Six Sevenoaks AC runners tackled the Beachy Head Marathon on 23rd October. The race is off-road and features over 800 metres of climbing and a field of over 1500 finishers. The SAC results were:

441 Pauline Dalton W55 4:35:24
457 Sam Znetyniak W45 4:36:28
977 Rob Carr M50 5:23:28
1431 Heather Fitzmaurice W45 6:58:52
1432 James Fitzmaurice M60 6:58:53
1535 Sylvia Lewis W55 8:19:09

The full results are here.

Sevenoaks AC once again closed out teams in the senior men's and under-15 boys categories at the second KXCL match of the series at Somerhill on 23rd October. Again there were brilliant individual performances in the women's categories where Andrea Berquez was first masters athlete. Andrea also leads the masters category in the series (after two races) while Holly Diprose is 3rd u15g, Oloff Van Zyl 4th M50, the senior men's team 12th and the u15b team 6th.

The SAC results were as follows:

Tonbridge match:

SW
14 776 Andrea Berquez (W35) Sevenoaks AC 33:51 (1st W35)

SM
76 1181 Oloff van Zyl (M50) Sevenoaks AC 32:06
131 1182 Daniel Witt (M45) Sevenoaks AC 34:41
144 1179 Andrew Mead (M50) Sevenoaks AC 35:24
179 1176 Chris Desmond (M55) Sevenoaks AC 37:09
238 1177 James Graham (M65) Sevenoaks AC 42:26
team:
16 Sevenoaks AC 76,131,144,179 530 4

u15g
6 263 Eliza Nicholson Sevenoaks AC 16:06
8 260 Holly Diprose Sevenoaks AC 16:14

u15b
18 334 Andrew Simmons Sevenoaks AC 15:29
19 328 Ryan Alford-Smith Sevenoaks AC 15:36
31 333 Indigo Morris Sevenoaks AC 16:47
39 331 Harry Mitchell Sevenoaks AC 17:40
team:
6 Sevenoaks AC 18,19,31 68 2

u13b
30 145 Lucien Hayes Sevenoaks AC 12:11

After 2 races:

SW
10 776 Andrea Berquez (W35) SEV 12 14 26(2) 1:08:24
W35
1 776 Andrea Berquez (W35) SEV 3 1 4(2) 1:08:24

SM
team:
12 Sevenoaks AC 11 (2) (978)
M50
4 1181 Oloff van Zyl (M50) SEV 6 4 10(2) 1:05:15
20 1179 Andrew Mead (M50) SEV 20 28 48(2) 1:10:52
33 1176 Chris Desmond (M55) SEV 41 40 81(2) 1:14:48
M40
33 1182 Daniel Witt (M45) SEV 4341 84(2) 1:09:55

u15g
3 260 Holly Diprose SEV 5 8 13(2) 0:32:21

u15b
team:
6 Sevenoaks AC 5 (2) (154)

15 334 Andrew Simmons SEV 19 18 37(2) 0:31:01
19 328 Ryan Alford-Smith SEV 35 19 54(2) 0:33:03
28 331 Harry Mitchell SEV 40 39 79(2) 0:35:37

The full results are here.

Bridgit Weekes was first W60 in a close race at the Chelmsford Marathon on 17th October. The full results are here.

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

u13b

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

u15g

4 259 Ella Baker Sevenoaks AC 15:56
5 260 Holly Diprose Sevenoaks AC 16:07

u15b

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

u17m

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.