The Grand Prix is open to all senior and veteran members of the club; a prize will be awarded to the winner in each of MS, FS, M40, F40, M50, F50, M60, F60, M70 and F70 categories. Each runner's category will be determined by their age on the day of their first race in the Grand Prix.

To complete the Grand Prix, a competitor must finish a minimum of 6 races from the following list of 12: one race must be completed from each Section (A, B and C), plus three others from anywhere on the list.

Section A: Hills

  1. 19 Apr - Norman's Law (Fife AC)
  2. 07 May - Dumyat Hill Race
  3. 21 Jun - Largo Law (Anster Haddies)
  4. 17 Aug - Lomonds of Fife (Lomond Hill Runners)

Section B: Roads

  1. 06 Apr - Tay Ten (Perth RR)
  2. 07 May - Scottish 5K Road Championships (SA)
  3. 12 Aug - Ceres 8 (Fife AC)
  4. 21 Sep - East Neuk 10K (Anster Haddies)

Section C: Trail

  1. 17 May - Scottish Trail Championships (SA/Fife AC)
  2. 01 Jun - Chariots of Fire Beach 5K (Fife AC)
  3. 26 Jun - Sandy Bay Slither (Fife AC)
  4. 03 Sep - Gateside Gallop (Fife AC)

Please pay close attention to the details for these races via the relevant websites, and note that some invite/require pre-registration. The clash between two races on 7 May is unfortunate, but both are great and popular events, so we thought it was best to give everyone the choice.

The scoring system will be operated on the basis of % time in relation to that posted by the person who finishes half way down the field. In each race, this runner will each be given 1000 points, no matter what their time. So if this time is one hour and the winner finishes in 30 mins, the winner will be awarded 500 points; someone taking 90 mins will get 1500 points. The series results will then be calculated according to each runner's points tally, the lowest being declared the winner. If a runner finishes more than 6 races in the series, their best 6 finishes will be used to determine their score, subject to them having done one trail, one hill and one road race.

There is no need to declare participation in the series – we hope to publish running updates of rankings, and will welcome notice of oversights/ miscalculations/ etc.

Good luck to everyone!

Roger Rees

 

Final Standings

Median times, for 1000 points:

  • Tay 10: 1:19:20
  • 5K: 0:18:55
  • Norman's Law: 0:42:44
  • Dumyat: 0:50:55
  • Largo: 1:01:57
  • Trail: 0:46:39 (F), 1:03:52 (M)
  • Chariots: 0:28:07
  • Sandy Slither: 0:52:16
  • Ceres 8: 0:59:11
  • Lomonds of Fife: 02:04:11
  • Gateside Gallop: 0:32:32
  • East Neuk 10K: 0:48:30

A nominal 10,000 points is awarded for a missed race; these will be automatically omitted from the final score for runners who complete 6 races.

Runner Category Norman's Law Dumyat Largo Lomonds Tay 10 5K Ceres 10K Trail Chariots Slither Gateside Total
Keith Taylor MS 841 10000 10000 10000 837 10000 843 762 933 675 812 803 4731
Kenneth Anthony MV50 830 10000 866 10000 10000 968 847 10000 943 10000 921 812 5218
Andy Milne MV40 919 10000 10000 10000 900 10000 912 860 1043 10000 881 882 5354
Neil Millar MV40 966 10000 1017 10000 10000 10000 920 828 1034 745 10000 911 5388
Mitch McCreadie MV60 943 10000 934 10000 917 1088 10000 10000 10000 773 10000 922 5577
Ken Morris MV60 1001 10000 1061 10000 10000 10000 10000 895 1076 757 933 940 5587
David Norrie MV50 1014 10000 1037 10000 10000 1128 988 874 10000 799 984 956 5616
Hilary Ritchie FV50 922 980 953 1026 10000 10000 10000 899 1018 10000 10000 10000 5799
Margaret Martin FV50 1006 10000 10000 10000 1008 1189 1026 939 1078 10000 1008 1006 5993
Stewart Davidson MV60 1087 1125 1144 1126 1053 10000 1107 10000 1267 10000 1037 1084 6493
Wendy Ritchie FV40 1206 10000 10000 10000 1208 10000 1275 1128 10000 975 1205 10000 6997
Rosemary Lee FV50 1298 10000 1258 10000 10000 1356 1191 10000 1258 993 1192 1161 7053
Sue Whisler FV50 1266 1427 1371 10000 10000 10000 1179 1064 10000 928 10000 10000 7235