Archives: October 2023

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the Surrey Masters Cross-Country Championships, at Nonsuch Park on Saturday. Their best placing came from their oldest competitor, Dave Hoben, who was third in the M70 age-group, completing the six-kilometre course in 45 minutes 51. Matthew Stone ran well to place fourth in the M60 age-group, completing

Tatsuya Okamoto ran very well to place tenth out of 402 finishers in the Chelmsford Marathon. He completed the course in 2 hours 56 minutes 27. In the RunThrough Battersea Festival Half-Marathon, Simone Luciani ran well to place 23rd overall and third in the M40 age-group (1:19:44). In the RunThrough Battersea Festival Marathon, Jeremy Tonkin

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their first Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Epsom Downs on Saturday. Striders’ men did well to place second out of ten clubs in their Division Three match. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto who ran well to place seventh, completing the eight-kilometre course in 29

Tatsuya Okamoto, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to finish third in the first East Surrey League cross-country race of the season, in Lloyd Park on Saturday. Rob Lines was 12th, Tom Gillespie 16th and Andy Perks completed the men’s scoring team in 18th place. Striders’ women were led by Kara Boaks who was

Steve Corfield ran very well to finish first in the M60 age group, and 34th overall out of 225 finishers, in the Serpentine Running Club five-kilometre road race at Hyde Park on Friday. He completed the course in exactly 18 minutes. On Saturday morning, Martin Filer was second in the Riddlesdown parkrun (18:48). At the