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Next Events:
13 February 2010 -
Birmingham
Cross Country League
-
Northampton
13&14 February 2010 -
Midlands
Indoor Championships
- NIA
24 February 2010 -
City of Stoke
AC Annual General Meeting
- 7.30pm Northwood. It's
your club, but it doesn't run itself! Please come along and
offer your assistance or opinion, or preferably both!
Full
list of Events
- Now updated for most summer events too!
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 Dave Hindley at the Clubhouse
Coaching:
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...
Indoor
Training -
This
commences Thursday 5 November from 17-00 hrs to 20-00
hrs, and the charges are as follows:
City of
Stoke AC
members - £3
Non-members - £5
Maximise Your
Potential:
City of Stoke AC Athlete Tom Gayle can help you to
maximise your Sporting Potential - find
out more
Check
out
these great video interviews with the stars of UK
athletics also by Tom Gayle
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/
Performance rankings:
provided
via the Power of 10
2008
boys and men
2008
girls and women
Check out the Club rankings for 2008 -
compiled by Tom Gayle. A brilliant 23 new club records! -
subject to verification.
If you have achieved a performance that is
missing from these lists, let us know...
Sprints
Hurdles
Throws
Middle
Distance
Multi-Events
Jumps
Pole
Vault
See how your performances compare to other athletes across the
UK at the brilliant www.athleticsdata.com
and
UKA's www.thepowerof10.info/
websites
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 results we may have missed! Also, please send in your own race and event reports -
they are much more interesting to read!
Please note that this year's club membership fees were due 1st
January 2010 - full details
7 February 2010 - Michelle Ross-Cope is top
lady at the Alsager 5 Road Race in
a brisk 26.53. Good performances from Seb Duffy and
masters runners Mike Proudlove and Andy Allen - full
results
6-7 February 2010 - Some excellent performances from the Birmingham
Indoor Games - full
results
6 February 2010 - Great wins for Megan Cogan (Yr7
Girls), Lucy Holt (Yr8&9 Girls), Korey Blanch-Hallett
(Yr8&9 Boys) and Callum Hulme (Yr10&11 Boys) plus
a host of other excellent performances by Stoke youngsters in
the Staffordshire Schools Cross Country
Championships at Staffs Uni - full
results thanks to Cannock & Stafford AC. Photos
by Mick Hall
3 February 2010 - Having warmed up with a steady
run for Stoke AC in the Midlands Cross Country Championships at
the weekend, Royal Marine Brian Cole really showed his
mettle as he won the Royal Navy Cross
Country Championships at HMS Raleigh. This is the first
time that the UK Ultra-distance International has won the race
after nearly 20 years serving in the Royal Marines, and follows
up his Royal Marines Cross Country win 2 weeks earlier.
30-31 January 2010 - James Gardner and Katie
Gardner both jump to Gold in the Welsh
Indoor Championships - report
30th January 2010 - Kate
Holt takes Midlands Gold and Lucy Holt a brilliant
Bronze as they lead a strong Stoke AC turnout in the Midlands Cross Country Championships
at Stafford Common -
Stoke and full
results & photos Now
updated with Staffordshire Championship medals!
20 January 2010 -
Despite the distance being much shorter than his preferred
'ultra' races, Brian Cole put in a brilliant performance
to win the Royal Marines Cross Country
Championships for the first time at Exeter
16-17 January 2010
- Superb Gold medal winning performances for City of
Stoke Under 20 athletes James Gardner (Long Jump) and Liam
Clowes (200m) in the Northern Indoor
Championships at Sheffield - report
16 January 2010 - A strong early season road performance
from Michelle Ross-Cope as she dominates the 4
Villages Half Marathon at Helsby in a time of 1.15.02 - full
results
16 January 2010 - Fabulous race wins for Kate Holt
and Emma Jackson as Stoke girls take multiple individual
and team North
Midlands Cross Country League medals at Wollaton Park - full
results - report to follow...
16 January 2010 - Stoke AC senior men give their best team
performance of the winter so far in the 3rd Birmingham
Cross Country League fixture at Coventry - full
report
10 January 2010 - Strong early season indoor performances
from hurdler James Taylor and jumpers David Mountford,
Ben Williams, Matt Rollings, Rio Bailey and
Reece Davies at the Manchester Open
Meeting - full
results
9-10 January 2010 - Brilliant Gold Medal winning
performances by Alice Lennox and Jazmin Sawyers at
the England Combined Evnets Championships
at Sheffield - Sentinel
report & full
results
20 December 2009 - The fastest
Santa in Staffordshire? City of Stoke senior man Steve
Bazell finishes well up the field in the Christmas Cracker
dressed in a full Santa outfit (and raises over £300 for the
North Staffs Neo Natal Unit) - read
Steve's story
12 December 2009 - Some excellent individual and team
performances mark the final North Staffs
Cross Country League race of the season at Leek. Race
and final league report.
5 December 2009 - Stoke AC girls shine again in the 3rd North
Midlands League race at Mansfield, with excellent wins
for Lucy Holt (U13) and Kate Holt (U17), and a
strong 2nd for Emma Jackson in the senior women. The U13
Girls also took first team - full
results
5 December 2009 - Great team performance from City of
Stoke senior men as they finish 10th out of 16 teams in the
latest Birmingham Cross Country League fixture at Alexandra
Stadium - full
results - Senior
Mens video thanks to Maria!
28 November 2009
- There were some muddy good performances by Stoke youngsters,
whilst senior man Brian Cole also competed for a Combined
Services select team at the latest UKA
Cross Challenge event in Liverpool - full
results
21 November 2009
- Full
results from the Inter-Counties
Schools Cross Country Match at Staffordshire University,
Stoke-on-Trent. Apologies for the delay in publishing these, but
the return sheets were in some cases very difficult to decipher!
Therefore there may be some errors with competitors names, and
there also appear to be a small number of missing tags. Please
let me know if you have the correct information. City of
Stoke's Lucy Holt was the top Staffordshire finisher as
she finished an excellent 3rd in the Junior Girl's race.
14 November 2009
- Lucy Holt and Kate Holt win again in the North
Midlands Cross Country League at Corby. Strong second for
Emma Jackson in the Senior Women and brilliant team win
for the U13 girls! - Full
results
14 November 2009
- Some good performances by Stoke youngsters at the McCain
Cross Challenge in Gateshead - results
14 November 2009
- Another brilliant 2nd place for Megan Cogan in the U13
girls race at the North Staffordshire Cross Country League
- results,
report to follow
8 November 2009
- Another M40 prize for Darren Washington at the Lancaster
Half Marathon - results
7 November 2009
- Brilliant first and second places by Corey Hallett-Blanch
and Ashley Wyatt in the Year 8/9 boys race, with
some other excellent performances by Stoke AC youngsters in the Staffordshire
Schools Years 7, 8 and 9 Cross Country Championships at
Rowley Park - full
results thanks to Cannock and Stafford AC
7 November 2009
- A great team performance by City of Stoke AC men as they take
a team win in the North Staffs
Cross Country League at Parkhall. Also great wins for the
U17 men and U13 Girls - Stoke AC report
4 November 2009
- UK Rankings - Stoke AC's U20 Multi-eventers Alice Lennox and Chelsea
Cooper ranked 1 and 2 in the UK and there are a host of other top
10 rankings by Stoke AC juniors - Sentinel
article
1 November 2009 - A tough second marathon for Michelle
Ross-Cope as she finishes 16th in the elite women's
race at the New York Marathon in
2 hours 49 minutes - Sentinel
article
31 October 2009 - Kate Holt is 3rd fastest U17
woman in the country in the National Cross
Country Relays at Mansfield as Stoke AC's junior teams
enjoy good performances - Stoke
AC results - U13
girls race video! - U17
women's race video! - Senior
Women's race video
25 October 2009 - Stoke AC's Royal Marine Brian Cole
completed the Washington Marine Corps
Marathon in 2.40.45 despite feeling a bit under the
weather. However the Royal Navy / Marines team for whom Brian
was second counter beat the US Marine Corps in the Annual
Challenge Cup Competition by just 2 minutes so it was well worth
the effort! - Full
results
24 October 2009 - Led home by Seb Duffy Stoke AC's
senior men made a satisfactory start to their Birmingham
Cross Country League campaign at Sennelys Park - report
and provisional results
18 October 2009 - Restricted by illness Stoke AC lads
found the going tough, but tried their best at the National
Young Athletes Relays - full
results. Best team result was 20th by the U13 boys, with Macauley
Snutch the fastest individual in 14.18. The U17 men finished
41st overall with an excellent performance from Mike Harding
who recorded 12.26
18 October 2009 - Darren Washington picked up
another top over 40 prize in the Southport
10k road race as he finished 6th overall in 35.19
11 October 2009 - There was a superb performance by Michelle
Ross Cope as she finished 34th overall and 2nd Briton in the
World Half Marathon Championships in
Birmingham with 73.50 - a strong return to form after injury - UKA
report
11 October 2009 - Brian Cole's resurgence
continued as he finished an excellent 2nd place in the Congleton
Half Marathon after a sprint
finish with Potters' Half winner Ben Gamble - full
results
10 October 2009 - Excellent performances from the Stoke AC
girls as they show great promise for the cross country season
ahead in the first race of the North
Midlands Cross Country League at Markeaton Park, Derby - Report
by Heather Holt - full
results - Great
photos by Lucy
4 October 2009 - Never mind the reports from other local
clubs, the fastest local runner (and fastest Brit!) in the Cologne
Half Marathon was City of Stoke AC's road running master Darren
Washington, who despite a bad cold delivered a great
performance of 78.23 - Power
of 10 results
3 October 2009 - North Staffs Cross
Country League at Lyme Valley - full
results have now been posted on the NSCCL website. Excellent
U15 boys win for Dave Sheldon. There were many other
notable individual and team performances including 2nd place
finishes for U13 boy Liam Baggley and U17 man Tom Guy
and strong 3rd places for Seb Duffy in the senior men and
Mike Harding in the U17 men. Team victories included the
U13 boys, U13 girls and U17 men, with 2nds for the U15 boys, U15
girls and senior men
27 September 2009 - Excellent end of season PB performances
from Stoke AC's field eventers at the Blackpool
Open Meeting - Emma Claydon - U15 Javelin 31.62m, Najee
Fox - U17 Discus 51.98m and Marc Williams - U17
Discus 37.49m. Crewe U17 athlete Liam Clowes who competes
for Stoke in the Junior League won the 100m in 10.8 and the 400m
in 50.9. Full
results
27 September 2009 - Full results from the Uttoxeter
Cross Country Races - U11girls,
U11boys,
U13
girls, U13boys,
U15girls,
U15boys,
U17men,
U17,
senior and veteran ladies, senior
and veteran men. Photos
by Mick Hall. Excellent team performances from the U13
Girls and U11 Boys teams as they claim gold, the U13 Boys and
U15 Girls teams with silver and the U17 Men with bronze. Stoke
AC's only individual medalist of the day, Megan Cogan
(U13 Girls) had a brilliant run to win a bronze medal
19 September 2009 - Superb run from Brian Cole as he wins the High
Peak 40 mile race - results
19-20 September 2009
- City of Stoke AC's combined events athletes showed their class in the English
Schools Combined Events Championships at Bedford as Jazmin
Sawyers (Intermediate Girls) and Alice Lennox (Senior
Girls) both came away with Gold Medals. Intermediate boy Deo
Milandu was also close to a medal in 4th place - full
results
20 September 2009
- Superb Silver for the U13 boys team in the Midlands
Young Athletes Road Relays at Sutton Park. Strong
performances too from the U15s and U17s as they both finish 5th
- provisional results
Full list of 2008 award winners - Male,
Female and Merit.
Watch out for details of the 2009 event
at Power League on 5 December 2009. This will include a fund
raising raffle with some great prizes - see
list so far. If anyone has any items they would like to
donate please drop them off at the club-house
13 September 2009
- Flurry of late season results
from the Blackpool, Wrye and Fylde Open
Meeting
13 September 2009 - Despite injury Stoke
AC's road running master Darren Washington completed the Lake
Vyrnwy Half Marathon in 9th place overall, 3rd O/40 and
first North Staffordshire runner home - full
results
10 September 2009
- Awards Evening - Congratulations to all
award winners and all who attended and organised last night's
informal awards evening at short notice.
Update from 9 September 2009
- Brilliant
report from the Sentinel about Ben Williams' recent 16.09m
Triple Jump
Update from 5 September 2009
- Valiant efforts by a much depleted Masters Team at the Midland
Masters League Cup Final at Stafford - results
thanks to Cannock & Staffs AC
5-6 September 2009
- Brilliant City of Stoke AC U20 multi-eventers Chelsea Cooper
(England) and Alice Lennox
(Wales) finish first and second respectively after a fantastic
nip and tuck battle in the Home Countries Combined
Events International at Northwood. U17 Katie Gardner
(Wales) also performed brilliantly finishing 3rd U17 - results.
In the U17 men's competition Deo Milandu (England)
enhanced his growing reputation with an excellent 2nd place and
6th overall - results.
Senior man Robin Smith (England) was well placed when he
unfortunately dnf'd in the Hurdles to bring his competition to a
premature end - results
5-6 September 2009
- City of Stoke athletes performed really well in the UK
School Games at Cardiff. Crewe sprinter Liam Clowes who
also competes for Stoke in the National Junior League dominated
the 200m with a convincing win in 21.97, whilst multi-eventer Jazmin
Sawyers finished a close 2nd in the 80m Hurdles and 3rd in
the High Jump. 800m runner Tom Guy finished 3rd in the
800m and Rio Bailey 11th in the Long Jump - full
results
6 September 2009 -
Brian Cole finishes 2nd in the Wolverhampton
Marathon and wins the Staffordshire County Marathon
Championships - results.
Also, a good run from Ian Milner in the Half Marathon - results
5 September 2009
- Another excellent team effort by the City of Stoke youngsters at the NYAL
Final in Birmingham - provisional
results Congratulations to all competitors, parents and
supporters, coaches, and particularly team managers Mike
Francis and George Cooper on another outstanding
track and field season at this level.
30 August 2009 -
A fantastic performance by Rachel Francis in the U13 girls Quadrathlon at the Open Meeting at
Birchfield Harriers saw her win the gold medal. In the
same competition U13 boy Ryan Sproston was also very
close to a medal in 4th - Well
Done! - Quadrathlon
results. There were also a number of other excellent Stoke performances
at this meeting - results
30 August 2009
- Brilliant City of Stoke AC juniors gain promotion to the Premier League
in National
Junior League Promotion Match at Derby - Many outstanding
individual performances and PBs from a team with a big
proportion of U17s - Congratulations also to Shot Putters Martin
Bartholomew and Jade Weston who were named Athletes
of the Match and last but not least a fantastic effort by team
manager Phil Weston to get everyone out this year!
- full
results
Confirmation
of the full results and final league placings from this
year's City Parks Grand Prix.
Congratulations to all the winners, prize winners and
participants. This was the biggest Stoke AC turn-out for a
number of years, with a number of excellent performances by new
members. Bring on the cross country season...
Missed result from 12 August 2009
- Another excellent win for Stoke AC's track and field masters at
Shrewsbury saw them take the Midlands
Masters League (North) title yet again - full
results thanks to Cannock & Staffs AC. Please contact Dave
Hindley asap if you want to compete in the Cup Final at
Stafford on 5th September.
Missed result from 8-9 August 2009
- North West Combined Events Open at Sports
City. Strong second place in the senior men for Robin Smith,
whilst in 10th overall Nigel Gardner was top Master and
winner of the Cheshire Senior title! - Results.
Also an excellent result by U13 Ryan Sproston as he
finishes 3rd overall in his age-group - Results
20 August 2009
- Confirmation that Stoke AC's International Ultra Runner Brian Cole
has won the overall Staffs Moorlands
Summer Series at Rudyard. Also good to see Ian Milner
back in operation as he finishes 16th overall. Junior Ashley
Wyatt also ran consistently well to finish 3rd equal in the
junior series - final
positions
18 August 2009
- Lots of great performances and overall series prizes from Stoke AC athletes in
the final race of the City Parks series at
Hanley Park - photos
from Bryan Dale, Junior
2k, junior
3k and senior
5k results - hopefully overall series positions to follow...
15-16 August 2009
- Multi-talented Deo Milando won an excellent Silver medal in the England
Athletics U17 & U15 Combined Events Championship at Birmingham
- results.
In the same competition U15s James Taylor and Kieren
Lee performed outstandingly well in their non specialist
events to take Midlands Silver and Bronze respectively - results,
whilst U17 woman Katie Gardner produced another strong
performance to gain both Welsh and Northern Silvers as she
finished a creditable 6th overall - results
13 August 2009 - Second race win in the Staffs
Moorlands Summer Series at Cheddleton for Royal Marine Brian
Cole provisionally gives him the overall series title! - full
results
8-9 August 2009 - England Athletics U15
& U17 Championships, Bedford -
Fabulous Gold medal winning performances by U17 800m runner Tom
Guy with a club record of 1.53.58 and U15 Sprint Hurdler James
Taylor with 11.22 for 80m Hurdles. Superb silver for U17
Discus thrower Najee Fox with 49.41m, and a brilliant
bronze and club record 4.14.93 for U15 1500m runner Dave
Sheldon - full
results
6 August 2009 - Brian Cole finishes 2nd yet again in
the latest Staffs Moorlands Summer Series
race at Parkhall to increase his challenge for the
overall title with only 2 races to go. Interestingly this race
was won with a great performance from former Stoke AC star Alex
Derricott who was to lose his U15B 1500m club record to Dave
Sheldon a couple of days later!
2 August 2009 - Magnificent team effort as Stoke AC's senior
track & field team win the final fixture of the Midlands
Track & Field League at Mansfield - full
results
More results...
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