In 1988 this was the First Running of the London Inter-Club Season, and the name, if not the abbreviation, has stuck. The original idea came from the LOK Chairman at the time, Paul Street. He wanted a competition where everybody from a club had a chance of contributing, and which used areas that otherwise might not draw large numbers. The chosen format was very simple. There is a single course at an event, of light green standard.
Every competitor runs the same course, and times are then adjusted according to a handicap table.
A competitor receives handicap allowance for age, sex and orienteering ability. You then deduct your handicap from your running time to give a final time. This makes errors expensive and losing 60 seconds can easily cost you 10 places. The best six runners for a club count towards the team score. The trophy has been dominated in recent years by Mole Valley, but Middlesex and DFOK have won in the past.