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Practice runs for Stafford Half
The full-distance run is Saturday 8th March
- It will start at the cricket club – meet at 8:45 am for a 9 am start.
- Club photo 8:50 am — open to all members even if you aren’t running
- It will start at the cricket club and be 13.1 miles (more with musters)
- There will be three water stations location tbc
- Multiple groups to allow different running speeds.
Please book our event on the calendar page. Book Here
The dry route — just muddy.
Harriers Awards Night – 28th February 2025
Bookings will close at midnight 14th February 2025
Menu
STARTERS
Roasted red pepper and tomato soup (v) (ve) & (gf)
Chicken liver parfait server with a sticky onion jam
Prawn skewers served on a bed of Thai sweet chilli coleslaw
MAINS
Chicken supreme served with wild mushroom and tarragon sauce (gf)
Fillet of salmon served with a hollandaise sauce
Cajun spice sweet potato and red pepper roulade (v) (ve)(gf)
(All served with new potatoes and seasonal vegetables)
DESSERTS
Lemon zingy cheesecakes served with raspberry sorbet
Chocolate torte served with vanilla ice-cream
Cheese board – French Bri, Silton and Cheddar served with crackers and chutney
Midland Counties Road Relays 29th March 2025
We are putting teams together to run in the Midlands Counties Road Relays.
This year there is one length for each leg (in previous years there was a long and short leg) of 3.16 miles
Mens event is 12 stages long
Ladies event is 6 stages long
No limit on the number of people who want to run. The more teams the better. Closing date 14th March
Please put your name down below if you want to take part.
People so far
Ian hodkinsonMark Oliver
Jake Oliver
Joanne Oliver
Chris Skellern
Martin winkles
Ruth Edwards
Michael Dobson
Amy Oliver
Nitesh Thakrar
Mel Deakin
COACH TRIP and races 12th July 2025
PIECE OF CAKE RACE CHURCH STRETTON






Get yourselves entered into the race here – https://www.letsdothis.com/gb/e/piece-of-cake-trail-run-193248
People so far
Sarah Aitkenhead :Liz Austin :
Sam Jones :
Nitesh Thakrar : Entered Half
Jo Espley : Entered 10K
Jess Espley : Entered 10K
Ian Hodkinson :
Gill Hodkinson :
Sally Haycock :
John Scott :
Pete Chell :
Vanessa Parsonage :
Richard Rea :
Chris Skellern :
Adam Llewellyn : Entered Half
Membership Renewal 2025
Stafford Harriers has not risen for 2025. However, England Athletics has announced that the registration fee has increased from £19 to £20.
So all memberships that include EA membership have increased by £1, and all that don’t include EA will remain the same.
This is a gentle reminder that we all have to renew our membership. All membership renewals were due on 1 January 2025.
Booking Stats from 2024
We had 4180 people book our training sessions.
If you want to help our coaching/session leaders organize the sessions, please talk to your regular session leader. All it takes is a desire to help others and a bit of time!
Here are the top 10 people that booked training sessions in 2024.
Can you do better this year?
Name | Number of booked sessions |
---|---|
Karen Gretton | 96 |
Liz Austin | 90 |
Sarah Gray | 88 |
Katie Burbidge | 86 |
Leon Stringer | 85 |
Sarah Aitkenhead | 81 |
Jason Littlewood | 77 |
Antonio Treglia | 76 |
Claire Griffiths | 74 |
Rob Mitchell | 66 |
Our training sessions.
Improvers Road Runs (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) 1262 people booked
Speed (Tuesday and Wednesday) 854 people booked
Juniors (Monday and Wednesday) 559 people booked
Progression 420 people booked
Complete Beginners (Tuesday and Thursday) 391 people booked
Middle Group 249
Sessions on the Chase (Thursday and Friday) 184 people booked
Track sessions 84 people booked
Thursday Road Runs 80 people booked
Stafford Half practise 67 people booked
5K Time Trial 60 people booked
Handicap 42 people booked
Sponsor Stafford Harriers
Stafford Harriers Running Club Sponsorship Package 2025
To sponsor us for 2025
For more information please see our sponsorship page
It has been prepared to accommodate a range of budgets.
Thank You to Our Sponsors – 2024
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our generous sponsors: David Wilson Homes (for Gold
level sponsorship and making an additional £500 contribution to cover the costs for County
Showground trophies), Cress Security, Bates Drains Drain Specialists, and Symmetry Sports Massage
Stafford. Your support is invaluable to us and helps us achieve our goals.