Saffron Striders Championship 2025

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

New - 21 May 25: Results from Ashdon 10k and Stort 5 miles added.

		RACES/POINTS
RANK	STRIDER	M	PR	#1	#2	#3	#4	Bonus	Total
1	Charlotte Diggins	62.65			69.01	67.20	67.79	30.00	297
2	Claire Hopkins			67.20	68.90	60.26	62.24	30.00	289
3	David Martin	58.10			68.83	63.26	65.18	30.00	285
4	Matthew Billis			73.50		70.96	70.04	20.00	234
5	Tim McMahon	59.85			72.85	70.43		30.00	233
6	Marco Arcidiacono	42.07		70.43	73.45			20.00	206
7	Rachel Hipperson				67.25	63.88	64.54		196
8	Ian MacDougall			81.77			78.79	30.00	191
9	Linda Brett				63.47	59.72	60.72		184
10	Toby Lumsden				74.94		69.00	30.00	174
11	Rachel Everitt			70.39		66.10		30.00	166
12	Alan Taylor	78.54				69.33		10.00	158
13	Claire Steel				53.16	50.55	51.43		155
14	Michael Bradley				49.41	47.01	47.77	10.00	154
15	Robert Shaw			61.02		60.50		30.00	152
16	John Kennedy					62.77	66.21	20.00	149
17	Nigel Poad				64.97		62.94	20.00	148
18	Alan Jones	63.35				66.69		10.00	140
19	Richard Viney				56.89		54.00	10.00	121
20	Alexandra Thompson			54.80		54.01		10.00	119
21	Yusuf Firat	51.50				62.83			114
22	David Raimondo	78.25						10.00	88
23	Neil Halls					57.05		30.00	87
24	Alistair Cooke					55.89		30.00	86
25	Arthur Oliva					51.71		30.00	82
26	Rebecca White	68.35						10.00	78
27	Chloe Brown			67.14				10.00	77
28	Iain Cumming				65.92			10.00	76
29	Margit Wendelberger James					65.71		10.00	76
30	Lyn Hudson			60.88				10.00	71
31	Tony Kelly					58.87		10.00	69
32	Anne Dawson						57.08	10.00	67
33	Fiona Viney						48.05	10.00	58
34	Andrew Page				51.83				52
35	Lili Pluck					50.11			50
36	Helen Binns					49.34			49
37	Dickon Clark	46.70							47
38	Richard Balarkas							30.00	30
39	Nigel Flynn							20.00	20
40	Kerry Harrington							20.00	20
41	Kate Poulter							20.00	20
42	Claire Rooney							20.00	20
43	Mark Anderton							10.00	10
44	Jake Bonham							10.00	10
45	Simon Chambers							10.00	10
46	Nigel Coates							10.00	10
47	Chris Dodge							10.00	10
48	Tom Dudson							10.00	10
49	Craig Dyce							10.00	10
50	Lewis Elmes							10.00	10
51	Lee Gamble							10.00	10
52	Flo Greatrix							10.00	10
53	Lucie Heanley							10.00	10
54	Iain Henley							10.00	10
55	Helen Howard							10.00	10
56	John James							10.00	10
57	Katharine Lewis							10.00	10
58	Kate Robson							10.00	10
59	Thomas Roelleke							10.00	10
60	Iain Rogers							10.00	10
61	Tim Tait							10.00	10
62	Charlotte Teall							10.00	10
63	Mark Thackstone							10.00	10
64	Kate Waite							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 Ricking 10k	14th June 2025
8	Ware Festival of Running 10 miles	6th July 2025
9	Saffron Striders 5k	17th July 2025 (TBC)
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.