Category: Club News

Yesterday saw the final instalment of our canine mini league (the full report of the season will follow!) at Albert Park.  With Steve & Freddie, Glenn & Alfie, Andy and Ivy, Sue & Jet, Kay with Alfred & me with Flo there was plenty of competition Well done to Glenn & Alfie, Steve & Freddie and Andy & Ivy (smashing her PB) on their 1st, 2nd & 3rd placings. Sue and Jet finished strongly whilst Alfred and Flo went for the social option again, choosing to run together. As ever the post run treats proved popular afterwards Well done all and thanks to the support crew of Jo & Nick

Hi all In aid of Ben’s charity fundraising Strider Helen McIlvenny has hand made a Christmas wreath. (Photograph example below). It will be on a moss base; using a variety of winter foliages plus seasonal trimmings and textures; and finished with a purple velvet ribbon to represent Pancreatic Cancer UK. £2 a raffle ticket strip. (Normal selling being price would be £45). Tickets will be available at the club this week 6th and the 8th. The raffle will be drawn at 8pm on the 8th and the wreath will be available to take home on the night (or collection/delivery can be arranged as necessary. Alternatively raffle tickets can be made via Jennie’s PayPal account, details, jenjoh41@icloud.com Good luck ! Andy J    

Sportsshoes.com. The new Striders discount code for the month of December is - JVHDY1 - valid until 2nd of January 2023 - 10% off the whole range on orders (excluding Brookes) and free standard shipping, worth £4.99. Usual rules apply, please do not circulate the code outside the club. Thanks Andy J

Two dates for the diary Friday 16th December - Striders Christmas Drinks Friday 27th January - Striders Birthday Party & Awards Night More details to follow. Andy J

Thank you to everyone who attended the AGM tonight - minutes will follow shortly , but in the meantime congratulations to Phil Baines whose name has be drawn out the hat to represent Stockton Striders at the London marathon 2023. 1st reserve is Tom Murphy 💚💙💚💙💚💙

An amazing lady , Debbie Edwards raising an phenomenal amount of money £10,443.01 for The Trinity Holistic Centre … thank you to everyone who has supported Debbie and her dollies Sue Russell, Jill Abel, Kirsten Baines, Sandra Stabler and Helen Johnston  💜💜💜💜💜 💜💜

Don’t forget it’s the AGM tomorrow at 7:45pm - please do try to come along and support the club 💚💙

Stockton Striders AGM Thursday 24 November 2022 at 7:45pm at the club. Please come along and support the club. Agenda  below . We do have the following vacancies on the committee: • Vice Chairperson • Treasurer Male welfare officer A big thank you to Andrew Laverick, Katie Abel and Lee Buckle for their contributions over the years. Of course ALL roles will be up for election. For more information regarding any of the committee roles please see Andy J, Andy L re treasurer or myself. We would urge anyone considering putting themselves forward to have a discussion with us in the first instance to understand the full remit of the role and responsibilities. London Marathon Club Entry - to qualify for entry into club ballot you must be (and have…

As a committee, this is something we are keen for Striders to take part in … hopefully you all agree! I’ve made initial enquiries but More details to follow in the new year 👍🏻😊…. https://www.englandathletics.org/clubs-and-facilities/news/food-bank-run/?fbclid=IwAR2Fop306iGE_FvPWD0_n5YHhTVgJ3KbpK11semmJaEwRC7GuT2sUFJRYEY    

The scores on the doors are in from Thursdays charity race night and yesterdays sponsored Parkrun event. Charity night ticket sales profit £500. Profit on the night and private donations £750. Total profit £1250. The Sponsored Parkrun raised a further £300. That gives us an overall total of £1550 raised in aid of World Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Day (17th November). Thank you so much to everybody who contributed. An absolutely staggering amount raised that way exceeded our expectations. Please circulate totals to non Striders members who contributed so they are aware of the fantastic amounts raised too. Thanks Gail, Jennie & Andy J 💜