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, 12 October 2015

This week's news: 12/10/2015

Six different running events around the country featured runners from Sandbach Striders Running Club this week. Closest to home was the free weekly parkrun at Congleton which featured fifteen Striders. 
Sandbach Striders at Congleton parkrun
First Strider home and finishing in fifth position overall was Tony Taylor who also earned himself a new personal best time. He was joined by Steve and Gillian Fallows who both also ran new personal best times. 

The full results were as follows:

 18:55 Tony Taylor
20:26 Heather Carter
21:04 Steven Fallows
21:57 Nick Hogan
25:10 Rachel Green
25:48 Denise Dowling
26:17 Alice Bober
26:25 Gillian Roycroft
26:27 Denis Culloty
26:43 Liz O'Keeffe
28:12 Amy Norman
28:12 Terry Coppenhall
28:37 Grant Stanning
33:15 Nathan Lee
33:15 Lucy Lee

 Lou Hayward and Julia Dunlop ran the Conwy parkrun, located at the RSPB reserve on the beautiful Conwy estuary in North Wales. Lou finished in a time of 28:39, narrowly ahead of Julia Dunlop who finished in 31:20.
Lou Hayward at the Conwy parkrun
Michael Escolme ran the Darley parkrun in Derby, a hilly two lap course that borders the River Derwent. Michael completed the course in 32:33.
Mary Chadwick and Michael Escolme at Darley parkrun
Also in parkrun action was Lynsey Astles, who ran the Delamere parkrun, finishing in a time of 29:18.

 Paul Nicholls ran the Pattingham Bells Trail Race, a seven mile off-road, multi-terrain race around the beautiful countryside of South Staffordshire.
Paul Nicholls at the  Pattingham Bells trail 7
Kate Jayden ran the Yorkshire marathon in the county’s capital York, finishing in a time of 3:56:07.
Kate Jayden at the Yorkshire Marathon

Posted by Michael Escolme at 18:00