Our Team
Adrian Craven
Club chair & coach
Adrian, our Chair, brings a wealth of experience to the role having spent 6 years as Chair at another local running club.
Adrian began his running journey competing in cross country during his school days, receiving county representative honours in the process.
After a significant break, he started running again 10 years ago and enjoys running all distances from being a regular at parkrun to having completed three marathons.
As a coach Adrian leads structured sessions and is available to help members on an individual basis to achieve their running goals.
Alan Marshall
Club treasurer
Alan has been running since his school days, predominately as part of his time in the Army. In 1986 he completed his first and only marathon, in West Berlin, and subsequently went back in 2001 to do the Berlin Half Marathon for only his second formal event.
Alan took up regular running in 2013 when he retired from football refereeing through injury. Since then, he qualified as a Leader in Running Fitness (LiRF), which has led to him encouraging and leading new runners in the Selby area. A regular parkrunner, Alan has completed over 150 park runs and has volunteered over 30 times.
Alan enjoys both road and trail running and is looking forward to assisting and encouraging runners for Snaith and Cowick Running Club.
Helen Craven
Club Secretary
Helen is married with 2 lively dogs who both enjoy long walks along the many footpaths in and around the Snaith and Cowick area.
She has always enjoyed exercise and sport, since running cross country, playing badminton and hockey at school. She has been running on a regular basis since 2011 and has completed numerous distances on both road and trail up to and including 2 marathons and numerous 24-hour team events.
A regular runner at parkrun, she also enjoys volunteering at parkrun and junior parkrun. Helen holds a Leader in Running Fitness qualification with England Athletics and enjoys meeting people and helping them with their running goals. She has helped with several couch to 5k programmes in recent years.
Nigel Taylor
Club Welfare
Nigel is our Welfare Officer. All of his family enjoy running and are members of athletic/running and Tri clubs.
He is a keen runner and Triathlete and has been running for around 6 years now, having got into running after retiring from being a Semi-Pro Rugby League Match Official.
One of Nigel’s roles as a match official was Club Welfare Officer and he used to tutor Safeguarding for the RFL. Nigel’s experience in this area goes back over 20 years and he hopes that he can bring some of his experience to the club and his role.
The Role of a Club Welfare Officer
While safeguarding is the responsibility of everyone within the club (led by the whole committee), having a club welfare officer (or officers) ensures the club has a dedicated person with the primary responsibility for managing and reporting concerns about children or adults at risk.
The welfare officer gives members a trained and trusted person to speak to about a concern, either within the club or at times outside athletics. The welfare officer is the lead person who has the right skills and knowledge to manage any concern raised in an appropriate way. They will know how to deal with concerns in a way that wouldn’t hamper an investigation. Their responsibility will be to ensure the right information is shared with the right people at the right time.
UK Athletics and HCAF Senior Athletes Code of Conduct
The UK Athletics (UKA) and the Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAF) Codes of Conduct set out national standards of conduct for all clubs, coaches, officials, volunteers and athletes in the sport.
The 2021 revised codes take account of developments in national policy, guidance and practice. Every club, club member and anyone undertaking a relevant role must agree to abide by the codes of conduct either when they join a club as part of the club application process, or when they renew their club membership or UKA licence.
We require all members to sign the code of conduct.
See the England Athletics website for more details.
Supporting members with their mental health
Being active can have a positive impact on physical health, but it can really impact mental health too.
It can reduce the risk of depression by up to 30% (i), boost your mood and improve self-esteem. In addition, it can help to reduce stress and help people think more clearly.
Athletics and running clubs can play a vital role in supporting mental health.
People may join your club with good mental health, but overtime experience poor mental health. A primary motivator for someone to joining a club may be to support their mental health.
See the England Athletics website for more details.
Our Team
Laura Collins
Get to know Laura
Laura is a qualified Run Leader and Coach in Running Fitness through England Athletics. Laura has been a part of the local running community
for many years and is an experienced runner from all distances from 5km to ultra-marathons.
Laura is a keen volunteer and has held Run Director positions at both Selby parkrun and Brayton Academy Junior parkrun. Laura is passionate about improving runners of all abilities including those who are starting on
their running journey. Whatever individual running goals are, Laura will aim to offer support in coaching with these through our coached
sessions.
Becki Harrison
Get to know Becki
Becki is married with 3 young children and is training to be a midwife. Having run on and off since school, Becki has always enjoyed keeping fit and runs regularly to keep healthy.
Becki joined the club when we started in 2022, she loves the club, especially the social side. Becki loves to meet new members and has recently completed her Leader in Running Fitness (LiFR) qualification with England Athletics. Becki enjoys parkrun, a Saturday morning social, and has run up to half marathon distance, she is yet to do a marathon!
Becki loves to encourage other runners and celebrate everyone’s achievements.
Becki will be organising lots of great runs and social events so please do come join an inclusive running club whatever your goals.
Lee Daley
Get to know Lee
Lee, originally from T’other side O’ Pennines, got the running bug in 2010 when challenging himself to complete the Bupa Great Manchester 10km for charity. After a few years of ups and downs with knee injuries, and finally finding out it was all just about finding the right footwear, Lee joined his first club in 2019.
He has since qualified as run leader (LiFR) and regularly enjoys encouraging runners of all abilities to reach their own goals and milestones.
Leading groups, plotting routes, organising social runs and volunteering for marshalling duty have become something he loves to do that he can’t ever see himself stopping.
A regular at parkrun, local races and sometimes those further afield. Lee has competed in all manner of events from 10k trail races, fell relays and every road distance from 5km up to full marathon, he has not yet been tempted by an Ultra……but never say never!