Sunderland Strollers

Hello there, I'm Woody. I belong to Sunderland Strollers, a running club based at Ashbrooke Sports club in Sunderland, England. If you would like to be seen in a smart vest like mine, get in touch.

mail Woody for more details

I'm sorry about the bag, but some animation company apparently produced a character that looks a bit like me and then objected to my picture! They said "Our feeling is that Woody distorts our copyright character." The cheek of some folk! Look here for the full text.

New this month

The latest e-mail to the club in case you aren't on the list.

The latest information on the Budapest Trip, October 2009.

Pier to Pier race.

Strollers Picture Gallery.

Malcolm's race fixtures for 2009.

The 2008 Club Championship.

Strollers in Paris.

Index

Stroller information
A map of where to Find us.
training schedule for this year.

Pier to Pier run
Old Strollers Newsletters
Chirpy's Corner
Club Championship
Winter Handicap
Summer Handicap

Miscellaneous reports.
Links to other sites of interest.

A guide to your ideal weight.
A Stroller Special Body Mass Index calculator.

Software information.
Strollers Picture Gallery.

Quote of the day

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For more foot in mouth trouble visit Chirpy's Corner.

Stroller Information

We meet at 7:10pm most Wednesdays at Ashbrooke Sports Club, West Lawn, Ashbrooke,Sunderland, England. Check here for a map. But, on the second Wednesday of each month we meet at the Puma tennis centre at Silksworth at the same time. Check here for a map to the Puma Centre. If in doubt, get in touch to verify our meeting place to avoid disappointment.
All ages and abilities are welcome. We currently have about 150 paid up members, including about 30% women. Ages range from 17 to 70 but most are 40+.

We currently have 4 groups running on a Wednesday. Fast, medium and slow runners do 7 to 9 miles at various speeds. Then we have the joggers, doing 4 to 6 miles at about 11-12 minutes/mile. So, come along, give it a go, you'll not get left behind.

We also meet at other times but Wednesday is the best time to come along as a beginner because we have a bigger turnout and we go for a drink afterwards.
Other meeting times and places are:
Monday 6:15pm prompt at the underpass next to the Silksworth Lane/Premier Road roundabout. 4-5 miles steady run (30-40 minutes). Friday, Barnes pub carpark 6:05pm for a steady 7-8 miles (60-65 minutes). Sunday 9:00am Barnes Pub carpark for anything from 8 to 20 miles depending on which group you run with.
Feel free to turn up and join in. Mail Woody for more details.

Take the running as seriously as you want. Some members never race, just using the club as a sociable way to keep fit, others race most weeks.

We run mostly local races, but do venture further afield from time to time. Most years we do the Saunders Mountain Marathon in July and in 2006 we also had trips to the Isle of Man, Majorca and Barcelona.
The picture is from the trip to the Barcelona Marathon/10k in 2006.

For 2009 we are considering Isle of Man, Budapest and Luxembourg. Stay tuned!

We take part in the local Cross Country league (The North East Harrier League). This year the men are in division 2 having been relegated last season. People with an interest in cross country are very welcome to help us get back to division 1 this year. The Ladies finished 5th overall last season and are hoping to improve this year.

Joining the Strollers will cost Ł10 per year and, if you regularly use the facilities of Ashbrooke (changing rooms,showers, bar), then you should become a social member of that club (currently Ł38.50 per year which usually includes Ł10 of beer tokens if you join in January) but don't let that put you off, come along for a few weeks to see if it's your sort of club. If not then you lose nothing. If you like it then you can join. Also as a member of a UKAthletics registered club you will get a Ł2 discount on any UKA races you enter, not bad for a fiver.

To see what sort of runs we do on Club Night (Wednesday), take a look at our training schedule for this year.
For a previous years schedule take a look at 2008 training. For information on other British athletics clubs take a look at the BAF index and to see some of the places we run past each week why not Visit the rest of Sunderland?

From the archives

Here's a story from the news archives. For the full list of newsletters take a browse at Old Strollers Newsletters

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Winter handicap

We run a winter Handicap race on the first Wednesday of the month from October to March with only 5 races actually run (allowing for one to be cancelled due to weather). The course is on well lit streets with few major road crossings and is an accurately measured 5k. The initial Handicap times are provided by 'Coach' Bob and are then automatically adjusted each month to produce a new handicap based on the individual runners' performances. Prizes for first team and first and second individuals.
The 2008/2009 results so far can be found at Winter Handicap Results 2008/2009 and start times can be found here.
Links to previous years results are below:
Winter Handicap Results 1997/98
Winter Handicap Results 1998/99
Winter Handicap Results 1999/2000
Winter Handicap Results 2000/2001
Winter Handicap Results 2001/2002
Winter Handicap Results 2002/2003
Winter Handicap Results 2003/2004
Winter Handicap Results 2004/2005
Winter Handicap Results 2005/2006
Winter Handicap Results 2006/2007
Winter Handicap Results 2007/2008

Summer handicap

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1 1 Mick Armstrong 2 1 Victoria Booth 3 2 Stephen Gill 4 2 Joy Champion 5 1 Kevin O'Neill .................... 6 1 Dan Lydon 7 2 Clare Anderson 8 2 Lyne Valentine 9 3 Lesley Foster 10 1 Dan Armstrong .................... 11 2 Phil Watson 12 1 Ken Maynard 13 2 Alyson West 14 2 Angelo Jaconelli 15 1 Dean Robson .................... 16 1 Tim Allsop 17 2 Lesley Watson 18 3 Paul Lewins 19 1 Peter Darke 20 2 Dave Warnaby .................... 21 5 Jenny Long 22 4 John Cosgrove 23 2 Asleigh Thorpe 24 2 Phil Outram 25 2 James Hubbard .................... 26 2 Paul Wilkinson 27 1 Mick Rennison 28 5 Carole Ball 29 1 Paul Dunlop 30 2 Tony Allen .................... 31 1 Paul Dixon 32 2 Moyra Magowan 33 3 Helen McDonald 34 1 Graeme Pullan 35 1 Chris Jackson .................... 36 1 Dawn Elliott 37 2 Derek Wright 38 2 Gerard Watson 39 2 Jeff Stobbart 40 1 Terry Topping .................... 41 4 Adnan Khan 42 2 Paul Jackson 43 4 Martin Brooks 44 3 Derek Dixon 45 3 Melanie Brewis .................... 46 2 Jill Kisler 47 3 Joe Glancy 48 2 Ian Lumley 49 4 Morgan Isherwood 50 4 Mercedes de Birch .................... 51 3 Vikki Smith 52 4 Grace Morris 53 4 Tajinder Singh 54 4 Sandra Wilkinson 55 3 Steve Allen .................... 56 4 Andrea Jackson 57 5 Nichola Lamb 58 1 Gavin Sword 59 2 John Woodward 60 0 Joanne Sproates .................... 61 2 John McCaig 62 1 George Harden 63 2 Scott Baker 64 2 Alison Pattison 65 2 Bill Kirk .................... 66 0 Steve Dixon 67 3 Dave Dixon 68 2 Bill Bowman 69 2 Mario Jaconelli 70 2 Katrina Humphries .................... 71 3 Gary Charles 72 1 Ian Semens 73 3 Jon Kisler 74 4 Joanne Clinton 75 3 Kirstin McGowan .................... 76 3 Ian Maxwell 77 5 Anne Kirk 78 3 Paul Baldasera 79 3 Ken Tweedy 80 4 Anna Marshal .................... 81 3 Geoff Hine 82 3 Tony Boyes 83 2 Mark Ricketts 84 5 Vivienne Stapely 85 2 Jonathan Kirk .................... 86 3 Victoria Pilkerton 87 5 Dave Robinson 88 5 Jack Wilson 89 4 Allan Robertson 90 3 Lesley Patterson .................... 91 3 Bryan Hodgson 92 4 Ron Avery 93 4 Debra Patten 94 3 Neil Bennett 95 5 Louise Baldock .................... 96 4 Mick Ohlson 97 4 Bob Blair 98 5 Emma Vasey 99 3 Anna Machin 100 2 Lee Blyth .................... 101 3 Fred Wood 102 1 Adam Druett 103 1 Elliot Gowland 104 3 Graeme Clazey 105 2 Paul Lavendar .................... 106 4 Ian Marshall 107 2 Ray Maynard 108 0 Martin Anderson

Division 1 1 Mick Armstrong 2 Victoria Booth 3 Kevin O'Neill 4 Dan Lydon 5 Dan Armstrong 6 Ken Maynard 7 Dean Robson 8 Tim Allsop 9 Peter Darke 10 Mick Rennison 11 Paul Dunlop 12 Paul Dixon 13 Graeme Pullan 14 Chris Jackson 15 Dawn Elliott 16 Terry Topping 17 Gavin Sword 18 George Harden 19 Ian Semens 20 Adam Druett 21 Elliot Gowland 22 Kevin Blyth 23 Alyson Dixon 24 Michael Rumi 25 Noel Hitchcock

For the 2009

 Woody’s 5k Sand Dancer Wed 20 May          Mile Time Trial Wed 15 Jun Thu  9 Jul Wed  2 Sep          Watergate 5k Sun  6 Sep(TBC)     Houghton 10k Sun 1 Nov           Fruit Bowl 7 Sun 20 Dec (TBC)    Loftus Any Marathon Any ˝ Marathon Any other 10k Any 10 mile

Plus 10 bonus Plus 10 points handicap is run along different lines to the Winter handicap.

handicap. Everyone has been given an handicap time, small for the fast runners and big for the slower runners, which will be deducted from your official finishing time to give your position in the race.

be taken from official results, points will be allocated at 50 points for the first Stroller in each race, 49 for 2nd, 48 for third etc. .

count for the individual awards, all 5 races count for the team awards.

and team trophies will be awarded at the end of the season. Teams of 3 are to be submitted by the evening of the second race.

be prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd individual and winning and runner up teams.

the 2008 Summer Handicap are:

 Wed 25th  June
 Wed 9th   July  (May now be at Herrington Park- need to confirm)
 Wed 23rd  July
 Wed 6th   Aug
 Wed 20th  Aug

5 to count for individuals, also team prizes for teams of 3, but all 5 races to count for team prizes. Please sort your teams out before the first race, or you will be allocated a team. Strollers Club Championship results

club championship is run over 10 to 15 races. going in the slower sections of the club, the championship table is split into leagues of runners of similar ability. There's a trophy for the winner in each division. These division will be sorted sometime in April.
be awarded to 2 club champions, for best man and best woman and, also to the 2 runners up.

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Court Inn Angel View Houghton 10k Watergate 5k Any 10M Fruitbowl 7 Loftus Poultry Run Time Pos Pts Time Pos Pts Time Pos Pts Time Pos Pts Time Pos Pts Time Pos Pts Time Pos Pts Time Pos Pts Time Pos Pts Time Pos Pts Time Pos Pts Time Pos Pts Time Pos Pts 6 628 50 39:27 6 95 1:29:46pb 4 107 3:56:25 13 88 18:39 4 97 39:20 5 96 5:36 6 95 5 515 40 41:42 11 90 1:31:57 7 94 3:26:03pb 2 109 42:16 9 92 5:49 11 90 5 501 30 41:25 9 92 1:37:48 16 85 3:31:24pb 3 108 41:46 8 93 5:43 9 93 5 465 50 45:16 18 83 1:35:22 12 89 21:48 13 88 44:56 14 87 6:38 33 68 4 461 50 39:14pb 4 107 1:26:37pb 3 108 3:32:12 4 97 37:58 2 99 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 446.5 40 35:59pb 1 110 17:09 1 100 35:12 1 100 5:24 4 96.5 5 426 40 47:27 27 74 1:44:56 22 79 22:13 15 86 48:51 19 82 6:42 36 65 5 408.5 0 45:48 21 80 1:42:20pb 20 81.5 3:49:35pb 9 102 45:32 17 84 6:50 40 61 5 404 40 2:01:21pb 31 80 4:58:59 29 72 25:47 22 79 54:58 23 78 7:46 46 55 4 378 10 1:31:32 6 95 4:24:25 23 78 18:06 3 98 38:36 4 97 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 372 20 43:46 16 85 1:35:23 13 88 3:56:06 11 90 43:15 12 89 4 366 30 40:04 7 94 4:47:09 28 73 18:01 2 99 6:34 31 70 4 359.5 50 46:46 25 76 1:40:03pb 17 94 4:12:41 21 80 7:00 42 59.5 4 354 0 46:06 22 79 1:35:58pb 14 97 43:04 11 90 6:03 13 88 3 336 50 42:43pb 13 98 3:48:40pb 8 103 6:07 16 85 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 325.5 20 37:25 2 99 1:20:44pb 1 110 5:24 5 96.5 4 325 10 49:11 29 72 1:46:51 25 76 22:27 17 84 47:39 18 83 4 318 0 49:25pb 31 80 1:50:27pb 28 83 4:39:04 26 75 52:12 21 80 3 311 40 45:35 20 81 19:45 6 95 39:39 6 95 3 305 40 20:17 10 91 42:37 10 91 6:10 18 83 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 301 40 1:07:38 43 58 30:15 24 77 1:12:07 24 77 9:00 52 49 4 280 0 54:20 37 64 25:28 21 80 52:38 22 79 7:31 44 57 3 269.5 30 46:12 24 77 3:56:09 12 89 6:26 27 73.5 3 267 10 1:33:44pb 8 103 3:53:58 10 91 6:43 38 63 3 261 0 1:49:48 27 74 19:57 7 94 5:43 8 93 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 260 0 1:45:20pb 23 88 45:30 16 85 6:05 14 87 2 256 50 39:08pb 3 108 5:18 3 98 3 250 50 52:51 35 66 4:36:56 25 76 7:17 43 58 2 249 40 1:26:16 2 99 3:14:50pb 1 110 3 243.5 0 46:09 23 78 4:05:04 17 84 6:13 20 81.5 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 237 50 1:34:12 10 91 19:09 5 96 2 230 50 20:08 9 92 44:22 13 88 3 222.5 0 23:48 19 82 51:19 20 81 7:00 41 59.5 2 212 40 4:05:17 18 83 5:53 12 89 2 207 10 38:34 3 98 5:04 2 99 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 199 20 43:00 14 87 1:33:47 9 92 2 197 10 41:37 10 91 1:30:07 5 96 2 195 0 1:35:09pb 11 100 3:37:25 6 95 2 188 0 3:44:26 7 94 41:05 7 94 2 186 0 40:51 8 93 5:43 7 93 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 184 0 1:40:14pb 18 93 5:46 10 91 2 180 20 47:48 28 73 3:57:44 14 87 2 174.5 10 23:23 18 83 6:13 19 81.5 2 173 20 45:32 19 82 6:32 30 71 2 172 20 22:14 16 85 6:41 34 67 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 168 10 3:59:21 15 86 6:29 29 72 2 166 0 45:11 15 86 6:15 21 80 2 163.5 0 4:01:27 16 85 6:16 23 78.5 2 162 0 2:05:02pb 33 78 4:46:03pb 27 84 2 158 0 2:01:17pb 30 81 4:27:19 24 77 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 156.5 0 1:47:36 26 75 4:11:31 20 81.5 2 144 0 53:41 36 65 4:20:55 22 79 2 137 0 25:37 20 81 7:34 45 56 2 135 20 55:35 40 61 7:49 47 54 2 133 0 52:03 33 68 6:42 35 65 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 131 0 26:51 23 78 7:57 48 53 2 127 20 1:11:59 44 57 8:44 51 50 1 126 30 39:15 5 96 1 117 30 22:02 14 87 1 109 50 1:01:18 42 59 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 101 30 49:17 30 71 1 100 0 4:54 1 100 1 96 0 3:34:20 5 96 1 94 10 44:31 17 84 1 93.5 20 6:26 28 73.5 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 93 0 20:05 8 93 1 90 0 20:40 11 90 1 89 0 41:56 12 89 1 89 0 20:59 12 89 1 86 0 1:37:24 15 86 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 86 0 6:06 15 86 1 86 0 43:16 15 86 1 84 0 6:09 17 84 1 81.5 0 4:11:31 19 81.5 1 81.5 0 1:42:20 19 81.5 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 82 20 6:44 39 62 1 81.5 30 8:13 50 51.5 1 80 0 1:43:09 21 80 1 78.5 0 6:16 22 78.5 1 77 0 2:09:27pb 34 77 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 77 0 1:46:01 24 77 1 77 0 6:17 24 77 1 76 0 6:18 25 76 1 75 0 46:55 26 75 1 75 0 6:19 26 75 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 72 0 1:53:24 29 72 1 71 0 5:23:43 30 71 1 70 10 59:58 41 60 1 69 0 6:37 32 69 1 69 0 2:01:31 32 69 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 69 0 49:53 32 69 1 67 0 52:30 34 67 1 66 0 2:14:08 35 66 1 65 0 6:42 37 65 1 63 0 54:55 38 63 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 62 0 55:26 39 62 1 51.5 0 8:13 49 51.5 0 20 20 0 20 20 0 20 20 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 0 20 20 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 10 10 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 628 1 Stephen Gill 501 1 Lesley Foster 404 1 John Cosgrove 280 1 Jenny Long 301 515 2 Joy Champion 465 2 Paul Lewins 318 2 Adnan Khan 184 2 Carole Ball 250 461 3 Clare Anderson 426 3 Helen McDonald 222.5 3 Martin Brooks 174.5 3 Nichola Lamb 127 446.5 4 Lyne Valentine 408.5 4 Derek Dixon 173 4 Morgan Isherwood 162 4 Anne Kirk 81.5 378 5 Phil Watson 372 5 Melanie Brewis 172 5 Mercedes de Birch 158 5 Vivienne Stapely 75 366 6 Alyson West 359.5 6 Joe Glancy 166 6 Grace Morris 144 6 Dave Robinson 71 336 7 Angelo Jaconelli 354 7 Vikki Smith 156.5 7 Tajinder Singh 137 7 Jack Wilson 70 325.5 8 Lesley Watson 325 8 Steve Allen 133 8 Sandra Wilkinson 135 8 Louise Baldock 63 311 9 Dave Warnaby 305 9 Dave Dixon 90 9 Andrea Jackson 131 9 Emma Vasey 20 256 10 Asleigh Thorpe 269.5 10 Gary Charles 86 10 Joanne Clinton 81.5 10 Laura White 249 11 Phil Outram 267 11 Jon Kisler 84 11 Anna Marshal 77 11 Carolyn Davison 237 12 James Hubbard 261 12 Kirstin McGowan 81.5 12 Allan Robertson 69 12 Danny Woods 212 13 Paul Wilkinson 260 13 Ian Maxwell 82 13 Ron Avery 67 13 Jill Woodall 207 14 Tony Allen 243.5 14 Paul Baldasera 80 14 Debra Patten 66 14 Eric Woodall 199 15 Moyra Magowan 230 15 Ken Tweedy 78.5 15 Mick Ohlson 62 15 John Wooller 186 16 Derek Wright 197 16 Geoff Hine 77 16 Bob Blair 51.5 16 John Wilson 126 17 Gerard Watson 195 17 Tony Boyes 77 17 Ian Marshall 10 17 Geoff Clinton 100 18 Jeff Stobbart 188 18 Victoria Pilkerton 72 18 Dave Williams 18 Nicola Jaconelli 86 19 Paul Jackson 180 19 Lesley Patterson 69 19 Amy Wharton 19 Kath Laythorpe 10 20 Jill Kisler 168 20 Bryan Hodgson 69 20 Lysa Collins 20 Kathryn Henry 10 21 Ian Lumley 163.5 21 Neil Bennett 65 21 Stephen Crute 21 Phil Tweddell 22 John Woodward 117 22 Anna Machin 20 22 Neil Crabtree 22 John Tomlinson 23 John McCaig 101 23 Fred Wood 20 23 Steve Williams 23 Kishore Shetty 24 Scott Baker 96 24 Graeme Clazey 10 24 Brian Cloak 25 Alison Pattison 94 25 Ev Colgin 25 Dennis Colgin 26 Bill Kirk 93.5 26 Anthony Wilton 26 Vince McNeilly 27 Bill Bowman 89 27 Steve Hobday 27 Peter Myerscough 28 Mario Jaconelli 89 28 Phillip Routledge 28 Jim Lindsay 29 Katrina Humphries 86 29 Karen Maynard 29 Liam Porter 30 Mark Ricketts 76 30 John Pipe 30 Sandra Tibbo 31 Jonathan Kirk 75 31 Matt Floate 31 Mick Stoker 32 Lee Blyth 20 32 Rebecca Hartnack 32 Phill Hancock 33 Paul Lavendar 10 33 Julie Francis 33 Tony Gair 34 Ray Maynard 10 35 Malcolm Cox Club Championship the best 8 from the following 13 races will count with others only being taken into account in the event of a tie. Court Inn Clamber (5M) Angel View Run (5M) points for each Harrier League Race completed for a p.b. over standard distance in a championship race (5k, 10k, 10m, ˝ or full marathon). Must be at least second race at that distance (though not necessarily on the same course)