Club Ballot

As an England Athletics affiliated club, Horsforth Harriers receive a number of places for the London Marathon based on the number of affiliated members we have. So if you don’t get in through the main ballot and don’t already receive automatic qualification through the ‘good for age’ system, then as long as you meet the criteria below, you can enter the club’s own ballot, the results of which are usually drawn at a club run night at the beginning of December.

The following conditions apply:

You must have been a full, first claim member of Horsforth Harriers for at least one full financial year (so for the 2027 race, you will need to have been a FULL member since April 2025)
You must have applied for London marathon for that particular year in the general ballot and have been rejected.
You must be able to provide your rejection email as proof of this
If you have already had a Horsforth Harriers ballot place for London, you cannot enter again in the future. This is so that as many Harriers as possible get the chance to run this iconic race which is so hard to get into.

Contact the committee