TAC Summer Relays 2024

Sevenoaks AC's mixed A-team of Nicolene Hanekom, Ed Saunders and Andrew Hutchinson were second in their category at the Tonbridge AC Summer Relays at Penshurst Place on Wednesday 3rd July, with Nicolene running the fastest leg of the day by a woman.

The SAC women's A-team of  Caroline Fenwick, Jo Rodda and Nicola Glover were 5th, the men's A-team of David Ives, Stephen Hough and Paul Fanti were 6th, the men's B-team of Oloff Van Zyl, David Hale and Nick Humphrey-Taylor were15th and the mixed B-team of Lucy Ching, Dan Witt and Dawn Nunes were 21st in their respective categories.

The full results are here.

Thanks to Charlotte Knee Photography (more from the event here) and Mark Hookway (more here) for pictures.

Eastbourne Ron Hill Mile Night 2024

Jamie Philip was first V40 at the Eastbourne Ron Hill Mile Night on 24th May in 4.48, 13 seconds off the previous V45 club best. The full results are here.

Hildenborough 5 & 10 2024

David Ives was eighth overall and second M45, Keith Dowson first M60 and Caroline Fenwick third W45 as six SAC runners tackled the Kent GP Hildenborough 5 race in persistent rain on Monday 6th May, as follows:

Position	First Name	Last Name	Gender	Club	Gun Time	Gen Pos	Cat Pos	Age Category	Time
8	David	Ives	Male	Sevenoaks AC	00:29:01	8	2	Male Vet 45	00:29:01.00
44	Keith	Dowson	Male	Sevenoaks AC	00:32:20	39	1	Male Vet 60	00:32:16.00
63	Caroline	Fenwick	Female	Sevenoaks AC	00:34:01	10	3	Female Vet 45	00:33:55.00
96	Lucy	Ching	Female	Sevenoaks AC	00:36:21	18	4	Female Vet 40	00:36:05.00
112	Harvey	Taylor	Male	Sevenoaks AC	00:37:39	90	31	Senior Male	00:37:33.00
129	Alex	Hofmann	Male	Sevenoaks AC	00:38:27	104	14	Male Vet 45	00:38:17.00
149	Sarah	Philpott	Female	Sevenoaks AC	00:39:47	34	10	Female Vet 45	00:39:29.00

There were  also two SAC runners in the alternative ten mile event with Luke Green 5th overall and Simon Hallpike the only M70 in the race:

Position	First Name	Last Name	Gender	Club	Gun Time	Gen Pos	Cat Pos	Age Category	Time
5	Luke	Green	Male	Sevenoaks AC	01:07:42	5	1	Senior Male	01:07:22.00
25	Simon	Hallpike	Male	Sevenoaks AC	01:24:25	24	1	Male Vet 70	01:24:14.00

Photos are here; the full results are here.

SAC at London Marathon 2024

Eight SAC runners tackled this year's London Marathon, with some brilliant results:

Of particular note of course is Nicolene's 4th W45-49 category place, a club record by over half an hour. Also Russell's first sub 3 hour run at London and Bridgit's 31st place in her age group despite hamstring problems. Also, Dawn, Jo and Rosie look likely to have also earned GFA qualifying times for next year. Members can look out for all the stories in the forthcoming Update number 184 expected during the week beginning 29 April.

Full results are here.