2017 Kent GP – Full Year Schedule
22nd January
– Canterbury 10
19th February
– Tunbridge Wells Half (Long course county champs – seniors only, and inter
counties qualifier)
5th March –
Thanet 20
2nd April –
Paddock Wood Half (Long course county champs – veterans and teams)
7th May –
Darent Valley 10k
3rd June –
Harvel 5
23rd July –
Myra Garrett 10k
3rd September
– Kent Coastal Marathon (Veterans and teams county championship)
1st October –
Sittingbourne 10
8th
October - Ashford 10k (Kent Short Course Road Running Championship)
NB: Due to technical
issues concerning the race start which takes place in waves, the Petts Wood
10k has been removed from the schedule.
The 2017 Kent Marathon Champs (not
individual senior) will be at the Kent Coastal Marathon on Sunday 3rd
September
Individual Men: MV40, MV50, MV60, MV70
Individual Women: FV35, FV45, FV55, FV65
Team Men (all age 17+ in single competition)
Team Women (all age 17+ in single competition)
The 2017 Kent Road Short Course Champs will
be at the Givaudan Ashford 10k on Sunday 8th October.
In keeping with the plan to move towards fewer but better Kent champs
events, we are adding veterans team competitions for specific age groups.
Full competition list as follows:
Individual Men: Senior (All competitors 17+), MV40, MV50, MV60, MV70
Individual Women: Senior (All competitors 17+), FV35, FV45, FV55, FV65
Team Men: Senior (All competitors 17+), MV40, MV50, MV60
Team Women: Senior (All competitors 17+), FV35, FV45
REMINDERS
- For individual events you must enter the Kent Champs, as well as the race
itself; this can be done in advance via the race entry system, or on the day
at the Kent Champs desk
- All individual Kent Champs entrants must register at the Kent Champs desk
on the day to collect their champs identifier, to be worn on the back of
your vest
- For all team events, all first claim members of KCAA affiliated clubs are
allowed, and are automatically included, your club vest is the only
identifier required
- You may not field second claim members under your club name and / or
colours at championship events.
The 2018 Kent Road Long Course Champs will
be the Dartford Half on 11th March, same competition list as Ashford above.
Rules
KENT CHAMPS
– INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES – Updated 21.03.16
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Open to all Kent
qualified runners. See Rule 9 (qualification) on this link:
http://www.kcaa.org.uk/ExtractfromRulesforCompetition.pdf
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Awards to first 3 in the
following categories: M, M40, M50, M60, M(under)23, F, F(under)23, F35,
F45, F55 , Male Team (3 to score), Female Team (3 to score).
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Enter in Advance (if
available) by entering the race and selecting the option to enter the
County Champs, provided by the race organiser,
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NEW for 2015
- Enter on the Day at the Kent Champs desk.
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Identifier must be worn
on back of vest during race.
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Age qualification is age
on day of race.
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Veterans
also take part in the Senior / Open Age competition and as such may win
two awards, there are no pass downs.
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Minimum age for Senior
competitions is 17.
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Any runner found not to
have entered as a member of their first claim club or found not to have
correctly worn the vest of their first claim club will be disqualified.
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Senior Category scoring
marathons must be run between 1st January and the first Sunday of
November inclusive, and times notified to roadrunning@kcaa.org.uk
by the second Sunday of November - Whilst the organisers will seek out
results where we can in popular marathons, notification of senior
category marathon times is the sole responsibility of the competitor.
KENT CHAMPS
– TEAM COMPETITION – Updated 20.12.14
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Awards to first 3 Male
and Female Teams – 3 to score in each.
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Teams must be KCAA
affiliated clubs.
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All runners entering the
race as a member of a KCAA affiliated club are automatically entered
into the Kent Champs team competition and there is no requirement to
wear an identifier to score in the team competition.
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The positional count is
based on all runners of the relevant gender in the race, regardless of
affiliation.
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Any runner found not to
have entered as a member of their first claim club or found not to have
correctly worn the vest of their first claim club will be disqualified.
KENT GRAND
PRIX – Updated 20.12.14
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Clubs affiliated to KCAA
will be entered into the Grand Prix team competitions automatically, as
will the runners from these clubs in the individual competitions.
Unaffiliated individual competitors need to contact dave.behagg@gll.org
to enter, and must be Kent Qualified (see link above, Rule 9)
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Individual competitions,
best 6 scores from 10 races. Team competitions, best 8 scores from 10
races
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Mens team competition,
top 6 from each club score down to 100th place; Womens team competition,
top 4 from each club score down to 50th place
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Individual Competition:
Sen Men score down to 100th place; Sen Women to 50th; M40 to 20th; M50
to 10th; M60 to 10th; F35 to 10th; F45 to 10th; F55 to 5th.
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Runners who are not in
the competition do not count in the places
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Age qualification for
Kent Grand Prix categories is as follows: Individuals crossing an age
threshold during the year will automatically enter the veteran
competition for their age on the date of the first race they run. (or in
the case of people becoming a M40 or F35, the first race they run as a
veteran). Any competitor becoming M50, M60, F45 or F55 during the year
and after the first race, who would rather enter the competition for
their new category must inform the competition organiser at dave.behagg@gll.org
or 01322 410120 before their first scoring race after their birthday,
and may only count this race and those afterwards. All competitors may
compete in the senior category and only one vets category during the
year
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Minimum age for senior
competition is 17
