London Marathon 2025

Eight SAC runners completed the Marathon on 27th April, with some great running in the increasing heat. 

Jo Rodda took more than a minute off her W45 club 2nd best record and Sam Znetyniak set a new club 3rd best at W50. Guillaume Nineven was comfortably under 3 hours leading the SAC runners home. The club results were:

The full results are here.

Paddock Wood Half Marathon 2025

Eighteen SAC runners contested the Paddock Wood Half Marathon on 9th March 2025 in warm sunny conditions with some great performances.

Allan Lee led the Sevenoaks runners home and was second M50 in seventy-three minutes, while Jamie Philip and Guillaume Nineven also ran super-fast times. The event was also the British Masters champs at the distance, in which Allan got M50 silver and Simon Hallpike M70 bronze. The full SAC results were as follows:

Place	Gun Time	Name	Gender	Team	Category	Number	Chip Time	Cat Pos	Gen Pos
38	01:13:22	Allan Lee	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 50-59	2627	01:13:18	2	38
88	01:16:31	Jamie Philip	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 40-49	361	01:16:26	20	88
144	01:18:58	Guillaume Nineven	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Senior Men	190	01:18:49	94	144
605	01:35:40	Luke Green	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Senior Men	420	01:35:00	266	605
627	01:35:42	Chris Desmond	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 60-69	2484	01:35:12	17	627
619	01:35:57	Nicola Glover	Female	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Ladies 35-44	1895	01:35:33	25	619
770	01:40:51	Paul Elton	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 40-49	2504	01:40:03	200	770
814	01:42:49	Nick Humphrey-Taylor	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 50-59	1664	01:41:55	92	814
963	01:47:14	Andy Edwards	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 40-49	924	01:46:34	231	963
1108	01:52:13	Elizabeth Bull	Female	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Ladies 35-44	1878	01:51:32	70	1108
1150	01:53:30	Samantha Znetyniak	Female	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Ladies 45-54	188	01:52:18	55	1150
1174	01:54:37	Bridgit Weekes	Female	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Ladies 65+	2842	01:53:24	9	1174
1182	01:54:56	Adam Bates	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 40-49	174	01:54:05	260	1182
1432	02:02:03	Charlotte Dyer	Female	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Ladies 45-54	2497	02:00:30	82	1432
1465	02:03:22	Simon Hallpike	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 70+	2262	02:02:29	11	1465
1520	02:05:17	Simon Bishop	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 60-69	1903	02:03:51	53	1520
1701	02:11:49	Sarah Shewell	Female	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Ladies 65+	2286	02:10:52	15	1701
2155	02:36:42	Lionel Stielow	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 70+	389	02:34:42	17	2155
2160	02:38:13	Emma Pattenden	Female	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Ladies 45-54	2710	02:37:21	184	2160

The full results are here. Event photos are here.

SAC at Dartford Half Marathon 2025

Mostly in freezing fog, Nicolene Hanekom was the women's winner of the Dartford Half Marathon and the incorporated Kent Long Course Road Race Championship at Central Park, Dartford on 2nd March. Of course, Nicolene was also first W45.

Keith Dowson was also a Kent champion, finishing first M60, while adding to the defence of his Kent GP M60 title after a win at the Deal Half and second place in the Canterbury 10.

Three other SAC runners contested the championships, with Chris Desmond 11th M60, and Simon Hallpike (2nd M70) and Sam Znetyniak (9th W45) just a stride apart further back down the field. The full SAC results were:

	Pos	ChipPos	Num	Name	Gun	Chip	Cat	CatPos	Gender	GenPos	Club
	23	22	1747	Nicolene Hanekom	01:21:29	01:21:25	V45	1	Female	1	Sevenoaks Ac
	79	81	1370	Keith Andrew Dowson	01:28:40	01:28:33	V60	1	Male	76	Sevenoaks Ac
	366	379	1483	Chris Desmond	01:46:44	01:46:36	V60	11	Male	331	Sevenoaks Ac
	520	536	22	Simon Hallpike	01:53:35	01:52:55	V70	2	Male	446	Sevenoaks Ac
	521	537	1620	Samantha Znetyniak	01:53:38	01:52:58	V45	9	Female	90	Sevenoaks Ac

The full results are here.

KFL 2024-25 - Match 6 - Blean Woods

The final race in the Kent Fitness League 24/25 series took place at Blean Woods, Rough Common near Canterbury on Sunday Feb 23rd with 361 runners taking part, writes Jim Knight.

Only twenty-one Sevenoaks AC runners made the journey, but it was a powerful team, and they all excelled on the day. The men’s team scored a historic victory over Petts Wood (who fielded a team of 45 runners), the women’s team were narrowly beaten into second place by Canterbury Harriers and the combined team secured their third win in the series.

After 6 gruelling races over the 4-month season, Sevenoaks are runners-up in the men’s competition, the women’s competition, and the combined team competition. It was so close - just one point separating Sevenoaks from Petts Wood, the winners of the combined team series and Sevenoaks women just 2 points behind Canterbury Harriers, winners of the women’s series.

Outstanding individual performances gave Sevenoaks 4 series champions: -

Andrea Berquez – Overall Women’s champion and W35 champion.
Sally Shewell – W65 champion
Jamie Philip – M45 champion
Keith Dowson – M60 champion

Dan Witt receives the trophy for the most improved runner in the series. A worthy winner as he has recently undergone cancer treatment.

Other outstanding SAC achievements in the series were: -
Nicola Glover – 3rd W35
Jo Rodda – 3rd W45
Cath Linney – 3rd W55
Paul Fanti – 4th M50
Steven Hough – 6th M50
Jeremy Winter – 2nd M70

In the final race, the men’s team was led home by 51-year-old Allan Lee in 2nd place, Jamie Philip in 4th place (1st M45), and Jake Mears in 9th place,  followed by Ed Saunders (15th & 4th M40), Paul Fanti (25th & 3rd M50), Steven Hough (30th  & 4th M50), Keith Dowson (49th & 1st M60), and Seb Naughton (58th). In the women’s race, Andrea Berquez scored an impressive fifth win in the series, with Nicola Glover (10th), Cath Linney (14th & 3rd W55), Sophie Day (23rd) and Vanessa Gilmartin (29th).

The full SAC results were:

Ov Pos	Lg Pos	Bib	Runner	Age	Time	Club	Score	Rtg	#
2	2	879	Allan Lee	51	29:46	Sevenoaks AC	V50:1	99.58	17
4	4	894	Jamie Philip	47	30:50	Sevenoaks AC	V40:1	98.75	8
9	9	1140	Jake Mears	20	31:59	Sevenoaks AC	M1	96.67	4
15	15	899	Edmund Saunders	42	32:33	Sevenoaks AC	V40:2	94.17	32
25	25	860	Paul Fanti	51	33:48	Sevenoaks AC	V50:2	90.00	7
30	30	873	Steven Hough	51	34:04	Sevenoaks AC	M2	87.92	6
35	1	1176	Andrea Berquez	39	34:28	Sevenoaks AC	V35	100.00	17
53	49	857	Keith Dowson	62	36:07	Sevenoaks AC	V60	80.00	23
63	58	890	Sebastian Naughton	50	37:04	Sevenoaks AC	M3	76.25	21
74	67	907	Daniel Witt	50	37:44	Sevenoaks AC	NS	72.50	78
75	68	1175	Shaun Mullen	48	37:49	Sevenoaks AC	NS	72.08	14
83	10	864	Nicola Glover	37	38:12	Sevenoaks AC	F1	92.56	21
105	14	880	Catherine Linney	55	39:39	Sevenoaks AC	V55	89.26	54
123	105	884	Jonathan Marsh	65	40:18	Sevenoaks AC	NS	56.67	14
130	110	847	Adam Bates	41	40:50	Sevenoaks AC	NS	54.58	12
134	114	878	Leonard Lai King	45	41:06	Sevenoaks AC	NS	52.92	21
139	23	1078	Sophie Day	36	41:09	Sevenoaks AC	F2	81.82	4
167	29	863	Vanessa Gilmartin	49	42:49	Sevenoaks AC	V45	76.86	38
183	38	862	Heather Fitzmaurice	55	43:40	Sevenoaks AC	NS	69.42	84
195	153	906	Jeremy Winter	71	44:21	Sevenoaks AC	NS	36.67	15
277	79	900	Sarah Shewell	65	49:51	Sevenoaks AC	NS	35.54	132

The full results are here.

Kent Fitness league is one of the highlights of SAC’s season, thanks to the energetic team captains, Nicola Glover (standing in for the injured Caroline Fenwick) and Dan Witt, the active team supporters and the home-made cookies at the finish. 

Dan Witt said, “It’s the sort of day that makes you proud to be a part of this amazing club. The men’s team beat Petts Wood to win the final race. In addition to all those mentioned above, I should like to commend Ed Saunders who has performed well throughout the series, Jake Mears for several top 10 performances in his first season, Steven Hough in his first season, and finally the incredible Andrea Berquez for 5 wins in 5 races.” Caroline Fenwick added, “Huge congratulations to the strong SAC ladies team this year. All who ran provided a great contribution to the fantastic end result and helped SAC to the podium. Well done!”

The Kent Fitness League is a series of cross-country races between the 18 registered Athletics Clubs in Kent. Any number of club members can compete, but 13 are needed to score in the team competition – 8 men (of whom one must be aged 60+, two must be 50+ and two 40+) and 5 women (of whom one must be aged 55+, one 45+ and one 35+).

If non-members are interested in taking part, there is a reduced SAC membership rate for the KFL season only. No requirement to train with the team, you can join and race with us and gain excellent winter race training. Many triathlon club members run KFL with us. Summer road runners or runners wanting to start competing may find it useful and enjoyable. Contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..