Category: Club News

Hi all Important club news update post but firstly congratulations and well done to all members who completed their virtual GNR’s today. A bit different I imagine to the real deal but hopefully still a very enjoyable and rewarding experience. As mentioned there are significant updates that the committee need to disseminate to members. Whilst main headlines are highlighted below the intention is to publish these in greater detail over the coming days. The Main Headlines On behalf of the committee and coaches I am pleased to announce that the club will be trialling Tuesday/Thursday weekly face to face official club sessions from Thursday 17 September. Due to current government advice and England Athletics guidelines session ratio numbers will be restricted to 1 coach to 5 members during what we…

Hi all - no video or virtual zoom sessions this week as the committee and coaches are working hard behind the scenes on club plans for introduction later this month. All will be revealed in due course... So instead for this week the following virtual sessions are suggested. Session 1: 800 metre repeats Run for 800 metres Recover for 90 seconds Run for 800 metres Recover for 90 seconds Run for 800 metres Recover for 3 minutes Repeat 800m and 90 sec recovery x 3 So you’re doing a total of 9 x 800 metres. Run the 800 metres at your 5km pace and the recovery should be a very easy jog or walk. Try to run all the 800m repeats at the same pace. Session 2: Hill sprints Do…

Last shout out for EA affiliations by today’s deadline - will be processing them by 8:30pm. Any received after that will still be dealt with but after the deadline! thanks Helen

IMPORTANT Some of you will have received an e-mail from EA re your affiliation renewal. Just a reminder it is entirely up to you if you choose to renew or not but if you choose not to, you CANNOT enter any competition or race (even for next year) as an affiliated runner as your affiliation will have lapsed. You can still renew after 31 August but will still need to pay the full £15 fee for the remainder of the 20/21 season ... this is an EA rule not a Stockton Striders one! Instructions on how to renew your affiliation have previously been posted here. Please note the  club renewed its own club affiliation fees as normal in April so all associated insurances/policies/ processes are not affected.

IMPORTANT - NYMAC VIRTUAL RELAYS 4 X 1 MILE UPDATE ..... thanks gang we now have 2 teams 👍🏻 As the event is for teams of 4 and up to now I have: Gareth Maloney, Aaron Atkinson, Tom Day, Kev Atkinson & Phil Baines I either need 3 more volunteers (mixed teams are allowed) by 12pm tomorrow otherwise I'll draw the 4 names out of the hat! At that point I will then enter the team(s) More info is at https://www.nym.ac/2020-4-x-1-mile-virtual-relays/?fbclid=IwAR29Ac-pcb8FyjRo3bFo97i0hWzH03RZHJBC4BYit1uT8yAlzzQls1uX_Vc

Morning all STFC clubhouse opening times for your information. All are welcome to use the clubhouse where social distancing procedures are in place. As Sunday mornings are often popular with our members I am currently finalising plans with the catering/bar manager regarding food availability before their 12 noon advertised time. Updates to follow. Thanks Andy J Clubhouse Opening Times Monday 6pm - No football training on so skeleton staff for 3G bookings / No food - but anyone welcome in the clubhouse Tuesday 5pm - Open as usual / Food available Wednesday 5pm - Open as usual / Food available Thursday 5pm - Open as usual / Food available Friday 6pm - No football training on so skeleton staff for 3G bookings / No food - but anyone welcome in…

Sorry - long post alert Hi all On behalf of the committee we hope you and your loved ones remain safe and well. The committee met (via Zoom) on 16th July. Whilst we await further clarity from England Athletics in respect of COVID 19 guidance face to face official club sessions sadly remain on hold. However during August the intention is to promote more club challenges and to introduce some form of virtual club sessions. More details will be published soon. ‪In the interim here is the‬ first August club challenge. Saturday 1st August will be twenty long weeks since the last official parkrun’s took place. Yes, it really was 14th March. For the stato’s among us that means we have missed out running/walking and moaning (no names mentioned) for 62…

Quick Update to keep members in the loop.   We have a virtual committee meeting on Thursday 16th July. Watch this space for details on the next club challenge (planned for the weekend of 1st/2nd August) and for further club activities for the remainder of August and beyond. Thanks Andy J

Message from Tom Day   the  final results from the Cleveland STAY relays.... Team Filey took an overall time of 1260 mins and climbed 7721 feet Team Whitby took an overall time of 1214 mins and climbed 10639 feet Team Kildale took an overall time of 1135 mins and climbed 7493 feet Team Helmsley took an overall time of 1186 mins and climbed 6112 feet. The first team to complete the relays was (I think!) Team Kildale! Well done The team with the closest ascent to the Cleveland Way was team Whitby - Well climbed! Thanks to everyone who took part and to Liz Simpson for helping organise it all and to Jamie Bentley and Lucy Owens for being team captains. I will try and put the photos together this…

Message to From Tom Day Just to clarify these are the Cleveland STAY relays - the places in the legs are just there for purely for information. What we are asking you to do is to run the distance of the leg locally and not on the Cleveland Way as there will be no one else about etc and the risks are high. In terms of elevation - if you can add an little elevation when staying local then go for it, but that is just a small element The main idea is to have a bit of fun running the same distance overall but locally. Teams are as the PDF document link below If you feel you need to change the ‘leg’ you are down for please communicate with…