Road Racing
2023 Road League champions
Women: Kate Richardson
Men: Mark Samuels
2024 Road League
League Rules
- You must be a fully paid up, first claim member of the club to compete in the Road League
- Club vests must be worn for all Road League races, excluding the Roy Fisher Challenge
- Road League positions are based on chip rather than gun times
Points and Scoring
- The Road League consists of 15 events
- Points are awarded for your position relative to other Pensby Runners, with your 8 highest scores counting towards your final total
- For competitors who run 7 or fewer races, their final total will be the sum of all race scores
- Any runner starting a race but not finishing will be awarded 1 point
17 or less runners
If there are 17 or less runners in any given race, the first woman and first man home for the club will be awarded 17 points, the second 16 points and so on, down to 3 points each for the last 3 positions. Nobody receives less than 3 points, no matter how many runners.
18 to 22 runners
The maximum points available will be raised, up to a maximum of 22 points. For example, if there are 19 runners in any given race, first position will receive 19 points, second position 18 points etc.
23 and above runners
First position receives 23 points, second position 22 points etc. For example, if 35 men complete in the Four Villages Half Marathon, first position will receive 23 points with many of the finishers receiving 3 points!
2024 Races
Race 1 | Four Villages Half Marathon, Helsby | Sunday 21 January |
Race 2 | Roy Fisher Challenge | Tuesday 27 February |
Race 3 | Seaside Runs – fastest time from any of the 6 races | March – August |
Race 4 | Borders League – Hoylake | Sunday 17 March |
Race 5 | Chester Spring 5 Mile | Wednesday 10 April |
Race 6 | Farndon 10k | Sunday 5 May |
Race 7 | Chester Half Marathon | Sunday 19 May |
Race 8 | Port Sunlight 10k | Sunday 9 June |
Race 9 | Helena Tipping 10k, Wrexham | Sunday 21 July |
Race 10 | Princes Parkrun, Liverpool | Saturday 21 September |
Race 11 | Wirral 10k | Sunday 13 October |
Race 12 | Borders League – Tattenhall | Sunday 3 November |
Race 13 | Conwy Half Marathon | Sunday 17 November |
Race 14 | Borders League – Trac Mon, Anglesey | Sunday 8 December |
Race 15 | Marathon – any marathon, home or abroad! | 1 January – 1 December |
Recent Road League winners:
2022: Mark Samuels & Lisa Grantham
2020/21: Michael Green & Alice Cox-Cooper
2019: Tracy Pennington & Ralph Pawling
2018: Tracy Pennington & Simon Rogers
2017: Lisa Grantham & Simon Rogers