Sevenoaks Athletics Club

SCVAC T&F 31 May 2019

Sevenoaks AC's women achieved their best performance to date as Sylvia Lewis, Lesley Knight, Bet Benn, Jo Young, Anna Humphrey-Taylor and Pauline Dalton secured points at Tonbridge track on 31 May. The club finished third on the day after both Bet and team captain Sylvia competed in four separate events and Pauline kept her powder dry for an emphatic win in the W50 1500m. Despite the excellent showing at Tonbridge, the women stay 5th in the division after three matches.

In the men's match, Graham Dwyer, Geoffrey Kitchener, Rob Peers, Dan Witt, Neil Haggertay, Duncan Cochrane, and Andrew Simpson combined to repeat the team's fourth place as in the first two matches. Possibly the stand-out performance was from M45 Graham who was second in the M35 high jump despite tackling four events in all. The SAC team remains in fourth place in the series.

The results are here. The next match is on Monday 10 June at Gillingham. Interested SAC members please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Kent Young Athletes League 2019 - Tonbridge

Sevenoaks AC Juniors fielded its largest and strongest team to date at the first Kent Young Athlete League Match of the Summer, and were rewarded with a 2nd place team finish.

Six Club records were broken during the course of the day, two in the 4 x 100m Relay, the rest by Erin Vallance and James Beecroft who both broke the 100m and 200m records in their respective age groups

Head Coach, Darrell Smith commented. “It’s impossible to list all the great performances as everyone gave their all, even though for many this is their first season competing at this level. I feel we have a real chance of getting promotion to the next Division . I think we can do it. “

The second of the three matches is on the 7th July in Ashford.

Medway 10k 2019

Heather Fitzmaurice was third woman and second W45 as four SAC runners tackled the Medway 10k at Medway Park Gillingham on 2nd June. James Graham was first M65 as Nick Humphrey-Taylor led the team home well under 40 minutes in 18th place. The Sevenoaks AC results were:

 The full results are here.

University of Kent Canterbury 10k 2019

Only one Sevenoaks AC runner contested the University of Kent Canterbury 10k on 19th May.

But it was a highly successful outing for John Witton as he collected trophies for third overall and first M40 with a chip time of 35:55.

The race results are here.