The annual Club Handicap for the Smith Shield takes place on Saturday 9th April over The Crawfordsburn Adidas Trail. The first runners will go off at 11.00am with the remainder at appropriate intervals so athletes shouold be there in good time. After the race, Club Awards for the recent cross country season will be presented with all categories represented.
Past results have included representatives of all age groups, genders and ability levels and the race is wide open. Both the Christmas Handicap and 2004 Smith Shield were monopolised by the youngsters however and they are getting better.