KFL 2018/19 Match 4, Fowlmead

Team

The fourth race in the Kent Fitness League 2018/19 Cross Country series took place near Deal on Sunday December 9th, writes Jim Knight. Twenty-seven Sevenoaks AC members made the long trip to join 339 runners on the start line of the wet and slippery 5-mile course which comprised two laps of the Betteshanger Country Park.

It was a record turnout for the club at this fixture (two years ago the club could only field a team of 4) and paid handsome dividends, with the team recording one of its best performances of the season.

The race winner was Jay Smith of Dartford Road Runners in 29 minutes 18 – a very fast time in the conditions.

Once again Darrell Smith led the Sevenoaks team home in 5th position (1st M50) in 31.34 and now leads the M50 class in the series. The other SAC men in the scoring team packed closely between 33 and 35 minutes, with Andrew Milne in 21st place, Jimmy George 29th, Mike Lochead 31st, Andy Ashlee 33rd, Jim Harness 39th, Ed Saunders 41st, and Dan Witt 51st.

The men's team were a close 2nd, behind Petts Wood Runners, and well ahead of 3rd placed Paddock Wood AC.

In the women's category, Becky Morrish of Paddock Wood AC had another fine run to win in 33.41, ahead of Renata McDowell of Deal Tri Club.
The Sevenoaks AC team was led by Marion van Lille in 16th place, followed by Heather Fitzmaurice 17th, Pauline Dalton 20th (2nd W50) and Amy Edwards 24th. Once again Bridgit Weekes ran well to come 2nd W60.

Although the Sevenoaks women's team came 5th, the strong performance by the men brought the combined team home in 2nd position on the day, and the club is in 2nd place in the series (ie. after four races, the women stand fourth, the men third and the combined team second).

The SAC results were:

Ov Pos	Lg Pos	Runner	Age	Time	Club	Rating	# Races
5	5	Darrell Smith	51	31:34	Sevenoaks AC	98.20	11
22	21	Andrew Milne	36	33:42	Sevenoaks AC	90.99	19
31	29	Jimmy George	37	34:40	Sevenoaks AC	87.39	5
33	31	Mike Lochead	33	34:49	Sevenoaks AC	86.49	4
35	33	Andy Ashlee	49	34:56	Sevenoaks AC	85.59	26
41	39	Jim Harness	51	35:13	Sevenoaks AC	82.88	7
43	41	Edmund Saunders	36	35:17	Sevenoaks AC	81.98	8
54	51	Daniel Witt	43	35:52	Sevenoaks AC	77.48	49
73	68	James Wright	50	36:34	Sevenoaks AC	69.82	27
76	71	John Stevens	57	36:43	Sevenoaks AC	68.47	20
89	82	James Baker	54	37:25	Sevenoaks AC	63.51	20
94	85	Jatinder Soomal	36	37:51	Sevenoaks AC	62.16	4
121	16	Marion Van Lille	33	39:32	Sevenoaks AC	87.18	4
124	17	Heather Fitzmaurice	49	39:39	Sevenoaks AC	86.32	74
132	20	Pauline Dalton	54	39:55	Sevenoaks AC	83.76	43
144	24	Amy Edwards	39	41:10	Sevenoaks AC	80.34	2
145	25	Diana Bryant	44	41:14	Sevenoaks AC	79.49	4
167	136	Andy Manning	50	42:16	Sevenoaks AC	39.19	4
171	140	Duncan Cochrane	61	42:24	Sevenoaks AC	37.39	28
186	152	Hugh Shewell	29	43:05	Sevenoaks AC	31.98	18
195	38	Nicki Thompson	42	43:36	Sevenoaks AC	68.38	21
200	41	Bridgit Weekes	60	43:54	Sevenoaks AC	65.81	4
205	43	Sarah Shewell	59	44:15	Sevenoaks AC	64.10	106
233	56	Paula George	54	45:55	Sevenoaks AC	52.99	2
242	60	Rhea Malkin	33	46:39	Sevenoaks AC	49.57	3
246	183	Duncan Warwick-Champion	54	46:59	Sevenoaks AC	18.02	22
331	218	James Fitzmaurice	76	56:32	Sevenoaks AC	2.25	69

The full results are here. The next race is on 6th January at Nurstead Court, Meopham.