SOUTH ESSEX CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE

DIVISIONS 1 & 2

 

 REGULATIONS

 

·        1.   South Essex C.C. League

 

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

Benfleet Running Club                                   Havering 90 Joggers

Billericay Striders                                              Pitsea Running Club

Castle Point Joggers                                         Thrift Green Trotters

East Essex Tri Club                                          Phoenix Striders

 

·        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 1^st 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.

 

·        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.

 

 

 

 

RACE RULES

 

1    Entry Fee

 

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)

 

2    Club Identification Letters

 

BARKING                  “B”       BENFLEET      “E”                   BILLERICAY       “I”

CASTLE POINT         “C”      EAST ESSEX “T”                    FORD FITNESS  “F”

HAVERING 90           “H”      PITSEA           “P”                   THRIFT GREEN “O”

PHEONIX                   "X"

 

3        Courses

 

All courses should be between 4 and 5 miles, on traditional cross-country courses – no road sections.

 

4        Age Requirement

 

All runners are to be over 17 years of age.

 

       5    Scoring System

 

a)      The first 7 men (including 2 Vets), plus,

The first 3 women (including 1 Vet)

 

The first club in the 1^st division will score 5 points, the second club 4 points etc.

 

The first club in the 2^nd 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.

 

 

 

6.    Scoring Runners

 

ONLY 1^st CLAIM members of each club and 2^nd 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.

 

10.  Results

 

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

 

 

Rob Fulbrook

Co-ordinator.