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1 THE STOP WATCH TIMES The Newsletter of Paddock Wood AC September 2007 For copy Please put Stop Watch Times in the Subject Box Deadline for the Next Edition is the last Friday of the Month EDITORIAL David Perman (Editor) CHAIRMAN S CORNER Summer Break and Looking Forward I trust you have all had a good summer break, shame the weather hasn t been better, but maybe we are due a late spell of sunshine..just in time for the Cross Country season starting in October! Don t forget we have a couple of important road races coming up in October.on Sunday 7 th we have the Sittingbourne 10 miles and on Sunday 28 th we have the Wilmington 10km, it will be good to have a big turnout from the club in both races as they are the final 2007 Kent Grand Prix events. It could see PWAC finish in the highest positions for a few years with maybe the men actually winning and we are also looking to make them PWAC Club Championship races with prizes!!!! So get your entries in now no excuses!!!! 2007 Round Norfolk Relay Thanks to James Ridger for once again getting the PWAC team sorted out for the 2007 RNR; our 9 th time in the ever popular event. Good luck to everyone involved, hopefully we get a club record time and a top 5 finishing place. Paddock Wood AC Track & Field Club Championships - Sunday 23 rd September We cannot hold our 2007 Track & Field championships with Tonbridge AC this year as they are already booked in for a national event. But we will be holding our Club Championships with Ashford AC at the Julie Rose stadium on Sunday 23 rd September. There will be a full programme of events for all ages from 11 years upwards and hopefully a few fun events for the under 11s. A timetable of events will be produced and circulated shortly. If you are interested please contact either Des and Alison White or Mick and Jan Duffin or Mark Woods / 08 Cross Country Season I know it sounds crazy talking about cross country when the UK is basking in a (long overdue) heat wave over the August bank holiday but it s now only 6 weeks to the start of the cross country season. Get your spikes out and be prepared for that lovely mud, glorious mud feeling!!!! Provisional fixtures are on the website. Monthly Social Get-together The next smoke-free get-together will be at The Foresters in Maidstone Road on Friday 21 st September, please come along and join us. PWAC Website N.B you can now find an electronic copy of The Stopwatch Times on the PWAC website Keep accessing our website it s full of useful information and please keep sending in any articles, photos, results, ramblings, etc. or comments on improvements to me either at des.white@btinternet.com or pwac_website@hotmail.com. Des White (Chairman) FUND RAISER S SECTION Paddock Wood Carnival Thank you to everyone who donated prizes for our Tombolla stall. The day was a great success and we made a profit of just over 100. Many thanks to Jenny Perman and Julie Chandler who helped us to man the stall. Mary, Wendy & Terri PWAC CHRISTMAS DINNER 8 th December 2007 The Club Christmas Dinner will once again be held at Paddock Wood Primary School, the same format as last year but only better. See next months Stop Watch Times for details, prices etc. Seat will be limited, SO BOOK EARLY see Richard Elliott ( ) Page 1

2 HEAD COACHES BITS Southern Masters League In the Kent Division of this league, which provides a sporting outlet for all of us wrinklies, our Men have retained their Division 1 status and our Women have regained theirs by winning promotion from Division 2 by leading the table. Well done all of us! There has been a lot of stirring performances from both genders against some very stiff (including the joints) and determined opposition from the competing clubs, but we managed to hold our own. The opposition is getting fiercer as the men are Masters, or Veterans, at 35 now, the same as the ladies. This means that the likes of Paul Hasler are amongst our ranks so I ll have to be careful when I mention wrinklies in future! Mind you, the standard of performance among the younger masters, or smoothies I should perhaps call them, is terrific and it is nice to think that all of us could possibly raise our performances to the same standard. However, along with the term wrinkly often come the terms achy, groany or creaky and often you cannot hear the weak roar of the crowd for the creaking of joints. Mind you, the smell of the Ellerman s Rub with its distinctive aroma of ammonia does keep the nostrils open so there are some benefits. The only thing is the throws and jumps it s difficult enough at the best of times to do High Jump or Long Jump, or throw a Javelin, but what the heck do you do with the Zimmer frame? I think it s absolutely amazing how the hurdlers get over the barriers with them. What a technique! No, I m not taking the P---. This league is a wonderful occasion at every match, because there really are some tremendous athletes competing former internationals for example, who, despite their advancing years are still able to spin three times in the circle (without getting giddy or falling over) and throw a hammer over 45 metres. Those of you who have not been to a Masters League match should come along and watch (or take part) you will be amazed at some of the performances that you will see. You may even be able to help us get out of our chairs to compete. National Junior Athletics League Once again we have maintained our position in the Medway Division of this league by finishing 8 th, in other words bottom. This is purely down to lack of numbers. I don t think I had more than 5 athletes competing in any one match, usually one male and 4 females. However, when we look at the points scored by each of our athletes in any one match, they have averaged a higher aggregate of points per athlete than most of the teams who beat us in each match. We dominated the female throwing events and some of the linear jumps, sometimes scoring maximum points in A & B strings which was excellent. What a pity we never had enough for a relay team again. Many Thanks to the few athletes who turned out for me this year - your efforts have been appreciated. However, next season we should have more athletes eligible to compete. You have to be a minimum of 15 years old and a maximum of 19 to compete in this league and the competition is getting pretty hot. We meet the same 7 teams throughout the season so it s a good indicator of how each athlete compares to their opposition throughout the year. It is also the best league to compete in prior to embarking on competition in the Southern Men s League (SML) because it gives you a good indication of how good you need to be. This is because you are competing at 15, say, against 19 yearolds which some might say is unfair, but just imagine competing at 16 against a 25 year-old with much more experience and strength in the SML. You really ought to look at competing in your own peer group first. In any case you cannot compete as a first year U/17 in the SML. In the Southern Women s League there are separate age groups, but it is still possible for an U/17 to compete against Senior Women, many of whom are very experienced athletes as well. My own views are that all athletes should compete in their own age groups anyway, but that s my personal opinion. So good luck to all of you who will be U/17 s next season. If you want to try out the National Junior Athletics League I ll be handing out letters during the early part of That may well be my last year as Team Manager for this league. Accidents Do Happen How many of you saw the possible horrific accident with a javelin at a Grand Prix athletics meeting earlier this summer? This was a very high level meeting held under IAAF Rules and a Javelin thrower was in the process of warming up with a few throws. At the far end of the arena, along the back straight, but INSIDE the track, was a Long Jump event in progress. One of the competitors there was sitting on a bench provided for them when one of the others heard a warning shout and ducked out of the way. As he did so a javelin hurtled down through the glare of the floodlights and struck the one sitting on the bench in the rib cage, under his armpit. It went into his body by about 10 centimetres, pierced his liver and touched the top of his right kidney. He was rushed to hospital with the javelin stuck in him and has survived. His liver repaired itself and the kidney was undamaged. The point of this little item is that the meeting was being held under IAAF Rules which all UK: Athletics meetings have to abide by this includes League Meetings and Open Meetings as well. With regard to these latter meetings, if the track has linear jumps on the Page 2

3 INSIDE of the track, the timetable has to be rearranged so that a long throw and a linear jump cannot take place at the same time. We all know this from any match at Deangate where the Long & Triple Jumps are alongside the home straight on the inside of the track. The thrower in question, a left handed thrower, obviously got it wrong when he launched the javelin into the air and threw it a very long way, but out of the landing sector. This is precisely why the rules where introduced about locating linear jumps inside the track when building a new facility. That is why alterations were made at Tonbridge track for example, with the old Pole Vault run-up alongside but inside the back straight of the track. In moving it to the lower grass area, the decision was also made to relocate the Long & Triple Jumps to the same area, plus the Shot Putt sector. Other existing tracks have had to do similar alterations, but some, Deangate included, do not have the space to do so between the perimeter rails and the track. When we get our track the Long & Triple Jumps will be outside the track as will the Pole Vault. Since the incident there have been no recriminations in the press and no information about an enquiry into what went wrong, or what they IAAF are going to do about it. Once again the UK abides by the rules and the rest of Europe appears to get away with breaking or bending them. The main thing is, how did the meeting organiser get permission to hold a IAAF Grand Prix Meeting in a stadium where the field event layout did not comply with the IAAF s own regulations? Perhaps money talks! Star:Track 2007 Well that s the 16 th Star:Track week over. This year we played host to 135 young people aged between 5 and 14. There was some good talent on display again this year with one young 9 year-old girl showing a natural ability to do Shot Putt, some sprinters and a few potential Javelin Throwers too. We did try to beat Paula Radcliffe s 3000metre time of 8m 29.27s doing the Paula s Challenge which consists of a relay team of 9 runners doing 50metre stages continuously until the 3000metres were complete. The best time was 8m 42 seconds a remarkable time considering we had many 9 year-olds running. To be just 15 seconds outside the time was a very good effort all round. We were so lucky with the weather the rain held off each day, especially Tuesday 7 th when it really tipped down in the evening, having been threatening to pour all day, but didn t. The good news is that everybody had a good time, there were no serious injuries just the odd bruise from falling over and hurt pride. The bad news is that they all want to come back next year! so look out folks, I ll be asking for your help again. Many thanks to all the coaches and helpers who gave their time and efforts during the week. Without all of you I couldn t hope to organise it, so if you say you can t help next year I won t have to take a week off work to run it! Many Thanks Mascalls Artificial Pitch Mascalls School have secured funding via the Lottery and other sources for their much-publicised all-weather pitch on the school field. So far so good until one morning during Star:Track Week a couple of blokes with surveying equipment started measuring the field around the first bend of the track. When challenged by Janet it transpired they had the plans for the location of the artificial pitch with them and guess what? It will take all three jump pits, the Throwing Cage area (and the cage), the Shot Putt area, plus the first bend of the track, 90% of the best soccer pitch and part of the cricket pitch. They had no idea what was intended regarding any location of the athletics facilities that your club helped install and improve at its own expense. The school paid nothing towards the cage which will cost about 8000 to replace, and your club paid for and carried out the work to improve the 3 pits from about 1.5m x 3.5m dimensions to the current 3m x 9m ones plus the tarmac run-ups. We also paid fro the Shot Putt circle and sector. Isn t the consultation business wonderful? The school management have some answering to do, that s for sure. We haven t moved to Putlands yet. Athlete Registration You may be unaware, but all athletes who compete for their clubs have to be registered with UK:Athletics, or they may become ineligible to compete in Championship events. This also applies to athletes who do not belong to a club for whatever reason, this means your club has to pay a levy to UK:A on your behalf. This is on top of any affiliation fees we pay already to become a registered club. The whole country is in some turmoil over this because a lot of clubs are relatively small and have a very low membership fee, therefore they will not have sufficient funds to pay the athlete registration fees as well as any affiliation fee to SEAA or UK:A South East Region. Many clubs are up in arms over this because they see it as just another big stick being waved at the clubs to bring them into line over certain elements within the athletics modernisation scheme imposed on us by the Hutton Report which had to be accepted before the mythical 42 million pound Legacy was released to UK:A in order to provide much-needed funds for improved facilities and so on. I subscribe to this feeling somewhat, because once again the funds have gone not to those most in need, the grass roots of athletics like us, it went to the bigger clubs in order to improve their facilities while the rest of us saw Page 3

4 nothing coming to us at all. Athlete registration has been accepted without question by North of England AA & Midlands AA where there are fewer clubs but perhaps a comparable number of athletes. In the South of England there are more clubs with mostly fewer members per club. Indeed there is another new club in Kent that has affiliated to KCAA making around 44 registered athletics clubs in Kent alone. All of these already pay an affiliation fee to the Regional association but must now also pay another fee for every competing athlete. There is one club not far from us that has paid no affiliation fees to any body this season, be it county or league, yet their athletes have competed against us in the Southern Men s League, their points have been amassed and the team has been recorded as finishing 3 places below us in the league. This is not the first time they have not paid affiliation fees and probably won t be the last. Perhaps one good thing will come out of the Athlete Registration scheme if their athletes are not registered they cannot compete. How many others will fall foul of this scheme? Be thankful that your Club s Committee have been thoughtful enough to register all you track & field athletes from Club funds. Athletics Tracks in Kent Kent has a growing number of athletics tracks with more being planned. This is good you may think. But just take a moment or three to work out where the tracks are located. The list below may help: Canterbury High School Julie Rose, Ashford Tonbridge School Sutcliffe Park, Eltham Central Park, Dartford Norman Park, Bromley Catford Deangate, Hoo Erith Stadium (East Kent) (East Kent)) (West Kent) (London Borough) (North Kent) (London Borough) (London Borough) (North West Kent) (London Borough) There are more planned one at a school in Thanet, one at Sutton Valence School, one at Gravesend/Gillingham and one at Paddock Wood. Of the list above there is just one track in West Kent - Tonbridge School. Again, of the above list there are very few PUBLIC Tracks, i.e. open for the public and individuals to use (for a fee). These are Canterbury, Ashford, Bromley, Dartford, Eltham, Deangate. The list shows 4 tracks in London Boroughs, which really ought not to be counted in Kent, but are historically part of Kent. The Track at Sutton Valence School is going to be 8 lanes and Medway & Maidstone will use it as a training base. The school have 360,000 to put into the cost. The track in Gravesend/Gillingham will be 6 lanes and will be constructed at the Black Lion Leisure Centre and will replace Deangate, which is to close due to restrictions over development. Again, Medway & Maidstone will base themselves here so they will have two tracks at their disposal, Greedy, perhaps, but good luck to them if they can get the funding. That leaves NO public track in West Kent, because an individual is not able, as far as I know, to hire Tonbridge School track, even though a considerable amount of public money has been ploughed into it over the years, as well as a considerable amount from the school s foundation. The point of all this is that we also want Funding for our facility which is looking extremely low standard compared to what the others are getting. With the Olympics being hosted in London in 5 years time should we not have a proper facility and should we not be lobbying the UK:Athletics Facilities Group to give us what we ought to have a 6 lane track for public use? A Blast from the Past This may become an irregular feature within the Stop Watch Times. The other day Janet was turning out some papers and came across a lot of results from way back when the club was a mere fledgling in the athletics world. In those days we were not competing in any leagues. We competed in Open Meetings and Fun Runs and Road Races, plus Open Cross Country Meetings. The very first thing we competed in was, I think the Horsham Blue Star Harriers Open Parkland Races, held in Horsham Park. We took a coach load over with possibly more spectators than runners, but as I remember we all had a good time in my old home town. I do have the results of this meeting somewhere, but can t lay my hands on it at the moment. There are some names in the results of competitors who are still members and some who we may have forgotten ever belonged to our club. I wonder where they are now? Anyway, I though it might be a good idea to put a few of the results in from time to time just so we can compare times and distances from then with what we can show the world now. They may not be in any particular order but I will try to start with the earliest ones and gradually build up to the present day, although of course the present day results will be history by the time I get round to putting them in the SWT! So here goes: The earliest results I can find so far are for the Mascalls Fun Run on March 27 th 1988 and although a lot of those listed were actually running for Mascalls School they were still members of PWAC. U/15 Girls: (5K) Caroline Woodbridge 22 nd 23m 54s Louise Reidy 51 st 25m 04s Inga Webb 63 rd 25m 33s Sarah Tully 89 th 27m 03s Louisa Woodbridge 105 th 27m 38s Diane Walker 134 th 28m 40s Elizabeth Duffin 160 th 29m 50s Karen Lindsey 165 th 30m 09s Page 4

5 Kirtsy Leaney 179 th 30m 56s Amy Brown 184 th 31m 11s Suzanne Bayliss 189 th 31m 18s Sinead Byrne 207 th 32m 15s Jolene Naylor 208 th 32m 23s Sonia Fallon 222 nd 33m 20s 452 Finishers U/15 Boys: (5K) Mark Lindsey 4 th 21m 32s Jonathan Ronan 9 th 22m 17s Mark Wilding 10 th 22m 21s Graham Reidy 16 th 22m 57s Paul Lindsey 17 th 23m 02s Darren Hendley 48 th 24m 58s Lee Webb 52 nd 25m 06s Greg Wilding 60 th 25m 20s Matt Hendley 62 nd 25m 29s Steve Fallon 70 Th 26m 02s Stuart Tully 95 th 27m 23s James Apps 142 nd 29m 04s James Ridger 143 rd 29m 04s Jamie Nailor 159 th 29m 47s Simon Wilson 175 th 30m 43s Terry Cheeseman 209 th 32m 24s Matt Beer 228 th 33m 37s James Duffin 264 th 35m 26s 454 Finishers Ladies: (10K) Jackie Cheeseman 49 th 40m 52s Val Lindsey 140 th 48m 03s Julie Taylor 182 nd 52m 14s Vanessa Twohey 227 th 58m 19s Men: (10K) Mick Reidy 15 th 36m 22s Dennis Fallon 25 th 38m 52s Richard Elliott 37 th 39m 46s Wayne Leaney 41 st 40m 20s John Webb 50 th 40m 53s Andrew Walker 51 st 40m 58s Bob Wilding 79 th 43m 02s Mick Duffin 151 st 49m 19s 310 Finishers Combined Men & Women The club took 2 nd Team Prize. This was on the original Mascalls Fun Run route before a more or less accurate route was measured. Next is just a list of runners in the Phoenix AC Road Races round Phoenix Park, Brighton on 13 th November U/11 Boys: Steve Fallon, Darren Hendley, Paul Perman, James Ridger, Greg Wilding. U/11 Girls: Nicky Avis, Elizabeth Duffin, Louise French, Karen Lindsey, Sadie Jones. U/13 Boys: Lewis Howard, Mark Lindsey, Mark Wilding. U/13 Girls: Sinead Byrne, Sonia Fallon, Sally Newman, Louise Reidy. U/15 Boys: James Duffin, Matt Hendley, Paul Lindsey, Graham Reidy. U/15 Girls: Fiona Avis, Kirsty Leaney. U/17 Boys: Wayne Leaney. Junior Women: Julie Taylor. Senior Women: Vanessa Jones, Val Lindsey. Senior Men: Dennis Fallon, Colin French, Mick Reidy, Bob Wilding. By this date the Webb family had resigned from the club and joined Langton AC along with Jackie Cheeseman. Mick Duffin THE 2008 FLORA LONDON MARATHON - SUNDAY 13th APRIL How to Get an Entry The first requirement to get an entry for this event is to be completely mad!! Anyone who should want to run 26.2 miles around the streets of London, and to train for three or four months in all weathers that the British winter throws at you; well you must be totally without any marbles at all. HOWEVER! If you are a Member of PWAC and are determined to be there, do it, get the medal, and the T-shirt and maybe even the video; this is how to do it. First you must obtain an official entry form. These are available at good sports shops e.g. Christopher Hull, or the Angel Centre in Tonbridge; or branches of Sweatshop, JJB Sports, JD Sports, and Hargreaves Sports. If you have difficulty in getting one of these forms you can ring the London Marathon Help Line on Having now got a form you must fill it in following the instructions to the letter, and then post it. Entries must be in by the due date on the entry form, as the ballot closes towards the end of October. Sometime in early December you will be notified by post whether you have been successful, or have been rejected. If you are a reject don t give up hope, because PWAC receives a number of guaranteed entries. These are given as we are an affiliated Club, and because many Club members and friends help on the day of the Marathon, now at the 22 mile Water Station. These guaranteed entries are then available to any Club Member who has sent an entry and been rejected, and are given on the basis that they are offered first to people who have not run the London Marathon before, then to people who have run before but not used a club entry; Page 5

6 and finally, to anyone who wants one if there are any left. Alan Newman Don t give up training if you receive a rejection slip; let me know as soon as you get it, and if you want a guaranteed entry, I normally distribute these at about Christmas time. I hope this clarifies the situation about entry to the London Marathon. Please let me know if you have or are going to enter so that I can keep track of who is in and who isn t. If you need any more information about this, contact me by calling me at home on , or mobile on , or by at petercockcroft@btinternet.com. For those of you who are not running, remember the date 13th April, as you will all be needed to help at the 22 Mile Water Station. More details nearer the time. Peter Cockcroft PADDOCK WOOD AC SUMMER TIME TRIALS Throughout the summer, Paddock Wood athletes have been testing their fitness in a series of time trials over 800m or the classic mile, with a mile handicap race concluding the season at Tonbridge School track on Wednesday evening, August 29, writes Alan Newman. A total of 35 athletes have taken part in the series and 18 ran in the final handicap race with eight setting personal best times for the distance. First runner across the finishing line was Richard Christian who stopped the clock at 8.25 for a true 5.56 time closely followed by first woman, Alison White (8.30 / 7.17) and both were suitably rewarded for their pb s at the prize giving. Fastest athlete on the night, as he has been all summer, was James Ridger (4.35) and the fastest lady was Sarah Shepherd (6.00) who claimed the prize for the best performance with her 5.51 recorded in July. Two further prizes were awarded for improvement from 2006 and these went to Fiona Buckingham (6.18) for slicing 28 seconds off her previous best in July and to Kady Cartwright (5.59) for improving by 24 seconds also in July. The other personal bests set with the incentive of the handicap were achieved by Paul Hasler (4.43), Des White (5.30), Tom Cox (5.34), John Tolhurst (5.55) and Claire McDonald (6.35) who equalled her previous best mark. Results table on back page (Editor) Page 6

7 PENTATHON CUP REPORT This months results include two firsts overall from Tina Oldershaw at Cliffe Woods and Dartford respectively plus a first and two seconds 0/50 for Des White and second overall at Beckenham for Gareth Robb and a male vets team win at Dartford. Good runs also from Rob Rowland with two pb s at 5 miles and 10kms. To round off the results I also include some recent races from our super vet from the West County Peter Mander. The results are as follows: Harvel 5m 2/06//07 6 Rob Rowland S3pb 9 Des White G2 104 Lionel Stielow S2 174 Alison White S2 Des was 2 nd man 0/50 There were 382 finishers Seaford 1/2m 3/06/07 4 Mickael Hegesippe S2 There were 390 finishers Beckenham 10k 3/06/07 2 Gareth Robb G1 14 Des White G2 16 Pete Buckingham S3 25 Andy Fletcher G1 78 Rob Weighell S2 86 Carol Emery G1 93 Fiona Buckingham S3 127 Julian Seal B3 193 Miriam Dorrity S1 198 Alice Truett B2 229 Dinah Truett B1 Gareth was 2 nd overall Des was 2 nd man 0/50 and Carol was 2 nd lady 0/45 There were 249 finishers Orpington 10k 24/06/07 11 Rob Rowland S3 pb 20 Paul Slater S3 117 John Tolhurst S1 203 Lionel Stielow S1 There were 437 finishers Heathfield 10k 24/06/ Alice Truett B2 pb 214 Dinah Truett B2 233 Penny Roberts S1 There were 251 finishers Torbay 1/2m 24/06/07 44 Des White G3 597 Alison White S2 Rye Summer Classic 10k 13/07/07 10 Rob Rowland G1 pb 38 Rob Weighell S2 pb Cliffe Woods 10k 15/07/07 12 Tina Oldershaw G3 20 Pete Buckingham S2 67 Rob Weighell S2 74 John Tolhurst S2 84 Fiona Buckingham S3 154 Paddy Heffernan G1 236 Miriam Dorrity S1 pb 301 Dinah Truett B2 305 Vanessa Hollamby B2 317 Penny Roberts S1 356 Avril Mitchell S1 Tina was 1 st lady overall There were 426 finishers Dartford 1/2m 23/07/07 9 Tina Oldershaw G3 18 Andy Fletcher G1 32 Richard Bidois S3 83 Rob Weighell S2 Tina was 1 st lady overall Andy, Richard and Rob were 1 st vets team There were 612 finishers Indian Queens 1/2m (Cornwall) 5/08/07 18 Rob Rowland S3 There were 346 finishers Bluewater 10k 12/08/07 39 Des White G2 162 John Tolhurst S2 398 Kady Cartwright S1 457 Alison White S2 Des was 1 st man o/50 Des and Alison were 1 st married couple There were 1338 finishers Page 7

8 Peter Mander s Results Time Points Std Sticker 5m S3 Cubert 5m S3 Launceston 1/2M S2 Paddy Heffernan ROAD RUNNING REPORT Bewl Water 15 1/07/07 Pos Time 7 th Pete Buckingham th Paul Slater th Rob Rowland th Andy Fletcher th Tina Oldershaw th Des White th James Davies nd Rob Weighell th Fiona Buckingham th Carol Emery th Duncan Riordan th Alison White th Paddy Heffernan th Miriam Dorrity th Alice Truett th Dinah Truett th Jim Taylor There were 442 finishers Tina was 2 nd W overall and 1 st W 0/40 Tina, Fiona and Carol were 1 st women s team Pete, Paul Slater and Rob Rowland were 3 rd men s team Henfield 1/2m 19 th August 2007 Pos Time Geoff Hurrel Sandwich 1/2m 19 TH August 2007 Pos Time Terry Raveh Doran Raveh Torbay Regatta 10k 26 th August 2007 Pos Time 29 th Des White Des was 2 nd M50 There were 447 finishers London Triathlon (Sprint) 5 th August th James Davies Swim 750m Cycle 20k Run 5k There are 2 races left in the Grand Prix and they are both Kent Championship Races, Sittingbourne 10 miles on 7 th October and Wilmington 10k on 28 th October. Remember to enter in advance and tick the box for Kent Championships. Thanet Marathon and ½ Marathon were closed early this year which is a first as you can usually enter on the day, so please get your entries in early to avoid disappointment. Mascalls 10k and 5k are at the end of September. Hopefully we will get hold of some entry forms when the school opens again. If you would like to enter please fill in an entry form and give it to me with your entry fee and I will enter them onto a team sheet. Carol Emery FORTHCOMING ATHLETIC EVENTS AND RACES Saturday 8 th September Great Forest 10k, Bedgebury Forest / National Pinetum, Goudhurst, Kent Sunday 9 th September KCAA Relay Championships Shorne Wood 5, Shorne Wood Country Park, Nr Gravesend, Kent Eridge Park 10, Sham Farm, Sham Farm Road, Eridge Green, Kent Weald St George s 10k, Merryfield, Windmill Road, Weald, Kent Wingham 10k, The Recreation Ground, Wingham, Canterbury, Kent Wednesday 12 th September Dartford Harriers open Graded Meeting, Dartford Friday 14 th September Rye Summer Classic Series 5k, Rye Nature Reserve, Rye Harbour, Sussex Saturday 15 th September Crystal Palace 10k, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Ledrington Road, Upper Norwood, London Page 8

9 Saturday / Sunday 15/16 th September KCAA Combined Events, U13 s & Masters Championships, Erith Sunday 16 th September Faversham 10k, The Abbey School, London Road, Faversham, Kent Quicksand 15, Marine Sands (Main Beach), Margate, Kent SUNDAY 23 RD SEPTEMBER PADDOCK WOOD AC TRACK & FIELD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS, JULIE ROSE STADIUM, KENNINGTON ROAD, ASHFORD, KENT Beckenham Trail 10k, Beckenham Cricket Club, Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, Kent Tunbridge Wells 10k, Lower Cricket Ground, Tunbridge Wells, Kent Saturday 29 th September Windsor 8k (Running4women.com), Windsor Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire Sunday 14 th October Brighton 8k (Running4women.com), Madeira Drive, Brighton, Sussex Beckley 10k, Beckley Village Centre, Nr Rye, Sussex Cancer Research 10k, Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent Petts Wood 10k, Willett R4ecreation Ground, Petts Wood, Nr Orpington, Kent Jog Shop Jog 20, Brighton Marina Carpark, Brighton, Sussex Sunday 21 st October Maidstone ½ Marathon, Valley Park School, Huntsman Lane, Maidstone, Kent SUNDAY 28 TH OCTOBER WILMINGTON 10K (INCLUDING KENT CHAMPIONSHIP) For further details please contact JENNY PERMAN on Club Training Nights or Tel: Sunday 30 th September Windsor ½ Marathon, Windsor Great Park, Windsor, Berkshire Folkestone ½ Marathon, The Leas, Folkestone, Kent Mascalls Fun Run, Mascalls School, Maidstone Road, Paddock Wood, Kent Bexhill Seafront 10k, Bexhill Seafront, Bexhill on Sea, Sussex SUNDAY 7 TH OCTOBER CHAS RYMAN MEMORIAL 10 (INCLUDING KENT CHAMPIONSHIP), HIGHSTED SCHOOL, HIGHSTED ROAD, SITTINGBOURNE, KENT Southend 10k, Southchurch Park, Southend on Sea Essex Ashford 10k, Julie Rose Stadium, Kennington Road, Ashford, Kent Dulwich Runners 10k, Dulwich Park, Dulwich, London Page 9

10 Athlete 2nd May th June th July th August th August 2007 Time Trial Best Handicap Name Surname 800m Mile 800m Mile 800m Mile 800m Mile Clock Actual 800m Mile Mile James Ridger Gareth Robb Paul Hasler Rob Shaw Richard Bidois Mickael Hegesippe Peter Buckingham James Batchelder Malcolm Martin Dave Lawrence Rob Rowland Des White Luke Williams David Richardson Tom Cox Will Hayden Sarah Shepherd Gill Tree John Tolhurst Kady Cartwright Richard Christian Fiona Buckingham Sue Taylor Sue James Claire McDonald Carol Emery Richard Hannam Caroline Richards Sam Creamer Roy Hammond Alison White Vanessa Hollamby Alice Campbell Penny Roberts Lorraine Shepherd Page 10

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