Alnwick Harriers Grand Prix

Each year Alnwick Harriers hold a Grand Prix competition. The aim of the competition is to encourage harriers to compete at events around the region to promote the club, while having a bit of fun along the way.

There are trophies and prizes for the top 12 position, and to level the playing field for all ages the competition uses WAVA Scoring.(click link for more details)  making it  fair and competitive for everyone

Each year a list of qualifying events is published, the events range from short road runs to, marathons and fell races and every thing in between. The events are split into a number of groups with your best score or scores from each group counting to your Grand Prix score.

The exact groupings and scoring can vary from year to year but the principal is always the same.

The top 12 positions after the final race win trophies and prizes.

Club Vest or T-shirt must be worn for your event to count in the Grand Prix

The only exceptions are:

Druridge Bay & Pastures Parkruns.

GNR, if you are running for a charity, then the charity’s vest can be worn.

WAVA scores for the Grand Prix are calculated by our own software and may therefore differ slightly from online calculated values such as Fetch.

The 2023 Alnwick Harriers Grand Prix

The list of qualifying events and groupings for this year are given below.

The scoring for 2023 will be;

Your best score from Pastures Parkrun on the first run of each month.

Your best score from Druridge Parkrun on the first run of each month

Your best 2 scores from Group 1 Events.   Group 1 races are up to 10K on road or easy runnable surface.

Your best 2  scores from Group 2 Events.   Group 2 races are longer than 10k on road or easy runnable surface.

Your best 2  scores from Group 3 Events.   Group 3 races can be any distance, predominately off-road, and include technically challenging terrain.

Group 2 can also include any marathon event, but you will need to  let me know if you complete one, as I can’t monitor them all.

You can let me know by posting a race report in the members facebook group, or by messaging me directly, or by Email:AlnwickHarriersGrandPrix@gmail.com

2023 Calendar

Event

Location

Group

January

1st

Start Of  2023 Grand Prix.

1st

Druridge Bay Park Run

Park Run

7th

Pastures Park Run

Park Run

8th

Winter Wipeout

Ingram

Group 3

29th

Druridge Bay Trail HM (Wild Deer Events)

Druridge

Group 2

February

4th

Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run

Park Run

11th

Thornley Hall XC

Thornley

Group 3

18th 

Duergar  10m Trail

Rothbury

Group 3

March

4th

Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run

Park Run

12th

Brough Law Fell Race 8k (AS)

Ingram  (Bulbys Wood)

Group 3

19th

Alnwick Castle 10k Trail (Wild Deer Events)

Alnwick

Group 1

April

1st

Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run

Park Run

2nd

Blyth 10k

Blyth

Group 1

23rd

Sand Dancer 10k

South Shields

Group 1

30th

Gateshead Half Marathon

Gateshead

Group 2

May

6th

Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run

Park Run

21st

Pier to Pier 7M

South Shields

Group 2

28th

Druridge 10k (date to be confirmed)

Druridge

Group 1

June

4th

Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run

11th

Bamburgh 10k

Bamburgh

Group 1

25th

Chopwell Woods 10K Trail

Chopwell

Group 3

July

1st

Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run

13th

Beacon Hill Fell Race 10K (BM)

Lordenshaw

Group 3

August

5th

Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run

9th

South Shields 10M

Souter Lighthouse

Group 2

16th

Quayside 5k

Newcastle

Group1

September

2nd

Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run

Park Run

10th

Great North Run Half Marathon –

Newcastle

Group 2

TBA

Prudhoe Miners Race 5M

Prudhoe

Group 1

October

7th

Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run

Park Run

22nd

Bamburgh Half Marathon

Bamburgh

Group 2

TBA

Druridge XC

Druridge

Group 3

29th

Hexham 10k

Hexham

Group 1

November

4th

Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run

Park Run

TBA

Brampton To Carlisle 10m

Brampton

Group 2

25th

End of 2023 Grand Prix

Club Vest or T-shirt must be worn for your event to count in the Grand Prix

The only exceptions are:

Druridge Bay & Pastures parkruns.

GNR, if you are running for a charity, then the charity’s vest can be worn.

WAVA scores for the Grand Prix are calculated by our own software and may therefore differ slightly from online calculated values such as Fetch.

2022 Final Results – Top 12 Athletes

1st Rob Andrew  688 points  8 events. Best 88.99% Druridge PR 4Jun,  Avg  86.05%

2nd Jim Allan 656 points 8 events. Best 86.83% B2C,   Avg 82.03%

3rd Jennifer Knight 455 points 8 events, Best 62.69% Druridge PR 2Jul,  Avg 56.77%

4th Tony Jackson 451 points 7 Events, Best 69.24% Druridge PR 1Oct,   Avg 64.54%

5th Jo Powell 434 points 6 Events, Best 76.37%  B2C,  Avg 72.46%

6th  Tess Allan 421 points 8 Events, Best 60.12% Druridge PR 5Nov,  Avg 52.66%

7th Linda Patterson 408 points 8 Events, Best 56.28% Druridge PR 2Jul,  Avg 51.10%

8th Ian Stephenson 341 points 6 Events, Best 59.17% Druridge PR 2Apr,  Avg 55.70%

9th Mike Henry   337 points 5 Events, Best 75.61% Blyth 10k,  Avg 67.56%

10th Louisa Scola  285 points 4 Events, Best 73.57% GNR,  Avg 71.41%

11th Carol Page  282 points 3 Events, Best 96.38%  Druridge PR 5Nov,  Avg 92.55%

12th Jo Clemmit  277 points 4 Events, Best 73.02%  Mafton10k,  Avg 69.40%

Full results list can be found here:  2022 Grand Prix Results

Past Results

Grand Prix Results 2021

2020 (Did not take place due to Covid)

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015 Grand Prix Results.

2014 Grand Prix Results.

2013 Grand Prix Results.

2012 Grand Prix Results.

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