BROMLEY VETS AC
 

Nurstead Court, Meopham - 16 December 2007

Cross Country - Kent Fitness League

Results

Pos. M/F Name Time
67 61 Chris Marshall 40.56
68 62 Paul Marshall 41.08
139 119 Ray Chapman 44.52
154 130 Phil Greenfeild 45.37
155 131 Adrian Walters 45.38
160 135 Jim Peters 45.51
195 37 Anne Unseld 48.36
207 42 Chris Young 49.39
261 186 Les Humphrey 55.32
283 82 Val Hassett 60.58
A bare minimum in terms of mens and ladies teams this time out. Still some excellent performances with BVAC runners certainly spurring each other on. Chris just pipped son, Paul, while Phil won the tight finish between himself Adrian and Jim. Anne, Chris and Val did a sterling job for the ladies, particularly since Val stopped to help a friend and then accompanied her most of the way home.

Watch the video of the watersplash: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpatH_Lth9E

  KENT FITNESS LEAGUE     COMBINED TEAMS              
  Meopham 16/12/07                        
    mv50 mv40 m m m m m fv35 f f   TOT.
                           
1 Paddock Wood AC 7 36 10 13 27 37 79 2 8 16   235
2 Larkfield AC 84 14 4 15 26 38 42 15 3 22   263
3 Canterbury H 34 43 6 12 55 65 66 6 10 14   311
4 Istead & Ifield H 113 22 19 24 31 41 48 7 18 21   344
5 Swanley & Dist AC 75 2 3 20 45 72 76 11 17 31   352
6 Medway & Mstn AC 21 17 5 29 32 35 40 89 89 89   446
7 Dartford RR 88 28 16 50 64 82 89 35 4 27   483
8 New Eltham Jggrs 59 70 8 80 81 95 98 5 19 41   556
9 Maidstone H 188 18 39 51 67 99 134 12 13 33   654
10 Sittingbourne Str 78 23 30 56 83 97 112 39 64 89   671
11 Gravesend RR 33 25 63 91 93 128 178 1 36 40   688
12 Sevenoaks AC 49 86 1 58 96 105 116 25 89 89   714
13 Dartford Harriers 129 53 9 11 54 171 195 71 9 20   722
14 Bromley Vets AC 61 119 62 130 131 135 186 37 42 82   985
15 Thanet RR AC 92 110 57 120 121 151 161 45 77 80   1014
16 Plumstead R 153 74 109 155 166 174 195 57 89 89   1261
17 Invicta EK AC 157 114 195 195 195 195 195 89 89 89   1513
  KENT FITNESS LEAGUE     LADIES TEAMS  
  Meopham 16/12/07          
    fv35 f f   TOT.
             
1 Paddock Wood AC 2 8 16   26
2 Canterbury H 6 10 14   30
3 Larkfield AC 15 3 22   40
4 Istead & Ifield H 7 18 21   46
5 Maidstone H 12 13 33   58
6 Swanley & Dist AC 11 17 31   59
7 New Eltham Jggrs 5 19 41   65
8 Dartford RR 35 4 27   66
9 Gravesend RR 1 36 40   77
10 Dartford Harriers 71 9 20   100
11 Bromley Vets 37 42 82   161
12 Sittingbourne Str 39 64 89   192
13 Thanet RR AC 45 77 80   202
14 Sevenoaks AC 25 89 89   203
15 Plumstead R 57 89 89   235
16 Medway & Mstn AC 89 89 89   267
17 Invicta EK AC 89 89 89   267

KFL Race Report - Rob Bright

Paddock Wood go marching on !  Another convincing team performance, despite the absence of James Ridger, has put them 5 points clear at the top of the table and it will take a major upset for them now to lose the Championship from the remaining three races.  Only Larkfield AC remain in touch, but with three key runners missing on Sunday, they had to settle for second place on a crisp, sunny morning at Nurstead Court.

Nearly 300 runners set off around the undulating 5.3 mile course.  At the halfway point, six runners were closely grouped together at the front of the field with previous champion Allan Lee and vets champion Mike Baron prominent.   On the second lap, Lee started to show the form which earned him the championship title back in 2001 and eased ahead to cross the line in 33.39, nearly a minute clear of the field.  Regular guest runner Mark Penny hung on in second with veteran Mike Baron crossing the line in third place.

Stuart Nicholson had his best ever run to finish 4th for Swanley while Paddock Woodwere led in by their newly crowned Kent o50 champion Mick Martin who finished 9th.   Larkfield AC had 3 finishers in the top 20 – SteveThrossell was best placed in 5th with Chris Neale and Iain Morris some 10 places further back.  Leading o60 finisher was Bromley’s Chris Marshall in 67th place, also a Kent Champion in that age group.

The ladies’ race was more of a procession than the mens’ race.  Annabelle Stearns has won every race held at her home ground since we brought the league there in 2003.  On this occasion, a close tussle was expected with Tina Oldershaw who had beaten her in the Vets Championship the previous weekend.  However Annabelle ran out the stronger on this occasion and crossed the finish line in 27th place overall, some 50 seconds clear of Tina to maintain her unbeaten record at Nurstead.   Nicola Susans was the third placed finisher on this occasion.  Janet Cobby (5th) and Sue James (8th) were by far the best in their respective age categories of over 45 and over 55.

So thanks once again to all the competitors who turned up on Sunday, also to the marshals and officials supplied by Gravesend Roadrunners who put on an excellent race in superb surroundings.  They were required to break the ice on the watersplash early in the morning to make it navigable, but there were still some icebergs lurking under the surface as the runners passed through !  Senior runners have another opportunity to sample a variation of this course in February when the Kent League has its final fixture there – the men run 10K and the women 5K.
 
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