Keith Dowson 
was first M50 and third overall in the Kent County Marathon Championships race at Thanet on 7 September. Only a few seconds behind second place, Keith finished in 2:59:13. The race was also the BMAF championships, making Keith the reigning British M50 marathon champion.
Also in the Full marathon, Rob Carr was 173rd in 5:09:40, and Maryanne Aitken was 191st in 5:36:53. Scott Haggarty was 93rd in the accompanying Half Marathon in 1:53:31.
The full results are here.
Sally Shewell was first W55, David Lee was second overall and Andy Nicoll fourth as seventeen SAC runners contested the hilly Weald 10k on 7th September. The SAC results were as follows:
Pos- ition |
Bib- No. |
Finish Time |
Chip Time |
Name |
Gen- der |
Cat- egory |
Club |
Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 214 | 00:37:11 | 00:37:09 | DAVID LEE | M | SM | Sevenoaks AC | 1 |
| 4 | 129 | 00:39:37 | 00:39:34 | ANDREW NICOLL | M | SM | Sevenoaks AC | 2 |
| 8 | 165 | 00:40:54 | 00:40:51 | DANIEL WITT | M | SM | Sevenoaks AC | 3 |
| 15 | 137 | 00:42:05 | 00:42:02 | LEE LINTERN | M | SM | Sevenoaks AC | 4 |
| 24 | 192 | 00:44:02 | 00:43:56 | JOHN STEVENS | M | M50 | Sevenoaks AC | 5 |
| 35 | 123 | 00:46:09 | 00:46:03 | ANDREW EVANS | M | M40 | Sevenoaks AC | 6 |
| 41 | 97 | 00:47:24 | 00:47:06 | SIMON BISHOP | M | M50 | Sevenoaks AC | 7 |
| 49 | 80 | 00:48:59 | 00:48:52 | ORIOL MARGO | M | SM | Sevenoaks AC | 8 |
| 66 | 124 | 00:50:05 | 00:49:56 | STEPHEN NICHOLSON | M | M40 | Sevenoaks AC | 9 |
| 71 | 68 | 00:51:01 | 00:50:37 | JANE MORGAN | F | W35 | Sevenoaks AC | 10 |
| 72 | 90 | 00:51:10 | 00:51:04 | ANTON MAUVE | M | M40 | Sevenoaks AC | 11 |
| 90 | 113 | 00:53:20 | 00:53:14 | SARAH SHEWELL | F | W55 | Sevenoaks AC | 12 |
| 108 | 73 | 00:54:52 | 00:54:28 | HAPPY FISHER | F | W35 | Sevenoaks AC | 13 |
| 128 | 204 | 00:56:26 | 00:56:07 | RICHARD THOMAS | M | M50 | Sevenoaks AC | 14 |
| 137 | 76 | 00:57:32 | 00:57:08 | CLAIRE THORNTON | F | W35 | Sevenoaks AC | 15 |
| 186 | 147 | 01:04:04 | 01:03:31 | JIM KNIGHT | M | M60 | Sevenoaks AC | 16 |
| 191 | 208 | 01:04:59 | 01:04:45 | MARIE BARBER | F | SW | Sevenoaks AC | 17 |
The full results are here.
And from the first Shoreham Woods trail 10k on the previous day, Nicki Thompson submitted the following report:
As promised a bit of a race report from the first ever Shoreham 10k this morning. Nice early 9.30am start which I love on a Saturday. Very well marshalled with friendly volunteers. It was a challenging trail run but with some amazing views across the valley. It was a bit of a shock to the system after a summer of road running as the terrain was either rocky in places or muddy and so took a bit of getting used to. Some nice flat bits but a few of the downhills were almost too steep to go fast. Tough hills at 5km, 7km and at the finish which meant it is never going to be a pb course. Would definitely do it again. Heather came first in the ladies, not sure where Stu came yet but he did well and I managed third lady. Organised by PB Race Events and they were very good.
The SAC results were:
| Pos | Name | Bib No | Time | Net Time | Gender | Age Category | Club Name |
| 11 | Heather Hardy | 59 | 00:48:28 | 00:48:23 | Female | LV40 | Sevenoaks Ac |
| 16 | Stuart Thompson | 142 | 00:51:16 | 00:51:10 | Male | Senior | Sevenoaks Ac |
| 26 | Nicola Thompson | 143 | 00:55:54 | 00:55:46 | Female | Lady | Sevenoaks Ac |
The full results are here.
Andy Ashlee was the clear winner and set the fastest time at the August handicap. Details here.
Keith Dowson was third M50 at the (Kent GP and Championship) Dinosaur 10k at Deal on Sunday 27th July.
Keith led home the Sevenoaks AC contingent of six finishers from which Geoff Vine had to pull out with calf trouble while leading the M60s.
Times were impressive over quite a hilly course in very hot and humid conditions.
Full result is here. The SAC results were as follows:
| Pos | Finish time | Chip time | First name | Last name | Sex | Club/Company | Age category | Bibno. |
| 20 | 00:38:15 | 00:38:14 | Keith | Dowson | M | Sevenoaks AC | Super Vet Male | 46 |
| 46 | 00:40:37 | 00:40:36 | Chris | Desmond | M | Sevenoaks AC | Super Vet Male | 133 |
| 83 | 00:43:53 | 00:43:51 | Stuart | Thompson | M | Sevenoaks AC | Senior Male | 58 |
| 197 | 00:51:02 | 00:50:45 | Nicola | Thompson | F | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Female | 269 |
| 247 | 00:54:11 | 00:53:47 | Jonathan | Copping | M | Sevenoaks AC | Super Vet Male | 126 |
| 352 | 01:02:24 | 01:02:04 | Hugh | Shewell | M | Sevenoaks AC | Senior Male | 263 |