Club handicap
The Harriers organise a four race handicap series each summer over a course of 10 kilometres on the roads near the clubhouse.
Each member is given a handicap time — faster runners have a bigger handicap, meaning that everyone is running more or less on equal terms. The best handicap results over at least three races decide the series winner, who wins a trophy donated by Paul Eames, Peter Gander, Eddie Lyons and past-Chairman Jacques Courivaud - a group of Club members living in Speldhurst. The first runners go off at 7:20pm.
The four races of the 2011 series were held on the following Wednesdays:
11th May - results and report
8th June - results and report
13th July - results and report
3rd August - results and report
Congratulations to Rosa Britton who won the 2011 series and the prized Speldhurst Trophy.
The course
The start for the 10K course is on Forest Road at the junction with Forest Way (turn left at the top of Warwick Park, and it's the first turning on the right).
From there, the course route goes down Hawkenbury Road towards Bells Yew Green.
After Rushlye Farm take the left turn and proceed clockwise round the "Bells Yew Green triangle" (face oncoming traffic on main road) and back on to the Hawkenbury Road.
Return to Hawkenbury and Forest Road (as per the Club Road Champs).
Turn left on to Forest Road and cross over when safe to do so before Warwick Park.
Turn right down Warwick Park and into Nevill Gate.
Enter car park, turn right and then follow flags behind cricket nets to finish.
Start times
Each race has an official start time of 7.20pm. Individual runners start at pre-announced times calculated from their expected times to run the course and an anticipated finish time of 8.30pm. For example, if a runner is expected to take 48 minutes to run the course, their start time will be 48 minutes in advance of 8.30pm, ie 7.42pm.
If the handicapper has rated everyone accurately, and everyone runs to their expected time, the whole field will cross the line in a blanket finish!
The handicap organiser will send out a list of start times a few days in advance of each race through the club email group, and we will endeavour to publish that list here too.
If you are a newcomer to the Harriers and have not run the race before, then please contact the handicap organiser who will give you your handicap and start times.
Results from 2011
- 11th May results
- 8th June results
- 13th July results
- 3rd August results
- 2011 series actual times
- 2011 handicap times
- 2011 final standings
Results from 2010
- 12 May 2010 results
- 16 June 2010 results
- 14th July 2010 results and standings after three races
- 4th August results
- 2010 series actual times
- 2010 handicap times
- 2010 final standings
Results from 2009
- 13 May 2009 results
- 10 June 2009 results
- 8 July 2009 results, results details and averages to date and standings after three races
- 5 August 2009 results
- 2009 series actual times
- 2009 handicap times
- 2009 final standings
Results from 2008
- 14 May 2008 results
- 11 June 2008 results
- 9 July 2008 results and standings after three races
- 6 August 2008 results and final standings
- 2008 series actual times
- 2008 series handicap times
Results from 2007
- 16 May 2007 results
- 20 June 2007 results
- 11 July 2007 results and series standings
- 15 August 2007 results and final standings
Previous winners
2011 - Rosa Britton
2010 - Zara Bloomfield
2009 - Oliver Chappatte
2008 - Jane Johnstone
2007 - Peter Burns
2006 - Nick Marceta
2005 - Jonathan Rickards
2004 - Peter Nuttall
2003 - Gavin Stapleton
2002 - Peter Tullett
2001 - Jeannette White
2000 - Sue Radford