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
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Event |
Location |
Group |
January |
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1st |
Start Of 2023 Grand Prix. |
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1st |
Druridge Bay Park Run |
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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 |
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4th |
Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run |
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Park Run |
11th |
Thornley Hall XC |
Thornley |
Group 3 |
18th |
Duergar 10m Trail |
Rothbury |
Group 3 |
March |
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4th |
Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run |
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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 |
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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 |
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6th |
Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run |
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Park Run |
21st |
Pier to Pier 7M |
South Shields |
Group 2 |
28th |
Druridge 10k (date to be confirmed) |
Druridge |
Group 1 |
June |
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4th |
Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run |
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11th |
Bamburgh 10k |
Bamburgh |
Group 1 |
25th |
Chopwell Woods 10K Trail |
Chopwell |
Group 3 |
July |
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1st |
Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run |
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13th |
Beacon Hill Fell Race 10K (BM) |
Lordenshaw |
Group 3 |
August |
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5th |
Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run |
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9th |
South Shields 10M |
Souter Lighthouse |
Group 2 |
16th |
Quayside 5k |
Newcastle |
Group1 |
September |
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2nd |
Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run |
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Park Run |
10th |
Great North Run Half Marathon – |
Newcastle |
Group 2 |
TBA |
Prudhoe Miners Race 5M |
Prudhoe |
Group 1 |
October |
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7th |
Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run |
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Park Run |
22nd |
Bamburgh Half Marathon |
Bamburgh |
Group 2 |
TBA |
Druridge XC |
Druridge |
Group 3 |
29th |
Hexham 10k |
Hexham |
Group 1 |
November |
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4th |
Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run |
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Park Run |
TBA |
Brampton To Carlisle 10m |
Brampton |
Group 2 |
25th |
End of 2023 Grand Prix |
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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
2020 (Did not take place due to Covid)
2019
2018
2017
2016