Saffron Striders Championship 2025

Using the new WMA 2025 age grade tables. See below for details.

New - 07 Oct 25: Results from the Shelford 5K, Abington 10K added and more bonus points.

		RACES/POINTS
RANK	STRIDER	M	PR	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	#11	Bonus	Total
1	Tim McMahon	59.85			72.85	70.43		73.36	71.04	52.71	68.80		75.79	74.21	80.00	646
2	Charlotte Diggins	62.65	70.24		69.01	67.20	67.79	72.30	71.07		69.65	76.44	73.39	71.81	70.00	644
3	Matthew Billis			73.50		70.96	70.04	73.93		55.36	72.51		73.89	73.24	70.00	633
4	David Martin	58.10			68.83	63.26	65.18	68.76	62.68	52.78	65.29	73.43	70.10		70.00	608
5	Marco Arcidiacono	42.07		70.43	73.45			74.22	71.17		64.68	73.34	71.54	67.83	20.00	587
6	Claire Hopkins			67.20	68.90	60.26	62.24	66.04				70.55	72.58	68.43	50.00	586
7	Ian MacDougall			81.77			78.79	83.35		53.12		80.90	79.60	78.55	40.00	576
8	Rachel Hipperson				67.25	63.88	64.54	67.78		59.76		70.56	74.35		40.00	508
9	Alan Taylor	78.54				69.33		77.75				82.92		76.33	40.00	425
10	Linda Brett				63.47	59.72	60.72					69.65	69.31	68.53	20.00	411
11	Michael Bradley				49.41	47.01	47.77		47.98	45.09	46.17	52.50			10.00	346
12	Jake Bonham	65.00						71.36	70.60				73.06		60.00	340
13	Richard Viney				56.89		54.00	57.39				63.10	63.10		40.00	334
14	Alan Jones	63.35				66.69							69.11	69.46	50.00	319
15	Alexandra Thompson			54.80		54.01		55.08				60.14		56.76	30.00	311
16	Robert Shaw			61.02		60.50		63.05				63.71			60.00	308
17	Toby Lumsden		69.44		74.94		69.00						52.17		40.00	306
18	Yusuf Firat	51.50				62.83		62.20						61.00	60.00	298
19	Neil Halls					57.05		60.23		50.21		63.10			60.00	291
20	David Raimondo	78.75						82.88				88.25			40.00	290
21	Claire Steel				53.16	50.55	51.43	52.47							40.00	248
22	Alistair Cooke					55.89			56.02			62.39			70.00	244
23	Nigel Poad				64.97		62.94	64.79							50.00	243
24	Zib Gotto	48.95										74.33	75.51		40.00	239
25	Rachel Everitt			70.39		66.10				60.71					40.00	237
26	Fiona Viney						48.05	46.46				51.39	54.74		30.00	231
27	Arnold Sienerth											56.74	57.00	55.44	40.00	209
28	Claire Rooney							53.61				57.10		55.24	30.00	196
29	Rebecca White	68.35										78.82			40.00	187
30	Iain Cumming				65.92							70.11			50.00	186
31	Arthur Oliva					51.71		69.98							60.00	182
32	Tony Kelly					58.87						67.31			50.00	176
33	John Kennedy					62.77	66.21								20.00	149
34	Annabel Crossman							57.08				64.80			20.00	142
35	Charlotte Teall							52.70				54.39			30.00	137
36	Flo Greatrix										50.36	61.55			20.00	132
37	Lyn Hudson			60.88						56.97					10.00	128
38	Iain Henley											80.83			30.00	111
39	Tim Tait											67.88			40.00	108
40	Anne Dawson	30.01					57.08								20.00	107
41	Margit Wendelberger James					65.71									40.00	106
42	Simon Chambers											50.29			50.00	100
43	Mark Anderton											85.26			10.00	95
44	Nigel Flynn											74.37			20.00	94
45	Lili Pluck					50.11						39.11				89
46	Chloe Brown			67.14											20.00	87
47	Paul Kennmit											62.88			20.00	83
48	Kate Poulter											62.58			20.00	83
49	Kerry Harrington											58.01			20.00	78
50	Thomas Roelleke												56.00		20.00	76
51	Mark Fitzhenry											64.23			10.00	74
52	Iain Rogers											63.83			10.00	74
53	Melissa Sangha											67.01				67
54	Tom Dudson							56.26							10.00	66
55	Andrew Page				51.83										10.00	62
56	Liz Blower											61.08				61
57	Will Finnie													48.72	10.00	59
58	Dickon Clark	46.70													10.00	57
59	Jemma Jessup							55.88								56
60	Katharine Lewis											45.63			10.00	56
61	Elizabeth McMillan											44.05			10.00	54
62	Joanne Gaught											53.54				54
63	Stephen Hillyard											49.70				50
64	Paula Thurston											39.56			10.00	50
65	Helen Binns					49.34										49
66	Jenny Goodwin											42.63				43
67	Christopher Taylor											41.91				42
68	Lee Gamble														40.00	40
69	Jamie Pettit											38.93				39
70	Katharina Mueller-Ott											38.66				39
71	Richard Balarkas														30.00	30
72	John James														30.00	30
73	Jason Coles														20.00	20
74	Craig Dyce														20.00	20
75	Kate Robson														20.00	20
76	Mark Thackstone														20.00	20
77	Kate Waite														20.00	20
78	Nigel Coates														10.00	10
79	Chris Dodge														10.00	10
80	Lewis Elmes														10.00	10
81	Mark Frow														10.00	10
82	Joe Hall														10.00	10
83	Lucie Heanley														10.00	10
84	Helen Howard														10.00	10
85	Shelley Menell														10.00	10
86	Niall Sullivan														10.00	10

Any updates or errors, please mail me at chris@redrat.co.uk.

Qualifying Races

RACE INDEX
	Event	Date
M	Any official marathon or ultra run during the year (best one counts).
P	Any Saturday Parkrun 5k you choose (best one counts). Enter your results here.
1	Cambridge Boundary Half	16th March 2025
2	St. Clare Hospice 10k	6th April 2025
3	Ashdon 10k	5th May 2025
4	Stort 5	18th May 2025
5	Hatfield Broad Oak 10k	26th May 2025
6	St Albans Half Marathon	8th June 2025
7	Quendon and Rickling 10k	14th June 2025
8	Ware Festival of Running 10 miles	6th July 2025
9	Saffron Striders 5k	17th July 2025
10	Shelford 5k	21st September 2025
11	Abington 10k	5th October 2025
12	Hertfordshire 10k	2nd November 2025
13	Ely New Year's Eve 10k	31st December 2025 (TBC)

HOW POINTS ARE AWARDED
1	Points are awarded based on your age graded performance (WMA) in each race. E.g. a WMA score of 62% will result in 62 points. See below for more information.
2	The best 8 WMA scores out of the listed races to count.
3	XC League: 10 bonus points awarded for competing or marshalling/helping at each of the XC league event during the year.
4	5K League: For our home 5K race, full WMA points for all runners. Marshals and helpers will get the average WMA score from all participating Striders. All other 5K league events - 10 bonus points awarded for competing.

World Master Association Age Grade Tables

Updated and improved age grade tables were published in early 2025, so these are now used to calculate the Striders Championship.

The new tables seem to slightly reduce the scores with increasing age when compared with previous versions, i.e. older runners are getting better times. Perhaps this reflects an improvement in physical fitness with age over time for those who remain active, or just better running shoes!

You can test verify your result online. If you find any discrepancy with the champ table result, then please let me know - chris@redrat.co.uk.

Further details can be read here or viewed on GitHub.