9 Teams of Striders graced the beautiful Darley Park on Friday evening to compete in the annual Hairy Helmet Relay. Always a challenge, but always great fun 🤩!
And we had double success in both female and male vet 160 categories. Congratulations to Rachel Farrow, Pascale Holden, Hazel Baxter and Sam Spate who came home in 1:10:53; and Kenny Malton, Stephen Watson, Paul Pearce and Matt Bailey who finished in 55:02.
Here are the team results and Tim Spate’s list of competitors so hopefully you’ll be able work out your official time.
| Pos | Race No | Name | Time | Category | Cat Pos | Gender | Gen Pos | Lap1 | Lap2 | Lap3 | Lap4 |
| 10 | 68 | Stridermen | 00:55:02 | Male Vets total age over 160 | 1 | Male | 7 | 00:13:01 | 00:14:33 | 00:13:18 | 00:14:09 |
| 34 | 70 | Lock, Stock and Four Smoking Striders! | 01:02:35 | Male Super Vets total age over 160 | 7 | Male | 20 | 00:16:04 | 00:15:40 | 00:15:37 | 00:15:13 |
| 46 | 73 | The Rise and Fall of the Striders | 01:04:50 | Male Super Vets total age over 200 | 4 | Male | 29 | 00:16:22 | 00:16:09 | 00:16:49 | 00:15:29 |
| 59 | 75 | Striders Inc. | 01:07:06 | Male Super Vets total age over 160 | 13 | Male | 35 | 00:16:00 | 00:15:09 | 00:17:37 | 00:18:19 |
| 71 | 74 | The Strider Lads | 01:10:01 | Ultra Vets total age over 240 | 2 | Male | 40 | 00:20:04 | 00:18:17 | 00:16:14 | 00:15:26 |
| 76 | 69 | Gone with the Striders | 01:10:53 | Female Vets total age over 160 | 1 | Female | 5 | 00:18:02 | 00:16:33 | 00:18:26 | 00:17:50 |
| 90 | 67 | Natural Born Striders | 01:14:36 | Male Open | 20 | Male | 47 | 00:13:50 | 00:27:43 | 00:19:10 | 00:13:51 |
| 103 | 71 | Absolutely Striders | 01:18:54 | Female Vets total age over 160 | 4 | Female | 11 | 00:21:31 | 00:19:58 | 00:15:15 | 00:22:08 |
| 117 | 72 | The Shelton Supremacy | 01:26:06 | Female Super Vets age over 200 | 3 | Female | 14 | 00:21:35 | 00:23:11 | 00:18:47 | 00:22:32 |
| Natural Bor Striders | A | Sam Pearch |
| Male Open | B | Bethany Pearch |
| 67 | C | Callum Pearch |
| D | Charlie Pearch | |
| The Shelton Supremacy | A | Kenny Malton |
| Male Vets total age over 160 | B | Stephen Watson |
| 68 | C | Paul Pearce |
| D | Matt Bailey | |
| Gone with the Striders | A | Samantha Spate |
| Female Vets total age over 160 | B | Pascale Holden |
| C | Hazel Baxter | |
| 69 | D | Rachel Farrow |
| Lock, Stock and Four Smoking Striders! | A | Matthew Glazier |
| Male Vets total age over 160 | B | Leo Pickford |
| 70 | C | James Realey |
| D | Patrick Munro | |
| Absolutely Striders | A | Jo Teft |
| Mixed Vets total age over 160 | B | Sam Pearch |
| 71 | C | Tim Spate |
| D | Lyndsay Butcher | |
| The Shelton Supremacy | A | Amanda Wilson |
| Female Super Vets total age over 200 | B | Tracy Hepburn |
| 72 | C | Carolyn Derbyshire |
| D | Sharon Sullivan | |
| The Rise and Fall of the Striders | A | Tony Neave |
| Male Super Vets total age over 200 | B | Stephen Hawkins |
| 73 | C | Christopher Sharp |
| D | Richie Wheatcroft | |
| The Strider Lads | A | Dave Sullivan |
| Male Super Vets total age over 200 | B | lan Crompton |
| 74 | C | Alan Percival |
| D | Neil Realey | |
| Striders Inc. | A | David Thompson |
| Male Vets total age over 160 | B | William Luesley |
| C | Andrew Lucas | |
| 75 | D | Daniel Butcher |