BROMLEY VETS AC

 

Oxleas Wood, Eltham - 3 January 2010 (postponed from 20 December 2009)

Cross Country - Kent Fitness League

Results

Ov Pos Lg Pos Runner Age Time Rating
53 48 Paul Marshall 38 37:41 79.11
100 88 Chris Marshall 62 40:10 61.33
125 105 Robert Brown 59 41:52 53.78
138 118 Keith Burgess 45 42:24 48.00
195 157 Ray Chapman 52 45:07 30.67
202 162 Jim Peters 48 45:31 28.44
259 192 Peter Ratcliffe 59 49:15 15.11
261 49 Pam Woodward 63 49:30 50.52
271 52 Linda Gray 62 50:11 47.42
317 77 Karen Samuel 49 54:46 21.65
333 220 Les Humphrey 70 59:20 2.67
346 96 Maureen Farish 68 1:11:01 2.06
The weather was freezing. The ground was very mixed - in some parts frozen while in otthers very muddy. Paul put in another terrific performance with dad and the other men supporting ably. The women did very well too finishing a very creditable 12th, pushing our overall combined position to 15th. Well done all.

Combined Team Results

Pos Club M F Total Scrs Last
1 Larkfield AC 198 28 226 10 165
2 Paddock Wood AC 228 8 236 10 89
3 Dartford RR 232 24 256 10 112
4 New Eltham J 357 52 409 10 212
5 Canterbury H 384 50 434 10 194
6 Istead & Ifield H 373 84 457 10 225
7 Sevenoaks AC 493 104 597 10 255
8 Medway & Mstn AC 310 294 604 7 106
9 Swanley & Dist AC 584 71 655 10 199
10 Maidstone H 608 54 662 10 191
11 Gravesend RR & AC 538 135 673 10 314
12 Deal Tri Club 604 191 795 10 318
13 Dartford H 794 79 873 8 230
14 Sittingbourne Str 682 193 875 10 328
15 Bromley Vets AC 870 178 1048 10 317
16 Plumstead Rnnrs 931 229 1160 10 347
17 Thanet RR 1056 240 1296 8 340
18 Invicta EK AC 1582 246 1828 1 263

Female

Pos Club fv35 f f Total
1 Paddock Wood AC 1 2 5 8
2 Dartford RR 6 8 10 24
3 Larkfield AC 16 3 9 28
4 Canterbury H 11 14 25 50
5 New Eltham J 4 17 31 52
6 Maidstone H 19 12 23 54
7 Swanley & Dist AC 18 26 27 71
8 Dartford H 39 7 33 79
9 Istead & Ifield H 36 13 35 84
10 Sevenoaks AC 20 38 46 104
11 Gravesend RR & AC 40 21 74 135
12 Bromley Vets AC 49 52 77 178
13 Deal Tri Club 47 66 78 191
14 Sittingbourne Str 45 64 84 193
15 Plumstead Rnnrs 97 57 75 229
16 Thanet RR 51 91 98 240
17 Invicta EK AC 50 98 98 246
18 Medway & Mstn AC 98 98 98 294

Male

Pos Club mv50 mv40 m m m m m Total
1 Larkfield AC 62 4 8 25 26 33 40 198
2 Paddock Wood AC 79 35 7 15 18 32 42 228
3 Dartford RR 86 6 2 12 31 43 52 232
4 Medway & Mstn AC 44 57 3 9 28 76 93 310
5 New Eltham J 156 34 5 11 46 50 55 357
6 Istead & Ifield H 152 29 16 21 37 38 80 373
7 Canterbury H 49 60 10 19 73 82 91 384
8 Sevenoaks AC 81 22 47 53 67 108 115 493
9 Gravesend RR & AC 104 24 39 51 64 103 153 538
10 Swanley & Dist AC 143 20 14 27 110 120 150 584
11 Deal Tri Club 175 58 17 30 59 107 158 604
12 Maidstone H 127 45 23 71 92 117 133 608
13 Sittingbourne Str 75 56 84 89 112 130 136 682
14 Dartford H 226 65 1 36 94 146 226 794
15 Bromley Vets AC 88 105 48 118 157 162 192 870
16 Plumstead Rnnrs 144 119 85 114 126 145 198 931
17 Thanet RR 154 54 13 193 206 210 226 1056
18 Invicta EK AC 226 226 226 226 226 226 226 1582

KFL Race Report - Rob Bright

For the first time in 20 years of running this league we had to reschedule an event due to heavy snow before Christmas. So it was a welcome sight to see a cloudless sky and sunshine on the first Sunday of the new year, despite the temperature being around freezing point. A healthy looking field of 350 runners were attracted to the slopes of Shooters Hill and found snow free conditions, plenty of mud and just a little frozen ground.

Two guest runners – James Cotton and Abdi Madar led the field around the 5 ½ mile undulating route , but the race proper shaped up into a battle between Andrew Pickett (Dartford Harriers) and Ben Louch (Dartford Roadrunners). Pickett finished much the stronger and Louch was almost caught on the line by Medway’s Clayton Barrett continuing his rapid recovery from injury to finish 5th with his signature “body surf” across the line.

Simon Hesketh was the leading Larkfield runner in 6th place and the first over 40 male; he was joined by clubmate Ashley Howes in the top 10. Phil Wallace (Medway and Maidstone ) was the leading over 60 runner in 49th place overall, beating the leading over 50 (Steve Clark) who was 55th.

Tina Oldershaw was untroubled in the ladies’ event leading from start to finish to win by over a minute from clubmate Vicky MacGregor. Laura Burton came in shortly after to make it three finishers in the top 5 for Paddock Wood AC. Larkfield had Nicola Groom in third place and the much improved Liz Berns finishing 9th. Dartford Roadrunners also had three girls in amongst the top 10.

The combined team race resulted in a close contest between three clubs – reigning champions Larkfield AC getting the verdict, 10 points clear of Paddock Wood AC with Dartford Roadrunners a further 20 points behind in third place. Larkfield thus maintain a lead of two points at the top of the table ahead of Paddock Wood with three races still to come.

My thanks to all the Plumstead Runners who turned out to put on a really good race in cold conditions. Several runners managed to take a tumble in the mud, but I did not hear of any casualties on the route which had some pretty steep inclines and descents.

 


Paul well up the field, in many senses!


Karen digs in up the hill


A brisk morning at base camp


Keith in sight of the finish


Rob looks fresh


Chris holds off keen opposition


Nearly there Jim


Ray dressed for the chill

 
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