The weather for the second race of the league season was much, much gentler than for the Blean Woods race, although there was quite a gusty wind that did not help the runners on a testing course of just over five miles. The most outstanding performance was once again from Sarah May who actually won the race. Sarah's result, together with a good team performance from the other Harrier women meant that we were the 2nd female team on the day, just behind Paddock Wood. The Harriers' men were spearheaded by Roy Palmer, Simon Kendall and Fraser Wildman, with Simon achieving his best league result to date in finishing just behind Roy. There was a fine debut effort from Steve Fitzgerald, who apparently had never run a cross country race before. This all meant that we again finished in 5th spot in the combined event. There were 210 finishers, 149 in the men's league race and 56 in the women's.
Roy Palmer 31:17 8 8 95.3 Simon Kendall 31:26 9 9 94.6 Fraser Wildman 32:21 18 18 88.5 Sarah May 34:59 47 1 100 Steve Fitzgerald 36:07 64 61 59.5 Gerry ReillyV50 36:41 71 67 55.4 Mel CarterV50 36:54 78 73 51.4 Doug Hinsley 38:19 99 91 39.2 Tom Smith 39:59 123 110 26.4 Carol Reid 40:29 131 16 72.7 Mick HolmansV40 41:50 138 119 20.3 Fayne StoneV40 42:44 148 21 63.6 Dianne AugustV45 43:44 159 25 56.4 John HartleyV50 45:31 175 137 8.1 Sue ReillyV45 50:15 191 43 23.6 Combined League Placings After 2 Events 1 Medway AC 30pts 2 Paddock Wood AC 28 3 Istead & Ifield H 26 4 Sevenoaks AC 24 5 Canterbury Harriers 22 6 Invicta EK AC 20 7 Thanet RR AC 17 7 Maidstone H 17 9 New Eltham Joggers 11 10 Gravesend RR 10 10 Bromley Vets 10 12 Swanley & District AC 9 13 Sittingbourne Striders 8 14 Plumstead Runners 5 15 Dartford H 3 Ladies' League 1 Paddock Wood AC 30pts 2 Medway AC 23 3 Canterbury Harriers 20 3 Swanley & District AC 20 3 Thanet RR AC 20 3 Istead & Ifield H 20 7 Sevenoaks AC 18 8 Invicta EK AC 17 8 New Eltham Joggers 17 10 Gravesend RR 16 11 Bromley Vets 12 12 Maidstone H 11 13 Plumstead Runners 7 13 Sittingbourne Striders 7 15 Dartford H 2