Sunderland Strollers Running Club

2025 Championship

**Club Championship 2025 – updated and final**
The 2025 Club Championships will open from Sat Jan 4th up to (and including) *Sun Dec 4th
This year’s Championship details are set out below. Key details in summary:
  • There will be two individual Championships – male and female separated, i.e. first male stroller per race receives 250 points, as does first female, and so on…
  • The exclusion of age category prizes for divisional award winners has been removed – it will now be possible to place top three in a division AND win your age category
  • All Sunderland parkruns are now permitted
  • Guess Your Time 5 Mile will no longer be a Championship race, and is replaced by the NE Cross Country Championships
  • GYT5M will still go ahead as a standalone club event
  • As in the previous year, your best six results count, with a maximum of three awaydays included. You may compete in as many races (including awaydays) as you like; only your top six will count, to a maximum of 1500 points
OFFICIALLY MEASURED DISTANCES – ANY LICENSED RACE, DESIGNATED AS
  • 5k
  • 10k
  • Half marathon
  • Full marathon
LOCAL COMMUNITY RUNS – SPECIFIED
  • Any of the three Sunderland parkruns – Silksworth, Herrington or Fulwell Quarry. No other Parkrun will be considered. Best time counts: please submit your qualifying parkrun to Race Secretary for validation and addition
  • South Shields Monthly Mile. No other mile races will be considered
SPECIFED CLUB EVENTS
  • Woody’s 5k: date and route tbc
  • Club 3k TT: date tbc, likely to move earlier in year
  • XC NE Championships: date and location tbc (*expect early December – this will be the ONLY race that will count beyond Sun 4th December)
AWAYDAYS – SPECIFIED
6 Awayday races spread throughout the year, both midweek and weekends. A maximum of three will count toward Championship points. This year’s selection:
  • ROAD: Hartlepool Marina 5 mile; Hartlepool; date in early April to be confirmed
  • A popular, flat 5 mile course in the Hartlepool Marina
  • Race detail and entry link tbc when race date is confirmed
  • FELL: Saltwell Harriers Fell Race, Stanhope, Tuesday 1st July
  • The Saltwell Harriers Fell Race takes place near Stanhope, each year in July. Runners start and finish on roadside running an anti-clockwise loop for 5.6 miles
  • TRAIL: Lambton Castle Trail 5 mile, Lambton Estate, Sunday 17th August
  • This 5 mile race is on mixed terrain with some rough trails, firm paths and some cross-country type fields. The courses are moderately undulating, and you will spend time on trails, paths, woodland tracks, fields and some brief spells on the estate roads.
  • TRAIL: Chopwell Moon Runner 10k, Chopwell Woods, Saturday 18th October
  • Moon Runner head torch races take place in the winter months when a crisp ground frost is common. You can experience a definite sense of isolation and remoteness, but with that come feelings of exhilaration as your feet react to changing terrain, and excitement as your senses adapt to the different sights and sounds in the darkness
  • Nb. this is the equivalent 2025 weekend of a NEHL XC fixture in 2024. If the 2025 NEHL XC league also confirms for this weekend, then a reserve race will be utilised instead
  • MULTI-TERRAIN: Hamsterley Remembrance Day 10 Miler; Hamsterley Forest, Sunday 9th November
  • A challenging 10-mile course that begins and ends at the Nest Car Park. Runners face a hilly terrain, especially in the first 5km, making it a test of endurance and strength
  • ROAD: Run Northumberland Big 10 Miler; Matfen, Sunday 30th November
  • This road race takes you through the scenic Northumberland countryside, offering a friendly atmosphere and a chance to enjoy the beautiful surroundings. It’s a great option for runners looking for a less crowded event
  • RESERVES TO BE CONFIRMED – should any of these races not take place other races will be selected to replace them. There may also be a replacement if a Cross Country fixture or other significant clash is identified.
Divisions – updated
As noted previously, divisions have been set based on 2024 Championship entry and performance. Following feedback and some reconsideration, these have been very slightly amended and updated starting divisions here. Note please these are now final – there will not be further alteration to those currently placed in a division; though any runners who begin to compete and do not appear at all will be added to a division in May 2025 based on past and/or present performance.