Archives: May 2025

Steve Corfield, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place second in the M60 age-group in the British Masters one-mile track championships at Horspath, near Oxford, on Saturday. His time of 5 minutes 20.85 was less than four-tenths of a second outside his own club M60 record. Striders had 12 complete teams at the

Striders of Croydon had a successful day in the Surrey Masters Championships at Kingsmeadow on Sunday, with five of their athletes winning gold medals. Steve Corfield led the way, winning gold in both the M60 800 metres (2:18.81) and the M60 400 metres (61.12). There were also gold medals for Consuelo Kennefick in the W50

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the Ranelagh Half-Marathon on Sunday, which incorporated the Surrey Championships. Ellyw Evans ran well to be the 30th woman to finish, placing 215th overall out of 462 finishers (1:41:28). Leonie Hondeborg was the 42nd woman to finish, placing 245th overall (1:45:00), while Maili Singh was the 91st

Gemma Halliday, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to be the 55th woman to finish the GB Ultras Pennine Barrier 50-mile race on Saturday, starting and finishing at Malham in North Yorkshire. She placed 377th overall out of 533 finishers, recording 14 hours 19 minutes 32. Earlier in the day, Striders had an impressive total

Niamh Vincent, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to be the 64th woman to finish the Manchester Marathon on Sunday, recording a personal best 3:13:39. She was followed by Joseph Ibe (3:36:09), Rotimi Oyegunle (3:42:19), Maili Singh (4:21:48) and Arun Rajagopalan (4:40:34). Striders had 21 finishers in the TCS London Marathon. They were led