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, 10 August 2015

This week's news: 10/08/2015

This week was the annual running of the Pie and Peas 5 mile trail race in the village of Moutlon near Northwich. Forty members of Sandbach Striders ran this popular event.
Sandbach Striders at Pie and Peas
The full results were: 


 00:30:43 Darren Varley
00:32:23 Giles Hodges
00:32:49 Tony Taylor
00:33:12 Martin Coleman
00:33:24 Gordon Hutchins
00:33:40 Heather Carter
00:34:42 Terry Coppenhall
00:36:00 Paul Barnett
00:36:56 Tom Mayell
00:38:06 Lindsay Beeston
00:38:18 Nicholas Hogan
00:40:37 Michael Escolme
00:41:02 George Nicholls
00:41:24 Paul Nicholls
00:41:29 Alice Bober
00:41:35 Janet Burgess
00:41:54 Robert Kettle
00:42:09 Cheryl Hutchins
00:42:25 Chris Holden
00:42:26 Duncan Robertson
00:43:08 Lucy Lee
00:43:15 Perry Wyatt
00:44:41 Jill Young
00:45:20 Lindsay Beech
00:45:55 Philip Truman
00:46:51 Amy Norman
00:47:16 Gillian Roycroft
00:47:28 Moe Dutton
00:48:08 Claire Dalton
00:48:13 Ian Cussons
00:48:14 Lou Hayward
00:52:03 Tracey Surridge
00:52:50 Karen Wright
00:53:18 Karen Lovatt
00:54:21 Emma Hassall
01:00:23 Catherine Winders
01:14:51 Grant Stanning

01:14:51 Alex Bramhill

Sandbach Striders running club was represented in five different parkrun events round the country. Closest to home were the seven Striders who ran Congleton parkrun. Martin Coleman earned himself a new personal best time. 
Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun
The full results were as follows:

 00:19:37 Martin Coleman
21:53 Gordon Hutchins
22:12 Lindsay Beeston
24:06 Alice Bober
24:42 Duncan Robertson
24:43 Terry Coppenhall
32:58 Cheryl Hutchins

 Three Striders travelled over to Wilmslow to run the parkrun at Wilmslow park, the full results were:

 28:23 Gillian Fallows
28:24 Helen Child
30:32 Lynsey Astles
Gillian Fallows, Helen Child and Lynsey Astles at Wilmslow parkrun
Fran Gilchrist once more found himself in North London running the Ally Pally parkrun in the grounds of Alexandra Palace. Fran finished in a time of 23:28.

 Martin Gunther ran the Kings Lynn parkrun in a time of 20:01.

 Michael Escolme ran his 60th different parkrun course at Oakwell Hall near Bradford in a time of 33:17. 
Michael Escolme and Mary Chadwick at Oakwell Hall parkrun
Steve Fallows and Tony Taylor participated in The People’s Triathlon at Dearnford Lake, Whitchurch. Both opted to complete the Olympic distance which consists of a 1500 swim, 40 km cycle and a 10k run. Steve finished in a total time of 2:34:24 with Tony narrowly behind in 2:43:17.
Tony Taylor and Steve Fallows at the People's Triathlon
Heather Carter and Paul Nicholls completed the Long Tour of Bradwell, a 33 mile route around the Peak District. Heather Carter finished in a time of 7:48:59 with Paul Nicholls narrowly behind in 9:57:26
Paul Nicholls and Heather Carter at the Long Tour of Bradwell
Also in ultra-marathon action was Kate Jayden who completed the 105 mile route of the North Downs Way in 29 hours 23 minutes. The route starts in Farnham in Surrey and finished in Dover, passing through Guildford, Dorkin and Rochester on the way.
Kate Jayden at the North Downs Way 100


Posted by Michael Escolme at 20:29