No fewer than fifteen SAC runners made the trip to Munich for an autumn Marathon on 14th October, while Courtney Harris ran in the half marathon, with results as follows:
| Pos | SNum | Name | Nat | Club | Cat | PCat | PGen | (Gun) | Chip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 256. | 1858 | Russell CRANE | GBR | Sevenoaks AC | M35 | 58. | 246. | (3:13:09) | 3:12:33 |
| 360. | 1853 | Andy ASHLEE | GBR | Sevenoaks AC | M45 | 59. | 343. | (3:18:23) | 3:17:47 |
| 371. | 1851 | John STEVENS | GBR | Sevenoaks AC | M55 | 14. | 354. | (3:18:59) | 3:18:24 |
| 524. | 1857 | Andrew HUTCHINSON | GBR | Sevenoaks AC | M35 | 112. | 494. | (3:26:29) | 3:25:52 |
| 538. | 1849 | Nick HUMPHREY-TAYLOR | GBR | Sevenoaks AC | M45 | 89. | 508. | (3:26:54) | 3:26:18 |
| 1020. | 1864 | Marion VAN LILLE | RSA | Sevenoaks AC | W30 | 13. | 77. | (3:45:20) | 3:40:02 |
| 1360. | 1852 | Daniel WITT | GBR | Sevenoaks AC | M40 | 209. | 1230. | (3:48:19) | 3:47:44 |
| 1529. | 5328 | Laura ANDRADE | GBR | Sevenoaks AC | W35 | 23. | 161. | (3:57:38) | 3:51:56 |
| 1687. | 1862 | Mike ALLEN | GBR | Sevenoaks AC | M50 | 176. | 1500. | (4:05:37) | 3:55:07 |
| 2644. | 1855 | Jennifer AUSTIN | GBR | Sevenoaks AC | W40 | 54. | 407. | (4:28:04) | 4:16:50 |
| 3334. | 1850 | Anna HUMPHREY-TAYLOR | GBR | Sevenoaks AC | W45 | 98. | 583. | (4:45:27) | 4:34:07 |
| 4044. | 1863 | Alzbeta BENN | GBR | Sevenoaks AC | W35 | 122. | 796. | (5:21:53) | 5:01:11 |
| 4089. | 1861 | Clair THORNTON | GBR | Sevenoaks AC | W40 | 121. | 806. | (5:18:54) | 5:03:30 |
| 4095. | 1854 | Maria ASHLEE | GBR | Sevenoaks AC | W45 | 135. | 809. | (5:19:21) | 5:03:52 |
| 4107. | 1859 | Mark GENT | GBR | Sevenoaks AC | M45 | 529. | 3295. | (5:10:17) | 5:04:59 |
| 4833. | 14360 | Courtney HARRIS | AUS | Sevenoaks AC | W30 | 263. | 1438. | (2:30:06) | 2:17:54 |
The full results are here.
The first match of the season was held at Nonington on 13 October but unfortunately, due to injury and other commitments such as Munich, we were only able to field two runners, writes James Graham. Chris Desmond was our only representative in the main men’s race and Richard Pitcairn-Knowles in the V70. The course was relatively flat, the weather warm and sunny, with a total absence of mud.
Chris was 141st and 10th M55, and Richard 7th M70. The full results are here.
By finishing second W55 from a Kent club at the Tonbridge Half on 7th October, Sally Shewell secured the 2018 Kent AA Road Running Grand Prix title in her category after finishing runner-up in 2015 and 2016. With no others in catching distance, Sally was level on points with Invicta EK runner Vicky Talbot-Rosner as the race, the tenth and final one in the series, started. But Sally's excellent run and Talbot-Rosner's no-show means that Sally is the clear KGP winner.
John Witton led the Sevenoaks finishers in 14th place and third M40, while Bridgit Weekes was third W55 and Sylvia Lewis 3rd W65. The SAC results were:
| Pos | Gun | Chip | Name | Club | Gen | Cat | Num | GPos | CPos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 01:21:24 | 01:21:22 | John Witton | Sevenoaks AC | M | Male Vet 40 | 412 | 14 | 3 |
| 22 | 01:23:41 | 01:23:39 | Guillaume Nineven | Sevenoaks AC | M | Senior Male | 945 | 21 | 13 |
| 28 | 01:24:44 | 01:24:43 | Keith Dowson | Sevenoaks AC | M | Male Vet 50 | 773 | 27 | 4 |
| 35 | 01:25:47 | 01:25:45 | Andrew Milne | Sevenoaks AC | M | Senior Male | 262 | 34 | 19 |
| 43 | 01:27:29 | 01:27:22 | Nick Humphrey-Taylor | Sevenoaks AC | M | Male Vet 40 | 410 | 42 | 11 |
| 55 | 01:29:06 | 01:28:22 | Russell Crane | Sevenoaks AC | M | Senior Male | 909 | 54 | 32 |
| 58 | 01:29:25 | 01:29:10 | Michael Lochead | Sevenoaks AC | M | Senior Male | 399 | 57 | 34 |
| 92 | 01:33:18 | 01:33:12 | Graham Dwyer | Sevenoaks AC | M | Male Vet 40 | 712 | 88 | 25 |
| 346 | 01:51:26 | 01:51:17 | Bridgit Weekes | F | Female Vet 55 | 353 | 48 | 3 | |
| 364 | 01:52:38 | 01:52:22 | Sarah Shewell | Sevenoaks AC | F | Female Vet 55 | 419 | 54 | 4 |
| 404 | 01:55:05 | 01:54:31 | Jonathan Copping | Sevenoaks AC | M | Male Vet 60 | 328 | 339 | 13 |
| 466 | 01:58:01 | 01:57:21 | Sean Leith | Sevenoaks AC | M | Male Vet 40 | 995 | 386 | 125 |
| 517 | 02:00:59 | 02:00:10 | Anna Humphrey-Taylor | Sevenoaks AC | F | Female Vet 45 | 709 | 97 | 22 |
| 677 | 02:16:37 | 01:52:14 | Paul Smith | Sevenoaks AC | M | Male Vet 50 | 771 | 497 | 93 |
| 757 | 02:27:03 | 02:26:28 | Sylvia Lewis | Sevenoaks AC | F | Female Vet 65 | 923 | 228 | 3 |
The full results are here.
Graham Dwyer won the September handicap by a minute ahead of Andrew Mead who now leads the series by two points.
The next race is on Sunday 28th October and all the details are here.