There will be an overall club championship as well as separate championships dedicated to road events and trail / fell events.
Where possible races have been selected based on the following:
- Local, affordable and a range of road, trail & fell races.
- Short and medium distance (most events are 10 miles or under)
- Supporting running club or charity events
- A combination of events which many club runners have done before as well as new events.
- Supporting other club organised events (for example HDSRL, track sessions etc.)
At the time of writing, some events have not been confirmed for 2025. If an event does not go ahead or the date changes significantly, then we may decide to substitute with an alternative.
The championship season runs from March 1st to October 31st 2025.
Age category for each runner will be based on age at 1st March.
Points are awarded as follows:
- First Skipton lady and man – 30 points
- Second Skipton lady and man – 29 points
- Third Skipton lady and man – 28 points
- Fourth, Fifth, Sixth etc Skipton lady and man – 27, 26, 25 points, etc
Where an event has multiple distances these will be treated as separate races for scoring purposes (i.e. if there are 2 distances, there will be 4 x 30 point scores, one for each distance for both male and female)
Overall Championship
You must complete at least 5 races to be eligible for a prize.
If a runner completes more than 7 races, only the top 7 scores will count.
At least 2 scoring races must be from each of road and trail / fell.
Road Championship
The top 5 scores from the 9 events will count. However, you only need to complete 3 races to be eligible for a prize. If you complete 3 or 4 races, then all scores will count.
The championship consists of 7 nominated races, plus any ½ marathon and any marathon during the season.
Times for these ‘wildcard’ events will be taken from the weekly results update. Towards the end of the season these will be circulated to give people the opportunity to highlight any mistakes or missing times.
Trail / Fell Championship
The top 5 scores from the 9 events will count. However, you only need to complete 3 races to be eligible for a prize. If you complete 3 or 4 races, then all scores will count.
The championship consists of 9 nominated races. These are a combination of trail & fell races. The mix of races completed does not matter.
Trophies will be awarded for both male and female as follows:
Overall
- Overall champion
- Veteran categories (V40, V50, V60 & V70)
Road and Trail / Fell
Overall 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places for each discipline
EVENTS
| Date | Day | Event | Type | Distance | Link | Comments |
| March | ||||||
| 2nd | Sun | Muddy Boots | Trail / Fell | 10k | Link | |
| 8th | Sat | Dentdale Run | Road | 7.9 or 14.2 miles | Link | Either distance will count. |
| 22nd | Sat | Pendle Trail | Trail / Fell | 5 miles | Link | Enter quick – less than 60 spaces available currently. |
| April | ||||||
| 26th | Sat | Wray Scarecrow Festival | Road | 10k | Link | |
| May | ||||||
| 4th | Sun | Bluebell Trail | Trail / Fell | 10.3 miles | Link | |
| 13th | Tues | Harrogate HDSRL | Road | 5-6 miles | Link | One entry covers all the HDSRL series |
| June | ||||||
| 7th | Sat | Wharfedale Trail Half | Trail / Fell | 13.1 miles | Link | Earlybird entry before end Jan |
| 11th | Wed | Otley 10 mile | Road | 10 miles | Link | |
| 29th ? | Sun | Trawden 7 | Trail / Fell | 7 miles | Link | Final date TBC. |
| July | ||||||
| 12th | Sat | New Embsay Fell Race | Trail / Fell | 2.5 miles | Link | Entry on the day |
| August | ||||||
| 9th | Sat | Arncliffe Gala road race | Road | 4 miles | Link | Road race starts at 1pm Fell races to follow after (juniors first) |
| 9th | Sat | Arncliffe Gala fell race | Trail / fell | 1.6 miles | ||
| September | ||||||
| 6th | Sat | Due North Malham | Trail / Fell | 10k or half marathon | Link | Either distance will count. Discount will be available – code to follow |
| 7th | Sun | Tholthorpe (York) | Road | 10k | Link | |
| 28th | Sun | Knaresborough Crag Rat | Trail / Fell | 5 miles | Link | |
| Variable / TBC | ||||||
| Skipton AC track event | Road | 1500m / 3000m | Date TBC – probably April / May | |||
| Any half marathon | Road | 13.1 miles | Between 1st March & 31st Oct | |||
| Any marathon | Road | 26.2 miles | ||||