SAC at Tonbridge Half & 10k 2025

Six SAC runners tackled the Tonbridge Half and 10k on 5th October with brilliant results.

David Ives won the 10k and Ed Saunders led the SAC Half runners home in tenth place, with all six runners either first or second in their categories:

Half:

Gun	Chip	Bib	Name	Gun	Chip	Cat	PCat	Gen	PGen	Club
10	13	2125	Edmund Saunders	01:22:30	01:22:12	V40	2	Male	10	Sevenoaks AC
23	28	2482	Keith Dowson	01:26:02	01:25:58	V60	1	Male	24	Sevenoaks AC
356	387	1484	Simon Hallpike	01:51:06	01:50:53	V70	1	Male	329	Sevenoaks AC
734	775	1578	Sarah Shewell	02:10:22	02:09:29	V65	2	Female	206	Sevenoaks AC

10k:

Gun	Chip	Bib	Name	Gun	Chip	Cat	Pcat	Gen	Pgen	Club
1	1	200	David Ives	00:36:24	00:36:23	V45	1	M	1	Sevenoaks AC
272	288	201	Lionel Stielow	01:04:42	01:04:36	V75	1	M	171	Sevenoaks AC

 

The full results are here. Event photos are here.

 

SAC at Races 28th September 2025

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Six SAC runners took part in the Vitality London 10k and recorded some impressive times in the capital, with Jake Mears (above) leading the SAC runners (see left) home in just over 34 minutes.

All the results from London are here.

At the same time, Yon Marsh was first M65 in his first half marathon at Folkestone:

The full results from Folkestone are here.

And there was a big medal haul for the club from the famously tough Eridge 10 near Tunbridge Wells.

Andrea Berquez (left) was the emphatic women's winner, while Keith Dowson was 1st M60, ⁠Sally Shewell was 1st W65 and ⁠Heather Fitzmaurice 2nd W55.

Photos from the Eridge 10 are here.

The full results from the race are here.

The SAC results were:

Pos	Name	Bib	M/F	Team/club	Cat	Pos	Gun time	Chip time
12	Andrea Berquez	212	F		Female Vet 35	1	01:20:08	01:20:08
14	Keith Dowson	94	M	Sevenoaks Ac	Male Vet 60	1	01:21:04	01:21:04
34	Daniel Witt	200	M	Sevenoaks Ac	Male Vet 50	5	01:28:34	01:28:34
49	Heather Fitzmaurice	53	F	Sevenoaks Ac	Female Vet 55	2	01:34:28	01:34:28
140	Sarah Shewell	162	F	Sevenoaks Ac	Female Vet 65	1	01:58:14	01:58:14

SAC Handicap September 2025

Andrew Mead (above right) won the final monthly handicap race where a splendid turnout graced the historic occasion, writes Simon Hallpike.

Dan Witt was second and Maria Ashlee third, while the fourth and fifth placed runners took first and second in the series: Jon Maxim taking the series trophy with Heather Fitzmaurice runner-up.

Andrew was fastest on the day and Heather was fastest woman, while Chris Desmond, although unable to contest the race, held on to third in the series. All the details are here.

Thanks to Howard Dilley for timekeeping in all weathers over at least fifteen years, and to everyone who has assisted with or taken part in the event since I took it on in January 1990.

East Peckham 10k 2025

Only five SAC runners were attracted to East Peckham, near Paddock Wood, for the 10k on 27th July, despite the potential for fast times on a pretty flat course. But there were some good performances by those who did go, led by Andrew Mead in 31st overall and 2nd M55, with Sally Shewell (above) 2nd W65 and Simon Hallpike 1st M70.

The SAC results were:

Pos	Name	Bib	M/F	Team/club	Category	Gun time	Chip time
31	Andrew Mead	175	M		Male Vet 55	00:40:38	00:40:35
131	Simon Hallpike	108	M	Sevenoaks Ac	Male Vet 70	00:50:49	00:50:44
170	Sarah Shewell	250	F	Sevenoaks Ac	Female Vet 65	00:55:22	00:55:17
267	Rosie Williams	305	F	Sevenoaks Ac	Female Vet 55	01:05:45	01:05:19
272	Lionel Stielow	261	M	Sevenoaks Ac	Male Vet 75	01:05:59	01:05:52

The full results are here.