Members collected four bronze medals as twenty Sevenoaks AC runners contested the Paddock Wood half on 7th April, led home by Andrew Milne and Mary Bridges. Mary (W35), Sally Shewell (W55), Sylvia Lewis (W65) and Lionel Stielow (M70) all won Kent County AA Long-Course bronzes at the event. Conditions were good for distance running with no sun and little wind. The SAC results were:

(NB. Sports Systems grades as above are not the 2015 WMA grades used for the SAC GP.)

The full results are here. The KCAA awards are here.

Richard Pitcairn-Knowles added to his extraordinary list of masters achievements indoors and out during March with a new UK record 18:55.69 in the M85 indoor 3000m as he won both the 3000m and 800m (4:57.18) at the British Masters Indoor Championships over 9/10 March.

Not content with mere UK titles, Richard went on to contest the World Masters Championships at Torun, Poland on 24/25 March where he won silver in the M80 3000m (18:57.99) on day one and followed that with gold in the M85 Cross Country on the following day (6k/50:41).

The picture of Richard in his UK record run is from Athletics Weekly. Many congratulations to Sevenoaks AC's reigning World Champion and UK record holder!

Andrew Mead won the five mile March handicap, in bright conditions, ahead of Tony Horlock. This was Andrew's third win in the third race of the series, and he was also fastest on the day.

The next race, over seven miles, is on Sunday 21st April at the Sevenoaks School track. Details are here.

Andrew Mead was first M50 and Ed Saunders and Andrew Hutchinson second and third overall as fourteen SAC runners contested the Rotary 10k on 17th March. The SAC results were:

The full results are here.