Valley Striders

Committee and Contacts   Striders Year Sep 2015 - Aug 2016   Updated August 2016

Valley Striders Club Committee (appointed 22 March 2016)

• Chairman - John Wallace - email [email protected]
• Secretary - TBA
• Treasurer - Mick Tinker
• Athletics Chairman - Bob Jackson
• Cycling Chairman - Dan Murray
• Triathlon Chairman - Mike Furby
• Committee Member - Myra Jones

Athletics Committee

• Chairman - Bob Jackson - 0113-289-2830 email [email protected]
• Secretary - TBA
• Treasurer - Mick Tinker
• Committee Members - Alex Watson-Usher, Dan Murray, Hannah Corne, Holly Button, John Wallace, Mike Furby, Myra Jones, Richard Irvine, Ross Bibby, Simon Vallance, Sue Carr

Athletics "Officials"

• Finance / Admin
  • Membership Secretary "A C Membership" - John Hussey [email protected]
  • Assistant Treasurer "A C Payments" - Simon Midwood [email protected]
• Captains / team managers
  • Men (road & cross country) - Paul Fotherby and others
  • Women (road & cross country) - Myra Jones, Hannah Corne
  • Fell - Ross Bibby
  • Vets - club contact is Ian Place
  • Calderdale Way Relay - Sarah Smith
  • Bradford Millennium Way Relay - Myra Jones
  • Leeds Country Way Relay - Myra Jones
• Club Coaches
• Endurance Running Coach - Holly Button
• Coach - Richard Irvine
• Coaching Assistant - Emma Steel
• Run Leaders - Holly Button, Mary Egan, Graham Ford, Deborah Fraites, Michael Hall, John Hussey, Bob Jackson , Myra Jones, Kathy Kaiser, Ken Kaiser, Simon Midwood , Tim Towler, John Wallace , Alex Watson-Usher
• Run Leaders (Fell Running) - Dan Murray, Simon Vallance
• also Andy Stoneman, Tracey Morris, Elaine Craiggs, Joel Giddings, Paul White, Liz Wood
• Training Sessions
• Tuesday Run Leeds beginners and improvers - John Hussey email [email protected]
• Tuesday juniors - Richard Irvine, Emma Steel, Mary Egan, Bob Jackson email [email protected]
• Tuesday intermediates - Steph Gledhill email [email protected]
• Tuesday experienced runners - contact Bob Jackson 0113-289-2830 email [email protected]
• Tuesday fell running - Simon Vallance / Sarah Smith / Dan Murray email [email protected]
• Thursday training - Michael Hall and Richard Irvine email [email protected]
• Thursday improvers/intermediates - Deborah Fraites [email protected]
• Friday training (ladies only) - inactive
• Sunday training - Samantha Harris and Tim Towler email [email protected]
• Internal Competition
  • Grand Prix Events Co-ordinators - Alan Hutchinson, Dan Murray
  • Fell Competition Secretary - Steve Webb
  • Performance Awards - Alan Hutchinson , Graham Jones
• Race Directors - Bob Jackson , Dan Murray, Mick Tinker, Holly Button, Alex Watson-Usher
• Meanwood Trail 2015 - Bob Jackson & Dan Murray
• Meanwood Trail 2016 - cancelled
• "Meanwood" Junior Races 2016 - Bob Jackson, Katie Giles, Paul Jones, Rob Seal, Sarah Ord
• Yorkshire Vets 2015 - Bob Jackson & Mick Tinker
• parkrun 2014 & 2015 - Alex Watson-Usher
• Harewood Trail 2015 - Bob Jackson, Emma Steel, Mick Tinker, Dan Murray
• Race Marshals - most Valley Striders members
• Communication
• Website Administrator - Bob Jackson
• Facebook - Valley Striders Group - TBA
• Facebook - Valley Striders Page - inactive
• Facebook - Valley Striders Person - inactive
• for a list of all Facebook Groups see link
• Twitter - Ms Tweet
• Web Forum Administrator (inactive) - Richard Adcock
• Archivists (inactive) - Bob Wilkes & Joel Giddings
• Social and Miscellaneous
• Kit (hoodies etc) - John Batchelor - email [email protected]
• Pie and peas - Mr Food & Ms Earlyfood
• Xmas social - Mr Food
• Tourism manager - Patrick Barrett

Email addresses

• [email protected] Main club email address
• [email protected] Pie'n'peas and Lasagne orders
• [email protected] Early sitting - Pie'n'peas and Lasagne orders
• [email protected] Sign up to run a team race
• [email protected] Sign up to marshal at a race
• [email protected] Xmas Do
• [email protected] London marathon
• [email protected] Membership queries
• [email protected] Club vests & hoodies
• [email protected] Juniors Enquiries
• [email protected] Beginners/improvers enquiries
• [email protected] Intermediates enquiries
• [email protected] Fell running enquiries
• [email protected] Cycling enquiries
• [email protected] Triathlon enquiries

Honorary Members

• Honorary Club President - Olympic marathon medallist, Charlie Spedding
• Honorary Vice-President - club founder Club Secretary, Stuart St.John, who emigrated to Scotland in 1994
• Honorary Vice-President - club captain for 20 years, Steve O'Callaghan
• also see link