BROMLEY VETS AC

 

Avery Hill - 2 January 2012

Cross Country - Kent Fitness League

Results

Ov Pos Lg Pos Runner Age Time Rating
8 8 Gavin Kitchingham 44 29:22 97.47
13   Simon Horler (Guest)   30.23  
82 73 Mike Turner 50 34:05 74.01
92 83 Robert Brown 61 34:21 70.40
125 113 Chris Marshall 64 35:28 59.57
195 167 Phil Greenfield 52 38:04 40.07
224 187 Jim Peters 50 38:49 32.85
231 193 Ray Chapman 54 39:10 30.69
265 214 Roger Harris 56 41:06 23.10
286 51 Anne Unseld 62 42:18 53.70
383 268 Tony Unseld 66 48:51 3.61
387 272 Les Humphrey 72 49:15 2.17
390 93 Linda Whiteley 48 49:19 14.81
397 275 Simon Cowie 53 50:20 1.08
402 100 Pat Cliff 54 52:53 8.33

It was run on the bank holiday Monday, given that New Year's day fell on a Sunday this year. We managed a minimum contingent in the ladies section and more than enough men to fill the team slots with the remainder pushing down the opposition scorers, of course. With a big field, we struggled to make such good progress as in recent events. The ladies particularly could finish only 17th but Anne, Pat and Linda put up a brace fight against much younger opponents!

Combined team result Female team result Male team result (no competition trophy)
Pos Club M F Total Scrs Last
1 Paddock Wood AC 116 60 176 10 208
2 Dartford RR 251 26 277 10 129
3 Larkfield AC 221 86 307 10 340
4 Medway & Mstn AC 280 29 309 10 181
5 Gravesend RR & AC 336 6 342 10 83
6 New Eltham J 356 66 422 10 239
7 Canterbury H 422 39 461 10 148
8 Istead & Ifield H 299 213 512 10 362
9 Sittingbourne Str 480 160 640 10 337
10 Maidstone H 556 120 676 10 349
11 Sevenoaks AC 639 64 703 10 227
12 Dartford H 617 125 742 10 346
13 Deal Tri Club 664 141 805 10 290
14 Swanley & Dist AC 869 72 941 10 252
15 Plumstead Rnnrs 830 166 996 10 328
16 Bromley Vets AC 824 244 1068 10 402
17 Thanet RR 999 152 1151 10 319
18 Invicta EK AC 1805 327 2132 2 287
Pos Club fv35 f f Total
1 Gravesend RR & AC 2 1 3 6
2 Dartford RR 7 9 10 26
3 Medway & Mstn AC 6 5 18 29
4 Canterbury H 8 15 16 39
5 Paddock Wood AC 20 17 23 60
6 Sevenoaks AC 14 21 29 64
7 New Eltham J 11 22 33 66
8 Swanley & Dist AC 19 26 27 72
9 Larkfield AC 13 4 69 86
10 Maidstone H 12 35 73 120
11 Dartford H 25 28 72 125
12 Deal Tri Club 42 47 52 141
13 Thanet RR 40 53 59 152
14 Sittingbourne Str 38 55 67 160
15 Plumstead Rnnrs 49 54 63 166
16 Istead & Ifield H 56 77 80 213
17 Bromley Vets AC 51 93 100 244
18 Invicta EK AC 109 109 109 327
Pos Club mv50 mv40 m m m m m Total
1 Paddock Wood AC 14 3 2 4 16 33 44 116
2 Larkfield AC 68 22 6 10 24 29 62 221
3 Dartford RR 64 5 12 20 39 41 70 251
4 Medway & Mstn AC 82 21 1 23 45 50 58 280
5 Istead & Ifield H 65 27 30 35 36 51 55 299
6 Gravesend RR & AC 28 32 26 52 57 67 74 336
7 New Eltham J 49 38 7 9 60 93 100 356
8 Canterbury H 96 56 11 17 34 97 111 422
9 Sittingbourne Str 71 25 42 47 95 99 101 480
10 Maidstone H 141 46 59 66 72 84 88 556
11 Dartford H 90 13 37 69 76 108 224 617
12 Sevenoaks AC 129 18 15 40 134 151 152 639
13 Deal Tri Club 53 80 31 79 86 145 190 664
14 Bromley Vets AC 73 8 83 113 167 187 193 824
15 Plumstead Rnnrs 98 48 112 133 140 146 153 830
16 Swanley & Dist AC 206 19 87 109 130 139 179 869
17 Thanet RR 155 43 117 157 160 166 201 999
18 Invicta EK AC 194 221 278 278 278 278 278 1805

KFL Race Report - Rob Bright

Our first race of 2012 was held in bright sunshine on a crisp morning at Avery Hill Park in SE10. Despite the Bank Holiday and the post Xmas malaise, well over 400 people made it to the start line and there were significant developments in the overall team competition.

Andy Green was the early pace setter as the field negotiated the winding course around the playing fields of Avery Hill Park and the lead changed hands several times during the 5 mile race. Throughout the race, there were always three Paddock Wood runners in contention – Gareth Robb, Paul Hasler and James Ridger – but Paddock Wood’s new year party celebrations were dampened by the late finishing effort of Clayton Barrett who in taking his 2nd victory of the season announced his arrival at the finish line in his usual loud and spectacular fashion.

Paddock Wood runners Robb, Hasler and Ridger followed him in – Paul Hasler has recently entered the over 40 category and secured crucial points along with over 50 runner Malcolm Martin who achieved an excellent 15th place.

With Nicola Groom a reluctant spectator owing to illness, Gravesend Roadrunners had a clear run in the ladies’ race finishing 1-2-3. Mel Frazier was once again the lead runner, supported by Annabelle Stearns and Claire Gaskill and the trio had finished for over a minute befe the rest of the competitors arrived.

Natasha Dawson’s 4th place was the highlight of an unmemorable race for the Larkfield team who fielded a reduced strength team on the day. By contrast, Medway and Maidstone had a revitalised team out with two of their ladies – Emma Harraden and Jenny Harnett - finishing in 5th and 6th places. Dartford Road Runners also had three of their ladies finishing in the top 10.

So the combined team race saw victory for Paddock Wood AC by a huge margin – over 100 points – even with some of their top ladies absent. Dartford Road Runners finished in second place, and Larkfield AC were left clinging onto third place by a small margin ahead of Medway and Maidstone AC.

This means that Paddock Wood go to the top of the table and Larkfield drop to second place with three races still to go. Please be reminded that we have introduced a new rule this season which allows clubs to delete their lowest scoring race from the final points total, so only the best 6 races will count in the final total.

My thanks to New Eltham Joggers (Joe Cleverly in particular) for putting on an excellent race which was well marshalled throughout. Joe was unhappy that I described this as a “beginner’s course” – it certainly hasn’t got the rollercoaster thrills and spills you get at nearby Oxleas Wood – but it neverthess provided great competition for our 4th race of the season.

 


Camp with our new penant


Tony in the finishing funnel


Simon puts in a strong finish


Lynda feeling the cold


Les being chased all the way to the line


Our three ladies tell Les how they found it


Post mortem? It wasn't that bad surely!

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