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Introduction
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Welcome to the Juniors section of the Scottish Hill Runners website where
you can find information on different issues of interest to Juniors either
already involved in hillrunning or looking to find out more.
If you are a Junior and have a general question on hillrunning in Scotland,
please contact Scottish Hill Runners.
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Hill Races
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Forthcoming hill races in which Juniors may participate are listed as
follows. For a complete listing, please visit the Calendar
page.
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Note: not all of these races are open to all age groups, and some may
have separate Junior races whilst others allow Juniors to enter the
main race. Please check with either the race organiser or SHR before
you go along.
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Junior Competitions
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SHR has produced a Calendar of ALL races suitable for Juniors ( ie Under 18s). Each race entry contains details of the race venue and date, course length and height gain (where known), and includes details of minimum age limits. You can download your free copy Here.
The 2010 scottishathletics Junior Championship has now taken place at Ben Lomond on Saturday 8 May. The Championship is open to members of scottishathletics.
The categories are U19 (defined as born 1991–1993), U16 (born 1994 or 1995), U14 (born 1996 or 1997).
The scottishathletics Junior Hill Running League was introduced several years ago to encourage competitive
opportunities for Junior hill runners. Details of the 2010 League are below. Athletes are awarded points based on their best two results of the three nominated League races, which are:
The League is open to members of scottishathletics. The categories for 2010 are U19 (born 1991-1993), U16 (born 1994 or 1995), U14 (born 1996 or 1997). There are also male and female team competitions. Scoring teams are made up of the top three scoring athletes in each
Club, from any age group.
Points are awarded to the first 18 individuals in each category, with points for the team competition
following the same scoring format: 1st place 25 points, 2nd 20 points, 3rd 17 points, 4th 15 points,
5th 14 points, reducing at one point intervals down to 18th 1 point. As a bonus, all athletes and
teams who complete all three league races will be awarded an additional two league points.
***2009 Final Standings ***
The Hill Running Commission (with support from SHR) has drawn up a set of guidelines for junior hill races, which can be read and downloaded here.
It is particularly important to note that there are rules which govern the maximum distances that juniors can race. If you are under 18 on January 1st in the year of competition you cant race more than 10k on the hills - and the guidelines detail the limits for younger age groups.
A training weekend will be held on 8-9 January 2011, at the Wanlockhead Outdoor Centre near Abington. The weekend is designed to cater for all endurance athletes wishing to develop their hill running abilities. Junior athletes (over 12) are especially welcome and all sessions are designed to be suitable for their capabilities. There's a news item and photos from the 2009 weekend here .
Details of the International Programme are on the next page>>
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