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!"

Thursday 13 February 2014

This week's news 13/02/2014

A welcome break in the stormy weather on Saturday morning occurred just as runners all of the country were lining up for the free weekly 5k parkruns that happen nationwide. 

Our prized local version of the parkrun at Astbury Mere saw nine members of Sandbach Striders taking completing the three laps of the mere.


Steve Farnell was first Strider home in a new personal best time. Meanwhile Helen Culloty narrowly pipped her dad Denis across the finish line and earned herself a new personal best time in doing so. New strider Lindsay Beeston continued his run of good form narrowly missing out on a new best time.
Mat at Congleton parkrun

21:22 Steve Farnell
21:43 Terry Coppenhall
22:22 Mat Simister
23:45 Lindsay Beeston
26:47 Helen Culloty
27:00 Denis Culloty
27:35 Heather Carter
29:00 Elizabeth O'Keeffe
31:52 Isobel Bennett

 Meanwhile up in Hanley, club chairman Michael Escolme took on the slopes of Hanley park to record a time of 23 minutes exactly.
Michael finishing a parkrun.
On Sunday, it was the Southport Mad Dog 10k race. This hugely popular 6.2 mile event along the sea front in the picturesque Lancashire town of Southport challenged its participants with some extremely blustery conditions. Five Striders braved the head winds and recorded the following times:
Karen, Steve, Paul, Dave and Tom at Mad Dog 10k
00:44:54 Paul Barnet
00:48:13 Tom Mayell
00:49:27 Steve Treweeks
00:51:03 David Parr
01:00:12 Karen Lovatt

 Karen Lovatt showed the lads how to run a 10k race by knocking oevr 2 minutes off her personal best time.
Posted by Sandbach Striders at 00:49