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SAC Team at Blean

Kent Fitness League – Rough Common, Sunday Feb 8th 2015

Sevenoaks AC has three new champions, writes Jim Knight.

Since the first race in Knole Park in October last year, 18 clubs from all around the County have fought to become 2014/15 Kent fitness League Champions in a gruelling series of seven cross country races.

The final race of the 2014/15 series took place in Rough Common, Canterbury on Sunday Feb 8th.

Twenty-one runners from Sevenoaks joined the 330 on the start line to tackle the wet and slippery 5.5-mile course through Blean Woods and Rough Common.

The men’s race was won by 22-year-old Peter Hogben of Canterbury Harriers, in a time of 29 mins 53, and the women’s race by Claire Day of Paddock Wood AC in 36.24.
David Lee was the fastest SAC runner in 12th place, followed by Chris Desmond in 22nd.

52 year old Desmond, who has been outstanding all season, recorded another victory in the M50 category to give him a comfortable win in the series, becoming KFL M50 champion for the second time.

61-year-old James Graham, in his first year of running cross-country races, came 2nd M60, but wins the series M60 championships after a series of consistently fast races all season.

66-year-old John Denyer had another great race to come 2nd in his category, and secure 1st place in the series.

In the women’s race, Pauline Dalton came 3rd W50 to secure 3rd place in the series, and Sally Shewell came 6th W55 to secure 3rd place in the series, and win the prize for the most improved female runner.

In the team competition, as expected, Dartford Harriers and Dartford Road runners dominated, with the Harriers winning on the day and clinching the series title by one point.
Paddock Wood AC won the women’s team competition, with a comfortable win over Dartford Road runners, to clinch the series title.

The Sevenoaks Men’s Team of David Lee (12th), Chris Desmond (22nd),
Joe Parsons (38th), Lee Lintern (43rd), Andy Ashlee (49th), Dan Witt (53rd), and Steve Searby (58th), came 4th.

The women’s team of Katie Wills (13th), Sally Mortleman (23rd), and Pauline Dalton (24th), came 5th. The combined team was 4th on the day.

In the series, Sevenoaks AC combined team finished in 4th position, with the men in 4th, and the women in 5th.

Overall it was a pretty impressive performance for a relatively small club.
Having been runners-up in the previous season, Sevenoaks AC were hoping to go one better, but with injuries to star runners Alan Lee, David Lee, and Heather Fitzmaurice, Sevenoaks were no match for the very strong Dartford teams.

However outstanding individual performances from Chris Desmond, James Graham and John Denyer put the club amongst the very few teams with three KFL champions.

The SAC results at Blean were:

Ov Pos
Lg Pos
Runner
Age
Time
Club
Rating
12 12 David Lee 36 31:55 Sevenoaks AC 95.34
22 22 Chris Desmond 52 33:02 Sevenoaks AC 91.10
38 38 Joe Parsons 24 34:19 Sevenoaks AC 84.32
43 43 Lee Lintern 34 34:31 Sevenoaks AC 82.20
49 49 Andy Ashlee 45 34:57 Sevenoaks AC 79.66
53 53 Daniel Witt 40 35:24 Sevenoaks AC 77.97
58 58 Stephen Searby 51 35:42 Sevenoaks AC 75.85
64 64 Tex Ryan 24 35:59 Sevenoaks AC 73.31
67 67 John O'Callaghan 30 36:06 Sevenoaks AC 72.03
78 75 James Graham 61 36:35 Sevenoaks AC 68.64
94 90 John Stevens 53 37:26 Sevenoaks AC 62.29
129 117 John Denyer 66 38:51 Sevenoaks AC 50.85
133 13 Katie Wills 26 38:54 Sevenoaks AC 87.23
156 136 Duncan Cochrane 57 40:03 Sevenoaks AC 42.80
165 23 Sally Mortleman 49 40:25 Sevenoaks AC 76.60
173 24 Pauline Dalton 50 40:47 Sevenoaks AC 75.53
198 167 Geoff Vine 67 42:37 Sevenoaks AC 29.66
216 184 Duncan Warwick-Champion 50 43:34 Sevenoaks AC 22.46
221 187 Martin White 47 43:49 Sevenoaks AC 21.19
256 54 Sarah Shewell 55 46:44 Sevenoaks AC 43.62

The full results are here.

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