We published a list of races a few weeks ago to give you all a heads up on races we are
planning to include in the Summer Champs this season, but this document serves to finalise
the details and the rules as well as outlining the criteria for Club Together which now enters
its third year in association with Howdens (this year with the new Troon depot).
Summer Championships 2025
Last year we tried out some changes to the races but it was widely agreed that this was not
really what the members wanted, so following some feedback and an online poll we are
moving back to the more traditional championship events in the local area – hopefully this
will encourage plenty of you to come out and have a crack this year!
We have attached a separate table with links to the races, but the list is as follows:
Ron’s Spring 5k 23/4/25
Troon 10k 7/5/25
Land O’Burns 10k 21/5/25
Roon the Toon 8/6/25
Dundonald 10k 30/7/25
Kilmaurs 5k 30/7/25 (TBC)
Marymass 10k 20/8/25
Cumbrae 10 mile (date TBC)
Best Parkrun between 1/4/25 and 5/10/25
Best Half Marathon between 1/4/25 and 5/10/25
Best Marathon between 1/4/25 and 5/10/25
Valley Dash (date TBC)
Further club event (date TBC)
In order to be eligible for a prize you must complete a minimum of 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 top U20 and top V40 upwards age groups (in 10 year increments) providing 5
events are completed. Your best 8 scores will be taken into consideration and each
event will be scored from 15 down to 1 (everyone participating will receive a minimum
of 1 point). As per last year and to keep things simple, all races will have the same
weighting.
Club Together 2025
Once again we are delighted to be able to announce the Club Together awards in
association with Howdens (this year in Troon) for the third year running – huge thanks to
Howdens for their continued support! 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 2025, 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 5k event TBC
– 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 2025 (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).
All athletes who complete the required events will be presented with a commemorative t-shirt
at the start of 2026 once all results have been scrutinised.
