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 March 2024
Upcoming Events
Annual Awards Night-Date for Your Diary!
Will be held at Northcliffe Golf Club on Friday May 3rd 19:00 for 19:30.
This will follow a similar format to last year, with a buffet, prizegiving, raffle and disco. Further details TBA.
The awards categories are being finalised, and will be announced in due course.
Burnsall Away Trip and Evening Meal
The annual trip to Burnsall will be on Friday June 14th, time TBA. A coach will be laid on and paid for by the club, and the evening meal will be £34 each. Further details to follow.
Peco Cross Country League
Following the last race at Roundhay Park, the Peco regular season is over. There are still the relays to come on March 10th in Bramley Fall Park. Please contact Stuart Dunbar if you would like to take part.
The presentation evening will be held on Friday 15th March at the Brudenell Social Club, Leeds.
We have five Striders who have won individual prizes, which is a phenomenal achievement given how many runners are involved.
Helen Love 1st F65
Will Kerr 2nd M45
Andy Brown 2nd M55
Stuart Dunbar 2nd M60
Martin Fillingham 3rd M50
32 Striders turned out on a beautiful but cold Roundhay Park morning to contest the final regular season Peco race. The course is always challenging, but more so this year with heavily waterlogged grass areas resulting in heavy going for large parts.
It was a really successful day for both the women and the men: the women secured their spot in the First Division for next season; and the men finished runners up in the First Division and will be promoted back to the Premier Division next season. And the vets teams finished in strong positions too: 5th in the Premier Division for the women and 4th in the Premier Division for the men.
Brilliant running from every single person who represented the club this season!
Filey Lions 10k Away Trip June 23rd 2024
Following a poll from members, this years "away day" race will be the Filey Lions 10K Beach race. This is an out-and-back along the lovely Filey/Hunmanby beach. It's a fairly low-key event with an entry limit of 150 runners, recent years have seen about 90, so the organisers, Filey Lions, are looking forward to welcoming our blue and yellow brigade!
Our coaching team will be working on a training plan for those of us who want to make this a really special race, maybe doing your first 10K ever, first race after returning from injury or pushing for a new PB, this will be a great event to go for! So watch out for some communication from Louise Nash on that front....
Nearer the time we will make more final arrangements, but expect to be setting off from here about 7am, getting there in time to park, warm up etc. Then afterwards have some fish & chips or similar. However Filey is a lovely seaside town so would be great if you wanted to bring the family to support you and have a great Yorkshire day out, or even find somewhere to stay and go for the weekend.
The John Carr 5K race series, a longstanding tradition hosted by Saltaire Striders for several years, is undergoing exciting changes this year. On May 26th, we will be conducting a series of 5K races throughout the day held at Greenhead Athletics Track in Keighley.
Our first race is reserved for runners with a 5K Personal Best of sub-35 minutes, setting the minimum standard for participation.
As the day progresses, each subsequent race will feature faster runners, culminating with 'elite' athletes in the final race. To ensure a smooth experience, a race schedule will be announced, specifying each runner's start time, allowing them to arrive at the track well-prepared. Spectators are encouraged to join us at any time during the day to witness the thrilling races.
Additionally, we'll have a resident DJ providing music throughout the event, and food and drinks will be readily available.
Feel free to bring your family and friends to provide enthusiastic support. In a particularly exciting feature, the finishing straight will offer a 'Lactate Tunnel of Love,' with four designated lanes for spectators to get up close to the action.
The race will be professionally timed using electronic chips integrated into the race number bibs, enhancing accuracy and competitiveness.
The ultimate goal is to achieve Personal Bests while racing against runners of similar abilities.
Summer trip to Tromso, Norway for the Midnight Sun Marathon and other distances. June 22nd 2024
Stewart Spink is proposing what will be a spectacular trip to Northern Norway for a series of varying run distances. A full itinery and flight details from Manchester will follow shortly.
There are more than 6000 participants from all over the world gathering in the streets of Tromsø to join the celebration that is Midnight Sun Marathon.
Midnight Sun Marathon has been held every year since 1990 in Tromsø, the Arctic capital of Norway located at 69 degrees north. About 350 km north of the arctic circle, most of the city is situated on a small island surrounded by the sea and beautiful mountains.
Northern Norway and the nature here is full of strong contrasts that provide intense running experiences for its visitors. During the summer the sun never sets below the horizon and running under the Midnight Sun is a true bucket list opportunity.
There are five different distances to choose from: Marathon (42,2km), Mizuno Half Marathon (21,1km), Coop Mila (10km), iTromsø Mini-marathon (5km) and SNN Kids Race (500m). The races are open for all and day becomes a festival in town. Many locals gather along the streets of the course to cheer the runners on through the streets of Tromsø.
Club Championship-To the end of February
With just one race in this year's championship remaining, the Keighley 10k on March 10th. This race could well decide the promotion and relegation issues in all three divisions.
Good luck to all in this season finale!
Latest Standings
Premier Division
Rank
Name
Score
Races
1
Stuart Dunbar
400
8
2
Martin Fillingham
396
8
3
Helen Love
394
8
4
Louise Nash
387
8
5
Alun Griffiths
373
8
6
Alan Douglas
371
8
7
Tim Mosedale
367
8
8
Claire Thaper
332
8
9
Graham D'Arcy
299
7
10
Mohanlal Mistry
278
7
11
Martin Love
256
6
12
David Bower
236
5
13
Joanne Hardaker
235
6
14
Craig Elliott
227
6
15
Denise Davis
198
5
16
Will Kerr
190
4
17
Ian Jenkins
189
4
18
Loris Dell'Amico
182
4
19
Richard West
178
4
20
Sheila Pepper
174
4
21
Tracy Foy
163
4
22
Andy Brown
145
3
23
Stewart Spink
143
3
24
Tom Kay
138
3
25
Jeremy Rix
135
3
26
Tim Spencer
132
3
27
Claire Bond
123
3
28
Louise Dell'Amico
88
2
29
Simon Frazer
87
2
30
Kerry Wood
83
2
31
Paul Parkins
79
2
32
Richard Airey
46
1
33
Helen Brant
45
1
34
Frank Masley
39
1
35
Richard Thomas
38
1
36
Janet Bower
32
1
37
Josie Briggs
0
0
38
Suzanne Hague
0
0
39
Carolyn Rix
0
0
40
Judith Nunn
0
0
First Division
1
John Singh
398
8
2
Ian Storey
375
8
3
Sue Sroka
319
7
4
Stephen Hillas
287
6
5
Jenny Shaw
279
6
6
Tim Gore
277
6
7
Pawel Tryc
237
5
8
Norman Saldanha
236
5
9
Lee Halliday
229
5
10
Kathleen Dixon
196
4
11
Isabel Anderson
194
4
12
Ewan Gibb
189
4
13
Sheila Bugg
180
4
14
Wendy Hey
146
3
15
Liz Hamilton
136
3
16
Gavin Hamilton
133
3
17
Donna Hector
132
3
18
Marcin Soszka
100
2
19
Rachel Parker
99
2
20
Ian Dickinson M
98
2
21
Jack Verity
97
2
22
Kathryn Wood
97
2
23
Anne Forster
95
2
24
Chris Jones
94
2
25
Mervyn Silva
88
2
26
Gillian Hyde
50
1
27
Steven Fowler
49
1
28
Helen Western
47
1
29
Gary Western
46
1
30
Frank Beecroft
46
1
31
Sylvia Ross
43
1
32
Nick Breare
0
0
33
Harriet Fletcher
0
0
34
Reece Smith
0
0
35
Michael Moss
0
0
36
John Walton
0
0
37
Heather Bayliss
0
0
38
Jen Willingham
0
0
39
Darren Parker
0
0
40
Noel Fitzpatrick
0
0
Second Division
1
Paul Weir
397
8
2
Anne Preston
393
8
3
Marcus Isherwood
377
8
4
Richard Wall
343
7
5
Russell Macfarlane
294
6
6
Lisa Prosho
286
6
7
Alice Kershaw
266
6
8
Josh Winterbottom
247
6
9
Victor Hearn-Yeates
223
5
10
Thomas Bolland
215
5
11
Urmila Mistry
214
5
12
James Davies
209
6
13
Chris Biggins
185
5
14
Chris Hassall
182
4
15
Christopher Chapman
163
4
16
Robert Henderson
149
3
17
Harry Wilkinson
144
3
18
James Carlton
132
3
19
Becky Gardner
131
3
20
Ian Stevens
129
3
21
Maria Humpherson
126
3
22
Jamie Read
125
4
23
Deborah Moore
121
3
24
Krystina Kozlowska
117
3
25
Tina Martiny
101
3
26
Lee Casson
98
2
27
Mick Brearley
97
2
28
Kris Hale
93
2
29
John Tomlinson
89
2
30
Fay Kaina
89
2
31
Bailey Halpin
87
2
32
Danielle Fearon
87
2
33
James Gardner
86
2
34
Mary Gibbons
84
2
35
Julia Beaumont
84
2
36
Clare Taylor
83
2
37
Sally Sharp
81
2
38
Laura Bentley
81
2
39
Humera Butt
77
2
40
louise carefoot
73
2
41
Beverley West
73
2
42
Paul Goodrum
67
2
43
Jane Hughes
65
2
44
Alistair Nash
49
1
45
Beth Hirst
49
1
46
Michelle Eyres
48
1
47
Iain McKenna
47
1
48
Robert Boughen
46
1
49
Brett Jackson
46
1
50
Richard Stone
45
1
51
Melanie Robinson
43
1
52
Aaron McConkey
43
1
53
Andrew Hawksworth
42
1
54
Andrew Pine
42
1
55
Igs Robun
41
1
56
Tamsin Treasure-Jones
40
1
57
Kerry-Anne Hill
40
1
58
Jayne Hart
40
1
59
John Colwell
39
1
60
Harry Laville
39
1
61
Ian Dickinson F
37
1
62
Laurence Crummay
36
1
63
Chris Reynier
36
1
64
Tony Hart
36
1
65
Phil Briggs
34
1
66
Richard Sykes
34
1
67
David McGonigle
32
1
68
Iona Simpson
30
1
69
Keith Jump
28
1
70
David Clark
27
1
71
Andrew Size
26
1
72
Richard Smith
22
1
For details on the Club Championship, how it works, and how points are scored, please visit the website via the link below.
Please see the records section on the website, which now include parkruns.
The club records are now up to date on the website with as many results as we are able to ascertain.
Track Update
We are getting very healthy numbers for our Wednesday track sessions. If you've not come to one before, it's great fun and really improves every aspect of your running. IT IS NOT catered for fast runners, we include everybody no matter what ability.
We recently held a track taster session, and will be looking to do so again shortly. This event is FREE so there's no excuse for not coming!
Park Run with Tim Mosedale
Congratulations to Lisa Prosho, Marcus Isherwood, Richard Thomas, and James Davies for joining the parkrun 100 club in February! James ran a PB on his 100th, one of two striders running a parkrun PB this month (well done too to Jamie Read). well done to Jane Hughes too for joining the 50 club.
I noticed that Barney Lerner became the 9th strider to reach 50 different parkruns earlier in the year, from his 278 total parkruns, brilliant touring Barney!
James Davies at his 100th Parkrun with fellow Strider runners and supporters
Parkrun Competition with Ilkley and Baildon
We are now four weeks into the group stage of this competition, with 2 more available Saturdays to register a time!
The tables are shown in the link below with the rules attached as well.
Prior to the C25K group I was struggling to fill the void left having stopped playing Sunday league football after 16 years, when I became a Dad for the first time. I would occasionally go out for a run, but I was never consistent, a few weeks turned into months until the next one.
Lockdown, redundancy and now working from home permanently, took its toll more than I realised and it was important to put my hand up and take ownership of it.
Finding the C25K post was a lifesaver!!
I genuinely can’t thank Donna & Julia enough, or should I say my wife can’t, for giving up their time to run the group and all the striders that volunteered on the runs to support us, or torture us… Lee Casson with hill sprints at North Cliffe.
I was really surprised to complete the graduation parkrun in 24:43 having only 12 weeks early managed 32:10, the old legs were slowly remembering what to do.
It’s now the C25K 1 year anniversary and it’s been a pleasure to share that experience with some great people that have made it all the more enjoyable.
Each run has become a little easier, sometimes further. Group 1 club runs soon became group 2, and once group 3 with gentle persuasion from Richard West & Pawel Tryc. I’ve even ventured to track twice.
Your favourite race/result?
I would have to say the Yorkshireman Half, followed closely by The Chevin Chase.
Having never run more than 10 miles before and I’d only done this once, it was suggested I might like to do the Yorkshireman event, hang on I only started running 6 months earlier. Thanks to Sue Sroka and Craig Elliott for the place transfer. The cramp at 12 miles was horrendous, but for some reason I loved it!!
Finished in 03:14:21
What is the best thing about running?:
Personally the sense of calm it gives me after a hectic day at work, running with the club is great fun and rewarding. It helps hold me accountable for getting out there and getting it done.
Goals for the future?
Apart from remain injury free and off the surgeons table, to keep enjoying it.
The old competitive nature is still there, so a 23:30 parkrun target by the end of the year and I’m doing the Yorkshireman again in September, so would like a sub 3 hrs without the cramp would be nice.
PB's:
5k 23:58 (Dewsbury 10k)
Parkrun 23:57 Roberts Park
10k Dewsbury 50:01
Half 02:49:58 - part of Yorkshireman Half
Genuinely, thank you to all the striders for the support and encouragement over the last year.
Yorkshire Vets 2024 Season
We have 7 confirmed races in our Grand Prix series for 2024, but expect to have 9 or 10 in total.
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/
January Strider of the Month
Loris Dell'Amico. Loris completed an extraordinary month in January by starting off with 1 mile on the 1st increasing by a mile a day up to and including a 31 mile run on the 31st! 476 miles in total.
Uopdated Committee Members 23-24 following the AGM
Chairman - Ewan Gibb
Secretary - Tim Gore
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 - To be managed by committee
Male Vets Captain - To be managed by committee
BMW Chair - Anthea Griffiths
John Carr Chair - Rachel Parker
Runs Organiser - Marcus Isherwood
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.
2. Wednesday track sessions at Keighley track are back atCarlton 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 - payment now by card, no cash please!
3. Thursdayevenings at 19:00, starting from Nuffield Shipley
Four group runs varying in distance and pace.
4. MONTHLY STRUCTURED TRAINING SESSION.
Our next monthly structured training session led by Richard West will take place on Monday 3rd March from Caroline Street, focusing on hills.
A bit of excitement with a visit from the local constabulary on the Group 2 club run on the 29th February!
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.
Club vest /kit
Club vests are now available from Richard and Bev West, priced at £18
Please contact richard_west@sky.com.
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!
As well as the regular Sportsshoes 10% discount code, we now also have a 15% monthly discount code for Yorkshire Runner. This can be used online or instore in Otley where you can even take a short test run before you buy. Please note that the Sportsshoes discount is only for orders over £50.
The code will change each month and can be seen under the featured tab or e-mail Jack Verity - jlverity@blueyonder.co.uk
