KFL 2018/19 Match 3, Oxleas Wood

Team at Oxleas

The third race in the Kent Fitness League 2018/19 Cross Country series took place near Eltham on Sunday October 26th, writes Jim Knight. On a dull and rainy day, the 450 runners, including 30 from Sevenoaks AC, wound their way up and down the hills of Oxleas Woods on a tough 5.5 mile course.

Darrell Smith was the outstanding performer for Sevenoaks AC, finishing in 10th position and 1st M50. Other strong performances came from Andrew Milne (26th), Andrew Hutchinson (28th), Jimmy George (43rd), and Mike Lochead (53rd). The other scoring team members were Jim Harness (62nd), Dan Witt (71st), and Ed Saunders (77th).

In the women’s race, there was a good team performance from Vanessa Gilmartin (126th), Heather Fitzmaurice (145th), Pauline Dalton (182nd) and Bridgit Weekes (218th).

The combined SAC team was third in the race, with the men third and the women fourth. After three races, the combined team now stands third, with the men fourth and the women fifth.

The next race will be on Sunday December 9th in Fowlmead, near Deal, starting at 11 am.

The Kent Fitness League is a series of cross-country races between the 18 registered Athletics Clubs in Kent. Any number of club members can compete, but 12 are needed to score in the team competition – 8 men (of whom two must be V50 and one V40) and 4 women (of whom one must be V45 and one V35).

The Sevenoaks AC results are here:

Ov Pos	Lg Pos	Runner	Age	Time	Club	Rating	# Races
10	10	Darrell Smith	51	34:23	Sevenoaks AC	96.93	10
26	26	Andrew Milne	36	36:55	Sevenoaks AC	91.47	18
28	27	Andrew Hutchinson	39	37:00	Sevenoaks AC	91.13	5
43	41	Jimmy George	37	37:43	Sevenoaks AC	86.35	4
53	51	Mike Lochead	32	38:29	Sevenoaks AC	82.94	3
62	60	Jim Harness	51	38:59	Sevenoaks AC	79.86	6
71	68	Daniel Witt	43	39:10	Sevenoaks AC	77.13	48
77	73	Edmund Saunders	36	39:24	Sevenoaks AC	75.43	7
80	76	John Stevens	57	39:31	Sevenoaks AC	74.40	19
92	87	James Wright	50	40:08	Sevenoaks AC	70.65	26
93	88	Michael McCarthy	53	40:11	Sevenoaks AC	70.31	24
98	92	Keith Brown	47	40:26	Sevenoaks AC	68.94	14
126	15	Vanessa Gilmartin	43	41:57	Sevenoaks AC	91.46	8
130	115	Jatinder Soomal	36	42:03	Sevenoaks AC	61.09	Debut
145	18	Heather Fitzmaurice	49	42:30	Sevenoaks AC	89.63	73
150	132	Tony Waldron	51	42:57	Sevenoaks AC	55.29	26
160	141	Andy Evans	48	43:14	Sevenoaks AC	52.22	41
182	24	Pauline Dalton	54	44:07	Sevenoaks AC	85.98	42
201	171	Andy Manning	50	45:18	Sevenoaks AC	41.98	3
218	35	Bridgit Weekes	60	46:26	Sevenoaks AC	79.27	3
227	41	Diana Bryant	43	46:41	Sevenoaks AC	75.61	3
234	192	Duncan Cochrane	61	46:57	Sevenoaks AC	34.81	27
242	198	Hugh Shewell	29	47:13	Sevenoaks AC	32.76	17
245	45	Elaine Knight	38	47:18	Sevenoaks AC	73.17	2
252	204	Simon Hallpike	65	47:29	Sevenoaks AC	30.72	49
271	55	Sarah Shewell	59	48:32	Sevenoaks AC	67.07	105
282	59	Ella Pyman	52	49:07	Sevenoaks AC	64.63	10
341	84	Paula George	54	52:54	Sevenoaks AC	49.39	Debut
351	263	Lionel Stielow	69	53:39	Sevenoaks AC	10.58	11
388	273	Jim Knight	67	56:50	Sevenoaks AC	7.17	4

The full results are here.