Club News

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.

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

Male runner of the Year

Veteran Female

Veteran Male

 

End of list

 

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)

 

 

 Book Now

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.

1. One returning from Birkdale Drive at 12.5km (7.8miles) via Tixal Road
2. One returning Sandon Road at 18.2km (11.3miles) via the Isabel Trail
3. 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.

 

 

 

 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

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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.

Book Here

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

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.co.uk