Christmas fun in the mud of Saltwood and the hills of Staplehurst.

Boxing Day saw the return of the Saltwood Boxing Day Fun Run which due to Covid had been cancelled since 2019. The weather was a beautiful crisp winter morning although underfoot the conditions were extremely muddy. There were still some fantastic performances with first home being Joe Bruce who finished in 2nd place overall and first junior male. FRC runners also filled the 5th 6th 7th and 8th places. Nikki Goodwin was first lady home in 7th with Vicky Scott finishing in 11th.

Full results are as follows:

Joe Bruce 16:30 Tom Bean  17:30 Daniel Radcliffe  17:31 Daniel Voller 17:47 Henry Axon  18:23 Tristan Bruce 19:14 Jacob Henwood  20:43 Nicholas Steele 20:45 Rob Collier  20:55 Paul Barlett  21:14 James Springett 22:31 Simon Coffey 22:39 Nikki Goodwin 23:05 Oliver Collier  23:21 Vicky Scott 0:24:16 Kevin Whitby 24:22 Martin Murray 24:52 Stuart Erskine  25:02 Tony Scott 25:48 Neil Adams 26:19 Diane Parsons  26:27 Ron Bell 26:58 Ivana Collier 27:01 Catherine O’Connor 27:02 Alan Randall 27:58 Rachel Smith 28:19 Jane Wren  28:24 Sylwia Tokarska 28:36 Marie Brazier 30:10 Tom Millard 30:36 Catherine Clipstone 31:47 Marie Chapman  34:26 Rachel Yorke 36:23 Amy Owen 38:19 Richard Dyer  42:19 Deborah Dunham  42:42 Richard Fowles 42:43 Chris Childs 45:59 Stuart Sprinks 48:13 Becky Plested 54:18

Monday saw the Staplehurst 10 miler with 3 FRC runners taking part. Philip Heath was the first runner home in a time of 1:19:21 in 55th place followed by Karla Lardner in 1:19:43 and 58th place and 3rd female V45 and Jennifer Quinn finished in a time of 1:30;25 in 104th place and 6th female Vet 35.

This week’s parkrun results are as follows: Congratulations to Karl Gloster, Diane Parsons and Jennifer Quinn on achieving PB’s

FOLKESTONE: Karl GLOSTER 00:16:32 PB Peter MERRITT 00:16:29 Henry AXON 00:17:31 Prakash GURUNG 00:18:12 Rob COLLIER 00:18:18 Daniel VOLLER 00:18:47 Tristan BRUCE 00:19:04 Jacob HENWOOD 00:19:23 Amy SEAGER 00:19:23 Nicholas BRYANT 00:19:25 Ian MERRICK 00:19:27 Nick STEELE 00:19:34 James SPRINGETT 00:19:36 Emma CLAYTON 00:21:38 Vicky SCOTT 00:22:10 Daren WILD 00:22:11 David GILLETT 00:22:58 Paul BARTLETT 00:22:58 Deborah JEFFERY 00:23:10 Oliver COLLIER 00:23:19 Philip MAULL 00:23:26 Andrew FLETCHER 00:23:40 Jennifer CLAYTON 00:23:55 Diane PARSONS 00:23:59 PB Louisa EEDE 00:24:12 Anh-Van WHITBY 00:24:27 Catherine O’CONNOR 00:24:39 Jennifer QUINN 00:24:43 PB Ron BELL 00:24:45 Alan RANDALL 00:25:21 Anthony SCOTT 00:25:42 Brian DAVIS 00:26:45 Richard FOWLES 00:26:47 Paul HANNAY 00:26:49 Sylwia TOKARSKA 00:26:54 Philip HEATHFIELD 00:27:03 Oscar COLLIER 00:27:09 PB Rebekah NEWTON 00:27:18 Collette WINDSOR 00:27:43 Malcolm GIBBS 00:28:07 Kevin WHITBY 00:28:11 Debbie DUNHAM 00:28:29 Andrew TREMAIN 00:28:33 Richard DYER 00:28:38 Kirsty GARDINER 00:28:54 Julie GIBBS 00:29:21 Jane WREN 00:29:24 Andrew RICHARDSON 00:29:26 Rachel SMITH 00:29:29 Kate LANCEFIELD 00:29:31 Amy OWEN 00:29:42 Kirsty WILSON 00:31:05 Deirdre COOMBS 00:31:37 Sonia MARKWELL 00:32:07 Denise KING 00:32:51 Maria FELICETTI 00:35:28 Nikki GOODWIN 00:36:22 Elizabeth SMITH 00:37:35 Caron INDER 00:37:56 Margaret WHITHAM 00:38:08 Emily LANCEFIELD 00:41:26

DEAL and WALMER: Darren CREW 00:20:32 Jody STOAKES 00:21:55

SNOW FIELD:  Clare EVANS 00:28:25

HOLYROOD:  Simon RAMSAY 00:18:45

REIGATE PRIORY:  Krzysztof KLIDZIA 00:19:23

CARLISLE:  Andrew SMITH 00:28:21 Lisa SMITH 00:30:42