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Richard Reaches 500

As heralded by Jim Knight in SAC Update No.180, SAC legend Richard Pitcairn Knowles - 91 later this month - completed his 500th parkrun at Tonbridge on 2nd December.

This is how RunABC reported the event.

For Richard's views on retiring from running, and his over-80 challenges for the rest of us, please see this article here.

SAC Handicap December 2023

Nicola Glover won the final handicap race of the 2023 series, just ahead of Andrew Mead, ensuring Jim Knight remained on top of the series table to win the  trophy by one point from David Hale.

David was fastest on the day in fifth place, just behind Caroline Fenwick who was the fastest woman.

In third place, Sam Znetyniak drew level with Lucy Wilkes on points for third in the series but narrowly missed out on the minor placing on tiebreak.

With the 2023 series settled, the 2024 version begins on Sunday 28th January with a five-miler from the track starting at 08:30.

All the details are here.

Kent Masters XC Champs 2023

Allan Lee won M50 gold and Joanne Rodda W45 silver at the Kent Masters Cross Country Championships in Central Park, Dartford on 2nd December.

Other SAC runners were Caroline Fenwick, 4th W45, Chris Desmond, 35th M60 and M70s Simon Hallpike and Geoffrey Kitchener 8th and 11th.

The full results are here.