Harrier Women Narrowly Beaten at Knole Park

Despite an earlier than usual start of 9am on a chilly but sunny day, there were 35 Harriers who finished the third KFL race at Knole Park on 30th November. Unfortunately for the club’s women’s team, Sevenoaks AC made home advantage count to take a narrow victory by seven points over the Harriers, with Petts Wood Runners being a further eight points behind in third. So the winning streak of six races (four from last season, two from this) came to an end. Lucie Parker was lead runner for the club, coming fifth and being the club’s V35 scorer, with Faye Roberts three places further back. The other scorers were Sarah Newman (14th), Nicky Leatherbarrow (27th and V55 scorer) and Barbara Grogan (32nd and V45 scorer).

The top ten female teams at Knole Park were:

Pos	Club	fv55	fv45	fv35	f	f	Total
1	Sevenoaks AC	30	10	13	6	20	79
2	Canterbury H	27	32	5	8	14	86
3	Petts Wood Runners	24	15	26	4	25	94
4	Thanet RR	59	7	28	11	16	121
5	NEJ Running Club	44	35	47	19	31	176
6	Dartford H	118	45	17	1	2	183
7	Paddock Wood AC	21	64	69	12	22	188
8	Medway & Mstn AC	140	18	48	3	85	294
9	Maidstone H	101	90	23	46	104	364
10	Sittingbourne Str	121	9	57	87	115	389

The Harrier women lead the female league standings after three races with the top ten being:

Rank	Club	Match			Best 2	Total	TB	Places
		1	2	3
1	Canterbury H	18	18	17	36	53	—	248
2	Sevenoaks AC	16	17	18	35	51	—	314
3	Petts Wood Runners	17	15	16	33	48	—	373
4	Paddock Wood AC	15	16	12	31	43	—	466
5	Thanet RR	12	13	15	28	40	4	621
6	NEJ Running Club	14	11	14	28	39	—	671
7	Dartford H	13	14	13	27	40	5	619
8	Medway & Mstn AC	11	12	11	23	34	—	869
9	Maidstone H	10	8	10	20	28	—	1060
10	Sittingbourne Str	9	9	9	18	27	—	1080

The men were led home for the third time this season by Kelvin Thursby (V40) in 11th, closely followed by Michael Farbrace just two seconds behind. Those two were supported by Richard Magro (20th), Ben Parmar (33rd), Roddy McLachlan (42nd; 2nd V40 scorer), Fiouse Corbeil (166th; 1st V50 scorer), Phil Deery (169th; 2nd V50 scorer) and Colin Kent (202nd; V60). Additionally, Peter Whall, Steve Couzens and Paul Pollard finished ahead of the club’s last scorer but did not score due to the age category requirements. That led to the men’s team finishing ninth, just four points behind Dartford Harriers and nine points behind Bromley Vets AC, with the top ten teams being:

Pos	Club	mv60	mv50:1	mv50:2	mv40:1	mv40:2	m	m	m	Total
1	Petts Wood Runners	106	15	21	14	29	5	6	24	220
2	Sevenoaks AC	46	52	77	9	27	4	32	65	312
3	Thanet RR	85	43	56	13	26	36	45	49	353
4	Paddock Wood AC	114	39	75	10	31	2	35	47	353
5	Medway & Mstn AC	128	17	50	61	67	16	22	62	423
6	NEJ Running Club	190	55	96	60	73	8	19	44	545
7	Bromley Vets AC	30	23	119	25	41	80	163	165	646
8	Dartford H	191	58	281	7	92	1	3	18	651
9	Canterbury H	202	166	169	11	42	12	20	33	655
10	Maidstone H	124	94	131	54	71	28	84	87	673

The club are currently eighth in the men’s team standings with the top ten being:

Rank	Club	Match			Best 2	Total	TB	Places
		1	2	3
1	Petts Wood Runners	18	18	18	36	54	—	683
2	Thanet RR	17	16	16	33	49	—	1089
3	Sevenoaks AC	16	14	17	33	47	—	1247
4	Medway & Mstn AC	14	17	14	31	45	—	1238
5	Paddock Wood AC	13	15	15	30	43	—	1318
6	NEJ Running Club	10	13	13	26	36	5	1853
7	Dartford H	15	10	11	26	36	4	1770
8	Canterbury H	12	11	10	23	33	—	1974
9	Maidstone H	11	12	9	23	32	—	1989
10	Bromley Vets AC	9	8	12	21	29	—	2370

In the combined team competition the club came seventh at Knole Park with the top ten being:

Pos	Club	M	F	Total	Scrs	Last
1	Petts Wood Runners	220	94	314	13	186
2	Sevenoaks AC	312	79	391	13	197
3	Thanet RR	353	121	474	13	285
4	Paddock Wood AC	353	188	541	13	313
5	Medway & Mstn AC	423	294	717	13	476
6	NEJ Running Club	545	176	721	13	257
7	Canterbury H	655	86	741	13	247
8	Dartford H	651	183	834	13	434
9	Maidstone H	673	364	1037	13	398
10	Bromley Vets AC	646	418	1064	13	402

That also leaves Canterbury Harriers seventh in the combined team standings with the top ten being:

Rank	Club	Match			Best 2	Total	TB	Places
		1	2	3
1	Petts Wood Runners	18	18	18	36	54	—	1056
2	Sevenoaks AC	17	14	17	34	48	—	1561
3	Thanet RR	15	15	16	31	46	—	1710
4	Paddock Wood AC	14	16	15	31	45	—	1784
5	Medway & Mstn AC	12	17	14	31	43	—	2107
6	Dartford H	16	11	11	27	38	4	2389
7	Canterbury H	13	13	12	26	38	5	2222
8	NEJ Running Club	11	12	13	25	36	—	2524
9	Maidstone H	10	10	10	20	30	—	3049
10	Bromley Vets AC	9	8	9	18	26	—	3920

There are pictures from the race in the Gallery.

35 Canterbury Harriers finished

Ov Pos	Lg Pos	Runner	Age	Time	Score	Rtg	#
11	11	Kelvin Thursby	40	29:57	V40:1	97.25	3
12	12	Michael Farbrace	27	29:59	M1	96.98	7
20	20	Richard Magro	33	30:58	M2	94.78	2
34	33	Ben Parmar	30	31:40	M3	91.21	21
44	42	Roddy McLachlan	47	32:34	V40:2	88.74	26
73	5	Lucie Parker	39	33:53	V35	97.94	9
89	8	Faye Roberts	43	34:45	F1	96.39	23
104	91	Peter Whall	33	35:23	NSBLS	75.27	11
114	14	Sarah Newman	42	36:13	F2	93.30	10
188	27	Nicky Leatherbarrow	58	38:32	V55	86.60	20
194	166	Fiouse Corbeil	53	38:49	V50:1	54.67	34
199	169	Phil Deery	56	38:55	V50:2	53.85	3
202	32	Barbara Grogan	53	38:59	V45	84.02	16
220	185	Steve Couzens	42	39:51	NSBLS	49.45	3
240	198	Paul Pollard	49	40:27	NSBLS	45.88	14
247	202	Colin Kent	60	40:49	V60	44.78	83
255	209	Paul O'Keefe	55	41:06	NS	42.86	7
273	52	Kimberley Ash	43	41:41	NS	73.71	6
307	242	Gary Robertson	63	43:04	NS	33.79	22
308	66	Daisy Shaw	25	43:12	NS	66.49	2
309	67	Sara Sinnerton	32	43:14	NS	65.98	10
328	75	Deb Parris	57	44:07	NS	61.86	39
330	77	Jen Harding	38	44:08	NS	60.82	3
338	80	Emily Parris	33	44:20	NS	59.28	9
358	270	Rob Waite	53	44:57	NS	26.10	6
363	273	Joe Hicks	72	45:11	NS	25.27	86
379	283	Jon Vann	69	45:53	NS	22.53	49
400	106	Jean Roffe	58	46:40	NS	45.88	26
405	296	Ben Lowe	47	46:53	NS	18.96	6
418	303	Phil Wyard	63	47:47	NS	17.03	42
432	315	Mike Jefferies-Pottle	57	48:22	NS	13.74	15
433	316	Tony Savage	71	48:23	NS	13.46	63
466	137	Shirley Pullen	61	50:21	NS	29.90	52
467	330	Peter Yarlett	73	50:25	NS	9.62	70
556	362	Andy Farrant	69	1:13:13	NS	0.82	87

Full results are on the KFL site.

There is now a five week break until the next league race on 4th January 2026 at Minnis Bay.