Race Reports

Striders of Croydon produced a good team performance in their final Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Croydon Arena last week. Their women finished third, while their men were fourth of the seven clubs in the match. For Striders’ women, Sandra Francis won the over-50 2000 metre walk (14.08.6), and also placed second

Simone Luciani, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to be the first man home at the weekly parkrun in Lloyd park on Saturday morning. In very hot conditions, he covered the undulating five-kilometre course in 17 minutes 27 seconds, well clear of his nearest rival. On the same day Graeme Drysdale was fifth in the

Striders of Croydon produced a good team performance in their third Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Walton last week. Their men placed third of the seven competing clubs, while their women were fourth. Striders’ star performer was Paul Cripps, who won the triple jump with a new club over-45 record of 10

Rachel Lindley, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the 250th Lloyd parkrun on Saturday. She was the first woman to finish, placing fourth overall and setting a new women’s course record of 18 minutes 51 seconds. The only three men to finish ahead of her were all Striders. Ernie Hann won in

James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, produced an excellent run in the Ranelagh 10 kilometre road race at Richmond on Sunday, which incorporated the Surrey Championship. He placed eleventh of the 639 finishers, in a personal best 34 minutes 04 seconds. Club colleague Iain Harrison was 22nd (34.59) with Michael Stewart 71st (37.09). Krzysztof Klidzia

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances at the High Elms 10-kilometre race organised by Orpington Road Runners on Sunday. They were led by Graeme Drysdale, who placed 20th of the 333 finishers in 44 minutes 30. Andy Perks was 26th in 44 minutes 58, just one second and one place ahead of club secretary

75-year-old Kevin Burnett, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent day at the Surrey Masters Championships at Ewell on Sunday. He won gold medals in the M75 100 metres (22.06), shot (5.98) and discus (17.30), and silver in the hammer (16.55). Sandra Francis won gold in the W55 100 metres (17.00), 200 metres (36.70) and

In the Southern Counties Veterans Championships at Ashford on Saturday, Striders of Croydon’s middle-distance coach Alan Dolton won two gold medals, winning the M55 800 metres by just two-tenths of a second in 2.43.3 and also winning the M55 1500 metres (5.41.14). On the same day Lee Flanagan won the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park,

Striders of Croydon produced a good team performance in their first Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Kingsmeadow Stadium last week. Their women did very well to place third, while their men placed fourth out of the seven clubs which competed. In windy conditions, Julian Spencer-Wood ran very well to win the over-60

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances at the Beckenham Relays on Wednesday. Their A team did well to place seventh out of exactly 100 teams. They were led by Iain Harrison who ran the first leg of 2.6 miles in 14 minutes 16 seconds, which was Striders’ fastest time of the day. Veteran Krzysztof