Author: Striders

Thanks to Tony Ashby for taking the photo’s. Senior Man 2017 was an a fantastic year for this man and if I was to list all of his achievements for the year on this citation, I’d have Greenpeace on my case for the amount of trees used for the paper I would need, so I will highlight just a few. […]

Thanks to Tony Ashby for taking the photo’s.Larger photo’s will be available soon Senior Man This individual is an exceptional runner; his dedication to the sport and training is remarkable. He regularly runs 50 miles a week, his training involves a daily run commute to and from work and he also often runs to and from club training sessions. During […]

Thanks to Tony Ashby for taking the photo’s.To download larger photo’s click here Senior Man Another year has passed and another year of unrelenting consistency means that this year’s senior man award is no surprise to anyone.This man achieved a Marathon PB, a 10km PB, a 5-mile PB and to finish the year off he achieved a half marathon PB in […]

Thanks to Tony Ashby for taking the photo’s. A special thanks goes to Dave Hall who presented the Awards for 2014 Senior Man Once again this man has shown his superb yearlong consistency which, as a club, we can all admire and look up too. 2014 started (and finished) with him representing the club in the cross country races. Once […]

Thanks to Tony Ashby for taking the photo’s.To copy and see more photo’s visit TonysPhotoSite A special thanks goes to our president Helen Morris who presented the Awards for 2013 Senior Man This man started his year pretty much how he finished the last, by running in all the Three Counties cross country fixtures, and was the first Strider home in […]

Thanks to Tony Ashby for taking the photo’s.To copy and see more photo’s visit TonysPhotoSite A special thanks goes to our guest John Kirkby who talked about and gave a slideshow of his run in the Marathon Des Sables. John then presented the Awards for 2012 Senior Man This man started his year by running in nearly all of our cross […]

If you would like any of these photos please email here A special thanks goes to our guest Gail Duckworth who presented the Awards for 2011 Senior Man This man has been one of our most consistent runners this year. He has performed very well on a variety of terrains such as the roads, the track and cross country. He has […]

If you would like any of these photos please email here A special thanks goes to our guest professor John Brewer who was a thoroughly entertaining speaker and as a runner himself could empathise with all members of the club.Also to Mark Fairclough who gave us an insight into the history, workings and progress of the Help for Heroes charity which […]

Ken Abbott Award KEN ABBOTT AWARD – This award normally goes to somebody who has suffered a serious or long term injury or set back and has managed to recover and get back to running in the face of adversity. This lady has been a member for 18 years. For many years she was a constant at all cross country […]

If you would like any of these photos please email here Andy Hobdell was our guest of honour for the evening. He’s coach to Andy Braddeley, Britain’s number one 1500m runner. Senior Man Firstly we would like to say how delighted we are to be giving our Senior Man award to this gentleman tonight. He has come very close to winning the […]