There were 432 runners in the Knole race, with 39 from Sevenoaks AC.
The Ladies team were magnificent for 2nd. The Men were 4th and combined we came 3rd out of 18.
Chris Desmond was 15th overall and 1st M50, closely followed by Keith Dowson for 3rd M50. James Graham was top M60.
Cath Linney (5th lady) was 2nd F45, Heather Fitzmaurice (6th lady) 2nd F40 and Pauline Dalton (22nd lady) 2nd F50.
Jim Fitzmaurice was 1st M70, John Denyer 2nd M65 and Geoff Vine 3rd M65.
Also great running by Hugh Brenan, Andy Nicoll, Stephen Searby, Sally Mortleman (16th lady) and John Davie.
The next race is on 9th Nov, 11am at New Barn Rd, Swanley.
The SAC results were as follows:
Ov Pos |
Lg Pos |
Runner |
Age |
Time |
Club |
Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 15 | Chris Desmond | 51 | 35:05 | Sevenoaks AC | 95.02 |
| 32 | 31 | Andy Nicoll | 34 | 36:14 | Sevenoaks AC | 89.32 |
| 38 | 37 | Keith Dowson | 51 | 36:50 | Sevenoaks AC | 87.19 |
| 42 | 41 | Hugh Brenan | 37 | 37:01 | Sevenoaks AC | 85.77 |
| 50 | 49 | Andrew Mead | 45 | 37:25 | Sevenoaks AC | 82.92 |
| 58 | 57 | Daniel Witt | 39 | 37:55 | Sevenoaks AC | 80.07 |
| 59 | 58 | Andrew Linney | 47 | 37:58 | Sevenoaks AC | 79.72 |
| 76 | 73 | Lee Lintern | 34 | 38:42 | Sevenoaks AC | 74.38 |
| 83 | 80 | Stephen Searby | 51 | 39:05 | Sevenoaks AC | 71.89 |
| 86 | 83 | Andy Ashlee | 45 | 39:11 | Sevenoaks AC | 70.82 |
| 98 | 95 | James Graham | 61 | 39:33 | Sevenoaks AC | 66.55 |
| 100 | 97 | John Davie | 43 | 39:34 | Sevenoaks AC | 65.84 |
| 121 | 5 | Cath Linney | 45 | 40:55 | Sevenoaks AC | 97.30 |
| 124 | 117 | Adam Leslie | 43 | 40:59 | Sevenoaks AC | 58.72 |
| 125 | 118 | David Lobley | 49 | 41:05 | Sevenoaks AC | 58.36 |
| 126 | 6 | Heather Fitzmaurice | 44 | 41:05 | Sevenoaks AC | 96.62 |
| 148 | 136 | John Denyer | 66 | 41:51 | Sevenoaks AC | 51.96 |
| 167 | 151 | James Baker | 49 | 42:44 | Sevenoaks AC | 46.62 |
| 177 | 16 | Sally Mortleman | 48 | 43:06 | Sevenoaks AC | 89.86 |
| 183 | 163 | Andy Evans | 44 | 43:38 | Sevenoaks AC | 42.35 |
| 192 | 22 | Pauline Dalton | 50 | 43:50 | Sevenoaks AC | 85.81 |
| 209 | 178 | Geoff Vine | 67 | 44:22 | Sevenoaks AC | 37.01 |
| 217 | 184 | Stuart Huntley | 39 | 44:55 | Sevenoaks AC | 34.88 |
| 225 | 191 | Duncan Cochrane | 57 | 45:18 | Sevenoaks AC | 32.38 |
| 230 | 194 | Geoff Kitchener | 64 | 45:33 | Sevenoaks AC | 31.32 |
| 237 | 200 | Fabrice Jaudi | 43 | 45:53 | Sevenoaks AC | 29.18 |
| 241 | 38 | Nicki Thompson | 38 | 46:21 | Sevenoaks AC | 75.00 |
| 284 | 55 | Debbie Munton | 56 | 48:50 | Sevenoaks AC | 63.51 |
| 292 | 58 | Happy Fisher | 38 | 49:16 | Sevenoaks AC | 61.49 |
| 303 | 238 | James Fitzmaurice | 72 | 49:54 | Sevenoaks AC | 15.66 |
| 307 | 66 | Clair Thornton | 39 | 50:16 | Sevenoaks AC | 56.08 |
| 310 | 241 | Martin White | 47 | 50:24 | Sevenoaks AC | 14.59 |
| 326 | 75 | Sarah Shewell | 55 | 50:09 | Sevenoaks AC | 50.00 |
| 330 | 78 | Ella Pyman | 47 | 51:26 | Sevenoaks AC | 47.97 |
| 331 | 79 | Carol Beadle | 50 | 51:27 | Sevenoaks AC | 47.30 |
| 340 | 85 | Another | 32 | 51:56 | Sevenoaks AC | 43.24 |
| 342 | 87 | Julie Lobley | 49 | 52:11 | Sevenoaks AC | 41.89 |
| 372 | 265 | Hugh Shewell | 25 | 55:16 | Sevenoaks AC | 6.05 |
| 413 | 134 | Sylvia Lewis | 62 | 1:01:59 | Sevenoaks AC | 10.14 |
The full results are here.
A calm, dry, warmish day let the club runners do really well at Ashford, says Geoff Vine, as ten Sevenoaks AC runners contested the Kent GP Givauden Ashford 10k on 12 October.
Course was a little more undulating than we thought, but the conditions helped us to record some great times.
John Denyer is back, in a storming time 41.45 for 5th M60. If he keeps this up he will win the club GP. Chris Desmond in 36.43, who got 1st M50 in a field of 873 runners, will be right there with John.
Keith Dowson was 3rd M50 in 38.31. Sally managed a time of excellence 48.23 and was well pleased with herself!
RPK ran his heart out for 62.44, an amazing time for M80+ and was first in his age group for the Southern Counties championships. Dan Witt raced hard for 39.13 and Andy Nicoll was close behind Chris in 37.30. Geoff Vine crawled home in 43.54.
The SAC results were as follows:
| Pos | Bib | Name | Club | Sex | Chip | Gun | PCat | |
| 18. | 246 | Chris DESMOND | Sevenoaks AC | M | 36:43 | 00:36:45 | 1 | |
| 29. | 635 | Andrew NICOLL | Sevenoaks AC | M | 37:30 | 00:37:33 | 15 | |
| 48. | 615 | Keith DOWSON | Sevenoaks AC | M | 38:31 | 00:38:36 | 3 | |
| 60. | 519 | Daniel WITT | Sevenoaks AC | M | 39:13 | 00:39:18 | 29 | |
| 118. | 715 | John DENYER | Sevenoaks AC | M | 41:45 | 00:41:50 | 5 | |
| 185. | 376 | Geoffrey VINE | Sevenoaks AC | M | 43:54 | 00:43:58 | 10 | |
| 330. | 723 | Fabrice JAUDI | Sevenoaks AC | M | 48:09 | 00:48:14 | 105 | |
| 342. | 430 | Sarah SHEWELL | Sevenoaks AC | F | 48:23 | 00:48:31 | 52 | |
| 456. | 724 | Another | Sevenoaks AC | F | 51:07 | 00:51:32 | 157 | |
| 765. | 449 | Richard PITCAIRN-KNOWLES | Sevenoaks AC | M | 01:02:44 | 01:03:38 | 44 |
The full results are here.
Heather Fitzmaurice was first female finisher at the Sittingbourne 10 on Sunday 5th October.
Heather finished twenty-second overall and fourteen seconds ahead of her nearest rival in a time of 1:10:11 over the tough course.
Heather was two places behind James McGuigan who was Sevenoaks AC's first finisher in 1:09:40, while M70 Jim Fitzmaurice also had a good run in 108th place with 1:29:10.
Seventeen Sevenoaks AC athletes took part in Sunday’s Tonbridge Half marathon, which, this year incorporated the Kent County Championships, writes Jim Knight.
At 10am the 1300 runners left West Kent College in fine sunny conditions to tackle the undulating 13-mile route around the leafy lanes of Tonbridge and Leigh.
Tonbridge AC athlete Julian Rendall led the field home in an impressive 1hr 14.08.
The first Sevenoaks AC athlete home was David Ives with a speedy 1.17.44, to place 7th overall, 4th in the County Championships.
Not far behind, in 1.25.40 was 50-year-old Chris Desmond who placed 2nd M50 in the County Championships. This was particularly impressive as Chris came 2nd M50 in the tough Dartford 10 the previous weekend.
Several other SAC athlete recorded top 100 positions:- Keith Brown in 40th, Keith Dowson in 50th, Dan Witt in 67th and John Stevens in 88th.
Overall the SAC team came 3rd.
Veteran SAC athlete Ron Denney recorded the fastest time in the M70 category, but due to an administrative error was not registered for the County Championships.
In the women’s race, Paddock Wood Athlete, Maria Heslop had a convincing win in 1.22.46 coming 25th overall.
SAC athlete Heather Fitzmaurice became County W35 champion, and Sally Shewell was 2nd W55.
Overall a highly successful day for Sevenoaks AC.
The team is looking forward to the Kent Fitness League cross-country series that starts
in Knole Park on Sunday October 19th. Having been runners-up in the 2013/14 season the club is hoping to go one better this time.
The SAC results were as follows:
The full results are here.
And Geoff Vine was 1st M60 at the Dartford Bridge 10k (29th overall) in 44:36 - full results here.