Author: Samuel Johnston

Stockton Strider’s Members Member of the Year 2024. Afternoon, It’s that time of the year again where we are coming out to the membership to vote for who they think their member of the year is for 2024. This is someone that could’ve excelled in running, given up their time to help the club run and/or been a welcoming figure to newer members and helping integrate them into the club. 😊 Slightly different to previous years, the nomination form is online and attached below. You will see there are 3 boxes. You can nominate a maximum of 3 people. These can be men/women or a mixture of both. All the forms are confidential, and you can nominate anyone. You do not have to nominate 3 people if you don’t want…

Stockton Striders AC 10th Birthday Party - Las Vegas meets Stockton 🎉 Morning All, I can now confirm final details for our 10th birthday party taking place on Friday 31st January 2025 @ Stockton Cricket Club, starting at 7pm. We have the Las Vegas casino coming to Stockton with games such as blackjack, roulette and others included. (No real money required to play.. everyone is given ‘free’ money and tokens to play with, and the person with the most at the end of the night wins a prize!) alongside casinos, Vegas is nothing without a bit of magic so in addition to this, we have the brilliant Andy Larmouth coming down who will be performing magic acts and illusions. This is a alongside photo booths, crisp wheels and another brilliant…

Morning, Just to confirm that the final sessions of the year will take place on Thursday 19th December, with official sessions then resuming on Tuesday 7th January. However, as in previous years we are looking to host an unofficial session at Ropner Park on Boxing Day, 9.30am start. We have had a few coaches kindly say they will step up and help out as long as there is enough interest in one. The session is suitable for all abilities 😊. If you are interested, can you please like this post or comment, just so we can gauge if there is enough interest in doing one this year. (Last few years have seen brilliant turnouts!) Please note this is an unofficial session so no charge required, and it is subject to…

Morning, Just off the back of Tom’s post. As in previous years all sessions in December will be free of charge. You will still be required to book on via gymcatch as normal, but no subs email will be sent at the end of the month. 😊 Thank you

4th and final club volunteering opportunity for 2024 - update. We had a 50/50 split on the vote but after speaking to the Wynyard team on Saturday, Striders will cover volunteering on 21st December which will be the Christmas Run - Santas, elves, reindeer and all that (dressing up encouraged but is optional!). We need about 16 vounteers, the AGM report says we now have 200+ members so it would be great to see all the roles taken up. If you wish to volunteer, please send an email to wynyardwoodland@parkrun.com with your name, Parkrun ID number and preferred role(s). If you're not sure what roles are available, check out the volunteer roster at https://www.parkrun.org.uk/wynyardwoodland/futureroster/ As usual, if you have any questions just let me know. First time volunteers always welcome…

Thank you to everyone who attended our AGM tonight. Fantastic turnout! The full minutes will be made available over the weekend but I would like to announce the Stockton Striders committee for the 2024/2025 year. Chairman - Samuel Johnston Vice Chair - Jamie Bentley Coaching Coordinator - Tom Ramsey Club Secretary - Gail Robinson Membership Secretary - Sue King Treasurer - Abby Barker Lead Welfare Officer - Alan King Welfare Office - Doreen Morris Members Representatives - Kris Allen, Peter Camp & Glenn Cooper. Congratulations and welcome to Doreen Morris and Jamie Bentley who take up positions on our committee for the very first time. Congratulations also to Gail on becoming club secretary. And a final thank you to Suzanne Brodie and Helen Johnston for all their hard work and…

AGM - Committee Roles and Re-Election. Hi All, Hopefully most of you have seen the previous posts in the group and on the website about the upcoming AGM which takes place a week tomorrow at 7.30pm from the clubhouse. As most will know, one of the main things taking place is the re-election of the committee. I have outlined below the roles, the current holder of the role, and whether they intend to stand again. Please be reminded that even if the current holder intends to run again, you can still put your name forward for this role, but it will go to a vote. Chairman - Samuel Johnston (standing again) Coaching Coordinator - Tom Ramsey (standing again) Membership Secretary - Sue King (standing again) Club Secretary - Helen Johnston…

Stockton Striders Christmas Drinks! 🎅🍺 Hi All, On Friday 13th December Striders will be having their annual informal Christmas drinks! The plan is to meet at 7pm in the Hambletonian in Norton (opposite the duck pond) and then go with the flow… Christmas jumpers are compulsory! (Even for me.. 🙈) Hope to see you all there! Thank you

Morning, I am re-sharing this from earlier in the year as I know a few people have asked recently, and we have had new members join since then. Please note that this message is also in the ‘featured’ section within the Facebook group. As you will know, we use gymcatch to inform you of the sessions, and this is what you use to book on to them. With that in mind, we get a lot of questions from members about how to cancel their booking or sometimes members forget to cancel. Cancelling is really important if you can no longer make it as sometimes there is a waiting list of people wanting to join the session. In addition to this, it’s a requirement that the coach knows exactly who is…

Hi All, Please see the below reminder of our schedule over the next few weeks: Tuesday 22nd October - Sessions @ the club as normal. Thursday 24th October - Sessions @ the club as normal. Tuesday 29th October - Naked Run @ the Tees Barrage (for newer members.. don’t worry, this doesn’t involve taking your clothes off!) more details to follow.. Thursday 31st October - CLUB CLOSED, NO SESSIONS. Tuesday 5th November - CLUB CLOSED, NO SESSIONS. Thursday 7th November - Sessions @ the club as normal. Thank you