V S Update - 13 August 2018

- Tuesday Training
- Wetherby parkrun 18 August in VSGP
- Meanwood Valley Trail Race
- VS Away kit
- VS Grand Prix
- Country Trail Races
- XC 2019
- Sportsshoes code
- DW Fitness offers from EA
- Results from West Yorks track and field, Bodington and junior sprint trials

Tuesday Training

Juniors and beginners/intermediates (6pm sessions) are is likely to be: 14 and 28 August at GSAL and 21 August at Leos.  But please check the website.

For intermediates and advanced runners, please check the posts on the VSAC Members Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/291402584033/

Wetherby parkrun next Saturday in VS Grand Prix (from Alan Hutchinson)

Grand Prix parkrun no. 3 of 4: the third GP Park Run will be at Wetherby on 18 August. The event is held on The Ings starting from the playing fields near to Wetherby Swimming Pool. This is also an event in The Leeds Race Series. We hope to see a good turnout from Valley Striders"

Meanwood Valley Trail Race (from Steph)

Thank you to all volunteers who have emailed the help address. I will respond to you all soon, too many holidays have got in the way!

We still need more volunteers so please email [email protected]  if you are available. If you would like to run then please say so and ask one of your friends or family to volunteer on your behalf.

Please can parents of juniors help out so our senior members can run.

We are a bit low on entries so please spread the word amongst your running friends and family. A Facebook event has been created to help you spread the word.

Thanks

Steph

Vote for the Valley Striders "Away Kit" (from Steph)

There will be an email on Tuesday asking you to vote on the Valley Striders "Away Kit".  This will come from a new email address [email protected]  Please check your spam folder if you've not received this by Thursday morning.

The email will be sent to all first claim full senior members only (not second claim, voluntary or social members).

Parents of junior members will also be emailed, you have one vote for each junior member (whether affiliated or not) and also for yourselves if affiliated.  In this case, please respond with an email for each vote stating the name of the person who is voting and their vote, this can be in separate emails or one overall email.

Valley Striders Grand Prix

Next events in the Grand Prix are Leeds 5k at Brownlee Centre on 15 Aug (race full), Wetherby parkrun on 18 Aug (see above), Vale of York half on 9 Sep, Golden Mile at Beckett Park on 15 Sep, Leeds 5k at Brownlee Centre on 26 Sep (entries open 10a.m on 16 Aug).

The table and results have been updated on the website (thanks to Ken Fox) see www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsclubch.htm 

The calendar of all local events has been updated on the website see www.valleystriders.org.uk/vsdates.htm

Country Trail Races

Seen on the Country Trail Races Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/countrytrailraces/

15 August Calverley Chase Trail Race

22 August Forge Frolic Trail Race

Cross Country 2019

Yes, I know it's only August, but just received confirmation that the English National Cross Country will be at Harewood on Saturday 23 February

Discount code for www.sportsshoes.com 

Members of Valley Striders can have a 10% discount and free delivery on purchases.

This is available to all members of Valley Striders including juniors, cyclists and triathletes.

Please don't share this code with people who are not a member of VS and please do not copy to any social media site open to the public.

The code for this month is: (see Facebook)

DW Fitness - Register your EA Membership Card (Advert)

Don't forget to register your England Athletics membership card to get all the benefits of DW Fitness First CORE

CORE is your new fitness companion that helps you get the very best from your training whilst also giving you access to great deals on the latest running kit in-store and online at DWSports.com.

We are also offering all athletes who register their card between 1st August and September 30th 2018 a chance to win a fantastic prize for you and your club:
- A year's free gym membership at any DW Fitness First Gym
- Two complete running shoes and clothing packages worth over £300 each
- A very special version of Club Run for your club with an elite athlete and coach

Register your card now.

RESULTS

West Yorks Track and Field Meeting 6

Cat

Event

Pos

Name

Note

Time/

Dist

Pts

U11B

75 Metres

8

Sam Preston

3 Ht 2

12.12

 

U11B

600 Metres

3

Sam Preston

 

02:01.7

4

U11B

Long Jump

1

Sam Preston

 

3.80

7

U11G

75 Metres

20

Freya Hunter

1 Ht 5

12.96

 

U11G

75 Metres

22

Abigail Kingston

2 Ht 5

13.02

 

U11G

600 Metres

6

Freya Hunter

1 Ht 2

02:08.1

1

U11G

600 Metres

15

Abigail Kingston

7 Ht 2

02:16.5

 

U11G

Shot 2Kg

16

Abigail Kingston

 

3.96

 

U15G

200 Metres

13

Tally Diamond

6 Ht 2

33.95

 

U15G

1500 Metres

4

Tally Diamond

 

05:38.1

3

U15G

Long Jump

11

Tally Diamond

 

3.62

 

For full results of all WYTF meetings follow links on www.valleystriders.org.uk/wytf.htm

Leeds 5k at Bodington Race 5 (June)

1

John Hobbs

0:16:01

 SB

3

Daryl Hibberd

0:16:36

 SB

4

Matthew Hallam

0:16:47

SB

11

Huw Lippiatt

0:17:40

 

20

Paul Fotherby

0:18:05

 SB

25

Joel Giddings

0:18:36

SB

31

Vernon Long

0:18:58

 SB

60

Ian Rosser

0:20:31

 

82

Chloe Hudson

0:21:35

SB

87

Leroy Sutton

0:21:42

 

98

Amanda Spencer

0:22:40

 SB

123

Brian Tyrrell

0:23:50

 

146

Pascale Fotherby

0:25:40

 

SB = season best

Leeds 5k at Bodington Race 6 (July)

1

John Hobbs

0:15:50

SB

5

Daryl Hibberd

0:16:30

SB

15

Jonathan Ball

0:17:34

SB

21

Paul Fotherby

0:17:58

SB

23

James Tarran

0:18:06

SB

36

Vernon Long

0:18:50

SB

70

Ian Rosser

0:20:54

 

78

Alex Watson-Usher

0:21:10

SB

94

Leroy Sutton

0:21:36

 

103

Amanda Spencer

0:22:10

SB

107

Liz Wood

0:22:19

SB

124

Sophia Lubiecki

0:23:23

SB

125

Gemma Merritt

0:23:33

SB

145

Brian Tyrrell

0:25:15

 

152

Pascale Fotherby

0:26:01

 

180

Meryll Cripps

0:32:49

 

SB = season best

The majority of Striders are getting faster each run.  Is it due to tarmac getting warmer, atmospheric conditions or super training?

Junior 100 metre and 75 metre trials

Results of the sprint "races" that we've done at GSAL on Tuesday evenings can be found at http://valleystriders.org.uk/vsjuniorresults.htm

I'm working on updating this page to include all the summer races, and the two track and field leagues.

There were 12 juniors at this weekend's track and field meeting at York, results here http://www.cityofyorkathleticclub.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/York-12-aug-results-.xlsx and I'll publish the V S results in the next V S Update.