Club News

 

 

As normal we can’t hold these events without the help of Harriers members (and their families).

Dates and Times

Date	Time
New Years Day	9:00 am	HQ opens
New Years Day	9:30 am	Bib collection and on-the-day entry (cash only)
New Years Day	11 am	HQ closes
New Years Day	11:15 am	Race start
New Years Day	1 pm	Prize Presentation

 2026 On line entry now open

Advance Entries are open – you can enter online in advance to secure your place and still predict your time on the day (in case you’re not sure of your condition on the day) !

 

 

On the day entry £10 per runner (cash preferable)

The Rugby club have also added that they will have breakfast items available to buy along with hot drinks, cold drinks and bar snacks!

If entering on the day – please complete this entry form and bring with you on the day to help save time !

If you can give us some time on New Years Day please put your name down below:-

 

This form is now closed for submissions.

 

Volunteers so far

 

Sarah Gray

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 colin mitchell

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 Chris Skellern

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 Sally Haycock

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 John Scott

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 Karen Murray

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 Eddie Smith

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 Laura Colclough

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 Graham Williams

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 Chris Bennett

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 Mark Oliver

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 Val Stuart

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 Liz Austin

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 Richard Rea

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Don’t worry, when you join or renew, you will be asked for the size of your top. Everyone who joins or renews before the end of January gets a training top.

 

 

 

Monday 16th December – Christmas Hat Run

Tuesday 17th December – Pub Run

 

 

Our schedule for the Christmas period

Friday 26th
Saturday 27th
Sunday 28th
Monday 29th	I have to cancel this session. Improvers Road Run
Tuesday 30th
Wednesday 31st	I have to cancel this session. Improvers Road Run
Thursday 1st New Years Day	Bare Wrist Event
Friday 2nd
Saturday 3rd
Sunday 4th
Monday 5th	All groups restart on normal schedule

 

The club committee has now agreed the club membership fees for 2026.

The great news, in this time of rising prices, is that it has been agreed to keep the cost of membership at this year’s rates.

So, club membership for over 18 adults remains at £30 (over 70s and Associate members free).

And for juniors and under 18 full-time students it remains at £20.

For those wishing to compete as a Stafford Harrier in races affiliated to England Athletics who therefore require EA registration, although EA has raised their cost for this from £20 to £23 for 2026, the club committee has agreed to subsidise this increase for next year so that Harriers pay  at this year’s rate.

So adult seniors requiring EA registration will pay £30 club membership plus £20 EA registration fee (subsidised £3). Total £50, the same as this year.

Juniors and under 18 full-time students requiring EA registration will pay £20 club membership plus £10 EA registration fee (subsidised £13). Total £30, the same as this year.

We are sure you will agree that this represents great value!

The above fees are effective from 1^st January 2026. Your continued membership is greatly valued.

As we start to prepare for the club AGM (Thursday, 22 January 2026 at 8pm,  venue: Cricket club).

The AGM is to give an update on the club’s activities in 2025 and to set the direction for 2026. This AGM will also have an added requirement for vacant roles to be filled. Please see below.

Having members with fresh ideas stepping up to these roles will be of real benefit to the club. The link to EA (England Athletics) for the role descriptions is https://www.englandathletics.org/clubhub/resource/club-committee-role-descriptions/

Committee roles open::

1/ Chair person  — You will have support from ex-chairs: myself, Simon Bromley, Darren Mattocks and Craig Baxter, so nothing to worry about!

2/ The Club Secretary – does require skills to work the EA portal but lots of help available from Julie and via EA.

3/ Vice-Chair – Mark Bentley has offered to step up from Committee member to this role – Thank you Mark.

4/ Social Events planning – I know we have lots of you that like to party so come on don’t be shy! We have booked the date and venue for the Awards night (Friday, February 27th 2026, at the Cricket club). So this would be a great event to start with!  Again, lots of support available – Ness will even share her event planning spreadsheets 😉

5/ There will also be a need to supplement committee members – a good starting point.

If you are interested in any of the above roles, please contact the club via email to chair@staffordharriers.org.

Stafford Harriers Running Club Sponsorship Package 2025

 

 

To sponsor us for 2025

 

For more information please see our sponsorship  page

It has been prepared to accommodate a range of budgets.