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NSRRA
North Staffordshire Road Runners Association was set up in July 1974 to promote road running in the North Staffordshire region. Members are organised into groups based on ability. There are seven mens and five ladies groups. There are also leagues for different age groups 40 to 44, 45 to 50 etc.
Each year 20 races are chosen to go into the NSRRA programme and the best 12 performances in these races count towards the league competition. In each of the events the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc in each group receives 50, 49, 48, 47 etc points.
You can run as few or as many races as you wish, but normally to be competitive at the top of your group or age group you would need to run 12 races.
Apart from memorial awards, you need to have run 6 races to qualify for an award.
Our Champions
HERE is a link to our past and current Champions, going all the way back to the beginnings of NSRRA in 1975.
| EVENT | DATE | LINK |
| NSRRA Renewal | 2026 | FR Systems |
| NSRRA New Entrant | 2026 | FR Systems |
| NSRRA 2026 Presentation Evening at: Florence Sports and Social Club Lightwood Rd, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent ST3 4JS | Friday 16th January 7:30PM | |
| 2026 Season Race 1 Alsager 5 miles | Sunday 1st February 11:00AM | FR Systems |
| Race 2 Rugeley 10 miles | Sunday 15th February 10:00AM | Entry Central |
| Reserve Race 1 Cheadle Spring 5 | Sunday 29th March 10:00AM | AV Timing |
| Race 4 Uttoxeter half | Sunday 19th April 10:00AM | FR Systems |
| Race 7 Meerbrook 15k | Sunday 14th June 10:00AM | AV Timing |
| Race 13 Stone 5 | Wednesday 19th August 7:00PM | AV Timing |
Race Number 1
Alsager 5
Date:
Sunday 1st February
Start Time:
11:00AM
Group Winner Awards 2026
The races where you can be in for a chance of winning a Group Winner Award are:
Clayton 10k
Meerbrook 15k
South Cheshire 20
Flying Fox 10
If you enter on line –
PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NSRRA NUMBER WHEN ENTERING
Race Summary:
Race 20: Cheddleton 10k
And just like that the 2025 season is over and what an event to finish with the ever popular Cheddleton 10k hosted by Stan Winterton and team. Many thanks for another great event.
Race winners both from City Of Stoke were Chris Gidlow and Emma Taylor.
First home for North Staffs Road Runners were Pat Buckingham of Gator AC and Jo Stanfield of Trentham RC.
We also have a new M85 record courtesy of Alan Lewis running 1:18:41.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us this year and hopefully we look forward to see lots of our prize winners at our presentation evening on January 16th.Thank you to Bryan Dale for the photographs.
2026 Fixture List
| Event | Race Name | Distance | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 1 | PAU Alsager | 5 Mile | February 1st |
| Race 2 | Rugeley | 10 Mile | February 15th |
| Reserve 1 | Cheadle Spring | 5 Mile | March 29th |
| Race 3 | Crewe | 10k | April 5th |
| Race 4 | Uttoxeter | Half Marathon | April 19th |
| Race 5 | Clayton | 10k | May 13th |
| Race 6 | Westbridge | 5 Mile | June 7th |
| Race 7 | Meerbrook | 15k | June 14th |
| Race 8 | Stone St Michaels | 10k | June 21st |
| Race 9 | Cheadle | 4 Mile | June 28th |
| Race 10 | Staffs Knot | 5 Mile | July 15th |
| Race 11 | Ipstones | 5 Mile | July 19th |
| Race 12 | Trentham | 10k | August 2nd |
| Reserve 2 | Dave Clarke | 5k | August 13th |
| Race 13 | Stone | 5 Mile | August 19th |
| Race 14 | Denstone | 10 Mile | August 30th |
| Race 15 | South Cheshire | 20 Mile | September 6th |
| Race 16 | Newcastle | 10k | September 13th |
| Race 17 | Werrington | 10k | October 11th |
| Race 18 | Madeley | Half Marathon | October 18th |
| Race 19 | Flying Fox | 10 Mile | November 1st |
| Race 20 | Cheddleton | 10k | November 28th |
Couch to Coached – Podcast
A brand new weekly podcast Couch to Coached with Ben Russell and Rob Sillito. Lots of great local information. Regular updates on Robs progress in his debut season in NSRRA.
See this link for how the website looks.
https://linktr.ee/couchtocoached
NSRRA Presentation Evening 2024
Well done to all our award winners.
Also, a big thank you to Bryan Dale for taking the photos.
Photos can be found HERE.
Compleat Runners 2025
Thank you Mick Hall for the photo.
Improve your chances of hitting a marathon goal
Here is an article from John Danahay with tips for marathon preparation. Click HERE.