Race Reports

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the Box Hill Fell Race on Saturday. They were led by Harry Madgwick-Lawton who placed 32nd of the 259 finishers, completing the 12-kilometre course in 62 minutes 44. Phil Coales was 39th (63:23) and Martin Filer 56th (65:23). Andy Perks was eighth in the M50 age-group and

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in their penultimate Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Oxshott on Saturday. Striders’ men placed third in their Division Three match, but remain second in the Division Three table with one match remaining. They were led by Harry Madgwick-Lawton who ran well to place fifth, completing

Striders faced strong opposition in the Surrey Cross-Country Championships, at Dorking on Sunday. They were led by Phil Coales who placed 96th, completing the muddy 12-kilometre course in 49 minutes 50. Tatsuya Okamoto was 106th (50:30), Martin Filer 134th (51:50), Andy Perks 138th (52:02), Luke Burden 144th (52:26), Tom Gillespie 155th (53:05), Stephen Kennefick 180th

Striders dominated the South Norwood parkrun on Saturday, with the first two male and the first two female finishers. James Rhodes placed first overall out of 150 finishers (18:04), one place ahead of club colleague Andrew Aitken (18:06). Kara Boaks was the first female finisher, placing eleventh overall (21:25), with Niamh Vincent placing 15th overall

Ally Whitlock had an excellent run to be the third woman to finish the inaugural Centurion Winter Downs 200-mile race, starting and finishing near Box Hill and including parts of the North Downs Way and the South Downs Way. She completed the course in 71 hours 07 minutes 43. Club colleague Debra Bourne was the

Consuelo Kennefick, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Valencia Marathon last week. She set a new club W50 record of 3 hours 36 minutes 31, which was more than 13 minutes faster than the previous record, set by Maria Gabriel in 2019. This made Consuelo the oldest female Strider to run

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the British Masters five-kilometre road championships at Battersea Park on Sunday morning. Steve Corfield ran very well to place fourth in the M60 age-group (17:54). Andrew Aitken placed tenth in the M45 age-group (17:13) while Tatsuya Okamoto placed 13th in the M40 age-group (17:47). At the same

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of the Thames Cross-Country Association’s annual inter-club race at Beckenham on Saturday. Both their men and women placed 15th in the team event. Striders’ women were led by Ellyw Evans who was the 38th woman to finish, completing the five-mile course in 36 minutes 49. Cindy

Striders faced strong opposition at the Southern Cross Country London Championships, held at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday. The ladies were led by Selena Wong who placed 171st completing the 6km course in 33:07, Ruth Pearson was 230th (38:27), Maria Gabriel 234th (39:19), Alexander Sujatha 244th (41:11), Jadwiga Brzask-makiela 250th (42:51). Striders men were led

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in their second Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Hurst Green on Saturday. Their men’s team did very well to place second out of ten clubs in their Division Three match. They remain in second place in the overall Division Three table. Harry Madgwick-Lawton ran well