We stayed close to home for our latest STAC club race, the Temple Newsam parkrun on a glorious spring morning in East Leeds.
A great turnout saw 56 STAC runners take part, though admittedly 1 or 2 did inadvertently having missed the comms and looking bemused why so many fellow club team-mates were wearing their STAC vest for their regular Saturday stroll!
There were some incredible performances on the day, with Richard Herrington winning the race, George Schofield 2nd, Ian Sheppard 4th and Tillie Clark 3rd lady.
There was also course PB’s for Ian Sheppard, Alan Schofield, David Leaf, Jamie Best, Karen Atkinson, Julie James, Lisa Belford-Dowell, Alison Hill, Christopher Maltby, Sally Backhouse and Carolyn Keenan.
In the Ladies club championship is still very competitive with Sarah Morley remaining in the lead, Tillie Clark up to 2nd and Sam Jackson in 3rd. In the men’s Richard Herrington continues to dominate with maximum points in all races, ahead of Ian Sheppard and Glen Johnson.
Full standings below, note the ranking is based on the best 3 of the 4 races that have taken place so far:
| Rank | Mens Rank |
Ladies Rank |
Name | Best 3 | Runs |
| 1 | 1 | Richard Herrington | 1200 | 4 | |
| 2 | 2 | Ian Sheppard | 1123 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 | Glen Johnson | 1108 | 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | Daniel Ayres | 1058 | 3 | |
| 5 | 5 | David Morley | 1026 | 4 | |
| 6 | 1 | Sarah Morley | 1022 | 4 | |
| 7 | 6 | Paul Atkinson | 1009 | 3 | |
| 8 | 7 | Christopher Gill | 1005 | 3 | |
| 9 | 2 | Tillie Clark | 999 | 3 | |
| 10 | 3 | Samantha Jackson | 992 | 3 | |
| 11 | 4 | Annie Roddy | 978 | 3 | |
| 12 | 5 | Karen Atkinson | 963 | 3 | |
| 13 | 8 | Jamie Best | 959 | 3 | |
| 14 | 6 | Paula Watson | 930 | 4 | |
| 15 | 7 | Joanne O’Hara | 917 | 4 | |
| 16 | 9 | Andrew Gardner | 858 | 4 | |
| 17 | 8 | Sally Backhouse | 857 | 3 | |
| 18 | 10 | George Schofield | 767 | 2 | |
| 19 | 11 | Martin Horbury | 725 | 2 | |
| 20 | 12 | Alan Schofield | 717 | 2 | |
| 21 | 13 | Tim Seddon | 693 | 2 | |
| 22 | 14 | David Leaf | 676 | 2 | |
| 23 | 15 | Richard Cooper | 669 | 2 | |
| 24 | 16 | Stuart Gall | 659 | 2 | |
| 25 | 9 | Anna Sharrott | 625 | 2 | |
| 26 | 10 | Lisa Belford-Dowell | 621 | 2 | |
| 27 | 11 | Julie James | 621 | 2 | |
| 28 | 12 | Joanne Loftus | 607 | 2 | |
| 29 | 13 | Sarah Denman | 607 | 2 | |
| 30 | 17 | Shaun Loftus | 599 | 2 | |
| 31 | 18 | Mick Higgins | 564 | 2 | |
| 32 | 14 | Violet Gill | 561 | 2 | |
| 33 | 15 | Pauline Hardman | 557 | 2 | |
| 34 | 19 | Chris Maltby | 545 | 2 | |
| 35 | 16 | Sam Rowley | 532 | 2 | |
| 36 | 20 | Geoffrey Hardman | 519 | 2 | |
| 37 | 17 | Lynn Fletcher | 505 | 2 | |
| 38 | 21 | Paul Newsome | 387 | 1 | |
| 39 | 22 | Ian Maudsley | 382 | 1 | |
| 40 | 18 | Sarah Kemshall | 377 | 1 | |
| 41 | 23 | Graham Shooter | 369 | 1 | |
| 42 | 24 | Adrian Bucculli | 356 | 1 | |
| 43 | 25 | Paul McGreevy | 350 | 1 | |
| 44 | 26 | Kevin Booth | 346 | 1 | |
| 45 | 19 | Tao (judy) Liu | 342 | 1 | |
| 46 | 27 | Micheal O’Connell | 338 | 1 | |
| 47 | 28 | Richard Beckwith | 327 | 1 | |
| 48 | 20 | Wanda MacDonald | 326 | 1 | |
| 49 | 21 | Michelle Smale | 324 | 1 | |
| 50 | 22 | Margaret Booth | 322 | 1 | |
| 51 | 29 | Nigel Fuller | 322 | 1 | |
| 52 | 30 | Chris Berry | 320 | 1 | |
| 53 | 31 | David Mellor | 316 | 1 | |
| 54 | 32 | Nick Willeans | 309 | 1 | |
| 55 | 23 | Roslyn Birch | 303 | 1 | |
| 56 | 24 | Suzie Nalius | 298 | 1 | |
| 57 | 25 | Alison Hill | 296 | 1 | |
| 58 | 26 | Valerie Pell | 295 | 1 | |
| 59 | 27 | Katherine Penrose | 292 | 1 | |
| 60 | 28 | Clare Wilson | 292 | 1 | |
| 61 | 33 | Steven Precious | 292 | 1 | |
| 62 | 29 | Stacey Goodyear | 291 | 1 | |
| 63 | 30 | Becca Hattrell | 288 | 1 | |
| 64 | 31 | Tracey Parsons | 280 | 1 | |
| 65 | 32 | Carolyn Keenan | 266 | 1 | |
| 66 | 34 | Graham Bowden | 266 | 1 | |
| 67 | 33 | Joanna Hind | 264 | 1 | |
| 68 | 34 | Claire Bucculli | 262 | 1 | |
| 69 | 35 | Amy Corby | 259 | 1 | |
| 70 | 36 | Sara Bowers | 259 | 1 | |
| 71 | 37 | Lorna Mcquattie | 257 | 1 | |
| 72 | 38 | Gillian Lambert | 253 | 1 | |
| 73 | 35 | Neil Tessyman | 252 | 1 | |
| 74 | 39 | Karen Sherras | 250 | 1 | |
| 75 | 40 | Katy Page | 226 | 1 | |
| 76 | 41 | Sharon Butterfield | 203 | 1 | |
| 77 | 42 | Lynne Fallon | 202 | 1 | |
| 78 | 36 | Simon Sherras | 201 | 1 |
Full results: STAC-Championships-2019 Race 4 v1.1
Next up with be the Bluebell trail in May which has sold out unfortunately, though there are plenty of place remaining for the Goole Riverbank challenge in June.
Full details of past and future club races below. including the website to book entry (where available) and the Facebook event:
| Race | Race | Date | Distance | Report | |
| 1 | Meltham Tough 10K | 27/01/2019 | 10k | Link |  |
| 2 | PECO XC Roundhay | 10/02/2019 | 4.5 miles | Link | |
| 3 | Red-Hot Toddy | 10/03/2019 | 10k | Link | |
| 4 | Temple Newsam Parkrun | 06/04/2019 | 5k | ||
| 5 | Bluebell Trail | 05/05/2019 | 10.3 miles | |
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| 6 | Goole Riverbank Challenge | 09/06/2019 | 9 miles | |
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| 7 | Ilkley Half Marathon | 14/07/2019 | 13.1 miles | |
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| 8 | Escrick 10k | 18/08/2019 | 10k | |
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| 9 | Redcar Running Festival | 29/09/2019 | Various | |
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| 10 | Sheffield City 10k | 13/10/2019 | 10k | ||
| 11 | The Tad 10 | 17/11/2019 | 10m | ||
| 12 | STAC Winter Handicap | TBC | TBC |