Suzy Claridge was third woman as four members attended the Beckenham Summer 10k on 22 June. Suzy was 54th in 44:11; Rob Johnson was 109th in 49:33; Anton Mauve was 116th in 51:08, and Happy Fisher was 122nd in 52:13.

The full results are here.

Andy Ashlee was 30th overall, Jim Fitzmaurice was first M70 and Keith Dowson third M50 as the following SAC runners contested the North Downs Run in sapping heat:

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Picture shows Dan Witt and Joe Parsons taking on liquid with Chris Desmond following.

Full results are here.

Joe Parsons led eleven SAC members home and Geoff Vine was first M65 at the Staplehurst 10k where SAC results were as follows:

The full results are here.

The fourth match of the SCVAC series, on 13 June and again at Bromley, was our most successful so far, in spite of being unable to fill two high jump slots – we finished in third place for the meeting.  Overall, we are still in fifth place in the series, but are closing in on Swanley, the next placed club.
 
Our best results were in the sprints, where we had four 200m competitors, as well as Richard Pitcairn-Knowles running as a guest.  Three won outright.  Paul English made a welcome return to the track after injury, heading the M35A stream with 25.7 seconds, well clear of other competitors.  Martin White, although headed by two younger non-scoring guest athletes, won the M35B stream in 27.3 seconds.  In the M60s, Geoffrey Kitchener was over a second and a half clear of the rest of the field, in 29.9 seconds; and Duncan Cochrane came off fourth, after a close battle in the M50s.
 
In the 1500m M50 race, Geoff Vine secured his best time since 2006, for fifth place in 5 minutes 52.2 seconds, which should be worth a top 12 place in the national rankings (M65).  All of our middle distance runners were competing well out of their age brackets: Maurice Marchant (M65) and Richard (M80) bravely took on the M35 A and B groups, securing fifth and fourth places respectively.  Richard’s 7 minutes 56.9 seconds should put him well to the top of the UK rankings for his age group.
 
The shot put competition saw Paul first in the M35s, throwing 8.80 metres and shattering his own club best M40 performance by 34cm.  Duncan backed this up with a fourth place in the M50s.  Our only high jumper was Geoffrey, first M60 competitor, with 1.20 metres.  The final field event was javelin, in which Duncan and Richard took fourth places, in the guise of M35 and M50 competitors, and David Simpson (M70) threw a season’s best 18.60 metres for third place in the M60 competition.
 
The 4 x 400m relay was the final event of the evening, in which we fielded a team of Martin, Duncan, Geoff and Geoffrey.  Although we came home in fourth place, it was a promising run, a fast first lap by Martin having put us into early contention with second position.
 
I attach results, plus photos of team members in action –  

Paul (200m),

Duncan (javelin)

and Richard (1500m).

Read more: SCVAC Over-35 T&F 13 June