Sydney Striders Juniors
Do you just love running?
- Do you enjoy school cross country, primary school challenges, or maybe the 800m and 1500m at Little Athletics?
- Are you looking for a bit of healthy fun this winter running as part of a friendly and well organised running club in events all over NSW?
- Are you reliable and enthusiastic (you don't have to be brilliant!)?
Who we are
The Sydney Striders Juniors Club was first set up in 2007 to encourage children and siblings of Sydney Strider members to compete in Athletics New South Wales events. We went from just having 4 in the first year to a current membership of close to 40 with the majority participating in training and competition regularly. The standard varies from NSW individual State medallists to young athletes using running to keep fit. Ages range from 7 to 19.
Our aim is to create and maintain a Club environment where young athletes meet regularly to train, compete and socialise together.
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The original four from 2007
| The girls from the class of 2008 | Gus and Darian at the Wollongong Relays | ||
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| The class of 2009 at the Miranda Cross Country Relays with some of the Senior Striders | All smiles after the 2010 Lindfield Fun Run |
Training
We currently train on Monday nights during the winter (April to September) at 6.00 pm at the Sydney Institute of Sport at Narrabeen and on Thursday evening at
The training is organised by parents of the Club with the emphasis of training as a group. Parents are encouraged to join in.
There are a number of Juniors Striders based in other parts of
Competition
In the winter, we compete in the Athletics New South Wales Winter Competition over Cross Country and Road. The age groups and distances are as follows:
Under 12 2k
Under 14 2k
Under 16 3k to 5k
Under 18 3k to 5k
See the Athletics NSW website
Some of us compete in the West Metropolitan Cross Country League in the winter too. See the UTS Norths website for more detail.
In the summer, we are planning to compete in Athletics New South Wales Track Competition. This however will depend on athletes availability as many are already participating in Little Athletics.
We take part in Fun Runs all over