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2008/9 Cross Country League

Sandhurst 23rd November Club Championship
Bracknell 14th December
Tadley 11th January Club Championship
Finch TBA
Handy Cross 1st February
Metro 22nd February
Reading 1st March
League Final 22nd March

The XC races are a friendly affair, organised by mostly the same group of clubs who run the summer 5Ks. It's a team event, with traditional cross-country scoring (see below for more details). In short, turn up, run, and remember to wear club kit or all your efforts will be in vain!

The races are free to Dashers as the club are paying the entrance fees. Guests GBP 3.00 per race. Just like the 5k races, there's plenty of free food and hot drink afterwards.

All events start at 11am. Maps and directions will be sent out by the XC rep (Colin Adams) in the week before each race, or you can click the links in the table above to see where the races take place.

Results

Thanks to Mike Raistrick, there's now a fantastic database-driven site with all the results on - say hello to http://www.tvxc.org.uk/

Rules

• No spitting, biting or gouging :-)
• The minimum age for participation in the league is 16.
• All participating club runners must wear club colours. Anybody not wearing club colours will be excluded from the scoring team.
• All events will start at 11:00 am.
• Vets age status will be fixed from 1st Nov prior to the first event of the new season.
• A scoring team consists of 7 male runners (including a minimum of 2 vets) and 3 female runners (including at least 1 vet). Each scoring member will contribute a point score equal to their position within their gender.
• If a club is unable to field a full team, the missing competitors will score as the last position in the race plus 1; this will be split by gender.
• Male and female results will be calculated as separate races but the overall club score will be determined by the addition of male and female scores.
• The club position for each event will be determined by the total points of the scoring team. League points will be awarded to each team according to their position within the fixture.
• Any team failing to compete in a fixture will receive no points.
• The final overall league position will be decided by taking the total of the league points for all the fixtures. A club’s total league score will be defined by its total score minus the worst score for the season, i.e. best 7 from 8 events.