Club Championship
We normally run one event each month ranging from 5k to Half Marathon distances with both local road and trail events featuring, to enable all our members to take part and have fun competing together.
The good news is that the fastest runner doesn’t automatically win…there are bonus point for Personal Best (PB) performances at each race distance, and a bonus for completing 8 of the 12 events to maximise your score. We have both men and ladies divisions and the top 3 in each get their trophies awarded at our Annual Presentation Dinner! Details of the Championship rules can be found here.
| Club Championship Races 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Date | Event |
| 7th Jan | Woodcote 10k |
| 10th Feb | Chiltern XC at Horspath |
| 3rd March | Berkhamsted Half Marathon |
| 24th March | Reading 1020 (10miles) |
| 13th April | Hughenden Trail 10k |
| 19th May | Ridge Off Roader 10k |
| 16th June | Wargrave 10k |
| 17th July | Waddesdon Manor 5k |
| 4th August | Bearbrook 10k |
| 25th August | Headington 5m |
| 7th September | Cotswold Classic 10m |
| 13th October | Frieth Hilly 10k OR Oxford Half Marathon |
| 3rd November | Marlow 7 OR Oxfordshire Cross Country League Round 1 |
| 7th December | Parkrun Aylesbury |
| Club Championship Races 2025 | (Rest of calendar will be updated later in the year) |
|---|---|
| Date | Event |
| 12th January | Woodcote 10k |
| 23rd February | Wokingham Half Marathon |
| 9th March | Goring 10k |
| 23rd March | Treehouse 10k |
| 18th April | Maidenhead Easter 10 Miler |
| 18th May | Ridge Off Roader (10k or HM) |
| 8th June | Run Jericho 10k |
| 16th July | Waddesdon Manor 5k |
| 12th October | Oxford Half Marathon |
| 12th October | Frieth Hilly 10k |
Thame Runners – Freshers Club Championship 2024
The Freshers Club Championship was new for 2022 and focused on encouraging newer runners to participate in timed events, race over the season and reward individual improvement during the year.
Points are earned at each event plus bonus points for each time you run a personal best (PB) time at either 5k or 10k distances, which you can do multiple times during the season. We don’t award points based on finishing order; everyone who finishes an event gets the same points, so participation and improvement are rewarded.
The events are a mix of local Parkruns, Thame Runners club timed events and also Club Championship 10k and 5k events (which also means participants earn points in Division 2 as well)
We award a trophy after the end of the season to the top 3 points scorers, who will be those who ran events and scored multiple PBs so your performance is entirely in your hands!
| Freshers Races 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | |
| 3rd Feb | Parkrun Horspath | |
| 3rd March | Berkhamsted 5 mile | |
| 16th March | Parkrun Bicester | |
| 13th April | Parkrun Aylesbury | |
| 19th May | Ridge Off Roader 10k | (TR Div 2 Qualifying Race) |
| 8th June | Parkrun Horspath | |
| 17th July | Waddesdon Manor 5k | (TR Div 2 Qualifying Race) |
| 4th August | Bearbrook 10k | (TR Div 2 Qualifying Race) |
| 7th September | Parkrun Aylesbury | |
| 20th October | Frieth Hilly 5k | |
| 2nd November | Parkrun Horspath | |
| 7th December | Parkrun Bicester |
| Freshers Races 2025 | (Rest of calendar will be updated later in the year) |
|---|---|
| Date | Event |
| 11th January | Parkrun Horspath |
| 22nd February | Parkrun Wendover Woods |
| 9th March | Goring 10k |
| 23rd March | Treehouse 5k |
| 12th April | Parkrun Bicester |
| 18th May | Ridge Off Roader 10k |
| 8th June | Run Jericho 10k |
| 16th July | Waddesdon Manor 5k |
Scoring
7 pts for each timed 5k run or race
3 pts for each 5k personal best
10 pts for each 10k race completed
5 pts for each 10k personal best
5 bonus points for participating in 8 events or more
Rules
Thame Runners Club Championship rules apply except that the first race at each distance will set the benchmark time from which PBs are calculated. PBs are valid for 3 years (same rules as Club Champs) & there are no limits on the number of PBs during the championship season.
Please ensure you add Thame Runners as your club to your Parkrun profile to qualify, otherwise we can’t track your results!
Oxfordshire County Road Races
The Thame 10km road race is part of the county’s Grand Prix series of road races. See list of all of Oxfordshire’s road race fixtures – Grand Prix, County Championship and otherwise – below
Oxfordshire Cross County League 2025
To register for Cross Country, please contact team captains, Charlie Pughe or Emma Pughe.
https://oxonxc.org.uk/
Come and take part in this challenging but fun series of 5 races, starting towards the end of the year. The cross country league is hosted across 5 months and 5 venues, with courses being typically 4-5 miles.
We enter a ladies and a mens team, who run in separate races. This is a great opportunity to challenge yourself, but also one of the few chances that you will get to run as a team as the first few crossing the line score points.
Club results available to view at Oxfordshire League XC