2005

Kent Road Races for 2005

Last amended at 24-01-06

For any further details you may require contact Rob Bright on 01622 744187

News from the North... 24-01-06
Latest News as at 21 December 23-12-05
Kent 10 Mile Championship 29 January 2006 29-11-05
Kent 10k Championship 12 June 2005 21-06-05
Kent 10 Mile Championship 17 January 2005 20-01-05
Provisional Dates for the 2005 Grand Prix and Championship races 8-12-04

Neil Renault, a Kent athlete from Deal, now based in Nottingham, ran the Folksworth 15 mile race near Peterborugh on 22/01/06. He won the race in 1hour 19mins and 57sec and also set a new course record. More details...
http://www.yaxleyrunners.org.uk/folks%2015/results/resultsfhome.htm

The 2006 Grand Prix Series is just being compiled, but the first race will be the Canterbury 10 mile race on Sunday 29^th January 2006 – this is also the Kent 10 miles Championship. For entry details, go to www.invictaeastkentac.org.uk

The 2005 Kent Grand Prix was completed with the running of the Thanet 10 mile race on 4^th December. The series consists of 10 races held in Kent over all distances from 5 miles to full marathon. Individual results are based on the best 6 performances during the year. A summary of the results is given below.

David Law relied on some good performances early in the year to regain his Individual Mens title ahead of Clayton Barrett.

Pos	ALL MEN			Points total
1	David	LAW	Maidstone Harriers	577
2	Clayton	BARRETT	Medway & Maidstone AC	570
3	Tatsuo	YOSHIWARA	Invicta East Kent	565
4	Bob	FURSEY	Medway & Maidstone AC	530
5	Frank	FLINT	Thanet Road Runners	509
6	Stephen	LELLIOTT	Istead and Ifield Harriers	499

Roy Palmer came from behind to take the M40 title on countback after tying on points with Bob Fursey.

Pos	VET 40 MEN			Points total
1	Roy	PALMER	Canterbury Harriers	100
2	Bob	FURSEY	Medway and Maidstone	100
3	Andrew	FLETCHER	Paddock Wood AC	86
4	Stephen	LELLIOTT	Istead & Ifield Harriers	85
5	Peter	BOWELL	Invicta East Kent AC	57
6	Ian	COX	Ashford & District RR	57

Frank Flint was a comfortable winner in the mens over 50 category.

Pos	VET 50 MEN			Points total
1	Frank	FLINT	Thanet Road Runners	58
2	Thomas	O'CONNELL	Thanet Road Runners	49
3	Patrick	BUTLER	Ashford & District AC	34
4	David	THORNBY	Maidstone Harriers	33
5	John	WILKINS	Invicta East Kent	32
6	Ron	CARR	Maidstone Harriers	24

Mike Conway held a clean sheet throughout the year as an over 60 and fully deserved his Grand Prix award.

Pos	VET 60 MEN			Points Total
1	Michael	CONWAY	Invicta East Kent	60
2	John	JOHNSON	Tunbridge Wells Harriers	43
3	Peter	BURTON	Istead & Ifield H	35
4	Tony	Jones	Deal Tri Club	22
5	David	Northcroft	Maidstone Harriers	22
6	Robert	CARTER	Istead and Ifield Harriers	19

And congratulations to Paddy Heffernan who was the inaugural winner of the mens o70 category.

Pos	VET 70 MEN			Points total
1	Patrick	HEFFERNAN	Paddock Wood AC	20
2	Dennis	GARNETT	New Eltham Joggers	10
3	Donald	THOMPSON	Folkestone RC	10
4	Joe	Cleverly	New Eltham Joggers	5
5	Ronald	GADD	Bromley Vets	4
6	Ian	BARTLETT	New Eltham Joggers	4

Sharon Hawkins was successful in both the overall ladies’ and the veteran ladies’ categories.

Pos	ALL WOMEN			Points total
1	Sharon	HAWKINS	Invicta East Kent AC	295
2	Jenni	VAN DEELEN	Canterbury Harriers	276
3	Kaeti	MACKENZIE	Bexley AC	236
4	Janice	MOOREKITE	Invicta East Kent AC	234
5	Sarah	SHEWELL	Sevenoaks AC	227
6	Nicola	SUSANS	Larkfield AC	225

Pos	VET 35 LADIES			Points total
1	Sharon	HAWKINS	Invicta East Kent	60
2	Jenni	VAN DEELEN	Canterbury Harriers	51
3	Heather	FITZMAURICE	Sevenoaks AC	40
4	Fiona	BUCKINGHAM	Paddock Wood AC	28
5	Paula	STOCKTON	Maidstone Harriers	24
6	Carol	REID	Canterbury Harriers	22

Janice Moorekite took the F45 title following a late surge of form near the end of the year.

Pos	VET 45 LADIES			Points total
1	Janice	MOOREKITE	Invicta East Kent AC	50
2	Sarah	SHEWELL	Sevenoaks AC	46
3	Marian	POVEY	Dartford Road Runners	41
4	Susan	MARTIN CLARKE	Dartford Road Runners	38
5	Jane	BRIGHT	Medway & Maidstone AC	32
6	Neasa	MCERLEAN	Canterbury Harriers	28

Penny Roberts was a worthy winner of the Over 55 ladies’ category

Pos	VET 55 LADIES			Points total
1	Penny	ROBERTS	Paddock Wood AC	22
2	Audrey	DYETT	Dartford Roadrunners	19
3	June	JOHNSON	Sevenoaks AC	12
4	Ros	TABOR	Dulwich Runners	10
5	Julie	WING	Maidstone Harriers	9
6	Maureen	FARMER	Dartford Harriers	8

In an amazingly close finish to the series, Thanet Roadrunners men snatched the men’s team title away from Maidstone Harriers in the final race. The women of Canterbury Harriers held on to their lead over Dartford Roadrunners at the final event.

KENT GRAND PRIX 2005 – FINAL RESULT			KENT GRAND PRIX 2005 – FINAL RESULT
	MALE TEAMS	POINTS TOTAL		FEMALE TEAMS	POINTS TOTAL
1	Thanet Road Runners	3581	1	Canterbury H	1099
2	Maidstone H	3565	2	Dartford RR	1069
3	Medway & Maidstone AC	3420	3	Maidstone H	910
4	Invicta East Kent AC	3328	4	Sevenoaks AC	903
5	Paddock Wood AC	2857	5	Paddock Wood AC	797
6	Canterbury H	2595	6	Invicta East Kent AC	796
7	Istead & Ifield H	2275	7	Larkfield AC	587
8	Deal Tri Club	2044	8	Tunbridge Wells H	391
9	Dartford RR	1999	9	Folkestone RC	382
10	Larkfield AC	1998	10	Bexley AC	356

The full set of Grand Prix tables are available by contacting Rob Bright – email robbright@lineone.net

The 10K Championships were held in conjunction with the Les Golding 10K, promoted by Invicta East Kent AC on 12^th June along the seafront at Herne Bay. A stiff sea breeze kept the heat off the runners, but many were caught out by a steep climb back up the cliff in the final kilometre.

Aboura Mahieddine took his first County road championship ahead of fellow countryman Zakaria Boukelia. Andrea Green made up for missing out on the 10 mile championships in January, by taking the gold ahead of Clare Colmer.

10k		12^th June 2005	Herne Bay
SENIOR MEN
1	Aboura Mahieddine	Thanet Roadrunners	33.31
2	Zakaria Boukelia	Thanet Roadrunners	33.51
3	Jonathan Homans	Canterbury Harriers	33.58
MEN o40
1	Roy Palmer	Canterbury Harriers	35.10
2	Jim Duffill	Sevenoaks AC	35.15
3	Steve Adams	Dartford Roadrunners	36.18
MEN o50
1	Mick Ellesmore	Cambridge Harriers	35.22
2	Frank Flint	Thanet Roadrunners	37.38
3	Trevor Edgley	Invicta East Kent AC	37.56
MEN o60
1	Mike Conway	Invicta East Kent AC	40.29
2	Peter Burton	Istead & Ifield Harriers	42.43
3	Alf Pollard	Deal Tri Club	45.29
SENIOR WOMEN
1	Andrea Green	Unattached	37.07
2	Clare Colmer	Bexley AC	38.38
3	Sharon Hawkins	Invicta East Kent AC	39.31
WOMEN o35
1	Andrea Green	Unattached	37.07
2	Sharon Hawkins	Invicta East Kent AC	39.31
3	Heather Fitzmaurice	Sevenoaks	41.54
WOMEN o45
1	Janice Moorekite	Invicta East Kent aC	40.37
2	Sarah Shewell	Sevenoaks AC	45.24
3	Neasa MacEarlean	Canterbury Harriers	45.54
WOMEN o55
1	Jane Bright	Medway & Maidstone AC	51.11
2	Ruth Kay	Invicta East Kent AC	51.16
3	Penny Roberts	Paddock Wood AC	53.29
MEN'S TEAMS
1	Thanet Roadrunners	Mahieddine, Boukelia, Tomlinson		19 pts
2	Invicta East Kent AC	Yoshiwara, Wilkins, Dobin		35 pts
3	Paddock Wood AC	Hasler, Robb, Buckingham		54 pts
WOMEN'S TEAMS
1	Invicta East Kent AC	Hawkins, Moorekite, Tuck		21 pts
2	Canterbury Harriers	Van Deelan, Reid, MacEarlean		33 pts
3	Maidstone Harriers	Stockton, Downey, Stoppani		47 pts

This completed the fourth race of the Kent Grand Prix Series. Maidstone Harriers currently hold a clear lead in the men's team competition, although Invicta made up some ground at Herne Bay. The strong showing of the Canterbury Harriers ladies in the last two races has put them on top of the table, displacing Dartford Road Runners.

The next race in the Grand Prix series is the Dartford Half Marathon on 17^th July - also the Kent Half Marathon Championships.

Rob Bright

Kent 10 mile Road Championships - Results

The Kent 10 mile Road Championships took place on Sunday 17th January at Dartford on a crisp sunny morning with good running conditions. The race saw Paul Hasler of Paddock Wood AC take his first Kent title in the men's race, while Kerrie Clarke beat off a challenge from Andrea Green to take the ladies' title.

10 Miles		17^th Jan. 2005	Dartford
SENIOR MEN
1	Paul Hasler	Paddock Wood AC	54.51
2	Anthony Forsyth	Maidstone Harriers	57.36
3	Gareth Robb	Paddock Wood AC	58.13
MEN o40
1	Steve Smythe	Dulwich Runners	59.10
2	Daryl Palfrey	Tunbridge Wells H	61.44
3	Steve Lelliott	Istead & Ifield H	62.07
MEN o50
1	Frank Flint	Thanet Roadrunners	61.16
2	John Wilkins	Invicta East Kent AC	62.11
3	Trevor Edgley	Invicta East Kent AC	62.33
MEN o60
1	Mike Conway	Invicta East Kent AC	68.12
2	Patrick Heffernan	Paddock Wood AC	75.21
3	John Johnson	Tunbridge Wells H	78.49
SENIOR WOMEN
1	Kerrie Clarke	Medway & Maidstone AC	59.12
2	Andrea Green	Shaftsbury Barnet H	60.20
3	Jenny Harnett	Medway & Maidstone AC	62.12
WOMEN o35
1	Andrea Green	Shaftsbury Barnet H	60.20
2	Michelle Singleton	Sevenoaks AC	65.35
3	Sharon Hawkins	Maidstone Harriers	66.47
WOMEN o45
1	Sue Martin-Clarke	Dartford Roadrunners	71.27
2	Karen Hancock	Serpentine RC	73.20
3	Marian Povey	Dartford Roadrunners	73.30
WOMEN o55
1	June Johnson	Sevenoaks AC	79.10
2	Maureen Farmer	Dartford Harriers	80.16
3	Val Lindsey	Paddock Wood AC	87.33
MEN'S TEAMS
1	Paddock Wood AC	P Hasler, G Robb, A Fletcher		21
2	Invicta East Kent AC	M Wilkins, J Wilkins, T Edgley		37
3	Maidstone Harriers	A Forsyth, D Thornby, W Murphy		48
WOMEN'S TEAMS
1	Dartford Roadrunners	M Flaxton, C Oliver, L Anderson		26
2	Medway & Maidstone AC	K Clarke, J Harnett, J Bright		29
3	Sevenoaks AC	M Singleton, C Lutsh, H Fitzmaurice-Cotton		38

The Provisional Dates for the 2005 Grand Prix and Championship races are given below ....

GRAND PRIX 2005 (Provisional dates indicates *)

16^th January Dartford 10 miles KENT CHAMPS

6^th March Thanet 20 mls KENT CHAMPS

4^th April Paddock Wood Half Mthn

12^th Jun Les Golding 10 Km KENT CHAMPS

*17^th July Dartford Half Mthn KENT CHAMPS

14^th August Red Lion 10 Km

4^th September Thanet Marathon KENT CHAMPS

*2^nd October Sittingbourne 10 miles

6^th November Deal 5 miles