Each year 10 or 12 fell races
are selected and prizes are awarded to the top male,
female and veteran runners. Rules of the Championship
Best 8 scores to count.
There will be one results category for each of these groups.....
1) The whole club:
2) Women:
3) Men Vet 40:
4) Men 50s:
In the whole club category
the first will receive 50 points, the second
49 points etc. down to the
50th who will receive 1 point. If there are more than 50 runners the rest will
receive 1 point.
In the Women, V40 and V50 categories the same will apply but starting at 20
points for the first.
To get points you must
be entered as a Bingley Harrier and club vests must be worn
The family of the late Ken Smith have donated a number of trophies to promote junior running at Bingley Harriers. The Ken Smith Junior Fell Championship Trophies were first awarded in 2005 and the competition encourages youngsters to experience the thrills and spills of fell running.
The Rushton Shield
is awarded annually to the senior member, male or
female, who amasses the greatest number of points
awarded in the events which the Club promotes in that
year (listed below). Running parallel with the Rushton
Shield is the Margaret Leighton Trophy for the best
female athlete. There is also an award for the best
junior athlete, male or female based on the same list
of events.
Rising from the ashes for 2006, a Pheonix in the form of the club road running championship. This competition has been dormant for several years but has now been re-introduced.
Check out the results
of previous Rushton Shield and Fell Championships here...
Club Championship
More specifically the Club Cross Country Championship.
The Club Championship Race was first
held on 5th February 1910. Previously Club competition had
been restricted to an annual handicap race and consolation
handicap. From 1910 the Club Championship included a sealed
handicap.
A trophy, which is presented to the Club Champion, was
donated in 1920 by the then President, Mr GF Fowler Esq.
No race was held in 1947 owing to a lack of senior runners.
In recent years the race has been held on cross country
courses at Milnerfield Farm, the old St Walburgas School
at Cottingley, Northcliffe Playing Fields at Shipley, Nab
Wood Sports Centre and Myrtle Park before being discontinued
in 1999.
Each year 10 or 12 fell races
are selected and prizes are awarded to the top male,
female and veteran runners.
