LRR Championship races
Each year the committee chooses races to form the various club championship events. The 2026 races are:
- 2026 Short distance age-graded championship race: any parkrun (5K) – Saturday 21st February 2026
- 2026 Long distance age-graded championship race: Salisbury 10 miles – Sunday 12th April 2026
- 2026 Club Championship – one of the July RR10s, likely Wide Lane (22.07.2026).
League races
As a club we enter and participate in various leagues across the year; you will often hear club members say ‘RR10′, ‘CC6’, ‘HRRL’, ‘HCCL’ but what are they?
- HRRL (Hampshire Road Race League) – Road races starting in September and finishing in July (details below).
- Hampshire Cross-Country League – free to members (but you must register before the first event), winter cross-country races (details below).
- CC6 – free to members, winter cross-country races on Sunday mornings (go to the ‘Fixtures’ tab to see all races).
- RR10 – free to members, summer cross-country races on Wednesday evenings.
For more details on each race series have a look below.
Socials
Races are a great way to connect with your fellow runners and we typically grab a drink and a bite to eat afterwards. We also have several socials a year that are not directly related to a running events – though rest assured that running will be a hot conversation topic! Yearly staples include the Billy Bash (our annual social and awards ceremony) and a summer BBQ or picnic. Finally, we love a bit of parkrun tourism particularly over the summer months. So if you want to venture further afield or work on your P-Index why not join us?
RR10
This is a series of ten races on (generally) alternate Wednesday evenings from late April to late August. Races are all in the Southampton area, are c. 5 miles (maximum) in distance and all start at 7:00pm. There are normally 400-500 runners in attendance, of which around 60-80 will be Lordshill members. The courses are off-road but as it’s summer the ground is generally pretty firm with only the occasional muddy spot. As a Lordshill member you can take part for free – the club pays to be part of the league which covers your entry for all races. To take part all you need is a club vest or t-shirt and to register your parkrun barcode on the RR10 website (as the league uses the parkrun process to record results).
If you don’t have a parkrun ID you can get one here.
You don’t need to pre-register for each event, once you’ve done the initial registration of your barcode (see above), just turn up and run (make sure you have your parkrun barcode with you, either physical or on a device).
Each club in the league hosts or co-hosts one race in the league, supplying marshalls, organisers etc. and importantly cake for the finishers. We ask as many club members as possible to help out at ‘our’ event which is usually at Itchen Valley Country park in early May. The league depends on volunteers and therefore as a Lordshill member you cannot run in our hosted event. BTW – the RR stands for Road Race (which is strange, as they are not…) – this is buried deep in the history of the league which has been running since 1983.
CC6
This works in exactly the same way as RR10, except it’s in the winter, on Sunday mornings and with races starting at 9:30; races are again free to enter for club members. You can register your parkrun barcode here; if you don’t have a parkrun barcode you can get one here.
CC6 Cross Country League – CC6
It being winter, the courses are often a bit muddier than the RR10 races – you would generally find trail shoes beneficial on these runs. Again, each club in the league hosts or co-hosts a race, at which their own members cannot run and the host clubs provide marshals, cakes etc., for all participants.
As with the RR10 the name CC6 is a misnomer; we believe it’s originally because there were six races each season, but seven seems to be more common in the modern era.
Hampshire Road Running League
This is a series of twelve road races of distances from five miles to half marathon distance, running from early September to early July. These races are open to non-club members and you pay to enter, although entry fees are often considerably less than for corporate events. The races in the league are relatively stable, but member clubs get a vote on the races to include each year and we often see one or two races rotate in or out each season.
Hampshire Road Race League – a running club competition
No cake at these ones, but there are usually memento’s (t-shirts, medals, glasses etc.) for all finishers. As part of the league there is a club competition and Lordshill enters four male and four female teams into this. The first sixteen finishers for the club count towards our league position as each team is made up of four – we don’t need to pre-specify who the four are, it’s just the first four Lordshill finishers make up the A team, the next four make up the B team and so on.
There are also a couple of individual competitions. If you complete (any) seven of the twelve races then you will be given a position in the individual league, based on your race positions in each race. At the end of the season free mugs are produced for everyone who completed seven races, with their league position on. If you complete more than seven then they take your best seven results. As not too many runners complete seven races it is quite possible to get a good league position, even if you might not consider yourself a strong runner. If you complete all twelve races in the season you receive a free t-shirt. This is quite a commitment and if you do earn your t-shirt you will wear it with pride!
Some races sell out very quickly so if you have your eye on a particular event it’s worth entering while you can.
Hampshire Cross-Country League & Championship
The Hampshire Cross-Country League sees teams from all over the county compete against one another and we welcome entrants of all abilities from across our club. Races are free to enter but you have to wear a club vest or t-shirt and register before the first event. Men and women race separately at these events with each race run over the same approximate distance and the same start time, as follows:
- Senior Women – 6K – Start time: 13:35
- Senior Men – 10K – Start time: 14:30
If there are any issues or questions, please get in touch with your captains.
English National Cross-Country Championship
Date: tbc
Venue: tbc
An annual event with the venue rotated around England (south, midlands, north); see the website of the English Cross Country Association for more details. Please register your interest by emailing or sending a Facebook message to the club so that we can arrange subsidised club transport. You need to be an affiliated member and LRR needs to be your first claim running club.
Our Races
As well as participating in numerous races in the local area, Lordshill Road Runners organise a number of races (for CC6, RR10 and HRRL). We need your help as volunteers to marshal and organise these races.
