In the Ladies Club Championship Nicola continues to dominate events having 3 good wins in the Autumn at Shaun Lee Johnstone 10mls, Whixley 10k and Guy Fawkes 10. Nicola is Champion but runner up is not yet decided. It been good to see 22 ladies participating in the Championships this year.

In the Ben Campbell mens Championship Ian( like Nicola) has fully secured 1st place.. In early and mid season Ian had serious challengers, Tom and Martin. However his last 3 wins at Shaun Lee Johnstone 10, Whixley 10k and Guy Fawkes 10 also saw off his competitors. Tom has secured 2nd place and Martin will be 3rd.

There was a great turnout of men too, 34, and its noteworthy 6 different men scored a 1st..
With just one event left, Peco Cross Country 2, little will change but well done to everyone who has turned out in this Championship, Summer Road League, Bed race, Mob match, Keswick and Equinox weekends and all the other ad hoc races far and wide. Thanks Eric.

Striders vice-chairman Dan Wilson is taking on a marathon challenge this Sunday to continue in his fundraising efforts for Harrogate Hospital. He’s inviting all Striders to join him in his attempt to crack the 26.2 mile distance for the first time.

Detail of the event are as follows;

Run one, two or more laps of The Stray and help raise money for Harrogate Hospital and Community Charity. Attempt 13 laps for a full marathon!

Please note THIS IS NOT A FORMALLY ORGANISED EVENT. You are welcome to turn up and run but this will be at your own risk. No first aid or changing facilities will be available.

Come on Striders - lets give Dan a big support on Sunday and test yourselves to run as many laps as you can.

Yes it really is December tomorrow and that means the first Saturday of the month parkrun visit is this Saturday. We will be travelling to the CrossFlatts (Leeds) event which should give a little bit of a different parkrun to the norm as it has a flight of steps to get up!

Meet at KCC for 07:50am (07:55am departure) for the car share or just meet us there. Plans for a bit of post parkrun breaky are underway!

If you are going to the 1st PECO Cross Country race in the 16/17 series at Temple Newsam this coming Sunday (27/11) please try and collect your number from Eric on Tuesday evening at the club.

These events are proving more and more popular so please car share where possible. If you can give or need or want to share please meet at KCC at 09.00 for a 09:05 departure. There is a note on the Club notice board to add names.

Its worth noting that Presentations from the 2015/16 PECO XC season will take place after the run and Striders will feature in this!

Note that Ladies will start 10 minutes after the men - all the info is on the PECO XC site here.

Lets have a massive turnout folks!

(P.S. - All those members interested in doing Yorkshires Northerns, Nationals, Cross Country evvents do contact me at earliest opportunity).

Thanks, Eric M

This session will take place on the grass at the Cricket Club…so bring some XC spikes or trail shoes if you have them (along with a headtorch if you have one to hand).

Thanks, Eric.

There are three Cross Country events early in 2017 that you may be interested in.

On 07/01/17, the Yorkshire XC Championships will be held at Lightwater Valley Theme Park. Closing date for entries is 09/12/16 and the cost is £6.

The Northern Championships will be held at Knowesley on 28/01/17 at a cost of £7. Closing date is 19/01/17.

The National’s are in the diary for 25/02/17 and will be held in Nottingham at a cost of £7. The closing date for this event is 04/01/17.

TO ENTER, please tell Eric, and give him the the Entry fee well before the closing date. He will take all your details from the clubs Membership list, but for the Yorkshire Championships will need to know how you qualify - either Yorkshire born OR you have held Residency in gods own county for over 9 months.

At all events, Club Colours must be worn and you require an England Athletics Number.

The quality/structured sesstion on Tuesday 15/11/16 will be road hills.

Thanks, Eric

Emma David will be visiting the club on Thursday evening to hold a session. All abilities welcome

Anyone else wanting to do Peco X-Country Race 1 at Temple Newsam on November 27th? If yes, please send an E-mail to [email protected] by 21.00hrs on Saturday November 12th giving your name and date of birth and England Athletics individual number.

I will collect £3 from you when I next see you for your race number.

Thanks,
Eric