Club Standards
Each calendar year, members can aim to meet a club standard and receive an award for their achievement which is presented at our annual Awards Evening.
You will need to achieve qualifying times for 3 different race distances within the age group that you are claiming.
If you have a birthday which means you change an age category during that year, you must have completed the 3 races before your birthday to claim a club standard in the lower age category . For example, if you turn 50 on 30th June , to qualify in the age group 45-49, you must complete 3 races before then. If you complete 3 races after 30th June, you can claim in the 50-54 age group. Only one standard can be claimed each year.
The club standards are Tungsten, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Diamond and Platinum. The qualifying times are calculated using the World Standard Times published in the Age Grading Tables for distances from 5k to Marathon, relevant to age category and gender.
If you have already received a club standard then you are not eligible for another one until you either go up a grading (tungsten -> bronze, diamond -> platinum etc.) or go up an age group
The award defaults to the lowest standard achieved: Eg, if you have two gold times and one silver time , you can only claim the silver award.
You must also be an affiliated club member at the date of the qualifying races.
You will be required to provide proof of your results. This can be a link for your results from the chip timing company , eg, Total Time Racing.
If you are submitting a Parkrun time, you will need to provide the location of the Parkrun and the date you achieved your qualifying time.
You could also send a link of your profile from Power of 10, but not all races will show as not all courses meet the required licensing/standards. But for those that do, it will show the race name, date, distance and chip time (gun time in brackets).
The link to Power Of 10 is below .
https://www.powerof10.uk/Home/AthleteSearch
To find your profile, you search the ‘Athlete’ tab, input your name & club, then select the Road & Distance category.
The times needed for each standard/age category/gender can be found on the PDF link.
Once you have achieved your 3 qualifying times, please submit the required information using the form below:
This can be submitted throughout the calendar year and you will receive confirmation once the information has been verified.