Race Reports

Steve Corfield, from Striders, had an excellent run in the British Masters Indoor Championships at Lee Valley on Saturday. He won the B 800 metres in 2 minutes 21.31 seconds, which would have placed him fifth in the A race and was less than 1.3 seconds slower than the bronze medallist. Earlier on Saturday, Striders

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in their final Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Lloyd Park on Saturday. Their men’s team did very well to win the Division Three match and finish second in the final Division Three table, gaining promotion back to Division Two. They were led by Harry Madgwick-Lawton,

The tenth annual ‘mob match’ between Croydon Harriers and Striders of Croydon took place on Saturday morning, in conjunction with the South Norwood parkrun. Croydon Harriers had the first three finishers with Ben Whyte first (17:08), Phil Symonds second (17:29) and David Brown third (17:46). The first Strider to finish was Phil Coales, who placed

Striders of Croydon faced strong opposition in the South of England Cross-Country Championships, at Beckenham Place Park on Saturday. Their senior women placed 30th in the team event. They were led by Jennifer Gutteridge who was 144th of the 362 finishers, completing the eight-kilometre course in 33 minutes 58. Consuelo Kennefick was 169th (34:39), Selena

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in the Box Hill Fell Race on Saturday. They were led by Harry Madgwick-Lawton who placed 32nd of the 259 finishers, completing the 12-kilometre course in 62 minutes 44. Phil Coales was 39th (63:23) and Martin Filer 56th (65:23). Andy Perks was eighth in the M50 age-group and

Striders of Croydon produced some good performances in their penultimate Surrey Cross-Country League matches of the season, at Oxshott on Saturday. Striders’ men placed third in their Division Three match, but remain second in the Division Three table with one match remaining. They were led by Harry Madgwick-Lawton who ran well to place fifth, completing

Striders faced strong opposition in the Surrey Cross-Country Championships, at Dorking on Sunday. They were led by Phil Coales who placed 96th, completing the muddy 12-kilometre course in 49 minutes 50. Tatsuya Okamoto was 106th (50:30), Martin Filer 134th (51:50), Andy Perks 138th (52:02), Luke Burden 144th (52:26), Tom Gillespie 155th (53:05), Stephen Kennefick 180th

Striders dominated the South Norwood parkrun on Saturday, with the first two male and the first two female finishers. James Rhodes placed first overall out of 150 finishers (18:04), one place ahead of club colleague Andrew Aitken (18:06). Kara Boaks was the first female finisher, placing eleventh overall (21:25), with Niamh Vincent placing 15th overall

Ally Whitlock had an excellent run to be the third woman to finish the inaugural Centurion Winter Downs 200-mile race, starting and finishing near Box Hill and including parts of the North Downs Way and the South Downs Way. She completed the course in 71 hours 07 minutes 43. Club colleague Debra Bourne was the

Consuelo Kennefick, from Striders of Croydon, had an excellent run in the Valencia Marathon last week. She set a new club W50 record of 3 hours 36 minutes 31, which was more than 13 minutes faster than the previous record, set by Maria Gabriel in 2019. This made Consuelo the oldest female Strider to run