KFL 2014/15 Match 3

KFL Oxleas Wood 2014

Despite the terrible weather on Sunday, an intrepid bunch of Sevenoaks AC runners, 23 strong, went to Eltham to run nearly 6 miles in the most awful underfoot conditions, writes Geoff Vine.

The usual 18 teams with 384 runners from across Kent took part, slipping and sliding, sometimes falling into the mud. Streams were rivers and hills were like mountains of ice. Luckily not really cold, but just very wet.

For the Sevenoaks men first to "swim" back was 51 year old Chris Desmond in 25^th place (1^st M50) in a time of 35mins 53 secs. A fantastic run.

Andy Nicoll hung onto Chris for 28^th place in 36.10. Close behind was Andy Ashlee 40^th in 37.05 and Lee Lintern came 45^th in 37.43. New member John O’Callaghan was 58^th in 38.31. James Wright came 62^nd in 38.39 and last scorer for the men was Daniel Witt in 38.57 for 70^th place.

One really notable performance came from new recruit James Graham who at 61 years was 106^th in 41.02 for 1^st M60 and long time club member John Denyer took 1^st M65.

Overall the men’s team were 5^th in the race and climbed up one place in the season's rankings to 5^th. More to come from them yet, to climb even higher.

For the Sevenoaks ladies, injury and commitments impacted performance with only 6 ladies present. They achieved 10^th place on the day, but dropped to 3^rd in the table for the season.

First home was Katie Wills in 18^th place with 43.51. Pauline Dalton (21^st) showed she is coming back to form with 3^rd W50 in 44.02 and Sally Shewell (2^nd W55) was very happy with 47.39 and 43^rd place.

Overall the combined team are 5^th this year. The full Sevenoaks AC results were:

Ov Pos	Lg Pos	Runner	Age	Time	Club	Rating
25	25	Chris Desmond	51	35:53	Sevenoaks AC	91.01
28	28	Andy Nicoll	34	36:10	Sevenoaks AC	89.89
40	40	Andy Ashlee	45	37:05	Sevenoaks AC	85.39
45	45	Lee Lintern	34	37:43	Sevenoaks AC	83.52
58	58	John O'Callaghan	30	38:31	Sevenoaks AC	78.65
62	62	James Wright	46	38:39	Sevenoaks AC	77.15
70	70	Daniel Witt	39	38:57	Sevenoaks AC	74.16
106	101	James Graham	61	41:02	Sevenoaks AC	62.55
114	108	John Stevens	53	41:16	Sevenoaks AC	59.93
123	115	John Wallace	42	41:37	Sevenoaks AC	57.30
159	142	John Denyer	66	43:34	Sevenoaks AC	47.19
163	18	Katie Wills	26	43:51	Sevenoaks AC	85.22
167	21	Pauline Dalton	50	44:02	Sevenoaks AC	82.61
185	158	Andy Evans	44	44:50	Sevenoaks AC	41.20
187	159	Duncan Cochrane	57	44:55	Sevenoaks AC	40.82
195	165	Andrew Rackham	41	45:33	Sevenoaks AC	38.58
201	170	Sam Bennett	41	45:51	Sevenoaks AC	36.70
220	183	Geoff Vine	67	46:40	Sevenoaks AC	31.84
245	43	Sarah Shewell	55	47:39	Sevenoaks AC	63.48
247	44	Clair Thornton	39	47:42	Sevenoaks AC	62.61
273	52	Happy Fisher	38	49:27	Sevenoaks AC	55.65
289	62	Ella Pyman	48	50:18	Sevenoaks AC	46.96
354	257	James Fitzmaurice	72	56:35	Sevenoaks AC	4.12

The full results are here. The next race is on 30^th November at Fowlmead near to Deal.

KFL 2014/15 Match 3 - Oxleas