Sevenoaks AC Handicap 26/12/05

 

Chris Rowley, the long-time leader and hot favourite, duly secured the 2005 Sevenoaks AC Handicap series trophy, albeit without participating in the final race. On a cold Boxing Day morning with a bitter northerly wind, none of the contenders for the top series places was able to finish in the first four over the tough hilly seven mile handicap course, leaving Rowley’s five point series lead intact.

In-form Geoff Kitchener was a convincing winner on the day, maintaining a fast pace after a quick start to finish a minute clear in 47 minutes and 53 seconds. Kitchener was followed by Rob Johnson (55:32) in second and David Simpson (68:19) in third, both of whom had their best runs of the year.

Heather Fitzmaurice in fourth was the fastest runner on the day for the second race in succession, this time setting a personal best for the 7 mile course of 46:40, five seconds faster than her previous best set in June 1999. Once again the 36 year old mother of three was more than a minute faster than the fastest man in the race.

Despite beating the second and third placed runners in the series, Geoff Vine’s fifth place on the day was just insufficient to propel him into the minor series placings, while Peter Dillon’s 6th place improved his score, but not his position. Dillon remained third in the series despite beating series second placer Lyndon Collins into seventh in the final race.

The completion of the 2005 series leads inevitably to the start of a new series for 2006. This starts with a race over the alternate 5 mile course from the Sevenoaks School track at 9 am on Sunday 8th January. Newcomers are very welcome to come and run.

 

Detailed results:

 

Name                    Jan      Feb      Mar      Apr      May      Jun      Jul      Aug      Sep      Oct      Nov  pos time   net

Geoffrey Kitchener             5 50:58           3 49:37                                      8 35:36                    1 69:03 47:53

Rob Johnson                                                       xx 55:27 12 45:32  5 56:42 12 42:17                    2 70:02 55:32

David Simpson         6 49:00                   10 69:24  9 49:22  7 69:30  8 50:25  8 70:57                    8 49:42  3 70:29 68:19

Heather Fitzmaurice                                                                          xx 33:04           3 33:06  4 70:50 46:40

Geoff Vine            2 34:37                             7 34:55  3 48:04                                      5 34:58  5 71:21 49:21

Peter Dillon                                              2 42:43  2 58:34  3 41:40  7 62:17                             6 71:37 59:17

Lyndon Collins        5 35:42  3 47:51  3 34:44  2 48:19                                      7 34:47  3 48:59  6 35:23  7 72:50 50:40

Simon Hallpike        8 37:06  6 51:37  7 37:33  9 51:13  3 35:07  4 50:05  7 36:36  4 49:13 11 36:14  4 49:43  9 37:08  8 73:22 52:02

Andrew Rackham                                                                      xx 49:47  1 33:30          12 36:47  9 73:44 50:04

Paul Tabor           10 42:44  8 57:30  4 39:26          10 41:10  9 59:22  9 42:04          13 44:13  5 58:55          10 74:46 59:26

James Dilley                   1 52:30           6 53:37                                                                11 78:13 60:43

Gerald Ashby                                                      11 67:26                                                      

Robert Brophy                                             4 36:09  1 49:19                                      7 36:58         

Paul Keeler                                                                 4 34:47                                             

David Tabor           1 42:28  4 58:42                                                                                           

Jon Copping                    9 50:54                            12 56:59 11 38:42                                             

Christine Lutsch               2 50:00                                                                                           

Scott Haggarty                                            6 35:54                    6 52:09                                    

Richard Pitcairn-Kno 12 46:59                                                                                                    

Nigel Smith                   xx 46:33  1 32:54                    6 48:11           2 45:37 10 34:02                           

John Denyer                    7 53:59  6 37:23  5 50:58  5 35:32           6 36:46           9 36:26                           

Judith Eden                                              xx 49:02                                               2 47:04         

Chris Rowley                  xx 58:34           1 57:37  1 40:22           1 38:54           3 38:02           4 38:20         

Robin Canty                                                                                   2 31:39  2 43:49                  

Simon Lewis          11 43:08 10 58:20  5 40:05 12 62:40           8 58:47  5 40:53  1 54:17                   10 41:40         

Robert Carr                                                                         xx 55:50           1 54:50  1 36:29         

Chris Desmond         3 31:52                    4 45:43                             3 44:00                                    

Howard Dilley         9 40:23 11 57:42           8 55:30                                                                        

Conrad Nel                                                                          xx 56:43                                    

Jim Fitzmaurice       4 39:51                            11 41:22 10 55:54                    4 38:26                           

Paul Shelley                                             xx 34:29                                                               

Pete Ashworth         7 34:45                   11 50:11  8 34:10                             6 32:54                           

Robert Peers                                                                2 32:23                                             

Katie Page                                                        xx 58:01 10 44:51                                             

Erik Folkesson                                   7 49:36           5 50:16                                                     

James Menzies                                                     xx 61:07                                                      

Mike Wilson                   xx 54:57                                                                                          

Amy McSweeney                                                                       xx 54:42                                    

John Burcham                                                                                                   xx 37:01         

Scott McDonald       xx 31:30           2 30:58                                                                                 

Amanda Rackham                                                                      xx 68:39  5 47:46                           

Jeff Tribe                                                                                   xx 52:12          11 51:16          

Hannah Bayliss                                                                                                 xx 45:20         

 

Series positions - final standings: 1. Chris Rowley 6 pts; 2. Lyndon Collins 11; 3. Peter Dillon 13; 4=. Simon Hallpike, Geoff Vine 15; 6. Geoff Kitchener 17; 7=. Simon Lewis, Nigel Smith 19; 9. John Denyer 22; 10. David Simpson 24; 11. Paul Tabor 26; 12. Jim Fitzmaurice 29; 13. Rob Johnson 31; 14. Pete Ashworth 32.