Assembly League starts 3rd April

Runner in Hyde Park

The Assembly League is a series of six races held on the first Thursday of the month between April and September. They generally start at 7.15pm and are free to enter: just turn up with your club kit. There is a fairly wide range of abilities and everyone is welcome. Most of the clubs in the league are based in east and south-east London e.g. Victoria Park Harriers, Dulwich Runners and Beckenham RC along with a couple of school athletics clubs, which makes a change from the clubs we’re usually racing against.

See the planner for details of the current year’s fixtures.

Dates and locations

  • 3rd April: Beckenham, based at Beckenham Cricket Club. This is a 3 mile, single lap, undulating street course. There are toilets, showers, changing rooms and a bar with food at the clubhouse where the race is based.
  • 1st May: Victoria Park, based at the Victoria Park Harriers clubhouse. This is a 3.5 mile, flat, two lap course wholly within Victoria Park. There are toilets, showers and changing rooms at the clubhouse.
  • 5th June: Dulwich Park, a 5k race within the park.
  • 26tg June: Battersea Park, a 5k race within the park.
  • 7th August: Victoria Park.
  • 4th September Beckenham.

Race organisation is quite low-key. Ideally, whoever turns up first should collect Serpentine’s envelope of numbers from the organising club and everyone needs to register themselves on the enclosed list as they take a number.

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