The Jimmy James Handicap is a series of six races for RPAC seniors (17 or over) between October to March each season. As of the 2016/17 season, the races is held in conjunction with Dorking & Mole Valley AC over a course starting at Denbies. Each race is on a Thursday evening over a course of approximately 3.8 miles with a scratch time of 45 minutes. You can see the current handicaps here. Points are scored at each race as shown on the right.
Please note there is a small modification to the route as of the 1st December 2016 race, see the full course description and updated instructions here.
The championship will be decided on the total of the best 4 scores for each runner; the winner will be the person with the highest total score. In the event of a tie the trophy will be shared.
Full handicapping rules are suspended whilst we gain familiarity with the times over the new course. Instead, the handicappers will use their discretion to set appropriate handicaps. Handicaps will be based on the fastest time from each runner's 2 or 3 most recent runs over the handicap course, rounded to the nearest 15 seconds. The 3 runs can be from previous 2 years or 2 runs fom previous 1 year. Any new member will have to have run in two races before they qualify for an official handicap, but will score a single point for each of their qualifying races in the current season. The handicapper has the right to adjust handicaps where deemed necessary. In addition to the handicapper there will be two other members who will act as referees and approve any adjustments to handicaps. Any runner who is slower than 45 minutes will be given a zero handicap.
We expect members to take each race seriously but appreciate that for various reasons on some occasions they will not wish to run hard and therefore expect honesty from each runner to tell the handicapper if they are not racing.
In the spirit of Jimmy James, in whose memory this championship is named, a bottle of wine will be awarded to the winner of each race.
This season's race results Current handicaps Who was Jimmy James? Club members' best JJ times
Positions 2019/20
| Full Name | September | October | November | January | February | March | Points |
| Kate Knight | 12 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 44 | |
| James England | 1 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 32 | |
| Jack Finn | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 27 | |
| Jamilla Ncayiyana | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 26 | |
| Craig Parke | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | ||
| Ian Stammars | 7 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 24 | ||
| Frank O'Regan | 10 | 6 | 5 | 21 | |||
| Jim Vince | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | |||
| Michael Bashford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 16 | ||
| Christian Froggatt | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 | |||
| Ralph Tuckwell | 3 | 10 | 13 | ||||
| Bethany Higgins | 12 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Rob Wigley | 1 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| Adrian Grant | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | ||
| Paddy Patrick | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Leanne McKeogh | 7 | 7 | |||||
| Paul Chandler | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Anna Baer | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Steve Smith | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Dave Williams | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Jennifer Carus | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Moray Carey | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ian Edmonds | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Rebecca Prentice | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fran Afonso | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Anthony Collins | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Adriana Collins | 1 | 1 |
Positions 2018/19
| Full Name | September | October | November | January | February | March | Points | Low score |
| Valerie Cooper | 12 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 6 | |
| Ian Edmonds | 10 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 7 | |
| Jas Dhanda | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 34 | |||
| Steve Smith | 6 | 12 | 9 | 27 | ||||
| Paddy Patrick | 6 | 8 | 10 | 24 | ||||
| Christian Froggatt | 9 | 10 | 19 | |||||
| Jack Finn | 7 | 7 | 14 | |||||
| Mike Pocock | 8 | 4 | 12 | |||||
| Frank O'Regan | 12 | 12 | ||||||
| Jim Vince | 12 | 12 | ||||||
| Leanne McKeogh | 12 | 12 | ||||||
| Debbie Robinson | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Adrian Grant | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Ralph Tuckwell | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Charl Jordan | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Dan Wilkinson | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Adriana Collins | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Liz Clark | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Bethany Higgins | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Steve Watkins | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Anthony Collins | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Wayne Chappell | 2 | 2 |
Positions, 2017/18
| Full Name | September | October | November | January | February | March | Points | Low score |
| Anthony Collins | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 41 | |||
| Bethany Higgins | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 40 | |||
| Ryan English | 9 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 39 | |||
| Dan Wilkinson | 8 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 9 |
| Michael Clark | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 3 | |
| Liz Clark | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 1 | |
| Andrew Patrick | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | |||
| Adriana Collins | 1 | 12 | 12 | 25 | ||||
| Malcolm Woodman | 8 | 7 | 2 | 17 | ||||
| Ginevra Stoneley | 6 | 10 | 16 | |||||
| Nick Wade | 9 | 6 | 15 | |||||
| Gary Aldridge | 6 | 7 | 13 | |||||
| Mike Pocock | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| Ian Edmonds | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||||
| Aoife Kehoe | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Andrew Bamford | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Matthew Pont | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Debbie Robinson | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Wayne Chappell | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Jas Dhanda | 1 | 1 |
Positions, 2016/17
| Full Name | September | October | December | January | February | March | Points | Low score |
| Matthew Pont | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 34 | 6 | |
| Mick Heaver | 10 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 1 | |
| Ginevra Stoneley | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 28 | |||
| Malcolm Woodman | 12 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | |||
| Mike Pocock | 10 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 26 | |||
| Michael Clark | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 25 | |||
| Ian Edmonds | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 1 | |
| Wayne Chappell | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 1 | |
| Andrew Patrick | 10 | 10 | 20 | |||||
| Liz Clark | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 1 | |
| Paul Chandler | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 3 | |
| Bethany Higgins | 12 | 6 | 18 | |||||
| Ian Burks | 12 | 4 | 16 | |||||
| Clare Morley | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |||
| Shane Dowle | 12 | 12 | ||||||
| Claire Humphrey | 12 | 12 | ||||||
| Andrew Bamford | 8 | 2 | 10 | |||||
| Christian Froggatt | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Ralph Tuckwell | 9 | 9 | ||||||
| Chris Mankelow | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Ayden Higgins | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Moray Carey | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Anthony Collins | 1 | 1 | 2 |
