Sevenoaks AC

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SAC Handicap April 2025

Alan Male won the April handicap over a slightly lengthened seven mile course, with Jon Maxim second and Chris Desmond third.

Jon was fastest on the day with Heather Fitzmaurice in fifth place the fastest woman.

This year, the series is based on the best three runs of nine, ending with the five-miler on 7th September. After four races, Chris Desmond leads by eight points from Simon Hallpike.

The next race, over the alternate five mile course, starts from the track at 08:30 on Sunday 25th May and all are very welcome.

The details are here.

 

Paddock Wood Half Marathon 2025

Eighteen SAC runners contested the Paddock Wood Half Marathon on 9th March 2025 in warm sunny conditions with some great performances.

Allan Lee led the Sevenoaks runners home and was second M50 in seventy-three minutes, while Jamie Philip and Guillaume Nineven also ran super-fast times. The event was also the British Masters champs at the distance, in which Allan got M50 silver and Simon Hallpike M70 bronze. The full SAC results were as follows:

Place	Gun Time	Name	Gender	Team	Category	Number	Chip Time	Cat Pos	Gen Pos
38	01:13:22	Allan Lee	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 50-59	2627	01:13:18	2	38
88	01:16:31	Jamie Philip	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 40-49	361	01:16:26	20	88
144	01:18:58	Guillaume Nineven	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Senior Men	190	01:18:49	94	144
605	01:35:40	Luke Green	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Senior Men	420	01:35:00	266	605
627	01:35:42	Chris Desmond	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 60-69	2484	01:35:12	17	627
619	01:35:57	Nicola Glover	Female	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Ladies 35-44	1895	01:35:33	25	619
770	01:40:51	Paul Elton	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 40-49	2504	01:40:03	200	770
814	01:42:49	Nick Humphrey-Taylor	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 50-59	1664	01:41:55	92	814
963	01:47:14	Andy Edwards	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 40-49	924	01:46:34	231	963
1108	01:52:13	Elizabeth Bull	Female	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Ladies 35-44	1878	01:51:32	70	1108
1150	01:53:30	Samantha Znetyniak	Female	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Ladies 45-54	188	01:52:18	55	1150
1174	01:54:37	Bridgit Weekes	Female	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Ladies 65+	2842	01:53:24	9	1174
1182	01:54:56	Adam Bates	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 40-49	174	01:54:05	260	1182
1432	02:02:03	Charlotte Dyer	Female	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Ladies 45-54	2497	02:00:30	82	1432
1465	02:03:22	Simon Hallpike	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 70+	2262	02:02:29	11	1465
1520	02:05:17	Simon Bishop	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 60-69	1903	02:03:51	53	1520
1701	02:11:49	Sarah Shewell	Female	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Ladies 65+	2286	02:10:52	15	1701
2155	02:36:42	Lionel Stielow	Male	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Men 70+	389	02:34:42	17	2155
2160	02:38:13	Emma Pattenden	Female	Sevenoaks AC	Vet Ladies 45-54	2710	02:37:21	184	2160

The full results are here. Event photos are here.

SAC at Dartford Half Marathon 2025

Mostly in freezing fog, Nicolene Hanekom was the women's winner of the Dartford Half Marathon and the incorporated Kent Long Course Road Race Championship at Central Park, Dartford on 2nd March. Of course, Nicolene was also first W45.

Keith Dowson was also a Kent champion, finishing first M60, while adding to the defence of his Kent GP M60 title after a win at the Deal Half and second place in the Canterbury 10.

Three other SAC runners contested the championships, with Chris Desmond 11th M60, and Simon Hallpike (2nd M70) and Sam Znetyniak (9th W45) just a stride apart further back down the field. The full SAC results were:

	Pos	ChipPos	Num	Name	Gun	Chip	Cat	CatPos	Gender	GenPos	Club
	23	22	1747	Nicolene Hanekom	01:21:29	01:21:25	V45	1	Female	1	Sevenoaks Ac
	79	81	1370	Keith Andrew Dowson	01:28:40	01:28:33	V60	1	Male	76	Sevenoaks Ac
	366	379	1483	Chris Desmond	01:46:44	01:46:36	V60	11	Male	331	Sevenoaks Ac
	520	536	22	Simon Hallpike	01:53:35	01:52:55	V70	2	Male	446	Sevenoaks Ac
	521	537	1620	Samantha Znetyniak	01:53:38	01:52:58	V45	9	Female	90	Sevenoaks Ac

The full results are here.