A weekend of windy 10k’s

Sunday saw two of the most popular local 10k races take place. The Deal Dinosaur saw Thomas Murray come in 5th place in a personal best time of 38:38, a fantastic result on a hilly and windy course. James Springett was 16th in 43:12 with Karla Lardner in 45:42 4th female and 2nd in her age category.

In New Romney a large contingent raced the pancake flat course but with the a hefty south westerly wind to contend with. First home was Dave Tyler in 8th place whilst first female home was Catherine O’Connor in 69th place, 4th female and 1st female Vet 50. Diane Parsons was 1st Vet female 45 Jane Wren was 1st Vet female 55 for the Southern Counties Veterans Athletics Club Championships. For the men Krzysztof Klidzia finished 1st Male Vet 55 and 19th overall. There were also Pb performances from Dominic Shepherd, Tom Aspinall and Sonia Markwell. Well done to all who ran.

Full results were as follows:

David Tyler Senior Male 00:34:51 Simon Ramsay Male Vet 40 00:36:27 Krzysztof Klidzia Male Vet 55 00:38:04 Jacob Henwood Senior Male 00:38:28 Paul Bartlett Male Vet 50 00:38:49 Nick Steele Senior Male 00:39:00 Dominic Shepherd Senior Male 00:42:18 pb  Thomas Aspinall Senior Male 00:44:04 pb  Gregory Dixon Male Vet 55 00:44:31 Joseph Carroll Male Vet 40 00:45:40 Catherine O’Connor Female Vet 50 00:46:10 Anh-Van Whitby Female Vet 50 00:46:54 Ron Bell Male Vet 45 00:47:17 Philip Heathfield Male Vet 40 00:47:21 Harvey Atkins Junior Male 00:48:35 Andrew Hadlow Male Vet 60 00:48:35 Alan Randall Male Vet 60 00:51:17 Caroline Curtis Female Vet 50 00:51:21 Jane Wren Female Vet 55 00:51:29 Anthony Scott Male Vet 50 00:51:36 Diane Parsons Female Vet 45 00:51:57 John O’Hara Male Vet 60 00:53:27 Philip Bridges Male Vet 50 00:53:53 Jennifer Quinn Female Vet 40 00:54:36 Martin Smith Male Vet 50 00:56:50 Sonia Markwell Female Vet 45 00:57:53 pb  Jason Crockford Male Vet 55 00:58:48 Collette Windsor Female Vet 45 00:59:49 Joe Finnigan Senior Male 01:02:15 Jennie Smith Female Vet 50 01:04:01 Deirdre Coombs Female Vet 65 01:04:33 Roy Atkins Male Vet 50 01:05:51

parkrun results are as follows

Folkestone: Henry AXON 00:16:30 Prakash GURUNG 00:17:20 Trevor DEVOOGHT 00:17:42 pb Krzysztof KLIDZIA 00:18:18 Tristan BRUCE 00:18:21 David GILLETT 00:18:31 Ian MERRICK 00:19:06 Nikki GOODWIN 00:20:24 Thomas ASPINALL 00:20:55 Greg DIXON 00:21:10 Thierry BAL 00:21:32 Simon COFFEY 00:22:03 Darren PHILIP 00:22:25 Ivana COLLIER 00:22:50 Phil HAINES 00:23:47 Louisa EEDE 00:24:37 Dominic SHEPHERD 00:24:58 David BOTTING 00:25:15 Rob HILL 00:25:47 Deborah PARMENTER 25:44pb Stuart ERSKINE 00:25:47 Paul HANNAY 00:25:49 Christopher WOOLGAR 00:25:57 Kirsty GARDINER 00:26:46 Anthony SCOTT 00:26:47 Diane PARSONS 00:26:50 Neil ADAMS 00:27:13 Collette WINDSOR 00:27:40 Andrew RICHARDSON 00:28:07 Jonathan DRINKWATER 00:28:10 Malcolm GIBBS 00:28:56 Philip BRIDGES 00:29:33 Anna HEGARTY 00:30:41 Amy OWEN 00:30:56 Rebekah NEWTON 00:30:57 Kate LANCEFIELD 00:34:41 Kayleigh CUMBER 00:39:53 Catherine-Anne CURTIS 00:43:58 Anh-Van WHITBY 00:48:08 Kevin WHITBY 00:48:09

Foots Cray: Caroline CURTIS 00:24:51

Edinburgh: Sylwia TOKARSKA 00:26:53

Carrickfergus: Elliot CHAPMAN-JONES 00:19:23

Canterbury: Ron BELL 00:25:07 Alan RANDALL 00:25:33 Jane WREN 00:26:55 Rachel SMITH 00:28:37

Ashford: Karla LARNDER 00:21:27

Richmond: Deborah JEFFERY 00:23:09