updated 4 March 1:30pm
Majority from Leos …
… but the “C” group are at Parkside road (see WhatsApp)
Booking forms
Booking for March is open. Still waiting for about 15 booking forms. If you want to come to training on 4 March please book by Thursday 27 February at 10pm.
https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/booking-junior-training-sessions/
Membership Fees
Only 3 on this list have not paid yet – you know who you are!
Note
If the ground conditions at Leos are poor, then we’ll reduce to 1 group of 18 at each timeslot. These will be by invitation only. Information about this can be found at https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/junior-session-at-alwoodley-green/
Footwear
- Studded fell shoes – allowed, especially recommended
- Studded trail shoes – allowed, recommended
- Studded football or rugby boots – allowed, but not recommended if playing fields are dry
- Normal running shoes – allowed, take care if it has been very wet
- Bladed football boots – to be discussed on Facebook post
- Running spikes – definitely not allowed
- “C” group footwear – see Whatsapp post
- NB children deliberately sliding or skidding will be warned and may be stopped from doing certain activities e.g. relays and paarlauf
Safety notices
We realise that not all parents will want to help or watch from the sidelines when the weather gets colder and/or wetter and we know that the car park at Leos is not well lit and is busy.
At Leos, parents who aren’t helping with the session or watching from the sidelines ***MUST*** fill in a form with their mobile phone number and car registration and car location so that we can contact them and/or find them if there is an incident involving their child or their child wants to leave the rugby pitch before the end of the session. The form will be under the covered area in front of the clubhouse.
NEW POLICY – TOILET BREAKS – If children need a take a toilet break, then either they must be accompanied by their parent, or by the person that brought them, or by TWO other adults
The meeting points will continue to be in front of the clubhouse.
Warning – NO DELIBERATE SLIDING. The grass has to last till March.
Warning – NO WAGGLING – there was an incident at Leos a few months ago when one child was waggling a post and the top of the post hit another child in the face. Let’s be safe this week – before you arrive, please tell your child/ren that they mustn’t touch any of the posts at any time.
This week – 86 have booked so far – at Leos will be 2 or 3 groups at 4:40, 2 or 3 or 4 groups at 5:25, 2 groups at 6:10. The “C” group (27) will be at Parkside Road at 6pm (see relevant Whatsapp groups).
NB please ensure you are aware of the rules for Confirmation and Cancellation in the following link
www.valleystriders.org.uk/juniors-training-at-leos-2025
If you have any queries, please comment on the Facebook post or email [email protected]
On Tuesday, if you need to cancel, please text 07775 898 558 (don’t use any other method, not email, not gmail, not Facebook, not Messenger, not Whatsapp) (but do use WhatsApp for the “C” group).
Note that the start times are 4:40pm, 5:25pm and 6:10pm. Please arrive at this earlier time this week as there are a LOT coming and there may be some changes to the activities due to the ground conditions.
Also note that we have to be off the pitch by 7pm. Each timeslot cannot be allowed to overrun otherwise the 6:10pm groups will have a shorter time. Please arrive on time if you want a full 45 minutes.
Activities
I am hoping that the whole of the second team pitch will be usable.
Activity 1 will be Relays, Activity 2 : 200m, Activity 3 : Paarlauf, Activity 4 : Short/medium/long, Activity 5 : Pentathlon
ALTHOUGH WE MAY MOVE ACTIVITIES AROUND DEPENDING ON GROUND CONDITIONS
Group 1 will do activities 1,2,3,4,5
Group 2 will do activities 2,3,4,5,1
Group 3 will do activities 3,4,5,1,2
Group 4 will do activities 4,5,1,2,3
Group 5 will do activities 5,1,2,3,4
4:40pm – 2 groups at Leos
Warm up 4:45, 1st Activity 4:48 2nd Activity 4:55, 3rd Activity 5:02, 4th Activity 5:09, 5th Activity 5:16, Cool down 5:23
Leader: ALEX MONAGHAN
Assistant: ALISON FOWLER
Athen Doherty
Ben Fowler
Sam Fowler
Seb Fowler
Federico Furniss
Joe Hawkes
Søren Pailor
Alex Player
Jonah Steere
Seth Steere
Solomon Steere
Barney Woodger
Levi Woodger
GROUP 3
Leader: RUDY MELARA
Assistant: SARAH DEAK
Ella Ball
Sophia Ball
Chloe Deak
Francesca Furniss
Rowan Hammond
Tilly Hawkes
Evie Kendell
Molly Kendell
Sophia Melara
Margot Player
Connie Steere
5:25pm – 3 groups at Leos
Warm up 5:30, 1st Activity 5:33, 2nd Activity 5:40, 3rd Activity 5:47, 4th Activity 5:54, 5th Activity 6:01, Cool down 6:08
200m Timekeeper: TBA
GROUP 1
Leader: CAROL REID
Assistant: MATT GROSVENOR
Helena Bolhasani
Nichola Bolhasani
Ophelia Fordham
Izzy Grosvenor
Dahlia Mills
Dotty Mills
Kyle Reid
Leo Robinson
Rex Walmsley
Ruby Wilson
GROUP 3
Leader: BECKY BALDARO-BOOTH
Assistant: JERMAINE BENJAMIN
Grace Ball
Indi Banerjee
Aisha Benjamin
Milly Booth
Kirsten Brown
Kirsten Reid
Lucy Sheen
Mia Somerville (if the car starts)
Skye Somerville
Mary Venning
Natalie Ward
GROUP 4
Leader: NICOLA WALMSLEY
Assistant: ISAAC GUPPY
Niamh Archbold
Olivia Benjamin (possibly in group 3)
Tom Deverill
Francesca Dickinson
Evelyn Fordham
Libby Frenneaux
Thomas Grosvenor
Leo Guppy
Laurie Phillips
Harry Richards
Isla Robinson
Lucy Walker
Dora Walmsley
6pm – 1 group at Parkside Road
GROUP 1
Leader: RIchard Irvine
Assistant: Phillip Tedd
Bertie Bell
Abigail Bottomley
Dan Breedon
Jimmy Burns
Imogen Burton
Rafael Burton
Joel Caleb
William Caleb
Gus Cawcutt
Harry Durbin
James Gostling
Kate Irvine
Felix Linley
Oliver Lubiecki
Eaden Lyons
Ewan Reid
Zak Reisman
Joseph Urquhart
James Walker
Joseph Whitehouse
Sammy Whitehouse
Harry Whittaker
James Whittaker
6:10pm – 2 groups at Leos
Warm up 6:15, 1st Activity 6:18 2nd Activity 6:25, 3rd Activity 6:32, 4th Activity 6:39, 5th Activity 6:46, Cool down 6:53
GROUP 2
Leader: RACHEL BARTON
Assistant: TBA
Romy Aitchison
Eve Barton
Alice Bonner
Harry Francis
Xander Lloyd
Freddie Portman
Harriet Roberts
Erin Winter
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GROUP 4
Leader: TBA
Assistant: ANDY KIRWAN
Lucy Allman
Oliver Breedon
Alex Burbidge
Matilda Dark
Henry Kirwan
Holly Lloyd
Georgie Roberts
Ben Rollison
Isla Waters
GROUP 2
Romy Aitchison
Eve Barton
Alice Bonner
Harry Francis
Xander Lloyd
Freddie Portman
Harriet Roberts
Erin Winter
GROUP 4
Lucy Allman
Oliver Breedon
Alex Burbidge
Matilda Dark
Henry Kirwan
Holly Lloyd
Georgie Roberts
Isla Waters