This is not a Club Championship! It is meant to be fun, and part of training. There are lots of variables which are deliberate, and favour those who do more races, or use a certain amount of intelligence in addition to physical capability. It is not intended that anyone should aim to complete all races.
Rewards (2017)
- Mugs – completion of 8 races
- T-shirts – completion of 13 races (to include at least 5 road and 5 off-road races)
- Medals – to the top three in each league
- At the end of the competition, the top 3 in each league will be promoted, the bottom 3 relegated * (* the final decision based on performance will rest with the sub-committee in order to maintain a healthy balance of numbers in each league)
Generally
- All club members are eligible and encouraged (unless injured) to participate in the SSC. (1) New members shall be allocated as soon as possible after their standard has been assessed.
- The SSC is administered by a nominal sub-committee comprising Tony Hulme, Ian Ashcroft, and Don Bullough. All issues, however trivial, to be dealt with by this committee in consultation.
- The Club Coach (Tony) shall select the races to be included each year (see Schedule of Races). These will be varied in distance and terrain. (2)
- An official WRC vest or top must be worn in all races to avoid penalty, and should be visible to all other runners.
- Your position in the Main Table, Ladies Table and respective League, will be determined by your best 8 results.
- If forced to retire through injury during a race, one point may be awarded in recognition of attendance so the race counts – but only on one occasion during a Series (to discourage injured members starting a race). Each case to be decided individually by the SSC committee.
- If you are injured then please inform the club just so we know what your circumstances are.
Race Entry
- It is recommended that members should enter all races as “Wilmslow RC” only. This saves time when filtering and collating results. (3)
- Please take care and enter all information requested on race entry forms.
Notes:
- It is a condition of Club membership that members are expected to run races for the club!
- Some races, marked # in the Race Schedule, are classed as fell races and are usually run over rough terrain and sometimes on unmarked routes. Therefore, it is recommended that runners should arrive prepared to carry as a minimum: full waterproof whole body cover, hat & gloves, a whistle, map & compass – unless this requirement is waived by the race organiser on the day if conditions permit. The Club cannot condone non-compliance of this advice.
- Most race results are now published electronically – which is great as club results can be filtered out. The generation of the SSC tables is semi-automated, but individual names still need to be inputted for each race. This can be done fairly quickly, providing the race results are full and correct. What is time-consuming is having to undo everything to correct if names are missing from the filtered club results.