Sandbach Striders: This week's news: 12/09/2016

Wednesday night’s club run saw the 4^th of the clubs summer series of events – the Club Handicap, a race which anyone can win. After a review of each member’s best times over the year and some carefully considered calculations, Striders were sent off one by one to run the 11k course with the aim to be the first Strider Home, regardless of where in the order they started.

First lady home was Lucy Lee, followed by June Wray and Jo Askey. First male home was Matt Simister, followed by Kevern Roberts and Steve Treweeks

Lucy Lee at the Club Handicap

Matt Simister at the Club Handicap

Six Striders took part in the Congleton parkrun at Astbury Mere, with Heather Carter coming is as first female and Stephen Mclean earning himself a new personal best time. Full results were:

Rick Kelso-Davies 19:50

Stephen Mclean 19:57

Andy Thomas 20:00

Heather Carter 20:02

Helen Child 27:39

John Wright 31:54

Striders at Congleton parkrun

Paul Barnet also ran a personal best time, finishing the Croxteth Hall parkrun in 19:44.

Paul Barnett at Croxteth Hall parkrun

David Parr and Grant Stanning found themselves in Wyre Forest, Bewdley for their parkrun ahead of the Worcester Wineathlon, finishing in 29:26 and 33:03 respectively.

David Parr and Grant Stanning at Wyre Forest parkrun

Steve Treweeks finished the Dolgellau parkrun in 34:56.

Liz O’Keeffe once again took part in her local parkrun in Bulgaria finishing in 27:25.

Liz O'Keeffe at Valma parkrun

Eight Striders headed to the West Midlands for the Worcester Wineathlon, a 8 mile fancy dress trail run with feed stations every 2 miles, stocked with optional wine samples! Results are yet to be published but doubt there will be any personal best times!!

Striders at Worcester Wineathlon

Gordon and Cheryl Hutchins at Worcester Wineathlon

On Sunday, Steve Farnell took part in the Northwest Triathlon (Sprint Distance). His time of 1:21:04 was a new personal best for him and gave him the spot of 98^th male.

Steve Farnell at the Northwest Triathlon

Steve Fallows entered the Ironman 70.3 Weymouth. The swim took place in Weymouth Bay, with the stunning backdrop of the Jurassic Coastline. The bike course offered speed, hills, and the charm of the Dorset countryside. The multi-lap run took athletes around the town, harbour and the historic Weymouth seafront, where sailing competitions took place during the 2012 Olympic Games. Steve finished in 5 hours 44.

Steve Fallows at Ironman 70.3 Weymouth

The big race on Sunday was the Sandbach 10k Sponsored by Butcher & Barlow. This is the 11^th year that this event has been held and each year it gets better and better. Along side the main event, there was a children’s fun run, bouncy castle, face painting, BBQ, cake stall, live music, sports massage from Sandbach Physiotherapy, and a pop up shop from Rosebank Sports. All the proceeds from the day are to be donated to this year’s club charity Central Cheshire Buddies Scheme, which supports children and young people with disabilities to access a range of activities which they would not normally have the opportunity to be involved with.

136 runners started the race, nine of which were Striders. Their results were as follows:

Tim Morris 39:04

Martin Gunther 42:35

Jo Askey 52:19 - PB

June Wray 53:04 – PB

Lisa Highfield 53:50

Louise Lewis 57:09

Katie Payne 58:17

Kathryn Reed 1:05:43

Dave Stockton 1:22:04

See the race report here