KFL 2021-22 Match 2 - Oxleas Wood

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The second race in the Kent Fitness League 2021/22 season took place in Eltham on Sunday Nov 28th, writes Jim Knight. 508 runners from 18 Kent Athletics Clubs tackled the hilly course through Oxleas Woods in bright sunny, but cold conditions.

After coming 2nd in the first race in Swanley on Nov 12th, Sevenoaks ladies ran even better in Eltham to win the race and now lead the series.

Star runner Andrea Berquez was 4th in Swanley but missed the second race. However, Suzy Claridge (7th), Cath Linney ( 8th), Rebecca Pickard (9th) and Pauline Dalton (31st) all ran superbly in Eltham to clinch the team win from Petts Wood Runners.

In the men’s race, Allan Lee was 2nd in Swanley but missed Eltham through injury. However, James Mason led the team home in Eltham with an impressive 3rd place, followed by Andrew Hutchinson (23rd), Ed Saunders (28th), Michael Lockhead (44th), and Richard Alford Smith (48th). The other scoring members of the team were Andrew Mead, Jim Harness and Simon Hallpike.

17 year old Harvey Taylor put in another great performance to come 54th.

The men’s team placed 5th in Eltham and are 5th in the series, with the combined team also 5th in the series.

The SAC results were:

Ov Pos	Lg Pos	Bib	Runner	Age	Time	Club	Rating	# Races
3	3	674	James Mason	38	35:44	Sevenoaks AC	99.37	14
23	23	665	Andrew Hutchinson	42	38:28	Sevenoaks AC	93.06	13
26	26	688	Edmund Saunders	39	38:32	Sevenoaks AC	92.11	13
44	44	673	Michael Lochead	40	39:37	Sevenoaks AC	86.44	13
49	48	637	Richard Alford-Smith	45	40:06	Sevenoaks AC	85.17	6
56	54	694	Harvey Taylor	17	40:38	Sevenoaks AC	83.28	2
60	58	702	Daniel Witt	46	40:53	Sevenoaks AC	82.02	59
66	64	675	Andrew Mead	53	41:22	Sevenoaks AC	80.13	40
77	73	652	Chris Fenn	30	42:10	Sevenoaks AC	77.29	2
101	94	661	Jim Harness	54	43:55	Sevenoaks AC	70.66	15
102	95	676	Andrew Milne	39	44:00	Sevenoaks AC	70.35	29
105	9	642	Suzy Claridge	49	44:11	Sevenoaks AC	95.90	7
106	10	672	Catherine Linney	52	44:19	Sevenoaks AC	95.38	36
107	11	915	Rebecca Pickard	45	44:25	Sevenoaks AC	94.87	2
111	13	916	Hannah Sangan	27	44:46	Sevenoaks AC	93.85	Debut
130	112	679	James Nash	30	45:41	Sevenoaks AC	64.98	7
139	21	657	Vanessa Gilmartin	46	46:08	Sevenoaks AC	89.74	18
149	24	647	Julia Davis	24	46:36	Sevenoaks AC	88.21	2
164	137	650	Graham Dwyer	49	46:52	Sevenoaks AC	57.10	13
184	33	645	Pauline Dalton	57	47:26	Sevenoaks AC	83.59	51
217	177	664	Nick Humphrey-Taylor	49	49:17	Sevenoaks AC	44.48	7
226	185	651	Andrew Evans	51	49:45	Sevenoaks AC	41.96	46
228	187	680	Sebastian Naughton	47	49:48	Sevenoaks AC	41.32	2
236	46	699	Bridgit Weekes	63	50:00	Sevenoaks AC	76.92	12
281	218	686	Andrew Rackham	48	52:09	Sevenoaks AC	31.55	17
294	69	691	Sarah Shewell	62	52:41	Sevenoaks AC	65.13	114
332	246	660	Simon Hallpike	68	54:36	Sevenoaks AC	22.71	55
356	99	685	Ella Pyman	55	55:44	Sevenoaks AC	49.74	14
361	102	704	Samantha Znetyniak	46	56:05	Sevenoaks AC	48.21	5
446	157	917	Clair Thornton	46	1:03:01	Sevenoaks AC	20.00	15
459	295	693	Lionel Stielow	72	1:04:32	Sevenoaks AC	7.26	19
485	178	639	Alzbeta Benn	40	1:08:30	Sevenoaks AC	9.23	5
498	186	671	Sylvia Lewis	69	1:12:40	Sevenoaks AC	5.13	20

The full results are here.

The next race in the series will take place in Betteshanger Park, Deal on Dec 12th.

The Kent Fitness League is a series of cross-country races between the 18 registered Athletics Clubs in Kent. Any number of club members can compete, but 12 are needed to score in the team competition – 8 men (of whom one must be aged 60+, two must be 50+ and two 40+) and 4 women (of whom one must be aged 55+,one 45+ and one 35+).