Sevenoaks AC's women achieved their best performance to date as Sylvia Lewis, Lesley Knight, Bet Benn, Jo Young, Anna Humphrey-Taylor and Pauline Dalton secured points at Tonbridge track on 31 May. The club finished third on the day after both Bet and team captain Sylvia competed in four separate events and Pauline kept her powder dry for an emphatic win in the W50 1500m. Despite the excellent showing at Tonbridge, the women stay 5th in the division after three matches.
In the men's match, Graham Dwyer, Geoffrey Kitchener, Rob Peers, Dan Witt, Neil Haggertay, Duncan Cochrane, and Andrew Simpson combined to repeat the team's fourth place as in the first two matches. Possibly the stand-out performance was from M45 Graham who was second in the M35 high jump despite tackling four events in all. The SAC team remains in fourth place in the series.
The results are here. The next match is on Monday 10 June at Gillingham. Interested SAC members please contact
Heather Fitzmaurice was third woman and second W45 as four SAC runners tackled the Medway 10k at Medway Park Gillingham on 2nd June. James Graham was first M65 as Nick Humphrey-Taylor led the team home well under 40 minutes in 18th place. The Sevenoaks AC results were:
| Pos | Gun | Chip | Name | Club | Gen | Cat | Bib | PGen | PCat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 00:39:35 | 00:39:27 | Nick Humphrey-Taylor | Sevenoaks Ac | M | Male Vet 45 | 284 | 18 | 4 |
| 54 | 00:45:08 | 00:45:04 | Heather Fitzmaurice | Sevenoaks Ac | F | Female Vet 45 | 307 | 3 | 2 |
| 55 | 00:45:09 | 00:45:01 | James Graham | Sevenoaks Ac | M | Male Vet 65 | 456 | 52 | 1 |
| 202 | 00:54:40 | 00:54:24 | Anna Humphrey-Taylor | Sevenoaks Ac | F | Female Vet 45 | 282 | 35 | 9 |
The full results are here.
Andrew Mead won the sixth handicap of the year in the fastest time of the day and now has an unimprovable score after four wins in the series. The details are here.
Only one Sevenoaks AC runner contested the University of Kent Canterbury 10k on 19th May.
But it was a highly successful outing for John Witton as he collected trophies for third overall and first M40 with a chip time of 35:55.
The race results are here.