The latest points standings are available HERE.
Day Date Winter Tour
GradeEvent
Sun 13/09/2009 SMRAC Open Meeting
Sat 26/09/2009 B South of England Young Athletes Road Relays, Aldershot
Sat 10/10/2009 B London Met League XC, Ruislip
Sat 31/10/2009 A ECCA XC Relays, Mansfield
Sat 07/11/2009 B London Met League, Claybury
Sat 14/11/2009 Lord Mayor's Mile
Sat 21/11/2009 ** South of England Inter Counties XC, Parliament Hill
Tues 25/11/2009 Kingston Schools
Thurs 26/11/2009 Hounslow Schools
Fri 25/11/2009 Richmond Schools XC
Sat 28/11/2009 B European XC Trials, Liverpool
Met League XC, Wormwood Scrubs
Sat 12/12/2009 B Bushy Park smrac attack
Sun 13/12/2009 ** European XC Champs, Dublin
Sat 16/01/2010 B London Met League, Stevenage - CANCELLED
Sat 23/01/2010 Surrey Schools Championships
Sat 23/01/2010 A Middlesex XC Championships
Sat 30/01/2010 A Southern XC Championships, Parliament Hill
Sun 31/01/2010 Richmond Mini Marathon Trial
Sat 06/02/2010 Hounslow and Hillingdon Mini Marathon Trials
Thurs 11/02/2010 Middlesex Schools XC, Harrow School
Sat 13/02/2010 B London Met League, Horsenden Hill
Sat 20/02/2010 A Surrey County XC Championships
Sat 27/02/2010 Kingston Mini Marathon Trial
Sat 13/03/2010 ** UK Inter Counties and World XC Trials, Birmingham
Sun 14/03/2010 A Southern & Middlesex Masters Champs, Trent Park
Sat 20/03/2010 ** English Schools Champs, Manchester
Sat 27/03/2010 **
**Home Countries Schools International, Truro
IAAF World XC Champs, Poland
** - bonus points available
The SMRAC Winter Tour is a points scoring competition taking in the majority of the club’s winter fixtures. There are competitions for each age group from Under 13 to Veteran. All members of SMRAC who compete in the races are included in the points calculations.
In races graded B, 12 points are awarded to the first SMRAC athlete, 10 to 2nd, 8 for 3rd, 7 for 4th, 6 for 5th and so on down to 1 for 10th. All other finishers will receive 1 point.
In races graded A the points are multiplied by 1.5 so 18 points are awarded to the first SMRAC athlete, 15 to 2nd, 12 for 3rd, 10.5 for 4th, 9 for 5th and so on down to 1.5 for 10th. All other finishers will receive 1.5 point.
Some of those races on the fixture list not graded A or B are races which contribute bonus points as they require selection to a representative team.
Each age group is separated for Winter Tour points, even if they ran in the same race. Anyone who starts a race but does not finish will get no points for that race.
In the event of a draw, the Winter Tour winner will be decided by looking at the head to heads. Athletes must complete 3 or more Tour races graded A or B to be eligible for a Winter Tour prize.
MET LEAGUE BONUSES (one per tour)
• 6 points for completing all 5 Met League races
• 4 points for completing 4 of the 5 Met League races
REPRESENTATIVE BONUSES (max 2 per tour)
• 3 points for representing your county at the Inter County Schools, Southern Inter Counties, UK Inter Counties or English Schools Championships
• 4 points for representing the South of England
• 6 points for representing England
• 8 points for representing Great Britain
Brilliant results!
Thanks for all your encouragement Noel!
…and well done to Noel for coaching these guys and getting the best out of them! Great work Coach!
7 out of 7… and a mention for SMRAC
6 wins now!!
Excellent documentary! Shame he didn’t get to run at London.
UPDATE – U13/U15 races cancelled.
U17 and above still on.
Yes, still on at the moment. They will make a final decision on Friday morning but have invested in lots of space blankets. With the course set to be ok, I think they are most concerned about the temperature for officials stood out there all day.
Have heard through Stragglers that Surrey is definitely going ahead on Saturday. (for now at least).
February 2009’s Surrey league race was cancelled due to snow however I have been told that the cancellation of this race was by the council and that won’t recur as it has been agreed that they don’t have authority to cancel.
Kenya – Les coureurs du Siecle
I’m not an athletics book, but I still might buy it (if I knew what it was called).
Interesting read Noel and the 15,000 miles before 18th birthday reminds me of a Simon Lawson quote with regards to his high mileage, he doesn’t see why he ’should give Africans a ten year head start’.
Good to see you guys out in force and the podiums will be a good advert for the club.
I’ll be writing my report over the weekend, look out for it!
Good Luck,all of you!
The Old Deer Park meeting point is the section of grass at the top of the slope by the A316 and the swimming pool. The Twickenham Green meeting point is the corner of the green nearest the Prince Blucher pub.
Is the flag by the clubhouse where you meet?
Sorry we are on holiday I think Adam has told you but am just confirming
Many thanks
Jackie
Yes, Well done every body – fantastic effort!
Ann Watkins
Brilliant everyone!!
Hi Ross – what a fantastic season you have had! I can’t believe I was running alongside you for a few metres back in the cold of Feb/March.
Keep at it – you can go alot quicker in the coming years.
Enjoy! And of course what a great coach you have!!
cheers
Ian