The cross-country season began on 16th October with the Kent League fixture at Swanley Park and six senior and ten junior SAC athletes ran. The men completed teams in three categories, while there were brilliant individual results from the three Sevenoaks women competing.
The Sevenoaks AC results were:
Senior Women
12 776 Andrea Berquez (W35) Sevenoaks AC 34:33 (3rd W35)
Senior Men
76 1181 Oloff van Zyl (M50) Sevenoaks AC 33:09 (6th M50)
117 1182 Daniel Witt (M45) Sevenoaks AC 35:14
125 1179 Andrew Mead (M50) Sevenoaks AC 35:28
130 1178 Nick Humphrey-Taylor (M45) Sevenoaks AC 35:38
179 1176 Chris Desmond (M55) Sevenoaks AC 37:39
Team:
14 Sevenoaks AC 76,117,125,130 448 7
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62 141 Ted Ainsworth Sevenoaks AC 16:50
64 142 Henrik Elphick-Mutru Sevenoaks AC 18:10
65 144 George Fricker Sevenoaks AC 18:54
Team:
11 Sevenoaks AC 62,64,65 191 1
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4 259 Ella Baker Sevenoaks AC 15:56
5 260 Holly Diprose Sevenoaks AC 16:07
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19 334 Andrew Simmons Sevenoaks AC 15:32
32 330 Sebastian Kent Sevenoaks AC 17:04
35 328 Ryan Alford-Smith Sevenoaks AC 17:27
40 331 Harry Mitchell Sevenoaks AC 17:57
Team:
7 Sevenoaks AC 19,32,35 86 3
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22 516 Thomas Mitchell Sevenoaks AC 18:31
The full results are here.
The next match is on Saturday 23rd October at Somerhill and information is here. Please see also a message from the KCAA and the League about incidents at the Swanley race.
Sally Shewell was first W60, Cath Linney first W50 and Andrew Hutchinson 3rd M40 as Ed Saunders led the 13 Sevenoaks AC runners round the undulating Tonbridge Half course in perfect running conditions on 10th October. The SAC results were:
| Pos | Name | Bib | M/F | Club | Cat | Gun | Chip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Edmund Saunders | 390 | M | Sevenoaks AC | Senior Male | 01:25:30 | 01:25:27 |
| 24 | Andrew Hutchinson | 342 | M | Sevenoaks AC | Male Vet 40 | 01:27:18 | 01:27:15 |
| 34 | Sebastian Naughton | 118 | M | Sevenoaks AC | Male Vet 45 | 01:31:39 | 01:31:37 |
| 56 | Catherine Linney | 754 | F | Female Vet 50 | 01:35:49 | 01:35:45 | |
| 79 | Matthew Clarke | 283 | M | Sevenoaks AC | Male Vet 45 | 01:38:34 | 01:38:26 |
| 97 | Chris Desmond | 552 | M | Sevenoaks AC | Male Vet 55 | 01:40:33 | 01:40:19 |
| 160 | Simon Hallpike | 321 | M | Sevenoaks AC | Male Vet 65 | 01:46:27 | 01:46:21 |
| 213 | Marion Van Lille | 733 | F | Sevenoaks AC | Female Vet 35 | 01:49:35 | 01:49:25 |
| 268 | Sarah Shewell | 366 | F | Sevenoaks AC | Female Vet 60 | 01:54:50 | 01:54:23 |
| 307 | Jonathan Copping | 407 | M | Sevenoaks AC | Male Vet 65 | 01:57:15 | 01:56:19 |
| 339 | Heather Fitzmaurice | 107 | F | Female Vet 50 | 01:59:02 | 01:58:46 | |
| 395 | Anna Humphrey-Taylor | 670 | F | Sevenoaks AC | Female Vet 50 | 02:04:56 | 02:03:59 |
| 486 | Jenny Austin | 479 | F | Sevenoaks AC | Female Vet 40 | 02:17:19 | 02:16:40 |
The full results are here.
Four SAC runners completed the London Marathon on 3rd October with the following results:
The full results are here.
Suzy Claridge won the September handicap by a big margin and with a course PB. Chris Desmond was runner-up, two seconds ahead of Andy Ashlee.
Suzy continues to lead the series with Simon Hallpike now three points behind in second and early leader Dan Witt five points adrift in third - and joined on points by Bridgit Weekes and Lucy Wilkes.
Suzy was the fastest woman and Andy the fastest overall.
The next race, over seven miles, starts at the Sevenoaks School track at 08:30 on Sunday 31st October.
All the details are here.