Four members of Striders of Croydon won medals in the annual Surrey Veterans Championships at Ewell on Saturday.

Their most impressive performance came from Justin Macenhill, who ran a well-judged tactical race to win the over-35 5,000m in 16 minutes, 44.3 seconds.

Club middle-distance coach Alan Dolton won a hat-trick of gold medals in the over-50 400m, 800m (2.46.7) and 1,500 metres (5.35.1).

Dave Hoben won gold in the over-55 3,000m walk (20.11.7), while Striders’ oldest competitor, Kevin Burnett, came away with five medals (two silver and three bronze).

He took silver in the over-65 discus (20.78) and 3,000m walk (21.24.9), and bronze in the over-65 shot (6.11), javelin (17.49) and hammer (17.58).

Striders also produced some good performances in their first Southern Veterans League match of the season, at Croydon Arena last Monday. Their men did well to place third, only 19 points behind Epsom and 27 ahead of Kingston. With a small team, Striders’ women also did well to place fourth out of the six competing clubs.

Striders’ only winner was Bob Ewen, who won the over-50 2,000m walk (12.00.1) and later placed second in the over-50 1,500m (5.21.9).

The 1,500 metres was a good event for Striders, with Colin Cotton placing second in the over-60 race (5.57.1), Steve Starvis finishing second in the over-35 A race (4.44.5) and Ian Campbell coming home second in the over-35 B race (5.19.0).

Steve Massey placed second in the over-35 400m (67.7), while team manager Dave Batten was third in the over-50 race (68.1). Mick Turner placed second in the over-35 2,000m walk (12.01.9) with Dave Hoben second in the B race (12.59.7).

Jenny Hemmings made an impressive debut for Striders’ women, setting new club over-45 records in both the 100m (16.7) and 400m (83.0). Linda Daniel set a club over-45 discus record of 11.95 metres, placing fourth.

On Sunday, Striders will be competing in the Dorking 10-mile road race, which is the third event in this year’s Surrey Road League. Striders’ men are currently in 17th place of the 27 clubs in the league, while the women are 16th.