Each year Alnwick Harriers operate a Grand Prix competition.
To allow harriers of all age to compete on a level playing field, the competition uses WAVA scoring
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.
2022 Grand Prix
2022 will see a return to the traditional Grand Prix format, with a published list of events.
The list of qualifying events is given below. The scoring for the events is WAVA age adjusted so its fair and competitive for everyone
The scoring for 2022 will be;
Your best scores from Pastures and Druridge Bay Parkruns on the first run of each month.
Your best 2 scores from Group 1. Races in this group are up to 10K on road or easy runnable surface.
Your best 2 scores from Group 2. Races in this group are longer than 10k on road or easy runnable surface.
Your best 2 scores from Group 3. Races in this group are any distance, and are predominately off-road and may include soft ground, narrow trails and technical sections.
Group 2 can also include a marathon or ultra 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
Race calender for the 2022 GP
| Event | Location | Group | |
| Jan | |||
| 1st | First day of The 2022 Grand Prix. | ||
| 1st | Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run | Park Run | |
| 8th | Thornley Hall XC | Thornley | Group 3 |
| Feb | |||
| 5th | Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run | Park Run | |
| 13th | Valantines 5k | Newcastle | Group 1 |
| 27th | Duergar 10m Trail | Simomside | Group 3 |
| Mar | |||
| 5th | Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run | Park Run | |
| 27th | Alnwick Castle 10k Trail (Wild Deer Events) | Alnwick | Group 1 |
| Apr | |||
| 2nd | Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run | Park Run | |
| 10th | Blyth 10k | Blyth | Group 1 |
| 24th | Northumberland big 10 Miler | Maften | Group 2 |
| 24th | Washington 10k Trail | Washington | Group 3 |
| May | |||
| 1st | Gateshead Half Marathon | Gateshead | Group 2 |
| 7th | Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run | Park Run | |
| 29th | Druridge 10k | Druridge | Group 1 |
| Jun | |||
| 4th | Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run | ||
| 12th | Bamburgh 10k | Bamburgh | Group 1 |
| Jul | |||
| 2nd | Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run | ||
| 3rd | Coquet Half Marathon | Rothbury | Group 2 |
| 9th | Chopwell Woods 10K Trail | Chopwell | Group 3 |
| Aug | |||
| 6th | Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run | ||
| 7th | South Shields 10M | Souter Lighthouse | Group 3 |
| TBA | Morpeth 10k | Morpeth | Group 1 |
| Sep | |||
| 3rd | Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run | Park Run | |
| 13th | Great North Run Half Marathon – | Newcastle | Group 2 |
| 22nd | Maften 10k | Maften | Group 1 |
| Oct | |||
| 1st | Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run | Park Run | |
| TBA | Bamburgh Half Marathon | Bamburgh | Group 2 |
| TBA | Druridge XC | Druridge | Group 3 |
| Nov | |||
| 5th | Pastures or Druridge Bay Park Run | Park Run | |
| TBA | Brampton To Carlisle 10m | Brampton | Group 2 |
| TBA | Wooler Half Marathon Trail (14M) | Wooler | Group 3 |
2021 Final Results
After a racing year that started late due to Covid and lots of uncertainty in the race calender, 2021 had to follow a slightly different format to previous years, allowing any race to be submitted to count in the Grand Prix.
As usual the Grand Prix was hotly contested with the top positions only being decided in the last race.
The top 12:
1st Rob Andrew
2nd Louisa Scola
3rd Jim Allan
4th Jo Powell
5th Michael Henry
6th Andy Squires
7th Ian Atherton
8th Tony Jackson
9th Lisa Baston
10th Phil Lee
11th Dave Richardson
12th Tess Allan
Full results list can be found here: Grand Prix Results 2021
Past Results
2020 (Did not take place due to Covid)
2019
2018
2017
2016
