Metropolitan Cross Country League
This league provides our main competitive focus.
The league is made up of teams from 21 clubs. These include such well-known clubs as Thames Valley Harriers, Highgate Harriers, Shaftsbury Barnet and Woodford Green. The race venues are all within easy travelling distance of Central London. All of the competitions are on Saturday afternoons.
The league is a team competition. The team scoring the least number of points, according to the finishing positions of the runners, is the winner.
There are separate races for men and women. The men's races are 8km and the women's 6km
In addition, each meeting includes a race for U13 boys and girls (3km), U15 and U17 boys and girls (4km).
The mens "A" team comprises 12 runners and the womens "A" team numbers 6.
Incorporated within the main races is a Veterans competition. Both mens and womens veterans teams have 4 scoring members.
The Metropolitan Cross Country League is open to all Serpies. Second claim runners are welcome to compete.
The race programme starts at 1.15pm (all months). Later races do not have a fixed start time but depend on completion of the previous race. Consequently, please leave plenty of time to get to the venues.