Author: Andy Johnston

Sportsshoes promo code for December is SEMIT8 10% off and Free Delivery Redeemable from today until Jan 5th. It’s for members use only so please do not circulate outside the club. Andy J

For those not on FB Hi all For those unsure where the meeting point is for the official club medley sessions tonight at Tees Barrage. I will be near the main entrance to The Talpore from 620pm and will direct those to the meeting point that need it. From 630pm I will then be sat in The Talpore 😁! Please be mindful of the parking restrictions in and around The Talpore entrance as mentioned by Liz when the session link was posted. Andy J

For those not on FB Reminder Striders 5k mini league - deadline is 8pm tomorrow (25th) to submit round 3 times. Thanks Andy J

Message from Sam Johnston STOCKTON STRIDERS CLUB LEAGUE 2022 Hi All, Early heads up! Now that the race calendar has returned to normality (fingers crossed it stays that way! 🤞) we will be re-introducing our club league for 2022. Unfortunately COVID curtailed the 2020 one before it truly got going and we were unable to host one in 2021 with all the uncertainty around which races were going ahead. For those who have not taken part in the league before, it’s a list of races that run throughout the year, and you earn points based on your performance. There are prizes for the overall winners (male and female) and there are also age category prizes too, so plenty of awards up for grabs! Whilst the friendly competition that surrounds the…

A special parkrun report from yesterday Today history was made. 5 members from Stockton Striders AC, who were lucky enough to have their names drawn out of the hat, attended the first post covid parkrun at The Grange parkrun Kirklevington Prison. Big thank you to Simon Russell for making this possible. So, the day didn’t get off to a good start. I asked Kris for a lift, met him on time, Kris double checking I had my barcode and off we went. On arrival at the prison car park, Kris said “don’t forget your ID”. S*@t!! I had forgotten my ID 🙈. Kris, bless him, did offer to drive back to Norton for me to get this, I had rang my daughter at home who was suffering with a hangover…

 Hi all For those not doing the Croft XC. Sunday social, 9 am (prompt) Norton duck pond. Plan is to do 9 miles around Norton/Billingham. My pace will be average 9.15/9.20 per mile. Usual T&C’s in terms Sunday socials unofficial run status. Refreshments in The Highland Laddie afterwards. For those doing the Croft XC - good luck and enjoy…..the cake and biscuits. Andy J

Hi all What do we think? (see below). We rather like them ! We have been sourcing headwear for the winter months. Computer generated image below of the final design. The hats are one size (adult), are 100% acrylic and will be available at £11 each. Sunglasses not included Turnaround is 6-8 weeks so sadly they won’t be ready until after Christmas. We did try! We will be purchasing to order so please comment below if you would like to buy one. The closing date for orders is next Friday (26th). Payment not due until delivery. Thanks Andy J  

5k mini league - round 2 results and overall points totals attached. Round 3 starts tomorrow 20th November and closes Thursday 25th November at 8pm - good luck   STRIDERS 5K LEAGUE NOV DEC 21

          For those not on FB Hi all Pre-Covid we operated a door rota policy. It involved two individuals on club nights sitting in the clubhouse from 1825 - 1945 having the Striders mobile phone and responding to any calls made by coaches in the event of an incident/emergency. Thankfully these are very rare occurrences but we still need the system in place to satisfy both our risk assessment and health and safety obligations. The door rota is covered in pairs on a volunteer basis using the theory ‘many hands make light work’. Ideally both,  but as a minimum one of the two volunteers is required to travel to the club in their own vehicle should it need to be utilised. Given the increase in session…

For those not on FB Heading towards last orders for round 2 5k mini league handicap times. Deadline 8pm tonight. Thanks Andy J