Allan Lee was eighth and first M40 at the second KXCL match at Somerhill School on 28 October. Allan's run helped Sevenoaks' men's team to 13th place on the day, improving them to 15th after 2 matches. In all, eight SAC runners contested the senior men's, U13 boys, senior women's and M70 races, but only fielded a full team in the senior men's.
Ollie Brownridge was 20th in a big field in the u13 boys race, with Ollie Armes close behind in 26th, while Richard Pitcairn-Knowles was eighth and first M80 in the M70 race. Only Jacqui O'Reilly ran for SAC in the senior women's race, finishing 34th in another big field. In the senior men's race, Allan was backed up by Darius Sarshar in 115th, Dan Witt 122nd and Andrew Mead 127th packing closely for an all-veteran Sevenoaks line-up.
The full results are here.
The next race excluding senior women is on Saturday 11th November 2017 at Footscray Meadows Bexley, while the next race including senior women (no senior men) is on Saturday 25th November 2017 at Danson Park Bexleyheath.
The Sevenoaks AC women decisively won their team race at the first match of the Kent Fitness League at Knole Park on 22 October. Jacqui O'Reilly led the team in fourth, and she was backed up by Heather Fitzmaurice (2nd W45), new member Vanessa Gilmartin, and Pauline Dalton (3rd W50) scoring for the team. And with James Mason in 3rd, the men's team were second and the combined team second. Andy Nicholl, Andy Ashlee (M40 scorer), Andrew Milne, Edmund Grobel, Lee Lintern and M50 scorers James Baker and Michael McCarthy scored for the men. Great veteran performances were also contributed by Jim Fitzmaurice (2nd M70/1st M75) and Sally Shewell (3rd W55).
Thanks to Duncan for stepping in to direct the event in Rob Carr's absence, and to his team of trusty club stalwarts who helped on the day.
The full results of the 35 SAC runners were:
Ov Pos | Lg Pos | Runner | Age | Time | Club | Rating | # Races |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 3 | James Mason | 34 | 33:27 | Sevenoaks AC | 99.38 | 7 |
28 | 28 | Andy Nicoll | 37 | 36:26 | Sevenoaks AC | 91.67 | 9 |
35 | 35 | Andy Ashlee | 48 | 36:36 | Sevenoaks AC | 89.51 | 21 |
36 | 36 | Andrew Milne | 35 | 36:41 | Sevenoaks AC | 89.20 | 11 |
49 | 48 | Edmund Grobel | 38 | 37:29 | Sevenoaks AC | 85.49 | 3 |
50 | 49 | Lee Lintern | 37 | 37:32 | Sevenoaks AC | 85.19 | 26 |
53 | 52 | James Baker | 52 | 37:37 | Sevenoaks AC | 84.26 | 16 |
59 | 58 | Daniel Witt | 42 | 37:53 | Sevenoaks AC | 82.41 | 40 |
62 | 61 | Jimmy George | 36 | 37:55 | Sevenoaks AC | 81.48 | Debut |
68 | 66 | Russell Crane | 35 | 38:14 | Sevenoaks AC | 79.94 | Debut |
69 | 67 | Keith Brown | 46 | 38:18 | Sevenoaks AC | 79.63 | 11 |
79 | 77 | Andrew Mead | 48 | 38:55 | Sevenoaks AC | 76.54 | 29 |
93 | 4 | Jacqui O'Reilly | 33 | 39:20 | Sevenoaks AC | 98.19 | 2 |
104 | 97 | Michael McCarthy | 52 | 39:51 | Sevenoaks AC | 70.37 | 21 |
119 | 111 | Alan Lewis | 51 | 40:45 | Sevenoaks AC | 66.05 | 4 |
121 | 113 | Andy Evans | 47 | 40:54 | Sevenoaks AC | 65.43 | 35 |
129 | 10 | Heather Fitzmaurice | 47 | 41:04 | Sevenoaks AC | 94.58 | 65 |
143 | 12 | Vanessa Gilmartin | 42 | 41:41 | Sevenoaks AC | 93.37 | Debut |
165 | 149 | Andrew Rackham | 44 | 42:39 | Sevenoaks AC | 54.32 | 16 |
177 | 158 | Tony Waldron | 50 | 43:16 | Sevenoaks AC | 51.54 | 18 |
183 | 21 | Pauline Dalton | 53 | 43:34 | Sevenoaks AC | 87.95 | 38 |
211 | 183 | Tony Horlock | 56 | 44:32 | Sevenoaks AC | 43.83 | 7 |
247 | 207 | Simon Hallpike | 64 | 46:04 | Sevenoaks AC | 36.42 | 43 |
263 | 43 | Sarah Shewell | 58 | 46:53 | Sevenoaks AC | 74.70 | 96 |
279 | 229 | Graham Dwyer | 45 | 47:37 | Sevenoaks AC | 29.63 | Debut |
305 | 60 | Marion Van Lille | 32 | 48:35 | Sevenoaks AC | 64.46 | Debut |
312 | 248 | Lyndon Collins | 67 | 48:57 | Sevenoaks AC | 23.77 | 61 |
314 | 249 | Geoff Kitchener | 67 | 49:02 | Sevenoaks AC | 23.46 | 65 |
317 | 252 | Rob Peers | 52 | 49:10 | Sevenoaks AC | 22.53 | 22 |
374 | 89 | Becca Crowe | 56 | 52:00 | Sevenoaks AC | 46.99 | 6 |
380 | 92 | Happy Fisher | 41 | 52:24 | Sevenoaks AC | 45.18 | 45 |
394 | 291 | James Fitzmaurice | 75 | 53:11 | Sevenoaks AC | 10.49 | 62 |
413 | 298 | Lionel Stielow | 68 | 54:40 | Sevenoaks AC | 8.33 | 4 |
416 | 299 | Maurice Marchant | 69 | 55:07 | Sevenoaks AC | 8.02 | 31 |
417 | 116 | Lorna Baker | 46 | 55:08 | Sevenoaks AC | 30.72 | Debut |
The full results are here.
Neil Haggertay won the October handicap ahead of Marion Van Lille.
Chris Desmond is still leading the series with Andrew Hutchinson second and Jim Fitzmaurice third.
There are just two races left with the next one on 5th November.
The details are here.
Ten SAC runners took part in the first KXCL match of the season held at Stanhill Farm, Wilmington, including two Juniors, writes James Graham. It was not like a normal cross country meeting as it was a lovely warm, sunny day with the main problem on the course not being mud but rather clouds of dust.
In the Senior Women’s race Jacqui O’Reilly finished in a very creditable 11th place and in the Senior Men’s Darius Sarshar lead the six SAC runners home. The other runners to score for the men’s team were Dan Witt, Andrew Mead and James Graham, with the team currently in 17th place. Chris Desmond and Lyndon Collins also ran in the senior men's race.
Earlier in the day Julia Sackville-West and Ollie Brownridge did extremely well in their first U13 races for the club, finishing 33rd and 15th respectively.
Match 2 takes place on 28th October at Somerhill School, Tonbridge and if anyone would like to take part,
Dan Witt adds: I see the results are up on the Kent League website - I think it's fair to say we struggled to be competitive as maybe we'd have liked in such a large field, one of the biggest I've run in for the Kent League, presumably because of the balmy autumnal weather making it feel like an English Summer's day!
In brief, we fielded a full team in the Senior men's race in which our team of 4 was 17th out of 21 teams. Jacqui fared much better in the Senior Women's race in which she was 11th out of 162 - a very impressive debut. Also, we fielded some juniors that have run very well, for example Ollie in the U13s boys was 15th out of 94. Plus James was second M60 and Richard Pitcairn-Knowles, the only M80, fifth in the M70s.
Let's hope the team fares better this Sunday at the KFL in Knole!