The Serpentine Club Championships are a series of races with trophies for each race’s male, female and age-graded winners. The Summer “grand prix” includes the club champs handicap race on the first Saturday of July, 1K and 5K road races, and a 1-mile and 3000m track races.
To count for club championship competitions you must:
- Be a first-claim member of Serpentine Running Club
- Have entered under your name
- Compete wearing club colours
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 5 of the championship races (road and track).
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, highlighted in yellow.
2026 Club Championship Races
Road
| Distance | Race | Date |
| Marathon | Any certified marathon race | 2026 races before Xmas Party |
| Half Marathon | Any certified half marathon race | 2026 races before Xmas Party |
| Handicap * | Monthly Club Handicap ~7km (must have completed at least one previous handicap race to be eligible) | Saturday, 20 June |
| 5 km* | Sri Chinmoy 5k – Battersea Park (Sold out – Serpentine only extra entries are available until 3 June or we have 20 entries) | Tuesday, 23 June |
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1 km*
| Serpentine Race – Hyde Park – Rotten Row from 8:30am | Saturday, 18 July |
| 10 km | Middlesex 10k Champs – Victoria Park (advance entry required) – https://englandathletics.sport80.com/public/wizard/e/31621/home | Sunday, 4 October |
| 10 miles | Cabbage Patch 10 – Twickenham (Sold out – The race does allow race transfers so keep an eye out for Serpentine members offloading their entry or people on the Cabbage Patch 10M Facebook page looking to offload their entries. | Sunday, 18 October |
Track
| Distance | Race | Date |
| 3000m* | Serpentine Race – Paddington Track from 6:30 pm | Tuesday, 14 July |
| 1 mile* | Serpentine Race – Paddington Track from 6:30 pm | Tuesday, 28 July |