Race Reports

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their final Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Lloyd Park on Saturday afternoon. Their women did very well to field 14 runners, and finish sixth out of 15 clubs in their Division Two match. They were led by Ally Whitlock, who placed 15th out of the

The twelfth annual ‘mob match’ between Croydon Harriers and Striders of Croydon took place on Saturday morning, in conjunction with the South Norwood parkrun. Phil Symonds of Harriers was the first man home out of 311 finishers, covering the wet and muddy five-kilometre course in 17:42. Ernesto Kelly of Harriers was second overall and first

Striders of Croydon had three competitors in the South of England Cross-Country Championships, at Beckenham Place Park on Saturday. In the men’s race, James Rhodes placed 221st of the 603 finishers, completing the 14-kilometre course in 57:10. Club colleague Stephen Siu was 570th (76:56). In the women’s race, Consuelo Kennefick placed 248th of the 335

Ally Whitlock, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to be the ninth woman to finish the 44th annual Box Hill Fell Race on Saturday. She placed third in the W40 age-group and 96th overall out of 242 finishers, completing the 13-kilometre course in 74 minutes 48 seconds. Club colleague Martin Filer was 107th (76:36). Also

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their penultimate Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Oxshott on Saturday. Their women placed 12th out of 15 clubs in their Division Two match. Consuelo Kennefick was 24th of the 170 finishers, completing the five-mile course in 34:58. Ally Whitlock was 25th (35:02), Cindy Siu 79th

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the Surrey Cross-Country Championships, at Dorking on Sunday. In the women’s race, Consuelo Kennefick ran well to place third in the W50 age-group and 46th overall out of 106 finishers, completing the eight-kilometre course in 41:12. Club colleague Elspeth Meakin was 104th (56:15). In the men’s race, James

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of the Thames Cross-Country Championships, at Wimbledon Common on Saturday. Their best placing came from Elspeth Meakin who was 61st in the women’s race, competing the 12-kilometre course in 79 minutes 36. In the men’s race, James Rhodes placed 73rd of the 219 finishers (48:36), with

Ally Whitlock, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well in the Centurion Winter Downs 100-mile race, starting at Amberley in Sussex on Friday afternoon and finishing at Mickleham on Saturday morning. She was the fourth woman to finish, placing eleventh overall and completing the course in 20 hours 52 minutes 31. In the RunThrough Victoria

Striders of Croydon had the first two female finishers in the South Norwood parkrun on Saturday morning. Ally Whitlock ran well to place tenth overall out of the 172 finishers (21:38), while Niamh Vincent was 17th (22:25). Martha Taylor was the first woman to finish the Hilly Fields in Ladywell, placing 20th overall out of

Steve Corfield, from Striders of Croydon, ran well in the British Masters five-kilometre road running championships, at Battersea on Sunday. He placed ninth out of 33 competitors in the M60 age-group (18:19). On Saturday morning, Lee Flanagan ran well to place first out of 135 finishers in the Lloyd parkrun (20:00). Niamh Vincent ran very