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Oxleas Wood - 3 February 2008

Cross Country - Kent Fitness League

Results

Pos. M/F Name Time
107   Keith Burgess (Guest) 40.53
159 126 Jim Peters 42.47
170 134 Greg Morris 43.32
179 139 Phil Greenfield 44.18
180 140 Peter Ratcliffe 44.18
199 38 Anne Unseld 45.38
207 42 Linda Gray 45.58
208 53 Bridgit Weekes 46.01
214 47 Pam Woodward 46.11
217 49 Chris Young 46.47
232 56 Jan Lenton 49.20
262 179 Tony Unseld 51.39
266 180 Les Humphrey 52.16
Our women once more showed the way with fine performances to finish 11th again and consolidate their position overall. Sadly we were missing our seven fastest men and could turn out only six on the day too. It was good to see Mike Turner and Katrina Patching there after such long-standing injuries, if only to lend their verbal support, but sad that Chris Marshall was forced to stand on the sidelines after illness. Les Humphrey managed to cmplete a full house, having taken part in every one of the seven races this season.
  KENT FITNESS LEAGUE   COMBINED TEAMS              
  Oxleas Wood - 3/2/08                        
    mv50 mv40 m m m m m fv35 f f   TOT.
                           
1 Larkfield AC 56 12 4 16 26 28 37 18 7 16   220
2 Dartford Harriers 115 24 1 7 8 15 21 34 2 5   232
3 Canterbury H 35 5 11 57 44 54 55 10 12 13   296
4 Paddock Wood AC 30 22 13 14 32 78 84 20 28 35   356
5 Dartford RR 83 38 9 42 48 62 67 9 3 11   372
6 Maidstone H 63 18 29 36 40 64 85 6 19 44   404
7 Swanley & Dist AC 79 66 6 25 53 89 133 8 21 36   516
8 New Eltham Jggrs 101 60 2 39 72 76 105 4 24 57   540
9 Sevenoaks AC 86 50 23 34 75 88 121 14 27 60   578
10 Medway & Mstn AC 20 10 31 46 47 68 93 90 90 90   585
11 Istead & Ifield H 91 74 27 49 143 146 178 1 17 22   748
12 Gravesend RR 129 33 52 69 73 97 136 40 75 77   781
13 Sittingbourne Str 170 17 3 65 80 128 150 37 64 87   801
14 Thanet RR AC 114 109 41 144 152 188 189 55 89 90   1171
15 Bromley Vets AC 134 126 139 140 179 180 189 38 42 43   1210
16 Invicta EK AC 19 123 81 189 189 189 189 53 90 90   1212
17 Plumstead R 158 45 113 167 177 184 189 51 90 90   1264
  KENT FITNESS LEAGUE   LADIES TEAMS  
  Oxleas Woods - 3/2/08          
    fv35 f f   TOT.
             
1 Dartford RR 9 3 11   23
2 Canterbury H 10 12 13   35
3 Istead & Ifield H 1 17 22   40
4 Larkfield AC 18 7 16   41
5 Dartford Harriers 34 2 5   41
6 Swanley & Dist AC 8 21 36   65
7 Maidstone H 6 19 44   69
8 Paddock Wood AC 20 28 35   83
9 New Eltham Jggrs 4 24 57   85
10 Sevenoaks AC 14 27 60   101
11 Bromley Vets AC 38 42 43   123
12 Sittingbourne Str 37 64 87   188
13 Gravesend RR 40 75 77   192
14 Plumstead R 51 90 90   231
15 Invicta EK AC 53 90 90   233
16 Thanet RR AC 55 89 90   234
17 Medway & Mstn AC 90 90 90   270

Race report - Rob Bright

The curtain came down on another successful season on the windswept slopes of Shooters Hill on Sunday with nearly 300 runners contesting the tough 9 kilometres of woodland paths with sweeping descents. 

Larkfield AC won their first team race of the season in a Kent Fitness League League match at Eltham, but they were unable to claw back the huge lead which Paddock Wood AC had amassed throughout the season.

Paddock Wood were missing their leading runners James Ridger and Tina Oldershaw and they were pushed down into 4th place on the day, but they hung on to a 4 point lead at the top of the table with Rob Rowland and Mickael Hegesippe leading them home in 16th and 17th places.

Last year’s champion Andy Pickett of Dartford Harriers led the field from start to finish ahead of a couple of guest runners.  Officially second and third were Chris Wyles (New Eltham) and Sam Murphy (Sittingbourne) who have both been consistently good throughout the season.  

Debbie Percival, champion in 2004 of Istead and Ifield Harriers was the leading lady home.  Cara Oliver (now Dartford Harriers) made a rare appearance in the league to finish second with Marnie Ellison (Dartford RR) just getting the advantage over Janet Cobby for third.

So, with neither of them actually contesting the final race, Mike Baron(Swanley AC) and Tina Oldershaw (Paddock Wood) were crowned champions of the 7-race series.  Mike becomes (to the best of my knowledge) the oldest of our champions at the age of 48, having consistently been our leading veteran in recent years.

Thanks to Ray Marshall and all the people of PlumsteadRunners who put on the race and ensured that 290 people finished safely.  Although there were a small number dropping out, I don’t believe there were any casualties on the circuit.  Thank you to all who have supported our races over the winter and let me know if you have any suggestions for rule changes, new venues etc.

 
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