Messages
for Juniors/Parents- 20 October 2017
This message is about membership and Peco
cross country races and is specifically for parents of junior members.
This update is only being sent regarding
juniors who
- were members for the year 1 September 2016 to 31 August 2017
- or came to the summer training sessions 10 for £8
- or have recently been invited to trial sessions.
If you are receiving this email, your
junior(s) are invited to rejoin/join Valley Striders for the year 1 September
2017 to 31 August 2018.
Membership fees
Our year runs from 1 September to 31 August
and, for the year just ended, the junior annual membership fee was £21, with no
session fees. Moving back to Leos, our
expenses have increased, but we are trying not to increase the membership fees. However we are keen to encourage
participation in competitive running.
Junior membership fees will go up to £33, but
this will include at least £13 of race entry fees paid by the club, namely 5
Peco Junior cross country events, the Meanwood Trail Junior Races from Leos in
April or June, and the Eccup Junior Races from Adel in July. These races have been chosen because they (a)
are open to age groups starting school year 2 (which is our minimum age), (b) are
suitable for all abilities, and (c) have confirmed that they accept bulk
entries.
Membership for juniors with other commitments on Tuesdays
A few parents have juniors who now have other
commitments on Tuesdays so can only attend a limited number of training
sessions.
There will be a "limited training"
version of junior membership. The fee will
be £23 to cover a maximum of 10 training sessions, this to include the race
fees as listed above. If wanting to
extend past 10 sessions, an additional £12 will be payable.
Paying membership fees
Please pay online to
"AC Membership"
Sort Code: 53-70-00
A/c Number: 72143878
Reference to include your name
NB if there is more than one child it is slightly
easier for us if you make separate payments!
Peco Cross Country League
This is a series of 5 events sponsored by
Peco.
- The link is www.peco.ltd.uk if you want
to see what Peco (Print and Embroidery COmpany) sell!
- The link is www.pecoxc.co.uk for
cross-country league information.
Event dates and locations are 26 Nov at
Nostell, 10 Dec at Templenewsam, 7 Jan at Roundhay, 21 Jan at Golden Acre, 11
Feb at Middleton Park (all Sundays).
At each event there is a 1 mile race for
school years 2 to 6 and a 2 mile race for school years 7 to 12.
The races will be mainly on grass and will be
suitable for spikes, but these aren't necessary unless your junior wants to
finish in the top 10, otherwise any running shoes with a good tread will do.
This is the first year that the junior races
will be chip timed, this simplifies calculation of the results.
For each junior runner, there is a cost of £2
to pay for a race number and chip which will need to be kept for all events in
the series and then a cost of £1 per race paid on the day. As mentioned in the section on membership
fees above, this will be paid by Valley Striders. This is how it will work.
- All Valley Striders juniors who want to run
Pecos must register with us by 10pm on 7 November.
- To register, please email [email protected]
, subject "Peco" and the junior name(s).
- We will pay the £2, and a race number will be available for collection on
race day of the first race.
- On the day, parents need to register their juniors and sign in to say that
they are the adult responsible.
- On the day, normally there would be £1 to pay, but I will arrange with the
Peco entries desk not to charge V S juniors who are already registered.
PS if you want to see how our runners got on
last year, click on the following link http://valleystriders.org.uk/VS%20Junior%20Results%202016-17.xlsx
we averaged 18 runners per event.
Terms and conditions: if you register but
your junior runs zero races, we will ask you for the £2 that we've spent.
Any questions on membership or Peco races?
Please reply to [email protected]