LMS Club Championships

Club Champs

The Lytchett Manor Striders club championship is a contest between members of LMS over a set of races during the year. The competition consists of 14 races throughout the year with your best 7 results to count, with the option of any full marathon counting towards the 7.

2022 Races:

1. 01-Jan - Broadstone Quarter - Poole Runners * 2. Feb - Sika 10k – LMS organised event (free entry) 3. 06-Feb - Blackmore Vale Half * 4. Mar - Moors Valley parkrun – LMS organised event (free entry) 5. 20-Mar - Weymouth Half - Just Racing 6. 03-Apr - Marnhull 12k – Run ABC * 7. May - May 5 – Poole AC * 8. 17-Jun - Purbeck 10k – Purbeck AC * 9. June/July - Lytchett 5k (Handicap) 10. July/Aug - Summer Magic Mile 11. 03-Jul - Portland 10 - Royal Manor Portland AC * 12. Sep - The Beast – Poole AC 13. Oct - Gold Hill 10k – Dorset Doddlers * 14. Nov - Wimborne 10 – Wimborne AC *

* also part of Dorset Road Race League

Rules

All fully paid-up members qualify and points are awarded for competing in the selected races and finishing ahead of other Striders. Prizes are awarded to the first three male/female runners and then for various age categories in 5-year bands. The are lots of trophies up for grabs, which are presented at the annual Awards Dinner and Dance.

Scoring

The scoring system works as follows:

1^st male and female ... 50 points
2^nd male and female ... 49 points
3^rd male and female ... 48 points etc.

Virtual Events

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, some events may be replaced with virtual runs. For virtuals, the following rules apply:
1) Elapsed time only, please set your Strava run to “Race” or show other evidence of your run
2) Only submit one run time to the organiser of the event, this will be taken as your official time.
3) Make sure you adhere to all current Covid regulations, follow all run instructions and use common sense when running
You will have one calendar month to run each event, starting on the 1st and concluding on the last day of the month when you must submit your time by 7pm. Finally and probably most importantly you need to make sure your membership is renewed in order to record a time for the club championships.