Skipton AC Club Champs rules 2022
Best scoring five from a choice of nine championship races. You need to do a minimum of 5 races to qualify for a trophy, new rule for 2022: the 5 scoring races are as follows: best road; best trail; best fell then the next 2 best scoring races from any category.
To appeal to a broad church, the races are:
- Local
- Affordable
- Short and medium distance
- Equal choice of tarmac, trail/multi and fell
Championship Trophies
The champion lady and man will each have their names engraved on a Skipton AC Championship shield. Champions will keep this on their mantlepieces throughout their year as champions before handing them back to be engraved with the names of next year’s champions. Smaller trophies will also be awarded for 2nd and 3rd as well as first in the usual veteran classes (V40, V50, V60) for both the ladies’ and men’s competition. N.B. Also maximum of one trophy per person to spread out trophies.
Race points are as follows:
- First Skipton lady or man – 30 points
- Second Skipton lady or man – 29 points
- Third Skipton lady or man – 28 points
- Fourth, Fifth, Sixth etc Skipton lady or man – 27, 26, 25 points, etc
You must be a first or second claim athlete for Skipton AC, enter as a Skipton AC runner and wear Skipton AC clothing on race day to score points.
Skipton AC Club Championship Races 2022
| Race | Date | Cost | Terrain | Approx. distance | Enter | |
| 1 | Ilkley Moor fell race
400 limit entries open 1st Dec. FRA rules kit must be carried |
Sun 6th March 11.30 | Pre-entry-£10 on the day £20 | Fell | 5 miles | https://theentrypoint.co.uk/events/ilkley-moor-fell-race-2022-5RAQM4l1n9aPY0D |
| 2 | Brighouse trail race
Entries open now |
Sun 24th April 9.30 | £15 | Trail | 10km | https://www.letsdothis.com/gb/e/the-10k-189039 |
| 3 | Lancaster Castle Hangmans Noose 10km Entries open now | Sun 22nd May 11am | £15 | Road | 10km | https://www.lancaster-race-series.co.uk/10km-races/hangman-s-noose-10km/ |
| 4 | Wharfedale Half marathon Entries open Jan, Limit 300 | Sat 4th June
11.00 |
£23 (2021) | Trail | 13.2 miles | http://www.wharfedalemarathonevents.com/ |
| 5 | Eccup 10
Adel, Leeds Limit 1200, entries open now sells out |
Sun 26th June 9.30am | £18 enter | Road | 10 miles | https://www.abbeyrunners.co.uk/races/eccup-10/ |
| 6 | Townley Park 10KM road race | Sunday 10th July 11am | £6 enter on the day | Road | 10KM | https://pendleandburnleygrandprix.co.uk/ |
| 7 | Eshton Moor Fell Race
Gargrave |
Thursday 4th August
6.30pm |
£5 ish enter on the evening | Fell | 5 miles | http://bofra.org.uk/racecalendar |
| 8 | Beck busters 10km, Bishop Munkton, Harrogate run through a beck at end! 330 limit | 17th Sept provisional 11am | £16 in 2021 | Trail | 10km | https://beckbusters10k.co.uk/?fbclid=IwAR1E2Tz-GeUnTZV3VJdM2-ZGanxw7nE8t7_a5IDrYCqPS_zEnB6zuMLZTRw |
| 9 | Withins Skyline Pennistone Hill Howarth FRA rules for kit | Sunday 16th October | £5 on the day | Fell | 6 miles | http://www.wharfedaleharriers.co.uk/events/withins/ |
