Race Reports

Striders of Croydon produced a good team performance in their first Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Wimbledon on Monday. Their men placed third of the eight clubs in the match, while their women were fourth. Paul Cripps did well to win both the M50 high jump (1.50) and long jump (4.22). Jon

Striders of Croydon had an impressive total of 25 finishers in the 39th London Marathon on Sunday. They were led by Bill Makuwa who ran well to finish in 2 hours 56 minutes 40 seconds. Their second finisher was Andy Perks who did very well to record a personal best 2 hours 58 minutes 24.

Krzysztof Klidzia, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run to place 29th out of more than 1000 finishers, and second in the over-50 category, in the Maidenhead 10-mile road race on Good Friday. His time of 59 minutes 18 seconds was a new Striders over-50 record, and he became the oldest Strider to run

ATHLETICS REPORT: FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE SPORTS EDITOR Simon Ambrosi, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place first out of 219 finishers in the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday. He completed the undulating five-kilometre course in 18 minutes 55 seconds. Rachel Lindley was the first woman to finish the Cambridge

Sandra Francis, from Striders of Croydon, did very well to place third in the W60 long jump in the British Masters Indoor Championships, at Lee Valley, with a jump of 3.37 metres. She also placed fifth in the W60 hurdles, recording 14.32 seconds. In the Lloyd parkrun on Saturday, Striders had two of the first

The sixth annual ‘mob match’ between Striders of Croydon and Croydon Harriers took place on Saturday morning. Whereas the previous five matches had been held in Lloyd Park, this year’s match was held in conjunction with the weekly South Norwood parkrun. 60 Striders and 42 Harriers took part, and there were a total of 300

Sandra Francis, from Striders of Croydon, had a successful day at the South of England Masters Indoor Championships, at Lee Valley on Sunday. She won gold in the W60 long jump with a leap of 3 metres 05, and took silver in the W60 hurdles in 15.11 seconds. Club colleague Alan Dolton was fourth in

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their final Surrey Cross-Country League Division One match of the season, at a muddy Lloyd Park on Saturday. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto who placed 98th of the 212 finishers, completing the five-mile course in 30 minutes 55 seconds. Andrew Aitken was 100th (31:16) while team manager