This week's news: 19/10/2015

There was a huge turnout of Sandbach Striders at the free weekly 5k parkrun at Astbury Mere in Congleton this week. Eighteen Striders crossed the finish line with Tony Taylor, James Boon and Helen Child all recording new personal best times. 

Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun

The full results were as follows:


18:03 Darren Varley
18:50 Tony Taylor
20:03 Heather Carter
21:41 Rick Kelso-Davies
21:45 Nick Hogan
22:16 Andrew Ayres
23:02 Lindsay Beeston
23:50 James Boon
24:22 Rachel Green
25:36 Robert Kettle
26:10 Helen Child
26:36 Tim Woods
32:16 Tracey Hale
34:04 Nathan Lee
37:11 Steve Farnell
37:12 Jasmine Farnell
40:16 Lisa Reynolds
40:17 Tracey Surridge

Also in parkrun action was Julia Dunlop who ran the Conwy parkrun in North Wales, finishing in a time of 31:13, a new personal best time.

Four Striders took on the 50 mile challenge of the Round Rotherham race. A circular, mostly off-road event that takes participants around the South Yorkshire countryside. Steve Treweeks was the first Strider home in a time of 12:20:42, narrowly followed by Craig Edwards in 12:20:45, Clare Pheasey in 12:20:47 and Terry Coppenhall in 12:20:50.
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Clare Pheasey, Steve Treweeks, Terry Coppenhall and Craig Edwards at Round Rotherham 50

Paul Nicholls was in action at the Pattingham Bell 7 mile trail race near Wolverhampton, finishing the course in a time of 1:09:28. Paul's race report can be read here.

Paul Nicholls at Pattingham Bells 7

Striders were also represented in three different 10k events. Firstly Andy Thomas ran the Sheffield Ten 10k Ten event, a challenging multi-terrain 10k course starting in Endcliffe Park in Sheffield.  Andy finished in a time of 43:01 coming second in his age category. Andy's race report can be read here.

Andy Thomas at Sheffield 10k

Liz O’Keeffe and James Boon ran the Werrington 10k, an undulating course along quite country roads a few miles east of Stoke-on-Trent. Liz finished in a time of 56:46, winning her age category and James finished in 49:42. Liz's race report can be read here.

Liz O'Keeffe and James Boon at Werrington 10k

Ten Striders were in the village of Farndon a few miles east of Wrexham to run the Farndon 10k. Heather Carter came first in her age category.

Sandbach Striders at Farndon 10k

The full results were as follows:

38:40 Tony Taylor
41:21 Heather Carter
52:11 Alice Bober
53:57 David Sharp
55:34 Denis Culloty
56:24 Philip Truman
58:51 Amy Norman
1:02:58 Karen Lovatt
1:03:38 Tracey Hale
1:06:06 Tracey Surridge