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The first race in the 2022/23 Kent Fitness League series took place in Knole Park on Sunday October 30th, writes Jim Knight.

In wet and rainy conditions, the 555 competitors from 18 Kent athletics clubs tackled a gruelling 5 mile course up and down Knole’s hills.

Sevenoaks AC women, the defending Kent fitness League champions, performed outstandingly to win the women’s team competition.

Scoring runners were Caroline Fenwick (5th ) Suzy Claridge (9th & fastest W50), Nicola Glover (11th), Pauline Dalton (27th & second W55)

The fastest woman was Renata McDonnell from Deal Tri Club in a time of 33.42. The overall race winner was 17 year old Cameron Featherstone from Maidstone & Medway A.C. in an impressive time of 29.14.


With four in the first five, Maidstone and Medway were clear winners in the men’s team competition, ahead of Paddock Wood A.C.

Sevenoaks A.C men came home in 5th position. Scoring runners were Hamadel Nyaide (11th), Darius Sarchar (28th),Paul Fanti (30th), Ed Saunders (36th), Michael Lochead (39th), William Palmer (42nd), Harvey Taylor (69th), Jonathon Marsh (191st). In addition, Lionel Stielow received an award in recognition of his 100th KFL race.

In the overall team competition, Sevenoaks AC were the winners, thanks to the excellent performance of the women’s team.

It was a great effort by everyone in the club:- an organising team of Richard Thomas (Race Director) and James Nash (Course Manager) plus 20 marshals -  and the club still managed to field 42 runners in the race, as follows:

Ov Pos Lg Pos Bib Runner Age Time Club Score Rtg #
11 11 831 Hamadel Ndiaye 26 30:17 Sevenoaks AC M1 97.17 Debut
30 30 795 Paul Fanti 49 32:18 Sevenoaks AC V40:1 91.78 Debut
36 36 842 Edmund Saunders 40 32:47 Sevenoaks AC V40:2 90.08 18
38 38 841 Darius Sarshar 53 32:52 Sevenoaks AC V50:1 89.52 11
39 39 816 Michael Lochead 41 32:54 Sevenoaks AC M2 89.24 17
42 42 834 William Palmer 50 32:57 Sevenoaks AC V50:2 88.39 2
70 69 847 Harvey Taylor 18 34:24 Sevenoaks AC M3 80.74 7
76 74 827 Shaun Mullen 46 34:35 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 79.32 9
77 75 854 Daniel Witt 47 34:35 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 79.04 62
81 78 825 Andrew Monk 46 34:41 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 78.19 Debut
94 5 796 Caroline Fenwick 44 35:36 Sevenoaks AC V35 98.02 2
102 96 830 Sebastian Naughton 48 35:52 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 73.09 5
104 98 780 Richard Alford-Smith 46 36:04 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 72.52 10
115 9 788 Suzy Claridge 50 36:24 Sevenoaks AC V45 96.04 10
121 11 802 Nicola Glover 34 36:33 Sevenoaks AC F1 95.05 3
130 118 806 Jim Harness 54 37:00 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 66.86 16
135 122 799 Jimmy George 41 37:15 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 65.72 15
144 17 801 Vanessa Gilmartin 47 37:32 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 92.08 22
164 139 793 Graham Dwyer 50 38:17 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 60.91 16
169 143 824 Andrew Milne 40 38:25 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 59.77 32
171 145 785 Simon Bishop 58 38:32 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 59.21 3
174 148 809 David Killpack 37 38:39 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 58.36 2
180 27 790 Pauline Dalton 58 38:47 Sevenoaks AC V55 87.13 55
190 30 798 Heather Fitzmaurice 52 39:07 Sevenoaks AC NS 85.64 79
191 161 844 Jatinder Soomal 40 39:08 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 54.67 14
195 164 818 Alan Male 52 39:16 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 53.82 Debut
216 180 811 Leonard Lai King 43 39:51 Sevenoaks AC NSBLS 49.29 5
230 191 819 Jonathan Marsh 62 40:33 Sevenoaks AC V60 46.18 2
246 45 833 Anna O'Donovan 22 41:12 Sevenoaks AC NS 78.22 Debut
251 205 849 Anthony Waldron 55 41:17 Sevenoaks AC NS 42.21 30
285 228 805 Simon Hallpike 69 42:30 Sevenoaks AC NS 35.69 56
303 63 828 Katrina Murphy 34 43:10 Sevenoaks AC NS 69.31 Debut
304 64 852 Lucy Wilkes 43 43:17 Sevenoaks AC NS 68.81 6
316 248 837 Sham Pickard 52 43:55 Sevenoaks AC NS 30.03 Debut
323 71 843 Sarah Shewell 63 44:13 Sevenoaks AC NS 65.35 118
327 74 856 Samantha Znetyniak 47 44:20 Sevenoaks AC NS 63.86 9
333 258 789 Duncan Cochrane 65 44:39 Sevenoaks AC NS 27.20 36
346 264 792 Chris Desmond 59 45:08 Sevenoaks AC NS 25.50 83
405 107 803 Glenda Goscomb 64 47:52 Sevenoaks AC NS 47.52 6
452 135 848 Ly Truong 37 50:20 Sevenoaks AC NS 33.66 Debut
453 136 817 Mandy Lock 60 50:21 Sevenoaks AC NS 33.17 2
476 329 846 Lionel Stielow 73 51:56 Sevenoaks AC NS 7.08 21

The full results are here.

SAC Women

The Kent Fitness League is a series of cross-country races between the 18 registered Athletics Clubs in Kent. Any number of club members can compete, but 12 are needed to score in the team competition – 8 men (of whom one must be aged 60+, two must be 50+ and two 40+) and 4 women (of whom one must be aged 55+ one 45+ and one 35+).

The next race in the series will be in Swanley Park on November 11th.

trophies

Paul Freeman-Jones was second overall, Sean Leith first M50 and Lionel Stielow first M70 at the Tonbridge 10k on 23rd October.

In addition, Graham Dwyer was second M50 and Alan Male also figured in the results which are here.

team

Lucy

Fourteen Sevenoaks AC runners tackled the Tonbridge Half in fine conditions on 9th October, albeit five of them in official pacing roles.Bridgit Weekes was first W60, with Sally Shewell second, and Lionel Stielow was second M70. The Sevenoaks women, led by Julia Davis and including Bridgit Weekes and Lucy Wilkes, won the prize for second female team. The SAC results were as follows:

Pos Net Pos Race No Name Time Net Time Category Cat Pos Net Cat Pos Gender Gen Pos Net Gender Pos Team Age Grade % Dist Pace Start Finish
37 39 694 Michael LOCHEAD 01:30:15 01:30:09 V40 10 10 Male 35 37 SEVENOAKS AC 66.97 13.1 8.7 m/hr 10:01:27 11:31:36
 
63 64 616 Daniel WITT 01:34:24 01:34:18 V45 7 7 Male 58 59 SEVENOAKS AC 67.26 13.1 8.3 m/hr 10:01:26 11:35:45
 
68 70 531 Sebastian NAUGHTON 01:35:35 01:35:29 V45 9 9 Male 62 64 SEVENOAKS AC 66.99 13.1 8.2 m/hr 10:01:27 11:36:56
 
107 107 610 Julia DAVIS 01:41:51 01:41:38 FOPEN 8 8 Female 13 13 SEVENOAKS AC 64.01 13.1 7.7 m/hr 10:01:34 11:43:12
 
169 169 370 Simon HALLPIKE 01:48:48 01:48:28 V65 3 3 Male 145 145 SEVENOAKS AC 71.71 13.1 7.2 m/hr 10:01:41 11:50:09
 
172 175 290 James NASH 01:49:15 01:48:52 MOPEN 60 60 Male 148 151 SEVENOAKS AC 53.44 13.1 7.2 m/hr 10:01:43 11:50:36
 
191 192 654 Graham DWYER 01:50:16 01:49:54 V50 26 28 Male 164 167 SEVENOAKS AC 59.08 13.1 7.2 m/hr 10:01:43 11:51:37
 
193 193 617 Sean LEITH 01:50:17 01:49:55 V50 28 29 Male 166 168 SEVENOAKS AC 59.07 13.1 7.2 m/hr 10:01:43 11:51:38
 
217 223 147 Bridgit WEEKES 01:53:21 01:53:10 V60 1 1 Female 35 35 SEVENOAKS AC 78.55 13.1 6.9 m/hr 10:01:31 11:54:42
 
259 258 194 Lucy WILKES 01:56:41 01:56:03 V40 9 10 Female 49 49 SEVENOAKS AC 59.07 13.1 6.8 m/hr 10:01:59 11:58:02
 
280 285 134 Sarah SHEWELL 01:58:19 01:58:03 V60 2 2 Female 54 55 SEVENOAKS AC 74.18 13.1 6.7 m/hr 10:01:36 11:59:40
 
313 311 618 Gary WALSH 02:00:02 01:59:25 V55 25 24 Male 252 250 SEVENOAKS AC 57.78 13.1 6.6 m/hr 10:01:58 12:01:23
 
333 333 577 Robert PEERS 02:01:40 02:01:04 V55 28 28 Male 265 265 SEVENOAKS AC 57.01 13.1 6.5 m/hr 10:01:56 12:03:00
 
490 490 736 Lionel STIELOW 02:24:55 02:24:01 V70 2 2 Male 349 350 SEVENOAKS AC 56.42 13.1 5.5 m/hr 10:02:14 12:26:16

The full results are here.

AndrewAndrew Mead won the October handicap race with his fastest time over the seven mile course for ten years.

James Baker was second, just ahead of Simon Hallpike.

Suzy Claridge was the fastest woman and Andrew the fastest overall.

Andrew now leads the series by four points ahead of Suzy, with two races to go and another five runners in close pursuit.

The next race, over five miles, is on Sunday 6th November at 08:30 from the track.

The details are here.

 

  1. SAC Handicap September 2022
  2. Larkfield 10k 2022
  3. Weald St Georges 10k 2022
  4. SAC Handicap August 2022

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