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Stevenage Striders Press Release - 16 September 2019

Four more Spartans won County Medals in the second evening 5K race at Hatfield. This open race included the Hertfordshire championships for veterans (women over 35 and men over 40).

Many more Fairlands Valley Spartans have a completed qualifying series for the club championships and more have crept above the 70% markers. The men's open short and long distance championships are incredibly close.

YUKO GORDON has a commanding and world standard lead in the women'...

Stevenage Striders Press Release - 18th August 2019

During the hottest August bank holiday weekend ever JIM BROWN ran the Lee Valley Half Marathon. As temperatures soared towards thirty degrees at the finish line more than 11 per cent of the starters failed to finish. On the rolling course with almost no shelter Jim tried to keep it steady and ...

Fairlands Valley Spartans women's team WON the Hertfordshire County 5 kilometre title on Wednesday night. MICHELLE REEVES, ALISON WOOD and TANYA BRAZIER took the GOLDS. Michelle also won BRONZE in the individual county championships.

Ten of the fifteen Spartans in the open race wer...

England Athletics U17 and U15 Championships at Bedford over the weekend saw two Stevenage and North Herts A. C. committee members rewarded for their volunteering activities at county, regional and national level.

Receiving the East Region Volunteer of the Year Award, Mick Shortland...

The Herts Sports Partnership formed a relationship with Funding4Sport in 2015 and since then, founder Richard Sutcliffe has brought more than £1,910,954 worth of funding for projects totalling £3,419,158 into Hertfordshire. Many clubs and organisations have benefitted from free 1:1 consultations ...

At the British Masters Championships in Birmingham, Grant Ramsay won silver in the 3000 metres steeplechase, for the M45 category.
Ramsay's time was 12:25. This was despite his preparations being plagued by sciatic nerve issues in the last four weeks.

Stevenage Striders Press Release - 11th August 2019