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Folkestone 10 - 30 March 2018

Eight Sevenoaks runners contested the Kent GP Folkestone 10 on 30 March, led by John Witton in 21st place. James Graham was narrowly pipped to first M60 by just two seconds. The Sevenoaks runners were:

Place	Name	Team	Number	Time	Gender	Age
21	John Witton	Sevenoaks AC	785	59:25	M	40
23	David Ives	Sevenoaks AC	398	59:57	M	42
31	Andrew Milne	Sevenoaks AC	524	1:00:49	M	35
64	Daniel Witt	Sevenoaks AC	784	1:05:48	M	43
67	James Graham	Sevenoaks AC	301	1:05:49	M	64
147	Chris Desmond	Sevenoaks AC	213	1:13:18	M	55
315	Sarah Shewell	Sevenoaks AC	657	1:25:43	F	58
325	Stephen Murfet		535	1:25:39	M	42

Pictures above by Leo's Photography. The full results are here.

RPK at European Masters Athletics Indoor Championships 2018

Richard Pitcairn-Knowles became triple European Champion after a busy six days at the EMA Indoor Championships over 19-24 March in Madrid. Contesting the M85 category at every available track distance and the cross-country, Richard came away with three golds and two bronzes in seven events as follows:

1500m 1st 9:48.39

3000m 1st 19:46.69

5k XC 1st 37:08

800m 3rd 4:42.97

60m 3rd 12.94

400m 4th 2:05.64

200m 5th 47.12

The full results are here.

Lydd 20 and Dartford Half Marathon 11 March 2018 and Big Half

Lydd 20 runners

At least 12 SAC runners forsook the long course county road championship at the Dartford Half as they finessed their marathon training with the Lydd 20. Keith Dowson was 2nd M50 (1st M55) and James Graham 1st M60 as Andrew Milne was narrowly the first SAC runner home in 26th place. The SAC results were:

Andrew Milne 26th in 2:13:46, Nick Humphrey-Taylor 27th in 2:13:49, Keith Dowson 28th in 2:14:03, Andy Ashlee 39th in 2:17:11, James Graham 47th in 2:19:46, John Stevens 49th in 2:19:58, Dan Witt 55th in 2:22:30, Laura Andrade 166th in 2:45:13, Marion Van Lille 208th in 2:50:02, Anna Humphrey-Taylor 323rd in 3:05:49, Neil Haggertay 418th in 3:19:37 and Jenny Austin 454th in 3:24:48. The full results will be here.

The results of the five Sevenoaks AC athletes who made it to Dartford were:

Pos	Gun	Chip	Name	Club	Sex	Cat	Num
63	01:34:14	01:34:10	Chris Desmond	Sevenoaks AC	M	Male Vet 50	669
128	01:41:07	01:40:49	Chris Hall	Sevenoaks AC	M	Male Vet 40	496
213	01:48:42	01:48:20	Mark Gent	Sevenoaks AC	M	Male Vet 40	838
249	01:52:05	01:51:57	Sarah Shewell	Sevenoaks AC	F	Female Vet 55	787
314	01:56:33	01:55:04	Paul Smith	Sevenoaks AC	M	Male Vet 50	840

The full results are here.

And the following runners took part in the London Big Half on the previous Sunday (4th March) when many other races, including the Thanet 20, were cancelled due to the snowy weather:

THE BIG HALF			04/03/18
		Time	GP score
257	John Witton	01:19:34	75.5
414	Andrew Milne	01:23:34	70.2
543	Matthew Walker	01:25:47	70.0
739	John Stevens	01:28:31	77.7
810	James Graham	01:29:12	83.2

The Big Half results are here.

Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon - 18 February 2018

Keith Dowson was first M50, Alastair Moffatt 15th overall and third M40, while Vanessa Gilmartin was second W35 in the Tunbridge Wells Half on 18 February. Some twenty-one Sevenoaks AC runners took part. Their results were:

Pos	Gun	Chip	Name	Club	Sex	Cat	Num	GPos	CPos
15	01:21:54	01:21:52	Alastair Moffatt	Sevenoaks AC	M	Male V40	999	15	3
20	01:22:56	01:22:53	Andrew Milne	Sevenoaks AC	M	-	988	19
23	01:23:04	01:23:01	Andy Ashlee	Sevenoaks AC	M	Male V40	57	22	5
29	01:24:02	01:24:00	Keith Dowson	Sevenoaks AC	M	Male V50	430	28	1
47	01:25:41	01:25:32	Nick Humphrey-Taylor	Sevenoaks AC	M	Male V40	731	45	13
94	01:29:39	01:29:25	Michael Lochead	Sevenoaks AC	M	-	871	89
97	01:29:40	01:29:26	James Baker		M	Male V50	65	92	10
109	01:30:40	01:30:33	Daniel Witt	Sevenoaks AC	M	Male V40	1594	104	32
153	01:34:07	01:33:54	Vanessa Gilmartin		F	Female V35	573	10	2
231	01:37:48	01:37:35	Andrew Evans	Sevenoaks AC	M	Male V40	468	211	65
587	01:50:37	01:49:37	Marion Van Lille	Sevenoaks AC	F	-	1487	83
615	01:51:22	01:49:39	Jon Copping	Sevenoaks AC	M	Male V60	321	522	14
618	01:51:29	01:50:57	Pauline Dalton	Sevenoaks AC	F	Female V45	368	95	37
643	01:52:16	01:51:43	Sarah Shewell	Sevenoaks AC	F	Female V55	1294	102	4
645	01:52:28	01:51:39	Paul Smith	Sevenoaks AC	M	Male V50	1340	543	81
842	01:57:51	01:56:10	Jean-Pierre Darque		M	Male V60	371	691	28
884	01:59:51	01:58:22	Anna Humphrey-Taylor	Sevenoaks AC	F	Female V45	732	165	58
1056	02:07:27	02:05:58	Neil Haggertay	Sevenoaks AC	M	Male V50	622	834	153
1066	02:07:43	02:06:14	Lionel Stielow	Sevenoaks AC	M	Male V60	1378	841	39
1107	02:09:50	02:07:41	Alzbeta Benn	Sevenoaks AC	F	Female V35	111	244	88
1133	02:11:12	02:09:11	Robert Carr		M	Male V50	1719	874	162

The full results are here.

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