KFL 2021-22 Match 5 - Blean Woods · Sevenoaks Athletics Club

Sevenoaks AC women increased their lead in the Kent Fitness cross-country league with a superb victory in the penultimate race of the series at Blean Woods, Canterbury on 6th March, beating nearest rivals Canterbury Harriers into second place on their home mud.

Andrea Berquez (W35) led the team home in second place overall and was first veteran. The other scorers were Suzy Claridge (W45), Pauline Dalton (W55) and Hannah Sangan. All three age-group scorers were either first or second in their categories. Other SAC veterans running well were Cath Linney (3rd W50), and Bridgit Weekes and Sally Shewell (2nd and 3rd W60s).

Once again the men's team was fifth with scorers James Graham (M60), Darius Sarshar and Andrew Mead (M50), Andrew Hutchinson and Mike Lochead (M40), and Ed Saunders, Richard Alford-Smith and Guillaume Nineven. The combined team were also fifth.

The SAC results were:

Ov Pos	Lg Pos	Bib	Runner	Age	Time	Club	Score	Rtg	#
24	24	688	Edmund Saunders	39	32:52	Sevenoaks AC	M1	91.70	16
27	27	665	Andrew Hutchinson	42	33:08	Sevenoaks AC	V40:1	90.61	15
34	34	673	Michael Lochead	41	33:40	Sevenoaks AC	V40:2	88.09	16
54	53	687	Darius Sarshar	52	34:50	Sevenoaks AC	V50:1	81.23	10
55	54	637	Richard Alford-Smith	45	35:00	Sevenoaks AC	M2	80.87	9
57	2	912	Andrea Berquez	36	35:06	Sevenoaks AC	V35	99.38	2
61	59	681	Guillaume Nineven	36	35:16	Sevenoaks AC	M3	79.06	10
62	60	675	Andrew Mead	53	35:17	Sevenoaks AC	V50:2	78.70	42
78	74	694	Harvey Taylor	17	36:07	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	73.65	5
92	87	678	Shaun Mullen	45	37:06	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	68.95	7
100	93	666	Jason Hutt	39	37:56	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	66.79	2
101	8	642	Suzy Claridge	49	37:58	Sevenoaks AC	V45	95.65	9
110	101	655	Jimmy George	40	38:23	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	63.90	14
131	17	916	Hannah Sangan	27	39:21	Sevenoaks AC	F1	90.06	3
132	18	672	Catherine Linney	52	39:22	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	89.44	39
135	116	679	James Nash	30	39:27	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	58.48	9
146	124	650	Graham Dwyer	49	39:49	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	55.60	15
181	26	645	Pauline Dalton	57	41:16	Sevenoaks AC	V55	84.47	53
195	165	659	James Graham	68	41:41	Sevenoaks AC	V60	40.79	26
198	32	647	Julia Davis	24	41:46	Sevenoaks AC	NS	80.75	5
220	43	699	Bridgit Weekes	63	43:00	Sevenoaks AC	NS	73.91	15
241	51	691	Sarah Shewell	62	44:00	Sevenoaks AC	NS	68.94	116
322	86	704	Samantha Znetyniak	46	48:55	Sevenoaks AC	NS	47.20	7
387	125	639	Alzbeta Benn	40	54:09	Sevenoaks AC	NS	22.98	7
389	127	638	Jenny Austin	44	54:21	Sevenoaks AC	NS	21.74	16
434	159	671	Sylvia Lewis	69	1:05:12	Sevenoaks AC	NS	1.86	22

After five matches the women's team lead, the combined team is fourth and the men are fifth going into the final match on 20th February. This will be on Sevenoaks' home course at Knole Park starting at 09:00.

Jim Knight's report, with assistance from Duncan and Pauline, is here. The full results are here.

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