2026 Combined Championship
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The 2026 championship features a mixture of 'local' road, fell & trail races over different distances.
The competition features 25 events;14 ‘short’, 5 ‘medium’, 4 'long’ and 2 Relays, with best scores from up to 6 races to count. There is no minimum number of races and no requirement to do races from each distance category.
This year we are again using a performance-based scoring system dependent on your finishing time relative to the first man & lady. Basically, the closer your time is to the winner’s time the more points you get. Scores for 'medium' & 'long' races will be multiplied by a factor of 1.1 and 1.2 respectively, as an inducement to take part in longer distances.
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A more detailed explanation of the scoring can be found here
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In addition to the overall men’s and ladies championship winners, there will also be vets (over 40) and supervets (over 50) categories for both men and women.
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Results for the 2025 Combined Championship are here
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Team Photo Before DamFlask Relay 2025
Richard at Denby Dash Aug 2025
Kate at Bolton Abbey Nov 2025
The Club Championship races for the 2026 are :
SHORT
Hoppits Hill (BS - fell) 3.1m 689ft - Sun 15th Feb at 1pm
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Windmill 6 (Road) - Sun 15th Mar at 11am
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Wakefield 10k (Road) - Sun 22nd Mar at 9am
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Ian Charlesworth Hartcliff Hill (BS - Fell) 4.6m, 709ft - Tue 28th Apr 7pm
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Higham Hurtle – ~5 miles (Trail) - Thursdays 6.30pm
Race 1 – April tbc, Race 2 – June tbc, Race 3 – August tbc
If you choose to do more than one Hurtle, your score will be based on your best performance.
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Wentworth Castle 10k Trail Run (Trail) 6.2m, 620ft - Wed 10th Jun 7pm
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Parkrun 5k - A Saturday in July
Complete any Parkrun worldwide in July and we’ll calculate your score relative to the first man or lady at that event (the course can be fast or slow, what matters is how close you are to the winner!), so 4 opportunities to run a good time.​
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Stan's Toffee Run - (Trail) 4.2m 360 ft - Wed 12th Aug at 7pm
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Denis Stitt Race - (AS - Fell) 3.7m 1214 ft - Thur 13th Aug at 7:15pm
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Denby Dash (Trail) - Mon 31st Aug at 12 noon (Bank Holiday)
5.6 miles, 700ft ascent through fields & woods from The George Inn
Denby Dash Details​​
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Darkwood Demon (Trail) 6m, 950ft - Sun 13th Sept 10am
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Stanage Struggle - (BS - Fell) 6.2m 1165 ft - Sun 20th Sept at 11 am
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Famous Grouse - (BS - Fell) 5.2m 1099 ft - Sun 29th Nov at 11am
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Best Cross Country Race
Your best performance scoring cross country race in 2026.
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Any Other 10k Road Race during 2026
All you have to do is tell Anne Middleton when you complete any other 10k Road race anywhere in the world and provide us with a link to/copy of the official results and we’ll crunch the numbers.
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MEDIUM​​​​
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Run Greno 7.3 miles (Trail) – Sun 4th May at 11am
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Ripon 10 (Trail) – Sun 10th May at 10am
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Eccup 10 (Road) – Sun 5th Jul at 9:30am (also YVAA champ race)
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Heights Ultra 10k 6.25m 692ft - Sat 6th Sept at 10 am
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Ambles Revenge (Trail) – Dec tbc
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LONG​​​
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Wharfedale HM (Trail) – Sat 6th Jun at 11am
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Heights Ultra Trail 27k, 50k, 50m - Sat 6th Sept at 8 am
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Vale of York HM (Road) – Sun 13th Sept at 11am
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Bolton Abbey HM (Trail) – Sun 8th Nov at 9am
Any Other Half Marathon or Longer race during 2026
All you have to do is tell Anne Middleton when you complete a half marathon or marathon anywhere in the world and provide us with a link to/copy of the official results and we’ll crunch the numbers.
Relays
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Barnsley Boundary Relay– Sat 13th Jun at 8am
Barnsley Boundary Relay Details
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Damflak Relay– Tues 16th Jun at 7pm (tbc)