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

A guide to your ideal weight.

A Stroller Special Body Mass Index calculator.

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

A Strollers Picture Gallery. Now including Farringdon Cross Country Relay Pics.

Report on the Farringdon Cross Country Relays 2003.

This Months Winter Handicap Results

Report on the 2003 Great North Run

Paul in the Farringdon Relays.

Index

Stroller information
A map of where to Find us.
Pier to Pier run
Old Strollers Newsletters
Chirpy's Corner
Race diary.

Software information.
Winter Handicap
Summer Handicap
Miscellaneous reports.
Club Championship
training schedule for this year.
Links to other sites of interest.

Quote of the day

Bob:
"Sheila's the man for the job."

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 80 paid up members, including about 15% women. Ages range from early twenties to mid 60's but most are 40+.

We currently have 4 or 5 groups running on a Wednesday. Fast, medium and slow runners do 7 to 9 miles at various speeds. Then we have the brisk joggers, doing 5 to 6 miles at about 9 minutes/mile and the slow joggers who do 3 to 4 miles at about 11minutes/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. Friday, Barnes pub carpark 6:00pm for a steady 7-8 miles. 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. In 2003 we have plans for the Tour of Tameside week in Manchester and the Luxembourg half Marathon in September.
The Luxembourg trip is a long weekend from 26th to 29th of September. Let me know if you're interested. Bring a friend/wife/husband for a good weekend away. Non-Strollers welcome. Cost is likely to be around Ł200 including travel, hotel and race entry. The picture is from our last trip to Luxembourg in 1998.

We take part in the local Cross Country league (The North East Harrier League). Last year we finished bottom of division 1 and were relegated to division 2. People with an interest in cross country are very welcome (and very necessary!) to help us get get promoted back to Division 1 this year.

Joining the Strollers will cost Ł5 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 Ł33.00 per year which includes Ł10 of beer tokens) 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 Ł1 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 2002 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 notVisit 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

DAWNS HAVING A PARTY

Dawn Elliot, the nearest thing the Strollers have to a celebrity (Woody, alias Wallace excepted) is to have a party on 14th May 1999 to celebrate (wait for it) her 40th birthday. Now we are all invited, but read on and concentrate as you can’t just turn up ! The venue of the party is at the Police club at Gilbridge ( to Tony Howe that is next to the Town Hall at South Shields) with a start time to be confirmed. Dawn however, needs to hand in a list of everybody’s name and address who wants to attend. So if you want to come along and call her an old slag on the night make sure that you complete the form on the reverse of this Newsletter and hand it over to Dawn or Keith as soon as possible so that she can inform the fuzz and order the caviar and encrutes.Failure to do this basically means that you can’t come, which for Woody is nothing new these days. This clart on is apparently something to do with their licence regulations and to prevent super sleuth Rodger Garrington from getting in. Nearly fogot – entry is only guaranteed if you are wearing 70’s dress on the night. So Chirpy can take the moth balls out his Wetherall’s suit once again and of course Uncle Richie will be alright as he has plenty of gear from the 1870’s. Remember get those forms filled in as soon as possible and pass them onto Dawn.

Dawn asked me to say ‘thanks’.

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). Previous years this has been the 3rd Wednesday, Coach Bob has changed this to the first Wednesday from 2001/2002. 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 2003/2004 results so far can be found at Winter Handicap Results 2003/2004
Next months 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

Summer handicap

The summer This year's The hadicaps

The Races (4 to count)

Ryhope Park race (18th June)
Penshaw Hill race (25th June)
Hylton Castle Park race (9th July)
Silksworth 5k (23rd July)
Hetton Lyons Park race (13 August)

Times will This year the Individual

Sunderland Each year the 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002



Sunderland

Pos Dv Name

1  1 Victoria Booth 2  1 Tim Alsopp 3  2 Dean Robson 4  3 Anna Machin 5  1 Kevin Blyth .................... 6  3 Helen McDonald 7  1 Kevin O'Neill 8  1 Peter Darke 9  1 Ken Maynard 10  1 Chris Jackson .................... 11  3 Steve Allen 12  2 Dave Dixon 13  4 Lesley Foster 14  2 Mark Ricketts 15  2 Bill Kirk .................... 16  3 John Woodward 17  4 Jenny Long 18  3 Moyra Magowan 19  1 Dan Lydon 20  1 Gavin Sword .................... 21  2 Derek Wright 22  4 Andrea Jackson 23  1 Phil Turton 24  5 Morgan Isherwood 25  3 Dave Warnaby .................... 26  2 Angelo Jaconelli 27  2 Jill Kisler 28  3 Alison Dalton 29  4 Ron Avery 30  4 Jack Wilson .................... 31  1 Graeme Pullan 32  4 Bob Blair 33  5 Anne Kirk 34  1 Terry Topping 35  1 Michael Rumi .................... 36  2 Paul Baldasera 37  1 Ian Semens 38  3 Ev Colgin 39  4 Grace Morris 40  4 Peter Myerscough .................... 41  4 Tony Montague 42  4 Dave Williams 43  4 Neil Crabtree 44  4 Allan Robertson 45  5 Vivienne Stapely .................... 46  5 Nichola Lamb 47  1 Paul Dunlop 48  1 Dawn Elliot 49  2 Ian Lumley 50  1 Mick Rennison .................... 51  2 Gerard Watson 52  2 Phil Watson 53  2 Tony Boyes 54  3 Jon Kisler 55  2 Vicki Thompson .................... 56  2 Neil Bennet 57  1 Alyson Dixon 58  4 Liam Porter 59  2 Ian Whyte 60  3 Joy Champion .................... 61  4 Kathryn Henry 62  5 James Darke 63  2 Steve Hobday 64  2 Jonathan Kirk 65  4 Steve Williams .................... 66  2 Mario Jaconelli 67  3 Ian Maxwell 68  2 Alison Pattison 69  4 Dennis Hern 70  3 Matt Floate .................... 71  3 Asleigh Thorpe 72  3 Karen Maynard 73  4 Tony Gair 74  3 Phil Outram 75  3 John Pipe .................... 76  4 Dennis Colgin 77  4 Ian Marshall 78  4 Eric Woodall 79  4 Lysa Collins 80  4 Jim Lindsay .................... 81  4 Stephen Crute 82  4 Phill Hancock 83  4 Amy Wharton 84  4 Donna Richardson 85  5 Emma Vasey .................... 86  5 Kishore Shetty 87  5 John Wilson 88  5 Jill Connolly 89  1 Paul Dixon 90  2 John McCaig .................... 91  4 Adnan Khan 92  3 Derek Dixon 93  2 Peter Scammel 94  3 Michael Harte 95  2 Malcolm Cox .................... 96  1 Adam Druett 97  2 Ray Maynard

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

handicap is run along different lines to the Winter handicap.
Summer handicap series will be decided on the basis of performance in four out of 5 races listed below.

are based on an individual's best Winter handicap times of 2002/3. Where no time exists, a handicap based on present form has been given.

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. .

winner of each race will receive a commemorative medal.

and team trophies will be awarded at the end of the season. Teams of 3 are to be submitted to Wilson by the 18th June.

Strollers Club Championship results

club championship is run over 10 to 15 races. This year it's the best 11 runs from 14 races. There are 50 points for the first Stroller to finish, 49 for second etc. with a 5 point bonus for a PB in any standard distance race. To keep interest 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. Below are the league positions so far this year. For previous years' results look at:
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Strollers Club Championship 2008 Races Tot. XC Woody's 5k Mile T.T. Any marathon Any 1/2 marathon Blaydon Penshaw Hill Race Tynedale 10k Silksworth 5k Forest Burn Fell Tynedale 10M Richmond 10 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 7 650 10 42:40 17 84 6:00 7 94 3:51:01 10 91 1:35:35 10 91 39:47 8 93 21:44 9 92 42:13 6 95 6 605 20 32:38 1 100 5:47 5 96 1:24:14pb 3 98 37:39 4 97 20:17 5 96 38:34 3 98 6 558 20 38:02 8 93 6:20 13 88 3:58:08 11 90 41:56 13 88 23:29 12 89 44:56pb 11 90 6 514 20 42:36 16 85 6:57 25 76 1:50:23 11 90 46:22 24 77 26:01 18 83 49:18 18 83 5 500 15 33:53 2 99 2:58:18 1 100 38:50 6 95 20:47 7 94 39:03 4 97 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 482 0 47:10 19 82 7:04 27 74 1:55:44 12 89 47:51 25 76 26:11 19 82 50:44 22 79 5 481 10 36:07 5 96 6:08 9 92 3:47:44 8 93 38:53 7 94 39:47 5 96 5 479 15 35:32 4 97 5:54 6 95 41:50 12 89 22:24 10 91 43:44 9 92 4 420 20 5:21 1 100 35:06 1 100 18:44 1 100 36:37 1 100 4 401 5 1:19:25 1 100 35:22 2 99 19:06 3 98 36:41 2 99 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 386 0 47:10 20 81 6:42 21 80 52:22 33 68 26:47 21 80 52:56 24 77 4 384 20 36:18 6 95 6:24 15 86 41:24 11 90 43:32 8 93 5 368.5 20 52:03 21 80 8:15 39 62 1:02:02 41 60.5 30:11 24 77 58:42pb 32 69 4 361 5 38:57 11 90 6:15 12 89 42:23 14 87 22:50 11 90 4 352 0 6:21 14 87 42:52 15 86 23:42 13 88 44:13 10 91 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 352 15 40:28 14 87 45:45 22 79 24:41 15 86 47:11 16 85 5 348 0 8:26 41 60 5:17:00 16 85 58:23 37 64 33:13 27 74 1:03:35 36 65 4 342 10 6:47 23 78 45:02 21 80 24:20 14 87 46:35 14 87 3 316 20 1:22:32pb 2 99 35:37 3 98 18:49 2 99 3 302 10 5:29 2 99 38:27 5 96 19:44 4 97 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 290 10 6:01 8 93 1:33:18 5 96 40:52 10 91 4 288 0 52:03 22 79 8:21 40 61 30:05 23 78 58:31 31 70 3 283 0 5:43 3 98 1:33:59 8 93 40:09 9 92 4 278.5 5 9:22 45 56 5:19:33 17 84 1:02:02 40 60.5 33:22 28 73 3 272 15 37:51 7 94 6:32 19 82 44:46 20 81 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 264.5 0 6:11 10 90.5 42:58 16 85 45:41 12 89 3 262 5 6:29 18 83 3:48:21 9 92 44:30 19 82 3 236 5 7:00 26 75 48:18 26 75 49:25 20 81 3 217.5 0 7:44 34 66.5 48:57 28 73 50:46 23 78 3 216 5 56:47 36 65 30:02 22 79 58:44 34 67 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 211 20 35:10 3 98 21:11 8 93 3 208 0 7:37 33 68 52:29 34 67 55:45 28 73 3 206 0 8:12 38 63 30:27 26 75 58:43 33 68 2 199 5 5:46 4 97 1:27:58pb 4 97 2 192 0 3:29:01 3 98 1:33:26 7 94 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 189 0 3:43:19 4 97 1:35:27 9 92 2 185 0 38:08 10 91 43:20 7 94 2 180 0 3:45:28 5 96 48:07 17 84 2 165 5 4:37:57 13 88 49:18 29 72 2 159 0 6:52 24 77 49:21 19 82 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 150 0 30:12 25 76 54:47 27 74 2 150 0 7:13 29 72 46:06 23 78 2 141 0 7:29 32 69 56:47 29 72 2 139 0 7:07 28 73 55:55 35 66 2 129 0 1:00:35 38 63 1:01:51 35 66 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 119 0 9:08 44 57 1:01:54 39 62 1 109 10 3:18:39 2 99 1 105 10 1:33:21 6 95 1 102 10 38:08 9 92 1 95 0 20:38 6 95 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 94.5 0 3:46:26 6 94.5 1 94.5 0 3:46:26 7 94.5 1 90.5 0 6:11 11 90.5 1 89 0 4:10:36 12 89 1 89 0 39:23 12 89 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 88 0 45:48 13 88 1 88 0 39:55 13 88 1 87 0 4:43:59 14 87 1 86 0 40:50 15 86 1 86 0 46:55 15 86 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 86 0 5:10:00 15 86 1 85 0 53:17 24:55 16 85 1 85 0 6:25 16 85 1 84 0 6:26 17 84 1 84 0 25:13 17 84 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 84 0 43:31 17 84 1 83 0 43:54 18 83 1 83 0 43:42 18 83 1 81 0 26:24 20 81 1 81 0 6:35 20 81 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 80 0 50:27 21 80 1 79 0 6:45 22 79 1 76 0 53:43 25 76 1 75 0 54:41 26 75 1 74 0 48:56 27 74 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 71 0 57:34 30 71 1 71 0 7:19 30 71 1 71 0 49:39 30 71 1 70 0 7:22 31 70 1 70 0 52:05 31 70 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 69 0 52:10 32 69 1 66.5 0 7:44 35 66.5 1 65 0 7:49 36 65 1 64 0 8:05 37 64 1 64 0 1:04:31 37 64 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 59 0 8:29 42 59 1 58 0 8:30 43 58 1 55 0 9:46 46 55 0 15 15 0 10 10 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 0 10 10 0 10 10 0 5 5 0 5 5 0 5 5 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 0 5 5 0 5 5 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Division 5 650 1 Dean Robson 558 1 Anna Machin 514 1 Lesley Foster 368.5 1 Morgan Isherwood 278.5 605 2 Dave Dixon 384 2 Helen McDonald 482 2 Jenny Long 348 2 Anne Kirk 206 500 3 Mark Ricketts 361 3 Steve Allen 386 3 Andrea Jackson 288 3 Vivienne Stapely 129 481 4 Bill Kirk 352 4 John Woodward 352 4 Ron Avery 217.5 4 Nichola Lamb 119 479 5 Derek Wright 290 5 Moyra Magowan 342 5 Jack Wilson 216 5 James Darke 85 420 6 Angelo Jaconelli 264.5 6 Dave Warnaby 272 6 Bob Blair 208 6 Emma Vasey 64 401 7 Jill Kisler 262 7 Alison Dalton 236 7 Grace Morris 165 7 Kishore Shetty 59 316 8 Paul Baldasera 189 8 Ev Colgin 180 8 Peter Myerscough 159 8 John Wilson 58 302 9 Ian Lumley 102 9 Jon Kisler 89 9 Tony Montague 150 9 Jill Connolly 55 283 10 Gerard Watson 94.5 10 Joy Champion 86 10 Dave Williams 150 10 Danny Woods 211 11 Phil Watson 94.5 11 Ian Maxwell 83 11 Neil Crabtree 141 11 Phil Tweddell 199 12 Tony Boyes 90.5 12 Matt Floate 81 12 Allan Robertson 139 12 Laura White 192 13 Vicki Thompson 89 13 Asleigh Thorpe 80 13 Liam Porter 87 13 Nicola Jaconelli 185 14 Neil Bennet 88 14 Karen Maynard 79 14 Kathryn Henry 86 14 Lynne Dent 109 15 Ian Whyte 86 15 Phil Outram 75 15 Steve Williams 84 15 Rachel Hubbard 105 16 Steve Hobday 85 16 John Pipe 74 16 Dennis Hern 81 16 Nicola Kirby 95 17 Jonathan Kirk 84 17 Derek Dixon 10 17 Tony Gair 76 17 Val Purdy 88 18 Mario Jaconelli 84 18 Michael Harte 5 18 Dennis Colgin 71 18 Gillian Royal 15 19 Alison Pattison 83 19 Ian Marshall 71 19 Dave Robinson 5 20 John McCaig 10 20 Eric Woodall 71 20 Joanne Logan 21 Peter Scammel 5 21 Lysa Collins 70 21 Lynn Muthu 22 Malcolm Cox 5 22 Jim Lindsay 70 23 Ray Maynard 5 23 Stephen Crute 69 24 Katrina Humphries 24 Phill Hancock 66.5 25 Paul Jackson 25 Amy Wharton 65 26 Donna Richardson 64 27 Adnan Khan 10 28 John Cosgrove