Category: Club News

From Sam J Sunday Socials For anyone interested this Sunday I’ll be doing a 9 mile run from the club starting at 9am. Usual pace, 8.50-9 min miles. Brew in the club house after! Please comment if you’re planning on coming along so we don’t leave without you 😊

Further to Jennie Johnston’s award for member of the year 2020/21 as voted by the committee Jennie has split the £100 charity donation which goes to the award winner between Parkinsons UK (a charity close to the Johnston’s hearts) and The Trinity Holistic Centre at James Cook Hospital - where our lovely Debbie Edwards has been attending during her cancer treatment. Last Thursday 25 people took part in the Comic Relief run so the £25 subs have been matched by the club making a £50 donation to Comic Relief 😊

Club ballot - London Marathon place 2022 Don’t forget if you got a no thank you from London Marathon you can still enter the club ballot …. Well as long as you: Are a current member of Stockton Striders AC Were or are affiliated to England Athletics with Stockton Striders AC as your first claim club as of 31/03/20 onwards Email your no thank you from organisers to stocktonstriders@gmail.com by lunchtime next Monday 28th March 2022 The draw will take place next Tuesday after club sessions….. with only a few entries submitted to date just think it could be you! 😊👍🏻 Thanks Helen J

Hi all. Re the NYSD Cross Country road relays. For Stockton Striders to take part we need at least one more female Emily & Faye will be your team mates. We also need three men to run with Michael. You must be affiliated but is doesn’t matter if you didn’t participate in the cross country itself and you must wear a club vest (see details below). We do appreciate it is Mothering Sunday and the races take place over lunchtime so could be difficult for you to attend. However, if you are free and do fancy running two laps of South Park in Darlington please comment below. Thank you.

Thanks to Liz Simpson for all her hard work organising tonight’s Comic Relief event at the club. 25 people split into 4 teams completed the 4 mile run with challenges set along the way before ending with a quiz back at the club. In the finish not much separated the teams but congratulations to The Odd Man Out team (needless to say it was Ben Robinson who was the odd man out wearing his striders top instead of a red T-shirt) captained by Andy J who were victorious in the end ! Thanks also to all the volunteers, team captains and everyone who took part. All subs from tonight (£25) along with a club donation (also £25) will go directly to Comic Relief

Thirsk 10 mile league results: Hi all please see below the scores on the doors for our 2nd league race . It’s a big well done to John Archer for scooping the top prize in the mens race with Ben closely following in 2nd. Shout out to Tom Murphy who produced an excellent performance to finish 3rd despite having a tough age grading! On the womens side, Abby stays perfect with another 50 points but she’s joined on the podium by 2 first timers. Big well done to Michelle Ince (2nd) and Emma Matthews (3rd) on their respective performances. Michelle just missed out on regional age grading by 0.04%! I will post an ‘overall’ league standings table after our next event but I can tell you our current league leaders…

Don’t forget it’s our first canine mini league parkrun this Saturday at Sedgefield parkrun. Aim is not for it to be mega competitive purely an opportunity to have a nice run with our four legged friends (following parkrun rules of course) then a chance to stay for a coffee & chat afterwards with fellow Striders 💚💙🐾🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️ Everyone welcome with or without a dog!

Not signed up for Beat the Streets yet? As organiser of the Stockton Striders Team I’ve just received an email …. WIN - £100 LOVE TO SHOP VOUCHERS – The community or workplace team who recruits the most new players by 10.00 am on Monday 21st March will win £100 in vouchers. Just think how much cake/biscuits £100 would buy for our tea and coffee nights … we could even order some pizzas too perhaps … 😊😊😊😊 But to be in with a chance we need more people to sign up before Monday! I’ll bring some cards to club tonight & Thursday for those interested (there are other locations across the borough you can collect them from) but note of caution …. If you do sign up please then participate…

Message below from the Club Race League President Morning All, Today is your last chance to let me know if you’re doing Thirsk but not affiliated (so not having Stockton Striders as your club). If you don’t let me know before the race then unfortunately you will not be included in the results. So far I have the following names: Andy Johnston Emma Matthews Tom Murphy Izzy Morgan Craig Morgan Graham Barker Mel Preece Stephen McNeal Bob Smith Charlotte Morgan Ang Stirling Please do your best to wear club colours. Thanks & see you all tomorrow!

Quick Club Update Good news. Once the clocks go forward the school running track adjacent to the club is once again available for club sessions. Had a very productive meeting with the school this afternoon and it’s as we were last summer in terms of Tuesday and Thursday track availability. First sessions are scheduled for Tuesday 29th March and will follow similar arrangements to last year (mixed groups and also whole group sessions too). We’ll keep you posted with the finer detail. Thanks Andy J