It is with great sadness that I am writing to say that our friend and fellow strider Gary Cassop-Brown passed away peacefully last Thursday evening with Gail by his side. 

Some of you may not have met Gary as he has been living up in Scotland in recent years but he did come down for the most recent Striders’ Christmas Party so you may have been lucky enough to meet him then and seen him busting out his infamous dance moves.

For those of us that knew him, we will remember Gary for his commitment to the club and especially the fun he always brought to our social events. 

A remarkable man who will be missed.

Thanks for the memories Gary!

Clare

HRRL Fixtures

Please see HRRL  events 2025-26 for full programme.  The inaugural event this year on 31st August sees  the the return of the Totton 10 k to the League after a number of years’ absence. The overall programme is similar to last year in terms of events and dates except that the Stubbington 10k is not included in the Hampshire Road Race League this year (but may be included in the Striders’ League!) and the Solent Half Marathon which moves from the autumn to  spring, 2026.

Please note that the dates for some of the events have not yet been finalised  so check the “dates for your diary” entries for the latest information.

SCCL Fixtures

The full programme of six cross country events may be viewed in the link SCCL events 20

25-26

Members will be pleased to learn that hoodies and other merchandise are now availalble to order online from Hambleside Merchandise. Many thanks to Clare for arranging this facility.

Please see Club Kit page for details.

Many thanks to Bekki Leaves and her team for organising another successful Denmead 10k Club Run last Wednesday

Results are now available along with those from previous years – follow the link Denmead 10k Club Runs

Amazing positions for the teams so far.  This does not include our Netley results yet.

The Mens A team are currently top

The Mens B team are 2nd

The Mens C team are also 2nd

The Ladies A team are currently top

The Ladies B team are currently 2nd

The ladies C team (new this year) are 5th

As always, strength in numbers makes all the difference.  The more striders running we have the better so if anyone wants to know more about the leagues please speak to your friendly club Captains, Sam Morris & Mark Bicknell (soon to be Andy Taphouse from the start of next season) for HRRL & Paul Welch for the Cross Country league.

It has been great to see many new faces donning the mighty Red & Green colours and seemingly enjoying the club commaradary. 

The latest club handicap results are now available in the Summer Handicap 2025 link.. There was a bit of an issues with some of the times due to a soggy bit of results sheet but hopefully these are now correct.  Well done to everyone that took part and thank you to Julia and her team for arranging it.

Entries are now open for the 11th Denmead 10 k race on 12th October.

Places for this popular race are already filling up fast so enter today to secure your place no!

Full details of the race including entry procedure can be found on the Denmead 10k webpage

Once again the lovely Dawn has put together a great edition for your reading pleasure. Follow the link Spring Newsletter 2025 to read.

As always thank you to Dawn and all the contributors to the newsletter.Dawn would love to hear from any of you on race reports, funny stories, achievements – no matter how big or small it would be great to hear from you guys and share with all your members.

Congratulations to all twelve striders who completed the London Marathon today in challenging warm conditions!

Results as follows:

Name                               Time

Kevin Gale                     02:58:11

Mark Bicknell                 03:05:43

Tim Collins                    03:21:15

Hannah Curtis               03:22:35

Kayleigh Gyles              03:40:30

Alex Blake                     03:42:19

Bridie Strachan              04:08:00

Lisa-Marie Peckover      04:32:32

Kirsty Aked                    04:32:32                  

Lee Brown                     05:25:43

Neil Rooker                    05:35:56

Julia Revill                     06:03:23