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 13 July 2016

Predictathon 2016 - Results and photos

A big congratulations to all 36 finishers of this year's club predictathon!

We had  new club predictathon record tonight set by David Sharp of 1 second! Big congratulations also to Kathryn and Deb who completed their first ever 10k run!
2016 Champion Predictor - David!
The full results were:



Name
Prediction
Actual
Variation
Rank
John Pemberton
0:42:18
0:41:29
0:00:49

Martin Coleman
0:42:30
0:43:08
0:00:38

Alistair Melton
0:43:00
0:45:20
0:02:20

Rick Kelso-Davies
0:44:00
0:43:53
0:00:07
M2
Paul Barnett
0:47:30
0:48:35
0:01:05

John Wright
0:48:00
0:47:52
0:00:08
M3
Stephen Maclean
0:48:28
0:48:15
0:00:13

Steve Treweeks
0:49:15
0:48:56
0:00:19

Steve Farnell
0:50:00
0:50:30
0:00:30

Giles Hodges
0:50:01
0:49:03
0:00:58

Fran Gilchrist
0:50:07
0:49:54
0:00:13

Kev Roberts
0:52:20
0:50:38
0:01:42

David Sharp
0:52:40
0:52:41
0:00:01
M1 New joint record!
Jane Pyatt
0:53:21
0:51:10
0:02:11

Scott Portman
0:53:53
0:54:02
0:00:09

Lindsay Beeston
0:54:37
0:51:54
0:02:43

Duncan Robertson
0:56:20
0:57:45
0:01:25

Jason Bulley
0:56:44
0:55:24
0:01:20

Katie Payne
0:57:00
0:59:55
0:02:55

Lucy Lee
0:57:02
1:02:44
0:05:02

Helen Child
0:57:12
0:56:51
0:00:21
F3
James Boon
0:57:20
0:58:53
0:01:33

Denise Dowling
0:58:00
1:04:21
0:06:21

Jo Bulley
0:58:17
0:58:42
0:00:25

Claire Dalton
0:58:32
0:57:22
0:01:10

Louise Lewis
0:59:25
0:59:36
0:00:11
F1
Jenny Hoyle
1:00:00
1:00:14
0:00:14
F2
Amy Norman
1:00:25
1:03:05
0:02:40

Andrew Gibson
1:01:00
1:04:25
0:03:25

Cate Bannerman
1:01:34
1:04:21
0:02:47

June Wray
1:04:00
1:02:44
0:01:56

Julia Dunlop
1:06:45
1:09:23
0:02:38

Hannah Birtles
1:07:05
1:09:23
0:02:18

Karen Lovatt
1:12:05
1:12:53
0:00:48

Kathryn Reed
1:20:00
1:12:55
0:07:05
Wooden Spoon
Deb Barratt
1:20:00
1:12:55
0:07:05
Wooden Spoon


3rd Male - John

2nd Male - John

3rd Female - Helen

2nd Female - Jenny

Big smiles from the wooden spooners Deb and Kathryn!
Also a big thank you to our marshalls tonight who helped keep everyione safe out on the course:

Isobel, Lindsay, Elaine, Darren. Alice, Mo