Sevenoaks AC Handicap 26 December 2010

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Four of the six runners still in contention for the Sevenoaks AC 2010 handicap trophy toed the start line for final race on a freezing Boxing Day morning at the Sevenoaks School running track. Joint leader Chris Desmond, third-placed Andrew Mead, fifth-placed David Truman and sixth-placed Camila Lewis were among the strong turnout tackling the snow and ice covering most of the hilly seven mile course.

Although there was little wind and some bright sunshine, the underfoot conditions slowed all the runners so that none were close to their handicaps. However, there were some very competitive performances, particularly from the main contenders as all four of them finished in the first seven places. First to show was David Truman who has been in excellent form with two wins and a second place in his last three races. Truman led from early on until the last few hundred metres when he was passed by Camila Lewis, closely followed by winner of the previous race Anthony Waldron and former course record holder Lyndon Collins. Then as Lewis and Waldron battled for the line, Chris Desmond was closing fast on Truman around fifty yards further back.

Waldron just won the race by seven seconds in 48:34 from Lewis in 52:10. Collins was third in 53:17 while Desmond pipped Truman (57:48) for fourth by eight seconds with an excellent 44:40. However, Allan Lee in sixth was even faster with 41:40, the fastest time of the day, ahead of Andrew Mead in seventh in 45:16.

Although Desmond's fourth place was not enough to improve his own series placing, the effect of consigning his rival to fifth was to prevent Truman from winning the series. So despite losing out on first place, Camila Lewis's second place on the day was enough to give her the series win by one point, with Truman second and Desmond another point behind in equal third with Rob Carr who missed the final race.

The final series table therefore reads:
1. Camila Lewis 8 pts; 2. David Truman 9; 3=. Rob Carr, Chris Desmond 10; 5. Andrew Mead 13; 6. Steve Codman 16; 7=. Ian Harby, David Lee 20; 9. Lyndon Collins 21; 10=. Keith Dowson, Erik Folkesson 23; 12. James Wright 24; 13. Simon Hallpike 29; 14. Simon Lewis 31; 15. Geoff Vine 32; 16=. Jon Copping, Geoffrey Kitchener 33; 18. Heather Fitzmaurice 36; 19. Paul Tabor 40; 20. Rosie Draper 41; 21. Sylvia Lewis 49; 22. Rosemary Conquest 52; 23. Robin Coombs 53; 24. Duncan Warwick-Champion 57; 25. Pauline Dalton 58.

Following the conclusion of the 2010 series a new series for 2011 begins in the new year. The first race is over the alternate five mile course. It starts from the Sevenoaks School track at 9 am on Sunday 2 January. Newcomers are very welcome to come and run.


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Handicap 2010 - December Result
NameJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovHcapPosTimeNet
Anthony Waldron                   xx49'40134'2325'00173'3448'34
Camila Lewis xx42'58257'58139'14  336'59  1340'52        21'30273'4052'10
Lyndon Collins 937'35  1340'12852'39        737'50352'531138'4720'40373'5753'17
Chris Desmond 331'57844'08231'29      731'43  331'33244'31331'1629'20474'0044'40
David Truman 1444'48      141'32        157'45240'4316'20574'0857'48
Allan Lee       339'41              33'00674'4041'40
Andrew Mead   944'41331'41644'071934'53    243'40230'58  731'0929'50775'0645'16
Pauline Dalton 1936'421450'46    1736'42            21'50875'3753'47
David Lee 131'39  932'26543'55        531'50  1433'5728'50975'5247'02
James Wright xx35'06448'00534'52              534'3424'501076'0551'15
Geoffrey Kitchener     1136'48            751'40435'3923'201176'1752'57
Jim Knight           563'15          10'201276'3066'10
John Denyer         1434'31          634'2625'001376'4151'41
Simon Hallpike 1136'501251'57837'06450'12          652'151338'0522'301476'4754'17
Duncan Warwick-Champion1837'401351'58    1136'07            22'401576'5054'10
Geoff Vine 836'21649'43  750'03  1353'111137'21        23'001677'3054'30
Ian Harby 439'49554'32639'451055'56939'08955'53538'48655'02839'29856'52839'3319'001777'4258'42
Heather Fitzmaurice 1234'31      733'041048'341033'35  1033'53  934'1026'501879'4452'54
Simon Lewis 642'55  1043'501266'45841'52759'15  1162'38    1749'1714'401980'0765'27
James Manning                       16'50xx80'0463'14
Peter Ash 735'461149'57                  23'10   
Gerald Ashby 2253'53  1555'371173'16              00'00   
Jim Fitzmaurice         1340'22      640'36    16'50   
Robin Coombs 1739'211657'091442'431361'16  1757'521441'55      1241'0318'10   
Peter Dillon           1567'11  1269'57      05'30   
Erik Folkesson 1537'30751'22437'13250'58          1055'39  21'40   
David Simpson               1392'57      00'00   
Richard Pitcairn-Knowles          2070'06    1447'27963'59  08'40   
Rosemary Conquest 1646'491565'321247'11  1546'44      1348'191270'331548'2208'00   
Rosie Draper         1650'531474'48    149'47  1051'0303'40   
Tony Ostlere           1163'55  867'43      08'50   
Nick Dougan   362'14745'19                10'30   
Stewart Ede         234'27            25'00   
Paul Tabor 1043'07      1845'001262'42  762'53  1165'361648'1413'00   
Maurice Marchant 538'51                    18'50   
Mark Haworth             332'11  1233'44    28'10   
Rob Johnson 2143'381763'45      1860'07          12'30   
Keith Dowson           845'41832'04344'08431'56    28'30   
Suzy Claridge         xx40'22154'30          18'10   
Liz Waldman xx44'53                    10'30   
Sylvia Lewis 2047'33      1245'471667'44  1067'561147'09    09'20   
Jon Copping 1338'42    953'42636'37  937'04955'07      22'00   
Carol Marlin         xx37'13452'15436'37        22'00   
Toby Galbraith           xx53'37          19'00   
Robert Carr 240'211054'30  153'57536'35651'53235'18  1540'29550'46  23'50   
Carol Beadle         xx43'23260'10141'15        15'30   
Simon Rowe           1956'341237'18        21'00   
Mick Hammond                     xx39'2618'00   
Peter Nuttall   xx57'19                  15'20   
Clare Chapman           xx62'06  462'13      10'30   
Rachel Haworth                     xx37'1521'00   
David Vaccaro               xx45'26      27'10   
Happy Fisher         1042'29      943'14    13'50   
Roger Gillan xx44'07                    11'30   
Jane Morgan         xx43'23360'30  159'19  460'36  13'20   
Paul Hayman         xx31'48            28'40   
Steve Codman   148'24    433'10  633'00546'47      27'00   


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2011 series dates:

Sunday 9 am: 2 January (5M), 6 February (7M), 20 March (5M), 24 April (7M).

Tuesday 7 pm: 17 May (5M), 14 June (7M), 12 July (5M), 9 August (7M).

Sunday 9 am: 11 September (5M), 9 October (7M), 20 November (5M).

Monday 9 am: 26 December (7M).



Last Updated on 26-12-10
By Hallpike