Category: Club News

Morning, Just some updates for you all regarding upcoming club sessions. As you know tomorrow evening is our mock cross country event at Cowpen Bewley. Whilst there is parking available at the park, I would strongly recommend car sharing where possible as it’s not the biggest of car parks. We had originally planned to not have any sessions this Thursday due to the ongoing works on Bishopton Road West. However, these works have been completed ahead of schedule (when has that ever happened!) and access to the club is open. Therefore, this Thursday there will be an all inclusive track session at the club that members can book onto if members wish to do so. Tuesday 12th August, Stockton Town have a home league match so meeting there will be…

The Old Mother Shipton Old Shoe Shuffle 2026. 10k distance… 02/11/2026. One of our events for our 10th year of SSAC. Last year was eventful with most runners at the start of the run going off onto the wrong route, chaos ensued until our Glenn Cooper stepped in to lead all runners onto the right path. Following a conversation about this blip at the finish, the very nice organisers said “if entering next year to contact them and they’ll sort something out”.. So today I emailed, got a very quick response, they are happy to offer 20% discount to all our members to enter this event. At the moment I need to submit numbers after which they will provide a code to use when signing up. Please do not enter…

(Sorry another post from the committee this morning! 😅) Hi All, The committee have met recently and we have created a short survey that we are encouraging members to fill in, to give us some feedback on how the club is doing. It won’t take much of your time to fill in, and it is all anonymous. We hope that the feedback we receive, will help us shape the direction of the club going forward. The survey will be open for the entire month of August. The committee will then meet in September to discuss the feedback, and we will provide you with an update then. Please find the link to the survey below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAP0vjRA5HBwsH_SObOV_pzc0VvHwFLHQ1qI8A_9g4nzHyIA/viewform Kind Regards Sam SSAC Chair & on behalf of the Committee  

Stockton Striders Cross Country Taster Session Hi everyone, On Tuesday 5th August, we will be hosting a Cross Country Taster Session at Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park, ahead of the cross country season starting in October. The purpose of the session is to give members who have never tried cross country a feel for what the events are like. However, seasoned XC pros are encouraged to come along too, to take part and share their experience. The course is on trail and will be between 3.3 and 3.5 miles. There will be marshals on the course and a tail runner. Once entries for the session have closed on Gymcatch, we will assign race numbers to all runners and divide participants into teams of 3 or 4. We will try and make…

Date for the diary - Ben Robinson tribute run Hard to believe but it is approaching two years since Ben sadly passed away. In his memory and as a fitting tribute the annual Billog killer 10k (Bens favourite route) or Billog 5k social runs will take place this year on Sunday 17th August. For those wanting to attend the meeting point will be Norton duck pond at 0930. If the weather is good the plan will be to have a brew (and cakes) on the grass bank next to the duck pond near Ben’s memorial bench afterwards (similar drill to last year). More details will follow nearer the date. Thanks  

Afternoon, We have received confirmation that the summer edition of the NYMAC relays will be taking place on Thursday 28th August. Who could forget the spring edition which saw us have 9 teams represent us and our ladies team taking first place overall! 🥇 Entry for teams has to be done on Saturday 9th Augus, therefore - we need teams sorted and finalising for this date. For those not familiar with the relays, it’s four runners per team, and it’s 1 mile around Stewart’s Park, Middlesbrough. They start at 7pm, but members are asked to get to the park no later than 6.45pm to allow time to get your number, and be informed who your team is. It is completely free to take part - but club colours must be…

Start Fitness would like us to remind our members of the 15% discount code they offer us. This is for online, Instore and sale items. The code to use is below. As with Sportshoes.com, this code is for Stockton Striders members only. Not to be shared.