Sevenoaks Athletics Club

David, Bridgit & Sylvia Win Categories At Tonbridge Half 2019

David Ives was fourth overall and first M40, Bridgit Weekes first W60 and Sylvia Lewis first W65 at the Tonbridge Half on 6th October. And the Sevenoaks AC women's team of Bridgit, Marion van Lille and Laura Andrade won second team. Also Laura was second W40, Simon Hallpike third M65 and Sally Shewell fourth W60 as fifteen SAC runners tackled the hilly course in unexpectedly sunny and breezy conditions. The Sevenoaks AC results were as follows:

The full results are here.

Larkfield 10k 2019

John Witton was 20th and fifth M40 and Lionel Stielow was fifth M70 as just six Sevenoaks AC runners completed the Larkfield 10k in hot sunny conditions on Sunday 15th September.

The race was the Kent short-course road championship and there was a big turnout from the leading clubs. It was also the penultimate race of the Kent GP series with just the Maidstone Half to go (on 13th October).

The SAC results were as follows:

The full results are here.

Heather Wins Highway 10k 2019

Heather Fitzmaurice won the Highway 10k in Orpington on Sunday 22nd September and was sixteenth overall.

The only other Sevenoaks AC runner in the field was Lionel Steilow who was eighty-fifth - and first M70 - in 57:48.

The full results can be found here.

This result comes two weeks after Heather was third woman, fourteenth overall and second W45 in the Rye Ancient Trails 15k, where Hugh Brennan won the accompanying 30k race with Marion van Lille third in the women's race and Jake Fricker, Nick and Anna Taylor and Russell Crane also well placed.

The full Rye results can be found here.

Kent U13 T&F Championships 2019

Some great performances this weekend at the Kent U13 Champs at Erith (Sept 14th-15th), writes Darrell Smith.

The weekend started well with a 6th place by Emily Holden in the Girls Shot Putt in a fine 7.14m, just outside her pb.

Alex Evans Wilson had a great Championships. In the space of an hour he placed 5th in the Long Jump with a pb of 4.09 and 8th in the Discus with a throw of 16.09m, also a pb.

Also in the Long Jump Kristian Elphick-Mutru placed 8th with a pb of 3.80 as well running 100m 14.87 in his 100m Heat. In the Boys 100m James Beecroft ran a pb in his heat running 12.9 later placing 5th in the 100m Final.

On the Sunday Maisy Aherne progressed to the Semi Final of the 75m running 11.04 in her heat and placing 8th in the Semi Final. In the High Jump Hannah Galligan jumped 1.30cm to place 5th in the Final.

These results are the best by the Club and mark the end of a great season.