{"id":5171,"date":"2024-01-20T18:22:39","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T18:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brjrunandtri.org\/wp\/?page_id=5171"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:18:10","slug":"junior-programme-january-december-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brjrunandtri.org\/wp\/?page_id=5171","title":{"rendered":"Junior Programme + Annual Running Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Junior Programme 2026<\/h4>\n<h5>The year ahead<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Weds 15 April to 20 May Running Track St Ives Outdoor Centre<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">27 May Half term break<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Weds 3 June to 15 July Running Track St Ives Outdoor Centre<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">22 July to 26 August Summer break<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Weds 2 September to 21 October Running Track St Ives Outdoor Centre<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">28 October Half term break<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Weds 4 November to 16 December Running Track St Ives Outdoor Centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Things to remember when booking your child in for training<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"auto\">All of our sessions are carefully planned to make the most of our sixty minutes together.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Please book your child onto the session prior to the start using BRJ Clubpal: <a href=\"https:\/\/brjrunandtri.clubpal.app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/brjrunandtri.clubpal.app. <\/a>Failure to do this can cause delays and frustration for other children waiting.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Book early: This allows the coaches to see who is coming and plan accordingly.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">Arrive in good time: please try to arrive 10 minutes before the start of the session. This helps the session to start on time.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"auto\">If your child has been unwell or have picked up an injury please let us know.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Junior Running Championships Nominated Races 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 March BRJ Junior Frostbite Jubilee Park, Huntingdon 1.5 miles<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18 March Track 1 mile BRJ Event<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18 April Senior Parkrun 5K or 19 April Junior Parkrun<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13th May BRJ 2k event on normal club night<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24 June Peterborough Grand Prix Series 3K Water Sport Centre Ferry Meadows Peterborough<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18 July Senior Parkrun 5K or 19 July Junior Parkrun<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5 August Peterborough Grand Prix Series 3K Water Sport Centre Ferry Meadows Peterborough<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October (date tbc 1<sup>st <\/sup>\u00a0or 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Sunday in October) Frostbite event 1.5miles Priory Park St Neots<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14 October Track 2K BRJ Event<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25 November Track 1 mile BRJ Event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Junior Running Championship <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Junior Running Championships was introduced in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Championship aims to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduce younger runners to competitive running within a supportive and friendly sporting environment.<\/li>\n<li>Encourage junior members to participate in a varied mix of races over different distances and conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Experience participating as a club and a team<\/li>\n<li>Introduce junior members to friendly competition between members in spite differences of age and gender while increasing an individual\u2019s motivation and performance.<\/li>\n<li>Enhance the visibility of the club at events and the potential to achieve individual and team awards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Championships are run over a 12 month period commencing on 1<sup>st<\/sup> January<\/p>\n<p>The Championship is open to all first claim members.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals must complete four events from the list of \u201cnominated\u201d events.<\/p>\n<p>An individual\u2019s final score is calculated using the total of their best three age and gender graded scores.<\/p>\n<p>The race finish times are taken from the official published race results. Chip timing will be used, where available.<\/p>\n<p>Only results that record the individual competing as a BRJ member will be scored.<\/p>\n<p>Finish times will be converted into an age and gender percentage score using the Howard Grubb WMA (October 2016 edition).<\/p>\n<p>Self-timed races will\u00a0not\u00a0be eligible.<\/p>\n<p>The age category is determined by the member\u2019s age on the 1<sup>st<\/sup> January. The Age Categories are Boy \/ Girl : U9\/U11\/U13\/U15\/U17<\/p>\n<p>Clothing shall be worn that identifies you as a member of BRJ.<\/p>\n<h3>Junior Club Standards<\/h3>\n<p>In conjunction with the Junior Annual Running Championship there is a Performance Awards Scheme.<\/p>\n<p>To award effort and to encourage further achievement the club has a series of awards for performance during a championship race.<\/p>\n<p>Finish times will be converted into an age and gender percentage score using the Howard Grubb WMA. This compares a child\u2019s 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\u00a0 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)<\/p>\n<p>There are three badges to be won over the following distances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One Mile<\/strong>; 2 Kilometres, 3 Kilometres or 5 Kilometres<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronze<\/strong> : Time is from 50%-59.99% WMA Grade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver<\/strong>: Time is from 60%-60.99% WMA Grade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold<\/strong>: Time is over 70% WMA Grade<\/p>\n<p>These cloth badges can be worn on Club hoodies etc as a mark of achievement.<\/p>\n<h3>Junior Running Champions<\/h3>\n<p>Details of the previous Junior Running Champions are listed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/brjrunandtri.org\/wp\/?page_id=2287\">&#8216;Club Honours &#8211; Junior Running Champions&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0section of the BRJ Website.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junior Programme 2026 The year ahead Weds 15 April to 20 May Running Track St Ives Outdoor Centre 27 May Half term break Weds 3 June to 15 July Running Track St Ives Outdoor Centre 22 July to 26 August &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brjrunandtri.org\/wp\/?page_id=5171\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5171","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brjrunandtri.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brjrunandtri.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brjrunandtri.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brjrunandtri.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brjrunandtri.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5171"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/brjrunandtri.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5979,"href":"https:\/\/brjrunandtri.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5171\/revisions\/5979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brjrunandtri.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}