A&T v. Swinton v Burnden Challenge Wednesday 22^nd June 2011

Wednesday 22nd June sees the 1^st Leg of the second A&T/ Swinton/Burnden Challenge Match. A&T will host this first event at Gin Pit - meeting at 6.45pm for the run which will start at 7.30p.m.

This is intended to be a light-hearted, fun challenge and is designed to involve runners of all abilities in all three Clubs.

The competition on this particular evening will be run as a 3-runner per team relay event. The distance covered by each runner equates to approximately 2 miles.

1. Runners will be selected into teams of 3 of equal abilities.
2. Each time captain will select who runs in each of their teams.
3. When the race has been completed, each team will be allocated a race position number i.e. the team finishing first scores 1, the 2^nd team scores 2 etc. The club with the lowest number of points wins the challenge.
4. If, for example, A&T enter 10 teams and Swinton & Burnden enter 8 teams, only A&T’s best 8 scores will count but if A&T’s team 9 beat Swinton and Burnden’s team 8s, this will be reflected in the scoring.
5. A minimum of 5 teams per club is required for scoring the competition. So if one club only fields 4 teams, they will incur a penalty for the non-competing 5^th team. This team will take the next position in the field after the last of competing teams.

There is no pressure on anyone to produce spectacular times. It really is a social gathering interspersed with a bit of leisurely running.

If anyone needs more information, please e-mail me on: garrybaines@aol.com