2012 will see a new format to the road race champsionship. 20 points will be awarded to the first Cirencester finisher in each race down to one point for the 20th and any subsequent finishers. Male & female championships will be scored separately and best 6 races to count from the 10 races above.

There will also be an club runner championship which will incorporate bonus points and rewarding people turning out for a race. Bonus points will be awarded for any personal bests achieved against times published in the newsletter for 2010 and 2011 ... click here for a list of best times. One bonus point will be awarded for every 15 seconds improvement up to a maximum of two minutes (8pts) for races of up to & including 10k and three minutes (12pts) for longer races. If no qualifying times have been recorded in the last two years, the first run in a championship race calander for that distance will form the benchmark for any subsequent bonus points. And for each race you run in the championship you will be awarded 5 points up to a maximum of 45.

Finally you will not be able to win both championships, if you are leading both then you will be awared the club champsionship rather than the club runner championship.

To qualify for points, runners must be fully paid-up members, be entered under Cirencester AC and be wearing a club vest.

CURRENT STANDINGS OF CHAMPIONSHIP          

A number of club records have been broken this year.

Gun versus Chip timing in race results

For the avoidance of any doubt following the matter being raised within the club recently, this is the official line on the recording of official times in race results:

IAAF Competition Rule No. 165.24e:

"The official time will be the time elapsed between the start gun and the athlete reaching the finish line (Gun Time). However, if an athlete crosses the start line after the start gun, his time elapsed between the start and finish line (Chip Time) can be made known to the athlete but will not be considered as official time."

For an up to date list, click the link below;

INDIVIDUAL CLUB RECORDS