DIVISIONS 1 & 2
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1. South
The League shall comprise two divisions, ONE and
TWO. The formation
of the divisions is based on the final positions of the
participating clubs in the
two divisions in the previous years competition.
At the end of the season, the top club in Division
Two will be promoted to Division One, and the bottom club in Division One will
be relegated to Division Two.
The seasons competition will be held over 5 rounds.
Currently the competing teams are :-
Barking Road Runners Ford
Fitness Centre
Billericay Striders Pitsea
Running Club
Castle Point Joggers Thrift
Green Trotters
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2. Co-ordinator
Organising the overall running of the league will be the responsibility of an appointed
Co-ordinator.
Clubs will take it in turn to provide the
co-ordinator who will hold the function for two years.
He/she will be responsible for calling a meeting each
year to be held, no later than, during the 1st week in September.
He/she will act as chairperson & secretary of the
meeting and be responsible for issuing the minutes to all the clubs involved.
The co-ordinator will ensure that at each race the
following rules are adhered to and will adjudicate on any points at issue
during the event and throughout the year.
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3. Annual Meeting
The purpose of this annual meeting
is to :-
a) Review the rules and regulations as laid
out herewith and make any changes as thought necessary.
b) Set the dates for the 5 league matches.
c) Agree on which 5 clubs* would host a round
at a venue of their choice.
* It is the responsibility of each
club representative whose club is host for one of the rounds to submit a permit
request together with a risk assessment to the SEAA cross country secretary.
The attendees at the meeting will
be the nominated Cross Country representative of each club who will each have 1
vote on any proposed changes to the rules and regulations.
The co-ordinator /chairperson will only vote in the
event of a tied vote. He/she will then
have the casting vote
Each club representative may bring another member of
their club to the meeting to take part in the discussions but they will not
have any voting rights.
A fee of £2.00 per runner, to be collected on the day of the race by the TEAM CAPTAIN/CLUB REPRESENTATIVE, is payable to the host club. This is to enable the host club to provide, trophies, refreshments, a higher standard of medical cover and pay for any facilities used and are chargeable (e.g. hire of room for providing refreshments)
BARKING B
CASTLE POINT C
HAVERING 90 H PITSEA P THRIFT GREEN O
PHEONIX "X"
All courses should be between 4 and 5 miles, on
traditional cross-country courses no road sections.
All runners are to be over 17 years of age.
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Scoring System
a)
The
first 7 men (including 2 Vets), plus,
The first 3 women (including 1 Vet)
The first club in the 1st division will
score 5 points, the second club 4 points etc.
The first club in the 2nd division will
score 5 points, the second club 4 points, etc.
b)
In
the event of two clubs achieving the same score, the team whose last male
scoring runner who finishes in the higher position shall be
awarded the higher table position.
c)
If
two teams end the competition on the same number of league points, the
Team with the lowest total of scoring points over the
5 races shall be deemed to finish highest in the league.
d)
It is
the responsibility of the host club to check the adding up of each score
sheet submitted before the results are
announced.
e)
If a
club puts a wrong entry onto a score sheet and it affects the results but is
not found until after the event the following will apply.
If it is an advantage to the club submitting the
wrong data then it will be rectified.
If it is a disadvantage to the club submitting the
data then it will stand.
ONLY 1st CLAIM members of each club and 2nd
claim members named before the end of October can take part in the race series.
To enable recognition of scoring runners, each club will provide and issue identification letters, (see para 3), to its runners. The letters will be worn both front and back, and should be marked by a prefix, colour or bold stripe to signify, men, women and vets..
7. Colours
All runners are required to wear their club
vest/colours.
8. Trophies
Trophies will be awarded as follows:
To the winning club of each Division, at
each event.
To the first man and first lady at each event.
Perpetual trophies will be presented to the teams that finish top of each division at the end of the season.
9. Notification
The club staging an event will
notify, in writing, all participating clubs at least two weeks before the event, giving details of
location, start time, access, parking etc.
Results must be typed up by the host club, giving
full details of every runners finishing position, ladies separated, scoring
vets, and to include team scores and league table positions.
NB/ these rules and regulations can only be changed
by a majority vote at an annual meeting or at a specially convened E.G.M
Gary
Poulter
Co-ordinator.