Borders Road Running League
The Borders Road Running League was set up in 1983 by seven small clubs from North Wales and the bordering area of west Cheshire to provide friendly inter-club team competition through a series of road races over each winter. Deestriders, Helsby and Tattenhall still compete whilst Whitby Heath merged in 1998 with CEPAC to become West Cheshire AC. Today WCAC is one of 15 clubs in the League. The races are restricted to the member clubs and between October and the following May seven races are held at distances from 4 miles to 10K. providing good class competition.
There are two Divisions with the emphasis on team competition leading to relegation and promotion of 2 teams at the end of each season. Although there is one race at the seven venues, the results are split into male and female to count for their respective team positions. In the first Divisions the men’s team need the first 10 male runners to finish whilst the ladies’ require the first 4 females. 3 runners are required for the ladies’ second Division, where the West Cheshire females currently reside, and introduced for 2008/9, the men’s second Division teams need 7 to finish.
The team points from each race are added to produce a final points table, the club with the lowest total winning the trophy for that year.
Both male and female overall positions count towards the 6 person veteran’s team.
During the 2006/07 season the numbers taking part were in the range 240 to 265 per race.
Go to Borders League for current results and information on races.
Rules on eligibility to take part in the Borders League
Some of the Team at Wrexham for the 2008/2009 season's Final Race
