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Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the London Cross-Country Championships, held at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday. Their men’s team placed 23rd out of 39. Phil Coales was 104th, completing the undulating ten-kilometre course in 40 minutes 55. Harry Madgwick-Lawton was close behind him in 105th (40:58) with Andrew Aitken 148th (42:29), Luke Burden

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their second Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Oxshott on Saturday. Their women placed seventh out of 29 clubs in their Division Two match. They were again led by Jennifer Gutteridge who ran well to place 22nd, completing the undulating three and a half mile course

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the Reigate Priory Relays on Saturday afternoon. They fielded three men’s teams and two women’s teams. Their men’s A team did well to place eighth in a strong field. Erik Schrijnemaekers ran the first leg of the undulating four-kilometre course in 16 minutes 54, handing over to Phil

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

James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place sixth in the Folkestone Half-Marathon on Sunday. He recorded a personal best of 77 minutes 55 seconds, lifting him to 23rd place in Striders’ all-time club rankings. Club colleague Andrew Aitken also ran well to place ninth in 79 minutes 21. Nikki Javan was