Every year the club is given one or two places for the London Marathon.  These club places are allocated through a ballot process, normally held at the end of November's Galaxy Run.  A member wishing to enter the ballot must meet the following criteria:

• The runner must be a first claim DRR;

• The runner must have been rejected by the original ballot;

• The runner must have been a member at the time of the official London ballot opening;

• The runner must be an active DRR and Scottish Athletics member, having run or volunteered at four Scottish Athletics licensed races in the previous year (from 1st November to 31st October). Races licensed by other UK Athletics bodies (e.g. English Athletics) are also accepted.

• The runner must not have been allocated a club ballot place within the last 5 years

• The runner must not have run the London Marathon within the past 5 years

• The runner must not have accepted a charity place prior to the ballot.

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Previous Winners (the year is the draw date, with the race being the following year):

2024: Colin Birtwistle and Emanuel Corduneanu

2023: Susan Smith and Barbara Brown

2022: Jim Morton and Ben Gibson

2021: No draw due to COVID-19 pandemic

2020: Hector Waudby-West

2019: Victoria Simpson and Donald Walker

2018: Tricia Smith; Simon Knox

2017: Linda Craddock; Scott James

2016: David Robertson

2015: Grant Whytock, Peter Derrick

2014: Derrick Anderson