March – No race due to the extra NEHL Fixture and GFR in the same month
April – Blyth 10km – Click the link to enter
May – Pier to Pier 7.5mile (long run) – click to enter
18th June – **Elswick internal 5km
July – Sunderland 5km
22nd August – *Watergate 5km
27th August*** – Internal 10km
October (weekend) – **Internal 10 mile
November – Heaton Memorial 10km
Useful website for races – http://www.northeastraces.com
*Update 5/3/24: Watergate 5km has been included following the withdrawal of the March fixture due to rearranged XC fixture.
**Updated 19/3/24: internal 10 mile and 5km switched so we can utilise the light nights and run the 5km on the closed section of OneNE. The 10 miler will now take place in October on a weekend.
***Our internal 10km has been brought forward to make use of the lighter nights and avoid popular races.
2024 Rules:
All athletes must complete at least one of the selected 2024 Club Championship races to be in the running for a prize, however, the more races you complete the more chance you have of winning a prize!
An athletes best two 5km, best two 10km, and best (one) ‘long’ race will count to the overall standings.
Runners must wear their Elswick vest in official races. You can wear training tops or whatever is comfortable in park runs or club organised runs.
Athletes must be aged 18 and over before the first race in order to compete in the championship. Your age at the date of the first race in the championship will determine your age category for the purpose of scoring.
Categories are in 10 year age groups Senior, V40, V50, V60 and V70 for both men and women – for Cross Country, we will follow the NEHL rules Senior and V35+ for women then Senior and V40+ for men.
Point scoring system will continue unchanged, i.e. 15 points for 1st, 14 points for 2nd, etc.
In the event of a tie at the end of the year; the runner with a better ‘head to head’ record across all races will edge the standings. If runners are still tied, the runner who completed the most Club Championship races will edge the standings.
Athletes have one month from the date of a race to query the points allocated to them. You can do this in writing by contacting Mike Russell.
Check progress via our Facebook Members Group.