The results from the last handicap race on 28th August are now available Please follow the link Summer Handicap Race 5 Results to view.
My apologies for the delay in publishing these results which, I know, you have all been itching to see. This was due to an email containing the information becoming “lost in the ether” !!
Graham
Sadly, another summer has passed and winter training commences on Monday 16th September.
As usual, Gary has again compiled a new comprehensive winter training schedule well in advance so that you can all peruse to see what treats lie in store for you over the coming months. Follow the link Winter Training 2024-25 for details. Please note the new venues for the hill sessions. Level 3 and the faster Level 2 members will meet at Drayton Lane while Level 1 and the remaining Level 2 members will meet at Waterlooville swimming pool as usual and run to the training venue in Hurstville Drive. Details are given in the link.
Message from Paul:
As mentioned at training last Wednesday, the Denmead 10k is rapidly approaching (only SIX weeks away), so this is where I put out a call for volunteers to help marshal on the day. I’ll need approximately 20 marshals to help out. Obviously if I get more, then I can pack out the marshal points and you can all have a merry old party.
If you can be available from 08:30 on Sunday 13th October & don’t mind giving up a few hours then please reply to this email or contact me directly (pm.welch@outlook.com) and I’ll start getting a list together.
Paul
We finally have set up the facility to order hoodies online – see below:-
You can now order and pay online and there will also be some other items added to the range in due course, so watch this space for some other exciting branded Striders Merchandise:
To order please follow the link below:
https://shops.hambleside-merchandise.co.uk/club-shops
Many thanks to Bekki Leaves and her team for orgainising the annual Denmead 10 k club run and well done to all 67 members who took part!
View the link Denmead 10 k club run 2024 to see the full results
The Old Mill Lane hill has been closed for an extended period due to a badger set causing a section of road along Old Mill Lane to become unsafe. This was found during routine maintenance work. Badgers and their sets are protected by law hence the closure whilst plans can be made to assess and repair the damage and avoid disturbing the set.
I have had to devise an alternative route so as not to disturb the set and reduce the risk to club members on the closed section of road. This link Denmead 10k Training Route shows the revised route, please take a look at the document to familiarise yourself with the new route.
Gary
Head Coach
The lovely Dawn has put together the Spring Newsletter . As always thank you to Dawn for her time in putting this together. Also to all of you that contribute. It really is great reading everyone’s input.
A massive well done to all of you that have run recent marathons! There have been some impressive personal achievements and shows that all that hard work pays off. It has been great seeing everyone do so well! Please see APRIL RESULTS for full details
I would also like to welcome Kimberley Churchill into her new role as Vice Chairman. I believe she will a great addition and look forward to having her on board.
This does mean therefore that we have a space on the committee for a club ladies members rep. For any of you that may be interested please let me know.
Clare
I would like to congratulate Gerard Beauvoisin; the club has awarded him a Lifetime Membership. Gerard was one of our founding members and whilst he is unable to train with us in recent years he has been an active member since the very beginning and we would like to thank him for his commitment to the club.
Clare
Don’t forget, If anyone ever has any articles/race reports etc our lovely Dawn would greatly appreciate any contributions you may have.
The best of luck to anyone running marathons over the next couple of weeks and congratulations to those of you that completed Brighton last Sunday. I know that there were some impressive times and achievements so well done!
Clare
Although it may not feel like it at the moment, summer IS on the way and, consequently, training sessions will return to the lovely lanes of Denmead on Monday, 1st April -no this is not an April Fool prank! 🙂
Gary has compiled a comprehensive training programme for your enjoyment which can be viewed by following training link.
It is with great sadness to report that our club president, Charlie Burton, one of the founding members passed away last week at the age of 92. If it wasn’t for Charlie & Co and his love of running our club would not be here today.
Thank you to all of you that came along to training with donations and to Lisa for organising. We delivered this to our local foodbank last Friday and they were overwhelmed with the amount we arrived with. So a big thank you – it really does mean a lot to them.
After much deliberation we have decided to open entries for this years Denmead 10k to all club members. We are hopeful that we will still have enough volunteers/marshals/pacers to allow us to put on a safe and enjoyable event and are heavily reliant on you all giving up your time to help and we very much appreciate that. Entries are now open so if you want to run then please sign up on the Denmead 10k page. However if you want to volunteer to help then please let either Bekki Leaves or Paul Welch know. We always get the best feedback on how great our marshals are so would be great to keep that going
Minutes from the January meeting are now available for your reading pleasure
The 5th (and final) cross country race of the season will take place at Bourne Woods next Sunday, 18th February starting at the usual time of 11 am. Pease follow the link Bourne Woods XC for full details of the day’s event.
Unfortunately, Fareham RC had to cancel their race in the Holywell Estate due to lack of parking at the venue. This was scheduled to be the final race of the season.
As always, it would be great to field a strong team & go out with a bang!
Paul
Please follow the link Time Trial #3 results
For those of you that may or may not be aware your members reps are Steve Trevenna & Kimberley Churchill. They are always happy to receive any feedback from members and will happily feedback to the committee. They are also on hand if you have any questions and will happily help or point you in the right direction.
Just a reminder that membership annual subscriptions are due on 1st January 2024. Cost this year is increased to £30.00 (£12.00 for second claim members) for the year due to the increase in subscription to England Athletics. Club membership fee remains at £10.00. See membership information page for details of how to pay.
Hi All,
Following the trial run using the hill alongside Asda. I felt this was an unsafe venue and feedback also proved this feeling.
I am going to try a new venue using the hill along Plant Farm Crescent in the Berewood Estate. This hill will be used by the Level 1 and Level 2 runners. The faster Level 2 and Level 3 runners will continue to use the hill along Portsdown Hill opposite The George Inn pub.
The location of the Plant Farm Crescent hill is just under 1 mile from the Swimming Pool and we will jog there from the pool as a warm up. Please follow Hills_Dec2023 to view a document showing its location, which is approx. 300m from our usual starting point in Berewood.
Gary
Please follow the link to read the Autumn Newsletter put together by the lovely Dawn
Thank you as always to the contributions and as always if anyone would like to put something in for the next one please get in touch with Dawn.
Please follow the following link to see latest results and all 5 races of this season.
Paul attended the SCCL AGM this week in preparation for the new season.
This means that some dates have been released for the six scheduled races.
Please put them in your calendar and don’t double book, we have a championship to defend !
Unfortunately, one (Lord Wandsworth) already clashes with the Portsmouth Coastal Marathon.
The current provisional list of races are as follows:
Let’s do it again this season!
Paul
The lovely Dawn has put together the latest summer newsletter for your reading pleasure. Thank you to all of those of you that have contributed. It really does help Dawn when she is putting together, some great reads there too.
Please see photographs courtesy of Peter Maisey.
Please follow the June Results link to see all of this month’s race results and 2023 Results to view all results from 2023 and 2022.
A big thank you to Rachael Harrison who will now be taking over the collation of results from Clare and a big thank you to Clare who has been keeping all the Striders’ results sheets up to date over the past months among her many other club duties. If anyone runs any races please let Rachael know and she can add to the results sheet for the week. This is particularly important for races outside the immediate local area of which Rachael is unlikely to be aware! The “Fastest Times” for individuals will continue to be published and you may or may not be aware of the “Power of 10” site:
Here, once you are are EA Registered, you will be able to look up your races and it details your PBs for every distance. Simply put in your surname and club and it will come up. Most races get logged on here although, unfortunately, not all e.g. those races organised by “Believe & Achieve which include the Portsmouth Coastal Marathon and Half Marathon.
It has been noticed that the chatter whilst the coaches are trying to explain the sessions has started to creep back in. We are having fairly large numbers at training on a Monday & Wednesday and whilst you may think you know the session there are a lot of people that don’t. Please respect the coaches and leave your catch up until the session starts if you wish.
It has been a few years now since we have had a good old club photo and things have changed quite a bit since the last one. We will arrange this on a club night and encourage everyone to come in the Striders vests (or maybe just red if you don’t have one). I will give advanced warning on what date this will be and hopefully do it on a sunny day!
Clare
Congratulations to the six Striders who ran the London Marathon last weekend – superb results all round!
Click on April Results for details of this event and other races during the month. Also Peter Maisey’s photographs from last Wednesday’s Lakeside 5 k.
For those that may not have heard, I am very pleased to announce that Denmead Striders are officially SCCL champions for the 2022-23 season!
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank every one of you that ran, volunteered or supported the team throughout the winter months to make this possible, you are all awesome!
Well done everyone, you should all be very proud.
For a small club we pack a pretty big punch!
Paul
I’ve had the provisional results from the Alice Holt XC, and they are very good !
Both the men & women finished 2nd, which means we finished 1st overall.
By my calculations that puts us top of the league, but by only one point.
I genuinely believe that with a strong team on Sunday we could go and win the league for the first time since 2003!
It’s a new course around the Holywell Estater, Swanmore, nice and local, so it would be great to get our biggest team this year and show everyone what “little old” Denmead Striders are all about.
Paul
Follow the link SCCL results to see the Alice Holt results along with all this seasons’s cross country results
The Winter Newsletter has now been published . Follow the link and enjoy! 🙂
Another excellent result at Bourne Woods XC on Sunday., Men were 2nd & ladies were 10th, giving a team result of 4th.Currently in a 3-way tie for first place in the league too!!
Well done to all 24 Striders who participated!
The full results may be seen on the SCCL pages and in the updated Striders’ League Spreadsheet
NB. THIS IS THE GENUINE WEBSITE OF DENMEAD STRIDERS RUNNING CLUB (url: denmeadstriders.org.uk)
The url denmeadstriders.co.uk purporting to be the website of Denmead Striders Running Club is a FAKE site containing completely incorrect and false information and should be ignored.
Congratulations to the Denmead 10 k Committee and all the marshalls for their superb efforts into organising another successful Denmead 10 k race this morning. 🙂
Results may be viewed from the following links:
and for those who prefer to view the results as a spreadsheet
Please follow link below to see the results from last night’s race. Winners from the overall season will be announced shortly
Please follow the link below to read all the latest news from our new editor, Dawn Banting
Well done to everyone who participated in last night’s 10 k club run and a big thank you to all the volunteer marshals who made sure that nobody got lost en route! 
Results are now available – follow 10 k Club Run link