Race Reports

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

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the second Surrey Cross-Country League Division Two match of the season, at Ham on Saturday. They did well to place fourth of the nine clubs in the match, only seven points behind third-placed Wimbledon, and remain third in the overall Division Two table. Striders were led by Bill

James Bennett, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the recent Dublin Marathon. He finished 78th out of more than 12000 finishers, recording a personal best 2 hours 48 minutes 29 seconds, which lifted him to tenth place in Striders’ all-time club rankings. On Saturday, Striders finished 24th out of 54 teams in

Striders of Croydon produced an excellent team performance to place second in the East Surrey League’s annual cross-country race at Lloyd Park on Saturday. They showed their strength in depth by having 16 of the first 37 finishers. Hercules-Wimbledon won the match with 20 points, with Striders second (26) and Croydon Harriers third (47). Striders

Three members of Striders of Croydon competed in the Surrey Masters Cross-Country Championships at Richmond Park on Saturday. The club’s oldest competitor, Kevin Burnett, ran very well to place second in the over-75 race, covering the four-mile course in 45 minutes 21 seconds. Simon Pannell also did well to place fifth in the over-50 race,