2017 Club Championships

A return to the traditional format for endurance runners and some new awards for track and field athletes. The club championships give Serpies the chance to race against each other to find the best Serpentine member over the various distances and disciplines, and to create a bit of friendly intra-club rivalry!

For 2017 there are a few changes to the club championships for runners and track and field athletes. The age-graded championship will return to its roots and be primarily road races. The shorter track races included in recent years will no longer be part of the overall age-graded calculation. Don't worry - we'll still have a couple of track races included as part of the summer grand-prix! The series will consist of 1k, 1 mile (track), 3000m (track), 5k, 10k, 10 miles, half-marathon and marathon and you need to do at least 5 to qualify for the overall award.

In athletics, as well as the 100m, 400m and 800m, we're introducing a jump, a throw and a hurdling event. For 2017 these will be long jump, javellin and steeplechase and in future years the plan is to rotate through the other jumps, throws and hurdles.

To count for club championship competitions you must:

  1. Be a first claim member of Serpentine
  2. Enter under your own name
  3. Compete wearing club colours

2017 age-graded championship races

Contact: Tom Poynton

DistanceRaceDate
MarathonAny raceduring 2017
Half MarathonMilton Keynes Festival of RunningSun 5th March
1 km*
Hyde Park Sat 15th July
5 km*Battersea ParkThu 27th July
1 mile* (track)Paddington TrackTBC June/July
3000m* (track)Paddington TrackTBC June/July
10 kmMiddlesex & OpenSun 3rd September TBC
10 milesCabbage PatchSun 15th October TBC

Those marked "*" are the grand prix races. There are additional trophies for the overall grand prix winners.

2017 track & field championship events

Contact: Ian Hodge

DistanceRaceDate
100mAny resultduring 2017 season (1st April - 30th September)
400mAny resultduring 2017 season (1st April - 30th September)
800mAny resultduring 2017 season (1st April - 30th September)
Steeplechase (2000m women / 3000m men)Any resultduring 2017 season (1st April - 30th September)
Jump - long jumpAny resultduring 2017 season (1st April - 30th September)
Throw - javellin (600g women / 800g men)Any resultduring 2017 season (1st April - 30th September)

These events do not count towards the age-graded championship.

Full results of the club championships all the way back to 1983 are available in the results database.

Ian Hodge & Tom Poynton

Submitted: 14 November 2016

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