At Sutton Park, Towngate Entrance, Sutton Coldfield, B73 6BU
MENS EVENT - 12.00 Start
12 stages of 5.424km
WOMENS EVENT - 12.15 Start
6 stages of 5.424km
British Championship medals will be awarded to the first three teams to finish
ERRA medals will be awarded to the first three English teams to finish
The winner's trophy will be awarded to the first English team
Medals will be awarded to the fastest senior and U20 athletes
Course Map
There is a course map here
Entries
There is no restriction on the number of womens teams a club may enter. Mens team entries are by invitation only. Clubs may submit a maximum of 36 names for the Men's Event (per team) and a maximum of 18 names for the Women's Event (per team).
Late
or incorrectly submitted entries will be rejected
Only UKA affiliated clubs will be accepted for this Championship
Team declaration and changes
must be done ONLY online by team managers
Team declarations and changes
are allowed up to 12.00 on the day of the race online ONLY via the personalized
link which will be sent to team managers when they enter their team(s) (no
additional new names will be accepted)
REGISTRATION HAS NO
FACILITIES FOR TEAM DECLARATIONS OR TEAM CHANGES
Minimum age:
17 years and over at midnight 31st August / 1st September
2025
Closing
date for entries Sunday 5th April (Extended to noon on Monday 6th April)
NOTES
· Entries from Clubs will only be accepted if the Club is currently affiliated to England Athletics. Team members MUST be first claim members of the club AND registered with England Athletics for the current competition year. EA Registration Numbers MUST be included. Athletes without registration numbers will not be entered.
Athletes are not allowed to
compete for 2 different clubs in both the Area, and equivalent National Road
Relay championship events in the same year.
· · Entries must be submitted via the online entry system and fees paid on entry
Acknowledgement of entry will be by return email and final instructions will be emailed prior to the event.
· Clubs that run ineligible or unregistered runners will be disqualified and may have their entry refused for 2027.
Entry Fees - £144 per Men's team, £72 per Women's team
Pertinent Rules of this competition
RULE 5 –FIRST CLAIM STATUS –ALL RULES APPLY
RULE
141 S3 (IV, V) Junior Men & Women who are aged 17, 18 or
19 on 31st August 2025 may take part in Road Relay competitions and compete in
Senior events.
Rule
143 CLOTHING: All team runners MUST wear the same design
of registered Club vest and colours, unless the Referee has given permission
for a change to be made.
Any advertising or sponsorship on
clothing must comply with UK Athletics Rule
Clubs are not allowed to enter more than THREE TIMES the
number entitled to compete
A Club entering more than one team in a race shall be allowed to select
their teams from
the
total club entry. Teams must be declared before the start of the race.
A team will be subject to
disqualification if its team members are subsequently found NOT to have run as declared. No runner is permitted to run more than one
leg.
Clubs that run ineligible runners will
be disqualified and may have their entry refused for the 2026/2027 event.
Any Foreign Athletes in the team MUST also be
currently registered with UKA as Foreign Athletes. All team and athlete
affiliation will be verified prior to the event. A club can enter as many foreign
athletes as they wish but only 2 may run. This applies to both ‘A’ & ‘B’
teams
TEAM MANAGER ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS
Guidance for Team Managers entering teams can be found here
Refunds & Cancellations
Individual refunds will only ever be issued at the Race Organiser’s discretion. For a refund to be considered, full details must be emailed to us for consideration within a reasonable time frame of the event.
We do not refund booking fees that were applied on top of the base Entry fee paid. The fees are Third Party charges and as such we do not receive them as part of the race regisitration transaction.
We hold the rights to amend/cancel any aspect of an event at late notice. Cancellation will only ever be a last resort for us, and we will always take direction on event cancellations from government agencies (e.g. the Met Office for weather related incidents) and the National Governing Body concerned, in addition to our assessment of the local conditions.
In the event of any cancellation, if it possible to reschedule the event to a different date in the same calendar year then all entries will be automatically transferred to the new date. Deferrals and transfers will be permitted for the rescheduled event.
Where an event cannot be rescheduled, committed contractors will be paid and remaining funds will be offered as partial refunds.