MABAC arranges a series of free league cross country races throughout the year, suitable for all abilities.
The MABAC is funded by two popular open races:
Cranleigh 7-14-21 – A unique challenge event where you can choose your distance on the day – 7, 14 or 21 miles – even after you have started.
Surrey Slog Half Marathon – A challenging cross country half marathon on the beautiful Holmbury Hill.
Chessington Unity members are encouraged to join the races or volunteer to help support the MABAC in its mission to continue to bring free inclusive events to its members.
The league fixtures can be found on the MABAC website here League Fixtures – MABAC Running League
To join in speak to Lee Walstow or Bev Gow, or join the Cross Country MABAC WhatsApp group (link provided in the Chessington Unity weekly newsletter).
Point scoring
This is a bit complicated so strap in and read a few times.
For the Senior race, consider all runners as falling into 2 categories; ‘Scorers’ and ‘Non-scorers’. For each club, the combined team of the first 5 men and first 5 women in that club are in the Scorer category. (If any club doesn’t have at least 5 men and 5 women, they lose the advantage of 1 or more Scorer.) Now, put all of these Scorers from all clubs in a list, in order of finishing. [Note: From 2025 onwards, there are two separate lists, one for Scoring men and one for Scoring women]. The runner at the bottom of the list is allocated 1 bonus point, next one up two bonus points and so on to the top of the list. To put it another way, each Scoring runner is allocated bonus points equal to the number of Scoring runners below him/her, +1. Note that the points for the runner at the top of the list is not constant, it varies according to the number of runners present at each event. Having done that, add 5 (or 8) points, to represent the number of miles run, to every runner, Scorer or Non-scorer. This gives the final total of points for each runner. Guest runners cannot be Scorers.
Joggers, walkers, and runners retiring after the first lap each receive 2 points (no bonuses).