Club Championships

The Serpentine Club Championships are a series of races with trophies for the male, female and age-graded winners of each race. The four short races are called the "grand-prix" and are organised by the club so there is no advance entry – you just turn up and pay £1 on the day. The other races are open races and you must enter them yourself.

To count for club championship competitions you must:

  1. Be a first claim member of Serpentine Running Club
  2. Have entered under your own name
  3. Compete wearing club colours (with the exception of the marathon, where we would ask you to wear club colours if you possibly can)

The Serpentine Age-Graded Championship uses performance factors to calibrate Club Championship race times, to put everyone (male and female, younger and older) on a level playing field. The overall championship will be awarded to the first claim member with the highest average percentage from any 6 of the championship races.

The results of the club championships are published in the results database.

Any marathon run this year will count towards the Club Championships. When inputting marathon times in the results database the official time should be used, and for championship contenders this will be checked at the end of the year against published results.

The dates of the club championships are listed below. They are also included in the Serpentine Planner where they are highlighted in yellow.

2008

Distance Race Date
10 miles St. Albans Fred Hughes 10 Sun 20th January
20 miles Finchley 20
 Sun 9th March
1 km Hyde Park Sat 19th July
3 km Battersea Park Tue 15th July
1 mile Willesden Stadium Tue 22nd July
5 km Battersea Park Thu 24th July
10 km Middlesex & Open 10k Sun 7th September
Half Marathon St. Neot's Riverside Half Sun 16th November
5 miles Perivale 5
 Sun 7th December
Marathon Any race during 2008