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Mike takes the lead

Mike Fanning overtook Jim Grant in the last 450 metres to win the July handicap in an age-graded record. Details are here.

Highway 10k start

Two Sevenoaks AC runners were spotted running in the Highway 10k on 7th July, as follows:

Pos	Gun Time	Name	Team / Club	Sex	Age Group	Chip Num	Chip Time	Pos by Chip Time
18	44:08	Daniel WITT	SEVENOAKS AC	M	Senior	96	44:02	18
49	54:25	Happy FISHER	SEVENOAKS AC	Fem	v35	22	54:14	48

Full results here.

But another five, led by Chris Desmond, braved the hot conditions at the Bewl 15 on the same day. Their results were as follows:

Pos	Chip Time	Gun Time	Name	Club	Sex	Cat	Num
65	01:56:48	01:56:53	Chris DESMOND	SEVENOAKS AC	M	v50	385
69	01:57:32	01:57:32	Andy ASHLEE	SEVENOAKS AC	M	v40	756
112	02:02:44	02:02:48	Marc THATCHER	SEVENOAKS AC	M	v40	490
283	02:21:59	02:22:07	Sally SHEWELL	SEVENOAKS AC	Fem	v50	308
453	02:39:19	02:40:34	Ursula FIELD-WERNERS	SEVENOAKS AC	Fem	v45	39

Full results are here.

Some fine SAC performances were missed in June races....

Orpington 10k - 30 June

Cath Linney won the women's race at the Orpington 10k and was joined by three other SAC runners as follows:

Pos	Gun Time	Name	Team / Club	Sex	Age	Num	Chip Time	Chip Pos
24	44:37:00	Catherine LINNEY	7 OAKS AC	Fem	v35	74	44:34:00	24
26	44:42:00	Stuart THOMPSON	SEVENOAKS AC	M	Senior	183	44:38:00	26
73	50:02:00	Simon BISHOP	SEVENOAKS AC	M	v40	274	49:43:00	71
191	01:01:35	Jenny AUSTIN	SEVENOAKS AC	Fem	v35	204	01:01:12	190

Full results here.

Another of SAC's XC stars, Pauline Dalton, was 1st W45 at the last Serpentine Last Friday 5k. Pauline led a team of three SAC runners as follows:

Pos	Name	Time	Cat	Club	Grade	Pace
87	Pauline Dalton	20:55	FV45	Sevenoaks AC	78.20%	06:44
108	Duncan Warwick-Champion	21:36	V45	Sevenoaks AC	67.70%	06:57
167	Kim Pegg	24:48	SL	Sevenoaks AC	59.70%	07:59

Full results here.

Finally, Richard Pitcairn-Knowles won the M80 race at the Veterans AC 5 mile road championships at Battersea Park, coming 24th overall:

24 Rich Pitcairn-Knowles(S¹oak) 80 1 56:50

Full results here.

The fifth meeting in the Southern Counties Veterans AC (Kent) league series was held at Ashford on 5th July - a sunny evening in perfect competing conditions. Unfortunately, a very depleted Sevenoaks team was further handicapped by the need to provide officials for the triple jump, and so we were only able to compete in five of the 14 events.

However, those five events provided some good performances. Rob Peers won the M35 pole vault with 2.40m, equalling his height for the 3 May meeting, which was a club M45 record and ranks him as 26^th nationally.

The 3000m M60 race, in which we were represented by John Denyer, was possibly the most exciting race for M65 runners in the UK so far this year. It was dominated by three M65 athletes, exchanging leads and taking a very fast pace. John was just edged into second place, by less than a second, with a finishing time of 11 minutes 27.1 seconds, which places him fourth in the UK M65 rankings. Congratulations, John!

The M50 400m competition was won by Geoffrey Kitchener, who overhauled the front runner along the finishing straight for a time of 66.6 seconds, ranking 16^th nationally. The team was completed by David Simpson, with third place in the M50 pole vault (where he currently lies sixth in the national rankings) and fifth place in the M60 hammer.

Triple jump officiating was provided by John Denyer and Geoffrey Kitchener, which gave no opportunities for taking on further competitive events and Sevenoaks AC wound up in fifth place on the night, although still holding onto our fourth place in Division 2.

I attach the results. The next meeting is on Monday 15 July at Dartford. This is the final meeting in this season’s series, and it would be good to aim for a sparkling finish! The events are 100m, 800m, long jump, discus and medley relay. I shall be glad to hear from anyone who wishes to attend, whether as part of the team or a guest.

Geoffrey

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Trail runners

Jim chose the hottest day of the year for the 10 mile trail run from the Woodman pub at Goathurst Common. Nevertheless, all participants returned after a hilly 10 miles looking just as fresh as in this "before" pictue. This was mainly thanks to Jim's excellent organisation, allowing participants to run in glorious countryside without fear of dehydration.

Jim has pencilled in Sunday 18th August for the next trail run which will start from Toy's Hill National Trust car park at 9am. "It's slightly shorter (about 9 miles) but with plenty of hills", says Jim.

SAC Handicap 9 July 2013

Highway 10k, Bewl 15 and June catchup

July Veteran Athletics Update

Trail Run, Goathurst Common