Today's Runner XC at Istead Rise - 6/2/00This was the first time the league had visited Istead for three years and Sasha Daniels achieved the best ever result by a Canterbury Harrier by winning the race (which was run over 5.5 miles of footpaths and fields). His outstanding run (which completed a 3-2-1 sequence in his three races) meant that James Batchelder of Paddock Wood was denied a clean sweep of the series. Another consequence was that Medway took the match, and therefore the league, by a single position point over Paddock Wood. Sasha's run was the spearhead to an excellent performance by the Harriers which meant that we came 4th on the day and finished 4th in the combined league. The other male scorers, who all put in great efforts, were Roy Palmer, Jonathan Holmans, Mel Carter, Steve Reynolds, Graham Brown and James Branwood. However, these were backed up by some fine runs by others which all contributed to the team's success. Of particular note were good debut runs for the club by Chris Jones and Jacob Howe and another great effort by the constantly improving Mick Holmans. The women all put in great efforts too with Carol Reid completing a fine debut season in which she completed all seven races. She was well backed up by Emma Hodges and Sue Reilly and the women finished 8th on the day in their league, just narrowly behind the host club. There were 208 finishers in total with 152 competing in the men's league race and 51 in the women's. Sadly Sacha's run was his last for the club before taking up a contract in Dublin. Anyway, we wish him well and hope to see him again soon as he says that he'll be back to visit. 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 31:23 1 1 100 Roy Palmer 33:46 13 13 92.1 Jonathan Holmans 34:08 17 17 89.4 Mel CarterV50 37:50 50 49 68.2 Steve ReynoldsV40 37:53 51 50 67.5 Graham BrownV50 38:24 59 58 62.3 James Branwood 39:15 71 68 55.6 Mick HolmansV40 39:30 74 70 54.3 Dave LightburnV40 40:03 79 74 51.7 Chris JonesV40 40:20 81 76 50.3 Jacob Howe 41:01 90 84 45.0 Roy GoodersonV40 43:25 120 106 30.5 Carol Reid 44:11 129 17 68.0 Steve Craswell 44:34 134 115 24.5 Mick Hunt 45:42 149 125 17.9 Neil McGuinness 46:01 152 126 17.2 Emma Hodges 46:11 156 27 48.0 Sue ReillyV45 52:36 195 44 14.0 Combined League Final Placings 1999/2000 1 Medway AC 101pts 2 Paddock Wood AC 100 3 Istead & Ifield H 91 4 Canterbury Harriers 79 5 Sevenoaks AC 76 6 Thanet RR AC 65 7 Swanley & District AC 54 8 Maidstone H 53 9 New Eltham Joggers 52 10 Invicta EK AC 44 11 Bromley Vets 35 12 Gravesend RR 29 13 Sittingbourne Striders 25 14 Plumstead Runners 20 15 Dartford H 18 Ladies' League Final Placings 1999/2000 1 Paddock Wood AC 104pts 2 Medway AC 80 3 New Eltham Joggers 73 4 Istead & Ifield H 72 5 Sevenoaks AC 71 6 Thanet RR AC 70 7 Canterbury Harriers 63 7 Invicta EK AC 63 9 Swanley & District AC 62 10 Gravesend RR 52 11 Bromley Vets 45 12 Maidstone H 30 12 Plumstead Runners 29 14 Sittingbourne Striders 20 15 Dartford H 8 |