BVAC 5-mile cross country race

A select bunch of 20 runners completed the 2011 BVAC 5-mile cross country race on Saturday 5 March. There was representation from a broad range of clubs and a number of unaffiliated runners. The usual home-made cakes certainly added a touch of unique magic to this challenging run. Thanks to all the BVAC members who made or donated cakes and to all those who marshalled at the event.

For a list of the winners and more photos, click here

Kent Fitness League Cross Country Races - occasional Sundays during Winter

We have now completed all the cross country Kent Fitness cross country league meetings. All the races started at 11am and were around 5 miles long on varying off-road terrain. Although only the first 7 men and 3 women counted toward our points total, every finisher helped to push down the opponents scoring. Entry fee was £2 on the day. Finishers entered into end of race raffle.

For more information don’t forget to check out the web pages devoted to this league – www.canterburyharriers.org and www.swanleyanddistrictac.org.

Club Colours imperative but members could choose to run either in the old style vests or in the new-style long or short sleeved tops.

The various meetings were:

24/10 Rough Common, Canterbury - (For details click here)
14/11 Swanley Park, Swanley  - (For details click here)
28/11 Fowlmead, Deal - unfortunately we entered no runners with bad weather making travel difficult
19/12 CANCELLED
9/1 Minnis Bay, Birchington (For details click here)
16/1 Nurstead Court, Meopham (For details click here)
20/2 Oxleas Wood, Eltham (For details click here)
20 March at Avery Hill for the relays and presentation. (For results click here)

Standings after all six meetings

Parkrun cup - third Saturday every month - 2010-11

A new trophy has been fought for over the period from when we started in June 2010 to January 2011. Points were awarded for every BVAC participant in the Bromley Parkrun at Norman Park on the third Saturday of each month. Congratulations go to Anne Unseld who pipped Soheel Bhandari by one single point to become inaugural winner of the Parkrun Cup. Very well done to both runners and, indeed, to all those who took part during the course of this 'season'.

Runners got 2 points for completing the run and 1 point for obtaining a personal best. Points from 10 down to 1 were also be awarded according to the best age graded performances. We will be reviewing the way that points are awarded in light of experiences in this first year and the first run counting towards the 2011 season will be 19 February. We want to provide more encouragement and reward for commitment and improvement as well as quality of overall performance.

The eigth and final race of this current competition was run on 15 January in blustery and very wet conditions. There was a relatively small group of Bromley Vets who were present, including Pat Cliff who unfortunately had to pull out part way through with injury.

The seventh race, in December, was a frightfully cold affair coming after a heavy dowsing of snow the day before. There must have been doubts as to whether the run would go ahead but a hardy few turned up, including five BVAC members. It also saw Gavin Kitchingham's debut as a member of BVAC in this event, with a victory (yes, first place) in a time of 18.28, although his PB for the Parkrun remains an electric 17.38 - we're really pleased to have Gavin join us, and we hope, show what he can do in the remainder of the cross-country season and the track and field to come.With one race to go, Soheel has moved up to take over the lead from Anne Unseld by just one point.

The sixth race, in November, saw one personal best for BVAC with Mark Russell notching up a sub 20 min run for the first time. There were relatively few BVAC runners though in a massive field of 150. Anne Unseld has started to open up a gap at the top of the overall leader board.

The fifth race, for October, saw a few more BVAC runners and a couple of personal bests.

There were relatively few BVAC runners in the 4th qualifying race in September. Anne Unseld leapt back to the top of the leader board with a new personal best. The scoring and latest standings are:

After 3 qualifying races, the contest is hotting up and it's pretty tight near the top. The scoring in the third qualifying race and the overall positions are as follows:

The scoring in the second qualifying race and the overall the positions are as follows:

The first run at which points were scored was 19 June, following announcement of the new cup in the previous newsletter. Points awarded were:

Swanley Park relays (4 x 1mile)

This year we were only able to manage one team of four and that was an all male effort. Teams compete in the men's, women's and mixed races.

We came in a fantastic 9th place out of 39 teams overall (some men's, some women's and a few mixed). We were 2 minutes 36 seconds behind the winners. All our runners times were closely bunched - an excellent balance. Well done.

Keith Burgess 5.45
Ray Chapman 5.51
Mark Russell 5.58
Chris Marshall 6.04

For the full results, click here

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Start of the Parkrun

Ladies - are you ready?

Helen's age group grading puts her in contention for cup