WCAC Road Running Championship
In 2016, following a request from another club to include their race in our club road running championship, John Driscoll thought it would be a good idea if we actually had such a thing! The existing WCAC Endurance League would continue, in primarily rewarding consistency in taking part in events that the club enters as a team. The road running championship too would emphasise taking part in club events, but would specifically reward higher finishing postions in races and faster times in relation to a set of criteria.
The experimental version of the championship for 2016 will include all Cheshire Grand Prix and Borders League races (usually seven races per year in each competition), and another pre-determined six popular local races, to bring the total number of championship races up to twenty for the year. The overall score for each runner is determined by their highest points totals in up to eight of these twenty races, which must include at least one of less than five miles and one of at least ten miles from those on the list.
Points are gained according to:
- Position in a race, relative to other WCAC runners, with more points available where more WCAC runners take part (eg twenty points for 1st WCAC runner of twenty).
- Performance in relation to the World Masters Athletics age-grading system (to adjust ties according to a runner's age and gender, as on the parkrun results).
- Performance in relation to the BDS handicap system (like a golf handicap, to compare times over different distances).
A runner's points for these three criteria are summed to give their total for each race, with separate men's and women's tables posted on this page at regular intervals.
Races for the 2016 championship are as follows (WCAC tables and standings in bold):
| Date | Race | Cheshire Grand Prix | Tables | Standings |
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| January 17th | Four Villages Half-marathon | Round 1 | Race | ||
| January 24th | Borders League, Abergele | Race | |||
| February 14th | Village Bakery Half-marathon | Race | Women's | Men's | |
| March 20th | Borders League, Tattenhall | Race | Women's | Men's | |
| April 17th | Borders League, Mold | Race | Women's | Men's | |
| April 24th | Whitley 10k | Round 2 | Race | ||
| April 27th | Borders League, Prestatyn | Race | |||
| April 28th | Mid-Cheshire 5k, Kingsley | Round 3 | Race | Women's | Men's |
| May 15th | Chester Half-marathon | Race | |||
| May 20th | Christleton 5k | Race | Women's | Men's | |
| June 19th | Hollins Green 5k | Round 4 | Race | ||
| June 26th | Colshaw Hall 10k | Round 5 | Race | ||
| August 17th | Capenhurst 5k | Race | |||
| August 21st | Birchwood 10k | Round 6 | Race | Women's | Men's |
| September 25th | Macclesfield Half-marathon | Round 7 | |||
| October 2nd | Chester Marathon | ||||
| October 9th | Borders League, Caernarfon | ||||
| November 6th | Borders League, Cheshire Vw | ||||
| November 20th | Conwy Half-marathon | ||||
| December 4th | Borders League, Birkenhead | ||||
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location and exact date as yet unknown.
Do you know of another two races, of over 5k distance that we could include, to make a total of 20? Preferably around July, to even the spread of races throughout the year. If so, please send a message to "Road Running Secretary" via the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of this page.
Please remember that this is an experiment which, if successful and popular with WCAC club members, will continue in future years.