Race Reports

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of the Thames Cross-Country Championships, held in cold and wet conditions on Saturday afternoon at Beckenham. Their first man home was Andrew Aitken, who ran well to place 75th of the 337 finishers, completing the 12-kilometre course in 44 minutes 41 seconds. Team manager Krzysztof Klidzia

Striders of Croydon had the first two finishers in the weekly parkrun in Lloyd Park on Saturday. For the second successive week, Robert Lines took first place, covering the muddy five-kilometre course in 19 minutes 09 seconds. Club colleague Krzysztof Klidzia was second in 19 minutes 47. On the same day, Martin Filer finished second

Robert Lines, from Striders of Croydon, ran well to take first place in the weekly parkrun at Lloyd Park on Saturday. He completed the muddy five-kilometre course in 19 minutes 11 seconds. Club colleague Matthew Stone placed fourth (19:51), and achieved the highest age-grading. Jenny Rowe was the fifth woman to finish, placing 33rd overall

Striders of Croydon did well to place 11th out of 40 teams in the South of the Thames Cross-Country Association’s annual inter-club race, at Morden Park on Saturday. They were led by Phil Coales who ran very well to place 24th of the 182 finishers, covering the five-mile course in 28 minutes 45 seconds. Andrew

Striders of Croydon had several competitors in the Brighton 10-kilometre road race on Sunday. They were led by Andrew Aitken who ran well to place 71st out of 1974 finishers, recording 35 minutes 30 seconds. He was followed by Michael Stewart (37:37), Darren Woods (40:05), Joseph Ibe (40:53) and Steve Massey (42:08). Niamh Vincent was

Jemma Zakariyyau, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Amsterdam Mizuno Half-Marathon. She was the 31st woman to finish, placing 402nd overall in a field of more than 15,000 runners. Her time of 89 minutes 01 seconds places her sixth in Striders’ all-time women’s half-marathon rankings. Club colleague Niamh Vincent was the

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the Surrey Masters Cross-Country Championships at Richmond Park on Saturday. Their best placing came from Andy Perks who ran very well to finish fourth in the M45 race, covering the nine-kilometre course in 36 minutes 50. Simon Pannell was seventh in the M55 race (38:07) while Paul Stanford

Striders of Croydon produced a good team performance to place sixth out of 24 clubs in their first Surrey Womens Cross-Country League Division Two race of the season, at Wimbledon on Saturday. They were led by Jemma Zakariyyau, making her league debut, who had an excellent run to place 13th of the 240 finishers in