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!"

Tuesday 5 August 2014

News from Sandbach Striders 04/08/2014

There was another fantastic turnout at the free weekly 5k parkrun at Astbury Mere from members of Sandbach Striders running club with twenty Striders running the three laps of the mere.
Sandbach Striders at the Congleton parkrun
New personal best times were recorded by Heather Carter, Kelley Underwood, Lindsay Beech, Sarah Feaver and 6 year old Adam Mayell.

Heather was second lady to finish by a very narrow margin.

 Sandbach Striders continue to beat every other club hands down in terms of total number of Congleton parkruns completed and are only oner person behind Macclesfield Harriers on the number of individual parkrunners.

The full results were as follows:

20:12 Tony Taylor
20:24 Heather Carter
21:06 Martin Coleman
23:08 Lindsay Beeston
23:52 Fran Gilchrist
23:55 Jason Bulley
23:56 Terry Coppenhall
25:17 Andrew Gibson
26:43 Perry Wyatt
27:39 Kelley Underwood
28:47 Paul Nicholls 
28:47 Sarah Feaver
30:28 Isobel Bennett 
30:29 Lindsay Beech 
33:16 Adam Mayell
33:18 Tom Mayell
34:15 Cheryl Hutchins
35:45 Lucy Lee
35:45 Nathan Lee
36:47 Amy Mayell

In action on Sunday was Mat Simister who took on the Dovedale Dipper, a 26 mile off-road race around the Peak District in Derbyshire.
Mat Simister on the Dovedale Dipper
Sandbach Striders welcome new members of all abilities, details can be found here.

Entries for the ever-popular Sandbach 10k on Sunday 21st September are now open, entry details can also be found online.

Posted by Sandbach Striders at 13:40