Senior/U20 Summer points and Club Together announcement

Following the success of ‘Club Together’ as a means of rewarding club representation throughout
the year, we have been reviewing our league structures to ensure that our athletes are not over-
reaching in a shorter period of time (i.e. summer or winter league windows) and to encourage
greater representation of the club at key championship events across Scotland. With this in mind,
we have had a significant overhaul of the summer races to count for points. You will see that there
are far fewer races on the list, and that these are all championship events (with the exception of the
Half Marathon and Marathon points which can be any measured and verified event of your choice).

Full list here – 2024 Races

In order to be eligible for a prize you must complete 5 of these events as a club member and wearing
a club vest. There will be prizes for the top 3 overall as well as U20 and V40 upwards age groups
providing 5 events are completed.

Once again we are delighted to be able to announce the Club Together awards in association with
Howdens Irvine for the second year running. Eligibility for these is as follows:

Endurance Pathway
In order to be eligible for the ‘Club Together’ award, athletes must complete a minimum of 10
events in 2024, 4 of which must be club events as listed below. We are including our ‘in house’
events and also some events where you would be part of a team representing Kilmarnock Harriers –
we want to raise the profile of the club so it is really important to us to field as many teams as
possible at these events.

Events to count are as follows:
– Roon the Toon
– Rowallan Rosebowl
– Club Champs
– Valley Dash
– Christmas Handicap
– Allan Scally Relays
– Ayrshire XC Relays
– West District XC Relays
– National XC Relays

Your other 6 races can be wherever you like and any distance (excluding Parkrun), we only ask that
you wear your Harriers vest or another branded Kilmarnock Harriers training top. If you compete at
a track event (for example running at a CSSAL event) this can be included, but the day will count
rather than the number of events completed in a day i.e. if you run two races it will only count as 1
event overall, see T&F pathway details for further explanation). Track events may only make up a
maximum of 2 of your ‘other’ events in order to count (excluding Club Champs).

 

Track and Field Pathway
We have a lot of athletes who compete in track and field events, and we want to recognise their club
representation also! Due to the nature of T&F events it is not as easy to set specific events, but we
do encourage everyone to take part in Club Champs. With that in mind, the criteria for the T&F
athletes is as follows:

10 days of competition completed in 2024 (reduced from 12 last year) – we are requesting days
rather than individual events as some people will compete in multiple events in a day which would
then give them an unfair advantage over athletes only focusing on one event (runs, jumps and
throws are ALL included). If you compete at Club Champs then only 8 days of competition are
required.

All events must be completed wearing your Kilmarnock Harriers vest. If any athlete following the
T&F programme wishes to compete in a road race or any of the relays listed in the Endurance
Pathway for example then a maximum of 2 of these can count towards your award (excluding Club
Champs).