Proposed list of 2025 races in
the Kent Grand Prix
26th
January - Canterbury 10 miles - https://www.canterbury10.co.uk/e/canterbury%20as%20AB-10-mile-road-race-8571
- the Kent Grand Prix 2024 awards will be presented after this race at
c. 11.15 am just before the Canterbury 10 winners' presentation
16th February - Deal Half Marathon - Deal
Half-Marathon.. - Events - Deal Tri
2nd March - Dartford Half Marathon - Dartford
Half Marathon | UK Running Events -
(also KCAA Road Running Kent Long Course Championships)
13th April - Kent Spring Half Marathon (near
Ashford) - Nice
Work Race Management : Kent Spring Marathon & Half Marathon
5th May -
(early May Bank Holiday Monday) - Ted Pepper 10k (Bromley) - Blackheath
& Bromley Harriers AC website
8th June - High Elms 10k (Orpington) - High
Elms 10K | ORR Website
29th June - North Downs 30k - North
Downs Run | Istead and Ifield Harriers
13th July - Sevenoaks 7 - Sevenoaks
7
August - no
event - please enjoy a summer break!
12th October - Ashford Givaudan 10k - Givaudan
Ashford 10k 2024 - Sporting Events (also
KCAA Road Running Kent Short Course Championships)
If any
proposed race does not take place in the due month due to its
cancellation or postponement, a substitution may be made if practical.
And a
reminder of the Kent Grand Prix rules:-
Clubs
affiliated to KCAA will be entered into the Grand Prix team competitions
automatically, as will the runners from these clubs in the individual
competitions. Unaffiliated individual competitors need to contact roadrunning@kcaa.org.uk
to enter, and must be Kent Qualified under Rule 9 - see http://www.kcaa.org.uk/ExtractfromRulesforCompetition.pdf
Team
competitions, best 8 scores from 10 races
Individual
competitions, best 6 scores from 10 races.
Men's team
competition, top 6 from each club score down to 100th place; Women's
team competition, top 4 from each club score down to 50th place
Individual
Competition: Senior Men score down to 100th place; Senior Women to 50th;
M40 to 20th; M50 to 10th; M60 to 10th; M70 to 5th; F35 to 10th; F45 to
10th; F55 to 5th; F65 to 5th.
Runners who
are not in the competition do not count in the places
Age
qualification for Kent Grand Prix categories is as follows: Individuals
crossing an age threshold during the year will automatically enter the
veteran competition for their age on the date of the first race they run
(or in the case of people becoming a M40 or F35, the first race they run
as a veteran). Any competitor becoming M50, M60, M70, F45, F55 or F65
during the year and after the first race, who would rather enter the
competition for their new category must inform the competition organiser
at roadrunning@kcaa.org.uk
before their first scoring race after their birthday, and may only count
this race and those afterwards. All competitors may compete in the
senior category and only one vets category during the year.
Minimum age
for senior competition is 17 (no maximum).
Richard
Dunstan
roadrunning@kcaa.org.uk
The results
after the fourth round of the Kent Grand Prix 2025
The Kent Spring Half near Ashford
earlier this month attracted over 400 runners.
With West Kent runners largely absent,
local club Thanet Road Runners took the opportunity to pile on the
points in the men's league albeit both mid-Kent's Maidstone Harriers
and Tunbridge Wells Harriers also scored heavily to ease clear of
the chasing pack.
In the ladies team standings, Maidstone
Harriers turned the screw with an epic points capture and moved
ahead of Tunbridge Wells Harriers
The next race in the Kent Grand Prix
returns to West Kent with the Ted Pepper 10k in Bromley's Norman
Park on early May Bank Holiday Monday 5th May where entries can be
found on race organiser Blackheath
& Bromley Harriers AC website
The results
after the third round of the Kent Grand Prix 2025
KCAA GP 2025 - leagues update after Round 3 at the
Dartford Half Marathon.
The Dartford Half earlier this month attracted a
large number of entrants what with it also being a KCAA Kent Grand Prix
fixture along with this year's selection as the KCAA Kent long course
championships.
In the men's team standings, the change of
location from East Kent to West Kent saw somewhat of a shake up as
early featuring Dover Road Runners and Deal Tri, along with
Tonbridge entered no runners while more local clubs Central Park
Athletics and Cambridge Harriers along with Petts Wood Runners and
Maidstone Harriers featured strongly, and Thanet Road Runners also
showing brightly and in fact lead the table as we enter the marathon
month of April.
In the ladies team standings, perennial rivals
for honours Tunbridge Wells Harriers and Petts Wood Runners have
risen to the top after three races with TWH having the edge so far,
but like in the men's, Thanet Road Runners are featuring strongly
there in third Mention also for local West Kent clubs Dartford
Harriers and Orpington Road Runners for scoring well at the half
marathon.
The results
after the first & second round of the Kent Grand Prix 2025
The first round of
ten in the 2025 Kent Grand Prix took place on a cold but bright day
at the Canterbury 10 miler last month, with the second round at the
Deal Half last week.
And there are new teams at the top after several
years of the Tunbridge Wells Harriers and Petts Wood Runners
hegemony.
In the Men's team competition,
Dover Road Runners and Thanet Road Runners, and in the Women's teams
contests, Thanet, Canterbury Harriers, Folkestone RC and Deal
Triathlon have edged out TWH and PWR.
It's good to see new teams up there,
but will it last? The first two races were both in East Kent but
this Sunday's third race comes to North West Kent in Dartford for
their half marathon which is also this year's KCAA road running long
course championships, so we shall see! And finally. a welcome to
the Coastal Striders who have just affiliated to KCAA and have
achieved their first team points in the men's competition and are in
11th place.
Richard
The results
after the tenth round of the Kent Grand Prix 2024
The final race in the
2024 Kent Grand Prix (KGP) was at the Maidstone Half Marathon on 20th
October.
In the ladies' team
competition, while 2023's top two Tunbridge Wells and Petts Wood were
close throughout 2024, Tunbridge Wells edged away in the run-in to
emerge top team again and retained the KGP trophy with Petts Wood 2nd,
Tonbridge AC 3rd and Maidstone Harriers in 4th place.
In the men's
team competition, Petts Wood Runners had built up a lead by the previous
event which proved unassailable to end as Kent Grand Prix champions for
2024 ahead of last year's winners TW Harriers in 2nd, with Thanet Road
Runners 3rd and Maidstone Harriers in 4th place.
In the individual General
Classification competition, last year's ladies winner Emma Stevens of
Petts Wood finished 2nd to a superb set of results by Tonbridge's
Nichola Evans who won the trophy, with Tunbridge Wells' Amelie Karlsson
a close 3rd.
In the Ladies Veteran's categories, in the FV35 Nichola Evans finished a
clear first, with runner-up Petts Wood's Flora Jones taking the trophy
as Nichola won the General Classification (GC), due to the
one-trophy-per-runner rule.
And in the FV45, Emma
Stevens scored a maximum 60 points to win, with the trophy going to
runner-up Tunbridge Wells' Ali Farrall under the one trophy rule.
In the FV55, Tara Taylor of Tunbridge Wells wins the award with Petts
Wood's Eiko Kobayashi in 2nd.
And in the FV65, Orpington Road Runners' Claire London wins with
Canterbury Harriers' Barbara Wenman in second place.
While in the men's individual competition General Classification,
Tonbridge's Daniel Bradley scored very consistent high places in each
race to finish a clear first with Tunbridge Wells' David Weston 2nd and
Petts Wood's Kev Howarth 3rd.
In the men's veteran categories, at MV40 Petts Wood's Dean Lenihan
emerged victorious ahead of club colleague Mark Philbrick.
Over in the MV50, Kevin Howarth won comfortably from Thanet Road
Runner's Christopher Brenchley with Christopher taking the trophy under
the one trophy rule.
And in the MV60, a nice set of scores saw Sevenoak's Keith Dawsom win
with last year's winner Geoff Turner in second.
And in the MV70, Paddock Wood's John Tolhurst was unrivalled with a
maximum points count after winning this age category in all 7 races he
competed in.
Awards will also be made to the first senior (under 35) lady Maidstone
Harrier's Amelia Porter and also to first senior (under 40) gent
Tunbridge Wells' Gareth Hiron under the one trophy rule.
Finally thank you to everyone who took part this year and we hope to see
you return in the New Year for a new set of races which will include a
number of changes in the race selection which will be announced next
week. And the presentation of the awards will take place following the
Canterbury 10 on January 26th which will be the first race in the 2025
Kent Grand Prix.
The results
after the ninth round of the Kent Grand Prix 2024
The ninth race in the
2024 Kent Grand Prix (KGP) was at the Larkfield 10k on 22nd September
which also dovetailed as the Kent County Athletics Association's 2024
short course county championships so some big guns were in attendance.
In the men's
team competition, the top dozen or so clubs in the Team GP nearly all
put out strong teams and scored highly to secure their positions in the
table before the final round next month, and with Petts Wood
consolidating top spot ahead of TW Harriers with the trio of Maidstone
Harriers, Thanet Road Runners and Tonbridge AC fighting out for the
third spot on the podium.
In the ladies'
team competition, the top half dozen clubs also put out strong teams but
Tunbridge Wells have edged a little further ahead of Petts Wood and with
the same trio following up with Tonbridge AC 3rd, Maidstone Harriers in
4th and Thanet Road Runners in 5th.
As for the individuals competition and, there is still all to play for
in some of the veteran's divisions, and October's final event in the GP
will be interesting
In that respect, the
final round of the 2024 GP ends with the Maidstone Half Marathon on
Sunday 20th October with entries available at The
Maidstone Half Marathon, Sunday 20th October 2024 (sportingeventsuk.com)
The results
after the eighth round of the Kent Grand Prix 2024
The eighth race in the
2024 Kent Grand Prix (KGP) was at the Cliffe Woods 5 miler in early July
- as the race blurb says itself, no cliffs and no woods but a
countryside romp around some roads in a quiet part of Kent.
In the men's
team competition, five clubs put out strong teams with front runners
Petts Wood and Tunbridge Wells accompanied by Maidstone Harriers, Istead
& Ifield and Thanet RR in knocking up big scores. Petts Wood stay in
first place but 2023 champions Tunbridge Wells in second will compete
with them for the trophy until the very final event on October.
In the ladies'
team competition, Tunbridge Wells and Petts Wood again dominated the
team scores here, but TW overtook PW for first place by scoring 16 more
points and have an overall lead of 10 - it seems like a repeat of 2023
when TW pipped PW by just 18 points at the end.
August is a month off
from the KGP but returns again for the 9th round on Sunday 22nd
September at the Larkfield 10k with entries available at LARKFIELD
10K | larkfield (larkfieldac.co.uk) which
also doubles as the KCAA short course Kent Championships.
The results
after the seventh round of the Kent Grand Prix 2024
The seventh race in the
2024 Kent Grand Prix (KGP) was at the Eltham Park 5 miles and again
within the ULEZ boundary before it returns for the remainder of this
year's events to more rural locations in mid-Kent.
In the men's
team competition, local club Petts Wood had an excellent team outing
scoring heavily with other local clubs Cambridge Harriers and Dulwich
Runners also putting up strong performances albeit these last two are
not competitive in this year's competition. Tunbridge Wells Harriers in
second place are though and although they lost a bit of ground on
leaders Petts Wood, it appears to be a two horse race to the finish with
three events remaining.
In the ladies'
team competition, Dulwich, Tunbridge Wells Harriers and Petts Wood
dominated the team scores here, but with early KGP leaders Tonbridge no
longer featuring in contesting this year's competition having no runners
at the last two races, it's down to leaders Petts Wood and Tunbridge
Wells Harriers just six points behind them to race each other to the
line in October.
The 8th round in the KGP
follows on Sunday 7th July at the Cliffe Woods 5 miles with entries
available at Cliffe
Woods 5 Mile (sportingeventsuk.com)
The results
after the sixth round of the Kent Grand Prix 2024
The sixth race in the
2024 Kent Grand Prix (KGP) was at the Chislehurst Half Marathon on a
warm and sunny morning as the KGP entered within the ULEZ boundary for
the first time since the road charge came in last August and took
runners around an undulating course (some might say that was
understating the gradients!) around woods and country park with 367
runners participating.
In the men's
team competition, local club Petts Wood took advantage of Tonbridge's
complete absence to extend their lead in the competition and Tunbridge
Wells were well represented as well to overtake previous leaders
Tonbridge who drop to third. Thanet made the long trip up the M2 to be
well represented with Maidstone Harriers and local clubs Orpington and
Kent AC also scoring well.
In the ladies'
team competition, Tunbridge Wells and Petts Wood also made the most of
Tonbridge being elsewhere to overtake them and move first and second
respectively. with only 8 points between the two.
However with
the worst two team scores being dropped out of the ten races in the
competition after it finishes a lot can change between now and the final
event in October.
The 7th round
in the KGP follows on Sunday 16th June with the Eltham 5 miler where
entries can be found at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-eltham-park-5-and-family-fun-run-2024-tickets-771864376127
The results
after the fifth round of the Kent Grand Prix 2024
The fifth race
in the 2024 Kent Grand Prix (KGP) was at the Hildenborough 5 miler on a
damp Bank Holiday morning around country roads surrounding this village
just north of Tonbridge with 272 runners participating, most of whom
were representing their clubs in the GP.
In the men's
team competition, Tonbridge virtually swept the board with the first
four home and all 6 scorers in the first 11 and look the team to beat
this year sitting on the shoulders of leaders Petts Wood, although this
may change as the two worst scores in the series of 10 races are dropped
in the final count.
In the ladies'
team competition, Tonbridge are easing away from main rivals Petts Wood
and defending champions Tunbridge Wells, albeit these three are opening
a sizeable gap now over chasers Thanet RR and Maidstone Harriers while
Kent AC took a day off from competing in the KGP.
The 6th round
in the KGP follows on Sunday 19th May with the Chislehurst Half Marathon
where entries can be found at
https://chislehursthalf.com/
The results
after the fourth round of the Kent Grand Prix 2024
Kent Grand Prix update after round 4 at the
Folkestone 10 miler
The fourth race in the 2024 Kent Grand Prix was
at the Folkestone 10 miler on a very blustery Good Friday morning
for a flat and fast 'out and back' route mainly along the promenade.
In the men's team competition, the high scoring
London borough teams from the previous round were totally absent
with the exception of Cambridge Harriers who took home the first
place honours while usual high scoring Tonbridge took a breather
with the exception of overall individual leader Daniel Bradley and
this allowed Petts Wood to swap places to take first place with
Tonbridge second and last year's KGP winner Tunbridge Wells
remaining in third.
In the Ladies team competition, the podium
remains unchanged so Tonbridge stay in first place but with just one
runner who scored points their lead has been pared back by higher
scoring Petts Wood in 2nd and Tunbridge Wells in 3rd.
Looking ahead, there is no racing in the Grand
Prix in April due to the Spring marathons holding centre stage, but
there are two races in May. The 5th round is the Hildenborough 5
miler road race on early May Bank Holiday Monday afternoon 6th May
around country roads with further details available at
https://www.nice-work.orguk/e/hildenborough-road-races-9418
After the third round of the Kent Grand Prix 2024
The third race in the 2024 Kent Grand
Prix was at the Paddock Wood Half Marathon on Sunday 2nd March with
over 2,000 turning up including some big guns from Dulwich, Kent AC
and Cambridge Harriers as well as the usual Kent teams which have
contested the podium places in recent years. The return of the Kent
Long Course Championships for the first time in 5 years was partly
the catalyst for this but also the prospect of fast times and an
opportunity for a p.b .over what is arguably the fastest ''Half' in
the county.
In both team competitions, Tonbridge are
now 1st followed by Petts Wood in 2nd and Tunbridge Wells in 3rd,
with a number of clubs jockeying for position just behind although
it will be interesting to see which clubs continue to target the
competition after next month's city marathons as the early 2024
month's 10 milers and half marathons give way to mainly smaller and
shorter spring and summer races.
Next up in the KGP is the Folkestone 10
miler on Good Friday 29th March which is a fast and furious out and
back along the promenade where again some of the county's finest
runners and clubs will be well represented - to enter, go to Enter
Online – Folkestone 10 Mile Race
After the
second round of the Kent Grand Prix 2024.
The
second race in the 2024 Kent Grand Prix was at the Tunbridge Wells
Half Marathon on a damp morning earlier this month with a turnout of
over thirteen hundred runners and again with a high percentage from
affiliated Kent clubs looking to pick up points towards the Kent
Grand Prix team and individual competitions. Aside from that, it's a
very well organised event and one of the major preparation races
towards the April marathons in a few weeks time where you needed to
graft hard up the challenging Spring Hill half way around the course
at Fordcombe village.
In
both team competitions, the same five teams fill the top five places
and in exactly the same order apart from Tonbridge AC and Petts Wood
Runners swapping first and second places in the men's and ladies
events.
In the
Ladies, Tonbridge were outstanding in depth and pegged back points
to overtake PWR for first in the KGP standings with Tunbridge Wells
Harriers starting a team charge to claim 3rd ahead of Thanet Road
Runners and Beckenham.
In the
Mens, Petts Wood Held on to their early lead from the first round at
the Canterbury 10 but with both Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells
closing the gap, it is looking likely to be a close run affair by
the time we get to the competition's finale in October.
Next
up in the KGP is the Paddock Wood Half on Sunday 3rd March for which
there are still a few entries left for those who haven't yet
committed.
After the first round of the Kent Grand Prix 2024.
The first
round of ten in the 2024 Kent Grand Prix took place on a cold but bright
day at the Canterbury 10 miler earlier this month with a turnout of over
eleven hundred runners with a high percentage from affiliated Kent clubs
looking to start the first big road race of the year in style and
seeking points in many cases towards the Kent Grand Prix.
In the Men's
team competition, Petts Wood Runners made the trip down from London in
force and took an early lead ahead of east Kent rivals Thanet Road
Runners, Canterbury Harriers and Folkestone.
Meanwhile,
in the Ladies, Tonbridge provided the first three Kent affiliated
finishers for a grand start to their campaign and took an early lead
ahead of Petts Wood Runners in second and Canterbury Harriers in third,
Kent AC next and Folkestone fifth so providing representation from all
parts of the county at this early stage.
Here is the proposed list of
2024 races in the Kent Grand Prix.
21st January - Canterbury 10 miles -
https://www.canterbury10.co.uk/e/canterbury%20as%20AB-10-mile-road-race-8571
- the Kent Grand Prix 2023 awards will be presented after this race at c.
11.15 am just before the Canterbury 10 winners' presentation
18th February - Tunbridge Wells Half -
https://www.twharriers.org.uk/tunbridge-wells-half-marathon/
3rd March - Paddock Wood Half -
https://www.paddockwoodhalfmarathon.co.uk/ - (also KCAA Road Running
Kent Long Course Championships)
29th March (Good Friday) - Folkestone 10 (the April event)
-
https://www.folkestone10mile.co.uk/
6th May - (early May Bank Holiday Monday) - Hildenborough
5 -
https://www.nice-work.org.uk/e/hildenborough-road-races-9418
19th May - Chislehurst Half Marathon -
https://chislehursthalf.com/ -
a second May event instead of the original August race selected (which has now
been postponed)
16th June - Eltham 5 -
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-eltham-park-5-and-family-fun-run-2024-tickets-771864376127
7th July - Cliffe Woods 5 -
https://www.sportingeventsuk.com/enter-an-event/cliffe-woods-5-mile-1
August - no event now - please enjoy a summer break!
20th October - Maidstone Half Marathon -
https://www.sportingeventsuk.com/enter-an-event/the-maidstone-half-marathon
If any proposed race does not take place in the due month
due to its cancellation or postponement, a substitution may be made if
practical.
And a reminder of the Kent Grand Prix rules:-
Clubs affiliated to KCAA will be entered into the Grand
Prix team competitions automatically, as will the runners from these clubs in
the individual competitions. Unaffiliated individual competitors need to contact
roadrunning@kcaa.org.uk to
enter, and must be Kent Qualified under Rule 9 - see
http://www.kcaa.org.uk/ExtractfromRulesforCompetition.pdf
Team competitions, best 8 scores from 10 races
Individual competitions, best 6 scores from 10 races.
Men's team competition, top 6 from each club score down to
100th place; Women's team competition, top 4 from each club score down to 50th
place
Individual Competition: Senior Men score down to 100th
place; Senior Women to 50th; M40 to 20th; M50 to 10th; M60 to 10th; M70 to 5th;
F35 to 10th; F45 to 10th; F55 to 5th; F65 to 5th.
Runners who are not in the competition do not count in the
places
Age qualification for Kent Grand Prix categories is as
follows: Individuals crossing an age threshold during the year will
automatically enter the veteran competition for their age on the date of the
first race they run (or in the case of people becoming a M40 or F35, the first
race they run as a veteran). Any competitor becoming M50, M60, M70, F45, F55 or
F65 during the year and after the first race, who would rather enter the
competition for their new category must inform the competition organiser at
roadrunning@kcaa.org.uk
before their first scoring race after their birthday, and may only count this
race and those afterwards. All competitors may compete in the senior category
and only one vets category during the year.
Minimum age for senior competition is 17 (no maximum).
Richard Dunstan
roadrunning@kcaa.org.uk
Hi everyone
Final standings in the
Kent Grand
Prix 2023 after the final event at
the 'Sittingbourne 10' on 1st October
Hi everyone
Last Sunday saw the 10th and final event in the 2023 KCAA Road Running Kent
Grand Prix with 2022 champions Tunbridge Wells Harriers as the men's team
winners of the KGP again after leading the way since February. Thanet Road
Runners ended a magnificent second after chasing the Harriers all the way to
the line, and Maidstone Harriers in 3rd managed to pip Petts Wood and
Orpington for that final podium place.
Meanwhile, in the women's competition, the same five teams prevailed but saw
a much closer result as Tunbridge Wells Harriers who had led since March
come home as winners, yet were almost caught on the line by the 2022
champions Petts Wood who finished just 16 points behind them and with Thanet
Road Runners in third followed by Orpington and Maidstone Harriers.
So congratulations to the Harriers for their double win and well done to all
the other four clubs who managed to finish quite some way ahead of the
other. Word has it that with road running events fully back in the diary
after Covid that 2024 will be even more competitive as a number of clubs
align their own internal Grand Prix competition with the Kent GP to try and
gain some more points to try to catch the serial KGP winners over at T
Wells.
Then over in the individual competition, the winners were as follows:-
Overall Kent Grand Prix 2023 Ladies Champion is Petts Wood Runners' Emma
Crawford, with Susan Dixon of Cambridge Harriers as runner-up and Caroline
Fenwick of Sevenoaks in third. Emma also was first in the FV35 category,
with Caroline winning the FV45 and Susan the FV55 - what wonderful veteran
runners the Ladies have, and then there are those three FV65 ladies from
Orpington who battled out the podium places between them all the way with
Nancy Thompson overtaking last year's winner Jan Lenton on the final day to
win the award.
Overall Kent Grand Prix 2023 Men's Champion is Dartford Harriers' Barry
Stephenson, with the two from Thanet Road Runners Jack Bradley and Andy
Stevens in second and third place, and with Barry also first in the MV40,
Andy winner of the MV50, Tunbridge Wells' Geoff Turner winner in the MV60
and Steve Clark of Canterbury Harriers winning the MV70.
Congratulations to all the winners and also to those who challenged them but
who are too numerous to mention here, and for everyone else who made the
trip across Kent over the 10 months to score points and take part in the
races hosted by our affiliated clubs.
The first four KGP races for 2024 will be:-
21st January - Canterbury '10' - the KGP 2023 awards will be after this race
and a full list of trophy winners will be posted on the KCAA website and the
team captains and individuals concerned will be notified in early January.
18th February - Tunbridge Wells Half
3rd March - Paddock Wood Half (and the Kent Long Course Championships)
29th March - Folkestone 10 (the April event)
and a complete list of all ten KGP events between January and October 2024
will be issued in a few weeks time when checks have been completed with race
directors for the race dates.
Richard
Kent Grand Prix update after Round 9
Current standings
Kent Grand
Prix 2023
The penultimate round of the 2023 Kent Grand Prix took
place at the Larkfield 10k alongside the Kent (short course) Championships
last week and for what is a fairly small race featured many of the faster
runners in the County chasing GP points for the club and towards their own
placings.
In the Men's team competition, T. Wells and Thanet
Road Runners continue to slug it out but after a glorious campaign, Thanet
looked destined to be runners up to the powerful Harriers
And in the Ladies' competition, T. Wells Harriers
again look destined to win, but the runners up spot is keenly contested by
Thanet along with Orpington and Petts Wood with only 9 points between the
three teams and it will be interesting to see if these three clubs put in a
powerful Ladies line up at the final GP event, the Sittingbourne Ten Miler
this Sunday.
Regards
Richard
Kent Grand Prix update after Round 8 at the Mid
Kent 5 miler
Hi everyone
Sunday dawned with ideal conditons for a fast jaunt
through quiet mid-Kent country lanes around a lollipop course, and it proved
popular with 200 more runners than at the same race in 2022 as GC and Vet
contenders joined the scramble for entries which left the organisers 100
short of medals as the GP'ers looked to the last three races to score the
necessary points for their teams.
Again, the TW Harriers showed their credentials as the
Man City of the Kent endurance running world and blasted away the
opposition. To their credit though, the other four teams vying for the
podium did score well in the mens' competition and were joined by Medway &
Maidstone to that effect, while in the Ladies', the podium chasers apart
from the Orpies did well along with Dartford Road Runners and Medway &
Maidstone again, although ORR did send along their super seniors who seem to
be able to sweep the board at will.
While writing, is there anyone who might like to set
up and moderate a social media page solely to discuss the KGP and generate a
higher profile for the competition? Maybe Facebook might be appropriate as a
medium (or am I still stuck in the noughties and its long moved on since
then?)
Finally, you have a month off now for August with no
KGP event, so go away and enjoy the summer and we'll be back in September
for the Larkfield 10k which is also the short course Kent Championships and
I'll leave it to my KCAA Road Running colleague Dave Behagg to sort that
competition out.
Best wishes
Richard
Hot on the heels of the Tenterden 10k earlier this
month came the following Sunday's KGP June #2 race at the Sackett 10k in
East Kent.
With Petts Wood taking a furlough and to a lesser
extent Tunbridge Wells doing the same, it was left to local team Thanet to
fill their boots with Maidstone along for the ride, and Orpington not
adverse to a seaside trip from the other side of the county to the scenic
backdrop of Sandwich Bay.
Suddenly, the podium places looks a little different
with the gap between T. Wells at the top and the chasing pack narrowed by a
few notches, showing that it's far from over.
July's event is the Mid Kent 5 miler which is around
some fairly quiet countryside roads surrounding Staplehurst and further
information can be found at
https://midkent5.co.uk/
See you there.
Richard
Kent Grand Prix 2023 results update after Round 6 at
the Tenterden 10k
Two races in June just a week apart so here's the first
update reflecting the first of these at the lovely setting on the village green
at Tenterden in a remote part of Kent for their hilly 10k on a very warm morning
a fortnight ago.
This year's competition is boiling down now to the same
four teams in both the mens and the ladies tables with Tunbridge Wells firmly in
the lead in both and with Petts Wood, Orpington and Thanet Road Runners fighting
each other for the minor podium postions.
There remains a long way to go with last Sunday's Sackett
10k results yet to be assigned to the Grand Prix tables and with the Mid Kent 5
miler in July, the Larkfield 10k in September and the finale at the
Sittingbourne 10 miler in October still to come (August is a resting month with
no KGP event), positions can yet change. But can any team knock the mighty
Harriers of Tunbridge Wells from the top?
Richard
Hi everyone
21-10-22
The last of the 8 races in the 2022 Kent Road Running
Grand Prix took place on 9th October at the Petts Wood 10k with the final
outcome
here.
The team winners for this year are Tunbridge Wells
Harriers in the Mens team competition and Petts Wood Runners in the Ladies
competition.
And the individual winners are:-
Overall gents winner - Justin Lane of Medway &
Maidstone
Senior Men - David Weston of Tunbridge Wells Harriers
MV40 - Justin Lane of Medway & Maidstone
MV50 - Kev Howarth of Petts Wood Runners
MV60 - Gregory Norman of Canterbury Harriers
MV70 - Lionel Stielow of Sevenoaks AC
Overall ladies winner - Hannah Roberts of Dartford
Harriers
Senior Ladies - Daniella Furneau of Petts Wood Runners
VF35 - Hannah Roberts of Dartford Harriers
FV45 - Kerstin Sung of Maidstone Harriers
FV55 - Anita Dubery of Orpington Road Runners
FV65 - Janet Lenton of Orpington Road Runners
Congratulations too all the winners and the worthy
runners-up and thanks to everyone who participated this year which saw
numbers participating in many races well down on the pre-Covid era.
Trophies will be awarded following the first race in
the 2023 Kent Grand Prix which will be the Canterbury 10 on 22nd January and
a list of the remaining 2023 GP races in next year's 10 race series between
January and October will be issued over the coming weeks.
Richard
Rules
KENT CHAMPS
– INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES – Updated 21.03.16
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Open to all Kent
qualified runners. See Rule 9 (qualification) on this link:
http://www.kcaa.org.uk/ExtractfromRulesforCompetition.pdf
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Awards to first 3 in the
following categories: M, M40, M50, M60, M(under)23, F, F(under)23, F35,
F45, F55 , Male Team (3 to score), Female Team (3 to score).
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Enter in Advance (if
available) by entering the race and selecting the option to enter the
County Champs, provided by the race organiser,
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NEW for 2015
- Enter on the Day at the Kent Champs desk.
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Identifier must be worn
on back of vest during race.
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Age qualification is age
on day of race.
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Veterans
also take part in the Senior / Open Age competition and as such may win
two awards, there are no pass downs.
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Minimum age for Senior
competitions is 17.
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Any runner found not to
have entered as a member of their first claim club or found not to have
correctly worn the vest of their first claim club will be disqualified.
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Senior Category scoring
marathons must be run between 1st January and the first Sunday of
November inclusive, and times notified to roadrunning@kcaa.org.uk
by the second Sunday of November - Whilst the organisers will seek out
results where we can in popular marathons, notification of senior
category marathon times is the sole responsibility of the competitor.
KENT CHAMPS
– TEAM COMPETITION – Updated 20.12.14
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Awards to first 3 Male
and Female Teams – 3 to score in each.
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Teams must be KCAA
affiliated clubs.
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All runners entering the
race as a member of a KCAA affiliated club are automatically entered
into the Kent Champs team competition and there is no requirement to
wear an identifier to score in the team competition.
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The positional count is
based on all runners of the relevant gender in the race, regardless of
affiliation.
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Any runner found not to
have entered as a member of their first claim club or found not to have
correctly worn the vest of their first claim club will be disqualified.
KENT GRAND
PRIX – Updated 20.12.14
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Clubs affiliated to KCAA
will be entered into the Grand Prix team competitions automatically, as
will the runners from these clubs in the individual competitions.
Unaffiliated individual competitors need to contact dave.behagg@gll.org
to enter, and must be Kent Qualified (see link above, Rule 9)
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Individual competitions,
best 6 scores from 10 races. Team competitions, best 8 scores from 10
races
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Mens team competition,
top 6 from each club score down to 100th place; Womens team competition,
top 4 from each club score down to 50th place
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Individual Competition:
Sen Men score down to 100th place; Sen Women to 50th; M40 to 20th; M50
to 10th; M60 to 10th; F35 to 10th; F45 to 10th; F55 to 5th.
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Runners who are not in
the competition do not count in the places
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Age qualification for
Kent Grand Prix categories is as follows: Individuals crossing an age
threshold during the year will automatically enter the veteran
competition for their age on the date of the first race they run. (or in
the case of people becoming a M40 or F35, the first race they run as a
veteran). Any competitor becoming M50, M60, F45 or F55 during the year
and after the first race, who would rather enter the competition for
their new category must inform the competition organiser at dave.behagg@gll.org
or 01322 410120 before their first scoring race after their birthday,
and may only count this race and those afterwards. All competitors may
compete in the senior category and only one vets category during the
year
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Minimum age for senior
competition is 17
