KFL 2022/23 Match 4 - Minnis Bay

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Kent Fitness League – Race 4 – Minnis Bay. Jan 8th 2023.

The cross-country course at Minnis Bay is unique. Runners start at the end of Marine Parade and follow the coastal footpath towards Reculver Towers, writes Jim Knight. After 3 miles, they turn inland, across the fields, over the railway embankment and then they have to jump over five deep mud-filled dykes before returning to the embankment for the final two miles to the finish. The dykes get progressively deeper and wider. The first is jumpable, but the 3rd is virtually impossible to cross without falling into waist-deep mud. A real cross-country course – and this year it was wetter than ever.

25 Sevenoaks AC athletes joined the 474 runners taking part in the race. By the finish their pristine white SAC vests were various shades of grey and brown.

SAC’s Andrea Berquez had an outstanding run to win the women’s race and bring the team home in second place, just behind Canterbury Harriers.

The other scoring members of the SAC women’s team were Caroline Fenwick (9th), Nicola Glover (15th) and Pauline Dalton (30th).

After 4 races, the women’s team still leads the series.

In the men’s race, James Mason led the team home with an impressive 5th place overall , with the team in 6th place. The other scoring members were Ed Saunders (16 ), Michael Lockhead (30th), William Palmer (43rd), Andrew Monk (78th), Sebastian Naughton (81st)
Simon Bishop (110th), and Jeremy Winter (164th)

After 4 races, the men’s team is in 5th place, the women 1st, and the combined team 3rd.

The full SAC results were:

Ov Pos	Lg Pos	Bib	Runner	Age	Time	Club	Score	Rtg	#
5	5	820	James Mason	39	37:25	Sevenoaks AC	M1	98.62	17
16	16	842	Edmund Saunders	40	40:23	Sevenoaks AC	V40:1	94.81	20
30	30	816	Michael Lochead	42	41:46	Sevenoaks AC	V40:2	89.97	20
39	1	784	Andrea Berquez	37	42:34	Sevenoaks AC	V35	100.00	4
45	43	834	William Palmer	50	42:50	Sevenoaks AC	V50:1	85.47	5
84	78	825	Andrew Monk	46	45:27	Sevenoaks AC	M2	73.36	4
89	81	830	Sebastian Naughton	48	46:00	Sevenoaks AC	M3	72.32	8
90	82	799	Jimmy George	41	46:09	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	71.97	18
92	9	796	Caroline Fenwick	45	46:14	Sevenoaks AC	V45	95.68	4
95	85	829	James Nash	31	46:23	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	70.93	12
113	15	802	Nicola Glover	35	47:47	Sevenoaks AC	F1	92.43	6
125	110	785	Simon Bishop	59	48:38	Sevenoaks AC	V50:2	62.28	4
144	20	791	Julia Davis	25	49:26	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	89.73	9
150	128	811	Leonard Lai King	43	49:34	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	56.06	8
159	136	844	Jatinder Soomal	40	49:55	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	53.29	16
160	24	815	Catherine Linney	53	50:00	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	87.57	40
173	30	790	Pauline Dalton	58	50:36	Sevenoaks AC	V55	84.32	57
185	151	794	Andrew Evans	52	51:22	Sevenoaks AC	NSBLS	48.10	51
201	164	853	Jeremy Winter	69	52:19	Sevenoaks AC	V60	43.60	7
202	38	851	Bridgit Weekes	64	52:20	Sevenoaks AC	NS	80.00	18
205	40	828	Katrina Murphy	34	52:33	Sevenoaks AC	NS	78.92	3
210	167	818	Alan Male	53	52:56	Sevenoaks AC	NS	42.56	3
214	46	833	Anna O'Donovan	22	53:18	Sevenoaks AC	NS	75.68	2
241	52	801	Vanessa Gilmartin	47	55:00	Sevenoaks AC	NS	72.43	25
278	214	789	Duncan Cochrane	65	57:05	Sevenoaks AC	NS	26.30	39

The full results are here.

The next race is in Betteshanger Park, Deal on January 15th.

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+).