Saffron Striders Championship 2026

New - 16 Aug 26: Added results from the Saffron Striders 5K.

		RACES/POINTS
RANK	STRIDER	M	PR	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	Bonus	Total
1	Charlotte Diggins		71.59	72.28		71.58	67.88	66.92	71.15	71.28	70.00	563
2	Jake Bonham			69.15		67.66	63.36	66.25	67.46	68.68	60.00	463
3	Claire Hopkins			68.52		67.66	65.08	62.31	68.08	68.81	30.00	430
4	Alan Taylor	79.23		80.10	71.92			76.18		80.28	20.00	408
5	Matthew Billis				74.44	73.40	70.19			74.19	60.00	352
6	Ian MacDougall		74.49	83.97			75.78			85.85	30.00	350
7	Arthur Oliva				70.44	69.71	64.56			72.04	60.00	337
8	Rachel Hipperson					66.56	65.64	62.15		71.78	70.00	336
9	Sue Fearnley	61.51		70.01			57.14	62.08		68.81		320
10	Alistair Cooke				55.68		55.14		58.75	56.80	70.00	296
11	Alan Jones			68.45	63.57		66.59	67.14			20.00	286
12	Yusuf Firat	50.45						54.15	64.27	69.81	40.00	279
13	Tim McMahon				69.89			66.22		76.68	60.00	273
14	Richard Viney					52.47	54.99	54.58		63.43	40.00	265
15	Fiona Viney					57.25	55.38	54.76		58.04	40.00	265
16	Neil Halls					56.40	54.74	54.22		59.91	40.00	265
17	Charlotte Teall					59.70	51.29	55.30		57.92	40.00	264
18	David Martin	67.46					66.48	66.18			60.00	260
19	Claire Rooney			55.13			53.82	50.82		60.08	20.00	240
20	Robert Shaw				60.88	55.74	59.98				40.00	217
21	Alexandra Thompson			56.36			54.94	51.82			40.00	203
22	Bill Donaldson			68.30						72.37	60.00	201
23	Zib Gotto				72.07					73.63	50.00	196
24	Margit Wendelberger James						63.92			72.43	50.00	186
25	Sheree Reilly			59.04					57.67	61.46		178
26	Tony Kelly								60.67	66.69	50.00	177
27	Rachel Everitt				67.73		64.54				20.00	152
28	John Kennedy	51.75							64.68		30.00	146
29	Claire Sleep			60.42						63.91	20.00	144
30	Marco Arcidiacono	52.79			59.37						30.00	142
31	Hannah Krull						60.31			58.32	20.00	139
32	Iain Rogers						54.10			58.51	20.00	133
33	Mark Fitzhenry						59.70			58.09	10.00	128
34	Phoebe Elms	58.04								64.60		123
35	Annabel Crossman								59.11	60.88		120
36	Linda Brett						61.77			47.86	10.00	120
37	Joanne Simpson	54.21								60.76		115
38	Iain Cumming									68.86	40.00	109
39	Michael Bradley						45.35	40.29			20.00	106
40	Tom Hopkins									72.27	30.00	102
41	Will Finnie									59.34	40.00	99
42	Ben Wright									58.30	40.00	98
43	Craig Dyce									86.92	10.00	97
44	Rebecca White									74.74	20.00	95
45	Jon Cooke									82.20		82
46	Arnold Sienerth						50.77				30.00	81
47	Angela Marin									60.70	20.00	81
48	John James						48.63				30.00	79
49	Toby Lumsden									67.35	10.00	77
50	Mark Frow									56.07	20.00	76
51	Chris Outtersides			73.26								73
52	Saroj Magar			60.90							10.00	71
53	Calum Eadie									56.87	10.00	67
54	Kate Poulter			56.84							10.00	67
55	Gaby Illston-Baggs			64.02								64
56	Lucie Heanley						53.74				10.00	64
57	Ian Jarvis			63.72								64
58	Mark Anderton						62.90					63
59	Will Everitt									62.05		62
60	Juho Piliparinen									58.12		58
61	Stuart Frankland									56.52		57
62	Theresa Jones			54.80								55
63	Helen Piliparinen									54.42		54
64	Claire Steel									52.78		53
65	Janice Powell									47.51		48
66	Nuala Edgar									46.41		46
67	Lili Pluck									43.18		43
68	Paula Thurston									42.71		43
69	Jaclyn Hartman			40.91								41
70	Katrin Nuija			38.49								38
71	Jared Ellington										20.00	20
72	Tarquin Ellington										20.00	20
73	Tracey Ellington										20.00	20
74	Andrew Flind										20.00	20
75	Kirsty Millard										20.00	20
76	Nigel Poad										20.00	20
77	Nick White										20.00	20
78	Kate Wilding										20.00	20
79	Nicola Ansari										10.00	10
80	Nigel Coates										10.00	10
81	Trish Cooke										10.00	10
82	Anne Dawson										10.00	10
83	Georgia Dudley										10.00	10
84	Tom Dudson										10.00	10
85	Micke Engelbrecht										10.00	10
86	Lee Gamble										10.00	10
87	Kerry Harrington										10.00	10
88	Wendy MacDougall										10.00	10
89	Andrew Page										10.00	10
90	Peter Round										10.00	10
91	Tim Tait										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 Half Marathon	8th March 2026
2	Cambridge Boundary Half Marathon	15th March 2026
3	St. Clare Hospice 10k	12th April 2026
4	Ashdon 10k	4th May 2026
5	Hatfield Broad Oak 10k	25th May 2026
6	Lowestoft 10k	14th June 2026
7	Saffron Striders 5k	16th July 2026
8	Abington 10k	4th October 2026
9	St Neots Half Marathon	22nd November 2026
10	Bass Belle 10 Miler	November 2026 (TBC)
11	Ely New Year's Eve 10k	31st December 2026

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.