Mob match success for Croydon

Report kindly written by Alan Dolton (SOC).

The tenth annual ‘mob match’ between Croydon Harriers and Striders of Croydon took place
on Saturday morning, in conjunction with the South Norwood parkrun. Croydon Harriers had
the first three finishers with Ben Whyte first (17:08), Phil Symonds second (17:29) and David
Brown third (17:46). The first Strider to finish was Phil Coales, who placed fourth (17:52).
Ernesto Kelly of Harriers was the first under-15 to finish, placing fifth overall (18:00). Scott
Miller of Harriers was sixth (18:18) and Freddie Harding of Harriers seventh (18:32). Nick
Andrews of Striders was eighth overall and first in the M40 age-group (18:39).

Striders had the first three finishers in the M50 age-group with Lee Flanagan placing ninth
overall (18:56), Andy Perks eleventh (19:06) and Tom Gillespie 13th (19:22). Matthew Stone
of Striders was first in the M60 age-group, placing 16th overall (19:35) and achieving an age-
grading of 82.64%, which was the best age-graded performance of the day. Graeme
Drysdale of Striders was first in the M55 age-group, placing 28th overall (20:47).
For the third successive year, Zoha Jetha of Harriers was the first female finisher. She
placed 27th overall (20:34). Aida Palomares-Dominguez of Harriers was the third female
finisher, placing first in the under-15 girls’ age-group and 38th overall (21:43). Consuelo
Kennefick of Striders was the fourth female finisher, placing first in the W50 age-group and
44th overall (22:04). Laura Marshall of Harriers was the sixth female finisher, placing second
in the W50 age-group and 50th overall (22:25). Ellyw Evans of Striders was the seventh
female finisher (23:07), while Millicent Figueira of Harriers was the eighth female finisher
(23:44).

Colin Oxlade of Harriers was first in the M65 age-group, placing 51st overall (22:26). Jon
Dean of Striders was second in the M65 age-group, placing 55th overall (22:36). Angela
Seesurrun of Striders was first in the W55 age-group, placing 112th overall (25:25).
Harriers had 27 runners finishing in under 25 minutes, while Striders had 23 runners
finishing in under 25 minutes. In total, Striders had 51 finishers while Harriers had 47
finishers. Using the ‘Thornbury’ method whereby all 98 finishers score, Harriers won by 2596
points to 2255. Scoring 47-a-side, Harriers won by 2416 points to 2049.