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Next Events:
29 May 2013 - Midlands Vets league -
Stoke
1 June 2013 - National Youth
Development League U13/U15 age groups match 2
- Cheltenham
2 June 2013 - National Youth
Development League U17/U20 age groups match 2
- Yeovil
More events including 2013 fixture list...
New
Club Kit now available!
Black
Hooded Tops - £13
Black or Red T-Shirts - £5
Printed
with ‘CITY OF STOKE AC’ on the back
and personalised with your initials on the front!
Sizes available: 10/12yrs to XXL
Samples available - Money with order!
See Iris Morris at the Clubhouse
Training and Coaching:
Northwood
Stadium Gym - A fantastic deal for Stoke AC members
Northwood Stadium have
now improved their gym facilities, so can now offer quite a
package with the addition of resistance machines and a core
stability area. They offer athletes the pay as you go option
which is now £2 per visit, you must show your membership card
to receive this. Alternatively, they have put together an
exceptionally good package for Stoke AC athletes. Adults can pay
£5 per month, for this you will receive unlimited use of the
gym and a FREE parking permit. Juniors can pay £3.50 per month
and they will receive unlimited use of the gym. The contract is
6 months with 2 months cancellation period. But the good news is
that whatever the price is when you start will not change. It
does not go up with inflation, so start paying £5 per month now
and you'll still be paying £5 per month in 10 years time. Many
members have already signed up to this amazing offer. Just bring
your membership card to Northwood reception and spend 5 minutes
filling out the forms, then you will receive a swipe card and
off you go. Prices will move from the introductory price to the
normal price in 2013, so take up the offer soon.
Sunday
morning endurance runs - Keele University Leisure Centre
Car Park at 10.00am most Sundays. Distance 4-16 miles mostly
off-road, pace 6.00-8.00min miles. Currently we have a group of
about 6-10 regulars, including a number of Keele University
Students! Anyone welcome, just turn up or contact John
Danahay
Hurdles coaching on Tuesday and Thursday nights
6.00 - 7.15pm - David Pritchard now has a group
and is seeking additional recruits! Contact
David for more details...
Do
you think you can coach athletics?
City of Stoke AC have a thriving young athletics team but
desperately need additional coaches in all disciplines. Former
athletes are ideal, but many of our top coaches just started off
as parents and supporters. Anyone from age 17 upwards can become
a UKA qualified coach. Where possible the club will assist with
course costs. Please contact Club Secretary Iris
Morris if interested.
Exclusive
photos of Stoke AC Athletes
Check out Morris Fox's Facebook
page for photos at all our recent events
Maximise Your
Potential:
Former City of Stoke AC Athlete Tom Gayle can help you to
maximise your Sporting Potential - find
out more
Sports Therapy and Massage
Stoke AC's GB International Ultra Runner Brian Cole
is now based at Northwood Stadium. If you are suffering
from athletics induced aches and pains why not give Brian a call
on 07909 190379. Check out Brian's new website: www.colestherapy.com
Grants & Funding:
Need some help with funding?
You may be eligible for a grant from the Ron Pickering
Memorial Fund - check out their website: www.rpmf.org.uk
Other athletics websites:
Check out our
comprehensive list of recommended
websites
Check out
the personal website of Michelle Ross Cope : Stoke AC's
top endurance athlete: www.rosscoperunning.co.uk/
Check out Tom Gayle's great new Athleticos
website which has lots of video interviews with top UK athletes
and race videos too.
Performance rankings:
provided
via The Power of 10
Want to
know where to run in Stoke-on-Trent and the surrounding area?
Check out:
Map My Run: www.mapmyrun.com
For example try a couple of my runs:
Madeley 9
Keele
Uni 4
Keele
9
(Send me links to yours in the Stoke-on-Trent / North Staffordshire area)
Awarded by UK Track and Field All-time Lists:
www.gbrathletics.com
 Check
out the unique Heelless running shoes invented and developed by
Stoke AC's Adri Hartveld: www.healus.co.uk
Other Stuff:
Club Kit
- Exclusively from Bourne Sports
Club Records - Male & Female
Masters Track & Field
Northwood Stadium
Photo Gallery
Sponsorship
Sprint Training
A tribute to former City of Stoke
athlete Suzanne
Benyon
Exclusive
Interview with Stoke AC's middle distance star Emma
Jackson by fellow Stoke AC athlete and roving reporter Heather
Holt
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Latest News & Results:
email jdanahay@freeuk.com
YOGA FOR RUNNERS Tuesday 28th May for 4 consecutive weeks,
8.45pm City of Stoke Gymnastics Club, Newcastle Street, Burslem,
ST6 3QJ. Places need to be booked but you can either pay as you
go or for a cheaper rate block book. For more details contact
Michelle Buckle on 07921075647 - How Yoga Can Help Your Running
- strength, flexibility and yes, better running times. Tight
hamstrings will be a thing of the past!
Nicola Quinlan has started a City of Stoke
AC Ladies Athletics and Running Group catering for all
abilities from beginners. The aim is that all will be able to
run a 5k race (if they want to) at the end of 10 weeks training.
Cost is just £10 for the full 10 weeks. Why not ask your mum,
sister, aunty, grandma or friend if they would like to have a
go? Contact Nicola for more details - 079 64 858 141
Recent Results:
Check out the Power of 10 for
any results I have missed! Please send me your own race and event reports -
they are much more interesting to read!
25 May 2013 - Loads of Stoke AC winners and medallists
at the Staffordshire Track and Field
Championships - provisional results here: www.staffs-athletics.org.uk
18 May 2013 - The club's Spanish middle distance runner
Llorenc Sales Ferre stepped up the pace in the Spanish
Premier League with a 1.51.43 win over 800m and then followed up
by leading his Spanish club home in the 4x400m with a 49sec
clocking. Whilst in England, the equally talented Tom Guy
ran a 800m PB of 1.52.14 in the BMC Grand
Prix meeting at Solihull. U15 Georgia Rafferty also
produced an excellent 1500m PB of 4.45.67 in the BMC
PB meeting at Milton Keynes.
18 May 2013 - A super young City of Stoke AC team with
just a sprinkling of more experienced athletes finished in 2nd
place in the first fixture of the Midland
Track and Field League. The team achieved an astonishing
17 individual A and B string wins - Power
of 10 results - team results to follow - Next fixture is
on 9th June at Birmingham University. Please make sure that John
Danahay and Alan Morris know you want to compete. We can get
promoted from this league!
17 May 2013 - Proof that City of Stoke AC are rebuilding
their road running presence was shown with a string of personal
best performances in the Christleton 5k.
Dean Richardson led the way with a brilliant 15.35
clocking. Dean was 2nd M40 in a top quality field. Carl Platt
showed that he continues to improve rapidly with 16.04, with Dan
Harris close behind in 16.11. Dave Bratt wiped away
with a few years with 16.22. Group leader/coach Darren
Washington completed the turn-out with 17.35 - full
results
13 May 2013 - Congratulations to Will Neill who
has been selected to run for England in the Home
International Mountain running Championships on the 25th
May.
11-12 May 2013 - There were excellent performances by
U15 Chloe Esegbona as she picked up a gold (75m Hurdles)
and a bronze (100m) at the Cheshire Track
and Field Championships at Trafford. Stoke AC higher
claims athlete Marc Hartley also won the senior men's
1500m - full
results
4 May 2013 - Well done to the youngest members of City
of Stoke AC who put up a spirited fight in the first meeting of
the new format National Youth Development
U13/U15 Age Group League at Milton Keynes. Again there
were some excellent individual performances with many athletes
setting Personal Bests - full
results
1 May 2013 - City of Stoke AC's masters' men dominated
the opening meeting of the Midlands
Veterans track and field league at Telford - full
results
1 May 2013 - Will Neill continued his winning
streak with an excellent course record performance in the Buxsworth
5 Road Race which includes 1000 feet of climbing! full
results
28 April 2013 - An excellent team performance in the
opening fixture of the new National Youth
Development U17/U20 Age group League meeting at Horspath
saw the club take 4th place despite a number of missing
athletes. In this league most of the competing teams are
composite teams, ie made up of multiple clubs, so this really
was a good result - full
results
28 April 2013 - New recruit Dan Harris recorded a
great time of 2.50.26 at the Greater
Manchester Marathon, an improvement of 30 minutes on his
previous best marathon time!
27 April 2013 - Llorenc Sales Ferre
started his outdoor season with a tactical 800m win in the Spanish
Premier Track and Field League in Barcelona. Llorenc
recorded a time of 1.55 against high quality opposition with a
very strong finish.
25 April 2013 - Will Neill won the 3rd race of the
off-road Spring Treble Series races at Barlaston by more than 2
minutes - photos
by Bryan Dale
21 April 2013 - City of Stoke AC
Open Meeting Results.
Many thanks to everyone who competed, officiated, helped out and
supported this meeting.
At the same meeting, in his debut on the track Carl Platt
paced himself superbly in the cold windy conditions for a
silver medal in the Staffordshire 5000m
Championships with a time of 16.50.4. Dave Lee also
returned to form with a PB 17.33.6 for 4th place in the
championships.
13 April 2013 - City of Stoke senior men ran superbly to
improve 12 places on their 2012 position as they finished 32nd
out of 80+ teams in the National 12 Stage
Road Relays Championships at Sutton Park. We were also
the 7th best club in the Midlands. Top individual performers
were Will Neill on the long stage and Llorenc Sales
Ferre on the short stage but there were excellent
performances by all. - full
results - video
by Will Neill
7 April 2013 - The clubs senior men have been competing
for places in the National 12 Stage Road Relays on the 13 April.
On Wednesday Will Neill and Dan Harris ran massive
PBs at the Chester Spring 5 Road Race
with times of 26.23 and 27.33 respectively, whilst on Saturday Dave
Sheldon sped to an excellent 16.29 win at the Congleton
5k parkrun, with Dave Lee putting in a bid with
18.16 for 3rd. On Sunday Stoke AC athletes finished 1-2-3 at the
Douglas Macmillan Hospice 5k at
Barlaston, with the win going to Tom Hendricken in a PB
16.31 after a titanic battle with Carl Platt (16.39). Dave Bratt returned after illness and injury with
17.07 for 3rd. Seb Duffy also ran a PB of 70.53 as he
finished 28th overall at the Madrid Half
Marathon.
24 March 2013 - Despite tough windy conditions M40
Dean Richardson set another excellent PB when finishing
14th overall in the Wilmslow Half Marathon
in a time of 1.13.08 - full
results
23 March 2013 - Two of our leading middle distance
athletes were in action running for England in the Home
Countries International Cross Country event at Dinefwr in
Wales. Kate Holt showed improving cross country form to
finish 11th in the senior women's race whilst Lucy Hayes
made her debut with a strong run with 13th in the U20 women's
race - full
results
17 March 2013 - Carl Platt showed improving form
with 10th place out of more than 2000 runners at the Stafford
Half Marathon in a time of 77.48. M45 Andy Allen
was also well up there with a 81.23 clocking - full
results and photos from Bryan
Dale - Amin Naeini put in a great performance in the Barcelona
Marathon as he clocked 3.09.57 after injury and illness
reduced his training considerably
16 March 2013 - A number of City of Stoke athletes
competed for Staffordshire Schools in the English
Schools Cross Country Championships at Swadlincote - Top
individual performance was Lucy Holt 14th in the
intermediate girls. Jessica Heath was 220th, Natasha
Clowes 233rd, and Sarah Griffiths 263rd in the same
category. Lucy Hayes also ran really strongly with 27th
in the senior girls. Georgia Rafferty was top Staffs
finisher in the junior girls with 33rd. Tiarna Guest was
118th with Katie Finney 119th and India Mellor
315th. Dave Sheldon completed his schools cross country
campaign with 82nd in the senior boys with Kris Washington
245th. Casey Maddock was 158th in the junior boys - full
results
16 March 2013 - John Danahay picked up a bronze
medal in the M50-54 category at the British
Masters Cross Country Championships in Sunderland - full
results. Will Neill returned to action after injury
with a 16.53 clocking at the Congleton
parkrun.
10 March 2013 - Seb Duffy returned to form with a
new PB of 31.28 in the Trafford 10k.
Fast improving Dan Harris put in a great performance to
finish 6th overall in the Stafford 20
road race in 2.05.13. Dan not only took the Staffordshire
Championships bronze medal at this event, but he had also won
the Congleton 5k parkrun in 17.23
the previous day!
More results...
31 March 2012 - The bag packing at
ASDA Wolstanton was a great success. Many
thanks to all who participated and helped out! The club made a
fabulous £485.88!
| Athletes |
Helpers |
Tom Baskeyfield
Aaron Bedson
Andrew Bedson
Chloe Esegbona
Olivia Harrison
Jessica Heath
Lucas Jones
Alex Lightfoot
Casey Maddock
Brandon Millward
Cameron Steven
Nick Stoddard
Tasha Stone
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Trevor
Baskeyfield
Irene Bedson
Tony Bedson
Helen Esegbona
Mr Harrison
Ernie Johnson
Mr & Mrs Lightfoot
Dave Pritchard
Mrs Steven
Dougie Steven
Mrs Stoddard
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