The league is open to athletes from U12 to Seniors and Veterans belonging to our Member Clubs.

All athletes (including Under 12s) competing in the league must be currently affiliated to England Athletics (or one of the other home countries) and fully paid up with their club.

Information on scoring can be found above.

All young athletes, junior and senior age groups are taken as under the mentioned age on 31st August in the calendar year following the start of the season. Anybody who is 9 years old or younger on 31st August in the calendar year following the start of the season is too young to run in the Under 12 category. Within the Senior age group there are veteran sub-categories. Veterans must have reached their age category (over 40, 50 60 or 70) on the day of the first race of the season. If an athlete becomes a veteran or if they reach the next age category during the season they are still scored in their original category.

Under 12s are welcome to run as guests. 

However, in line with the updated UKA rulebook, an athlete who is not registered with England Athletics can only compete as a guest for 1 season, after which they must be a member of a Club affiliated to England Athletics and personally be registered with England Athletics. 

Please pre-register by emailing the full name of athlete, race category (ie U12 girls or U12 boys) and date of birth to  before 7pm on the Thursday evening before race day. 

Unfortunately, we will not be able to accept any registrations after this deadline or any registrations with incomplete details which are not corrected before this deadline. 

You will be provided with a race number. The cost of the number will be dependent on which fixture the athlete first runs at since it will can be used for all subsequent races in the season. So for example if the U12 athlete registers for the first race of the season the cost of the number will be £20 as the same number can be used for the remaining four races in the season at no additional charge.  The cost is scaled down according to which fixture the athlete first registers, taking into account the declining number of races left in the season as follows:

• Athlete first turns up to run at the second fixture: Cost is £15
• Athlete first turns up to run at the third fixture: Cost is £10
• Athlete first turns up to run at the fourth or fifth fixture: Cost is £5

The charge as set out above is payable by bank transfer before the race number is collected.  We regret that we are unable to make adjustments to the above policy based on variations in athletes’ availability to compete during the remainder of the season.

Guest numbers for U12s can be collected on the day from Redway Runners, who have kindly agreed to hand out the numbers early on race day.  Please enquire at the Redway tent

Your team manager will issue you with a race number that you keep and reuse for each of the 5 matches. If you forget or lose your number, ask your Club team manager to:

1. Check what your number was and issue you a new number (if they have remaining numbers) and provide you payment details. If your team manager has no remaining numbers, then contact Registration.
2. Your team manager will then need to send an email to detailing your name, race category, old number and new number and amend your number on the portal, both before 5pm on race day.
3. You will need to pay £5 for the replacement number which must be paid electronically (ask your team manager for bank account details which they can get from the Registration Team). Replacement numbers should be paid for within 24hrs. Please reference your payment with your surname and you new race number.
4. If you find your original number at a later date, please destroy it and continue to use the replacement number.

Please send an email to results@chilternccl.co.uk.

We do not organise official photographers but we are lucky to have a number of excellent amature and professional photographers attend matches.

Please visit our PHOTOGRAPY page for a list of photographers featured on our website.

If you do not wish your photograph to be shown online or used in publicity material you should draw a thick red cross across your number.

Further information can be found in our PHOTOGRAPHY page.

In line with the UK athletics rules of competition, the wearing of headphones, or similar devices (other than those medically prescribed) is not permitted during the race.  It is the responsibility of the athlete or their representative to let the officials know in advance if they have a medical condition which permits usage.

The league operates under UKA Codes of Conduct & Rules. If there is anything that occurs at a fixture which you – or your child – feel uncomfortable about or wish to clarify, please take this to the Race Referee in the first instance – on the day as soon as possible.

Please ask any official or marshal to point you in the direction of the Race Referee or – if not feasible – the Race Director / UKA Official. It is very difficult for the Chiltern League committee to do anything after an event unless the Referee was made aware on the day.

The route to becoming an Endurance Official

The races simply can’t happen without enough officials. Many of our current officials are getting older, and sadly some have had to retire due to ill health. If the league is to continue, we need to bring in a new generation of officials.

We welcome anyone who would like to get involved, but we’re particularly in need of female officials to help with the female finish funnels.

You don’t need extensive qualifications or experience. Our officials only need to be qualified to Level 1, making it a straightforward way to get involved and help secure the future of the league.

England Athletics courses for level 1 can be found at
Endurance and Risk Awareness – England Athletics
The Level 1 qualification is usually 2x 2hour evening virtual course, plus a DBS check.
The course cost is relatively modest, and we would normally expect clubs to cover this themselves. However, if funding the course presents a difficulty, we would encourage clubs to have a conversation with the League Treasurer to see what support may be available.