Launde 6

2021 LRRL Runion League - Race 3

Race: Launde 6

Club: Wreake & Soar Valley AC

Date: Sunday 22nd August 2021

Time: 10am

Distance: 6 Miles - MAP

Entry Fee: £11.50

Entry Link: Event Entry - Entries Open 06/06/2021 @ 19:00

Race Limit: 600

Club Waiting List: There is a waiting list for transfers, please contact your captains to be added to the list.

Transfer: TBC

Transfer Link: Event Entry

Venue: Launde

Address: Launde Village (near Launde Abbey), Leicestershire, LE7 9XB

Lift Share: Due to the current situation, we will not be organising a lift-sharing meeting point on the morning of the race. Members are free to arrange lifts with other members or the club captains can help facilitate car shares for those who require it. Please contact your captains for more information.

Information

A hilly 6 miles through the picturesque countryside of East Leicestershire, marked in miles on closed roads.

Terrain is road with the final 50m or so on grass. This is to ensure that access for emergency services is available.

This is a closed event for members of LRRL clubs only.

Sorry, no transfers, deferrals or refunds.

Junior runners must be a member of an affiliated club.

Start/Finish point: Is on the Oakham road alongside the parking area. Note; the final 50m or so will be on grass. This is to ensure that access for emergency services is available

Leaving the venue post-race

If you wish to leave before the final runner has completed the course you will only be able to take the Oakham Road and then via Tilton or towards Oakham. After the sweep vehicle has returned all roads will be open.

Rules

The 2021 league will be a stand-alone league of 5 races and won’t continue from the abandoned 2020 league season

• There will be no promotion or relegation

• The league will be called the “Reunion League”

• Team scores from all 5 races will count – there will be no dropped scores

• Individuals will need to run 4 of the 5 races to count towards individual prizes

Tournament structure:

The tournament will be the same format as the 2020 Lockdown League - 4 pools of 7 clubs (one pool with 6), the top 2 clubs from each pool will race it out in The Grand Final.

Depending on the finishing position in the group stage clubs will be put into an A, B or C final so there is everything to play for at the last race.

Pools to be drawn randomly - no seedings or geographical groupings (if it leads to a "Group of Death" - so be it!) The draw will be made live on the LRRL Facebook page on Sunday 13th June at 8pm.

Team sizes:

Mixed teams made up of 8 runners - 4 men and 4 women. Included within this must be at least 1 vet man, and 1 vet woman. In the event a club's top 4 male or female runners are seniors or juniors, the 4th runner will drop out of the team score and be replaced by the highest placed vet. This will reduce the total number of runners each club will need in order to compete for team prizes and hopefully ensure everyone gets a fair crack of the whip.

Although the main competition will be between mixed teams as outlined above the league will also publish male and female league tables based on the 4 fastest male and female counters, again including the vets.

In order to encourage social distancing at the start line all league tables, both individual and team, will be calculated using chip time and not gun time.

Team prizes:

There will be prizes for the first, second and third-placed mixed teams in the competition. There will also be prizes for the first male and first female teams. Prizes will only be awarded if sufficient races are able to take place.

Individual prizes:

To count for individual prizes runners will need to compete in at least 4 of 5 races.

Prizegiving will be subject to numbers completing the required number of races taking place. It is anticipated there will be prizes for:

Top 6 Seniors

Top 3 all other age categories, subject to the number of competitors

Awards evening:

The aim is to hold a face to face awards evening as in previous years. This is subject to Covid restrictions and sufficient races taking place to award prizes and for the league to generate the income to pay for them!