Junior Names 25 March 2025

updated 23 March 8pm

Majority from Leos …

… but the “C” group and Nicola’s group are at Bodington/Brownlee (see WhatsApp)

Booking for April is now open. Apologies for the delay in publishing. I’m sorry but we will not be at GSAL in early April – more details to follow.

https://www.valleystriders.org.uk/booking-junior-training-sessions/

Change to activities

This week we will have 6 activities

1. Relays
2. Eleanor’s hills – running down and up between rugby pitch and cricket pitch
3. Paarlauf
4. Emma’s hills a.k.a short-medium-long
5. Pentathlon
6. 200 metres – on top side of main rugby pitch NB it may be better to do 200m before pentathlon so that there aren’t two successive sprint activities

Each group will still do all activities, so spending a shorter time on each, but there should be much less queueing between activities

For this week

Membership Fees

Other than prospective members on their free trial sessions, everyone on this list has paid. Thank you!

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 April.

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 – 122 have booked – at Leos will be 3 groups at 4:40, 2 groups at 5:25, 2 groups at 6:10. The “C” group (29) and Nicola’s group (13) will be at Bodington 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 : Hills by cricket pitch, Activity 3 : Paarlauf, Activity 4: Short-medium-long, Activity 5 :Pentathlon, Activity 6 : 200m
ALTHOUGH WE MAY MOVE ACTIVITIES AROUND DEPENDING ON GROUND CONDITIONS
Group 4 will do activities 1,2,3,4,5,6
Group 5 will do activities 2,3,4,5,6,1
Group 6 will do activities 3,4,5,6,1,2
Group 1 will do activities 4,5,6,1,2,3
Group 2 will do activities 5,6,1,2,3,4
Group 3 will do activities 6,1,2,3,4,5

4:40pm – 3 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

GROUP 1
Leader: ALEX MONAGHAN
Assistant: SARAH DEAK
Chloe Deak
Seb Fowler
Leo Freer
Søren Pailor
Edward Sharp
Seth Steere
Solomon Steere
Isabelle Watt
Levi Woodger

GROUP 3
Leader: SHELLEY BALL
Assistant: JOHN KENDELL
Ella Ball
Sophia Ball
Emmy Forster
Ben Fowler
Sam Fowler
Francesca Furniss
Rowan Hammond
Joe Hawkes
Tilly Hawkes
Evie Kendell
Molly Kendell
Samuel McLarkey
Jonah Steere

GROUP 5
Leader: ANTHONY MCLARKEY
Assistant: SARAH WOODGER
Athen Doherty
Autumn Doherty
Sebby Forster
Poppy Freer
Federico Furniss
Nia McLarkey
Alex Player
Margot Player
Sophie Sharp
Connie Steere
Barney Woodger

5:25pm – 2 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

GROUP 4
Leader: NICOLA WALMSLEY
Assistant: ISAAC GUPPY
Olivia Benjamin
Francesca Dickinson
Evelyn Fordham
Thomas Grosvenor
Leo Guppy
Laurie Phillips
Isla Robinson
Skye Somerville
Arthur Venning
Lucy Walker
Dora Walmsley

GROUP 5
Leader: JOBY CLARK
Assistant: ALICE BONNER
Helena Bolhasani
Nichola Bolhasani
Beatrice Clark
Esmé Clark
Ophelia Fordham
Izzy Grosvenor
Dahlia Mills
Dotty Mills
Kyle Reid
Leo Robinson
Rex Walmsley
Ruby Wilson

6:00pm – 2 group at Bodington

GROUP 1
Leader: Richard Irvine
Assistant: TBA
Bertie Bell
Abigail Bottomley
Dan Breedon
Jimmy Burns
Imogen Burton
Rafael Burton
Conor Butterworth
Isla Butterworth
Joel Caleb
William Caleb
Gus Cawcutt
Harry Durbin
James Gostling
Kate Irvine
Felix Linley
Oliver Lubiecki
Eaden Lyons
Ewan Reid
Zak Reisman
Josh Salmon
Elijah Tedd
Simeon Tedd
Will Thornhill
Joseph Urquhart
James Walker
Joseph Whitehouse
Sammy Whitehouse
Harry Whittaker
James Whittaker

GROUP 2
Leader: NICOLA HARTLEY
Assistant: BECKY BALDARO-BOOTH
Grace Ball
Indi Banerjee
Aisha Benjamin
Milly Booth
Kirsten Brown
Caitlyn Hartley
Emelia Holroyd
Kirsten Reid
Lucy Sheen
Thomas Sheen
Mia Somerville
Mary Venning
Natalie Ward

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 1
Leader: RACHEL BARTON
Assistant: TBA
Romy Aitchison
Eve Barton
Alice Bonner
Harry Francis
Caleb Keene
Samuel Keene
Xander Lloyd
Freddie Portman
Harriet Roberts
Alfie Thomas
Gus Thomas
Erin Winter

GROUP 5
Leader: JOHN KEENE
Assistant: TBA
Alex Burbidge
Matilda Dark
Grace Keene
Henry Kirwan
Arlo Kosciukiewicz
Holly Lloyd
Essie Molyneux
Georgie Roberts
Ben Rollison
Ella Shanks
Lola Thomas
Isla Waters