Category: Club News

Food Bank Run - important ! Date for your diaries - 19/02/23 As you’ll be aware Striders have signed up to take part in this national initiative to organise a food bank run during the month of February. The idea is that clubs ask members to donate items and then organise a run to deliver them (with a back up car to carry surplus). There’s been lots of work going on behind the scenes to arrange this but we can confirm the date will be Sunday 19th February and the plan is to run to 2 foodbanks/community pantry’s. We would expect to meet at the club at around 9:45am to run to the first drop off point in Roseworth and then on to Norton for the 2nd one. Mileage can…

The English National XC championships take place on Saturday 25th February in Chester. If members wish to participate the club will pay the entry fee of £10, however all entries need to be co-ordinated by the club as individuals cannot enter themselves.  Travel will have to be arranged by the individual and expenses will not be re-imbursed. If interested please comment by noon on this Sunday 22nd January so that entries can be processed. To qualify you must already be EA affiliated to Stockton Striders as your 1st claim club as of 01/01/23 and when competing at the event our official club vest - the green with blue swirls one must be worn. More info at https://www.englishcrosscountry.co.uk/the-national-cross-country-championships/entry-procedure

Around this time last year you may recall we asked if any members would be interested in becoming a SSAC mental health champion. Whilst some members did come forward due to delays in the EA process this didn't progress any further. As a club we are keen to promote this EA initiative and increase our number of Mental Health Champions, so if anyone is interested (you don't need to have come forward previously) we plan to have an informal discussion in the next couple of tea nights (dates to be confirmed). If you were interested last year can you let me know if this is still the case please! Please see link for more information or please speak to myself or Paul Johnson our current Mental Health Champion. Mental Health…

Tonight’s official club sessions are cancelled. There is a weather warning for ice from 5pm. Paths in places around the club are wet and the concern is that these will turn to ice before sessions start. Added to the mix is that the ‘feels like’ temperatures will be hovering around zero too. Members safety is as always our priority so I’m sure you all understand the reasoning behind the decision. Those who planned to manually vote for their member of the year tonight please use the email system mentioned in earlier posts. The deadline remains 8pm tonight. Those with bottle donations for the birthday party raffle we will collect them on Tuesday. Thanks Andy J

Well done everyone.   The next event is Richmond 5th February, further details to follow. 2022-23 NYSD Ormesby Hall results

Hi all For those not on Facebook It’s last orders for those wanting tickets to the birthday party on Friday 27th January. If you haven’t already done so please comment below if you want tickets, £10 per person. Deadline for purchases is 8pm this Thursday (19th) as we need to confirm numbers with the caterers. Also any dietary requirements not yet forwarded need to be with us by this Thursday 8pm too. Bottle donations for the bottle raffle would be very welcome. Tea nights are back and planned for both tomorrow (17th) and Thursday (19th), cold weather permitting ! Again biscuit donations welcome. And last but not least voting for club male and female member of the year is still open. Deadline again is 8pm this Thursday (19th). Why not…

Club Member Of The Year 2022 Plenty of manual votes already cast so thank you. For those not able to attend club sessions this week and next we will  accept email votes. Please read the attached which shows the 5 male and 5 female short listed nominees. Voting by email follows the same rules as manual voting. 2 votes allowed for male and 2 for female, 1st and 2nd choice in both categories. Having read the nominees supporting text please email first and second choices (clearly marked) in both categories to stocktonstriders@gmail.com Subject - votes To clarify. Manual voters complete the ballot paper email voters don’t, you just send your nominations via email as outlined above. To ensure anonymity the origins of email votes will not be disclosed. Please remember. Both…

Stockton Striders 8th birthday party Friday 27th January - venue - clubhouse 7pm - finish Tickets are now available. This year we are having a casino theme, roulette, black jack etc but playing with ‘funny’ not real money. There will also be a photo booth too and we will be having a bottle only raffle (donations welcome - any bottle, doesn’t have to be alcohol !). The party will also include our annual awards night presentations for the 2022 race league and for our other club annual awards too (further details to follow). Once again we are adopting the paperless approach. Please comment below if you would like to buy tickets including any dietary requirements. Friends and family welcome too. Price £10 each, payment to the usual Striders bank account…

NYSD Cross Country next event  is 15th January at Ormesby Hall. Details are below. We are aware this clashes with the Brass Monkey event, with many of our regular XC runners taking part in this, it would be great if we can still put two teams out. If you wish to take part, please comment below, if this is your first time we will need your DOB and EA affiliation number.

From Amy Gallilee - membership secretary Hello Striders The committee are pleased to announce that we will have a quarterly Striders Newsletter with the first issue being made available on the club website and social media at the end March. It will be made and ran by members of the committee and will be another forum for important club updates to be shared. It will also be a platform for members of the club to share their news. If anyone from the club has anything that they would like included in the first issue please email stocktonstridersmembers@gmail.com. We will accept photos for the newsletter but will need the consent of everyone in the photo for it to be shared. Suggestions from all members of the club are welcome and encouraged.…