Race Reports

Striders of Croydon had the first two finishers in the weekly parkrun at Lloyd Park on Saturday morning. Ernie Hann was a clear winner, covering the frozen and badly rutted five-kilometre course in 19 minutes 15 seconds. Club colleague Lee Flanagan was second in 19 minutes 51. Veteran Matt Stone was fourth overall and first

Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the penultimate Surrey Women’s League Division Two match of the season, at Wimbledon Common on Saturday. She ran very well to place fourth out of the 166 finishers, covering the muddy five-mile course in 33 minutes 45. Josephine Thompson was 23rd (38.12), with Steph

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the annual Surrey Cross-Country Championships at Lloyd Park on Saturday. Their best performance came from James Bennett who ran very well to place 37th of the 236 finishers, covering the muddy twelve-kilometre course in 46 minutes 29 seconds. Matt Morgan also continued his return to form after injury

Striders of Croydon had three of the first five finishers in the Christmas Day parkrun in Lloyd Park. Krzysztof Klidzia was third in 19 minutes 02 with Phil Coales fourth (19.04) and Simon Ambrosi fifth (19.18). At the same venue two days later, Klidzia improved to take second place in 18 minutes 59, while Damian

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of Thames Cross-Country Championships, held at Farthing Downs, Coulsdon on Saturday. Striders’ best performance came from James Bennett who ran well to place 42nd of the 284 finishers, covering the muddy twelve-kilometre course in 48 minutes 40 seconds. Krzysztof Klidzia also ran well to place 93rd

The second annual ‘mob match’ between local rivals Croydon Harriers and Striders of Croydon took place on Saturday, in conjunction with the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park. For the second successive year Harriers had the individual winner, but Striders’ superior strength in depth gave them victory in the team event, by 2608 points to 1952.

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the Surrey Womens Cross-Country League Division Two match at Nonsuch Park on Saturday. Their A team did very well to place fifth of the 35 teams in the match, while their B team were 17th. Striders were led by Josephine Thompson who ran very well to place 15th

Striders of Croydon produced an excellent team performance to win their mobmatch against Wimbledon Windmilers, for the Helen Furze Memorial Trophy, in conjunction with the weekly parkrun at Nonsuch Park on Saturday. Striders had 65 of the 497 finishers, which was Striders’ biggest turnout in any event since the club’s formation in 1982. They beat

Krzysztof Klidzia, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place 13th out of 217 finishers in the Epsom 10-mile road race on Sunday, recording 62 minutes 50 seconds. Club colleague Steph Upton was the eighth woman to finish, recording 72 minutes 50. This was Klidzia’s second race of the weekend, as on the previous day

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the second London Cross-Country Championships held at a muddy Parliament Hill on Saturday. Leading the way was Krzysztof Klidzia showing good form after recent injuries. He was followed by the strong-running Simon Pannell and a rapidly improving Greg Williams. The team was completed by Chris Morton. Striders also