About us

Sandbach Striders was born back in 2003. Since the early days, membership has grown with a firm ethos of the club being not just about running but social activities as well. The club is affiliated to UK AAA and has its own qualified coaches. Many other special events take place on various nights too.

The club meets on Wednesdays at 18:30 and Sundays at 09:00 at Elworth Cricket Club.

Whilst many members compete in races from 5k to Marathons, the emphasis remains purely on keeping people motivated and having fun. Why not scan through our race reports to see what we’ve been up to? Having read them, you’re sure to see why Sandbach Striders has developed the motto of being

"No Ordinary Running Club!"

Sunday 1 June 2014

This week's news 01/06/2014

The free weekly 5k parkrun at Astbury Mere continues to attract bumper crowds from across the region and this week included another 15 runners from Sandbach Striders running club.

Mandy, Karen and Sandra at Congleton parkrun

Lindsay Beeston continued his run of good form shaving another second from his personal best time. Perry Wyatt showed that running a marathon the weekend before is no barrier to success by breaking a longstanding personal best time. Amy Mayell also managed to record a new personal best time. The success of the free couch-to-5k course which Sandbach Striders have now been running for several years was evident at the parkrun, with Paul Morris continuing to improve on his previous 5k time. Mandy Eeles and Sandra Buckle both made their parkrun debuts whilst Tracey Hale ran the nearby 5k parkrun at Delamere Forest.

Andrew and Paul at the Congleton parkrun
The full results at Congleton were as follows:

19:26 Tony Taylor
22:02 Lindsay Beeston
24:29 Perry Wyatt
24:30 Terry Coppenhall
24:52 Heather Carter
25:10 Jason Bulley
25:24 Bob Kettle
27:19 Paul Morris
27:20 Andrew Gibson
32:37 Stacey Watret
35:28 Amy Mayell
35:28 Tom Mayell
36:24 Mandy Eeles
36:24 Sandra Buckle
36:25 Karen Lovatt

Delamere parkrun
32:33 Tracey Hale

Club chairman Michael Escolme ran his 33rd different parkrun course in Bolton , recording a time of 23:55.

On Sunday, the Wincle trout run as part of the Wincle village fete was held. This notoriously hilly run features a river crossing and each successful finisher is rewarded with a dead trout from the nearby fish farm.
Jill and Christiane at Wincle Trout run
Seven Striders ran the course:

00:58:22 Gordon Hutchins
00:59:22 Chris Brumby
01:09:07 David Parr
01:14:36 Christiane Bunte
01:14:38 Jill Young
01:14:42 Cheryl Hutchins
01:22:36 Liz O’Keeffe
Gordon, Cheryl, Christiane, David, Liz, Chris, Jill  at Wincle Trout run
Also in action on Sunday was Tony Taylor who ran the Wigan 10k Trail Race. This run took place through the trails of Wigan’s Greenheart Amberswood park, situated between Spring View & Hindley.  The former mining area has been transformed into a 160 hectare nature reserve of woodlands to wildflowers meadows, grasslands to wetlands. Tony finished the course in
42:38
Tony Taylor at Wigan 10k
The usual Sunday morning run was well attended as usual. Clare Pheasey showing that even on your birthday there is no better way to start the say than with a good run! Many Striders then went to Pikemere for some outdoor swim training in readiness for the upcoming Blenheim triathlon.
Standing: Perry, Terry, Jason, Clare, Catherine Kneeling: Michael, Jo and Christiane.

Sandbach Striders are a small, friendly running club with a strong social element. New members of all abilities are welcomed.

Posted by Sandbach Striders at 23:42