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!"

Monday, 17 November 2014

This week's news 17/11/2014

Members of Sandbach Striders running club continue to turn out in force at the free weekly 5k parkrun at Astbury Mere each Saturday morning, this week especially so as it was the 100th anniversary of this popular event. 
Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun
New personal best times were recorded by Heather Carter, Nick Hogan, Kelley Underwood, Grant Stanning, Amy Norman and Jan Walls. 

The full results are as follows:

 00:19:46 Heather Carter
00:20:08 Tony Taylor
00:20:23 Nick Hogan
00:25:03 Rachel Green
00:25:50 Denis Culloty
00:26:50 Kelley Underwood
00:27:00 Grant Stanning
00:27:30 Amy Norman
00:27:31 Terry Coppenhall
00:28:40 Denise Dowling
00:31:38 Jan Walls
00:37:50 Lucy Lee

 Meanwhile in Hereford Michael Escolme ran the Hereford parkrun along the Great Western Way close to Hereford city centre. Michael finished in 22:45.

Michael Escolme at Hereford parkrun
Even further south in Devon, two Striders ran the Parke parkrun which started in the Parke Estate, near Bovey Tracey. Husband and wife duo Gordon and Cheryl Hutchins finished the parkrun in 27:45 and 30:02 respectively.
Gordon and Cheryl Hutchins at Parke parkrun
This week also saw the second running the ‘Hell of a Hill’. This low key event consists of five marathons in five days, each consisting of four laps up and down a hill near Bolton. at Simister participated on Day 1 and finished in 5:34:55 and Paul Nicholls participated on Day 4 and finished in 6:20:03

Mat Simister at Hell of a Hill
Also in action at the weekend was Fran Gilchrist who ran the Autumn Shakespeare half-marathon. This race takes place on an airfield, which the runners traverse 4 times. Fran earned himself a new personal best time of 1:39:54

 Sandbach Striders are a friendly, supportive and inclusive running club who welcome new members of all abilities. Prospective members are welcome to run with the club for a month with no obligation to join. 

 This coming Monday we will be running an off-road torchlight run starting at the Edgerton Arms in Astbury village. Meeting at the Club at 18:30 or at the pub at 18:50. be prepared to get a little muddy! The plan is flexible, so depending on who turns up - all Striders are welcome! The route will look a little something like this:


Posted by Michael Escolme at 02:40