Another Triumph for the Women’s Team at Oxleas Wood

The second Kent Fitness League fixture at the tough course at Oxleas Wood on 23rd November resulted in another great victory for the club’s women’s team, albeit with a lower margin of victory than at Swanley Park a fortnight previously. The club were led home by Faye Roberts (fourth and V35 scorer), swapping places with Lucie Parker (fifth) compared to the Swanley Park result. There was excellent support also from Emily Seling (9th), Nicky Leatherbarrow (35th; V55 scorer) and Barbara Grogan (37th; V45 scorer). Additionally, Sarah Newman came 19th but did not score due to the age category requirements and there was a fine league debut by Daisy Shaw.

The top ten women’s teams were as follows:

Pos	Club	fv55	fv45	fv35	f	f	Total
1	Canterbury H	35	37	4	5	9	90
2	Sevenoaks AC	28	15	26	10	20	99
3	Paddock Wood AC	21	67	8	12	30	138
4	Petts Wood Runners	27	42	44	6	34	153
5	Dartford H	136	50	17	1	3	207
6	Thanet RR	150	13	31	11	23	228
7	Medway & Mstn AC	131	18	60	2	24	235
8	NEJ Running Club	93	45	64	29	36	267
9	Deal Tri Club	25	48	58	77	99	307
10	Sittingbourne Str	137	16	22	51	87	313

The top ten in the women’s team standings after two races are:

Rank	Club	Match		Total	TB	Places
		1	2
1	Canterbury H	18	18	36	—	162
2	Sevenoaks AC	16	17	33	—	235
3	Petts Wood Runners	17	15	32	—	279
4	Paddock Wood AC	15	16	31	—	278
5	Dartford H	13	14	27	—	436
6	NEJ Running Club	14	11	25	3	495
7	Thanet RR	12	13	25	3	500
8	Medway & Mstn AC	11	12	23	—	575
9	Sittingbourne Str	9	9	18	3	691
10	Maidstone H	10	8	18	3	696

The men’s team again had Kelvin Thursby (10th; V40 scorer) as their lead scorer with great support from Michael Farbrace (19th), Richard Magro (27th on his league debut), Ben Parmar (45th), Roddy McLachlan (49th; second V40 scorer), Fiouse Corbeil (178th; first V50 scorer), Phil Deery (184th; second V50 scorer) and Colin Kent (191st; V60). Alex Horsley, Matt Newman and Aron Hancock all finished ahead of the team’s last scorer but did not score themselves due to the age category requirements.

That led to the men’s team coming eighth in their team race with the top ten being:

Pos	Club	mv60	mv50:1	mv50:2	mv40:1	mv40:2	m	m	m	Total
1	Petts Wood Runners	147	16	20	3	9	4	15	21	235
2	Medway & Mstn AC	135	13	14	30	46	8	41	55	342
3	Thanet RR	104	64	85	17	24	5	25	51	375
4	Paddock Wood AC	125	58	98	39	42	2	32	54	450
5	Sevenoaks AC	47	90	116	12	43	67	84	94	553
6	NEJ Running Club	199	63	112	69	82	11	29	50	615
7	Maidstone H	111	87	151	52	76	26	37	93	633
8	Canterbury H	191	178	184	10	49	19	27	45	703
9	Dartford H	297	61	77	6	115	1	31	141	729
10	Dartford RR	86	40	105	81	117	75	89	142	735

The club are now ninth in the men’s team standings with the top eleven being:

Rank	Club	Match		Total	TB	Places
		1	2
1	Petts Wood Runners	18	18	36	—	463
2	Thanet RR	17	16	33	—	736
3	Medway & Mstn AC	14	17	31	—	814
4	Sevenoaks AC	16	14	30	—	936
5	Paddock Wood AC	13	15	28	—	965
6	Dartford H	15	10	25	—	1119
7	NEJ Running Club	10	13	23	4	1308
8	Maidstone H	11	12	23	4	1316
9	Canterbury H	12	11	23	4	1319
10	Bromley Vets AC	9	8	17	3	1724
11	Dartford RR	8	9	17	3	1830

in the combined team event the club came sixth with the top ten being:

Pos	Club	M	F	Total	Scrs	Last
1	Petts Wood Runners	235	153	388	13	272
2	Medway & Mstn AC	342	235	577	13	472
3	Paddock Wood AC	450	138	588	13	334
4	Thanet RR	375	228	603	13	508
5	Sevenoaks AC	553	99	652	13	187
6	Canterbury H	703	90	793	13	229
7	NEJ Running Club	615	267	882	13	385
8	Dartford H	729	207	936	13	483
9	Maidstone H	633	347	980	13	403
10	Dartford RR	735	379	1114	12	542

In the combined team standings the club are seventh with the top ten being:

Rank	Club	Match		Total	TB	Places
		1	2
1	Petts Wood Runners	18	18	36	—	742
2	Sevenoaks AC	17	14	31	—	1171
3	Thanet RR	15	15	30	3	1236
4	Paddock Wood AC	14	16	30	3	1243
5	Medway & Mstn AC	12	17	29	—	1389
6	Dartford H	16	11	27	—	1555
7	Canterbury H	13	13	26	—	1481
8	NEJ Running Club	11	12	23	—	1803
9	Maidstone H	10	10	20	—	2012
10	Bromley Vets AC	9	8	17	—	2856

Below is a video of the start taken by Leslie Howson and there are pictures from the race in the Gallery.

43 Canterbury Harriers finished

Ov Pos	Lg Pos	Runner	Age	Time	Score	Rtg	#
10	10	Kelvin Thursby	40	31:50	V40:1	97.63	2
19	19	Michael Farbrace	27	32:42	M1	95.25	6
28	27	Richard Magro	33	33:12	M2	93.14	Debut
47	45	Ben Parmar	30	34:29	M3	88.39	20
51	49	Roddy McLachlan	47	34:43	V40:2	87.34	25
60	57	Alex Horsley	48	35:12	NSBLS	85.22	20
65	4	Faye Roberts	43	35:27	V35	98.32	22
66	5	Lucie Parker	39	35:34	F1	97.77	8
79	9	Emily Seling	31	36:15	F2	95.53	24
122	106	Matt Newman	39	37:56	NSBLS	72.30	17
132	19	Sarah Newman	42	38:18	NSBLS	89.94	9
143	123	Aron Hancock	46	38:46	NSBLS	67.81	14
208	35	Nicky Leatherbarrow	58	41:22	V55	81.01	19
214	178	Fiouse Corbeil	53	41:37	V50:1	53.30	33
220	184	Phil Deery	56	41:47	V50:2	51.72	2
224	37	Barbara Grogan	53	41:56	V45	79.89	15
229	191	Colin Kent	60	42:02	V60	49.87	82
246	207	Paul Pollard	49	43:12	NS	45.65	13
257	41	Claire Pluckrose	56	43:34	NS	77.65	34
285	237	Steve Couzens	42	44:39	NS	37.73	2
299	55	Kimberley Ash	43	45:20	NS	69.83	5
304	248	Paul O'Keefe	55	45:24	NS	34.83	6
305	249	Steve Clark	72	45:26	NS	34.56	147
324	63	Sara Sinnerton	32	46:10	NS	65.36	9
332	267	Gary Robertson	63	46:32	NS	29.82	21
337	69	Daisy Shaw	25	46:43	NS	62.01	Debut
358	79	Jen Harding	38	48:02	NS	56.42	2
377	290	John Cooper	66	48:29	NS	23.75	47
397	298	Mick Ellsmore	73	49:20	NS	21.64	6
402	301	Joe Hicks	72	49:30	NS	20.84	85
422	309	Phil Wyard	63	50:56	NS	18.73	41
441	319	Jon Vann	69	51:53	NS	16.09	48
442	320	Marco Keir	64	51:56	NS	15.83	78
443	321	Ben Lowe	47	52:03	NS	15.57	5
451	325	Peter Yarlett	73	52:35	NS	14.51	69
463	334	Steve Reynolds	66	53:15	NS	12.14	115
468	338	Tony Savage	71	53:31	NS	11.08	62
469	339	Mike Jefferies-Pottle	57	53:37	NS	10.82	14
480	346	Bob Davison	71	54:22	NS	8.97	87
503	148	Shirley Pullen	61	56:12	NS	17.88	51
522	366	Andy Phillips	62	59:46	NS	3.69	44
533	370	Geoff Burston	76	1:01:04	NS	2.64	33
542	372	Roy Gooderson	68	1:03:42	NS	2.11	93

Full results are on the KFL site.

The next league race is in a week’s time on Sunday 30th November at Knole Park, Sevenoaks with an earlier start of 9am.