Nick Humphrey-Taylor was our only representative at the Kent Coyote Marathon on Sunday 18th September, run over twenty plus laps of the Cyclopark at Gravesend. Nick was 15th overall and 5th M40 with 3:21:25. The results are here.
And some SAC performances from earlier in the month...
Dan Witt writes: "Last Sunday (11/9/16) I was racing again, this time a marathon as sole SAC competitor down in the New Forest.
"Amazingly, considering it's a multi-terrain course, I achieved a PB of 3hrs 12 minutes and in the process managed to attain a London GFA qualifying time for a vet 40 by coming in under 3 and a quarter hours (17th in 3:12:36), assuming MT marathons are eligible!
"Overall there were around 600 finishers in the well organised marathon and 6500 overall including the other events which included a half marathon, 10k and 5k races. All the routes took in some of the most scenic and notable parts of the forest which also includes some forest road sections around Brockenhurst and Sway village."
The results are here.
And Cath Linney was 23rd overall and second woman at the Beckenham Half on 11 September in 95:53 - results here.
Lastly Andrew Milne was 5th overall at the Shoreham Woods 10k on Saturday 3rd September, where Heather Fitzmaurice and Nicki Thompson were 1st and 2nd W40 and Jim Fitzmaurice 3rd M60(!). The SAC results were:
| Pos | Bib | Name | Race | Time | Gender | GenPos | AgeCat | CatPos | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 133 | Andrew Milne | 10k | 0:46:17 | Male | 5 | 0-39 | 4 | Sevenoaks AC |
| 36 | 165 | Chris Randall | 10k | 0:54:13 | Male | 29 | 0-39 | 17 | Sevenoaks AC |
| 41 | 74 | Heather Fitzmaurice | 10k | 0:54:43 | Female | 8 | 40-49 | 1 | Sevenoaks AC |
| 42 | 190 | Nicola Thompson | 10k | 0:55:05 | Female | 9 | 40-49 | 2 | Sevenoaks AC |
| 83 | 75 | James Fitzmaurice | 10k | 1:04:02 | Male | 62 | 60-98 | 3 | Sevenoaks AC |
The full results are here.
At the Kent Masters T&F Champs on 10/11 September, SAC's octogenarians dominated their category with prolific competitor Ron Denney contesting nine of the events. Perhaps Ron's best result was his 400m win with a championship best performance of 107.41, but he was also first in the 800m and Discus, and second in the 100m, 200m, 1500m, 5000m, Hammer and Javelin. In the 100m, 200m, 1500m and 5000m, the winner was our own Richard Pitcairn-Knowles, who won all four of his events.
Our only other competitor at the meeting was Paul English who was second in his two events, the M40 100m and shot. The results are here.
Tony Waldron won the September handicap but Grace Manzotti is still leading the series after nine races. The details are here.
Dan Witt writes:
"This year's Eridge 10 mile x-country on Sunday race saw the welcome return to racing of Allan Lee.
"We had good conditions underfoot apart from the numerous bogs and water features dotted around the seriously hilly course.
"The beer and cakes were a welcome sight at the end as you'd imagine!
"Alan managed 5th place and 2nd M40 in impressive time of 1:07:21 considering how long he's been absent from racing. I just about managed to improve on my time from last year by almost two minutes and came in 21st place at 1:19:12."
Completing the quartet of Sevenoaks AC runners, Clair Thornton was 185th in 1:47:34, with Mike Allen 186th in the same time.
The results are here.
And James Graham was 11th overall and 1st M60 at the Thanet Coastal Marathon on the same day with 3:16:18, our only representative at that race or the accompanying half. The Marathon results are here.