Reminder – London Marathon 2026 Club Ballot – Deadline Approaching!
Please see copy and pasted post below, deadline is this Saturday 4th October! 🏃♂️
Whilst we are still awaiting the confirmation of our London marathon running club place, if you meet the criteria below please send your rejection email to stocktonstriders@gmail.com by Saturday 4th October 2025.
Cut off date for minimum sessions attended is 30th September. This criteria will be checked with our attendance records. If you haven’t attended 24 sessions but feel you have exceptional circumstances for this please email the Stockton Striders gmail address so the committee can give consideration to these.
The draw will take place as is tradition at SSAC AGM in November.
Many thanks
Gail Robinson
Club Secretary
Stockton Striders AC
London Marathon Club Place Eligibility 2026
Background:
Each year the club qualifies for one England Athletics (EA) club entry into the Virgin London
Marathon (VLM). The club relies on its members EA affiliation to qualify for the club place.
EA/VLM current banding is requiring between 50 – 150 EA affiliated members for one place.
As the representative for Stockton Striders AC the winner of the club ballot will be our Club
Ambassador at the London marathon and therefore would expect them to be an active member of Stockton Striders AC.
Our Eligibility Criteria is:
• 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 date to correspond with opening of London ballot by race organisers.
• You will also need to be a current member at the time of the AGM and the London Marathon itself.
• You will need to confirm your no thank you magazine packet/letter serial number or no thank you email to stocktonstriders@gmail.com.
• You will need to have been a fully paid-up member of Stockton Striders AC and affiliated to England Athletics for at least 12 months prior to date to
correspond with opening of London ballot by race organisers with no outstanding money owed to the club.
• You will need to be an active Stockton Strider AC Member, i.e. those who represent the club at events/races, and who participate in regular club training sessions
(minimum 24 sessions over the year previously to the ballot year of entry unless
exceptional circumstances apply i.e. long term injury). The 24 sessions can include door cover duties and for coaches, coached sessions.
• Exceptional circumstances will be considered, (for example if work commitments,
caring/childcare responsibilities, injury or illness prevents you from attending the minimum of 24 sessions) you will be asked to submit in writing to the committee requesting consideration be given to your application
• You will not have won a London Marathon place via Stockton Striders AC club ballot in the last 5 yearly ballots.
Good luck everyone.