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Public Safety – CANNOCK CHASE
One of our members has forwarded us this. Please take care.
We received a report on Saturday 4th February from a cyclist on Cannock Chase that a wire has been tied across a footpath around Brocton Coppice, Cannock Chase. the wire was tied between a tree and a post at adult waist height which could cause serious injury to walkers, cyclists, children, horse riders or wildlife. The Rangers have been informed and local officers are aware. Please be extra vigilant when using Cannock Chase and report all suspicious activity to Staffordshire Police on 101. Police log 550 of 04/02/2023 refers.
AWARD nominations and voting 2022
New for 2023 the committee have added an additional award and split the veteran awards into female and male. The committee has nominated the following people for the awards, but it is your vote that counts.
So please take your time to go through the list.
Voting is only open to members (2022) over 18 years old and will close at midnight 12th February 2023
Voting will open shortly.
You vote by using a personal link in an email that will be sent to you shortly. Don’t worry the system can only identify whether you have or haven’t voted (your selection is private and can’t be seen even by the system admin).
Once you go past the terms and conditions screen, you have started your vote, please don’t stop until you have answered all five questions.
If you don’t have a registered email or you haven’t had an email by Monday 30th January please contact me.
Marshal/Supporter 2022
A new award for 2023, without volunteers giving up their time we can’t put on our events.



























Female runner of the Year



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mel Deakin |
38:44 02/19 |
48:46 05/19 |
01:25:26 02/19 |
01:48:07 03/19 |
03:02:40 03/18 |
04:36:20 10/17 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amy Oliver |
45:09 7/14 |
53:16 3/15 |
NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Skellern |
31:46 12/00 |
40:09 6/13 |
69:03 8/99 |
01:29:09 5/00 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lisa Sanzeri |
02:04:56 03/19 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Katie Burbidge |
02:14:57 03/22 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charlotte Mitchell |
43:11 08/22 |
46:36 12/22 |
01:47:18 11/22 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Melanie Gorman |
45:09 02/20 |
58:57 05/19 |
01:44:51 11/19 |
02:09:48 05/19 |
03:18:04 03/20 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sally Haycock |
41:45 02/20 |
50:50 05/22 |
01:31:16 11/22 |
01:58:14 03/22 |
03:25:57 03/20 |
04:47:58 10/22 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jo Oliver |
43:36 02/20 |
51:41 5/13 |
01:29:42 2/17 |
01:54:29 3/15 |
03:19:38 03/19 |
04:30:13 04/17 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vanessa Welham |
38:16 02/22 |
46:47 12/19 |
01:21:36 11/19 |
01:42:38 09/22 |
02:49:33 09/22 |
03:45:23 10/22 |
Male runner of the Year



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Scott |
31:45 06/22 |
39:07 09/22 |
01:06:50 11/22 |
01:26:29 03/22 |
03:19:46 10/22 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jake Oliver |
32:58 02/20 |
41:09 09/19 |
01:17:07 11/22 |
01:44:09 09/21 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Burbidge |
42:14 09/22 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Dobson |
31:57 12/14 |
39:44 11/16 |
66:33 12/14 |
01:32:43 07/19 |
02:24:35 3/15 |
02:57:43 4/14 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Davall |
40:35 06/22 |
49:11 09/22 |
01:44:49 11/21 |
01:52:24 09/22 |
03:36:32 09/22 |
04:39:49 10/22 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antonio Treglia |
33:27 02/20 |
41:01 12/19 |
01:11:32 11/19 |
01:35:38 03/20 |
02:44:25 03/20 |
03:59:31 10/21 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Bentham |
41:19 07/22 |
51:16 06/22 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Chell |
34:24 06/22 |
41:27 09/22 |
01:36:00 03/22 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nitesh Thakrar |
36:55 02/22 |
45:16 09/22 |
01:14:14 04/22 |
01:40:57 03/22 |
02:52:42 02/22 |
03:48:09 05/22 |
Veteran Female



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sarah Gray |
52:35 2/15 |
66:34 5/14 |
02:03:17 02/19 |
02:35:36 3/17 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ruth Edwards |
43:15 06/17 |
54:08 09/17 |
01:37:10 02/18 |
01:57:47 04/18 |
03:18:47 09/21 |
04:30:13 04/17 |
NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Skellern |
31:46 12/00 |
40:09 6/13 |
69:03 8/99 |
01:29:09 5/00 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sally Haycock |
41:45 02/20 |
50:50 05/22 |
01:31:16 11/22 |
01:58:14 03/22 |
03:25:57 03/20 |
04:47:58 10/22 |
Veteran Male



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Finney |
41:22 02/18 |
45:07 12/06 |
01:27:20 2/17 |
01:40:27 9/07 |
02:38:35 3/07 |
03:56:34 9/08 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nitesh Thakrar |
36:55 02/22 |
45:16 09/22 |
01:14:14 04/22 |
01:40:57 03/22 |
02:52:42 02/22 |
03:48:09 05/22 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Graham Williams |
31:16 2/95 |
38:48 5/94 |
64:15 6/91 |
01:27:47 3/97 |
02:21:17 3/94 |
03:23:57 10/93 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Chell |
34:24 06/22 |
41:27 09/22 |
01:36:00 03/22 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Scott |
31:45 06/22 |
39:07 09/22 |
01:06:50 11/22 |
01:26:29 03/22 |
03:19:46 10/22 |



NAME |
5 Mile |
10K |
10 Mile |
Half |
20 Mile |
Marathon |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Michael Dobson |
31:57 12/14 |
39:44 11/16 |
66:33 12/14 |
01:32:43 07/19 |
02:24:35 3/15 |
02:57:43 4/14 |
End of list
Tickets for our Awards night – on sale now
We have some additional Gluten Free / Vegan options.
People that have already booked please contact us to change your choice.
Additional Starter
- SOUP — SORRY I DON’T YET KNOW THE FLAVOUR (VEGAN AND GF)
Additional Main Course
- BAKED CAULIFLOWER STEAK SERVED WITH WARN ROMESCO SAUCE CRUSHED GARLIC POTATOES AND SEASONAL VEGETABLES (VEGAN AND GF)
Additional Desserts
- VANILLA CHEESECAKE (GF)
- SUMMER PUDDING (VEGAN)
Sunday 12th February – Practise run for Stafford Half
Open to all senior members of the club, even if you aren’t running the Half.
Although 4 weeks before the actual race, we wanted to avoid clashes with local races. We plan to have 3 possible routes for people to do.
- One returning from Birkdale Drive at 12.5km (7.8miles) via Tixal Road
- One returning Sandon Road at 18.2km (11.3miles) via the Isabel Trail
- The other full 21km (13.1 miles) distance.
As with all our training runs mustering is compulsory and so your run distance will be great than listed above.
Water stations at Salt Avenue, Birkdale Drive and Sandon Road.
Our practise route
As we are starting from the Cricket club we will be missing the Meadows loop.
We will be using the Two Waters Way (the new bridge) rather than the dangerous Baswich Lane.
After the park, we will head straight back rather than a finishing in town.
Route 2023
There are changes to the route for 2023 but not with Stone Road and Holmcroft as previously posted.
Only the start and finish locations have moved!
Training Plans
Vanessa Welham has created a number of training plans that people may want to use.
MIDLAND COUNTIES ROAD RELAYS
SUTTON PARK SATURDAY 01st APRIL
The Harriers are hoping to enter teams in the following events.
Senior Men 12 runners per team
Men’s 12 x stage relays has 4 x Long legs (5.38miles) and 8 x Short legs (5km)
Masters Men 6 runners per team
Senior Women 6 runners per team
Ladies 6 x Stage relays has 2 x Long legs (5.38miles) and 4 x Short legs (5km)
Masters Women 6 runners per team
We can enter more than one team in each event.
Can you please add your name below if interested?
It’s a great club fun day out.
List of people so far
Ian Hodkinson
Chris Skellern
Joanne Oliver
Mark Oliver
Amy Oliver
Jake Oliver
Jason Littlewood
Mel Deakin
Caitlin Mills
Sally Haycock
John Scott
Kerri Delaney
2023 Harriers Challenge
Update:-
I have published the first race results – in doing this you can see the provisional groups.
We have tried to make sure that all Harrier Challenge entrants have been allocated into the most appropriate group to match ability & form, this is at the discretion of the club coach, and male & female team captains.
You may feel you or someone else is in the wrong group .. bearing in mind this is a “challenge” you can raise any genuine mistake with Ian Hodkinson (or via the contact page) and we will review your comments — again people may go up as well as down !!!!
A new rule:-
Upon review, the race committee has decided to add an additional rule…
To qualify for an award you must participate in at least 8 challenge races over the year!
there is Still time to join the fun
This competition is open to all senior members, it doesn’t matter if you are fast or slow we will put you in a suitable group.
You enter the race in the normal way, hopefully, on race day you meet your Harrier competitors for a team photo, and do the run, (hopefully you want to talk about it and write a race report!!!). Afterwards, we award points for your group dependent upon the number of people in your group and your speed against your group members. So if there are ten people in your group the fastest runner will score 10 points, the second fastest 9, etc
Only your highest 12 scores (and additional points) will count toward your final group score. The top three from each group will receive awards at our award night in 2024! You also have a Joker to play where you can double your points from a race (can’t be played on the Marathon or additional points).
This year we have a lot of races in the Challenge and so we only have one reserve events.
Additional points for 2023
We are giving additional points for volunteering at our events. We can’t host these events without you. For some events, it is possible to race as well as volunteer.
To qualify for the additional points you will need to put your name down on the volunteer’s list BEFORE the event and turn up.
List of Races and Rules
The full set of rules and rules for 2023 is on the Challenge page. click here
Do you want to take part?
We will work out the groups after the first two races.
If you had your name down for Challenge 2022 and did more than one event we will automatically put you in for 2023 (let us know if you don’t want to take part in 2023). If you want to take part for the first time, please let one of the coaches know or contact us.
Dates to remember – additional news
Friday 10th March – STAFFORD HARRIER PRESENTATION NIGHT
It will take place at the Rugby Club. Booking is via our shop to pay and make your food selection.
Showground Relays – 7:30pm Wednesday 14th June
The date and start time has been confirmed. On-line Entries are now open.
Staffs Knot 5 Mile or 2 mile fun run Wednesday 19th July
The date and start time has been confirmed. On-line Entries are now open.
Your Membership renewal is now due
Renewals for membership of Stafford Harriers became due from 1st January 2023.
The success of our thriving club depends on the members, so please don’t let your membership lapse.
Fees for 2023
The club membership fee for Juniors and full-time students remains at £20.
However, England Athletics have raised their registration fee to £17 so seniors who wish to opt for the EA option will need to pay £47, for people that don’t run many races may want to consider Senior without EA which remains at £30
You can find details of the renewal process and membership fees on the membership page at www.staffordharriers.org.
If you have any queries about membership, please contact the Membership Secretary by e-mail at membership@staffordharriers.