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Kent League X-Country 2010-2011 SeasonUpdated: 07-Sep-2010 00:16 An email has gone out asking who is interested in taking part in the X-Country League this season. The club is improving its position year on year and the Senior ladies team missed out on first place by a single point. This really is a team effort, even if you are not a scorer in our team you may finish in front of another teams scorer denying them of an extra point, so everybody is important. For those not on the email list I will leave a form on the table on club nights for you to register an interest. Details of the fixtures are as follows:-
Kent Cross Country League, 2010-2011 season
Fixture List.
Saturday 9th October.
Venue : Sparrows Den, West Wickham.
Categories : Senior Men & Senior Women.
Saturday 23rd October.
Venue : Somerhill School, Tonbridge.
Categories : Senior Men & Senior Women.
Saturday 13th November.
Venue : Danson Park, Bexleyheath.
Categories : Senior Women.
Saturday 4th December.
Venue : New Barn Park, Swanley.
Categories : Senior Men.
Saturday 12th February.
Venue : New Barn Park, Swanley (again).
Categories : Senior Men & Senior Women only.
If you want any more details please contact me.
Thanks
Dave Weekes
| Rankings List UpdatedUpdated: 07-Sep-2010 00:05 All the summers results have been updated onto the rankings list on the documents page. Have a look see where you are, see if you can improve! there are a lot of races coming up in the Autumn over all distances. | Charing 10k results/Tuesday's TrainingUpdated: 06-Sep-2010 21:18 Well done to the four club runners you took part in Saturday's Charing 10K.Ian Bubb was the first club member to finish in a time of 45.43. Ian was followed by Figgy who was first in his age group in a time of 51.35.Stephen finished in a time of 51.45 and Angela in 1.02.55.
A quick reminder that we will not be training at the club tomororrow as we will be meeting at Battery point in Sandgate for the Don Thompson mile time trial. We will return to the club for training on Thursday. Tina | It's a Boy!!Updated: 05-Sep-2010 17:56 Congratulations to Nikki who gave birth yesterday to Max Eddie weighing in at 8lb 3oz.Best wishes to Nikki, Steve and families. Tina | Fowlmead 5k Series - Friday 27 August 2010Updated: 30-Aug-2010 20:42 Kylie, added to her recent Le Touquet success by finishing 2nd lady in Deal Tri’s 5k Friday race series at Fowlmead in a time of 19.30. Kylie picked up prizes for being the 1st Senior lady on the night and 1st in that category for the four race series which ended last Friday.Kylie was also the overall ladies winner for the series, with Faye finishing in 2nd place. Grahame picked up the Mens Vet 50, prize for the series, finishing Friday’s race in a time of 21.50. And finally finishing off a successful night was myself, 1st Ladies Vet 45 and 4th Lady overall in a time of 24.11.Well done to us!Photos from Le Touquet and Fowlmead have now been posted on my photos site. Tina | Le Touquet - Saturday 21 August 2010Updated: 23-Aug-2010 21:56 The club’s annual day trip to France to race in Le Touquet for the 10 and 20k races proved yet again to be a great success with 29 club runners and guest Ben Calder from Shrewsbury Running club achieving great performances in both races despite the energy sapping conditions .In the 10k, Del was the first to finish in a strong time of 37.12, Rona followed Del in yet another good performance in the event, picking up 1st place in the Ladies race in a time of 38.08.Dave Weekes finished in 38.17 and was 2nd in the Vet 40 age group. Kylie,also had a good result, completing the ladies race in 3rd place in a time of 41.57. Tina was 3rd placed Vet 50 in a time of 53.08.
In the 20k race, Dave Smyth ran well, finishing in 1.21.44 and was 2nd in the Vet 50 category, Dave was followed by Clive, a fine return to racing in 1.35.19. Alan (Figgy) Figgins was 3rd placed Vet 70 in 1.50.26 and Alison Jelly completed the 20k runners, finishing in 1.53.54.
The remaining 10k times were, Ben Calder, Shrewsbury RC, 38.20; Mick Dennis, 39.08; Sue Mitchell, 47.25; Grahame Eke, 48.17; Dave Wallbrook,48.50; Jim Roberts, 50.50; Nathalie Foster, 52.31; Matt Mellor, 52.46; Catherine O’Connor, 53.48; Kim Gardiner, 54.28; Sue Elkins, 55.35; Elisa Neble, 56.00; Malcolm Gibbs, 57.00; Sarah Reardon, 58.38; Pam Allon, 1.00.00; Jo Miller, 1.02.00; Ian and Lucy Bull, 1.07.00. Denise Punnett, 1.08.45 and Donna Ward, 1.08.46.A big thank you to Elisa for organising another great trip. Photos will appear on my photo site shortly. Tina | Rye Series 5k - Friday 13 August 2010Updated: 15-Aug-2010 18:39 Five club members took part in Friday's Rye Series 5k at the very scenic Rye Harbour.The course is fast and flat as long as the South Westerly's do not blow hard which is usually the case! Unusually, the wind wasn't too much of a problem but heavy showers did fall on those not fortunate to finish at the front. The event always attracts a good quality field and Friday's race was no exception, with several age group records being broken. Sam, lead the club runners home in a fine 5th place, followed by Kylie who was the 2nd placed lady overall. Kylie, together with Faye and myself picked up the ladies team prize by virtue of having the fastest overall time in the race. Grahame also had a good run, improving on his time at Fowlmead two weeks ago.Photos can be found on my site.Tina | The Paul Hill Summer Handicap - Tues 3/8/10Updated: 04-Aug-2010 21:47 The weather was kind to us again this year during our annual Summer Handicap and BBQ.There were some fine runs in conditions that were quite humid.The overall club winner of the event, for the second time was Catherine O'Connor, in a time of 37.02. The second club runner home and first man to finish was Clive Allon in a time of 34.04. The fastest runner of the course was David Gillett in a time of 25.13 and unsurprisingly, Rona was the fastest lady in a time of 27.29! A big thank you to Dave Smyth and Alan French for the Handicapping and timekeeping and all that helped to marshal.Another big thank you to Chris Addison, Mark Ellerby,Ian Bull,Donna Ward, Denise Punnett, Pete and Linda Broom, family and friends! and Grahame for their efforts in making the BBQ another great success.The results can now been found on the Documents page. Photos of the presentations are now on my photo site. Tina | Summer Handicap/BBQUpdated: 02-Aug-2010 20:53 Just a reminder that tomorrow is the Summer Handicap and BBQ and as a result there will be no training at the club. Normal training will resume on Thursday. Tina | Dinosaur 10k - Sunday 25 July 2010Updated: 25-Jul-2010 23:23 Congratulations to the eleven club runners who took part in todays Dinosaur 10k. The conditions, although overcast, were still quite humid which made the taxing course even more difficult to tackle. This did not prevent Sam Rigby from finishing in a fine 3rd place in a PB time of 33.30. Del Matcham and Dave Weekes also had good runs finishing in 8th and 10th place respectively in times of 36.08 and 36.40. Dave was 3rd Vet 40. Kylie led the Folkestone ladies home, 5th placed lady, in a strong time of 41.55, despite earlier in the week suffering from injury. Kylie was followed by Karen, 6th lady home, another good run in a time of 41.55. Karen was 2nd Vet 35. The remaining Folkestone times were; Ian Bull, 45.40; Susan Mitchell,46.53;Ian Bubb, 46.58, Jim (Pebbles) Roberts, 50.18; Lynne, 53.51 and Angela, 1.00.59. Well done everyone.Tina | Results update up to Sunday 18 July 2010Updated: 19-Jul-2010 21:15 Just a quick round up of recent race results. Well done to Stephen King, who completed Saturday's Harbour Wallbanger race on the beach at Broadstairs. Stephen finished the challenging 7K course in a time of 40.02. Helen continued her participation in track competition recently with a great 2nd place in her age category at the BMAF Track and Field Championships at Cardiff, completing the 5000 metres in a time of 19.07.22. And finally, Ian Bull and Alison Jelly took part in the North Downs 30k event in June finishing in a time of 3.06.24 and 3.14.14 respectively. Well done to everyone. | Results round upUpdated: 12-Jul-2010 20:51 Congratulations to our club runners who were out competing in the heat this weekend. A special mention should go to Linda Smith and Catherine O'Connor who did particulary well at yesterday's Baa Baa 10K held in Lydd organised by the Rotary club. Linda celebrated the end of her birthday week by winning the ladies race in a time of 54.13 and picking up a cheque for £50! Catherine also had a good race finishing 4th lady in a time of 54.30. Sam was also out racing this weekend at the Cliffe Woods 10K, where he finished in 3rd place in a time of 35.25. Well done to everyone for their efforts this weekend in particularly tough conditions.
Photos from recent race events taken by Dave Weekes and myself have now been uploaded to my photosite. Tina | Interclub Relay Series/ Results RoundupUpdated: 11-Jul-2010 13:35 Interclub Relay Series/ Results Roundup
Well it’s over for this year and the Interclub Relay Series has proved to be another success for the club. Both Mens and Ladies Senior Teams won the their respective age groups yet again and the Ladies Vet 45 team picked up 2nd place in their category and the Ladies Vet 35s have either finished 2nd or 3rd in their age group (these results are subject to clarification). There were some great performances all round by all who took part in the races and many improved times this year. I would like to take the opportunity to thank the Team Captains, Dave Weekes, Nikki Smyth, Karen Puttock, Club Coach, Faye Faiers and everyone who turned out to compete in all of our teams entered. Work and family commitments can make it difficult to travel to some of the venues in time for the races so it was great to see so many turn up to compete. It was particularly nice to see Rona back racing after a long layoff due to injury and her infectious enthusiasm remains undimmed!
Having just come back of holiday, I’m just catching up with the race results. Many club members were racing in the heat over the last couple of weeks.
On the track, both Helen and Dave Weeks have been competing with Helen winning her 1500 metres event at the Southern Counties Vets League Kent Div 2 fixture on 14 June in a time of 5.16.9 and on 26 June at the Southern Womens League, 3,000 metres in 10.53.3. Dave took part in the KCAA Track and Field Championships on a particularly hot evening on 23 June at Dartford. Despite the heat Dave won a Bronze medal in the Vet 40 event finishing his 10,000 metres in 36.42.
Dave also took part in the Weald of Kent 10 mile race on yet another hot day on 27 June, finishing in a time of 1.06.57. The first club runner to finish was Del, 8th place overall in a time of 1.00.34. Stephen finished in 1.36.17 and Alison Jelly, 1.36.45.
Faye, Alyson Ross and Grahame took part in the 2nd Fowlmead series 5k race with Faye and Alyson winning their age groups and Faye finishing 2nd lady overall. And finally, Faye took part in the Pod Plus Lakes 5k last Sunday representing her works team in the event and helping them to win first place in the Corporate Team Event. I will be updating my photo site in the next few days with various photos that have been taken by Dave Weekes and myself from these events. Well done to everyone Tina.
| Interclub Relays Canterbury Tues 6 JulyUpdated: 04-Jul-2010 20:37 We've reached the final leg of the Interclub Relay with the prospect of an exciting finish. As usual, some of us will be meeting at the club at 17.50 to depart at 18.00 for anyone who can offer or needs a lift/directions. The location is the same as last year, Canterbury High School. Please can you turn out to support the Team Captains for this final leg and make sure that we have a good turn out, it really would be great if we can finish the series in style. If you are travelling direct, please endevour to arrive at the venue by 19.00 to make it easier for the Captains to sort out the teams. The racing starts as usual at 19.30.
Many thanks to Nikki for sorting out the details of the post race buffet. It is not too late to be included if you wish to eat, just remember that you cannot eat unless you bring something!! Tina
| Ranlagh Harriers/Interclub RelaysUpdated: 23-Jun-2010 20:34 Congratulations to Dave Gillett, who competed in Sunday's Ranlagh Harriers 10k and acheived his PB time to date of 34.27 Dave joined our teams yesterday at the Deal leg of the Interclub Relays and there were some great performances from all of our runners. With the final race in Canterbury in two weeks there is everything to play for. Please help us to continue our success by ensuring a great turn out.Tina | Race for Life roll of honour /Interclub Relays Deal Updated: 20-Jun-2010 19:24 Well done to all of the girls who took part today. It was great to see Rona back racing and in such good form after her injury, winning the race in 18.45. Trudi also had a great race,her best postion ever, finishing in 4th place.It was good to see so many of you taking part in this great fund raising event.As well as Rona and Trudi, I spotted Nikki (eventually!), Kim, Catherine, Angela and Denise and I'm sure that there were many more of you out there today so sorry if I missed you.Also a big thank you to Granville who puts in so much work for the event, Kevin who is a great 'Mr Motivator' and everyone else who turned up to help.It really does make a difference.A selection of photos have been posted on my Picasa site.
Interclub Relays
Tuesday is the penultimate leg of the Interclub Relays and it is essential that we enter as many teams as possible to maintain our strong position in many of the age groups.This year's Deal Leg will be held on Deal Sea front in the vicinity of where the Deal 5 miler is usually run. If you are travelling directly there, please try arrive by 19.00 at the latest so that the team captains have time to sort out the teams. For those that can offer or need a lift we will be meeting at the club at 17.50 to depart at 18.00. See you there!Tina | Bluewater 10k/South Downs MarathonUpdated: 14-Jun-2010 21:16 Congratulations to Sam, Lauren and Stephen for their efforts in Sunday's Bluewater 10k. This year's event was the Kent County Championships and Grand Prix event.In a large field of over 2,000 competitors and tough competition, Sam had a great run finishing in 9th place in 33.52. Sam was followed by Lauren, who produced a strong run in 43.51 and Stephen in a PB time of 50.11. Club runners were also out competing on Saturday in the tough off road South Downs marathon, Figgy, getting closer to his target of 100 marathons finished in 5.14.34 and John Jones in 6.16.09. Well done to everyone Tina. | Harvel 5 and Interclub RelaysUpdated: 09-Jun-2010 20:26 Many congratulations to Sam and Del who ran in last Saturday's Harvel 5 mile race. This popular but challenging race is mostly off road and was made even tougher this yesr by the warm and humid conditions.Despite this, Sam and Del had a great race, with Sam finishing in 2nd place in a time of 27.17 and Del,9th in 29.13. Well done to them both.
A big thank you to everyone who turned out to race yesterday at Ashford. This year's series has turned out to be an exciting one and is proving to be a close competiton particularly in the mens Senior event.Yesterday's results will be published when they are available. It is essential that we have a good turn out at the next leg at Deal in two weeks time. Details of the venue etc will be sent out nearer the time.Tina | |
