Author: Helen Johnston

message from Suzanne Brodie, run director Hamsterley Parkrun Final call for volunteers next Saturday 18th for Hamsterley  parkrun & our canine league fun run 🌳 (before I do a shout out in the morning). If you’re not running, injured, hate hills, or just fancy a trip out, I’d love a couple of extra volunteers 🙏🏼. It would be fab to give some of the core team a morning off to run it if poss. Free parking for all volunteers & cake made by my mum. 😊 please comment below if able to help out ….  

NYSD XC 2022/23 Gail Allison-Robinson and I attended the NYSD XC 222/23 Planning Meeting on behalf of the club on Wednesday. Fixture dates and venues are: NYSD Dates: 1. 9th October – Acklam – Acorn Centre 2. 13th November –Redcar - Fox Rush 3. 4th December – Hartlepool – Summerhill *** TBC *** 4. 15th January – Middlesbrough – Ormesby Hall 5. 5th February – Richmond – Old Racecourse 6. 5th March – Whitby – Caedmon Collage 7. 26th March – Relays – Darlington – South Park As previously promised we also asked for the subject of gender equality to be included on the agenda. As some will be aware in March 2021, following consultation England Athletics commissioned a wider strategy to be looked into and implemented, but some 15…

Another parkrun date for your diaries folks !! Saturday 2nd July 2022 The very kind Simon Russell - with no nagging from Sue Russell whatsoever 😜has arranged another parkrun opportunity exclusively for Stockton Striders members 😀. It’s to participate in The Grange parkrun at HMP Kirklevington prison. As you know this event is not normally open to the public so we’re very lucky to have the chance to run it! The previous couple of times names have been drawn out the hat but this time fingers crossed we might be allowed to have more people participate. In the first instance please comment below if you are interested. If you’ve already represented striders at the event you can still express an interest in running it this time. Now for the really…

Hold the date folks! Thanks for all the feedback on our fundraising parkrunathon idea… the overall majority prefer Saturday 06 August as the date for it to take place so get it in your diaries! Watch this space for updates on timings etc over the coming weeks 😊

Message from organisers … 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 ANNOUNCEMENT 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Due to another event taking place, there will be no Stockton Sunday Runners at Ropner Park this weekend (5th June) Enjoy your Jubilee weekend everyone & we’ll see you all back there on 12th 👍    

Edinburgh Marathon Report What a weekend! for Striders heading to Scotland. The first challenge was remembering we entered an event with more roll overs than the Euromillions. All Striders passed with flying colours. Lets start with the news we all waited for. CHLOE TURNER WINS EDINBURGH HALF. That's right in a tense "meeting" involving several hostages at event HQ Chloè-louise Turner successfully got organisers to delete the results of all non Striders. In particular all 40240 of the finishers in front of her were disqualified. The amended results are published below. Congratulations to Angela Stirling and Mary Marron on their respective Silver and Bronze medals. Keiran Walker was quoted as being "gutted". At her press interview immediately after her chinese, Chloe was asked if she felt guilty? To which she…

Edinburgh Marathon Report What a weekend! for Striders heading to Scotland. The first challenge was remembering we entered an event with more roll overs than the Euromillions. All Striders passed with flying colours. Lets start with the news we all waited for. CHLOE TURNER WINS EDINBURGH HALF. That's right in a tense "meeting" involving several hostages at event HQ Chloè-louise Turner successfully got organisers to delete the results of all non Striders. In particular all 40240 of the finishers in front of her were disqualified. The amended results are published below. Congratulations to Angela Stirling and Mary Marron on their respective Silver and Bronze medals. Keiran Walker was quoted as being "gutted". At her press interview immediately after her chinese, Chloe was asked if she felt guilty? To which she…

Hey striders as some of you know our very own wonderful, strong & resilient Debbie Edwards continues with her journey following her diagnosis of breast cancer. Things haven’t gone according to plan but that doesn’t Debbie. She’s hoping to get back running at the club very soon & also wants to do the great north run this year (treatment permitting) for the Trinity Holistic Centre. In 2019 there was a merry little band of us who all trained together with Debbie for York marathon and we all want to support her in doing the GNR together so have all got trinity holistic centre charity places to run with her. Of course this does mean a collective fundraising target of £1200 so we are thinking outside of the box for fundraising…

Just a reminder - if anyone fancies joining me at Stewart’s parkrun this Saturday to celebrate my 250th parkrun (just the 12 years and 51 weeks after my very first one 🤣🤣) they’ll be cake afterwards to celebrate 😊👍🏻🏃‍♀️🏃🏻🍰🧁 thanks Helen J

For anyone heading over to tonight’s track & field unfortunately Paul J is not able to make it so you’ll need to head to registration area yourself for number etc