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 2 December 2015

This week's news: 30/11/2015

Nine members of Sandbach Striders running club ran the free weekly 5k parkrun at Congleton. The full results were as follows:
Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun

18:45 Tony Taylor
20:31 Heather Carter
25:03 Terry Coppenhall
25:03 Clare Pheasey
26:58 Alice Bober
31:08 Tracey Surridge
33:46 John Wright
35:11 Chris Holden
36:51 Duncan Robertson

 Also in parkrun action were Paul Barnett who ran the Princes parkrun in Liverpool and Wendy Barnes who ran the Cheltenham parkrun. Paul finished in 21:34 and Wendy in 28:59.

 Darren Varley was on the Fylde Coast running the Wesham 10k in wet and windy conditions. Darren finished in 37:35.

 Moe Dutton and Gillian Fallows ran the Salford Women's 5.25 mile road race. Moe coming in at 49:40 with Gillian narrowly behind in 49:57.
Moe Dutton and Gillian Fallows at Salford Women's 5.25
Four Striders were in the Staffordshire village of Cheddlton to run their annual Pudding Run 10k.
Grant Stanning and Martin Coleman at the Cheddleton Pudding Race 10k
The full results were:

 43:38 Martin Coleman
57:39 Grant Stanning
58:07 Liz o’Keeffe
58:29 Denis Culloty

Posted by Michael Escolme at 17:25