BRJ Juniors

The year ahead
Wednesday 8 th January – Wednesday 12 th February
Sportshall One Leisure St Ives
Wednesday 19 th February Half term break
Wednesday 26 th February _ Wednesday 2 nd April Running Track One Leisure St
Ives
Wednesday 9th and16th April Easter Break
Wednesday 23 rd April- Wednesday 21st May Hinchingbrooke Country Park
Wednesday 28 th May Half Term Break
Wednesday 4 th June – 16 th July Hinchingbrooke Country Park
Wednesday 23 rd July – Wednesday 27 th August Summer break
Wednesday 3 rd September -Wednesday 22 nd October Running Track One
Leisure St Ives
Wednesday 29 th October Half term break
Wednesday 5 th November – Wednesday 17 th December Running Track One
Leisure St Ives
Please help us
All of our sessions are carefully planned to make the most of our sixty minutes
together. Please help us to make the most of that time by avoiding undue
delays.
Please
Book your child onto the session using BRJ Clubpal :
https://brjrunandtri.clubpal.app
This allows those registering your child’s attendance without having to
log out of registration and book your child in. This can cause delays and
frustration for other children waiting.
Book early: This allows the coaches to see who is coming and plan
accordingly.
Arrive in good time: please try to arrive 10 minutes before the start of the
session. This helps the session to start on time.
If your child has been unwell or have picked up an injury please let us know.

 

Training

Spring Term                       January 10th – 14th February Sports Hall One Leisure St Ives

21st February Half Term

28th February – 27th March Track St Ives Outdoor Centre

Summer Term                        17th April -23rd May Hinchingbrooke Country Park

30th May Half Term

5th June – 18th July Hinchingbrooke Country Park

Autumn Term                         4th September -23rd October Track St Ives Outdoor Centre

30th October Half Term

6th November -18th December Track St Ives Outdoor Centre

 

Junior Championship Nominated Races 2025

8th  February senior parkrun 5K or 9 February Junior parkrun 2k

2nd March BRJ junior Frostbite Jubilee Park, Huntingdon 1.5 miles

26th  March Track 2k BRJ Event

30 April 1-mile BRJ Event

11th May Eye (Peterborough) 3k Fun Run

June date tbc depending on GP dates Hinchingbrooke Park Mini Marathon 2.62 miles BRJ Event ( or 5K)?

25th June Peterborough Grand Prix Series 3K Water Sport Centre Ferry Meadows Peterborough

16th August senior parkrun 5K or 17 August junior parkrun

24th September or 1 October Track 2K BRJ Event

22nd October Track 3k BRJ Event

26th November 1-mile BRJ Event

 

Junior Running Championship

The Junior Running Championships was introduced in 2014.

The championship aims to:

  • Introduce younger runners to competitive running within a supportive and friendly sporting environment.
  • Encourage junior members to participate in a varied mix of races over different distances and conditions.
  • Experience participating as a club and a team
  • Introduce junior members to friendly competition between members in spite differences of age and gender while increasing am individual’s motivation and performance.
  • Enhance the visibility of the club at events and the potential to achieve individual and team awards.

Rules

The Championships are run over a 12 month period commencing on 1st January

The Championship is open to all first claim members.

Individuals must complete four events from the list of “nominated” events.( See Junior Championship Races 2024)

An individual’s final score is calculated using the total of their best three age and gender graded scores.

The race finish times are taken from the official published race results. Chip timing will be used, where available.

Only results that record the individual competing as a BRJ member will be scored.

Finish times will be converted into an age and gender percentage score using the Howard Grubb WMA (October 2016 edition).

Self-timed races will not be eligible.

The age category is determined by the member’s age on the 1st January. The Age Categories are Boy / Girl : U9/U11/U13/U15/U17

Clothing shall be worn that identifies you as a member of BRJ.

Junior Club Standards

In conjunction with the Junior Annual Running Championship there is a Performance Awards Scheme.

To award effort and to encourage further achievement the club has a series of awards for performance during a championship race.

Finish times will be converted into an age and gender percentage score using the Howard Grubb WMA. This compares a child’s performance against an international record of the performance of a child of the same gender and age running over the same distance. Only one badge of a specific grade and distance  will be awarded for a performance of a similar grading. (e.g. Only one badge is earned for running the same time over 3K over different events)

There are three badges to be won over the following distances.

One Mile; 2 Kilometres, 3 Kilometres or 5 Kilometres

Bronze : Time is from 50%-59.99%  WMA grade

Silver: Time is from 60%-60.99% WMA Grade

Gold: Time is over 70% WMA Grade

These cloth badges can be worn on Club hoodies etc as a mark of achievement.

Junior Running Champions

Details of the previous Junior Running Champions are listed in the ‘Club Honours’ section of the BRJ Website.