Eight Sevenoaks runners contested the Kent GP Folkestone 10 on 30 March, led by John Witton in 21st place. James Graham was narrowly pipped to first M60 by just two seconds. The Sevenoaks runners were:
| Place | Name | Team | Number | Time | Gender | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | John Witton | Sevenoaks AC | 785 | 59:25 | M | 40 |
| 23 | David Ives | Sevenoaks AC | 398 | 59:57 | M | 42 |
| 31 | Andrew Milne | Sevenoaks AC | 524 | 1:00:49 | M | 35 |
| 64 | Daniel Witt | Sevenoaks AC | 784 | 1:05:48 | M | 43 |
| 67 | James Graham | Sevenoaks AC | 301 | 1:05:49 | M | 64 |
| 147 | Chris Desmond | Sevenoaks AC | 213 | 1:13:18 | M | 55 |
| 315 | Sarah Shewell | Sevenoaks AC | 657 | 1:25:43 | F | 58 |
| 325 | Stephen Murfet | 535 | 1:25:39 | M | 42 |
Pictures above by Leo's Photography. The full results are here.
Richard Pitcairn-Knowles became triple European Champion after a busy six days at the EMA Indoor Championships over 19-24 March in Madrid. Contesting the M85 category at every available track distance and the cross-country, Richard came away with three golds and two bronzes in seven events as follows:
1500m 1st 9:48.39
3000m 1st 19:46.69
5k XC 1st 37:08
800m 3rd 4:42.97
60m 3rd 12.94
400m 4th 2:05.64
200m 5th 47.12
The full results are here.
Jon Copping took the March handicap by nearly two minutes to chalk up his second win in succession.
Julie Lobley was second and David Lobley third.
Chris Desmond was fastest and Grace Manzotti fastest woman.
The next race is next Sunday 1st April.
Full details here.
At least 12 SAC runners forsook the long course county road championship at the Dartford Half as they finessed their marathon training with the Lydd 20. Keith Dowson was 2nd M50 (1st M55) and James Graham 1st M60 as Andrew Milne was narrowly the first SAC runner home in 26th place. The SAC results were:
Andrew Milne 26th in 2:13:46, Nick Humphrey-Taylor 27th in 2:13:49, Keith Dowson 28th in 2:14:03, Andy Ashlee 39th in 2:17:11, James Graham 47th in 2:19:46, John Stevens 49th in 2:19:58, Dan Witt 55th in 2:22:30, Laura Andrade 166th in 2:45:13, Marion Van Lille 208th in 2:50:02, Anna Humphrey-Taylor 323rd in 3:05:49, Neil Haggertay 418th in 3:19:37 and Jenny Austin 454th in 3:24:48. The full results will be here.
The results of the five Sevenoaks AC athletes who made it to Dartford were:
| Pos | Gun | Chip | Name | Club | Sex | Cat | Num |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | 01:34:14 | 01:34:10 | Chris Desmond | Sevenoaks AC | M | Male Vet 50 | 669 |
| 128 | 01:41:07 | 01:40:49 | Chris Hall | Sevenoaks AC | M | Male Vet 40 | 496 |
| 213 | 01:48:42 | 01:48:20 | Mark Gent | Sevenoaks AC | M | Male Vet 40 | 838 |
| 249 | 01:52:05 | 01:51:57 | Sarah Shewell | Sevenoaks AC | F | Female Vet 55 | 787 |
| 314 | 01:56:33 | 01:55:04 | Paul Smith | Sevenoaks AC | M | Male Vet 50 | 840 |
The full results are here.
And the following runners took part in the London Big Half on the previous Sunday (4th March) when many other races, including the Thanet 20, were cancelled due to the snowy weather:
| THE BIG HALF | 04/03/18 | ||
| Time | GP score | ||
| 257 | John Witton | 01:19:34 | 75.5 |
| 414 | Andrew Milne | 01:23:34 | 70.2 |
| 543 | Matthew Walker | 01:25:47 | 70.0 |
| 739 | John Stevens | 01:28:31 | 77.7 |
| 810 | James Graham | 01:29:12 | 83.2 |
The Big Half results are here.