NEW DATES

The 2012/2013 Dates for your diary are as follows:

 

 

Round	Club	Venue	Date
1	Lauderdale Limpers	Lauder public park   NT531475	4th November 2012
2	Dunbar Running Club	White Sands	18th November 2012
3	Moorfoot Runners	Hay Lodge Park, Peebles	2nd December 2012
4	Norham	Paxton House	13th January 2013
5	Berwick Harriers	Spittal Point	27th January 2013
6	Gala Harriers	Swimming Pool, Galashiels	10th February2013

Hopefully the above are now the final dates.

Please note the change in date of the first race.

 

We have also been informed by Lauder "We will be having registration in our new meeting rooms in Lauder public park. registration will take place in the social room in the New building. As well as this room we have junior and senior changing rooms and toilets. We alSo have around 60 car parking spaces with on street parking nearby"

Please note that fees for 2012/13 are £12 for seniors and £6 for juniors (fee covers all six races).

Also please note that it has been decided that for 2012/13 senior age categories will be in bands of ten years rather than five (please see entry form for categories).

 

The rules are:

ONE entry fee: which entitles the runner to compete in as many or as few rounds as he/she wishes.

At ALL Rounds:                 Senior £12                   Young Athlete £6
To be eligible for prizes, the runner must have “paid up” and completed FOUR rounds.  If more than four rounds are completed, then the best four will count.  Final placings are found by adding your four best finishing positions within your category.  In the case of ties, the award goes to the best placed in the last or latest round.

One number is issued for use in ALL rounds.

Prizes are only awarded in the categories stated on the entry form, and the number of awards depends on the number of entrants.  As a general rule, a 1^st  overall requires a minimum of 3 entrants, a 2^nd overall 5 entrants and a 3^rd overall 6 entrants.
For young athletes there will be at least a first prize in each category irrespective of the number of entrants.
For Seniors, if there are too few entrants in any category for prizes to be awarded, the category will collapse into the “harder” category, e.g. FVV will compete as FV.
Minimum age for Young Athletes is 8 years.
Despite “Birthdays”, your category remains the one, correctly recorded, on the entry form on your day of entry for whatever round you first entered, i.e. only age on day of entry matters.
The “team” competitions, (Male and Female for Seniors), will be decided on the basis of overall finishing positions of the first three club runners per round for the BEST FIVE rounds added together.  There will be a trophy for the first team, (and should that not be one of the organising clubs, an additional team trophy for the first “organising club” team).  A Young Athletes team prize will be awarded in the same way.
Every senior runner gets “two” finishing positions: overall and category.  There are additional prizes (irrespective of category) for first overall male and female and first overall male and female from the organising clubs.  Winners are restricted to a maximum of TWO awards, one of which is their category prize.
All rounds start at 11.30 am (Young Athletes) and 12 noon (Seniors, Vets) on Sundays. Registration from 10.30am (Rounds 1 & 2), 11.00am (Rounds 3 –6).  Dates and venues are listed below.
Runners MUST complete the correct course as marked or they will be penalised.  The “referee of the day” will rule on an appropriate penalty.
The presentation of prizes will take place after the final round at a suitable venue.  Prize winners, or their representatives, MUST be present to receive their awards.  Refreshments will be available.
Dates have been selected to avoid conflicting with other events as far as reasonably possible.  However some events will clash by day or weekend.  The committee hope that you will be able to enjoy the whole series, complete at least four rounds and benefit from this extra competitive edge to your winter’s training.

It is very unlikely that changes of date will be forced upon us, but please be alert to the possibility.

An entry form will be posted here soon. It would be helpful if you could print it off and bring it with you to the first race.

LOST PROPERTY

A pair of track bottoms left on the field at Floors on Sunday.  They are men's Craft, black with silver piping, size M.

Please contact us if you recognise these and want them back.

LAST LEG - KELSO

Well. Beautiful weather and a beautiful setting saw the final leg of this seasons Borders XC.
Thank you to Les and all his helpers for laying on the course (indeed thanks to all the host clubs for their work during the series).

A couple of "Gremlins" managed to get into the works prior to the prize giving, but hopefully we've got rid of those.

Here are the provisional results for the 7th race to be getting on with.

JUNIOR
JUNIOR CATEGORY RESULTS
SENIOR
SENIOR CATEGORY RESULTS

Please check the senior times carefully. A few runners did the race without numbers - you know who you are :-)  and this caused problems for the timekeepers.
Let us know if there is a massive discrepancy between your watch time and ours (please dont bother us though with a second here or there).

TEAM RESULTS (SO FAR)

OK. Prior to the last leg, here are the team standings after six legs.

Remember, its the total of the first three runners in each race that count - THEN its the best five team results that count towards the final place.

Senior men and senior women have separate teams, while the junior team is based on both boys and girls.

SENIOR MEN
SENIOR WOMEN
JUNIORS

LAST LEG - KELSO

Some details regarding the location of the last race. To be held at Floors Castle, Kelso on Sunday 19th February.

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the Rugby Club, where changing and the prize giving will be located,  is at Poynder Park with pedestrian access for runners via Poynder Place.
The start/finish area and course will be close to and will be accessed via the main entrance to Floors Castle at the north end of Roxburgh St. (foot access only)
There is limited parking at the Rugby Club which will be reserved for the organising clubs, competitors please arrive early and be prepared to walk there are several large car parks in Kelso within 10 mins walk of the Rugby Club and the entrance to Floors, also a fair bit of on street parking in Roxburgh St,  Bowmont St and Edinburgh Rd by Croft Park all of which lie between the Rugby Club and the entrance to Floors.
Sounds as though car sharing wherever possible would be helpful.

The organisers hope to have a map of the route soon, but promise us "some "interesting" features".

BERWICK - PROVISIONAL RESULTS

Many thanks to Berwick for a well organised and enjoyable race today.
Tough going on the soft sand and the new "climb" up to the cliff top path made the senior race that bit more challenging.

Please find below the PROVISIONAL results for this race, as well as overall standings (by gender) after 6 races and category standings after 6 races.
Remember: For overall and Category standings your place is counted on your best 4 results!

One known issue with today's senior results - Are you a male runner, running in a brown vest (HBT??) who came in about 31.57 ? If so you didn't have a number on and failed to give the time keepers your name! Can you let us know who you are ASAP as this will no doubt affect the overall and category places.
Please let us know of any errors and omissions ASAP.

RESULTS:
JUNIOR ROUND 6 RESULTS
JUNIOR OVERALL STANDINGS AFTER 6 LEGS
JUNIOR CATEGORY STANDINGS AFTER 6 LEGS

SENIOR ROUND 6 RESULTS
SENIOR OVERALL STANDINGS AFTER 6 LEGS
SENIOR CATEGORY STANDINGS AFTER 6 LEGS

RNLI AT BERWICK

As the penultimate round moves to the coastal route at Berwick on Sunday 29th January we have a change in the emergency first aid provider for this round only. as The Red Cross are unable to provide support due to prior commitments The Berwick Branch of the RNLI will be providing first aid for this round only.  On behalf of the series and Berwick Harriers I would like to thank The Team based at Spittal for supporting the series at this round and providing cover which will hopefully not be needed. Two members of the team will be present at the event and will be happy to provide information about this extremely valuable service. The Red Cross will be back supporting us in Kelso for the last round in the series. On behalf of the record number of competitors enjoying the series I would like to thank all the teams at the venues for providing risk assesments and safety cover for at times demanding conditions and a step increase in numbers and to the orgainisations involved ie The Red Cross and the RNLI for their support in making this series as safe as possible for all concerned.I hope everyone enjoys the last two rounds over two completely different venues

Graeme Sutherland

Lauderdale Limpers and Eastern Borders Cross Country Organising Committee H and S Lead