve Hammond, Women Vet 45: Viki Dobbs
- Men Vet 50: Kevin Attwood, Women Vet 50: Lorraine Beesley
- Men Vet 55 (Group split because of size): Dave Ellis
- Men Vet 60: Chris Waple, Women Vet 60: Anne Kelsall
- Pot Hunter Trophy: Eamon Lyons, Victoria Bird
- Novice Trophy: Mandip Thandi, Marie Lynch
2018-19 Grand Prix Races (provisional): |
Aims of the Grand Prix
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To provide an incentive to members to train for a goal or goals. To promote a competitive spirit amongst Club members throughout the running year.
To encourage Club members to support and participate in races in the local region more often. To allow for more trophies to be won/presented at the end of season Club Presentation Night. How it Works
Members choose from a list of “Official” races throughout the year with suggestions welcomed from members, to make up the Grand Prix.
Points are awarded according to position relative to ARC runners - 20 for 1st, 19 for 2nd, 18 for 3rd etc... Points are calculated separately for the overall Mens' and Ladies' competitions and within each age category. In the event of there being more than 20 runners in a category the points will start at the number of runners. To qualify for points you must enter under your own name and under Aldridge Running Club. A runner’s best seven scores are added to produce his or her Grand Prix points tally over the season. In the event of a tie, scores for 8th, 9th, 10th races etc are included until there is an overall winner or one of the runners has no more scores to add. If there is still a tie the winner will be decided by comparing scores in races where both have run together. To be eligible for a trophy a runner must enter a minimum of 7 events from the list on this page. Full rules (to be updated) can be downloaded here |
Most races are on Sundays, where this is different the day is given
To help you track your progress updated tables will be available to view here (Excel file) or here for a pdf version. It's always worth checking them to make sure your result is correct!
Links to photographs are on our Race Photos page, also many of the archives from our Grand Prix races can be found on the ARC Photobucket site.
To help you track your progress updated tables will be available to view here (Excel file) or here for a pdf version. It's always worth checking them to make sure your result is correct!
Links to photographs are on our Race Photos page, also many of the archives from our Grand Prix races can be found on the ARC Photobucket site.
Some of the 34 ARC runners who competed in the Market Drayton 10k, 8th May 2016