Andrew Mead won the fourth handicap of the year and heads the first 2018 series table with a strong score. The details are here.
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.
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.
Jon Copping took the March handicap by nearly two minutes to chalk up his second win in succession.
Julie Lobley was second and David Lobley third.
Chris Desmond was fastest and Grace Manzotti fastest woman.
The next race is next Sunday 1st April.
Full details here.