KFL 2019/20 Match 4 - Shorne Woods

Victoria

Sevenoaks AC's women's team won for the third time this season as 35 members tackled the new Kent Fitness League course at Shorne Woods. With a big hill and large patch of deep sticky mud on each of the two big laps, the woodland course offered a good technical challenge, but that was no problem for Victoria Croucher as she finished third in her first appearance in the league.

Victoria was supported by fellow scorers Cath Linney in twelfth, Suzy Claridge in seventeenth and Pauline Dalton in eighteenth, with the rest of the fourteen-strong team also running well to push back other teams' scorers.

James Mason was also third as he led the men's team to third place on the day. John Witton also impressed with ninth, as Guillaume Nineven in 27th, Andrew Milne 40th, Ed Saunders 44th, Mike Lochead 52nd, Andrew Mead 58th and Zachary Ramsden 95th also scored for the men.

The women's win keeps them in the lead in the series and helped the SAC combined team to second on the day. This allowed the combined team to retain second place in the series after four of the six races, with the men's team third on the day and fourth in the series.

The SAC results were as follows:

Ov Pos Lg Pos Runner Age Time Club Rating # Races
3 3 James Mason 36 32:46 Sevenoaks AC 99.38 12
9 9 John Witton 41 33:25 Sevenoaks AC 97.50 5
27 27 Guillaume Nineven 34 34:57 Sevenoaks AC 91.88 8
40 40 Andrew Milne 37 36:15 Sevenoaks AC 87.81 26
44 44 Edmund Saunders 37 36:19 Sevenoaks AC 86.56 11
52 51 Mike Lochead 34 36:52 Sevenoaks AC 84.38 10
55 53 Andrew Hutchingson 40 36:58 Sevenoaks AC 83.75 10
58 56 Andrew Mead 51 37:14 Sevenoaks AC 82.81 37
70 3 Victoria Croucher 26 38:17 Sevenoaks AC 98.88 Debut
88 84 Richard Alford-Smith 43 39:13 Sevenoaks AC 74.06 3
91 87 Daniel Witt 44 39:22 Sevenoaks AC 73.12 56
93 88 Tim Young 47 39:28 Sevenoaks AC 72.81 3
95 90 Zack Ramsden 53 39:36 Sevenoaks AC 72.19 4
118 111 Jim Harness 52 40:48 Sevenoaks AC 65.62 12
135 12 Catherine Linney 50 41:29 Sevenoaks AC 93.82 33
136 124 Graham Dwyer 47 41:30 Sevenoaks AC 61.56 11
145 130 Jeremy Winter 66 41:55 Sevenoaks AC 59.69 3
147 132 Jatinder Soomal 37 41:57 Sevenoaks AC 59.06 11
155 17 Suzy Claridge 47 42:20 Sevenoaks AC 91.01 4
165 18 Pauline Dalton 55 42:38 Sevenoaks AC 90.45 48
174 20 Vanessa Gilmartin 44 43:00 Sevenoaks AC 89.33 Debut
230 37 Diana Bryant 45 45:18 Sevenoaks AC 79.78 8
246 42 Bridgit Weekes 61 46:04 Sevenoaks AC 76.97 9
255 209 Tony Horlock 59 46:24 Sevenoaks AC 35.00 10
260 213 Duncan Cochrane 62 46:54 Sevenoaks AC 33.75 33
265 218 Simon Hallpike 66 47:09 Sevenoaks AC 32.19 53
277 51 Sarah Shewell 60 47:38 Sevenoaks AC 71.91 111
279 52 Kim Henderson 44 47:44 Sevenoaks AC 71.35 2
310 64 Jane Morgan 42 49:18 Sevenoaks AC 64.61 7
312 248 Hugh Shewell 30 49:25 Sevenoaks AC 22.81 24
349 84 Lucy Wilkes 45 51:48 Sevenoaks AC 53.37 3
352 86 Sarah Fisher 23 51:53 Sevenoaks AC 52.25 3
371 277 Lionel Stielow 71 53:07 Sevenoaks AC 13.75 17
467 158 Bet Benn 38 1:00:26 Sevenoaks AC 11.80 2
481 166 Sylvia Lewis 67 1:03:53 Sevenoaks AC 7.30 17

The full results are here.

The next event is at Minnis Bay, Birchington on Sunday 12th January at 11:00. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. is the SAC team organiser.

SAC Handicap 22 December 2019

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Marco Mion won the final handicap race of the 2019 series ahead of Darius Sarshar, but third-placed Andrew Mead had already secured the series trophy. Sylvia Lewis held on to her second position in the series, and with fourth place on the day, James Baker snatched third.

The 2020 series starts with a five-miler on 19 January. All the details are here.

KXCL 2019/20 Match 4 - Footscray

Sevenoaks AC once again fielded a full senior men's team in the Kent XC League as James Graham (170th, 49:48) joined ever-presents Andrew Mead (98th (10th over-50), 43:42), Dan Witt (128th, 45:21) and Zachary Ramsden (145th, 47:11) to finish 16th on the day at the match on 14th December at Footscray. The men stand 14th after three matches.

No senior women ran at Footscray, but Suzy Claridge completed her third match this season (53rd (11th W45), 22:36) at Danson Park on 9th November.

The Kent League results are here.

The final match for men and women is at Norman Park, Bromley on 8th February. SAC seniors/veterans can contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to run in this race.

KFL 2019/20 Match 3 - Oxleas Wood

Team

Sevenoaks AC's women repeated their win from the first match at the third race of the Kent Fitness League 2019/20 at a cold and muddy Oxleas Wood on 1st December. The 5.4 mile course is one of the toughest in the league, but once again Cath Linney, Mary Bridges, Suzy Claridge and Vanessa Gilmartin were the scorers as the whole team ran well to increase the scores of the other clubs. With two wins and a third place from the first three matches, the SAC women have built up a healthy lead at the halfway stage in the series.

Despite missing several of their fastest runners, the men's team still produced a solid performance with scorers Guillaume Ninevan, Andrew Milne, Lee Lintern, Andrew Hutchinson, Andy Nicoll, Andrew Mead, Jimmy George and Zachary Ramsden helping them to fifth place on the day. After this run, the men's team is now fifth in the standings.

With the excellent women's score the combined team were third on the day and holding on to second in the series after three races.

The SAC results were as follows:

Ov Pos Lg Pos Runner Age Time Club Rating # Races
17 17 Guillaume Nineven 34 37:23 Sevenoaks AC 94.79 7
26 26 Andrew Milne 37 37:54 Sevenoaks AC 91.86 25
30 30 Lee Lintern 39 37:59 Sevenoaks AC 90.55 33
36 36 Andrew Hutchinson 40 38:29 Sevenoaks AC 88.60 9
45 45 Andy Nicoll 39 38:50 Sevenoaks AC 85.67 13
48 48 Andrew Mead 51 39:11 Sevenoaks AC 84.69 36
49 49 Jimmy George 38 39:13 Sevenoaks AC 84.36 11
50 50 Mike Lochead 34 39:14 Sevenoaks AC 84.04 9
71 70 Tim Young 47 40:12 Sevenoaks AC 77.52 2
80 78 Daniel Witt 44 40:49 Sevenoaks AC 74.92 55
97 90 Zack Ramsden 53 42:06 Sevenoaks AC 71.01 3
99 92 Richard Alford-Smith 43 42:17 Sevenoaks AC 70.36 2
122 12 Catherine Linney 50 43:19 Sevenoaks AC 92.67 32
131 118 Jatinder Soomal 37 43:49 Sevenoaks AC 61.89 10
134 120 Graham Dwyer 47 43:58 Sevenoaks AC 61.24 10
137 16 Mary Bridges 41 44:01 Sevenoaks AC 90.00 3
138 122 Ben Bridges 40 44:02 Sevenoaks AC 60.59 10
140 124 Jim Harness 52 44:09 Sevenoaks AC 59.93 11
145 18 Suzy Claridge 47 44:27 Sevenoaks AC 88.67 3
149 19 Vanessa Gilmartin 44 44:51 Sevenoaks AC 88.00 14
160 137 Tony Waldron 52 45:16 Sevenoaks AC 55.70 29
162 25 Pauline Dalton 55 45:30 Sevenoaks AC 84.00 47
167 142 Hugh Shewell 30 45:40 Sevenoaks AC 54.07 23
171 146 Jeremy Winter 65 45:53 Sevenoaks AC 52.77 2
271 224 Simon Hallpike 66 50:44 Sevenoaks AC 27.36 52
279 50 Sarah Shewell 60 51:06 Sevenoaks AC 67.33 110
302 62 Paula George 55 52:36 Sevenoaks AC 59.33 8
371 92 Lucy Wilkes 40 58:34 Sevenoaks AC 39.33 2
383 284 Lionel Stielow 70 59:03 Sevenoaks AC 7.82 16

The full results are here.

The next event is at Shorne Country Park, Gravesend on Sunday 5th January at 11:00. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. is the SAC team organiser.

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