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

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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.

Kent Veterans/Masters Champs 2019

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Sevenoaks AC had representatives in three of the male categories at the Kent County Athletics Vets Championships at Central Park, Dartford on 30 November. In the second event, over 5.4k, the over-60 and over-70+ categories were contested along with all the female categories. James Graham was 19th in the M60 race and 3rd M65 in 23:52, while Geoffrey Kitchener was 6th M70 in 26:48.

Also competing in the M70s, Richard Pitcairn-Knowles was 23rd but first M80/M85 in 40:51.

Earlier, in the first race, over 9.3k, Darius Sarshar was 23rd M50 in 34:01.

The full results are here.

Win For David at Bedgebury 10k

DavidDavid Ives won the Bedgebury 10k, "a soggy and hilly slog", on Sunday 17th November as Sevenoaks AC runners took part in five races on the day.

Busiest was the Lullingstone 10k where six SAC members were competing, with Chris Desmond  7th in 47:59, James Baker 15th in 50:11, Bridgit Weekes 53rd and 1st W60 in  57:40, Maria Ashlee 130th in 75:50, Martin Dixon 131st in 76:19, and Sylvia Lewis 162nd in 84:29.

In the Bedgebury Half, Michael Allen was 82nd in 1:54:15, while in the Marden Half, Lionel Stielow was 154th (3rd M70) in 2:04:34. Finally, in the Marden 10k, Graham Dwyer was 13th in 41:42 and Sarah Fisher 77th (17th W) in 51:41.

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