Background/Purpose: The Club uses social media (e.g. Facebook and WhatsApp) extensively to communicate with and between members and with non-members. The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines on the proper use of social media communications. ‘Social media’ in the context of these guidelines refers to a number of online platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter and any other […]
Read moreStopsley Striders are part of the England Athletics #RunandTalk programme. We hold regular events to support our members with their mental health as running can be a vital ingredient in supporting good mental health. We held a recent event where some of our members went for a run and then enjoyed breakfast at one of our local business supporters Old […]
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Each Tuesday we hold a Coached Track Session at Stockwood Park. This session is led by one of our qualified England Athletics Leaders or Coaches. It is an hour session that caters for all abilities and usually consists of a 10 min warm up, some drills, a 40 min session followed by a cool down and stretching. We find that […]
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Stopsley Striders are very supportive of our two local parkrun events at Wardown Park. On Saturday 26th March Striders ‘took over’ the parkrun with many Striders volunteering as marshals, time keepers and pacers. The run report for this event can be found at Event #287 – Sileshi’s take on parkrun | Luton Wardown parkrun. It was also a special event […]
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Stopsley Striders are always pleased to welcome new members, whether you are a beginner or an experienced athlete. We meet at Inspire Luton Sports Village, Hitchin Road, Luton LU2 8DD on Monday and Thursday in Studio 1, from 18:30; notices at 18:50, out and running from 19:00. Bag storage will be in the ground floor lockers – don’t forget your 20p. For […]
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The Stopsley Striders Awards night was held on 5th March 2022. The Return of our Annual AwardsThis is an opportunity to celebrate our running achievements across the year of 2021.Awards will be given for age category runners, improvements, special achievements and performances.We will also recognise runners with some really important awards such as the Rosa Trophy (voted by members), the […]
Read moreThe newsletter will be made up of recent/key content we post on Facebook and any other messages we need to share. Club Awards 2022 Congratulations to all Striders who won awards at the recent Awards Evening. It was a wonderful, emotional evening to celebrate the achievements of all our Striders who did well in 2021. Thank you to Maria Petts […]
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Hi Striders, Meet at Inspire, Studio 1, 6.45pm for 7pm start. A 4.5-5k walk on lit paths, finishing at the pub or Inspire. Please let us know if you will be walking and if you will be going to the Barrels social afterwards. Hope to see you there, Liz & Amanda
Read moreThe newsletter will be made up of recent/key content we post on Facebook and any other messages we need to share. Club Awards 2022 A reminder that the annual club awards return on March 5th at Stopsley Working Men’s Club. Evening starts at 7pm, awards at 7:30. There will be a buffet supplied to members by Cheryl McLaren and her […]
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Join us for the first Stopsley Steppers walk of 2022, Mon 21st Feb. A 4.5k walk on lit paths. Please sign up on Spond for Striders on 21st or email liz.hatter63@gmail.com Let us know if you will be walking and if you will be going to the Barrels social afterwards. Hope to see you there, Liz
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