Today's Runner XC at Knowle Park, Sevenoaks - 23/1/00This was a new venue for the league and provided a very scenic two-lap course of about 5.25 miles in the deer park. Two hard hills were contained in each circuit. Sasha Daniels, improved on his third place at Minnis Bay in coming second only to league leader James Batchelder, the winning time being 30:45. Jonathan Holmans made an excellent effort in coming 7th, with Simon Kendall 10th and Fraser Wildman 23rd boosting our team effort. However, despite these and many other fine performances, we came 5th in the combined event on the day with Paddock Wood, Medway, Istead & Ifield and host club Sevenoaks all putting out large, strong squads. The women put in a solid team performance, headed by Carol Reid with Sue Reilly putting in a superb effort, leaving our chairman trailing! On the day we came 10th in the women's event which was again won by Tina Oldershaw in a time of 33:42. There were 246 finishers in total with 173 competing in the men's league race and 69 in the women's. In the figures below, after the time the next column shows the overall position, the following one the position in that individual's league race (i.e. ignoring guests and runners of the opposite sex) and the final column shows the performance rating i.e. the percentage of runners beaten in that league race. Senior Race Sasha Daniels 30:45 2 2 99.4 Jonathan Holmans 31:57 7 7 96.5 Simon Kendall 32:15 10 10 94.8 Fraser Wildman 33:14 23 23 87.2 Mel CarterV50 36:56 60 56 68.0 Gerry ReillyV50 37:42 69 63 64.0 Dave LightburnV40 38:18 82 75 57.0 Mick HolmansV40 40:03 114 103 40.7 Roy GoodersonV40 41:26 129 114 34.3 Alastair Telford 42:24 139 119 31.4 Carol Reid 43:25 155 22 69.1 Fayne StoneV40 45:30 180 36 48.5 Sue ReillyV45 48:32 201 41 41.2 John HartleyV50 48:58 205 158 8.7 Combined League Placings After 6 Events 1 Medway AC 86pts 1 Paddock Wood AC 86 3 Istead & Ifield H 78 4 Canterbury Harriers 67 5 Sevenoaks AC 66 6 Thanet RR AC 58 7 Maidstone H 45 8 Swanley & District AC 43 8 New Eltham Joggers 43 10 Invicta EK AC 39 11 Bromley Vets 29 12 Gravesend RR 24 13 Sittingbourne Striders 23 14 Dartford H 17 15 Plumstead Runners 16 Ladies' League 1 Paddock Wood AC 89pts 2 Medway AC 67 3 Istead & Ifield H 63 4 Thanet RR AC 62 5 Invicta EK AC 60 6 Sevenoaks AC 59 6 New Eltham Joggers 59 8 Canterbury Harriers 55 9 Swanley & District AC 52 10 Gravesend RR 41 11 Bromley Vets 38 12 Maidstone H 26 12 Plumstead Runners 24 14 Sittingbourne Striders 19 15 Dartford H 6 |