M50 Win for Chris

Beckenham 10k with Chris Desmond

Chris Desmond led the four SAC runners home who contested the Kent Grand Prix 10k race at Beckenham on 23rd June, winning the prize for first M50 in the process.

Chris Desmond

Chris is also our highest placed runner in the Kent GP, in tenth place after this sixth race of the series. The men lie eighth and the women, led by Sally Shewell in eleventh, are thirteenth in the GP. The current spreadsheet is here.

The SAC results from the Beckenham 10k were as follows:

Place	Time	Name	Number	Club	Category
21	0:39:12	Chris Desmond	172	Sevenoaks AC	MV50
48	0:42:11	Daniel Witt	192	Sevenoaks AC	MS
53	0:42:34	Stuart Thompson	233	Sevenoaks AC	MS
164	0:49:58	Rob Johnson	236	Sevenoaks AC	MS

Full results are here.

The small turnout at Beckenham was explained by a healthy SAC presence at the North Downs 30k Run on the same morning. Eleven Sevenoaks runners opted for the longer, off-road race, where Jim Fitzmaurice was first M70, as follows:

Pos	Gun	Name	Team / Club	Sex	Age	Chip	Chip	Pos by
Pos	Time	Name	Team / Club	Sex	Group	Num	Time	Chip Time
34	02:25:32	Gabriel MORRIS	SEVENOAKS AC	M	Senior	461	02:25:24	34
48	02:30:17	Andrew ASHLEE	SEVENOAKS AC	M	v40	375	02:29:56	48
134	02:50:35	Andy RACKHAM	SEVENOAKS AC	M	v40	254	02:50:08	133
138	02:51:40	Erik FOLKESSON	SEVENOAKS AC	M	v50	415	02:51:12	138
209	03:04:21	Manuel FIELD	SEVENOAKS AC	M	Senior	78	03:03:54	208
228	03:08:01	James FITZMAURICE	SEVENOAKS AC	M	v70	472	03:07:54	228
239	03:10:13	Sarah SHEWELL	SEVENOAKS AC	Fem	v45	199	03:10:08	240
380	03:38:22	Ursula FIELD-WERNERS	SEVENOAKS AC	Fem	v45	77	03:37:50	380
408	03:48:52	Olivia POCOCK	SEVENOAKS AC	Fem	Senior	516	03:48:20	408
413	03:53:14	Maria ASHLEIGH	SEVENOAKS AC	Fem	v35	368	03:52:41	412
430	04:00:49	Sylvia LEWIS	SEVENOAKS AC	Fem	v55	27	04:00:17	430

Full results here.