Sunday was the Paddock Wood Half Marathon – a race that always sets the scene for the coming marathon season and if this is the case Folkestone athletes are set for great things in April and May. There were personal best performances for Nick Bryant, Catherine O’Connor, Vicky Scott and Gary Brazier and some fine efforts for the rest of the team. Results are below:
| PLACE | NAME | CATEGORY | CHIP TIME |
| 20 | Daniel Radcliffe | Senior Men | 01:10:51 |
| 163 | Krzysztof Klidzia | Vet Men 50-59 | 01:19:41 |
| 285 | Nick Bryant | Senior Men | 01:24:42 |
| 496 | Jason Ransley | Vet Men 40-49 | 01:32:43 |
| 582 | Catherine O’Connor | Vet Ladies 45-54 | 01:35:33 |
| 590 | Stuart Erskine | Vet Men 40-49 | 01:35:47 |
| 597 | Vicky Scott | Vet Ladies 35-44 | 01:35:56 |
| 781 | Kirsty Wilson | Vet Ladies 35-44 | 01:42:25 |
| 803 | Martin Salmon | Vet Men 50-59 | 01:42:25 |
| 1095 | Jennifer Quinn | Vet Ladies 35-44 | 01:52:43 |
| 1152 | Daniel Glover-Silk | Senior Men | 01:54:10 |
| 1169 | Gary Brazier | Vet Men 50-59 | 01:55:14 |
In Cambridge Diane Parsons took part in the annual Cambridge Half Marathon finishing in a impressive time of 1:51:38.
This week’s parkrun results are as follows:
FOLKESTONE: 1 Simon RAMSAY 00:17:24 4 Rob COLLIER 00:18:47 5 Reuben LAU 00:18:58 11 Henry AXON 00:20:27 13 Prakash GURUNG 00:20:52 16 Andrew FLETCHER 00:21:13 18 Thierry BAL 00:21:18 21 Nicholas BRYANT 00:21:51 22 Thomas MURRAY 00:21:52 23 Simon COFFEY 00:22:23 24 Oliver COLLIER 00:22:25 26 Linnaea STOCKALL 00:22:37 28 Matthew APPLEBY 00:22:54 29 Darren PHILIP 00:22:5831 Hazel GREEN 00:23:02 33 Jacob HENWOOD 00:23:04 38 Ian VOUSDEN 00:23:19 65 Tomas LANE 00:24:48 67 Jason KING 00:24:51 68 Anh-Van WHITBY 00:24:54 70 Louisa EEDE 00:25:00 71 Nikki GOODWIN 00:25:04 88 Philip MAULL 00:26:15 91 Christopher WOOLGAR 00:26:19 95 David BOTTING 00:26:26 108 David WEEKES 00:26:56 111 Jonathan DRINKWATER 00:26:59 116 Richard FOWLES 00:27:17 126 Deirdre COOMBS 00:27:50 129 Aldous HOSKING 00:27:56 135 Neil ADAMS 00:28:23 150 Trudi CURD 00:28:53 153 Roy ATKINS 00:29:03 165 Paul HANNAY 00:29:32 184 Jason HERRIDGE 00:30:13 185 Julie GIBBS 00:30:14 187 Amy OWEN 00:30:16 205 Kirsty WILSON 00:30:44 212 Joe FINNIGAN 00:31:01 217 Rebekah NEWTON 00:31:29 218 Debbie DUNHAM 00:31:29 219 Gary BRAZIER 00:31:30 251 Brian DAVIS 00:34:13 266 Kate LANCEFIELD 00:35:22 265 Lisa SMITH 00:35:22 268 Catherine-Anne CURTIS 00:35:31
WHITSTABLE: 52 Ron BELL 00:25:28 63 Caroline CURTIS 00:26:16 79 Alan RANDALL 00:27:05 110 Jane WREN 00:28:19 222 Brent PARKER 00:38:02
ASHFORD: 31 Martin SALMON 00:22:57
KESWICK: 27 Stuart WEST 00:21:03
MOTE PARK: 31 Karla LARNDER 00:23:51
DOVER SEAFRONT:4 Elliot CHAPMAN-JONES 00:19:33
12 Deborah JEFFERY 00:21:56