Archives: October 2022

Striders of Croydon produced some excellent performances in the Surrey Masters Cross-Country Championships, held in unusually warm conditions at Nonsuch Park on Saturday. Pride of place went to the club’s over-60s. Matthew Stone ran very well to place second in the M60 race, completing the 6300-metre course in 23 minutes 37. Steve Corfield also ran

Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well in the England Masters Cross-Country Trial race at Derby, which was held in order to select the England team for a match against Ireland in November. Matthew was sixth in the M60 age-group, placing 41st overall and completing the ten-kilometre course in 43 minutes 06. This

The women from Striders of Croydon did very well in their first Surrey Cross-Country League Division Two match of the season, at Reigate on Saturday. Their A team finished fourth out of 26 clubs. Jennifer Gutteridge ran well to place 17th, completing the six-kilometre course in 28 minutes 11. Kara Boaks was 34th (29:03), Ellyw

Striders had an excellent turnout of 27 runners in the East Surrey League cross-country races at Lloyd Park on Sunday, which was the first cross-country fixture of the season. Striders’ men were led by Phil Coales who ran well to place fifth. Tatsuya Okamoto was eighth, Andrew Aitken eleventh, and Lee Flanagan completed the Men’s A team

Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to win the M60 age-group in the European Aquathlon Championships in Bilbao last week. He was in sixth place after the one-kilometre swim but overtook all his rivals on the five-kilometre run, which he completed in 18 minutes 37 seconds. His total time of 34 minutes