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!"

Wednesday 16 July 2014

2014 Club Handicap Results

Congratulations to all 28 finishers in tonight's Club Handicap race!

The 3 leading male and female runners were:

1. Heather Carter

Heather

 2. Giles Hodges
Giles
3. Megan Latham


Megan
4. Mat Simister


Mat
5. Gordon Hutchins
Gordon
6. Lou Hayward
Lou
The total race route will have been something like 6.9 miles with a few extra twists and turns because of the need to adjust the start and finish lines.

Heather continues her run of fine form with a convincing victory despite doing a great deal of whining about her handicap score. Megan finished as 2nd female despite stopping to take photographs of cows and posting them to Facebook. Lou recorded an extra 3rd place in her first ever club event.

Martin, Andrew, Stella and Denis  battled round despite nursing illness or injuries. Alan, Craig and Steph both performed well on their first Striders events too.
Tony and Tim cross the line

Below are the full results with actual finishing times (clock time minus handicap time).


1
Heather Carter
0:47.31
2
Giles Hodges
0:45.39
3
Megan Latham
1:00.20
4
Mat Simister
0:49.19
5
Gordon Hutchins
0:49.15
6
Lou Hayward
1:04.35
7
Steve Farnell
0:48.43
8
Colin Watret
0:49.24
9
Jason Bulley
0:55.23
10
Craig Edwards
0:54.39
11
Tim Woods
0:58.41
12
Tony Taylor
0:45.57
13
Alan Wilcox
0:51.55
14
Philip Truman
1:02.44
15
Grant Stanning
1:12.19
16
Cheryl Hutchins
0:57.53
17
Jo Bulley
0:58.23
18
Kelley Underwood
1:11.08
19
Paul Nicholls
1:01.54
20
Stella Stilwell
1:02.13
21
Andrew Gibson
0:59.41
22
Steve Treweeks
0:58.40
23
Lucy Lee
1:02.22
24
Martin Coleman
0:54.55
25
Karen Lovatt
1:13.53
26
Isobel Bennett
1:14.53
27
Steph Cooper
1:27.28
28
Denis Culloty
1:12.39

A big thanks also to our marshalls and helpers from tonight without whom events like this could not take place: 

  • Perry for marshalling the crossroads and manning the water stop
  • Mo and Sarah for marshalling at the end of the track
  • Lindsay and Sarah for marshalling at the railway bridge
  • Martin for taking photographs

Martin has uploaded all of the photographs to a shared folder which you can access here.