Following on from the AGM / Awards Night when the club Chair (Clare), Secretary (Lisa) and Cross Country Captain (Paul W) stepped down we are looking for new club members to join the committee, a big welcome to Mat Sibley who has joined as XC Capitain! 

The club runs on volunteers who give up their own time to keep things ticking behind the scenes, and so we are reaching out to anybody who might be able to spare some time to support this. 

There are a number of smaller tasks that would benefit if more members joined the committee to take on, these include – supporting the organisation of the Christmas Party and Awards Night, monthly emails to club members, admin of the facebook / instagram page etc. 

If you’re interested and want to see what the committee does, the next meeting is open to all Striders. This will take place on:

Thursday 16th April, 7pm at the Plough & Barleycorn Pub,Tempest Avenue, PO7 8NU.  starting at 7:00 pm

Congratulations to the following winners of this year’s awards presented following the Denmead Striders’. AGM on 27th March:

Men’s Captain Award – Rob Wilson

Ladies Capitan Award – Nicola Thomas

Dave Davenport Memorial (Unsung Hero) – Rachael Harrison

Winie Mae Shaw Memorial Trophy (Best Newcomer) – Chris Penfold

Marathon Performance – Christina Banner

Joyce Burton Trophy (Chairman’s Award) – Brian Harris

Burtonian Award (Players Player) – Clare Welch

Cross Country Award – Julia Revill

Club Handicap (Male) – Stephen Allen

Club Handicap (Female) – Anita Crawley

Half Marathon Club Championship (Male) – John Rose

Half Marathon Club Championship (Female) – Kayleigh Giles

10k Club Championship (Male) – Lewis Banner

10k Club Championship  (Female) – Rachel Muckelt

Striders League (Male) – Gary Armstrong

Striders League (Female) – Jenny Parks

The final cross country race of the season hosted by Fareham Running Club will now definitely be going ahead on Easter Sunday, 5th April. 

The venue is at Alver Valley Country Park, Gosport, PO13 8AS  so relatively local for us 😃. The race will start at the usual time of 11 am. Full details including location are provided in the link SCCL Race 5 Alver Valley.

It looks as if parking may be a bit tricky, so please car share where possible.

This will be the opportunity for members to earn themselves up to 6 Striders’ League points simply by competing.😃

The long winter evenings are at last drawing to a close and we will soon be back to the lanes of Denmead for training and (hopefully) enjoying the warm, balmy summer evenings. Our last training session of the winter in Waterlooville will be the 500m interval session on Wednesday, 25th March.

The first session of the summer wll be on Monday, 30th March @6:30 pm.  Generally, we will meet in the Denmead car park over the summer except for those sessions indicated in the training schedule.

Gary, our Head Coach, has produced a very comprehensive training schedule for your enjoyment which can be viewed by following the link to Summer Training 2026 Gay has put an enormous amount of of thought into compiling this training programme to ensure that the range of age and abilities of  all our members are catered for while their safety is of paramount importance. Many thanks to Gary for all his hard work in compiling this document.😄

Hi all

Just a reminder that the AGM & Awards night is only 2 weeks away.  It will be held at the Denmead War Memorial Hall again. There is no bar on the premises so, if you want a beverage or two, feel free to bring along your own drinks & drinking vessels

It is my last AGM as your current Chair so it would be great to see as many of you there as possible to celebrate last year’s running.

The AGM will start at 7pm and then anticipate to start the awards at 7.30pm.  All members are welcome to attend the AGM or you can just arrive in time for the awards.

Look forward to seeing you there.

Clare

The results from the SCCL race #2  at Alice Holt Forest last Sunday are now available.. Please follow Alice Holt XC Results.

Following the XC the Striders’ League has been updated.  Please see Striders’ League Iss. 6.

Don’t forget the new club kit is now available to order – see link below:-

Club vests/t-shirts must be worn at ALL HRRL races and the Cross Country League races.

https://shops.hambleside-merchandise.co.uk/club-shops/denmead-striders-shop?p=1

The wonderful Dawn has put together yet another great newsletter for your reading pleasure which can be read by following the link the link Autumn Newsletter_2025

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! Please follow the link Winter Training 2025-26 for details.