Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the Ranelagh Harriers Sunset Sprint 3K road race at Petersham on Friday evening, which was the seventh race in this year’s Surrey Road League. Phil Coales ran well to place 36th out of the 239 finishers (9:52), while club colleague Erik Schrijnemaekers placed 100th (11:12). In the Serpent
ATHLETICS REPORT: FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE SPORTS EDITOR Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in their second Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Ewell on Monday. Steve Corfield ran well to win the M60 800 metres in 2:22.7, ten seconds ahead of his nearest rival. Sam O’Dongo won the M50 200
Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the Ranelagh Richmond 10K on Sunday, which incorporated the Surrey Championships. Consuelo Kennefick ran very well to be the 44th woman to finish, placing 184th overall in a club W50 record of 43:50. Striders’ men were led by Phil Coales, who placed 48th out of the 471 finishers
Eight athletes from Striders of Croydon won medals in the Surrey Masters Championships, held in very warm conditions at Kingsmeadow on Saturday. Sandra Francis won gold in both the W65 100 metres (18.86) and the long jump (2.68). Natalie Ballarin won gold in the W50 1500 metres (7:14.34) and silver in both the shot (6.69)
Striders of Croydon had 14 finishers in the Brighton Marathon on Sunday. They were led by Paul Thomas, who placed 194th out of more than 12,000 runners (2:59:00). He was followed by Liam Redmond, who placed 14th in the M45 age-group and 235th overall (3:00:53). Striders’ first female finisher was Alex Legge, who was the
Steve Corfield, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place first in the M60 age-group, and 26th overall out of 117 finishers, in the Veterans AC five-kilometre road race at Battersea on Tuesday. He finished in 17:57.2, just six seconds outside his club age-group record which he set in 2023, and less than two
On Saturday, Striders had an impressive total of 138 finishers in the various weekly parkruns. Phil Coales placed first out of 254 finishers at the Brockwell parkrun (17:39). Chris Porter placed first out of 311 finishers at the Panshanger parkrun in Hertfordshire (18:55). Marc Burrows placed second out of 100 finishers at the Beckton parkrun
Ally Whitlock, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well on Saturday to be the fifth woman to finish the Centurion Hundred Hills 50K race, which started and finished at Stonor in Oxfordshire and included 1352 metres of elevation. She placed 35th overall out of 413 finishers, completing the course in a club W45 record of
Phil Coales, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place first out of 403 finishers in the Hackney Marshes parkrun on Saturday (17:51). Tom Gillespie placed first out of 167 finishers in the South Norwood parkrun (19:59), while Niamh Vincent was the first woman to finish, placing sixth overall (21:05). Daniel Finch placed first
Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the East Surrey League cross-country races at Lloyd Park on Saturday. Their men did well to place second in the team event. Phil Coales was sixth, Tom Gillespie ninth, Robert Lines tenth, Krzysztof Klidzia eleventh, Martin Filer 16th, Bill Beattie 21st, Tim Lawlor 30th, Stephen Siu 39th
@James_Athletics @harrierscroydon @SNorwoodparkrun Thanks for the photos James!
