Author: Helen Johnston

Foodbank Run 2024 - 24/03/24 Following on from the success of last years Foodbank run we can now confirm this years run will take place on Sunday 24th March The Foodbank run is a national initiative & idea is that clubs ask members to donate items and then organise a run to deliver them (with a back up car to carry surplus). There’s been lots of work going on behind the scenes to arrange this but we can confirm the date will be Sunday 24th March and the plan is to run to 2 foodbanks/community pantry’s. We would expect to meet at the club at around 9:45am to run to the first drop off point in Roseworth and then on to Norton for the 2nd one. Mileage can be between…

A fabulous turn out for our league run at Flatts Lane parkrun. Well done all including us Striders marshalling & happy 50th parkrun Sandra S 💚💙

For anyone coming to tomorrow’s sessions … they’ll be cake on offer afterwards as we’ve still got half of our birthday cake left to eat up 😋💚💙

Well done to our Striders League Winners 2023 as below: 1st Paul Johnson 2nd Jon Archer 3rd Glenn Cooper 1st Emma Fleming 2nd Michelle Ince 3rd Izzy Morgan Age Categories 30-39 - Tom Holland 40-49 - Jon Archer 50-59 - Paul Johnson 60+ - John Wilson 20-29 - Izzy Morgan 40-49 - Emma Fleming 50-59 - Michelle Ince 60+ Gail Robinson and Dinah Owens And all the league spot prize winners Committee Member of the year 2023 Kris Allen SSAC Ben Robinson Male Member of the Year - Andy Johnston SSAC Debbie Edwards Female Member of the year - Liz Simpson And a big winning smile from Angela Stirling on winning the stand up bingo prize of £50 on the night 😊

Thursday 25th January Sessions 🔦🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Next Thursday, rather than having the usual seven groups, members will have the option of taking part in a head torch run or an all-inclusive speed session. Headtorch Run 🔦 The route will start at the Sir Thomas Brown Pub/Sunningdale shops in Eaglescliffe, and will take us along the River Tees to the Blue Bell just outside Yarm, before heading up through Egglescliffe village back to the start. The route can be seen below and will be approximately 3.6 miles. This will be a social paced run suitable for all abilities - no one should worry whether they will be fast enough or not. 🙂 ❗️ All members taking part must have a head torch. ❗️ It would be greatly appreciated if, whoever has spare…

Any takers for the National XC at Telford on 24th February? You will need to be first claim club EA affiliated to SSAC as per entry rules. If you can please comment below if interested. If you can let us know by next Tuesday 23rd January at the latest. Club will pay entry fees but individuals will need to pay for all other expenses, travel etc . Thanks to Jonathon Archer who will be our team manager at the event. https://www.englishcrosscountry.co.uk/the-national-cross-country-championships/entry-procedure/?fbclid=IwAR0NzCEYY_w4swk_yy2Ssp6fusHbzVSnn-rNDwLfQXAmGTYcN56BZp9UKKw_aem_AdccX4wmHti46dVje-ZZov0e8gV_1dbvS7QOHoCjUGpUTQ5WKEAmA1qU6uudgMDvZps  

All tickets for Striders 9th Birthday party on 26th January have now sold out. To those of you who have purchased one - we’ll see you there! Sorry to those who have missed out, but you’ll appreciate we have to limit numbers due to venue size. Thank you

Time is running out! Don't forget to cast your vote for your member of the year - paper forms will be at the club on Tuesday or alternatively you can e-mail in. Striders Member of Year 2023 ballot paper Its a free tea and coffee night as the sessions too - donation's of biscuits always welcome

Club League 2024 - race 1 - Albert parkrun -a volunteers account. Blimey what a brilliant turn out for our first run of this years Striders League! As most of you will know I’ve not been able to run for several months now & due to a bit of a setback it will still be a good few months again before I can dip a tentative toe back in this running malarkey. I’ll be honest and say I’ve been feeling as sick as a chip these last few days about it all but determined to be more positive I signed up to volunteer at Albert parkrun (official volunteer credit no 89 😊& not many to go to my 100 volunteer tshirt) so that I could cheer you all on. First…

Discount code for SSAC members only - please do not share wider The organisers of the Middlesbrough Half Marathon are now offering Striders not already booked onto the event the opportunity of a £2 discount off the entry fee Please use Code: Club This offer does not apply to the group bookings of 6 as that is still the cheapest way to enter. If you've already entered the race unfortunately you are not able to benefit from the £2 discount