ELVIS SERIES (East London Five Interclub Series) 2008
Races and Dates: Newman Hilly 5 miles– Tuesday 1st July
Havering 90 5 miles – Tuesday 15th July
Barking Park 5k – Bank Holiday Monday 25th August
Dagenham 88 Off road 5 ish To be Confirmed
The Grand Prix will be an Open competition for competitors of all clubs. In addition there will be an interclub team competition between the 4 organising clubs only – Barking Road Runners, Dagenham88, Havering 90 and Ilford AC.
Open Competition:
Rules : Competitors can compete in any 3 of the 4 races to qualify for the
Grand Prix. If 4 races competed the best 3 positions will be taken.
Finishing positions in each race will be used to calculate the Grand Prix position
Prizes: 1st,2nd 3rd men overall, 1st 2nd 3rd women overall, 1st only in usual vet categories, MV40, MV50, MV60, FV35, FV45,FV55. Only 1 prize per competitor based on highest value principle. Prizegiving will take place immediately after the last race – The Dagenham 5 ish. These will be Trophies and/or vouchers depending on the outcome of the sponsorship currently being sought.
Interclub Competition:
Rules : Competitors must be 1st claim members of the 4 competing clubs. There will 2 separate team competitions, one for men and another for women, with 6 scorers in each. These will be 1st 2nd and 3rd overall finishers from each club plus the 1st 2nd and 3rd vet finishers from each club. A vet is defined as being 40 years old or over on race day in the case of men and 35 yrs old or over on race day in the case of women. In the case where a vet occupies any of the first 3 overall positions the next vet finisher from the club will count. The scoring will again be done on overall position in the race i.e taking into account other runners from the non 4 competing teams. The individual scores will be accumulated to decide the team position for each race and the winners will receive 1 point, 2nd place 2 points, 3rd place 3 points and 4th place 4 points. All 4 races will count with the team scores for each race being accumulated over the 4 races to decide the final team positions. The team with the lowest accumulated score after the 4 races will be declared the winners. In the event of a tie between 2 teams the team with the lowest accumulated individual scores over the 4 races will be declared as superior.
Prizes: There will be two interclub shields (men and women) to be kept by the winning teams for one year which will then be returned.
Sponsorship: Runnersworld specialist running shops have agreed sponsorship for 2008. Individual Clubs are to approach their respective committees for any contingency / shortfall in sponsorship. Tony Bradley will investigate acquiring the shield.
Entry Forms: Each club to be responsible for their own race organisation as now but all entry forms to include common Elvis Logo/Grand Prix info.
Results: Individual race results will be recorded on an excel spreadsheet to facilitate Grand Prix scoring which will be the job of Martin Clarke of Ilford AC. Need to get results quickly from last race for prizegiving. Results together with the latest Grand Prix positions will be posted on each club’s website and the Essex Road Running website when asap.
