The 2019 STAC club championship kicked off with the aptly name Meltham ‘Tough’ 10k, seeing a great turnout of 25 club runners.
Taking place in ‘Last of the Summer Wine’ territory it felt far from summer with the cold January conditions, whilst there was a bit of pre-race whining at the prospect of an initial 4 mile climb into the biting wind!
There were some fantastic results for some STAC runners, with Richard Herrington finishing 5th overall, Chris Gill top of his age category and Annie Roddy, Sam Jackon, Michelle Smale and David Morley all finishing in the top 5 of their categories.
In the club championship Richard and Tillie Clark take an early lead:
| Rank | Mens Rank |
Ladies Rank |
Name | 1 – Meltham 10k (27/01) |
| 1 | 1 | Richard Herrington | 400 | |
| 2 | 2 | Glen Johnson | 367 | |
| 3 | 3 | Daniel Ayres | 356 | |
| 4 | 1 | Sarah Morley | 348 | |
| 5 | 2 | Tillie Clark | 344 | |
| 6 | 4 | Christopher Gill | 341 | |
| 7 | 5 | David Morley | 339 | |
| 8 | 6 | Micheal O’Connell | 338 | |
| 9 | 3 | Joanne Loftus | 337 | |
| 10 | 4 | Annie Roddy | 336 | |
| 11 | 5 | Samantha Jackson | 335 | |
| 12 | 7 | Richard Cooper | 330 | |
| 13 | 8 | Stuart Gall | 328 | |
| 14 | 9 | Shaun Loftus | 327 | |
| 15 | 6 | Michelle Smale | 324 | |
| 16 | 7 | Margaret Booth | 322 | |
| 17 | 10 | Jamie Best | 317 | |
| 18 | 8 | Anna Sharrott | 315 | |
| 19 | 9 | Paula Watson | 313 | |
| 20 | 10 | Joanne O’Hara | 304 | |
| 21 | 11 | Lynn Fletcher | 296 | |
| 22 | 12 | Clare Wilson | 292 | |
| 23 | 13 | Sally Backhouse | 291 | |
| 24 | 11 | Andrew Gardner | 287 | |
| 25 | 14 | Tracey Parsons | 280 |
Full results: STAC-Championships-2019 Race 1 v1.1
First 9 club races of the year have all been announced and are all open for entry.
| Race | Race | Date | Distance | |
| 2 | PECO XC Roundhay | 10/02/2019 | 4.5 miles |  |
| 3 | Red-Hot Toddy | 10/03/2019 | 10k | |
| 4 | Temple Newsam Parkrun | 06/04/2019 | 5k | |
| 5 | Bluebell Trail | 05/05/2019 | 10.3 miles | |
| 6 | Goole Riverbank Challenge | 09/06/2019 | 9 miles | |
| 7 | Ilkley Half Marathon | 14/07/2019 | 13.1 miles | |
| 8 | Escrick 10k | 18/08/2019 | 10k | |
| 9 | Redcar Running Festival | 29/09/2019 | Various | |
More details – https://www.sttheresasac.org.uk/club-runs/