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 Feb | Rombald’s Stride (23 miles) OR Wadsworth Trog (19 miles) | Marathon |
| 2nd March | Muddy Boots (Ripon) | 5-10km |
| 8th March | Haworth Hobble | Ultra |
| 5th April | Chevin Park Run | Parkrun |
| 6th April | Baildon Boundary Way | HM |
| 26th April | Burnsall Half Marathon | HM |
| 11th May | Hardmoors White Horse Marathon (Sutton Bank) | Marathon |
| 13th May | Jack Bloor Fell Race (Ilkley) | Fell (BS) |
| 25th May | Charlesworth Chase with pint at end (Appletreewick) | Fell (BS) |
| 7th June | Wharfedale Half Marathon (Threshfield) | HM |
| 8th June | Crackpots Trail Race | 5-10km |
| 22nd June | Kettlewell Anniversary Fell Race (well-marshalled) | Fell (AS) |
| 5th July | Thorpe Perrow Arboretum | Parkrun |
| 5th July | Dales Runner 30 (Muker) | Marathon |
| 12th July | Baildon Canter 5km – family-friendly show, technically a fell race, but marshalled all the way round. | 5-10km |
| 2nd Aug | Conyngham Hall | Parkrun |
| 9th Aug | Arncliffe Gala (1.9 miles) | Fell (BS) |
| 3rd Sept | Muker Show (1.4 miles) | Fell (AS) |
| 18th Oct | Ultra Tour Yorkshire Dales (100km or 50km) | Ultra |
| 15th Nov | Wharfedale Skyline Trail (13 / 20 / 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 per race, excluding the handicap)
- Tuesday 13 May Harrogate Harriers
- Thursday 5 June Dragons
- Tuesday 17 June Knaresborough
- Tuesday 24 June Ripon
- Wednesday 16 July Wetherby (Handicap)
- Danefield Relays (1st July)
- Calderdale Way Relay (18th May)
- Marshalling/event support at Run Nidderdale 10km race (11th May)
- Marshalling/event support at Road to Nowhere fell race (14th Sept)
- Any three of Mark’s Parkrun races (first Saturday of the month – see Facebook fordetails)
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.