Sevenoaks AC Handicap 19 January 2020

On frosty ground in bright sunshine, Chris Desmond just held off Marco Mion by two seconds to win the first race of the Sevenoaks AC 2020 handicap series over five hilly miles.

Mion had won the final race of the 2019 series and here beat his handicap by over a minute, but Desmond is starting to return to good form and recorded his best time for eighteen months with 35:27. Mion's time of 33:29 was second fastest of the day and he was half a minute clear of Jon Copping who was third in 44:10. Like the first three finishers, Lesley Knight also beat her handicap, finishing in fourth place in 60:13.

After winning the 2019 series, Andrew Mead made a solid start to the 2020 version with fifth place and right on his handicap in 33:21 which was the fastest time of the day. Lucy Wilkes in sixth with 44:10 was the fastest woman.

The second race of the 2020 series is over the alternate seven mile course. It starts from the Sevenoaks School track at 9 am on Sunday 23 February. Newcomers are very welcome to come and run.

2020 Race 1 Result

Name

H'cap

Pos

Time

Net

Chris Desmond13:3010:48:570:35:27
Marco Mion15:3020:48:590:33:29
Jonathan Copping05:2030:49:300:44:10
Lesley Knight-10:3040:49:431:00:13
Andrew Mead16:4050:50:010:33:21
Lucy Wilkes06:0060:50:100:44:10
Jim Knight02:5070:51:300:48:40
Sylvia Lewis-01:1080:53:410:54:51
Simon Hallpike09:5090:54:000:44:10
Anthony Waldron10:1000:49:560:39:46
Erik Folkesson06:3000:52:210:45:51
Chris
Winner: Chris Desmond

Remaining series dates:

Sunday 9 am: 23 February (7M), 1 March (5M), 19 April (7M), 24 May (5M), 28 June (7M), 26 July (5M), 9 August (7M), 6 September (5M), 25 October (7M), 22 November (5M), 20 December (7M).


Last Updated on 19-01-20
By Hallpike