Archives: June 2014

Simon Ambrosi, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place second out of 424 finishers in the Bromley parkrun on Saturday, covering the five-kilometre course in 17 minutes 59 seconds. Club colleague Graeme Drysdale was fifth (18.41) and Lee Wadsworth was sixth (18.54). On the same day Krzysztof Klidzia was third in the weekly parkrun

Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in Sunday’s Richmond 10-kilometre road race, which incorporated the Surrey Championship. In hot conditions, she was the eighth woman to finish, recording a personal best of 39 minutes 18 seconds, which lifted her to third place in Striders’ all-time women’s rankings. Striders’ men were led

Striders of Croydon did well to win the team event in the High Elms 10 kilometre race, organised by Orpington Road Runners, on Sunday. Ernie Hann ran very well to place third out of 316 finishers, covering the undulating course in 39 minutes 57 seconds. Krzysztof Klidzia was sixth overall and first in the over-40

Striders of Croydon produced a very good team performance to win their mobmatch against Blackheath & Bromley, held in conjunction with the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday. Striders had an impressive total of 47 runners, and had 27 finishers in under 24 minutes, compared with only 12 from Blackheath. Striders were led by

Five members of Striders of Croydon won medals at the Surrey Masters Championships, held at Ewell on Sunday. Pride of place went to Sandra Francis who won the over-55 women’s long jump with a leap of 3.38 metres, was second in the 200 metres with a club age-group record of 35.51 seconds, and was also