Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the Wimbledon 5-kilometre road race on Sunday, which was the final race in this year’s Surrey Road League. They were led by Graeme Drysdale who ran well to place 75th, covering the undulating course in 19 minutes 19. Darren Woods was 88th (19.52), John O’Mahony 89th (19.52) and
Two members of Striders of Croydon competed for Great Britain in the European Masters Championships at Aarhus (Denmark) last week. Simon Pannell placed 16th in the M55 cross-country, completing the very wet four-kilometre course in 14 minutes 34 seconds. On the track, Alan Dolton was 15th in the M60 10000 metres (46.32.08) and ninth in
Striders of Croydon had first 2 finishers of the Lloyd park run Simon Ambrosi in 18:35, Robert Lines in 19:01. Sophia Sachedina was second woman overall at Lloyd park in 24:52 52nd overall. At hilly fields park run Damian Macenhill was fourth in a time of 19:38. At Cambridge park run Rachel Lindley was the
Peter Mills, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place tenth out of 567 finishers in the Elmbridge 10 kilometre road race on Sunday, recording 34 minutes 17 seconds. This lifts him to 15th place in Striders’ all-time rankings. Graeme Drysdale also ran well to finish 68th (38.39), with Steve Massey 90th (39.57),
Paul Cripps, from Striders of Croydon, had another successful evening in the final Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Croydon Arena on Monday. He won the over-50 high jump (1.40) and long jump (4.62), placed second in the 100 metres (13.9), and was third in the shot in a club age-group record of
Matthew Stone, from Striders of Croydon, did very well to place 12th out of 201 finishers, and first in the over-55 category, in the Lidl Jumbo Olympic Triathlon at Dorney Lake on Saturday. He completed the event in a personal best of 2 hours 22 minutes 16 seconds, running the final 10 kilometres in 40
Striders of Croydon had an impressive total of 11 teams in the Dinosaur Dash Relays organised by Crystal Palace Fun Runners last week. Their A team placed sixth of the 84 competing teams, with Mike Stewart running 11.19 on the first leg, Steve Massey 11.21 on the second leg and Damian Macenhill 11.06 on the
Paul Cripps, from Striders of Croydon, had another successful evening in the Southern Veterans League match at Kingsmeadow on Monday. He won the over-50 high jump with a new club record of 1 metre 60, and also won the triple jump (10.21) and was second in the 200 metres (27.9). Alan Dolton was second in
James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place third out of 375 runners in the High Elms 10-kilometre race on Sunday. He covered the undulating course in 37 minutes 50 seconds. Club colleague Iain Harrison was eighth (40.53). On the previous day, Dan Jewell was first home at the Riddlesdown parkrun, covering
Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their second Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Ewell on Monday. Both their men and women placed fifth of the seven competing clubs. Striders’ leading scorer was again Paul Cripps who won the M50 triple jump (9.74), was second in the 200 metres (29.0) and third
