The annual club championship is a competition open to all members, with the results based on attendance and performance across the qualifying races. If you run any of these races, you’ll automatically be entered.
Races
Championship races are selected to be a broad range of distances and terrain, and encourage members to support local races. The club captains select the races for each season.
For the 2024-25 season, there are 24 selected races, plus your best marathon time between April 2024 and March 2025.
- 1. Guiseley Gallop, Sun 31st March, 10k, trail Guiseley Gallop 10K (runabc.co.uk)
2. Baildon Boundary Way, Sun 7th April, 13.1m, trail Baildon Boundary Way 2024 – RaceBest
3. Bunny Runs, Tues 2, 9&16th April, 5k, trail Bunny Runs – Wharfedale Harriers
4. Up The Odda, Sat 18th May, 10k, trail Up The Odda 2024 – RaceBest
5. John Carr, Sun 26th May, 5k, track. John Carr 5K – Day Of The 5,000 PBs – RaceBest
6. Bronte 5 Mile, Weds 6th June, 5 miles, trail
7. Otley 10, Weds 12th June, 10 miles, road Otley 10 Mile 2024 – RaceBest
8. Solstice Saunter, Thurs 20th June, 5 miles, trail Solstice Saunter 2024 – RaceBest
9. Filey Lions Beach Race, Sun June 23rd, Sand https://www.runbritain.com/entries/EnterRace
10. Ilkley Half, Sun 14th July, 13.1 miles, road Ilkley Half Marathon – Entries for The Ilkley Half Marathon 2024
11. Baildon Carnival Canter, Sat July TBA, 5k, trail. Enter on the day
12. Myrtle Park Bingley parkrun, Saturday August 10th, 5k, trail
13. Even Splits 5k, Weds 28th August, 5k, track
14. Punk Panther, Sat 7th Sept, 13.1 miles, Trail Ultramarathon races (punkpanther.co.uk)
15. Meanwood Valley Trail, Sat 28th Sept, 10k, trail Meanwood Valley Trail Race 2024 – RaceBest
16. Leeds Abbey Dash, Sun 13th October, 10k, road
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18. Guy Fawkes 10, Sun Nov 3rd, 10 miles, road UP & RUNNING: Guy Fawkes 10 Mile | BookitZone | Online Event Entry Service
19. Tadcaster 10, Sun 17th Nov, 10 miles, road Tadcaster 10 – RaceBest
20. Winter Solstice Strider, Sat 21st Dec, 10k/5k, trail Winter Solstice Strider 2024 – RaceBest
21. Auld Lang Syne, Sun 31st Dec, 7 miles, Fell
22. Horton Parkrun, Sat Jan TBA, 5k, road
23. Peco XC, Sun Feb TBA, 4.5 miles, trail
24. Keighley 10k, Sun March 30th,10K road
25. Any Marathon
Divisions
Members are organised into the Premier, First, and Second divisions.
The lowest/highest scoring 6 members are promoted/relegated each season.
New members join in the Second division.
Scoring
Scoring is on the basis of age-grading, using members’ age at the start of the season.
The runner with the highest age grading in each division receives 50 points, the second highest received 49 points, etc.
A member’s 8 highest scoring races are added together to give the total championship score, with a maximum of 400.
In the event of a tie the result will be based on head to head results between the two members.
Other club awards
Club Person of the Year
We have updated the scoring approach for our personality championship which runs alongside the running club championship. This celebrates the people who represent the club, from volunteering to involvement in relay and cross country teams, to Strider of the Month recognition. It’s not about going fast, it’s all about showing up!
The championship year runs from April to March. Scoring is as follows:
- Volunteering for BMWR and John Carr (10 points each)
- Volunteering for parkrun takeovers, EA 10k, and Bradford city runs (7 points each)
- Running for the club (or unselected reserve) in relays such as BMWR, LCWR, Road Relays (5 points each)
- Running for the club in Peco races (1 point each, bonus 5 points for all races)
- Running for the club in YVAA grand prix (5 points if 2+ races run)
- Strider of the Month win (10 points) or nomination (5 points, max of 15)
| Premier | First | Second |
| 2023 | Stuart Dunbar | John Singh | Paul Weir |
| 2022 | Stuart Dunbar | Graham D’Arcy | Jenny Shaw |
| 2021 | Martin Fillingham | David Bower | Joanne Hardaker |
| 2020 | Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded |
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2019 |
Stuart Dunbar |
Suzanne Hague |
Richard Bond |
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2018 |
Stuart Dunbar |
Nick Breare |
Jeremy Rix |
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2017 |
Stuart Dunbar |
Sylvia Ross |
Pippa Bird |
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2016 |
Stuart Dunbar |
Frank Masley |
Ian Jenkins |
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1st place |
2nd place |
3rd place |
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2015 |
Will Kerr |
Stuart Dunbar |
Helen Love |
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2014 |
Jeremy Wright |
Alistair Nash |
Jack verity |
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2013 |
Helen Love |
Jen Willingham |
Will Kerr |