Race Reports

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their final Surrey Cross-Country League races of the season, at Lloyd Park on Saturday. Their women produced an excellent team performance to take second place in their Division Three match and third in the final Division Three table, winning promotion back to Division Two. They were led by

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of England Cross-Country Championships, at Beckenham Place Park on Saturday. Their senior men placed 21st out of 42 clubs in the team event. They were led by James Rhodes who ran well to place 188th out of 633 finishers, completing the 15-kilometre course in 54 minutes

Conor O’Hara-Barrett, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to place second out of 217 finishers in the Lloyd parkrun on Saturday, completing the undulating five-kilometre course in 19 minutes 48. Club colleague Lee Flanagan was fifth (20:26) with Steve Corfield sixth (20:28) and Nathan Robertshaw seventh (20:50). Cindy Siu was the third woman to finish,

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in their penultimate Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Oxshott on Saturday. Their women did well to finish ahead of promotion rivals Walton, and climbed to third place out of 14 clubs in the overall Division Three table. They were led by Ellyw Evans who placed 13th

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the Surrey Cross-Country Championships, at Lloyd Park on Saturday. Their best placing came from Kara Boaks who was 60th out of the 104 finishers in the senior women’s race, completing the undulating eight-kilometre course in 36 minutes 56. Ellyw Evans was 67th (38:25), Cindy Siu 75th (39:46) and

Debra Bourne, from Striders of Croydon, ran very well to be the eighth woman to finish the Winter Wanderlust 50K, along part of the North Downs Way from Detling to Wye in Kent. She placed first in the W50 age-group, recording 7 hours 29 minutes 46. In the Serpentine 5K at Hyde Park on Friday,

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of the Thames Cross-Country Championship at Tonbridge on Saturday. They were led by Andrew Aitken who placed 69th of the 166 finishers, completing the muddy and undulating 12-kilometre course in 55 minutes 49. James Rhodes was 78th (57:45), Jason Gallagher 105th (62:12) and Robert Zietz 136th

Striders of Croydon had two of the first three finishers in the Riddlesdown parkrun on Saturday morning. Martin Filer placed second out of 77 parkrunners (21:17) while Stephen Kennefick was third (21:27). Striders’ best female placing came from Niamh Vincent who was the second woman to finish the South Norwood parkrun, placing 14th overall out

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances against strong opposition in the British Masters 5K road running championships, at Battersea on Sunday morning. Tatsuya Okamoto ran very well to place second in the M40 age-group (16:19). Striders’ M60 team all ran very well to place third in their team event. Steve Corfield was 12th (17:54)