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SAC at Paddock Wood Half Marathon 2026

Near perfect conditions - cloudy, nine degrees C and nearly windless - helped SAC runners set some great times at the 2026 Paddock Wood Half on 8th March.

With plenty of competition from 2447 finishers at the sold-out event, Nicolene Hanekom led the SAC runners home in 1:22:13 for 7th woman and 2nd W45. She was closely followed by Keith Dowson demolishing his M60 club best of 1:25:58 with 1:22:48 for 2nd M60. 

Further back down the field, Sally Shewell took even more off her W65 club second-best of 2:05:49 with 2:01:11 for 7th W65. Other notable category placings were achieved by Bea Adamson with 1:35:59 for 4th Wu23 and Simon Hallpike 1:48:29 for 4th M70. The full SAC results were:

Pos	Time	Net Time	Name	Team	Race No	Category	Gender	Cat Pos	Gen Pos	Age Grade
281	01:22:19	01:22:13	Nicolene Hanekom	Sevenoaks AC	1380	Vet Ladies 45-54	Female	2	7	84.87
304	01:22:57	01:22:48	Keith Dowson	Sevenoaks AC	2848	Vet Men 60-69	Male	2	293	88.41
506	01:28:53	01:28:36	Daniel Witt	Sevenoaks AC	2725	Vet Men 50-59	Male	53	468	73.79
521	01:29:05	01:28:41	Hannah Sangan	7Oaks Tri Club	1005	Senior Ladies	Female	22	42	72.49
748	01:36:12	01:35:59	Bea Adamson	Sevenoaks AC	5085	Female Under 23	Female	4	94	67.06
855	01:39:05	01:38:34	Caroline Fenwick	Sevenoaks AC	2334	Vet Ladies 45-54	Female	27	125	72.01
1038	01:43:25	01:42:39	Elizabeth Bull	Sevenoaks AC	1886	Vet Ladies 35-44	Female	56	181	64.08
1250	01:49:27	01:48:44	Neil Pattenden	Sevenoaks AC	1041	Vet Men 50-59	Male	172	1002	61.55
1262	01:49:34	01:48:29	Simon Hallpike	Sevenoaks AC	2119	Vet Men 70+	Male	4	1010	73.57
1728	02:02:19	02:01:11	Sarah Shewell	Sevenoaks AC	2078	Vet Ladies 65+	Female	7	442	73.55
2345	02:34:02	03:03:27	Lionel Stielow	Sevenoaks AC	363	Vet Men 70+	Male	19	1542	56.59

The full results are here. More photos are here.

Sevenoaks 7 2026

The 2026 edition of the Sevenoaks 7 has now been confirmed for Sunday 12th July at 09:00 (09:10 for the junior race).

The race is run over 7 miles on grass and paths through the rolling hills of Knole Park. The junior race for 9 to 15 year-olds is over 3.5k on undulating paths within the park.

Entries are now open here.

SAC at KFL 2025/26 Match 7 Mote Park

423 runners from the 18 registered cross-country Clubs in Kent arrived for an early morning start in Mote Park for the final race in the 2025/26 season, writes Jim Knight.

It was an emotional start with a one-minute applause for Sevenoaks AC athlete Pauline Dalton who passed away on Thursday February 12th at the age of 61. Pauline was one of the club’s star athletes – a 5 times winner of her class in the Kent Fitness League. As captain of the SAC women’s team, she led the team to league victories in 2019-20, 2021-22 and twice more to runner's up positions.

She will be sadly missed by all her friends in Kent Fitness League, and in Sevenoaks AC.

After weeks of rain, the park was super-muddy. It was a day for Walsh studs or Mudclaws. Runners with road shoes or light trail shoes skated and slithered around the course. At 9 am we started, but after about 2km a marshal misdirected the leaders. Some followed them and some took the correct route. The organisers stopped the race and we all went back to the start for a re-start.
 
Despite the course being slightly shortened for the second start, it was a long tiring route through the incessant mud. There were tired legs and muddy bodies by the time we reached the finish.

The race was won by 25-year-old James Rolls from Dartford Harriers, 15 seconds ahead of Kieran O’Doherty of Petts Wood Runners. With several of the SAC men missing through illness and injury, it was, once again the SAC women who excelled. 

Women’s team captain Caroline Fenwick placed 7th (2nd W45), Nicola Glover 10th (2nd W35-39) and Sophie Day 15th (3rd W35-39). The other members of the scoring team were Heather Fitzmaurice in 22nd (2nd W55) and Anna O’Donovan (28th). Sally Shewell ran well again to come 3rd in W65. The women’s team came 2nd and secured runner’s up position in the series. Another outstanding performance from a team heavily out-numbered by some of the bigger clubs.

In the 7-race series, Caroline Fenwick was 2nd W45, Nicola Glover 3rd W35–39, Sophie Day 4th W35–39, Heather Fitzmaurice 3rd W55, Jane Wiley was 2nd W65 and Sally Shewell 3rd W65.

In the men’s race, the fastest SAC athlete was Andrew Hutchinson in 28th place just 4 minutes adrift of the leader, followed by Dan Witt in 38th, Seb Naughton in 51st and Brian Allen (66th). The other members of the scoring team were Yon Marsh (75th), Graham Dwyer (84th), Adam Bates (87th) and Andrew Bradley(98th). Once again there were some fine performances from our vets, with Jeremy Winter 3rd M70 and Yon Marsh 3rd M65.

In the series, Keith Dowson was placed 2nd M60, Neil Colvin 3rd M65, and Jeremy Winter 3rd M70. On the day, the men’s team came 8th but remained 5th in the series. The combined team remained in 3rd place in the series.

The full SAC results were:

Ov Pos	Lg Pos	Bib	Runner	Age	Time	Club	Score	Rtg	#
28	28	775	Andrew Hutchinson	46	34:39	Sevenoaks AC	V40:1	89.96	34
40	38	801	Daniel Witt	51	36:06	Sevenoaks AC	V50:1	86.25	85
57	7	768	Caroline Fenwick	48	37:17	Sevenoaks AC	V45	96.13	20
58	51	787	Sebastian Naughton	51	37:21	Sevenoaks AC	V50:2	81.41	25
68	10	771	Nicola Glover	38	38:27	Sevenoaks AC	V35	94.19	26
78	66	752	Brian Allen	54	39:14	Sevenoaks AC	V40:2	75.84	18
88	15	762	Sophie Day	37	39:45	Sevenoaks AC	F1	90.97	10
91	75	1074	Yon Marsh	66	39:57	Sevenoaks AC	V60	72.49	17
103	84	1035	Graham Dwyer	53	40:35	Sevenoaks AC	M1	69.14	27
106	87	757	Adam Bates	42	40:40	Sevenoaks AC	M2	68.03	18
112	22	769	Heather Fitzmaurice	56	41:00	Sevenoaks AC	V55	86.45	91
121	98	1103	Andrew Bradley	61	41:37	Sevenoaks AC	M3	63.94	5
142	118	754	Andrew Ashlee	56	42:32	Sevenoaks AC	NS	56.51	40
161	135	780	Leonard Lai King	46	43:41	Sevenoaks AC	NS	50.19	26
166	28	789	Anna O'Donovan	25	44:01	Sevenoaks AC	F2	82.58	8
191	156	800	Jeremy Winter	72	45:46	Sevenoaks AC	NS	42.38	22
194	159	774	Simon Hallpike	72	46:02	Sevenoaks AC	NS	41.26	65
204	168	784	Simon Mann	45	46:26	Sevenoaks AC	NS	37.92	10
249	60	793	Sarah Shewell	66	49:16	Sevenoaks AC	NS	61.94	139
260	66	798	Jane Wiley	68	49:50	Sevenoaks AC	NS	58.06	5
281	76	5152	Clare Ambrose	57	51:24	Sevenoaks AC	NS	51.61	7
282	77	792	Sarah Philpott	47	51:26	Sevenoaks AC	NS	50.97	13
317	231	778	Jim Knight	74	54:06	Sevenoaks AC	NS	14.50	9
377	122	755	Maria Ashlee	54	1:02:49	Sevenoaks AC	NS	21.94	9
390	263	1149	James Graham	72	1:05:23	Sevenoaks AC	NS	2.60	27
423	268	770	James Fitzmaurice	83	1:20:00	Sevenoaks AC	NS	0.74	74

The full results are here.

At the end of the race, SAC runners were greeted with a veritable feast of cakes – a club tradition – as members vied for the coveted “silver whisk” for the best cakes at the finish. A great reward for a long hard slog through the mud.

Dan Witt, men’s team captain said “Today was a poignant day to remember Pauline and we all raced in her memory. We also marked the occasion with a fantastic array of cakes that Caroline will have the unenviable task of judging the best. My vote goes to Duncan's famous brownies! Congratulations to the women's team retaining their "perennial runner's up" prize and to everyone who took part in any or all of the races and a massive thank you to everyone who helped organise our race in Knole.”
 
Caroline Fenwick, women’s team captain added “Today the team came together to remember and celebrate our wonderful team captain Pauline; her warmth, supportive nature, positive mindset and team spirit will be greatly missed by all. The ladies enjoyed their final race of the season, their excellent effort and performance throughout the season resulting in 2nd place.”