Author: Helen Johnston

York bus next Sunday! Final update 😊 Bus will leave SSAC at 7am so please by there by 6:50am at the latest 🙂 hoping to get closer to the start for our drop off point this year to allow plenty of time for pre race prep! Cost is £17 per person -please have cash ready when you get on the bus (fare includes the drivers tip) If you are only travelling one way please let me know Meet up afterwards will be in one of the university buildings TBC (same one as last year but I can’t remember the name? Anyone else know) We’ll aim to depart at around 4pm but don’t worry no-one will be left behind If you can’t travel please make arrangements to get bus money to…

Stockton Striders AGM will take place on Thursday 23 November 2023 at 8pm - venue to be confirmed. The agenda and committee roles profiles will be shared in the next couple of weeks. All committee roles will be up for nominations. At the AGM we will also do the club draw for the London Marathon place. A reminder - to be eligible you will have needed to enter the public ballot as a current Stockton Striders AC affiliated member and have renewed both your Club membership & EA affiliation no later than the 1st May 2023. You will also need to be a current member at the time of the AGM and the London Marathon itself. Please forward your no thanks e-mail to stocktonstriders@gmail.com by Friday 17th November 2023. Thanks…

Hot off the press .... issue 2 and the summer edition of the Striders newsletter. Thanks to Amy Gallilee and all who contributed. Newsletter- Summer Issue Two

York marathon & 10 miler 15/10/23 Further to my post last week to confirm we have the 33 seater booked. Only 1 spare seat remains and once it’s full it’s full!! List of names as below I’ll post more details nearer the time but we’ll leave club at 7am and return at approx 4pm Nigel Radcliffe Sandra Stabler Lisa Greaves Jill Abel Tom Ramsey Jo Cook Glenn Cooper Dara Mavi Nicole Edwards Gary Edwards Dave Mogie Christopher L Julie T Liz Simpson Dan M Kris Allen Abby Barker Emma Fleming Michelle Ince Michael Kielding x4 Lottie Middleton Richard, Hodgkiss Andrew Beevers Helen J Sam Bonner Adam Potter Paul Johnson Kay Martin Nick Martin Thanks Helen J

Final call for the 1st Cross Country fixture only, if you can’t make the first but want to run we will add you at a later event. If you do want to run in the first fixture on 1st October and haven’t confirmed on the previous post please comment below. I have also attached the fixtures for the season. We will notify any changes at the earliest opportunity. Just a reminder you must be EA affiliated for the current season (2023/24) to participate. There’s a EA membership form on the join us section of the website & once that has been returned & you’ve paid the £17 EA fee you’ll be good to go 😊.

Just as the GNR bus peeps have nicely got home (right Kris Allen 😜😜) thoughts turn to the next trip out … our annual trip to York 10 miler/marathon on Sunday 15th October. As it stands the 33 seater is booked and will be approx £16.50 per head including drivers tip. I currently have 31 spaces filled as below so there’s only 2 spare places . However we do have the option of the 49 seater bus but I’d need at least 43 people on it so it’s around the same price per person as the current 33 seater … hope that makes sense!! What I’m proposing is let’s fill the 33 seater & (only) if I get 43 plus names (max 49) by the end of next Monday we’ll…

***** IMPORTANT GNR BUS 2023 FINAL INFORMATION ***** As the big race day edges ever closer and all the hard work and training is done, it’s time to relax, fuel, hydrate & most of all make sure you read this important information. 😜😜. Kris Allen has the final list of people for the bus and will do the roll call on Sunday before departure. A reminder the bus leaves STFC/ Striders at 7:30am sharp so please be there ready to board by 7:20am. Please have £11 in cash ready when you board the bus and Kris will collect it. If you don’t travel you will still need to pay! If you are only travelling one way please let Kris know so he can make a note (fare is the same…

2 spare seats have become available on Striders GNR bus - please comment if interested … £11 return per seat 😊👍🏻 thanks Helen

GNR bus - important information For those booked on Striders GNR bus (list below) final details are confirmed. The bus will depart from Striders (STFC) at 7:30am prompt so please arrive at the club no later by 7:20am. A gentle reminder if you’re not there at 7:30am the bus will go without you! It will leave South Shields at around 4:30pm. As in the past I suggest everyone meets up at the charity village by 4pm to make their way to the coach park. It seems fitting that the meeting area is near the Pancreatic Cancer UK tent again this year. 💜💜 Fare is £11 return & even if you are only travelling one way (or don’t actually travel on the day ) you’ll still need to pay the full…

Cross Country Season 23/24 The New Cross Country Season is almost upon us with the first race meeting being 1st October at Acklam Acorn Centre in Middlesbrough. We need to submit our runners details for Cross Country by September 15th for those wishing to run this event. We can add runners through the season so if you can’t make the first fixture there will be opportunity to run at another event. To run in the cross county season you must be UKA registered and have a valid URN. So please comment below if you are wanting to take part in the first fixture, please let me know by September 13th to allow time for submission. If anyone has any questions on the cross country, please drop me a message and…