KFL 2021-22 Match 6 - Knole · Sevenoaks Athletics Club

The sixth and final race in the 2021/22 Kent Fitness League series took place in Knole Park on Sunday March 20th, writes Jim Knight. In beautiful sunny conditions the 326 competitors from 18 Kent athletics clubs tackled a gruelling 5 mile course up and down Knole’s hills. Sevenoaks AC athletes performed brilliantly. Paul Freeman-Jones won the men’s race and Andrea Berquez won the women’s race.

In the team competition, Sevenoaks’ women claimed a narrow victory over Canterbury Harriers, to confirm their victory in the series – champions for the second year in a row. An outstanding achievement. Scoring runners in Knole were Andrea Berquez (1st), Hannah Sangan (6th), Vanessa Gilmartin (7th), and Pauline Dalton (26th).

Great performances in the whole series came from Cath Linney W50 champion, Pauline Dalton W55 champion, Bridget Weekes 2nd W60, and Sally Shewell 3rd W60.

The men’s team was missing several key runners through Covid and injury, but still managed a creditable 4th position. Scoring runners were Paul Freeman-Jones (1st), James Mason (4th), Ed Saunders (21st), Andrew Hutchinson (28th), William Palmer (45th), Andrew Mead (46th), Chris Desmond (149th) and Lionel Stielow (191st).

In the series, Andrew Hutchinson finished 6th M40, Andrew Mead 10th M50, and Harvey Taylor 2nd under 20.

The full Sevenoaks AC results were:

Ov Pos	Lg Pos	Bib	Runner	Age	Time	Club	Score	Rtg	#
1	1	1112	Paul Freeman-Jones	29	28:42	Sevenoaks AC	M1	100.00	Debut
4	4	674	James Mason	39	29:08	Sevenoaks AC	M2	98.53	15
21	21	688	Edmund Saunders	39	31:34	Sevenoaks AC	M3	90.20	17
28	28	665	Andrew Hutchinson	42	32:10	Sevenoaks AC	V40:1	86.76	16
33	1	912	Andrea Berquez	36	32:25	Sevenoaks AC	V35	100.00	3
40	39	652	Chris Fenn	31	32:51	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	81.37	5
46	45	1084	William Palmer	49	33:11	Sevenoaks AC	V40:2	78.43	Debut
47	46	675	Andrew Mead	53	33:27	Sevenoaks AC	V50:1	77.94	43
48	47	694	Harvey Taylor	17	33:29	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	77.45	6
64	61	678	Shaun Mullen	45	34:12	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	70.59	8
73	70	680	Sebastian Naughton	48	35:16	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	66.18	4
76	73	703	Tim Young	49	35:27	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	64.71	5
77	74	914	Nicholas Mileham	41	35:30	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	64.22	2
87	6	916	Hannah Sangan	28	36:20	Sevenoaks AC	F1	95.90	4
88	7	657	Vanessa Gilmartin	46	36:21	Sevenoaks AC	V45	95.08	21
90	82	1083	David Killpack	36	36:30	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	60.29	Debut
96	9	647	Julia Davis	24	36:38	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	93.44	6
104	13	1082	Caroline Fenwick	44	36:51	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	90.16	Debut
116	19	915	Rebecca Pickard	46	37:30	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	85.25	3
135	26	645	Pauline Dalton	57	38:26	Sevenoaks AC	V55	79.51	54
167	37	699	Bridgit Weekes	64	40:16	Sevenoaks AC	NS	70.49	16
185	45	691	Sarah Shewell	62	41:28	Sevenoaks AC	NS	63.93	117
200	149	649	Chris Desmond	59	42:31	Sevenoaks AC	V50:2	27.45	82
221	62	704	Samantha Znetyniak	46	43:51	Sevenoaks AC	NS	50.00	8
225	64	700	Lucy Wilkes	42	44:04	Sevenoaks AC	NS	48.36	5
236	70	685	Ella Pyman	55	45:25	Sevenoaks AC	NS	43.44	17
290	191	693	Lionel Stielow	73	50:51	Sevenoaks AC	V60	6.86	20
293	102	1111	Mandy Lock	60	51:19	Sevenoaks AC	NS	17.21	Debut
318	116	671	Sylvia Lewis	69	1:01:57	Sevenoaks AC	NS	5.74	23

The Kent Fitness League is a series of cross-country races between the 18 registered Athletics Clubs in Kent. Any number of club members can compete, but 12 are needed to score in the team competition – 8 men (of whom one must be aged 60+, two must be 50+ and two 40+) and 4 women (of whom one must be aged 55+ one 45+ and one 35+). The full results are here.

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