Suffolk Winter League

The SWL is not organised by Suffolk County AA. Please do not contact Suffolk County AA.
Contact: Suffolk Winter League Secretary, Ricky Peacher, runningricky0@gmail.com

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2025/6 Season

Next event: Framlingham 26th October

Date: Sunday 26th October
Venue: Framlingham Sports Club, Badingham Road, IP13 9HS.
Times: Juniors: (11-16 years), 10.40am.
            Under 11’s Fun Run: 10.42am.
            Seniors: 11am (or as soon as last junior is finished)

Approx.distances:
Juniors: 3500m
Under 11’s: 800m
Seniors: 8000m.

Facilities:
Car Parking, Changing Rooms, Showers, Toilets, Refreshments all available at Race HQ. The Clubhouse Bar will be open afterwards!
Please DO NOT use the area surrounding the Castle for your toileting requirements!

Payments:
Race Fees remain at £5 Seniors, £2 Juniors, Under 11’s FREE!
ALL payments for runners to be made via clubs (not individuals) to Framlingham Flyers (BACS details have been emailed to clubs)

Extra Info:
Please car share wherever possible. This is REALLY helpful to us. Please help out if you can?
The start/finish for all 3 races will be on the Castle Meadow (IP13 9BP)  as usual. A 5 min walk from Race HQ.
Club Gazebos can be erected on the Castle Meadow. I’ll speak with English Heritage this week to see if we’re allowed to take vehicles on to unload.
Under 11’s to register in the tent at Race HQ, All others to register with team captains.

Results after Framlingham

  • Senior – TBA
  • Junior – TBA

Races

Date 2025/6 SeasonVenueHost Club
26th October 2025FramlinghamFramlingham Flyers
30th November 2025Sutton HeathWoodbridge Shufflers RC
11th January 2026Haughley ParkStowmarket Striders
25th January 2026Woburn Farm, CortonBungay Black Dog RC
8th February 2026PakenhamSaint Edmund Pacers
15th FebruaryHorseheathHaverhill Running Club
TBA 2026Presentation EveningNewmarket Joggers

Key Information

  • Clubs are expected to have paid their affiliation fee (£70) BEFORE the first event in the series.
  • All competing clubs are to provide a team captain for the day. It will be their responsibility to fill in team sheets, and return finish tokens along with the completed team sheets.
  • All runners are to be first or second claim members of participating clubs (no guest runners)
  • Race fees remain at £5 for the senior race and £2 for the junior event.
  • Please note that going forward, host clubs will be looking to receive payment by BACS only for runners fees. 
  • Please car share wherever possible!! This really helps to ease the pressure on the host club- especially if the weather is not great.

All Events:

NO “Guests” are allowed to run in the event and all competitors must be fully paid up members (first or second claim) of SWL Clubs.

Team Result Sheets and plastic wallets (for results sheets) will be available for collection by team captains. Please take care when filling out the team sheets. Please write runners names clearly and tick the correct age group box. We’ll supply these sheets (also available here and here).

Please remember to fill out your team-sheet clearly and don’t forget that Senior age categories are based on age on 26/10/25. Junior categories are based on age on 31/8/2025, see Age Groups below.

Finish tickets and team-sheets go in the plastic wallet for Chris Starmer to collate results.

Please note that going forward, host clubs will be looking to receive payment by BACS only for runners fees. Some clubs may also only accept card payments for refreshments (other than the free tea and coffee for runners).

Note: the entry fees: £5 per senior runner, £2 per Junior runner. If an event does offer an under 11 race then U11 entries are free, and will be taken at the information desk, not by team captains.

Age Groups:

  • Junior age groups (U17, U15, U13) are determined by the runners age on 31st August 2025
  • Senior age groups are determined by the runners age on the date of the first race in the series (26th October 2025).
  • Rule change for 2025/6: Men and Women age groups are aligned, the youngest veteran age group is V40. Women V35 is no longer a category.
  • Runners must be aged 17+ (on 26th October 2025) to take part in a senior race (age 16 on 26th October 2025 must run in the junior race).
  • RUNNERS REMAIN IN THE SAME AGE CATEGORY FOR THE WHOLE SERIES regardless of any ‘significant’ birthdays that may occur over the course of the winter

Rules and Minutes

2024/25 Final Results

2023/24 Final Results

2022/23 Final Results

2021/22 Final Results

Note: The SWL is not organised by Suffolk County A.A.