Herne Bay Rowing Club 10K - 9/4/00

This event was organised by Herne Bay Rowing Club, with Canterbury Harriers assisting with the starting and finishing arrangements. However, the event was unfortunate in two respects. Firstly, there was a strong north-easterly wind which meant the outward section of the course was very tough for the runners, even though it did afford some assistance on the way back. Secondly, the event clashed with the Kent Championships which were held at Darrent Valley. However, whilst there were consequently only 131 finishers, elite athletes such as Barry Royden and Janice Moorkite both took part, with Barry winning the event easily in 30:49.

Our three top finishers, Fraser Wildman, Andy Wilson and Joe Hicks (coming into ominous form for the London Marathon) did exceptionally well to secure the team prize. Extraordinarily, given the conditions, there were even PBs by John Collins, Mick Holmans, Marc Heath and Mick Hunt, all reaping the benefits of their marathon training. Matthew Jenkins had a good debut run for the club.

In the junior race that took place after the main event, Andrew Dowell comfortably won on the 1.5K course with Elen Jones and Tony Rowlands being among the other fine performances.

A full listing of results is available.