Quote Originally Posted by Witton Park View Post

I have one issue, that's abuse of that offer for University students. I have known athletes go to Loughborough College and run as Loughborough Uni in the XC league.
Maybe it's OK and they have a joint running club , but it seemed suspect to me.
I'm sure there are a few "loopholes" used to boost the Uni team ranks.
That is something that should be better managed.
All the sports clubs at Loughborough are "Loughborough Students xxxxxxx Club" rather than "Loughborough University xxxxxxx Club". So the Loughborough runners in the XC league are members of the Loughborough Students Athletics Club; they are not running for Loughborough University.

Whether it's an abuse to have a single club open to members of more than one educational institution in a town, I will leave to you to decide.