KFL 2022/23 Match 1 - Knole · Sevenoaks Athletics Club

The first race in the 2022/23 Kent Fitness League series took place in Knole Park on Sunday October 30th, writes Jim Knight.

In wet and rainy conditions, the 555 competitors from 18 Kent athletics clubs tackled a gruelling 5 mile course up and down Knole’s hills.

Sevenoaks AC women, the defending Kent fitness League champions, performed outstandingly to win the women’s team competition.

Scoring runners were Caroline Fenwick (5th ) Suzy Claridge (9th & fastest W50), Nicola Glover (11th), Pauline Dalton (27th & second W55)

The fastest woman was Renata McDonnell from Deal Tri Club in a time of 33.42. The overall race winner was 17 year old Cameron Featherstone from Maidstone & Medway A.C. in an impressive time of 29.14.

With four in the first five, Maidstone and Medway were clear winners in the men’s team competition, ahead of Paddock Wood A.C.

Sevenoaks A.C men came home in 5th position. Scoring runners were Hamadel Nyaide (11th), Darius Sarchar (28th),Paul Fanti (30th), Ed Saunders (36th), Michael Lochead (39th), William Palmer (42nd), Harvey Taylor (69th), Jonathon Marsh (191st). In addition, Lionel Stielow received an award in recognition of his 100th KFL race.

In the overall team competition, Sevenoaks AC were the winners, thanks to the excellent performance of the women’s team.

It was a great effort by everyone in the club:- an organising team of Richard Thomas (Race Director) and James Nash (Course Manager) plus 20 marshals - and the club still managed to field 42 runners in the race, as follows:

Ov Pos	Lg Pos	Bib	Runner	Age	Time	Club	Score	Rtg	#
11	11	831	Hamadel Ndiaye	26	30:17	Sevenoaks AC	M1	97.17	Debut
30	30	795	Paul Fanti	49	32:18	Sevenoaks AC	V40:1	91.78	Debut
36	36	842	Edmund Saunders	40	32:47	Sevenoaks AC	V40:2	90.08	18
38	38	841	Darius Sarshar	53	32:52	Sevenoaks AC	V50:1	89.52	11
39	39	816	Michael Lochead	41	32:54	Sevenoaks AC	M2	89.24	17
42	42	834	William Palmer	50	32:57	Sevenoaks AC	V50:2	88.39	2
70	69	847	Harvey Taylor	18	34:24	Sevenoaks AC	M3	80.74	7
76	74	827	Shaun Mullen	46	34:35	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	79.32	9
77	75	854	Daniel Witt	47	34:35	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	79.04	62
81	78	825	Andrew Monk	46	34:41	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	78.19	Debut
94	5	796	Caroline Fenwick	44	35:36	Sevenoaks AC	V35	98.02	2
102	96	830	Sebastian Naughton	48	35:52	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	73.09	5
104	98	780	Richard Alford-Smith	46	36:04	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	72.52	10
115	9	788	Suzy Claridge	50	36:24	Sevenoaks AC	V45	96.04	10
121	11	802	Nicola Glover	34	36:33	Sevenoaks AC	F1	95.05	3
130	118	806	Jim Harness	54	37:00	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	66.86	16
135	122	799	Jimmy George	41	37:15	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	65.72	15
144	17	801	Vanessa Gilmartin	47	37:32	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	92.08	22
164	139	793	Graham Dwyer	50	38:17	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	60.91	16
169	143	824	Andrew Milne	40	38:25	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	59.77	32
171	145	785	Simon Bishop	58	38:32	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	59.21	3
174	148	809	David Killpack	37	38:39	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	58.36	2
180	27	790	Pauline Dalton	58	38:47	Sevenoaks AC	V55	87.13	55
190	30	798	Heather Fitzmaurice	52	39:07	Sevenoaks AC	NS	85.64	79
191	161	844	Jatinder Soomal	40	39:08	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	54.67	14
195	164	818	Alan Male	52	39:16	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	53.82	Debut
216	180	811	Leonard Lai King	43	39:51	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	49.29	5
230	191	819	Jonathan Marsh	62	40:33	Sevenoaks AC	V60	46.18	2
246	45	833	Anna O'Donovan	22	41:12	Sevenoaks AC	NS	78.22	Debut
251	205	849	Anthony Waldron	55	41:17	Sevenoaks AC	NS	42.21	30
285	228	805	Simon Hallpike	69	42:30	Sevenoaks AC	NS	35.69	56
303	63	828	Katrina Murphy	34	43:10	Sevenoaks AC	NS	69.31	Debut
304	64	852	Lucy Wilkes	43	43:17	Sevenoaks AC	NS	68.81	6
316	248	837	Sham Pickard	52	43:55	Sevenoaks AC	NS	30.03	Debut
323	71	843	Sarah Shewell	63	44:13	Sevenoaks AC	NS	65.35	118
327	74	856	Samantha Znetyniak	47	44:20	Sevenoaks AC	NS	63.86	9
333	258	789	Duncan Cochrane	65	44:39	Sevenoaks AC	NS	27.20	36
346	264	792	Chris Desmond	59	45:08	Sevenoaks AC	NS	25.50	83
405	107	803	Glenda Goscomb	64	47:52	Sevenoaks AC	NS	47.52	6
452	135	848	Ly Truong	37	50:20	Sevenoaks AC	NS	33.66	Debut
453	136	817	Mandy Lock	60	50:21	Sevenoaks AC	NS	33.17	2
476	329	846	Lionel Stielow	73	51:56	Sevenoaks AC	NS	7.08	21

The full results are here.

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 next race in the series will be in Swanley Park on November 11th.

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