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Welcome to the latest edition of the Saltaire Striders newsletter.
If you would like anything to be included in the next edition of the newsletter please submit it to davidbower1@hotmail.com before 20th August 2023
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Membership Renewals
Can we please ask members to renew their memberships as soon as possible, we still have a few existing members still to renew. This can be carried out via Webcollect or via the Membership section on the website.
New Members
We would like to welcome the following new members who have joined recently:
No new members to report this month
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Training News with Louise Nash
MONDAY RUNS AUGUST: The feedback about using the rowing club as a Monday base has been so good we’re extending the trial until the end of August. We’ll return to Caroline Street in September. Sorry the bar area hasn’t always been open – it’s a work in progress, as with all new things. Keep your eyes peeled on social media for info on the HANDICAP CHALLENGE ON 7 AUGUST.
TRACK WEDNESDAYS: if you haven’t tried track yet you probably think it’s just for speedsters, right? Wrong!! Track is for ALL. You run at your own pace, you can’t slow anyone down and you can’t get left behind. Our numbers tend to be smaller in Summer, so it’s the ideal time to give it a whirl. 19.15 every Weds at Carlton Keighley running track. Cost £2.
SHOUT OUT TO OUR RUN LEADERS who give up their time week in week out to lead runs, often stepping in at the last minute when someone can’t make it. This year has been a challenge as we’ve been short on leaders and our groups have grown (which is great!). Things should improve when our new leaders get the thumbs up from England Athletics to start leading. for Our motivation leading runs is almost always “to give something back”. We’re not perfect but we certainly do the best we can. Without our leaders there’d simply be no Saltaire Striders. Thank you leaders!
CLUB COACHES: we can offer individual support with all aspects of running – returning from injury, improving performance, training plans and much more. Talk to any of us: Ewan Gibb, Will Kerr, Ali Nash, Louise Nash. We can match you up with whoever will best meet your needs.
NUTRITION: Strider Izzy Anderson provides one:one consultations and will give club members a 10% discount – contact Izzy direct via her website here: https://www.izzynutrition.co.uk/
Nutrition discounts secured for members as follows: - Mountain Fuel 15% code: Saltaire2215 http://www.mountainfuel.co.uk/ - Kendal Mint 15% code: STRIDERS-2UBpVE (excludes offer, trade, subscriptions, clearance) http://www.kendalmint.co.uk/
KEEP UPTODATE: we share training updates/changes via our social media platforms – please request to join if you haven’t already:
- Facebook group “Saltaire Striders Chat”
- WhatsApp group “Saltaire Striders
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Relay Relay Relay!
Leeds Country Way 3rd Sept
This is similar to the BMWR but is a full loop around Leeds with 6 stages run in pairs. It would be good to get two teams to enter this.
*UPDATE*
We still require runners for a mixed team, please liaise with Stuart Dunbar if you're interested. it's a great event!
More details can be found here:
https://kippaxharriers.org.uk/leeds-country-way/
Thanks
Stuart & Claire
Club captains
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Upcoming Events
ENTRIES OPEN - ILKLEY INCLINE - 6 SEPT
Entries are now open for this year’s Ilkley Incline, which takes place on 6th September at 7pm. One mile, 560 ft of climb with stunning views over the Wharfe Valley. Pre-entry for this unique event is only £3. Junior races take place before the main race. Full details and entry here:
Ilkley Incline 2023 - RaceBest
Murder Mile v Baildon & Ilkley
Wed 30th August (at track) Probably a 4x400m relay too.
No watch night with Baildon
Thursday 14th September at Baildon Rugby Club
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Club Championship
Two races at the start of the month - the Harrogate 10k and Baildon Canter 5k - mean we are nearly halfway through the 25 race calendar! At the moment the leaders of each division have raced 5 times, but there's still plenty of time to catch them up.
This month we have two very different races. This Sunday (6th) is the Round Hill fell race near Otley, which is only £5, entries on the day only, an 8.7 mile tour of Blubberhouses moor. If you want to know more, the Loves have done it more than 10 times between them. Round Hill Fell Race – Sunday 6th August 2023 – Otley Athletic Club (otleyac.org.uk)
Then on Wednesday 24th is the evensplits 5k at the Brownlee centre, the terrain could hardly be more different, it's probably the smoothest tarmac I've ever run on. It'll cost you £9 for the race, and is a genuinely fast course if you're looking for a fast time, we've seen lots of the club running PBs here over the years. Leeds 5K Series — Even Splits
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Latest Standings
Premier Division
| Rank |
Name |
Score |
Races |
| 1 |
Stuart Dunbar |
250 |
5 |
| 2 |
Helen Love |
245 |
5 |
| 3 |
Louise Nash |
243 |
5 |
| 4 |
Tim Mosedale |
220 |
5 |
| 5 |
Claire Thaper |
172 |
4 |
| 6 |
Martin Fillingham |
148 |
3 |
| 7 |
Graham D'Arcy |
125 |
3 |
| 8 |
Alan Douglas |
97 |
2 |
| 9 |
Stewart Spink |
96 |
2 |
| 10 |
Tom Kay |
93 |
2 |
| 11 |
Alun Griffiths |
92 |
2 |
| 12 |
Richard West |
90 |
2 |
| 13 |
Jeremy Rix |
90 |
2 |
| 14 |
Mohanlal Mistry |
89 |
2 |
| 15 |
Martin Love |
86 |
2 |
| 16 |
Craig Elliott |
82 |
2 |
| 17 |
Claire Bond |
79 |
2 |
| 18 |
Andy Brown |
49 |
1 |
| 19 |
Ian Jenkins |
49 |
1 |
| 20 |
David Bower |
48 |
1 |
| 21 |
Simon Frazer |
47 |
1 |
| 22 |
Sheila Pepper |
46 |
1 |
| 23 |
Loris Dell'Amico |
45 |
1 |
| 24 |
Helen Brant |
45 |
1 |
| 25 |
Tim Spencer |
44 |
1 |
| 26 |
Joanne Hardaker |
43 |
1 |
| 27 |
Denise Davis |
42 |
1 |
| 28 |
Kerry Wood |
40 |
1 |
| 29 |
Richard Thomas |
38 |
1 |
First Division
| Rank |
Name |
Score |
Races |
| 1 |
Ian Storey |
235 |
5 |
| 2 |
Kathleen Dixon |
196 |
4 |
| 3 |
Tim Gore |
144 |
3 |
| 4 |
Sue Sroka |
138 |
3 |
| 5 |
Jenny Shaw |
138 |
3 |
| 6 |
John Singh |
100 |
2 |
| 7 |
Rachel Parker |
99 |
2 |
| 8 |
Wendy Hey |
99 |
2 |
| 9 |
Lee Halliday |
97 |
2 |
| 10 |
Kathryn Wood |
97 |
2 |
| 11 |
Stephen Hillas |
95 |
2 |
| 12 |
Chris Jones |
94 |
2 |
| 13 |
Pawel Tryc |
93 |
2 |
| 14 |
Gavin Hamilton |
91 |
2 |
| 15 |
Marcin Soszka |
50 |
1 |
| 16 |
Gillian Hyde |
50 |
1 |
| 17 |
Steven Fowler |
49 |
1 |
| 18 |
Norman Saldanha |
49 |
1 |
| 19 |
Isabel Anderson |
48 |
1 |
| 20 |
Ian Dickinson M |
48 |
1 |
| 21 |
Mervyn Silva |
47 |
1 |
| 22 |
Helen Western |
47 |
1 |
| 23 |
Anne Forster |
46 |
1 |
| 24 |
Frank Beecroft |
46 |
1 |
| 25 |
Sheila Bugg |
44 |
1 |
| 26 |
Donna Hector |
41 |
1 |
Second Division
Rank
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Name |
Score |
Races
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| 1 |
Anne Preston |
245 |
5 |
| 2 |
Marcus Isherwood |
241 |
5 |
| 3 |
Paul Weir |
149 |
3 |
| 4 |
Russell Macfarlane |
149 |
3 |
| 5 |
Richard Wall |
97 |
2 |
| 6 |
Josh Winterbottom |
93 |
2 |
| 7 |
Chris Hassall |
91 |
2 |
| 8 |
James Gardner |
89 |
2 |
| 9 |
Fay Kaina |
89 |
2 |
| 10 |
James Davies |
84 |
2 |
| 11 |
Alice Kershaw |
84 |
2 |
| 12 |
Laura Bentley |
83 |
2 |
| 13 |
Humera Butt |
80 |
2 |
| 14 |
Nick Hardy |
50 |
1 |
| 15 |
Lee Casson |
50 |
1 |
| 16 |
Harry Wilkinson |
50 |
1 |
| 17 |
Alistair Nash |
50 |
1 |
| 18 |
Robert Henderson |
49 |
1 |
| 19 |
James Carlton |
49 |
1 |
| 20 |
Victor Hearn-Yeates |
49 |
1 |
| 21 |
Michelle Eyres |
48 |
1 |
| 22 |
Clare Taylor |
48 |
1 |
| 23 |
Thomas Bolland |
48 |
1 |
| 24 |
Richard Stone |
48 |
1 |
| 25 |
Lisa Prosho |
48 |
1 |
| 26 |
Julia Beaumont |
47 |
1 |
| 27 |
Kris Hale |
47 |
1 |
| 28 |
John Tomlinson |
46 |
1 |
| 29 |
Brett Jackson |
46 |
1 |
| 30 |
Michael Wigglesworth |
46 |
1 |
| 31 |
Aaron McConkey |
46 |
1 |
| 32 |
Mary Gibbons |
46 |
1 |
| 33 |
Urmila Mistry |
45 |
1 |
| 34 |
Andrew Pine |
45 |
1 |
| 35 |
Iain McKenna |
45 |
1 |
| 36 |
Becky Gardner |
44 |
1 |
| 37 |
Igs Robun |
44 |
1 |
| 38 |
Jayne Hart |
43 |
1 |
| 39 |
Chris Biggins |
41 |
1 |
| 40 |
Kerry-Anne Hill |
40 |
1 |
| 41 |
Sarah Myers |
40 |
1 |
| 42 |
Tony Hart |
39 |
1 |
| 43 |
Reyhana Laher |
39 |
1 |
| 44 |
louise carefoot |
38 |
1 |
| 45 |
Phil Briggs |
37 |
1 |
| 46 |
Tina Martiny |
37 |
1 |
| 47 |
Beverley West |
36 |
1 |
| 48 |
Deborah Moore |
35 |
1 |
For details on the Club Championship, how it works, and how points are scored, please visit the website via the link below.
Club Championship ← Saltaire Striders
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2023-2024 Club Championship Race Listing
For the 2023-24 season, there are 24 selected races, plus your best marathon time between April 2023 and March 2024.
- Baildon Boundary Way, 13.1 miles Sunday 2nd April
- Bunny Runs 5k, Penistone Hill Haworth Tues 4th, 11th & 18th April (Fastest time counts) Pre-Entry for Bunny Runs – Wharfedale Harriers
- Guiseley Gallop, 10k Sun 9th April Guiseley Gallop 10k | BookitZone | Online Event Entry Service
- Burnsall Trail, 13.1 miles Sat 22nd April SiEntries – Burnsall 10k Trail Race
- Leeds Half Marathon, Sun 14th May
- Up the Odda 10k, Sat 20th May Up The Odda 2023 – RaceBest
- Orsted Great Grimsby 10k Results Base – Ørsted Great Grimsby 10k 2023
- Otley 10, Weds 14th June Otley 10 Mile – RaceBest
- Solstice Saunter, 5 miles Weds 21st June Solstice Saunter 2023 – RaceBest
- Harrogate 10k, Sunday 2nd July Harmony Energy Run Harrogate 10K & Fun Run 2023 – RaceBest
- Baildon Carnival Canter, 5k Saturday 8th July
- Even Splits 5k, 23rd August Leeds 5K (AUG '23) - RaceBest
- Round Hill Fell race, 9 miles Sunday 6th August, enter on the day
- Roberts Park Parkrun, 5k 30th September
- Punk Panther Reservoir Dogs, Half/20 miles SiEntries – Punk Panther Reservoir Dogs Trail+Ultra
- Bradford City Runs, 5k/10k&Half October TBA
- Leeds Abbey Dash 10k, 22nd October Leeds Abbey Dash 10k for Age UK 2023 | Age UK (enthuse.com)
- Guy Fawkes 10 miles, Sunday 5th November UP & RUNNING: Guy Fawkes 10 Mile | BookitZone | Online Event Entry Service
- Post Hill Challenge 5k, November TBA
- Auld Lang Syne Fell Race, 7 miles, Sunday 31st December
- Bradford Parkrun 5k, January TBA
- Peco 5 miles, January 2024 TBA
- Epilepsy Action Bradford 10k, March TBA
- Keighley BIG 10k, March TBA
- Any Marathon
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The club records are now up to date on the website with as many results as we are able to ascertain.
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Track Update
Our weekly session on the track at Carlton Academy, Keighley continues come rain, sunshine, snow and wind! The content of this changes week to week from our resident coaches Ali and Louise Nash.
It doesn't matter what your ability, this session will definitely help your running whatever you are looking to achieve.
We have a loyal band of tracksters, and it would be great to see more members coming along to join us. The cost is a mere £2! meet at 19:15 for a 19:30 start.
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Warm-up, and yes, we can even suspend in mid air!
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Park Run with Tim Mosedale
Firstly congratulations to all of the team at Bradford for hosting their 600th parkrun! Lots of striders volunteer there regularly, it's such a shame that I can't get stats on how many of the club have volunteered over that time period, but thank you to everyone that has. I've had a look back at the results of the first Bradford parkrun in April 2010, and recognised 4 current striders on the list - Barney Lerner, Jen Willingham, Rob Boughen, and Chris Reynier. By contrast 28 striders ran at the 600th!
Two notable milestones on that day were those of Mike Moss, Event Director at Bradford, who ran his 100th parkrun (having already reached 100 volunteers last year); and Martin Fillingham, who was the first full strider to reach 400, a superb achievement and only a couple of years away from a blue tshirt! (Brief apologies to Ian Ogden, who runs second claim with us, I missed your 400th earlier in the year!).
A total of 12 Striders took part at the Fountains Abbey Parkrun. Thank you Stewart Spink for organising the event and some great results on the 5k Parkrun app.
Also reaching milestone clubs in July were Tom Kay (100), David McGonigle (50), Clare Taylor (50), and Peter Wilkinson (25). Well done everyone! Also to Aaron McConkey who was the only strider to run a parkrun PB this month, smashing a whole second off his time at Roberts Park last week.
I've already made you read enough so I'll save a run down of the new events everyone's been going to for their summer holidays until next month. A quick reminder though, this is a tricky time of year for event teams to find enough volunteers so if you are able to help one of the parkruns out, please do.
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Yorkshire Vets
Please see below the 2023 schedule of races
Grand Prix races:
Event Host Club Venue Date
Race 1 Holmfirth Harriers Honley Completed
Race 2 Kirkstall Harriers Kirkstall Abbey Completed
Race 3 South Leeds Lakers Middleton Park (TBC) Completed
Race 4 Northowram Pumas TBC Results below
Race 5 Queensbury RC Littlemoor Park 01.08.23
Race 6 Ackworth RR Fitzwilliam Country Park 01.10.23
Grand Prix - Yorkshire Veterans' Athletics Association (yvaa.org)
For further details visit the Yorkshire Vets website
A private facebook group exists to back up the official YVAA website by "pushing" information out to members and to encourage dialogue, comments and enquires. Details of how to register can be found at https://www.Facebook.com/groups/3189196357821902/
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June Strider of the Month
Alice Kershaw. Her performance at the 268 mile Summer Spine Race was awesome and a first for the club. As the race reports said, she had a plan and she stuck to it. It’s scary to think of what she might do next.
All previous winners of the Strider of the Month can be found on the club website.
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Committee meetings
The next committee meeting will be on August 15th. If you have anything which you wish to be discussed please contact or speak to any member of the committee.
All previous committee meeting and AGM minutes dating back to 2009 are available to view on the club web site
Committee meeting/AGM minutes archive
Committee Members 23-24
Chairman - Ewan Gibb
Secretary - Alun Griffiths
Treasurer - Tim Mosedale
Men's Captain - Stuart Dunbar
Ladies Captain - Claire Thaper
Social Secretary - Stewart Spink
Training & Coaching Co-ordinator - Louise Nash
Membership - Martin Fillingham
Communications - David Bower
Welfare Officer - Donna Pollard & Anthea Griffiths
Female Vets Captain - Cat Bruckner
Male Vets Captain - Andy Brown
BMW Chair - Anthea Griffiths
John Carr Chair - Rachel Parker
Runs Organiser - Wendy Hey
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Club Training Runs
1. Monday evenings at 19:00 meeting at Caroline Street/Victoria Road, Saltaire. Four Group runs varying in distance and pace, one being the beginner's course detailed above. PLEASE NOTE JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST MONDAY RUNS WILL START FROM THE BRADFORD ROWING CLUB. See below
2. Wednesday track sessions at Keighley track are back at Carlton Keighley (formerly UAK), Green Head Rd, Keighley, BD20 6EB
We have a track share arrangement with Ilkley Harriers, each club paying half of the booking fees. Since re-starting, these sessions have proved to be very popular, regularly attracting 20+ Striders every week. This IS NOT just for the rapid runners, all capabilities are catered for!
• Start time is 7.15pm, so arrive a few minutes before, ready for warm up and drills before the main session.
• Entry has been reduced to £2 collected on attendance - please bring the correct change.
3. Thursday evenings at 19:00, starting from Nuffield Shipley
Four group runs varying in distance and pace.
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Base at Bradford Rowing Club
As noted above, due to the success of Monday club runs from the rowing club in June and July, this will continue until the end of August.
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Saturday/Sunday long runs
There is a closed facebook group Saltaire Marathon, Long Or Short Run Friends for people who are interested in doing some longer runs (e.g. for company for marathon training) at a steady pace. The runs are arranged via the group on an ad-hoc basis. If interested please ask to join the group.
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Club vest /kit
Club vests are now available from Chris and Bev West, priced at £18
Please contact richard_west@sky.com.
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Race Results
Please let me know if you do an event which may be missed by me, as it is impossible to know the results of every race nationwide. Thanks!
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Harrogate 10K
2/7/2023
14th Lee Casson 37:06
30th Stuart Dunbar 39:16 (1stMV60)
265th Anne Preston 52:13
353rd Helen Love 55:54 (2ndFV65)
507th Sue Sroka 1:00:46
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Danefield Relays
4/7/2023
6th Overall Saltaire Striders 1 Total Time 56:32 comprising:
Leg 1 Rich Wall 19:00
Leg 2 Aaron McConkey 19:50
Leg 3 Nick Hardy 17:42
18th Overall Saltaire Striders Total Time 1:02:35 comprising:
Leg 1 Russell MacFarlane 20:51
Leg 2 Tom Kay 21:20
Leg 3 Harry Wilkinson 20:24
24th Overall Saltaire Striders Vets Total Time 1:04:32 comprising:
Leg 1 Will Kerr 19:49
Leg 2 Simon Frazer 23:57
Leg 3 Stuart Dunbar 20:46
97th Overall Saltaire Relay Rockets Total Time 1:21:55 comprising:
Leg 1 Louise Nash 28:29
Leg 2 Claire Bond 27:19
Leg 3 Izzy Anderson 26:07
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Eccup 10
9/7/2023
424th Helen Love 1:30:08 (3rd FV65)
486th Kath Wood 1:34:11
625th Claire Thaper 1:45:32
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Baildon Canter
8/7/2023
7th Harry Wilkinson 21:11
13th John Singh 22:05 (1stM40)
37th Pawel Tryc 27:05
49th Tim Mosedale 28:49
53rd Louise Nash 29:48 (1stF50)
56th Alun Griffiths 31:16 (1stM65)
57th Tim Gore 32:16
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YVAA Grand Prix Race 4 Northowram
13/7/23
Ladies
76th Michelle Eyres 68:50
80th Kelly Heathcote 69:30
82nd Urmila Mistry 70:51
Men
17th Stuart Dunbar 39:18 (1st M60)
25th Russell MacFarlane 41;22
92nd Stephen Hetherington 51:58
96th David Leaf 52:33 (2nd M70)
149th Mohanial Mistry 76:24
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Ilkley Half Marathon
16/7/2023
16th Marcin Soszka 1:15:21
24th Lee Casson 1:18:06
33rd Martin Fillingham 1:19:48 (1stM50)
37th Richard Wall 1:20:28
152nd Marko Gvero 1:30:11
153rd Loris Dell’Amico 1:30:05
252nd Mick Brearley 1:35:37
286th Paul Tarbotton 1:36:52
311th Chris Hassall 1:37:52
533rd Pawel Tryc 1:46:41
836th Graham D’Arcy 1:56:07
885th Emma Lishman 1:55:58
969th Tim Gore 1:59:35
1576th Mervyn Silva 2:28:08
1630th Sheila Bugg 2:36:03
1632nd Humera Shazad 2:36:13
1687th Sue Sroka 2:44:41
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Relay with Baildon and Ilkley
Our annual relay race took place on Monday July 24th form the Bradford Rowing Club. 21 teams of 4 runners each (13 teams from Saltaire) took to a circular hilly route of 1.78 miles each. This proved to be a very successful event as usual, well organised by Julia Beaumont, Anthea and Alun Griffiths and our own Marshalling team.
The individual and team results are shown on the document below.
There were some fine performances throughout, and special mentions go to Nick Hardy and Josie Cram who were first man and lady, Nick finishing just 4 seconds ahead of the always impressive Tom Adams.
Relay Results1.xlsx - Google Sheets
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Leeds 5K Series
26/7/2023
6th Reece Smith 16:42
25th Tom Kay 17:53
27th Martin Fillingham 17:58
80th Chris Chapman 22:34
82nd Isabel Anderson 22:38
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Each month we receive a discount code from Sportsshoes.com which gives you 10% discount and free postage & packing. To obtain the current code please e-mail Jack Verity or see the Announcements tab on the Saltaire Striders chat page on facebook (but please don't share it on social media).
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