The Annual Awards
A Dinner is held in the Spring of each year, traditionally one week after the London Marathon, at which awards won in the previous calendar year to 31 st December are presented. This year's Awards Dinner is on 2 nd May 2009 when Awards won during the year 1 st January to 31 st December 2008 will be presented. The awards for competitive results are:-
There are 4 awards for the best combination of times for races of 10k, 10 mile and half marathon, per gender, per category. Wadhurst Runners must be the 1st claim club of each participant.
The Kevin Parkinson Founding Cup
Is awarded to the male Senior winner
The Tony Sorrell Male Vet Cup
Is awarded to the male Vet winner
The Di Scott Senior Ladies Cup
Is awarded to the female Senior winner
The Sara Wrenn Veteran Ladies Cup
Is awarded to the female Vet winner
There are 4 awards for the highest SGP positions attained by 1st claim runners per gender per category using the SGP age grading rules (ie age at 1st January).
Male Senior Winner
Male Vet Winner
Female Senior Winner
Female Vet Winner
The Albert Kemp Marathon Cup
Is awarded to the 1st claim male runner achieving the fastest marathon time in the year.
The Wadhurst Runners Ladies Marathon Cup
Is awarded to the 1st claim female runner achieving the fastest marathon time in the year.
The Roger Smith Standards Cup
This cup is awarded to the first claim runner, either male or female, who achieves the highest number of points on the age grading used by the Road Runners Club in each year. You are awarded points for every race you run of a distance where you reach the Road Runners Club set standards. So you can win points by either:
4 points for 1st (highest) category or
3 points for 2nd category or
2 points for 3rd category or
1 point for the basic category.
The Road Runners Club grading is obtainable as a pdf file Here >>
In July and December of every year the Club Handicap Races take place. Both races are about 5 miles in length with the July race run partly off road on the banks of Bewl Reservoir and the December race on minor roads on the western fringes of Wadhurst.
Start times are staggered with the slower runners starting before the quicker runners and the races are often won by the slower runners with the fast runners in hot pursuit! C ups are awarded to the top scoring male and female finishers of the Summer and Winter races combined to:-
The Men’s Handicap Champion
The Ladies Handicap Champion
Cups are awarded to the best:
Junior Male 1st Claim Champion
Junior Female 1st Claim Champion
The second claim cup is awarded to the most consistent performing male or female 2nd claim member running under Wadhurst Runners colours.