BROMLEY VETS AC
 

Oxleas Wood - 14 December 2008

Cross Country - Kent Fitness League

Results

Ov Pos Lg Pos Runner Age Time Rating
77 67 Clive Walker 49 40:04 59.51
105 87 Chris Marshall 61 41:18 47.24
139 113 Jim Peters 47 43:19 31.29
143 116 Phil Greenfield 49 43:40 29.45
145 118 Greg Morris 52 43:49 28.22
156 22 Anne Unseld 59 44:38 73.75
189 37 Claire McGavigon 37 47:33 55.00
236 158 Les Humphrey 69 54:57 3.68
256 79 Maureen Farish 67 1:06:43 2.50
257 80 Helen James 73 1:08:31 1.25
Unfortunately this clashed with a marathon at Hastings in which several BVAC members took part. We struggled to get a team in what is usually a meeting in which we have a large turnout.
Combined
Pos Club M F Total Scrs Last
1 Larkfield AC 159 77 236 10 183
2 Paddock Wood AC 213 42 255 10 152
3 Sevenoaks AC 273 36 309 10 112
4 Canterbury H 318 17 335 10 84
5 Sittingbourne Str 313 42 355 10 161
6 Dartford RR 371 65 436 10 186
7 New Eltham J 376 85 461 10 195
8 Istead & Ifield H 393 87 480 10 220
9 Swanley & Dist AC 526 101 627 10 230
10 Medway & Mstn AC 426 220 646 8 229
11 Gravesend RR & AC 623 108 731 10 199
12 Maidstone H 600 174 774 7 224
13 Dartford H 761 32 793 7 206
14 Plumstead Rnnrs 748 172 920 9 241
15 Bromley Vets AC 823 138 961 9 256
16 Thanet RR 782 207 989 5 204
17 Invicta EK AC 814 243 1057 5 177

Les completes yet another cross country


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Ladies
Pos Club fv35 f f Total
1 Canterbury H 6 4 7 17
2 Dartford H 2 5 25 32
3 Sevenoaks AC 9 13 14 36
4 Paddock Wood AC 20 1 21 42
5 Sittingbourne Str 24 3 15 42
6 Dartford RR 8 23 34 65
7 Larkfield AC 18 28 31 77
8 New Eltham J 11 33 41 85
9 Istead & Ifield H 19 17 51 87
10 Swanley & Dist AC 16 26 59 101
11 Gravesend RR & AC 27 39 42 108
12 Bromley Vets AC 22 37 79 138
13 Plumstead Rnnrs 81 30 61 172
14 Maidstone H 12 81 81 174
15 Thanet RR 45 81 81 207
16 Medway & Mstn AC 58 81 81 220
17 Invicta EK AC 81 81 81 243
Men
Pos Club mv50 mv40 m m m m m Total
1 Larkfield AC 54 4 10 13 23 27 28 159
2 Paddock Wood AC 64 15 6 8 29 36 55 213
3 Sevenoaks AC 56 9 2 18 42 66 80 273
4 Sittingbourne Str 52 21 1 40 48 74 77 313
5 Canterbury H 43 49 5 30 61 62 68 318
6 Dartford RR 47 16 32 58 63 72 83 371
7 New Eltham J 50 45 25 44 46 78 88 376
8 Istead & Ifield H 73 26 11 35 39 102 107 393
9 Medway & Mstn AC 82 59 7 17 33 96 132 426
10 Swanley & Dist AC 75 117 3 12 71 121 127 526
11 Maidstone H 41 139 19 20 60 157 164 600
12 Gravesend RR & AC 24 14 94 105 114 130 142 623
13 Plumstead Rnnrs 81 70 69 93 135 141 159 748
14 Dartford H 53 31 37 148 164 164 164 761
15 Thanet RR 133 34 22 101 164 164 164 782
16 Invicta EK AC 51 103 57 137 138 164 164 814
17 Bromley Vets AC 87 67 113 116 118 158 164 823

Race report - Rob Bright

Competing attractions kept the numbers down at Eltham on Sunday, but despite the early morning mist, the venue looked as spectacular as usual. The 5.5 mile course was softened up with recent heavy rain and with plunging descents and steep inclines (plus some standing water) presented a stiff challenge for the 260 competitors.

So who can stop the Larkfield juggernaut in its tracks this season? They maintained their 100% record in the Kent Fitness League on Sunday after the 4th race of the series at Eltham despite fielding a reduced strength ladies’ team but greatly assisted by their top three men Simon Hesketh (4th place), Steve Groom (11th) and Steve Throssell (15th). The club now stand 5 points clear of Paddock Wood with three races still to run.

Sittingbourne’s Sam Murphy led the field from start to finish and crossed the line with a margin of 1 minute over Sevenoaks runner Rob Murray. It was Murphy’s third individual win of the season and leaves him as hot favourite to win the championship.

Paddock Wood AC also had three runners in the top 20 – James Ridger (6th), Mickael Hegesippe (8th) and Pete Buckingham (17th), but their star performer was Laura Burton who registered her first official victory in the ladies’ competition.

Although outsprinted to the finish line by guest runner and former champion Elaine Murty, Burton took maximum points to help keep Paddock Wood in the hunt to retain the title they won last season. Cara Oliver did well to get round in second place following a gruelling run at Beckenham in the Kent Vets Championship the previous day.

Other notable efforts came from David Abery (Gravesend) who was the leading over 50 man in 26th place and Trevor Edgley (Invicta) who followed up a win in the Kent Veterans Championship the previous day with leading spot in the over 60 men.

The Canterbury Harriers ladies were out in force with Amy Hicks, Sarah Maguire and Jenni Van Deelen all finishing in the top 7 and taking the club to the top of the women's league. Barbara Wenman was the leading over 50 lady on the day in finishing 10th.

Many thanks to Plumstead Runners for their efforts in putting on another exciting and challenging contest – although there were a few DNFs, I hope there weren’t too many injuries.

 
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