Club Championships
2026 Club Championships
You’ll be awarded your best 10 scores for the club championships, selected either from the main races, or the bonus events below. You can take part in more than 10, in which case your score will be calculated as the best of 10.
If you don’t manage to enter 10 events, then you will still appear in the club rankings. You will just be awarded a score of zero for any of the uncompleted events.
| Date | Name (start location) | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Mar | Muddy Boots (Ripon) | 5-10km |
| 4th Apr | Chevin Park Run (Otley) | Parkrun |
| 18th Apr | Burnsall Half Marathon | HM |
| 7th May | Dick Hudson's | Fell |
| 10th May | Hardmoors White Horse Marathon (Sutton Bank) | Marathon |
| 12th May | Jack Bloor Fell Race (Ilkley) | Fell |
| 16th May | Charlesworth Chase with pint at end (Appletreewick) | Fell |
| 17th May | Grassington Trail Race | 5-10km |
| 31st May | Settle Saunter (23 miles) | Marathon |
| 6th Jun | Wharfedale Half Marathon (Threshfield) | HM |
| 7th Jun | Crackpots Trail Race | 5-10km |
| 20th Jun | Buckden Pike | Fell |
| 4th Jul | Dales Runner 30 (Muker) | Marathon |
| 22nd Jul | Evensplits – Leeds | 5km |
| 26th Aug | Roseberry Topping | Fell |
| 6th Sep | Burnsall Fell Race | Fell |
| 12th Sep | Conyngham Hall | Parkrun |
| 14th Nov | Wharfedale Skyline (35 miles) | Ultra |
Bonus Events
In addition to the races above, anyone taking part in any of the following events will score 80 points. Each event counts as one of your 10 qualifiers.
- HDSRL Races (80 points based on final HDSRL placings, excluding the handicap)
- Skipton – 4th Jun
- Nidd Valley – 17th Jun
- Thirsk & Sowerby – 24th Jun
- Ilkley – 30th Jun
- Otley (Handicap) – 15th Jul
- Relays
- Calderdale Way Relay – 17th May
- Danefield Relays – 8th Jul
- Marshalling/event support
- Run Nidderdale – 23rd May
Scoring
Scoring is calculated as follows:
Points = 100 - 45 * ((your finish time / age group winner's finish time) - 1)
If your time is more than 3x the age group winners time, or you have to withdraw from the race without finishing, you will score 10 points.
Points are calculated separately for males and females using the male and female age group winning time respectively.
To give some examples:
- If you are the age winner of the race, you will get 100 points.
- If you take 20% longer than the age group winner, you will get 91 points.
- If you take twice as long as the age group winner, you will get 55 points.
We chose the equation above because (i) it doesn’t matter how many other NFAT members turn up to race, the scoring will still be fair since it’s related to the fastest time, not other NFAT runners’ times and (ii) slower runners should still get some points from each race they attend.