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Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the London Cross-Country Championships at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday. They were led by Phil Coales who placed 102nd out of the 469 finishers, completing the ten-kilometre course in 40 minutes 53. Liam Redmond was 242nd (45:37), Jason Gallagher 281st (46:43), Andy Perks 294th (47:06) and Mick Turner

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their second Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Hurst Green on Saturday. Their women did well to place fourth out of 14 clubs in their Division Three match. Team manager Ellyw Evans ran very well to place sixth out of the 103 finishers, completing the six-kilometre

Striders of Croydon had the first two finishers in the Bethlem Royal Hospital parkrun on Saturday morning. James Rhodes placed first out of the 103 finishers, recording 18 minutes 38, while Andrew Aitken was not far behind in second place (18:47). Niamh Vincent also ran well to be the first woman to finish the South

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the Surrey Masters Cross-Country Championships, at Nonsuch Park on Saturday. Their best placing came from Steve Corfield who ran well to place second in the M60 race, completing the 9300 metre course in 36 minutes 22. Club colleague Mick Turner was 14th (45:22). Tatsuya Okamoto was fifth

Phil Coales, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place second out of 339 finishers in the Brockwell parkrun on Saturday. He completed the five-kilometre course in 17 minutes 22. Daniel Finch was second out of 91 finishers in the Lancing Beach Green parkrun (20:32), while his brother Christopher Finch placed fifth (21:35). Lee Flanagan

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their first Surrey Cross-Country League races of the season, at Reigate on Saturday. Their men placed eighth out of ten clubs in their Division Two match. They were led by Phil Coales who ran to place 25th, completing the undulating five-mile course in 31 minutes 09. Andrew Aitken

Striders of Croydon staged their 30th annual Switchback five-mile race in Lloyd Park and Addington Hills on Sunday. There was a record total of 165 finishers. The first man home was Toby Rowlands of South London Harriers, who completed the undulating course in 29 minutes 56. Isaac Flanagan of Croydon Harriers was second (30:04). Striders

Striders of Croydon had an impressive total of 22 finishers in their first East Surrey League cross-country race of the season, at Lloyd Park on Saturday. Their men’s team did well to place second out of the six clubs in the match. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto, who finished eighth, completing the five-mile course

Steve Corfield, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well in the England Masters Inter-Area Challenge at Corby. He placed third in the M60 400 metres in a club age-group record of 61.10 seconds, and also placed third in the M60 800 metres (2:19.95). In the Kent Masters Championships at Gillingham, Peter Johnson ran well to

Niamh Vincent, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place first in the W40 age-group in the Gateley Chase The Sun five-kilometre road race at Battersea Park. She was 71st overall out of 305 finishers, recording 21 minutes 21. In the Great North Run, from Newcastle to South Shields on Sunday, Erik Schrijnemaekers ran well