OWLS ATHLETIC CLUB Race 6
Leicestershire Road Running Summer League
Sponsored by Mick Yeoman Physiotherapy
Incorporating Leicestershire 10 Mile Road Championships
Owls John Fraser 10 10.30am Sunday 7th September 2008
Race Permit applied for
Start and finish at Countesthorpe College, Winchester Road, Countesthorpe, LE8 5PR (near Leicester)
Free parking- Changing-Showers -Refreshments
Course accuracy certificate
EXTENSIVE PRIZE LIST:
CASH & DERBY RUNNER VOUCHERS for individuals
Individual:- First 6 men (regardless of age)
First 3 women (regardless of age)
First veteran man 0/40, 0/50 & 0/60
First veteran woman 0/40 & 0/50
One individual prize per person only
Teams:- First 3 senior men's teams (4 to count)
First veteran men's team (4 to count)
First 3 women's teams - any age (3 to count)
Memento to all finishers

LEAGUE ENDURANCE HANDICAP

Dave Little has sent me the Endurance Handicap Results up to the Desford race and it makes interesting reading, he also sent me this bit of info which I hope makes it a bit clearer!

"The handicappers look at each runner's performance in a number of races and award a "handicap" of 0 to an extremely good club runner and call that the scratch time. The most favourable handicap is 50, which represents 2.5 times scratch performance. A slow, ageing athlete could have the same handicap as a much younger beginner who is just starting to run. I think that this still means that they both compete fairly against the elite runners and could be rewarded for performances."

Have a look and see what you think:- LADIES - MEN

The Glen Hillyer Club Championship.
The Club Championship was put forward by Club Captain, Steve Powell, the idea is to encourage all abilities to venture further away from just winter and summer league races.
The Championship will also honour the name of Glen Hillyer who died suddenly, over a year ago and is still sadly missed. Glen was a founder member of Birstall Running Club which was formerly 'Oliver' Running Club and it seems very fitting that the Club Championship should be named after him as he would certainly have been one of the first to compete in it.

You must fulfill a number of criteria to count, for example, if a faster runner fails to make one of the remaining two cross country races they will not be eligible for this year's championship. Ideally the Championship will encourage consistency and dedication in all our runners.
Essentially the scores are worked out on how each runner has performed against fellow Birstall runners. If you do more than the required amount of races in a category your best results will count. There will be Trophies for both men and women overall and also for age categories.