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2008 Club Championship - Johnny M explains all......

How does the exciting Tewkesbury AC Club Championship work?!?

For those of you new to it and a reminder for the old hands, here's a note on how the Club Championship (aka King/Queen of the Roads) operates...

Each year the committee vote for a collection of races during the year, normally about 15-20 events. The selected events are chosen for their varied locations, distances, date and time, terrain and mainly what they offer the club members. Some may be Gloucestershire road race series events but typically an event like the Mallards Pike 5m which offers not only, a well staged race, but more importantly, a fabulous atmosphere.

The complete race line-up for the 2008 season has now been compiled. Its runs from December to the final event on October 26th. Most event organizers confirm their dates nearer the time so the committee can't confirm all the date and times at this point. However, as soon as we learn, we will post news on this page. In the mean time feel free to contact me
(Jon) 07811 389994 or Steve 01242 692617 for an event synopsis.

We also include your year's best marathon time towards the Champs.
(assuming you run one). And we will be using the new version of the age & gender grading system for the Veterans (Good for age) title.

For 2008 we've put together 19 events (plus any marathon) and your best 10 scores count towards the end of season total. If you run more than 10 events then you collect 2 bonus points per extra run - it's still your best 10 events that will count towards your 2008 total though. On offer is the King of the Roads title (2nd & 3rd), Queen of the Roads (2nd & 3rd) and the Vets shield (2nd & 3rd).

Lets make it clear that you don't have to run all, or even run any of the events. However, if you do race (and finish) in any of the selected ones then you'll collect points towards your yearly total. All the times, points, places etc will be sorted out by me so all you need to do is run - simple!. You can see by the inside cover of the 'TAC Review Magazine' or on last seasons final table how it folds out. Enter the events in the normal way and be aware that some events either fill quickly and/or have cut-off dates to enter by. It's your own responsibility to get entered! Worth noting now, that's it's not always the best runners who do well, it's the most organized. So, here's a tip from me - get your administration up to speed!

Here's an example of how the scoring works...  I will use the first of this season's events, The Christmas Four Mile, as an example;

Name             race time   Points    GFA time   GFA points

Rob Knight       23.55       14      21.56         14                     
Jon Mansfield   24.37       13      23.16         11                      
Stuart Dudfield  24.48       12      24.13          9                     
Nigel Tillott       25.28       11      23.10         12                  
Barry O'Driscoll 27.59      10       27.02         4                      
Cathy Dudfield  28.10        9       27.39         3                      
Carol Cowley    28.49        8       22.42         13                     
Rob Jordan       28.55        7       26.55          6                    
Paul Mason      29.45        6       26.31          7                     
Neville Simpson 29.46       5       24.34          8                      
Steve Wiggall    30.23       4        27.00          5                    
Michael Ward    33.22       3        23.28         10                     

As you can see, there's 3 points awarded for just completing a race. The further up the finishing order, within the TAC runners, the more points you can collect. For the good for age (GFA) points, your times, sex and age are entered into the new Masters AA calculator to give you your adjusted time. Hence, Mike and Carol's GFA times are really quick - if you check my time with Mike's, it means that if I maintain my ability then I should just be able to match Mike when I'm 73 yrs. That's how that works.

Confused? Don't be afraid to ask. Excited? You should be, it's perfectly normal.                                                                   

Call me for further news and event details.                               

Yours in sport                                                            

King/Queen of the Road 2008 events list.

1. 27/12/07 Christmas Four Mile

2. 20/01/08 Not the Roman IX

3. 03/02/08 Linda Franks 4.2m - http://www.almostathletes.org.uk/media/LFRun08.doc

4. 24/02/08 Bourton 10km - Full Up

5. 01/03/08 Glos 5km road relays -

6. 16/03/08 Forest of Dean trails 1/2m - http://www.rotary-rfod.org.uk/rfod-half-marathon.htm

7. 22/03/08 Easter Holiday 10km - http://www.severnac.co.uk/

8. 06/04/08 Chedworth RomanTrail - http://www.cirencester-ac.org.uk/public/pdf/CHEDWORTH%202008.pdf

9. 11/05/08 Tewkesbury 1/2 marathon - http://www.209events.com/event.php?event=64

10. 18/06/08 Mallards Pike 5 - http://www.chepstowharriers.org.uk/mallard.htm

11. 03/07/08 AeroSpace - http://www.cheltenhamharriers.co.uk/fixtures/aerospace.html

12. 17/07/08 White Horse 5km - http://www.severnac.co.uk/

13. 19/07/08 The Mile - http://www.bourtonroadrunners.co.uk/index_s.htm

14. 07/08/08 Bugatti Beer - http://www.cheltenhamharriers.co.uk/fixtures/bugatti.html

15. 25/08/08 Arlingham Pass 4.4m - http://www.severnac.co.uk/

16. 07/09/08 Haresfield Beacon - http://www.angelsrunningclub.co.uk

17. ??/??/08 Oldbury 10m - http://www.thornburyrunningclub.co.uk

18. 27/09/08 Glos XC Relays - http://www.glosaaa.org.uk/

19. 26/10/08 Stroud 1/2 marathon - http://www.stroudathleticclub.co.uk/clubraces/stroudhalf.shtml

20. Plus Any Marathon