York & District Road Race League
Changes for 2011
For 2011 the number of events has been increased to 7. There will be six races in the series, at Pocklington, Tadcaster, Easingwold, Knavesmire, Bishop Wilton, and Selby finshing as usual with the Stillington handicap. For individuals it will still be the best 4 to count but from 6 events and for the team it will be the best 5 from 6 to count.
Easingwold Running Club is affiliated to the York and District Road Race League. The League takes place each year during the months of May, June and July.
Important Information about the series
Eight local running clubs compete in six 10K Road Races at venues in and around York and district. Nominated clubs organise an event in their area and times and places are taken and published for each race. Approximately 200 runners take part in each race out of 500 registered runners. Runners compete in their club colours and are given points and positions in categories reflecting age, gender and club.
The results from each race and each year are posted on a results website which helps to add to the interest and excitement of each event. At the end of the six races entrants are given a handicap time for the final race in July, the slowest runners starting at a requisite time in front of the faster runners. In theory each runner has an equal opportunity of winning the final event. In practice most of the runners finish within a few minutes of each other with a final stampede to the finishing line!
A presentation evening with refreshments takes place following the handicap race in July. Awards are made for individual and team categories and rounds off what is always a friendly and most enjoyable series of races.
All events are held on a Tuesday evening with races 1 to 6 starting at 7.30 pm and the Handicap race starting at 7.00 pm prior to supper and awards ceremony.
The cost is £8 for the whole series.
Participating clubs are: Easingwold, Pickering, Pocklington, Tadcaster, Selby, York Postal, York Acorn and York Knavesmire.
See RRL page for the current year for details of events, pictures and reports.