Chris Desmond led thirteen SAC runners home in the Darent Valley 10k at Eynsford on 14 April. Desmond was third M50 while Cath Linney, our second finisher, was eleventh woman overall. The SAC results were as follows:
Pos | Gun Time | Name | Team / Club | Sex | Age | Num | Chip Time | ChPos |
30 | 40:21:00 | Chris DESMOND | SEVENOAKS AC | M | v50 | 227 | 40:20:00 | 30 |
89 | 44:17:00 | Catherine LINNEY | SEVENOAKS AC | Fem | v35 | 169 | 44:11:00 | 89 |
95 | 44:29:00 | Joe PARSONS | SEVENOAKS AC | M | Senior | 340 | 44:18:00 | 94 |
100 | 44:54:00 | Daniel WITT | SEVENOAKS AC | M | Senior | 110 | 44:51:00 | 101 |
112 | 45:38:00 | Geoffrey VINE | SEVENOAKS AC | M | v60 | 5 | 45:34:00 | 114 |
128 | 46:18:00 | Andy Np EVANS | SEVENOAKS AC | M | v40 | 3 | 46:11:00 | 130 |
222 | 50:11:00 | Sarah SHEWELL | SEVENOAKS AC | Fem | v45 | 470 | 50:03:00 | 225 |
273 | 52:24:00 | Jonathan COPPING | SEVENOAKS AC | M | v50 | 96 | 52:01:00 | 271 |
276 | 52:27:00 | Jean-pierre DARQUE | SEVENOAKS AC | M | v50 | 161 | 52:04:00 | 272 |
294 | 53:12:00 | Happy FISHER | SEVENOAKS AC | Fem | v35 | 176 | 52:48:00 | 295 |
336 | 55:16:00 | Simon LEWIS | M | v50 | 617 | 54:52:00 | 337 | |
342 | 55:38:00 | Tony OSTLERE | SEVENOAKS AC | M | v50 | 206 | 55:16:00 | 343 |
408 | 59:34:00 | Debbie MOSLEY | SEVENOAKS AC | Fem | v35 | 130 | 59:10:00 | 409 |
The full results are here.
Chris Desmond was second M50 in a new club best of 1:22:16 at the Paddock Wood Half Marathon on 7th April. James Beeston led home the Sevenoaks AC contingent in 48th place.
The PWAC website contained a caveat about the results, however, this is how the SAC results eventually looked on 17th April (NB. Sport Systems still uses pre-2006 grading factors):
Place
|
Time
|
Name
|
Team
|
Category
|
Number
|
Chip
|
Grading
|
48 | 01:21:27 | James Beeston | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men (40-49) | 2244 | 01:21:23 | 76.18 |
55 | 01:22:18 | Chris Desmond | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men (50-59) | 585 | 01:22:16 | 80.09 |
87 | 01:24:47 | Ben Sillitoe | Sevenoaks AC | Senior Men | 1598 | 01:24:38 | 70.35 |
131 | 01:27:52 | Andy Ashlee | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men (40-49) | 2383 | 70.61 | |
183 | 01:30:36 | John Stevens | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men (50-59) | 1672 | 01:30:27 | 73.34 |
243 | 01:32:38 | Steve Seagrove | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men (50-59) | 1573 | 01:32:32 | 71.16 |
327 | 01:36:00 | Andy Evans | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men (40-49) | 576 | 01:35:38 | 64.63 |
414 | 01:38:42 | Simon Hallpike | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men (60-69) | 743 | 01:37:43 | 72.78 |
432 | 01:39:23 | Andy Rackham | Sevenoaks AC | Senior Men | 1447 | 01:38:57 | 61.13 |
542 | 01:42:43 | Erik Folkesson | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men (50-59) | 626 | 01:42:32 | 64.17 |
641 | 01:45:59 | Sarah Shewell | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Ladies (45-54) | 1589 | 01:45:41 | 72.07 |
654 | 01:46:21 | Suzy Claridge | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Ladies (35-44) | 356 | 01:45:31 | 64.06 |
786 | 01:50:04 | Rob Johnson | Sevenoaks AC | Senior Men | 2102 | 01:49:29 | 54.19 |
1163 | 02:00:04 | Robert Carr | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men (40-49) | 396 | 01:56:43 | 52.83 |
1490 | 02:13:16 | Jez Pearce | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men (40-49) | 1373 | 02:11:32 | 46.9 |
1540 | 02:15:04 | Ronald Denney | Sevenoaks AC | Vet Men (70+) | 500 | 02:13:48 | 64.03 |
Full results are here.
Three SAC runners competed at the Folkestone 10 on Friday 29th March as follows:
Pos | Gun T | Name | Club | Sex | Cat | Num | Chip T | Chip P |
336 | 01:24:10 | Sarah SHEWELL | SEVENOAKS AC | Fem | v45 | 556 | 01:23:58 | 340 |
527 | 01:44:20 | Rosemary DRAPER | SEVENOAKS AC | Fem | v45 | 557 | 01:43:42 | 527 |
528 | 01:44:21 | Sylvia LEWIS | SEVENOAKS AC | Fem | v55 | 407 | 01:43:42 | 528 |
Full results here.
And Geoff Vine got back from Australia just in time to compete in the Serpentine Last Friday 5K and ran 21:15 (WMA: 78.9%) for 75th place (1st M65). Full results here.
Gabe Morris overtook Andy Evans in the final 500 metres to win the March (5 mile) handicap in Arctic conditions. See details here.