On Sunday 1 February 2009 Knole Park welcomed runners from 17 clubs all over Kent to compete in the final match of the Kent Fitness Cross Country League. It was a bitterly cold morning but this did not deter a record 333 runners from completing the tough 5.5 mile course, writes Rob Carr.

The race winner was 16 year old Josh Elderfield running for Medway & Maidstone AC.

Sevenoaks AC was represented by 22 runners of which the highest placed finisher was Rob Murray in a very creditable 4^th place. Chris Desmond was the second Sevenoaks runner home in 25^th, followed by 60 year old John Denyer in 73^rd.

These fine performances by the men were overshadowed somewhat by the Sevenoaks AC ladies team whose collective efforts earned first place in the female race with sterling performances from Heather Fitzmaurice (7^th), Lindsey Shing (8^th) and Cathy Hughes (13^th). This result means that the ladies team ended the season in 3^rd place.

In the earlier junior race Caitlin Carr (14) came first in the girls age 13-16 category, and with this sealed victory in the 2008/2009 championship for her age group.