Striders of Croydon fielded six teams in the Will Bolton Memorial Relays, organised by Blackheath & Bromley at Sparrows Den on Saturday. Striders had the eleventh women’s team to finish, led by Steph Upton who ran 18 minutes 11 on the first four-kilometre leg. She was followed by Jessica Polya (20.24), Lucy Kulp (20.12) and
Phil Coales, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Ladywell 10000 metres, organised by Kent Athletics Club. He finished third in his heat in 32 minutes 45.54 seconds, which is a new Striders club record for this distance on the track, beating the previous record set by Matt Morgan in 2010. Club
Striders of Croydon did well to have the first three finishers, and the first woman to finish, at the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday. Simone Luciani was first home, covering the undulating five-kilometre course in 17 minutes 53 seconds. He was followed by Simon Ambrosi and Lee Flanagan, who both recorded 18 minutes
In the Southern Counties Veterans Championships, at Kingsmeadow on Sunday, Striders of Croydon’s middle-distance coach Alan Dolton placed third in the M60 1500 metres, recording 5 minutes 47.59 seconds. Simon Ambrosi ran well to place second in the weekly parkrun at Lloyd Park on Saturday, recording 18 minutes 37 seconds. Alastair Falconer was second
The women from Striders of Croydon did very well to finish ninth in this season’s Surrey Road League, outshining the club’s men, who placed 12th of the 35 clubs in the league. Individually, Maggie Statham ran very well to win the women’s over-55 category, while Selena Wong was sixth in the over-35 category and Adele
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
Good luck to those running in our club organised switchback 5 route today! Also good luck to those doing the Berlin marathon and other races
