Congratulations to Richard Pitcairn-Knoles for yet another great victory, reports Grazia Manzotti. He ran the Great Run Birmingham 10k for England on 6th May 2018 and received 1st M85 gold medal. He ran in a team of 3 men as M80.
The race results are here.
Above: British National Bronze Medalists, Ronald Denney, Jim Fitzmaurice and Richard Pitcairn-Knowles.
Last Saturday (28thApril) when Sevenoaks Athletic Club fielded a team of three with an average age of 81 they became British National Road Relay Bronze Medalists when they competed on a cold, wet morning in the Men’s Over 75 age category, each completing a three mile lap of a hilly course in Sutton Park, near Birmingham. Competing teams came from the length and breadth of the country and the winners were Bingley Harriers followed by Exmouth Harriers, with the Sevenoaks team in third place in 1:36:05: Ron Denney (33:42), Richard Pitcairn-Knowles (34:32) and Jim Fitzmaurice (27:51).
The full results are here.
Paul Smith was second M55 and Lionel Stielow second M65 at the Goudhurst 10k on 29th April. Adam Westbrooke also had a good run. The full SAC results were:
| Pos | Gun | Chip | Name | Club | Sex | Cat | Num | Gpos | CPos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 00:46:20 | 00:46:13 | Paul Smith | Sevenoaks AC | M | Male Vet 55 | 124 | 27 | 2 |
| 79 | 00:54:10 | 00:54:04 | Lionel Stielow | Sevenoaks AC | M | Male Vet 65 | 43 | 61 | 2 |
| 89 | 00:56:43 | 00:56:31 | Adam Westbrooke | Sevenoaks AC | M | Male Vet 45 | 96 | 70 | 15 |
The full results are here.
James Graham survived the heat best of all the SAC runners at the London Marathon on 22nd April. James was first of eleven SAC runners and third M60 overall. The Sevenoaks results were:
| Place overall | Place gender | Place cat. | Name | Club | Runner no | Category | Half | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689 | 1607 | 3 | Graham, James (GBR) | Sevenoaks AC | 26633 | 60-64 | 01:31:42 | 03:07:40 |
| 1812 | 1718 | 220 | Ashlee, Andrew (GBR | Sevenoaks AC | 26290 | 45-49 | 01:28:49 | 03:08:58 |
| 1892 | 1791 | 232 | Humphrey-Taylor, Nick (GBR) | Sevenoaks AC | 26214 | 45-49 | 01:27:31 | 03:09:47 |
| 1929 | 1826 | 23 | Dowson, Keith (GBR) | Sevenoaks AC | 32538 | 55-59 | 01:28:09 | 03:10:10 |
| 1956 | 1848 | 376 | Brennan, Hugh (GBR) | Sevenoaks AC | 31969 | 40-44 | 01:29:12 | 03:10:33 |
| 1974 | 1864 | 379 | Witton, John (GBR) | Sevenoaks AC | 31668 | 40-44 | 01:22:05 | 03:10:42 |
| 2625 | 2450 | 345 | Brown, Keith (GBR) | Sevenoaks AC | 26943 | 45-49 | 01:33:12 | 03:16:56 |
| 2841 | 2625 | 61 | Stevens, John (GBR) | Sevenoaks AC | 26791 | 55-59 | 01:33:01 | 03:19:00 |
| 2931 | 2699 | 1437 | Nicoll, Andy (GBR) | Sevenoaks AC | 54808 | 18-39 | 01:32:22 | 03:19:44 |
| 4015 | 3593 | 794 | Witt, Daniel (GBR) | Sevenoaks AC | 26871 | 40-44 | 01:35:52 | 03:27:58 |
| 8792 | 6886 | 1132 | Beattie, Dave (GBR) | Sevenoaks AC | 20894 | 45-49 | 01:46:22 | 03:56:03 |
The full results are here.
And at the Southampton Marathon on the same day, Andrew Milne also had a good run:
| Pos | Bib | Name | Gun | Chip | Cat | C.Pos | Gender | Gender Pos | Club | Pace | Half | G/Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 8106 | Andrew MILNE | 3:08:10.1 | 3:08:06.3 | Sen | 19 | Male | 28 | SEVENOAKS AC | 8.4 m/hr | 1:29:57.9 | 31 |
The full results from Southampton are here.