Changes to Sutton Runners Grand Prix Series 2013

In 2013 we are going to replace the Grand Prix trophy as it’s formally known with a new trophy called ‘The Road League Cup‘.

1) Why replace the Grand Prix? – The Grand Prix is run over 10 designated events from April to October with one of them a marathon of the individuals choice. We ask that individuals take place in a minimum of five events to qualify, last year no one did more than 4 so a lack of interest probably because we never publicised it and the qualification rules are not that clear, so we need to change to something that is simple and easy to understand.

2) There are 7 road league events in the year from May to August, 6 excluding our 10k these are the Richmond Half Marathon, Dorking 10, Richmond 10k, Elmore 7, Elmbridge 10k and Wimbledon 5k. To qualify for the cup we propose that you have to take part in 3 events. Performances in these events are given age graded % scores which is contained on all published results. The winner of the cup is the person who has made the biggest improvement during the course of the road league series, so it will work the same as the handicap series. Another benefit is that it will encourage people to take part in the Road League as the club get points and competes against other Surrey clubs.
So we will retire our Grand Prix trophy and invest in a new trophy ‘The Road League Cup‘

2011 winner of the old Grand Prix Cup by a big margin, having taken part in more races than anyone else during the season was John James, seen here being presented with his award from our Club Chairman.

2011 Grand Prix Trophy (for highest points scorer at grand prix events) went to John James

Qualifying races for 2013

The the list of qualifying races for 2013 are as follows:

Road League Cup Events

**Additional qualifying races: Compete in any Marathon.

Rules

In order to qualify for the Road League Cup you must compete in a minimum of 3 of these events