Endurance League Points Competition
John Driscoll has, since 2008, organised an annual endurance events points competition for West Cheshire AC's senior and veteran runners, based on participation in road, cross-country, multi-terrain and fell races over the calendar year. This rewards those who run regularly for the club, with dual emphasis on events that the club enters as a team and on individuals' improvements.
A bonus point is awarded for running in any Cheshire Grand Prix or Borders League race, with additional points for running all races in either of these series throughout the year (e.g. eight points for running all eight Cheshire GP races). A bonus point is also available for running in any other event that the club enters as a team, such as the Cheshire Cross-country Championships. You can also gain performance points by equalling or bettering your "handicap" time set by John, based on your recent times over road race distances.
Although the results below broadly show that running lots of races will improve your placing, several runners have moved up the rankings by accumulating bonus and performance points.
See here for the men's final table for 2011.
See here for the women's final table for 2011.
See here for races in which WCAC members gained points, for 2011.
See here for John's overview of the 2011 competition, and for changes for 2012.
Congratulations to Andrew Clague and Mary Radford in winning the 2011 titles. As last year, competition for 2nd and 3rd places was close, with Lisa Davies and last year's champion Sacha Kendall Woods level on 50 points in the women's competition. Dave Hough spearheaded the cross-country runners' challenge for 2nd place in the men's competition, just ahead of Max Woods, who achieved the rare feat of running more races than champion Andrew. Thanks to John Driscoll for organising the league, which has seen increased competition for even the 'minor' places since 2010.
If you feel that any of the races you ran were missed from these tables (e.g. those in more far-flung areas), feel free to notify John via the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of this page (select "Road Running Endurance Initiative" from query list), which you can also use to offer always welcome opinions on how your league should work.
Final tables for 2010, 2009 and 2008.
See here for where points were gained or missed in 2008.
