Venue change NSCCL round 4 – 16th December

Building works at Keele have unfortunately necessitated a change of venue for the fourth round of the NSCCL season, which will now take place at Rugeley instead.
Please could you communicate this to your runners and strongly encourage them to car share as much as possible, due to limited parking. Parking directions are below this message.
Whilst I appreciate the inconvenience this may cause some people, the organisers have worked really hard behind the scenes to find an alternative venue at short notice.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Best Regards
Dave Nimmo
NSCCL Secretary
Directions for parking
If using sat nav, head towards postcode WS15 1AU (Rebrook Hayes School). You will then be directed by marshalls to park in various car parks on Redbrook Lane Industrial Estate.
 
For people travelling from the North it is advisable to head towards Rugeley using the A51
Follow the Rugeley bypass signage to Lichfield, after reaching the end of the bypass, instead of taking the 1st exit, up the hill to Lichfield, take the 2nd exit heading towards Rugeley Town Centre.

Redbrook Lane is the 3rd turn on the left. The Miners Arms Public House is at the junction.

Marshalls will direct to parking in various areas on Redbrook Lane industrial Estate.

 

For people coming from Wolverhampton, they should travel to Rugeley, from Cannock on the A460

On reaching the main roundabout in the centre of Rugeley, take the 3rd exit signposted Armitage and Lichfield. When you reach the next roundabout, under the railway arches, take the 2nd exit which takes you onto Main Road, Brereton (do not take the 1st exit to Armitage).

Look for the Miners Arms Public House on your right, then proceed up Redbrook Lane, as shown for people travelling from the North. Parking details as above.

For those arriving with club tents
Head to Stile Cop Cemetery, Stile Cop Road, WS15 1ND, where you will be directed to drop off your tents, before heading to the car parks outlined above.

London Marathon 2024 Ballot Draw

If you’ve entered the London Ballot and had the “Sorry” email, you could be entered in the club draw.

We got confirmation that we have 1 London Marathon place available as a club and we were talking about having the ballot on the 10th of December, after the Handicap.

For London 2024 Ballot Draw the following rules apply:

1. You must have entered the London Marathon 2024 ballot and have a rejection slip or email.

2. You must have been fully paid up with EA membership, 1st claim member of the Harriers for 12 months. (from the date of the Marathon)

3. If your name was drawn from the ballot last year you are not eligible to enter the draw this year.

4. To have volunteered on at least 2 occasions in the year at either Bare Wrist, Showground Relays, Staffs Knot 5, Harriers Handicap, or Cross Country hosted by the club.

5. Send us proof of the rejection either a screenshot or pdf by 9th December to info@staffordharriers.co.uk (please list the event you helped at).

Good luck everyone!

The names will be drawn out of a hat in December.

I will list the people below who have contacted us so far and meet the above rules.

Nitesh Thakrar
Charlotte Mitchell
Sue Jones
Vanessa Parsonage
Kerri Delaney
Antonio Treglia

December Handicap Race and Xmas Jumper social

Dec Handicap Race 

Sunday 10th December  meet 10am for a 10:15 start

Part of the Harriers Challenge 2023

Four times a year we hold the Harriers Handicap Race. Each race is open to all adult members and advanced juniors.

The winner is the first to complete a lap of the course on the Chase (approx. 4.4 miles). To make it fair, the faster runners are delayed from starting. It is this handicap that makes the run interesting and gives everyone an equal chance of winning. To keep people from “underestimating” their speed people can’t win the race on their first attempt. Recent race results can also be used as evidence of current performance.!

Map of the route and marshal points

Map of route and marshal points

 

Ed Smith is in charge of setting people’s handicaps, and helpers for marshalling and timekeeping are required.

HELPERS REQUIRED  — please put your name down

For people in the Challenge there are two points available for helping.

This form is now closed for submissions.

List of people so far

No Entries Found

 

Runners

Runners please book on the event

 

Christmas social event

After the run we will return back to the Cricket club for  food, handicap awards and the Xmas Jumper competition.

To help us provide the right amount of food, can you please book if you are or thinking of attending. We need numbers a few days before the event.

To book the Social Event

Challenge 2023

As we come close to the end of the year this year’s Challenge is nearly over.

Again the groups are close, people are fighting for every point.

With so few races left, I would like to remind people that their joker counts for double points. You need to tell Ian or email us (info@staffordharriers.co.uk) at least 7 days before the event.

Also, we have an open event for any marathon you have run in 2023!

For those of you who didn’t take part this year, the fun starts again in January (42 days to go), so now is the time to look at this year’s event and think about joining the fun.

 

2024 membership fees

England Athletics has notified us that the individual registration fee for 2024 will increase from £17 to £19.
The committee has decided that all types of Harriers membership will be offered without EA membership, but people are able to become individual EA members with an additional fee.
All paid-up members of Stafford Harriers are covered by the club’s insurance with England Athletics regardless of whether they choose to be registered or not.
So what does EA membership give you?
A Harrier needs to be registered with EA if they wish to represent the club in a race that is affiliated to EA. This includes events such as the North Staffs Cross Country and Sutton Park relays. Most road races offer a small discount to people who have individual EA membership (approx £3 or £4 per race).
The committee has decided that fees for 2024 will be as follows.
Junior and full-time students have two options
a)£20 without EA registration
b)£29 with EA registration ( the club will continue to subsidise EA registration)
Adult members will have two options
a) £30 without EA registration
b)£49 with EA registration
Family membership £80 for two adults and up to two juniors. All without EA registration. If EA membership is required they should register individually.
Over70 members will have two options
a) Free without EA registration
b) £19 with EA registration.
Associate members are still free but are reminded that they can’t take part in our training session.
Upgrade options are available if people want to add EA membership during 2024.
I hope you will agree that the above fees represent exceptional value for money when compared with the cost of other sporting and leisure activities. The above fees will be payable from 1st January 2024.

Is the thought of an hour running putting you off ?

Are you a member that hasn’t run for a couple of months or more?

Even if it has been a year or two this might work for you.

The complete beginner’s course is up to 30 minutes of running. The pace is about 12 minutes per mile.

Come and join us — just sign up for the complete beginners on Tuesday or Thursday 6:15 pm from the Cricket Club.

If you are still not sure drop me an email info@staffordharriers.co.uk or come down at 6 pm and I will try to talk you into it!!

 

Session bookings

First of all, I would like to thank everyone who took the time to book our sessions.

It does help our session leaders and coaches both in session planning and making sure we don’t leave without someone.

 

So far in 2023 (up to 9th November  – week 45)

We have had 4096 people that have booked one of our 418 events.

315 individuals which isn’t bad considering we have 299 members.

The top 10 attendees

Name
Number of bookings
Antonio Treglia
90
Claire Griffiths
81
Sam Jones
79
Liz Austin
76
Sarah Aitkenhead
72
Ashley Jones
71
Ruth Edwards
71
Karen Gretton
70
Nitesh Thakrar
62
Leon Stringer
62

If you want your own attendance (booking) figure just email me at info@staffordharriers.co.uk

Value for money £30 / 90 = 33 pence per session?

Group attendance

Group Title
Numbers that booked
Improvers Road Run
823
Progression
640
Tuesday Speed
528
Juniors
472
Beginners
427
Improvers Speed
209
Thursday Chase Run
175
Track Session
140
Thursday Road Run
123
Improvers Castle
100
5K Time Trial
90
Improvers Chase
69
Social Event
66
Handicap Runner
49
Bank Holiday Combined Group
41
Middle Group
40
Harriers Practise Half
36
Saturday Sunday Road Run
31
Sunday Chase Run
19
Runners Harriers Games & Picnic in the Park
18

Number of events

Group Name
Number of events
Improvers Road Run
91
Beginners
47
Tuesday Speed
45
Progression
40
Juniors
39
Improvers Speed
34
Thursday Chase Run
30
Thursday Road Run
17
Improvers Castle
13
Improvers Chase
13
Saturday Sunday Road Run
11
Track Session
8
Middle Group
6
5K Time Trial
5
Social Event
5
Bank Holiday Combined Group
5
Sunday Chase Run
4
Handicap
3
Harriers Practise Half
1
Runners Harriers Games & Picnic in the Park
1

 

 

 

 

Winter routine 1st October

The last Friday Castle Run of 2023 — thank you to everyone that ran. Next week the Friday run will be from the cricket club.

 

Winter run routine

As the nights are drawing in it is time to start preparing for reduced daylight.

From 1st October high visibility top will be required for all training sessions that leave the Cricket grounds, or start a a different location. Please don’t turn up without either a plain white top or a high visibility top, the session leader may refuse your participation.

Changes to training sessions:-

  • The progression runs will start using the Winter routes.
  • Thursday Chase runs will stop.
  • Thursday road runs will use the winter route.
  • Friday Improvers Chase and Castle runs will be replaced by a road run from the cricket club.

 

 

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