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, 18 January 2016

This week's news: 18/01/2016

The inclement weather resulted in the cancellation of Congleton parkrun. Even so, several Striders still managed to run their usual Saturday morning parkrun.
Sandbach Striders at Helby Half-marathon
Three Striders travelled to Delamere Forest for the parkrun there. Mat Simister finished in 25:30, with youngster Nathan Lee narrowly behind in 41:55 having out sprinted his mum Lucy who finished in 42:00.


Christiane Bunte ran the Lytham Hall parkrun, a three lap course around the Georgian Palladian style country hall near the Ribble estuary in Lancashire. Christiane finished the course in 25:08.
Christiane Bunte at Lytham Hall parkrun
James Boon took a short break from his holiday to run the Fountains Abbey parkrun near Ripon, North Yorkshire. James finished the two lap course in a time of 24:58.
James Boon at Fountains Abbey parkrun
On Sunday, 18 Striders ran the Helsby half-marathon. After the cancellation of the 2015 event, the race organisers had worked hard to ensure that whatever the weather this year’s event would still go ahead.

The full results were as follows:

1:29:12 Tony Taylor
1:32:05 Heather Carter
1:38:11 Paul Barnett
1:41:27 Steve Farnell
1:49:07 Kate Jayden
1:49:51 Clare Pheasey
1:49:51 Terry Coppenhall
1:51:48 Lindsay Beeston
1:53:13 Matt Jones
1:56:42 Jo Bulley
1:57:02 Jason Bulley
1:59:23 Mat Simister
1:59:51 Chris Holden
2:04:31 Paul Nicholls
2:04:33 Chris Brumby
2:10:50 Lindsay Beech
2:13:54 Denis Culloty
2:15:02 Wendy Barnes