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Next Events:
20 May 2012 - National Young
Athletes League - Stoke
26-27 May 2012 - England Senior &
U20 Combined Events Championships - Bedford
27 May 2012 - Midlands Track
and Field League - Charnwood (Loughborough)
30 May 2012 - Midlands Vets Track
and Field League - Stoke
2-3 June 2012 - Midlands Track and
Field Championships - Birmingham - Online
entry form
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Summer Track and
Field Teams:
National Young Athletes League
Team Manager: George Cooper
National
Junior Athletes League -
Team Managers:
Midlands Track & field League
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Team Managers: Alan Morris &
John Danahay
Midlands Masters Track & Field League
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Team Manager: Mick Warrilow
Over 35 and want to compete in Track
and Field this summer? - please
read this
New
Club Kit now available!
Black
Hooded Tops - £12
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:
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.
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
Check out the Power of 10 for
any results I may have missed! Please send in your own race and event reports -
they are much more interesting to read!
15 May 2012 - Trafford Grand
Prix Open Meeting - a number of great PBs by Stoke
athletes - full
results - videos
from Athleticos
12-13 May 2012 - Amazing triple win for Amy
Mellor at the Derbyshire County
Championships with 800m, 1500m and 3000m titles, with
Amy's 3000m performance of 9.45 being a Championship Best
Performance! - full
results
12 May 2012 - Lots of outstanding City of Stoke AC
performances in the
Staffordshire County Championships at Northwood -
full results
12 May 2012 - There were also a number of City
of Stoke AC competitors in the first day of the Cheshire
and Manchester County Championships. U15 sprinter/hurdler Chloe
Esegbona had a great day winning the 100m and finishing
second in the 75m Hurdles - results
11 May 2012 - Absolutely brilliant performance by Emma
Jackson as she finished 5th in the 800m at the Diamond
league in Doha, and achieves an Olympic A standard and PB
of 1.59.37 to go top of the 2012 UK rankings - results
5 May 2012 - A brilliant team performance by Stoke AC men
and women as they won the first Midlands
League match at Northwood. Everyone played their part and
GB 800m international Emma Jackson opened her 2012 season
in style with a 4.15 1500m for the club - provisional
results
2 May 2012 -
Great opening league win for Stoke AC masters in the Midlands
Veterans League at Telford - Results to follow
29 April 2012
- Some great performances in horrible conditions by Stoke AC
athletes in the first National Junior
League match in Tamworth including man of the match for
long jumper Rio Bailey - full
results
22 April 2012 -
There were some memorable performances by Stoke AC athletes in
the London Marathon. Olympic
hopeful Michelle Ross-Cope unfortunately picked up an
achilles injury but showed massive determination to finish in
2.49. Next finisher was Amin Naeini who set a great new
PB of 3.11 just a year after starting running. Former multi-eventer
Katie Gardner showed that the marathon too is not beyond
her talents as she ran 4.25 on her debut. Katie's dad Nigel
Gardner was our final finisher in 5.29 after battling
valiantly through cramp for his first finish in a marathon.
21 April 2012 -
City of Stoke AC Open Meeting Revised
Results. A massive thank you to all athletes, officials and
other volunteers who took part today! Apologies for the short
delays during the sprint and hurdles events, but hopefully
everyone appreciated the electronic timing at this year's event!
Any queries with results please contact
us
There were many great performances and PBs by Stoke AC
athletes but a highlight was 39 year old Dean Richardson
who only started running last year but took home a silver medal
in the Staffordshire 5000m Championships
which were held in conjunction with this meeting. This was also
Dean's first ever 5000m on the track!
15 April 2012 -
A number of our younger athletes got their outdoor seasons off
to a great start at various Open Meetings around the country
including Wigan,
Charnwood
and Liverpool (to follow).
14 April 2012 - National 12 Stage Road
Relays - Sutton Park. We completed a team for the first
time in 6 years with a creditable 44th place out of 69 starting
teams. Top long leg runner was again Seb Duffy, with Liam
Hendricken returning from injury to record our fastest time
on a short leg.
1.Sebastian Duffy (29) 27:39
2.Amin Naeini (47) 17:32
3.Steven Bazell (43) 29:14
4.Robert Cook (47) 17:49
5.Oliver Langford (45) 29:22
6.Tom Hendricken (46) 17:38
7.Dean Richardson (45) 30:45
8.Liam Hendricken (44) 16:47
9.Darren Washington (45) 31:32
10.Chris Harrison (43) 18:24
11.David Lee (45) 32:02
12.Robert Lee (45) 21:07
Full
results & Photos
thanks to Bryan Dale
1st April 2012 - The day after doing his bit for the team
at the road relays, road running master Darren Washington
finished 5th overall in the tough Ironbridge
Half Marathon and also picked up the top over 40 prize - 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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31 March 2012 - City of Stoke men made a fine comeback at
the Midlands 12 stage road relay
after a long absence. After a brilliant 6th place opening long
stage run by Seb Duffy the team finished 11th overall and
qualified for the National championships. There were also
impressive performances from new recruit Will Neill on
the 4th long leg, Oliver Langford on the 10th long leg
and Dean Richardson on the 5th short leg - full
results, photos and
videos from Bryan Dale and video
from Will Neill
24-25 March 2012 - Multi-eventers Ryan Sproston, Tom
Baskeyfield and Aaron Bedson were in action across
multiple events at the Midland Counties
Open Meeting setting a number of PBs - Sprinters Gabi
Burton, Heidi Jackson and Roseanna Burton
also competed with Roseanna competing strongly in her
first ever athletics meeting - full results indoors
and outdoor
throws
24-25 March 2012 - Road racing round-up. New recruit Will
Neill ran a 10k PB of 34.04 for 6th place overall at Rother
Valley - full
results, whilst Dean Richardson smashed his half
marathon PB at Wilmslow with 76.28
- full
results. Andy Allen was first Stoke man home at the Stafford
Half Marathon with 79.16, with Amin Naeini setting
a great PB of 82.21 in the same race - full
results and photos
from Bryan Dale
17 March 2012 - Many City of Stoke AC juniors competed for
Staffordshire Schools in the English
Schools Cross Country Championships in Somerset. Best
performances were again led by Lucy Holt who finished a
superb 4th in the Intermediate Girls, whilst Lucy Hayes
also ran brilliantly to finish 13th in the Senior Girls - full
results
11 March 2012 - Some great Road Race PBs from new members
of the club. Dean Richardson ran 34.33 at the Trafford
10k and Amin Naeini ran 2.15.07 at the Stafford
20
10 March 2012 - Lucy Holt produced the race of her
young life so far to finish 3rd in the U15 girl's race at the Inter-Counties
Cross Country at Cofton Park, Birmingham. There were many
other good Stoke AC performances - full
results. Videos
of all races thanks to Athleticos
25-26 February 2012 - England
U15/17/20 Indoors Championships. U17W Gabi Burton
again shone with a PB 60m Hurdles of 9.37 and 7th place in the
final. David Sheldon returned to form with a 4.00.82
performance in the U17M 1500m final, also finishing 7th - full
results
25 February 2012 - U13 India Mellor put in a
fantastic performance as the sole Stoke AC competitor at the National
Cross Country Championships at Parliament Hill Fields.
India finished 20th in a field of 368 - full
results
19 February 2012 - Midland Counties Open Meeting - Birmingham -
Stoke AC youngsters in action again. Great 60m PB of 8.33 for
U17W Gabi Burton - full
results
11-12 February 2012 - Midland Indoors
Championships - Birmingham - Loads of good performances
from Stoke AC youngsters: Silver medals for sprinter Liam
Hebblethwaite in the 200m and Kieren Lee in the Long
Jump, and Bronze in the Pole Vault for multi-eventer Ryan
Sproston. Just missing a medal was U17 800m runner Tom
Howarth who finished 4th in 2.06.68 - full
results
11 February 2012 - A great performance by Stoke AC men to retain their Birmingham
XC League Div 1 status at Cheltenham. Top performer was
yet again Seb Duffy with an excellent run in 16th as the
team finished 9th on the day and 12th overall out of 16 teams - full
results
5 February 2012
- Seb Duffy showed a return to form as he
finished 23rd in 25.44 at an icy Alsager 5
Road Race. Andy Allen was 4th M45 with 29.25 and Amin
Naeini set a great time of 31.00 in his debut at this
distance. Our sole female competitor Shelley Brace ran a
34.21 PB whilst M50 Kevin Hendricken returned from injury
with 34.40 - full
results and photos
from Bryan Dale
4-5 February 2012 - Some great indoor performances from the Birmingham
Games - Multi-eventer Chelsea Cooper is improving
with each race She got to the semi final of the 60mtr sprint
with a time of 7.70 and just missed out on the final. In the 60m
hurdles she finished 5th with a seasons best of 8.89 against
quality opposition. U17 sprinter Heidi Jackson was 2nd in
her heat of the 60m with Gabi Burton 4th. Heidi was also
4th in the 200m. U17 Liam Hebblethwaite set a great new
200m PB of 22.83 in 2nd, whilst Josh Billington won his
200m heat with a PB of 24.21. Manzu Cain finished 4th in
his heat of the senior men's 400m, with Kate Anderson
matching that position in the senior women. Brandon Millward
53.91 and Nathan Petherick 53.96 set great PBs in the U17
men's 400m. U20 800m runner Tom Guy won a tactical race
with U17s Macauley Snutch and Tom Howarth
finishing 4th and 5th in their heat. U20 Long Jumper Kieron
Lee finished 7th - Full
results
4 February 2012 - At the McCain City
Challenge Indoors meeting in Sheffield long jumper James
Gardner made a great comeback after injury with 6.74m,
whilst Kate Holt hopped across from cross country to
record a strong performance in the 1500m with 4.29.60 for 2nd
place - full
results
4 February 2012 - City of Stoke AC athletes won 5 out of 8
races at the Staffordshire Schools Cross
Country Championships -
full results - photos
from Bryan Dale
Winners:
David Sheldon - Senior Boys,
Lucy Hayes - Senior Girls,
Casey Maddock - Year 7 Boys,
Lucy Holt - Intermediate Girls,
India Mellor - Junior Girls,
Silvers:
Georgia Rafferty - Junior Girls
Tasha Stone - Intermediate Girls
Charlie Cooke - Intermediate Boys
Sam Botham - Senior Boys
Bronze:
Kris Washington - Senior Boys
Sammy-Jo Daley-Davies - Senior Girls
Jessica Heath - Intermediate Girls
28 January 2012 - A magnificent performance by Lucy Holt
won her individual gold in the U15 girls age-group at the
Midlands Cross Country Championships
at Nottingham. The Stoke AC U15 girls also won a brilliant team
gold. Across the other age-groups there were some great
performances too - full
results - Great
videos thanks to Athleticos, including Lucy's win in the U15
girls. Also a
video of the U20 men thanks to Will Neill
22 January 2012 - Congratulations to multi talented Jazmin
Sawyers who has won a silver medal in the bobsleigh at the Winter
Youth Olympics in Innsbruck. Jazmin took up this sport
just a couple of months ago! - BBC
report and video
14-15 January 2012 - Some good early season form
from young Stoke AC hurdlers at the Midland
counties Open - Results
14 January 2012 - In the absence of a number of key athletes
Stoke AC's small team of senior men battled to maintain their
status in the top flight of the Birmingham
Cross Country League. Steve Bazell was top
finisher, with a brilliant return from junior Liam Hendricken
as 2nd counter. John Danahay was 3rd counter followed
closely by Oliver Langford with a great run. 5th counter Mike
Harding might have finished a lot higher, but for a twisted
ankle on the 2nd lap, which he bravely ran through for the team.
Last counter was veteran Kevin Hendricken who also
finished with an injury, with Rob Lee providing the
essential 7th place back-up. This result leaves Stoke AC in 13th
place out of 16 teams with 3 to be relegated. Although we have a
140 point cushion on the 14th team, we need everyone out at
Cheltenham in February to guarantee our survival in the toughest
cross country league in the country - Full
results
7-8 January 2012 - Superb performance to start
2012 by multi-eventer Deo Milandu as he set a number of
PBs in the England Indoor Combined Events
Championships at Sheffield - full
results
7 January 2012 - Other area cross country
championship results - Amy Mellor ran a great race to
win the U20 women's category at the Derbyshire
Cross Country Championships - full
results, whilst Senior man Seb Duffy ran his best
race for a while to finish 4th in the Gloucestershire
Championships - full
results
7 January 2012 - Staffordshire
Cross Country Championships at Sandwell - Full
results. Loads of outstanding performances from Stoke AC
athletes and teams.
Gold Medals:
Georgia Rafferty - U13 Girls
The U13 Girls Team
Lucy Holt - U15 Girls
U15 Girls Team
U15 Boys Team
Lucy Hayes - U17 Women
Callum Hulme - U17 Men
U17 Mens Team
Kate Holt - U20 and Senior Women
John Danahay - Masters Men
Silver Medals:
Tasha Stone - U15 Girls
U17 Women Team
Dave Sheldon - U17 Men
Alex Brecker - U20 Men
U20 Men Team
Bronze Medals:
Liam Baggley - U15 Boys
Senior Women Team
Senior Men Team
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