About The Club
Who we are, what we do and where we meet
Committee
Rachel Oakley
Chairman
As our Club Chairman, Rachel is committed to supporting, developing and driving the club forward in all its endeavours. Responsible to the clubs' membership and elected committee she chairs all club meetings and coordinates all activities to ensure an efficient and well managed club. In addition Rachel ensures that the club adopts ‘best practices’ as recommended by the governing bodies, assists other volunteers in their roles chairs annual general meetings and delivers a chairman’s report to the membership. You will see her on training nights where she makes the club announcements and presents awards.
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Contact Rachel Oakley: chairman@stowmarketstriders.org.uk
Andrew Webber
Treasurer
As Club Treasurer, Andrew records, controls and efficiently manages the finances of the club. His tasks include recording all financial transactions of the club, maintaining club financial information and controlling our bank balances to ensure club finances are attracting the best return. He pays our club bills and reimbursements, reports on the income and expenditure of each event we organise and current balances to the committee on a monthly basis, as well as producing annual accounts and report on the club finances at the annual general meeting to the membership and recommend membership fees for the year.
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Contact Andrew Webber: treasurer@stowmarketstriders.org.uk
Jo Stephenson
Secretary
As our Club Secretary Jo is the Club's cornerstone and keeps the Club organised. Jo records all committee and AGM meeting minutes and is responsible for maintaining all the club's formal records, including club rules and constitution. She ensures our club affiliations and insurances are paid, receives and processes any club postal mail, notably from Athletic authorities.
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Contact Jo Stephenson: secretary@stowmarketstriders.org.uk
Andrew Long
Men's Captain
Andrew is our Men's Team Captain and he's here to encourage and support the male members of the club in whatever their running endeavours might be. Together with the Ladies' Captain, he helps organise the club’s participation in local and regional race series and relay events. He very approachable and is there to support your highs and lows, achievements and consolations, so if you have any questions as a member, he's your first port of call.
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Contact Andrew Long: captains@stowmarketstriders.org.uk
Pippa Sargent
Ladies Captain
Pippa is our Ladies' Team Captain and she's here to encourage and support the female members of the club in whatever their running endeavours might be. Together with the Mens' Captain she helps organise the club’s participation in local and regional race series and relay events. She is very approachable and is there to support your highs and lows, achievements and consolations, so if you have any questions as a member, she's your first port of call.
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Contact Pippa Sargent: captains@stowmarketstriders.org.uk
Darin Geary
Membership Secretary
As our Membership Secretary, Darin is responsible for maintaining the club membership details and to promote membership to new runners. He receives and maintain the club membership details, including the collection of the annual membership fee and ensures that membership and affiliation fee is passed across to England Athletics for registration.
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Contact Darin Geary: membership@stowmarketstriders.org.uk
Agnieszka Andrzejak
Social Secretary
Our Club Social Secretary organises and coordinates all social functions on behalf of the membership. These events include our pre-London Marathon pasta party, club Christmas party and Committee pre-AGM meal to name but a few. On the appropriate anniversary, usually every 5 years from when the club was first formed in 1986, our Social Secretary organises the clubs anniversary dinner dance. If you have any suggestions for a social event, then do discuss your ideas with our Social Secretary.
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Contact Agnieszka Andrzejak: social@stowmarketstriders.org.uk
Bob Reason
IT Officer
As IT Officer, Bob is responsible for the keeping to club website up to date with club news, events and results and ensuring our mailing lists are correct to facilitate club communications. Bob also oversees content on the club Facebook page, posts club events and information of interest to our members.
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Contact Bob Reason: website@stowmarketstriders.org.uk
Kate Heeks
Welfare Officer
As Club Welfare Officer, it's Kate's responsibility to ensure the club fulfils its responsibility to safeguard young people, and promote anti-discriminatory, equity and equality procedures. Her tasks include the creation and maintenance the club’s policies for child welfare, anti-discrimination, equity and equality. To implement, promote and review compliance to the club’s best practices as set out by the welfare policies. Be the first point of contact for volunteers, membership, parents and young people where there are concerns of any breach of the club’s welfare policies and ensure the club reaches and maintains the standards required for Club Mark. In addition she ensures the Club is kept up-to-date with the latest sports accreditation developments and make necessary recommendations to ensure the club maintains the highest possible standards on welfare issues.
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Contact Kate Heeks: welfare@stowmarketstriders.org.uk
Vacant
PR Officer
As PR Officer, they promote Stowmarket Striders Running Club and keep our local and running community informed of our news, events, achievements and race reports through use of website, word of mouth and press releases to local newspapers and community magazines, national athletics press and on-line media as well as local radio/ television. If you have any news that you would like to share or promote then they would love to hear from you.
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Contact Vacant: profficer@stowmarketstriders.org.uk
Julia Simpson
General Committee Member
As General Committee Member Julia represents the membership views at committee meetings and actively assists other committee members in the tasks and responsibilities of running the Club.
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Contact Julia Simpson: halfmarathon@stowmarketstriders.org.uk
Dianne Hughes
General Committee Member
As General Committee Member Dianne represents the membership views at committee meetings and actively assists other committee members in the tasks and responsibilities of running the Club.
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Contact Dianne Hughes: diannehughes@stowmarketstriders.org.uk
Chris Gladwell
Coach Coordinator
As Coach Coordinator, Chris leads the coaching team and represents the coaches on the committee.
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Contact Chris Gladwell: coachcoordinator@stowmarketstriders.org.uk
Hayley Peters
Junior Striders Rep
Hayley represents the interests of the Junior Striders Coaching team on the committee.
Contact Hayley Peters: juniors@stowmarketstriders.org.uk
