James Graham was first M60 as twenty Sevenoaks AC runners completed the Paddock Wood Half on 2nd April. The event was also the Kent County AA Long Course Veterans Championship race, so James is the M60 County Champion. In bright and breezy conditions, Matthew Walker was the first SAC runner home, while Claire Edwards was our first lady. The SAC results were as follows:
Place | Time | Name | Team | Cat | Num | Chip | Grade |
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131 | 1:23:31 | Matthew Walker | Sevenoaks AC | Senior Men | 2217 | 1:23:23 | 72.74 |
142 | 1:24:22 | Keith Dowson | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 50-59 | 1880 | 1:24:19 | 80.73 |
157 | 1:25:47 | Andy Ashlee | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 40-49 | 1309 | 1:25:36 | 75.07 |
164 | 1:26:09 | James Graham | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 60-69 | 1186 | 1:26:01 | 85.87 |
167 | 1:26:17 | Nick Humphrey-Taylor | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 40-49 | 1995 | 1:26:04 | 72.98 |
190 | 1:27:41 | John Stevens | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 50-59 | 2365 | 1:27:33 | 78.33 |
226 | 1:28:44 | Steve Williams | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 50-59 | 673 | 1:28:23 | 74.28 |
265 | 1:30:02 | Keith Brown | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 40-49 | 1804 | 1:29:52 | 70.46 |
380 | 1:34:45 | Chris Desmond | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 50-59 | 1983 | 1:34:39 | 71.89 |
383 | 1:34:55 | David Lobley | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 50-59 | 1322 | 1:33:50 | 70.01 |
395 | 1:35:10 | Michael Lochead | Sevenoaks AC | Senior Men | 2527 | 1:34:43 | 62.67 |
451 | 1:37:08 | Andrew Evans | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 40-49 | 2045 | 1:37:01 | 65.80 |
505 | 1:39:30 | Simon Hallpike | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 60-69 | 1163 | 1:39:01 | 75.11 |
616 | 1:42:53 | Allan McPherson | Sevenoaks AC | Senior Men | 205 | 1:42:29 | 57.98 |
641 | 1:43:42 | Claire Edwards | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Ladies 35-44 | 466 | 1:43:18 | 64.16 |
671 | 1:44:25 | Gabriela Mladenova | Sevenoaks AC | Senior Ladies | 2096 | 1:43:13 | 63.01 |
892 | 1:51:01 | Jane Morgan | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Ladies 35-44 | 304 | 1:50:01 | 60.88 |
923 | 1:51:38 | Paul Smith | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 50-59 | 2414 | 1:50:45 | 61.52 |
1765 | 2:19:56 | Lionel Stielow | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 60-69 | 758 | 2:18:22 | 55.78 |
1967 | 2:30:38 | Ronald Denney | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men 70+ | 65 | 2:28:34 | 61.08 |
The full results are here.
Ted Scott comfortably won the March handicap race from Heather Fitzmaurice in bright and blustery conditions.
Keith Dowson ran the fastest time while Heather was the fastest woman.
The series still lacks consistent challengers after three races.
All the details are here.
John Stevens was first M55 at the Hastings Half Marathon on 19th March. Grace Manzotti was also running - the only other SAC runner at the event - and she provided the following report:
"Grace Manzotti and John Stevens ran the 33rd Hastings Half Marathon. Hastings is very hilly, the first half is pretty much all uphill and then there are more hills in the second half too, but you then it goes down to the sea front and the last 2.5 miles are on the sea front which is lovely. Well today there was a very strong headwind by the sea front and it slowed me right down. I had to put my head down and run to the to the finish, still I am very pleased with my time as I got a PB, I ran 3 minutes faster than last time. I think this race is hard but I would recommend it, the crowd support is amazing, everybody is out cheering us on. And there are lots of bands around the course, today they had a Dolly Parton tribute act on the seafront, which took my mind off the wind. You get a brass instead of a medal and this years brass is lovely it celebrates the reopening of the Hastings Pier after it caught fire in 2010."
The duo's results were as follows:
The full results are here.
Alastair Moffatt was eleventh overall and first M45 and Jacqui O'Reilly was 13th woman and first SW as seven SAC runners contested the Lydd 20 on 12th March. The SAC results were as follows:
Pos | Gun Time | Chip Time | Name | Club | Gender | Category | Race No |
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11 | 02:07:24 | 02:07:22 | Alastair Moffatt | Sevenoaks AC | Male | Male Vet 45 | 594 |
43 | 02:20:38 | 02:20:02 | Nick Humphrey-Taylor | Sevenoaks AC | Male | Male Vet 40 | 632 |
46 | 02:22:07 | 02:21:33 | Daniel Witt | Sevenoaks AC | Male | Male Vet 40 | 710 |
88 | 02:31:57 | 02:31:38 | Jacqueline O'Reilly | Sevenoaks AC | Female | Senior Female | 57 |
207 | 02:49:12 | 02:48:58 | Nicola Beckett | Sevenoaks AC | Female | Female Vet 40 | 542 |
253 | 02:54:29 | 02:54:06 | Sarah Shewell | Sevenoaks AC | Female | Female Vet 55 | 470 |
282 | 02:58:25 | 02:57:53 | Anna Humphrey-Taylor | Sevenoaks AC | Female | Female Vet 45 | 633 |
The full results are here.