Road Running Leagues, Competitions and Performances

Wimborne AC take part in a number of leagues throughout the year, with both team and individual competitions. These include:

The Dorset Road Race League
The Dorset County Championships
Poole Runners Winter series
Poole Runners Summer series
Dorset Doddlers Hill series

Wimborne AC take part in the Dorset Road Race League (RRL). There are now 12 races per year. Expect 6 shortish races (less than 10 miles), 5 races of 10 miles / half marathons and one long race.

They also try (with varying success) to spread them across the county and across the whole year. The men and ladies compete as separate teams rather than a mixed team. For a league event we need 5 men to make up a men's team but only 3 ladies to make up a team. The overall team scores at the end of the season are based on the best 7 out of 12 races. Here’s how we have done in previous years.

Year	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005
Men	3	4	3	5	6	6	3
Ladies	4	5	6	8	10	9	9

Year	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995
Men	8	7	6	5	6	6	9	9	10	10
Ladies	9	10	9	8	6	7	4	4	4	4

There's also a league for individuals based on the same 12 races and again the final positions are based on the best 7 out of the possible 12 races. That means if you want to do well in the league you have to finish at least 7 of the races. Here’s the top Wimborne man and lady over the years.

Year	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
Men	Jerry Shield	Jerry Shield	Jerry Shield	Jerry Shield	Jerry Shield
Ladies	Wendy Kennedy	Jools Maskell	Jools Maskell	Wendy Kennedy	Cathy Hartle

You will need to finish in all 12 races to win a Fidelity Award.

The Dorset Road Race League fixtures for 2012 are:

Junction Quarter Marathon                 January 2
Milborne 10 (miles)                             January 8
Blackmore Vale Half Marathon          February 5
Lytchett 10 (miles)                               February 19
Mad March Hare 20 (miles)               March 11
Purbeck 10k                                        May 16
Poole 10k                                            May 27
Swanage Half Marathon                    July 14
Sturminster Half Marathon                 July 29
Hoburne 5 (miles)                               October 7
Wimborne 10 (miles)                          November 18
Boscombe 10k                                    November 25
 

Promotion & relegation

The Dorset RRL is split into two divisions with the top 7 men’s and women’s team forming the top divisions and the other teams forming Division 2. Wimborne AC are in the top flight for both men and women. There will be promotion and relegation at the end of the year with Division 1’s bottom club being replaced by the Division 2 champions.
 

Each year the Dorset county championships (DCC) consists of one race selected at each of 10k, 10 miles, half marathon and marathon to be the county championship race. To qualify to enter the championship you have to either have been born in the county, lived here for 9 months or more or be stationed here in the services. Awards are made to the top 3 male and females for seniors and veterans.

Dorset County Championships 2012 - List of events:

Lytchett 10 (miles)                                 February 19
North Dorset Village Marathon            May 6
Sturminster Half Marathon                   July 29
Boscombe 10k                                     November 25

 

Poole Runners organise a Winter Series and a Summer series.

The Winter series races are all 5k and all take place on Friday evenings at Boscombe pier, one a month from October through to March - six races in all.

The Summer series consists of about 6 races on Friday evenings at Upton House. These are all around 3 miles and obviously they are in the summer!
 

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