A friendly knock-out tournament where you’ll be are drawn against another member in a head-to-head competition at Folkestone parkrun.
You score based on your own improvement, so runners of all abilities can compete against each other.
There are two competitions, A-cup and the B-cup, if you get knocked out of the A cup in the first round, you’ll automatically move to the B cup for a second chance.
Standings
Runners are now free to arrange their ties, just tell the competition organisers when your race day is.
They can be emailed using challengecup@folkestonerunning.club.
Jump to:
- A-cup round 1
- A-cup round 2
- A-cup round 3
- A-cup quarter-finals
- A-cup semi-finals
- B-cup round 1
- B-cup round 2
- B-cup quarter-finals
- B-cup semi-finals
A-cup
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
B-cup
Round 1
Round 2
Quarter finals
Semi finals
Rules
In each round, runners will be paired against another with both racing against their own personal target; whomever scores higher proceeds.
Scoring
A runner whose target parkrun time is 30:00 completes their race in 28:50 (5% faster): Their score is 105
A runner whose target parkrun time is 22:00 completes their race in 23:10 (5% slower): Their score is 95.
If these runners were paired against each other, the runner who finished in 28:50 would advance.
Previous winners
A-cup
2021
No competition in 2021
2020
Competition suspended
2019
Champion: Lisa Smith
Runner up: Catherine o’Connor
2018
Champion: Aldous Hosking
Runner up: Phil Maull
2017
Champion: Clive Allon
Runner up: Andrew Noble
B-cup
2021
No competition in 2021
2020
Competition suspended
2019
Champion: Gary Brazier
Runner up: Helen Francis
2018
Champion: Kevin Newman
Runner up: Kirsty Wilson