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BridgitBridgit Weekes won the March handicap with a new PB over the five mile course.

Bridgit improved her women's age-category record with a score which is second best overall after over 35 years of the SAC handicap in its current format.

Sam Znetyniak was second on the day and is best placed after three races.

Bridgit was fastest woman and Chris Desmond fastest overall.

The next race over seven miles starts from the track at 08:30 on Sunday 30th April.

The details are here.

 

LucyLucy Wilkes won the second race of the 2023 handicap series on 26th February by two and a half minutes with a big new PB over the seven mile course.

Rebecca Pickard was the fastest woman and Chris Desmond was fastest overall as the two tied for fourth place.

The third race comes the following Sunday on 5th March, starting at 08:30 from the track. It is over the alternate five mile course and newcomers are very welcome.

The details are here.

 

SAC Women

This year’s Kent Fitness League has been hard fought between the leading contenders, Sevenoaks AC, Petts Wood Runners, Canterbury Harriers and Dartford Harriers, writes Jim Knight. The series comprises 7 gruelling cross-country races starting in Knole Park in October, and touring the County with races in Swanley, Eltham, Minnis Bay, Deal, Canterbury and finally Allhallows Holiday Park near Rochester on February 12th.

The women’s team competition has been particularly close, with last year’s champions Sevenoaks AC battling to stay ahead of Canterbury Harriers. Sevenoaks won in Knole park and Swanley. Canterbury won in Minnis Bay and Deal. Both had one second and one third in the other races and went into the final race equal on points. So, it was all set for a winner-takes-all battle in Allhallows.

Sevenoaks fielded a slightly weakened team with star performer Andrea Berquez away and team captain Pauline Dalton recovering from illness. However, Canterbury also had some runners away for half term. On a slightly damp and misty day the 412 runners set off on 6 mile two-lap course. From the start field, they ran down to the beach for a long technical section along the shoreline where they faced gravel, mud, seaweed and ditches. Then back up to the start field to do it all again.

Sevenoaks’ Caroline Fenwick had another great run to come 7th (1st W45) but was behind the fastest Canterbury runner (Emily Collins) in 2nd place. Next came Nicola Glover and Julia Davis in 14th and 15th places, just ahead of Canterbury runners in 16th and 17th. So far so good. But a fast run by Canterbury’s W55 competitor, Nicky Leatherbarrow in 22nd, ahead of Sevenoaks fastest W55, 64 year old Bridgit Weekes in 38th position and Canterbury had just edged ahead.

The women’s race was won by Petts Wood Runners with Canterbury second and Sevenoaks third. So, Canterbury win the 2022/23 series by the slimmest of margins. Petts Wood pose a real threat to Sevenoaks and Canterbury in next year’s season and we can look forward to a really competitive 2023/24 season starting in October. As one team member said, “It’s been so much fun to be part of this team. Well done to all and bring on the 23/24 season”.

The scoring members in Allhallows were Caroline Fenwick, Nicola Glover, Julia Davis and Bridget Weekes. The SAC men fielded a team weakened by half term absences and came 9th on the day, and 5th in the series. The scoring men were:- Shaun Mullen, James Nash, Dan Witt, Leonard Lai King, Simon Bishop, Jeremy Winter, & Anthony Waldron. The combined team retained a highly creditable 3rd place in the series. The full Sevenoaks AC results were:

Ov Pos Lg Pos Bib Runner Age Time Club Score Rtg #
58 54 1104 Shaun Mullen 46 42:14 Sevenoaks AC V40:1 79.46 12
71 65 829 James Nash 31 43:16 Sevenoaks AC M1 75.19 15
72 7 796 Caroline Fenwick 45 43:17 Sevenoaks AC V45 96.05 7
95 86 854 Daniel Witt 48 44:38 Sevenoaks AC V40:2 67.05 66
102 14 802 Nicola Glover 35 45:09 Sevenoaks AC V35 91.45 8
104 15 791 Julia Davis 25 45:26 Sevenoaks AC F1 90.79 12
105 90 811 Leonard Lai King 43 45:28 Sevenoaks AC M2 65.50 10
125 23 840 Hannah Sangan 28 46:27 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 85.53 6
139 24 801 Vanessa Gilmartin 47 47:25 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 84.87 28
140 116 785 Simon Bishop 59 47:25 Sevenoaks AC V50:1 55.43 6
141 25 815 Catherine Linney 53 47:27 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 84.21 43
153 31 828 Katrina Murphy 34 48:11 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 80.26 4
167 133 853 Jeremy Winter 69 48:47 Sevenoaks AC V60 48.84 10
175 138 849 Anthony Waldron 55 49:14 Sevenoaks AC V50:2 46.90 34
176 38 851 Bridgit Weekes 64 49:28 Sevenoaks AC V55 75.66 21
177 139 818 Alan Male 53 49:30 Sevenoaks AC M3 46.51 4
179 39 790 Pauline Dalton 58 49:37 Sevenoaks AC NS 75.00 58
181 142 819 Jonathan Marsh 63 49:56 Sevenoaks AC NS 45.35 6
191 43 833 Anna O'Donovan 22 50:48 Sevenoaks AC NS 72.37 4
229 57 843 Sarah Shewell 63 53:00 Sevenoaks AC NS 63.16 123
252 187 789 Duncan Cochrane 65 54:11 Sevenoaks AC NS 27.91 42
283 79 839 Ella Pyman 56 56:03 Sevenoaks AC NS 48.68 18

Team

The full results are here.

Team

The team captains called for a big turnout for the penultimate match of the KFL 2022/23 season and the club responded with 29 recorded finishers at the event. With the race located deep in Canterbury Harriers' territory at Blean Woods, the SAC women needed to defeat the host club to regain top spot in the series, and they did so thanks to splendid performances from the whole squad.

Once again Bridgit Weekes was called upon to score for the team in the W55 category, and she was joined by fellow scorers Caroline Fenwick (W45), Andrea Berquez (W35) and Nicola Glover, while a further seven Sevenoaks women helped inflate the other teams' scores. The team finished second on the day behind Petts Wood, but with their close rivals Canterbury third, they now lead the series with just one race to go.

The SAC men also ran well to take fourth place with scorers Jeremy Winter, Darius Sarshar, William Palmer, Ed Saunders, Mike Lochead, James Mason, Javier Montoya Montero and Andrew Hutchinson, with the men's score contributing to second place for the combined team. After six of the seven matches, the combined team are third and the men are fourth.

The full SAC results were:

Ov Pos Lg Pos Bib Runner Age Time Club Score Rtg #
8 8 820 James Mason 39 30:29 Sevenoaks AC M1 97.42 19
22 22 842 Edmund Saunders 40 32:19 Sevenoaks AC V40:1 92.25 22
28 28 826 Javier Montoya Montero 35 32:45 Sevenoaks AC M2 90.04 4
31 31 816 Michael Lochead 42 33:02 Sevenoaks AC V40:2 88.93 22
33 33 841 Darius Sarshar 53 33:11 Sevenoaks AC V50:1 88.19 12
38 37 834 William Palmer 50 33:24 Sevenoaks AC V50:2 86.72 7
41 40 808 Andrew Hutchinson 43 33:32 Sevenoaks AC M3 85.61 20
43 2 784 Andrea Berquez 37 33:34 Sevenoaks AC V35 99.31 6
63 58 830 Sebastian Naughton 48 34:50 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 78.97 10
64 59 780 Richard Alford-Smith 46 34:57 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 78.60 14
78 71 1104 Shaun Mullen 46 35:36 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 74.17 11
79 72 824 Andrew Milne 40 35:45 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 73.80 36
86 78 829 James Nash 31 36:19 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 71.59 14
91 10 796 Caroline Fenwick 45 36:53 Sevenoaks AC V45 93.79 6
93 83 854 Daniel Witt 48 36:58 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 69.74 65
98 11 802 Nicola Glover 35 37:09 Sevenoaks AC F1 93.10 7
104 14 840 Hannah Sangan 28 37:25 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 91.03 5
127 22 791 Julia Davis 25 38:37 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 85.52 11
128 106 785 Simon Bishop 59 38:50 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 61.25 5
141 117 793 Graham Dwyer 50 39:36 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 57.20 20
148 27 815 Catherine Linney 53 39:49 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 82.07 42
149 28 801 Vanessa Gilmartin 47 39:52 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 81.38 27
178 40 833 Anna O'Donovan 22 40:58 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 73.10 3
184 42 851 Bridgit Weekes 64 41:36 Sevenoaks AC V55 71.72 20
188 145 853 Jeremy Winter 69 41:44 Sevenoaks AC V60 46.86 9
194 149 849 Anthony Waldron 55 42:09 Sevenoaks AC NS 45.39 33
262 70 843 Sarah Shewell 63 45:04 Sevenoaks AC NS 52.41 122
264 71 856 Samantha Znetyniak 47 45:17 Sevenoaks AC NS 51.72 13
300 212 789 Duncan Cochrane 65 48:00 Sevenoaks AC NS 22.14 41

The full results are here.

The final race of the series is at All Hallows on Sunday 12th February.

  1. SAC Handicap January 2023
  2. KFL 2022/23 Match 5 - Betteshanger Park
  3. KFL 2022/23 Match 4 - Minnis Bay
  4. SAC Handicap December 2022

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