London Marathon Club Places

Background
Athletics clubs associated with UK Athletics (UKA) can apply for club entries into the London and Brighton Marathon. 

London Marathon - Criteria for Qualifying for a NHRR Club Place (Updated May 2018)

The number of entries given to each club is based on the number of first claim registered members over the age of 18 the club has, in 2018 we qualified for 2 places but is subject to change every year. Please talk to coaches about marathon training if you need support!

To qualify for a NHRR Club place you must:

• be a first claim member
• have proof of ballot rejection (letter/email)
• be willing to raise a minimum of £250 for the club charity, see notes below
• have applied for your good for age place if you qualified for it and, as from 2019 onwards GFA places are not guaranteed, have proof (email/letter) of not getting in 
• have been a member of NHRR for at least one whole year on 1 November (around the time the draw takes place for the following year’s race)
• not have received a NHRR London marathon place in the past five years.

Charity notes:

• for 2019, the minimum amount to be raised for the London Marathon NHRR club places has been increased to £250
• recipients of NHRR club places should set up an online fundraising page by January and share with the club secretary. This will be then be used in NHRR communications and publicity to help support your fundraising
• if there is more than one club charity, runners should choose which charity they wish to raise money for
• recipient of the club place cannot raise money for another charity through this race
• if you need to defer, charity fundraising can be done the following year if you wish (please note that you can only defer once)

Brighton Marathon - Criteria for Qualifying for a NHRR Club Place

The number of entries given to each club changes each year, in 2017 we had 4 places and in 2018 we had 10 places.

To qualify for a NHRR Club place you must:

• be a first claim member
• be willing to raise a minimum of £50 for the club charity, see notes below
• have been a member of NHRR for at least one whole year on 1 November (around the time the draw takes place for the following year’s race)

Charity notes:

• recipients of NHRR club places should set up an online fundraising page by January and share with the club secretary. This will be then be used in NHRR communications and publicity to help support your fundraising
• if there is more than one club charity, runners should choose which charity they wish to raise money for
• recipient of the club place cannot raise money for another charity through this race
• if you need to defer, charity fundraising can be done the following year if you wish (please note that you can only defer once)

Process
In the Autumn, a forum post will be added and announcements will be made inviting applications from anyone who is interested in having a NHRR marathon place for London or Brighton and who satisfies the above criteria.  A deadline will also be advertised.

After the deadline has passed:

• if there are more people than meet the criteria then names will be publically drawn from a hat
• If there are the same number of people who meet the criteria as places, then they will all receive a NHRR marathon place. 
• for London Marathon, if there are fewer people who meet the criteria than there are places,  then they will receive a NHRR marathon place and a secondary draw will be opened to all first claim members who are willing to meet the charity requirements.  A deadline will be advertised.  After the deadline has passed, there will be a secondary draw to allocate the remaining NHRR marathon places.
• for Brighton Marathon,  if there are fewer people who meet the criteria than there are places,  then they will receive a NHRR marathon place and the remaining places will be opened to all first claim members who are willing to meet the charity requirements on a first come first served basis. 
• members can be entered into the ballot for either or both marathon places but can only receive one marathon place

Notes

• All holders of a NHRR Club Place should wear a NHRR vest for the London and Brighton Marathon
• Runners are responsible for completing and paying for their own entries