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Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the East Surrey League road race at Ewell on Thursday. They were led by Tatsuya Okamoto who ran well to place tenth out of the 73 finishers, completing the 4.2 mile course in 25 minutes 30. Steve Massey was 30th (29:33), Peter Johnson 34th (30:20), Andy Perks 35th

Andrew Aitken, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to place 23rd out of more than 1900 finishers in the Hastings Half-Marathon on Sunday. He completed the undulating course in 78 minutes 57. On the same day, Maria Gabriel was 141st in the Cranleigh 21-mile road race, recording 3 hours 45 minutes 47. In the

Jennifer Gutteridge, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to be the 12th woman to finish the RunThrough Victoria Park Half-Marathon on Sunday. Her time of 92 minutes 30 was a new personal best, and lifted her to tenth place in Striders’ all-time women’s rankings. In the RunThrough 10K at the same venue, Peter Johnson

Striders produced some very good performances in the Paddock Wood Half-Marathon on Sunday. They were led by Andrew Aitken who ran well to place 78th out of 1697 finishers, recording 77 minutes 06. Martin Filer also ran well to place 102nd in a new club over-45 record of 78 minutes 38. Conor O’Hara-Barrett was 137th

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the East Surrey League cross-country race at Lloyd Park on Saturday afternoon. They did well to have four runners in the top 20. Tatsuya Okamoto ran very well to finish eighth, with Lee Flanagan eleventh, Krzysztof Klidzia 13th, and Matthew Stone completing the scoring team in 19th. Team

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the English National Cross-Country Championships at Bolesworth Castle in Cheshire on Saturday. Their best placing came from Peter Mills who ran well to place 257th in the senior men’s race, completing the twelve-kilometre course in 41 minutes 56. Andy Perks was 947th (51:32) and Luke Burden 987th (52:13).

James Rhodes, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Lee Valley Middle Distance Open Meeting on Wednesday. He won his heat of the 800 metres, leading from start to finish and recording 2 minutes 07.33. On Sunday James Bennett ran well to finish the Seville Marathon in 2 hours 37 minutes 08,

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their final Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season on Saturday. Their women placed seventh in their Division Two match at Morden, and were ninth in the final Division Two table. Jennifer Gutteridge ran very well to finish twelfth, completing the five-mile course in 32 minutes 11. Consuelo

The ninth annual ‘mob match’ between Croydon Harriers and Striders of Croydon took place on Saturday morning, in conjunction with the South Norwood parkrun. The match saw the highest ever number of finishers for both clubs. The first parkrun finisher was Mike Cummings of Herne Hill (16:48), who was followed by six Croydon Harriers. Phil

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of England Cross-Country Championships at Beckenham on Saturday. Their senior men placed 34th. Andrew Aitken was 236th, completing the 15-kilometre course in 56 minutes 58. Lee Flanagan was 265th (58:06), Erik Schrijnemaekers 381st (62:13), Andy Perks 419th (63:46), Luke Burden 423rd (63:58), Kerim Suruliz 481st (66:40),