2007

Kent Road Running for 2007

Last amended at 7-02-09

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

Provisional Dates for the 2007 Grand Prix and Championship races 7-02-07

Kent Individual Grand Prix 2007

As usual, we had a challenging and varied programme of 10 road races selected for our Grand Prix Championship. The leading contenders in each category are given below. The full lists are available by email by contacting me – details below.

Trophies and awards will be presented to the winners in each category at the first Grand Prix race of 2008 – the Canterbury 10 miles on 27^th January.

Men’s teams

Paddock Wood were the dominant force in the men’s team event this year. Their points total was the highest recorded since 2003.

	MALE TEAMS	Dartford 10	Sidup 10	Thanet 20	Padd Wodd HM	Seven oaks 7	Canter bury HM	Becken ham 10K	Thanet Mthn	Sitting boune 10m	Wilmington 10K	TOTAL
1	Paddock Wood AC	366	364	380	511	508	436	434	86	552	442	4079
2	Dulwich Runners	506	443	277	409	515	223	516	0	128	246	3263
3	Larkfield AC	276	275	278	312	308	420	428	84	406	393	3180
4	Medway & Maidstone AC	383	547	243	234	247	393	100	257	153	220	2777
5	Thanet Road Runners	101	160	403	215	112	444	318	411	385	161	2710
6	Dartford RR	0	431	348	312	390	85	167	0	359	497	2589
7	Maidstone H	369	3	301	146	131	255	365	396	354	238	2558
8	Tunbridge Wells H	235	121	314	222	354	195	268	331	308	102	2450
9	Sevenoaks AC	167	178	95	222	446	121	145	164	198	305	2041
10	Blackheath & Bromley H	48	0	313	398	360	68	473	216	0	59	1935

Ladies’ teams

Dulwich Runners took the ladies’ team title which they last won in 2004

	FEMALE TEAMS	Dartford 10	Sidup 10	Thanet 20	Padd Wodd HM	Seven oaks 7	Canter bury HM	Becken ham 10K	Thanet Mthn	Sitting boune 10m	Wilmington 10K	TOTAL
1	Dulwich Runners	171	133	161	130	170	92	172	0	159	159	1347
2	Paddock Wood AC	92	131	155	148	139	99	107	0	159	137	1167
3	Tunbridge Wells H	141	98	100	52	112	104	54	85	101	84	931
4	Larkfield AC	145	56	98	52	84	91	64	92	128	58	868
5	Dartford RR	0	175	72	93	112	137	91	0	71	95	846
6	Invicta East Kent AC	93	50	97	136	0	138	68	50	114	0	746
7	Sevenoaks AC	39	77	43	35	108	89	70	49	59	93	662
8	Canterbury H	41	0	127	77	40	164	44	0	43	44	580
9	Maidstone H	42	0	26	43	15	38	55	131	24	69	443
10	Istead & Ifield H	28	69	0	0	13	93	0	38	29	51	321

Individual - All men

Despite incurring a hernia in the summer and being reduced to the roll of spectator with walking stick, Clayton Barrett still managed to get in enough good races early in the year to successfully defend his title. Gareth Robb could have been in contention had he managed to complete a sixth race.

Pos		Name			Club		Cat	No of races	Best 6 total
1	Clayton		Barrett	Medway & Maidstone AC		M		7	585
2	David		Ives	Sevenoaks AC		M		7	562
3	Steve		Smythe	Dulwich Runners		M40		9	552
4	Mickael		Hegesippe	Paddock Wood AC		M		7	545
5	Stephen		Throssell	Larkfield AC		M		6	543
6	Robert		Rowland	Paddock Wood AC		M		7	526
7	Thomas		O’Connell	Thanet Roadrunners AC		M50		6	511
8	Steven		Groom	Larkfield AC		M		7	505
9	David		Thompson	Dartford Road Runners		M40		6	500
10	Gareth		Robb	Paddock Wood AC		M		5	494

o40 men

Steve Smythe was once again the leading over 40 man in his final year before entering the ranks of the over 50’s.

Pos		Name		Club	Cat	No of races	Best 6 total
1	Steve		Smythe	Dulwich Runners	M40	9	116
2	David		Thompson	Dartford Road Runners	M40	5	81
3	Gary		Salmon	Thanet Roadrunners AC	M40	6	76
4	Daryl		Palfrey	Tunbridge Wells Harriers	M40	6	74
5	Steve		Suttle	Thanet Roadrunners AC	M40	5	64

o50 men

Thomas O’Connell took maximum points from his 6 races to win the over 50 title for the second year in a row.

Pos		Name		Club		Cat	No of races	Best 6 total
1	Thomas		O’Connell		Thanet Roadrunners AC	M50	6	60
2	Des		White		Paddock Wood AC	M50	7	51
3	Ivon		Whitmore		Medway & Maidstone AC	M50	5	31
4	Derek		Harrison		Tunbridge Wells Harriers	M50	5	24
5	Michael		Mann		Dulwich Runners	M50	3	24

o60 men

Michael Conway was successful in a closely fought 60+ category.

Pos	Name		Club	Cat	No of races		Best 6 total
1	Michael	Conway	Invicta East Kent AC	M60	7	57
2	John	Leach	New Eltham Joggers	M60	6	51
3	Michael	Jarvis	Tunbridge Wells Harriers	M60	6	46
4	James	Fitzmaurice	Sevenoaks AC	M60	5	31
5	Peter	Burton	Istead & Ifield H	M60	3	28

Individual - All ladies

Tina Oldershaw came with a late rush to snatch the title away from reigning champion Sharon Hawkins in the last two races. Nicola Susans finished in 3^rd place for the third successive year !

Pos	Name		Club	Cat	No of races	Best 6 total
1	Tina	Oldershaw	Paddock Wood AC	F35	6	297
2	Sharon	Hawkins	Invicta East Kent AC	F35	8	295
3	Nicola	Susans	Larkfield AC	F	9	289
4	Teresa	Gaillard De Laubenque	Dulwich Runners	F	7	274
5	Barbara	Wenman	Canterbury Harriers	F45	7	252
6	Nicola	Richmond	Dulwich Runners	F35	7	247
7	Sian	Roberts	Tunbridge Wells H	F35	8	238
8	Tara	Taylor	Tunbridge Wells H	F35	5	231
9	Fiona	Buckingham	Paddock Wood AC	F35	8	222
10	Carol	Emery	Paddock Wood AC	F45	9	212

o35 ladies

Tina also took the over 35 title from Sharon by a single point at the final race.

Pos		Name		Club	Cat	No of races	Best 6 total
1	Tina		Oldershaw	Paddock Wood AC	F35	6	59
2	Sharon		Hawkins	Invicta East Kent AC	F35	8	58
3	Tara		Taylor	Tunbridge Wells H	F35	5	37
4	Nicola		Richmond	Dulwich Runners	F35	7	34
5	Sian		Roberts	Tunbridge Wells H	F35	6	31

o45 ladies

Barbara Wenman successfully took the o45 title away from last year’s winner Carol Emery.

Pos		Name		Club	Cat	No of races	Best 6 total
1	Barbara		Wenman	Canterbury Harriers	F45	7	60
2	Carol		Emery	Paddock Wood AC	F45	9	52
3	Sarah		Shewell	Sevenoaks AC	F45	5	37
4	Claire		Steward	Dulwich Runners	F45	6	35
5	Victoria		Talbot-Rosner	Invicta East Kent AC	F45	3	24

o55 ladies

Lis Pritchard was the champion in the over 55 category for the first time.

Pos		Name		Club	Cat	No of races	Best 6 total
1	Lis		Pritchard	Dulwich Runners	F55	6	29
2	Jane		Bright	Larkfield AC	F55	6	19
3	Ros		Tabor	Dulwich Runners	F55	4	18
4	Sue		James	Paddock Wood AC	F55	4	16
5	Marion		Middleton	Sevenoaks AC	F55	5	14

Rob Bright (Kent Road Running Secretary)

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Kent Road Championships – 2007 Results

10 Km		28^th October 2007	Wilmington
SENIOR MEN
1	Dean Lacy	Cambridge Harriers	33.35
2	Mark Clayton	Beckenham RC	34.57
3	Luke Armitage	Kent AC	35.00
MEN o40
1	Luke Armitage	Kent AC	35.00
2	David Hall	Dartford Roadrunners	35.07
3	Steve Smythe	Dulwich Runners	36.53
MEN o50
1	Jim Duffill	Sevenoaks AC	35.53
2	Frank Flint	Thanet Roadrunners	38.27
3	John Denyer	Sevenoaks AC	40.37
MEN o60
1	Peter Burton	Istead & Ifield Harriers	42.18
2	Michael Conway	Invicta East Kent AC	42.34
3	John Leach	New Eltham Jggrs	44.08
SENIOR WOMEN
1	Clare Elms	Dulwich Runners	37.02
2	Tina Oldershaw	Paddock Wood AC	37.26
3	Helena Penfold	Medway & Maidstone AC	39.06
WOMEN o35
1	Clare Elms	Dulwich Runners	37.02
2	Tina Oldershaw	Paddock Wood AC	37.26
3	Paula Stockton	Maidstone Harriers	44.01
WOMEN o45
1	Barbara Wenman	Canterbury Harriers	43.19
2	Caroline Richards	Paddock Wood AC	46.01
3	Sarah Shewell	Sevenoaks AC	46.58
WOMEN o55
1	Sue James	Paddock Wood AC	44.12
2	Tina Jones	Canterbury Harriers	49.35
3	Marion MIddleton	Sevenoaks AC	50.20
MEN’S TEAMS
1	Paddock Wood AC	J Ridger, M Hegesippe, R Rowland			31 pts
2	Sevenoaks AC	D Ives, J Duffill, J Denyer			37 pts
3	Larkfield AC	S Throssell, S Groom, I Morris			42 pts
WOMEN’S TEAMS
1	Paddock Wood AC	T Oldershaw, S James, F Buckingham		22 pts
2	Maidstone Harriers	P Stockton, J Stoppani, K Norton		41 pts
3	Sevenoaks AC	C Beadle, S Shewell, M Middleton		51 pts

10 miles		7^th October 2007	Sittingbourne
SENIOR MEN
1	Paul Hasler	Paddock Wood AC	56.08
2	Mikael Hegesippe	Paddock Wood AC	59.26
3	Anthony Jackson	Sittingbourne Striders	59.35
MEN o40
1	Steve Smythe	Dulwich Runners	60.58
2	Gary Salmon	Thanet Roadrunners	64.25
3	David Kitcher	Dartford Harriers	64.59
MEN o50
1	Frank Flint	Thanet Roadrunners	63.14
2	Des White	Paddock Wood AC	65.44
3	Ivon Whitmore	Medway & Maidstone AC	67.29
MEN o60
1	Peter Burton	Istead & Ifield Harriers	71.38
2	Tony Farmer	Dartford Harriers	73.37
3	Michael Jarvis	Tunbridge Wells Harriers	73.50
SENIOR WOMEN
1	Tina Oldershaw	Paddock Wood AC	62.32
2	Sharon Hawkins	Invicta East Kent AC	66.52
3	Nicola Susans	Larkfield AC	67.11
WOMEN o35
1	Tina Oldershaw	Paddock Wood AC	62.32
2	Sharon Hawkins	Invicta East Kent AC	66.52
3	Heather Fitzmaurice	Sevenoaks AC	68.11
WOMEN o45
1	Barbara Wenman	Canterbury Harriers	70.16
2	Janet Cobby	New Eltham Joggers	72.34
3	Barbara Raveh	Paddock Wood AC	73.59
WOMEN o55
1	Sue James	Paddock Wood AC	76.40
2	Jane Bright	Larkfield AC	80.24
3	Marion MIddleton	Sevenoaks AC	84.55
MEN’S TEAMS
1	Paddock Wood AC	P Hasler, M Hegesippe, R Shaw		7 pts
2	Larkfield AC	S Throssell, S Groom, I Morris		30 pts
3	Thanet Roadrunners	F Flint, G Salmon, S Suttle		34 pts
WOMEN’S TEAMS
1	Paddock Wood AC	T Oldershaw, B Raveh, F Buckingham		22 pts
2	Larkfield AC	N Susans, K Howes, J Bright		31 pts
3	Tunbridge Wells H	T Taylor, S Roberts, A-M Green		39 pts

Half Marathon		27^th May 2007	Canterbury
SENIOR MEN
1	Aboura Mahieddine	Thanet Roadrunners	1.13.40
2	Gareth Robb	Paddock Wood AC	1.16.04
3	Clayton Barrett	Medway & Maidstone AC	1.16.14
MEN o40
1	Steve Smythe	Dulwich Runners	1.21.56
2	Bob Fursey	Medway & Maidstone AC	1.25.07
3	John Peters	Ashford & District RR	1.25.10
MEN o50
1	Thomas O’Connell	Thanet Roadrunners	1.24.14
2	Des White	Paddock Wood AC	1.28.18
3	Terry Epps	Wymondham AC	1.28.49
MEN o60
1	Michael Conway	Invicta East Kent AC	1.35.42
2	John Dyson	Tunbridge Wells AC	1.45.07
3	Brian Snead	Thanet Roadrunners	1.49.11
SENIOR WOMEN
1	Sharon Hawkins	Invicta East Kent AC	1.30.28
2	Nicola Susans	Larkfield AC	1.31.23
3	Teresa Gaillard de Laubenque	Dulwich Runners	1.33.38
WOMEN o35
1	Sharon Hawkins	Invicta East Kent AC	1.30.28
2	Sarah Maguire	Canterbury Harriers	1.34.48
3	Sian Roberts	Tunbridge Wells Harriers	1.36.58
WOMEN o45
1	Barbara Wenman	Canterbury Harriers	1.35.46
2	Sue Martin-Clark	Dartford Roadrunners	1.40.03
3	Vicky Talbot-Rosner	Invicta East Kent AC	1.40.25
WOMEN o55
1	Marion Middleton	Sevenoaks AC	1.55.19
2	Tina Jones	Canterbury Harriers	1.57.09
3	Wendy De Boick	Canterbury Harriers	2.8.47
MEN’S TEAMS
1	Paddock Wood AC	Robb, Rowland, Buckingham		28
2	Thanet Roadrunners	Mahieddine, O’Connell, Caps		39
3	Deal Tri Club	Jackson, Read, Smith		71
WOMEN’S TEAMS
1	Canterbury Harriers	Maguire, Wenman, Greatrix		19
2	Invicta East Kent	Hawkins, Rosner, Moorekite		32
3	Dartford RR	Harrop, Martin-Clark, Richardson		39

20 Miles		4^th March 2007	Sandwich
SENIOR MEN
1	Paul Hasler	Paddock Wood AC	1.51.44
2	Julian Rendall	Tonbridge AC	1.53.45
3	Andrew Green	Dartford RR	1.56.57
MEN o40
1	Steve Smythe	Dulwich Runners	2.5.22
2	Nick Kinsey	Blackheath & Bromley H	2.7.39
3	Dave Thompson	Dartford RR	2.7.58
MEN o50
1	Thomas O’Connell	Thanet Roadrunners	2.8.04
2	David Smythe	Folkestone RC	2.10 34
3	Ian Godden	Deal Tri	2.13.59
MEN o60
1	Glyn Jenkins	Southern Vets AC	2.35.55
2	Trevor Tierney	Road Runners Club	2.49.39
3	Tony Rea		2.55.36
SENIOR WOMEN
1	Tina Oldershaw	Paddock Wood AC	2.14.25
2	Annabelle Stearns	Invicta East Kent AC	2.15.09
3	Sharon Hawkins	Invicta East Kent AC	2.16.49
WOMEN o35
1	Tina Oldershaw	Paddock Wood AC	2.14.25
2	Annabelle Stearns	Invicta East Kent AC	2.15.09
3	Sharon Hawkins	Invicta East Kent AC	2.16.49
WOMEN o45
1	Carol Emery	Paddock Wood AC	2.34.23
2	Sarah Shewell	Sevenoaks AC	2.48.17
3	Diana Morgan	Dulwich Runners	2.49.42
WOMEN o55
1	Jane Bright	Larkfield AC	2.49.32
2	Marion Middleton	Sevenoaks AC	2.56.58
3	Julie Wing	Maidstone Harriers	3.34.57
MEN’S TEAMS
1	Dartford RR	Green, Thompson, Adama		28 pts
2	Paddock Wood AC	Hasler, Hegesippe, White		38 pts
3	Thanet Roadrunners	O’Connell, Caps, Cook		56 pts
WOMEN’S TEAMS
1	Paddock Wood AC	Oldershaw, Emery, Buckingham		25 pts
2	Dulwich Runners	Glld de Laubanque, Ibell, Morgan		40 pts
3	Medway & Maidst. AC	Kenyon, May, Monk		52 pts

Marathon		2^nd Sept 2007	Margate
SENIOR MEN
1	Kevin James	Ashford & District RR	3.03.28
2	Daniel Green	Ashford & District RR	3.05.12
3	Anthony Jackson	Sittingbourne Striders	3.07.42
MEN o40
1	Kevin James	Ashford & District RR	3.03.28
2	Steve Suttle	Thanet Roadrunners	3.11.59
3	Andy Fletcher	Paddock Wood AC	3.18.00
MEN o50
1	David Smyth	Folkestone RC	3.14.42
2	Ivon Whitmore	Medway & Maidstone AC	3.18.52
3	Andrew Buck	Unattached	3.19.55
MEN o60
1	Sid Morrison	100 Km Association	4.15.24
2	John McCullie	Dartford Roadrunners	4.35.49
3	Philip Cope	Thanet Roadrunners	4.56.49
SENIOR WOMEN
1	Sharon Hawkins	Invicta East Kent AC	3.11.33
2	Kim Howes	Larkfield AC	3.39.22
3	Julie Stoppani	Maidstone Harriers	3.50.45
WOMEN o35
1	Sharon Hawkins	Invicta East Kent AC