Central Lancashire Grand Prix Series

 The CLGP was established in 1992 to promote inter club competition between local running clubs in the North West area for senior runners. Swinton Running Club first entered the series in 2002, and has taken several of the awards over the years.

Currently there are 11 running clubs affiliated to the CLGP who each host a race for the league.

The rules are fairly simple to understand.  Runners have to be members of one of the participating clubs.  Each club must have at least 10 runners in each race.  All runners count - men, women and vets.  There is also a women's team competition with four to count. The races are open races and so not all runners will be competing in the Grand Prix but points are awarded, to those that are, on the basis of their finishing position out of all the Grand Prix runners.  For instance, the first Grand Prix runner may finish 10th overall in the race but is awarded 1 point.  The second Grand Prix runner may finish in 16th position overall in the race and would be awarded 2 points, and so on.  Points awarded to the first twelve runners for each club are added together to give a score for the club.  Clearly, the club with the lowest score is the winner.  Similarly, the individuals with the lowest scores win their category.  There is a vets team award and so the first 6 vets for each club will not only count for the 'A' or 'B' teams, they will also count for the vets team.  So if you are a vet, there is even better reason for you to come and race the Grand Prix events.

To be eligible for individual awards you have to compete in seven of the ten races - if you compete in all ten your six lowest scores will count towards your points total for the series.  However, penalty points are awarded to clubs who fail to field 10 runners in any races.

Central Lancashire Grand Prix website