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Preparing for race day

  1. Athletes sign up once here for free. You will get a LUCA Member number. Remember this number – you will need it when you cross the finishing line!
  2. As you cross the finishing line, you get a token. This is your finishing position.
  3. You give this token to the finishing desk along with your LUCA member number.
  4. We assign points to individuals and calculate team scores

Advice for team captains

  1. Encourage your members to sign up here well before the race. 
  2. We will bill you at the end of the season or when you hit your fee cap.

Scoring

League ranking, for both individuals and teams, is based on a highest number of points accumulated basis. 1st place in the men’s race receives 200 points and 1st place in the women’s receives 150 points. Points are then awarded on a decreasing basis with every subsequent finisher (i.e. 2nd male/female gets 199/149 points). 

Team points are accumulated across all four fixtures with five athletes to score for male teams and four athletes to score for female teams. The highest possible score is 4,950 and 2,970 respectively. 

Individual points are accumulated across all four fixtures. However, only the best three performances (out of a possible four races) for the individual are used when calculating their overall standing in the league. Ties in scoring are settled by the ‘best worst position’ rule – the lowest finishing position out of the three races that count are compared and the athlete whose position was higher wins. The highest points available to a male is 600 and to a female is 450. 

The Mike Baggs Memorial Trophy combines male and female team performances. The male team that comes 1st at an individual race is awarded 8 points, the 2nd team 7 points, and so on. The same applies for the female teams. The points are combined together for both male and female teams, and then accumulated across the five fixtures. The highest points available to a university is 64. 

Teams

LUCA Championship

Men are 5 to a team (no spacer).
Women are 4 to a team (no spacer).
Overall (Mike Baggs Trophy) is the total score of a club’s top men’s and women’s teams. 

University of London Championship

Men are 4 to a team (no spacer).
Women are 3 to a team (no spacer).
Mixed UL is the total score of a club’s top men’s and women’s teams. 

United Hospitals Championships (Bannister Cup)

Top three eligible men + top two eligible women.

Prizes

The following prizes are available to win:

  • Mike Baggs Memorial Trophy for the best overall team (men’s and women’s team performance combined)
  • League Winner Shields for the overall winning male and female team 
  • Team medals for the first three male and female teams in the league 
  • Individual shields for the first three males/females in the league
  • Medals for males/females ranked 4th-6th in the league