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4-5 February 2012 - Birmingham
Games - NIA - details
11 February 2012 - Birmingham League
Cross Country League - Cheltenham
11-12 February 2012 - Midland Indoor
Championships - NIA - details
19 February 2012 - Midland Open Meeting
- NIA details
25 February 2012 - National Cross
Country Championships - Parliament Hill, London
29 February 2012 - City of
Stoke AC Annual General Meeting - 7.30pm in the Pavilion
at Northwood.
31 March 2012 - Bag Packing
Fund-raising event at Asda Supermarket Wolstanton - If
you are interested in raising much needed funds for your club
please contact your coach or Iris Morris. The more participants
we have the more we can spread the load throughout the day.
Children must be aged 8 and over. All children will be
supervised by an adult. Club vest to be worn on the day. Please
support your club!
21 April 2012 - City of
Stoke AC Open Meeting - Full details and entry form
- NB This event is under UKA rules
- please check
here under age-groups
This event also
includes the Staffordshire 5000m Track
Championships for senior and U20 men and women only
(sorry not U17s or younger) - You need to complete a separate
entry form if you want to enter this event.
More events...
Summer Track and
Field Teams:
National Young Athletes League
National
Junior Athletes League -
Midlands Track & field League
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Team Managers: Alan Morris &
John Danahay
Midlands Masters Track & Field League
-
Team Manager: Mick Warrilow
Full details
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!
Club Membership fees for 2012 are now due, and
there are some changes! - please check here
28 January 2012 - A magnificent performance by Lucy Holt
won her an 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
1 January 2012 - Midland Masters Track
and Field League - Over 35 and want to compete in Track
and Field this summer? - please
read this
18 December 2011 - Telford 10k
- Dean Richardson ran an excellent 35.34 on his 10k debut
just ahead of training partner M40 Darren Washington who
ran 35.46 - full
results
11 December 2011 - A fantastic U20 Team GB Gold
medal for Kate Holt as she finishes a brilliant 17th in
the European Cross Country Championships
in Slovenia - UKA
report
10 December 2011 - Great performances in the final North
Staffs League race at Leek saw individual wins for Lucy
Holt, Lucy Hayes and Amy Mellor and many other
excellent performances. Full
results and photos
4 December 2011 - Congratulations to Steve
Bazell who put in a brilliant effort to win the off-road Newcastle
Dales Dash 10k. This came less than 24 hours after a
strong run in the Birmingham League and shows Steve is in his
best form for quite a few years. It was also good to see the
return of Brian Cole as he eased back into competitive
running with 7th place - results
and photos
3 December 2011 - A tough day at the office for
Stoke AC's senior men in the 2nd Birmingham
League Division One match at Cofton Park, Birmingham. A
couple of colds and late withdrawals hit us hard and we were
lucky to finish 13 out of 16 teams on the day, but everyone
tried their best and we live to fight another day - full
results
29 November 2011 - Congratulations to Kate Holt
who has been selected to represent Great Britain at the European
Cross Country Championships in Slovenia on the 11th
December 2011. Those of you who follow the exploits of the
endurance athletes through the cross country season will know
that Kate has been in superb form in the local North
Staffordshire league. Three meetings, three emphatic victories.
We all know that there is a world of difference between the
level and depth of competition at local level and National
level. On Saturday last Kate ran a superb race at
Liverpool to finish third in the U20 age group in what was a
very high quality competition. In doing so Kate achieved
her primary pre Christmas goal of qualifying to compete for
Great Britain at the European cross country championships. This
was a superb achievement particularly as this was Kate's
last opportunity to qualify for the U20 age group. We know
that Kate will run with the same determined style as she
has done so far this season and we wish Kate a successful first
outing in that coveted Great Britain vest. (report by Alan
Morris) - UKA
report
26 November 2011 - A magnificent performance by Kate
Holt as she finishes 4th in the U20 and U17 McCain
European Trials Cross Country at Liverpool. There were
some good runs in other age-groups too - UKA
report and full
results
20 November 2011 - Darren Washington won
the M40 category at the Conwy Half
Marathon with a time of 79.16. Nigel Gardner also took
nearly 9 minutes off his PB to record 2.03.46 on this tough
course - full
results
19 November 2011 - More great performances in the North
Staffs Cross Country League at Stafford Common. Wins yet
again for Lucy Holt (U15G), Lucy Hayes (U17W) and Kate
Holt (JW&SW), but backed up but with some strong team
performances too. Full results
and photos
(Bryan Dale)
12 November 2011 - Stoke AC men put in a good
performance to finish 10th out of 16 teams in Division One of
the Birmingham Cross Country League
at Leamington. First man was again Seb Duffy in 29th,
with Steve Bazell also having a great run in 45th.
Juniors Mike Harding and Alex Brecker (debut at
this level) had solid runs in the top 100 split by veteran team
manager John Danahay. Final team counter was Oliver
Langford with a strong finishing lap in 106th also on his debut.
Close behind him Dave Lee showed a great return to form,
just ahead of improving veteran Andy Allen. Junior Tom
Hendricken was 9th home still in the top 150, and Super Vet Richard
Barrington brought home a promising turn-out of 10 runners -
provisional
results & photos
5 November 2011 - Excellent performances from
Stoke AC athletes as they send 8 teams to the National
Cross Country Relays at Mansfield. Report,
full
results and photos
29 October 2011 - City of Stoke AC's girls
continued their winning ways in the 2nd North
Staffs Cross Country League at Parkhall. Both Katie
Holt (senior ladies) and Lucy Hayes (U17 ladies)
again won their races, whilst Lucy Holt took the U15
girls race. Other top 3 places from India Mellor 2nd in
the U13 girls, Tasha Stone 2nd in the U15 girls, Amy
Mellor 2nd in the senior ladies, Sam Botham 3rd in
the U17men and Seb Duffy 3rd in the senior men - full
results at www.nsccl.org.uk
Photos by Bryan
Dale.
17 October 2011 - Congratulations to GB 800m
runner Emma Jackson (coached by Alan Morris) whose
brilliant performances this season have been recognised by UKA
Athletics with a big step up to 'Podium' level funding
and support - UKA
report
16 October 2011 - Road running master Darren Washington
took a long trip to the Aviemore Half
Marathon in Scotland where he finished 2nd over 40, and
7th overall in 78.15 - results
16 October 2011 - Some good performances from the lads at
the National Young Athletes Road Relays
at Sutton Park - The U15 boys were 15th out of 46 teams in their
age-group. Lindon Evans ran their fastest leg - 13.22.
The U17 men were 13th out of 55 teams. Fastest was Dave
Sheldon with 12.22. - Full
results
8 October 2011 - Great individual wins for Tasha
Stone, Lucy Hayes and Katie Holt, and team
wins for the U13 Girls, U15 Girls, U17 Women, and U15 Boys in
the first North Staffs Cross Country
League race of the winter - provisional
results
25 September 2011 - Congratulations to Annalisa
Townsend on winning the U15 category at the Derby
Combined Events Open Competition - full
results
Updated - 25 September 2011 - City of Stoke's boy's teams put in
great
performances at the Midlands Young
Athletes Road Relays at Sutton Park. Top performers were
the U17 men who finished 4th in their age-group. Dave
Sheldon's 12.23 was the 6th fastest leg of the day overall.
The U15s also performed really well as they finished 6th in their age-group. Top performer for
them was Joel Mann in 13.51, just 1 second ahead of Macauley
Snutch. The U15 boys B team finished 18th. The U13 boys
finished 12th with Alex Lightfoot fastest in 16.07 - full
results
24 September 2011 - The club's senior men equalled their
2010 finish of 27th in the Midlands 6
Stage Road Relay at Sutton Park and qualified for the
National Championships on the 16th October. Seb Duffy was
fastest man with 18.49 over the 5.8k course. Even more
positively we managed to finish a complete B team for the first
time in many years! - full
results
18 September 2011 - City of Stoke AC's marathon
International Michelle Ross Cope returned to action after
injury with a good performance in the Shelton
Sutton Six 10k - full
results
17-18 September 2011 - Congratulations to Deo Milandu who
set
a superb PB Decathlon score of 6414 points as he finished an
excellent second in the Senior Boys category in the English
Schools Combined Events Championships at Exeter - full
results
13 September 2011 - Emma Jackson put the
finishing touches to an excellent 2011 track season with a fine
win and another sub two minutes clocking at her final
competition in Rovereto. Competing
against a high class field Emma won the race in 1:59.97, her
third sub two minute run of the season. The win at this final
meeting caps a very successful season and one which should see
Emma competing strongly for a place in the Great Britain team at
the London Olympics.
11 September 2011 - Sparkling end of season
performances from Stoke youngsters at the Blackpool
Open Meeting - full
results
10 September 2011 - A brilliant performance by Jazmin
Sawyers who has won the Long Jump Gold Medal at the Commonwealth
Youth Championships on the Isle of Man with a fabulous
leap of 6.27m - As an added bonus Jazmin was a member of the
England 4x100m relay team that also won Gold! - results
4 September 2011 - City of Stoke AC's Masters
athletes finished 6th in the Midlands Vets
League Cup final at Worcester - full
results.
3-4 September 2011 - Rapidly improving U20 multi-eventer Josh
Barard performed with distinction on his England debut at
the UK Combined Events Championships
at Stoke. Josh set a PBs of 11.55 in the 100m and 52.20m in the
Javelin on his way to a Decathlon total of 6178 points as he he
finished 2nd in the U20 category - full
results
3 September 2011 - An excellent performance by
Stoke AC's youngsters as they finished a strong 3rd in the National
Young Athletes League Auxiliary final at Birmingham - full
results - also a massive thanks to parents and others who
coped brilliantly with the unfortunate transport problems!
3 September 2011 - Well done
to the fast improving Frank Murphy who was our sole
representative in the Roy Fowler
time trial today - results
2 September 2011 - A brilliant 800m PB performance of
1.59.77 by Emma Jackson as she finishes 5th in her Semi
Final at the World Championships in
Daegu. This was a brilliant effort in a race that was strong
enough to be a World Championship final in its own right! - UKA
report
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