{"id":212,"date":"2018-01-09T18:59:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T18:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handycrossrunners.co.uk\/HXR\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2026-10-01T12:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:15:27","slug":"club-championship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/handycrossrunners.co.uk\/HXR\/club-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HANDY CROSS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The aim of the club championship is to increase club participation at races and make the club\u2019s name more widely known at local races; and in turn entice new members into our running community.\u00a0 We also hope that by choosing different distances that our members will try a race perhaps they would have dismissed previously as too long, too fast, too hard etc.\u00a0 The club championship is open to all paid up members of the club and runs for the entire calendar year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>POINT SCORING:\u00a0 <\/strong>Points are scored for:<br \/>\n1. participating in local races<br \/>\n2. gaining a club standard in different distances (see club standards page)<br \/>\n3. running a marathon<br \/>\n4. marshalling at club events<br \/>\n5. running in the summer 5k series<br \/>\n6. running in the Thames Valley winter Cross Country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any Summer 5k series event<\/strong> (except HXR) 2 points for each event.\u00a0 Bonus point awarded for attending 4 or more events.<br \/>\nWargrave-May 12th 2026<br \/>\nBurnham-May 26th 2026<br \/>\nMaidenhead-June 2nd 2026<br \/>\nHazlemere-June 23rd 2026<br \/>\nMarlow July 7th 2026<br \/>\nDatchet-July 14th 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Any Thames Valley winter Cross Country event<\/strong> (except HXR) 2 points for each event.\u00a0 Bonus point awarded for attending 5 or more events.<br \/>\nTVT &#8211; Feb 7th 2027<br \/>\nReading Dec 6th 2026<br \/>\nSandhurst Nov 22nd 2026<br \/>\nMetros date Oct 11th 2026<br \/>\nBracknell date Jan 10th 2027<br \/>\nMaidenhead Dec 20th 2026<br \/>\nDatchet date Nov 8th 2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local Races:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wokingham \u00bd &#8211; February 21st 2027<\/li>\n<li>Bramley 10\/20 &#8211; February 14th\u00a0 2027<\/li>\n<li>Beaconsfield 5 &#8211; March 29th 2027<\/li>\n<li>Cliveden 10k &#8211; 2027 TBC<\/li>\n<li>Ridge Off-Roader 10K &amp; 1\/2 &#8211; 2027 TBC<\/li>\n<li>Penn 7 &#8211; 2027 TBC<\/li>\n<li>Ridgeway Relay &#8211; June 27th 2027<\/li>\n<li>Burnham Beeches \u00bd or 10K &#8211; August 8th 2027<\/li>\n<li>Frieth Hilly 5k &amp; 10k &#8211; October 11th 2026<\/li>\n<li>Marlow \u00bd, 7 or Frankenstein \u2013 November 1st 2026<\/li>\n<li>Rugged Radnage &#8211; November 15th 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plus, 1pt for marshalling the Marlow 5, HX summer 5K, HX TVXC (including extra point for helping on set up days) and extra 1pt for supplying an additional marshal (max 1 per event).<\/p>\n<p><strong>REWARD<br \/>\n<\/strong>Apart from bragging rights, there will be a tankard given to the top male and female in the league on completion of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ENTRY<br \/>\n<\/strong>As the championship is now based purely on participation, all members will be automatically entered into the competition. 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