Last weekend Neil Sutcliffe Adams travelled up North to take part in the Round Sheffield Run. This is a multi stage trail race that comprises several short stages that take the runner around the outskirts of the city. Neil completed this event in 2:07:34 and had this to say about the event. “It’s an event based around the south west of Sheffield, comprising 11 times stages through the area’s parks, including woodland, waterfalls and lots of hills. This was the event’s 10th anniversary and my 5th time of running it”. Excellent work Neil !!
Friday night saw the start of the Summer series of 10k races at Rye Harbour. Conditions were rather difficult but hardy club runners Stephen Male, Martin Salmon Tony Scott took part. All competed in the Vet 50 age category with Stephen finishing in 3rd place overall and first Male Vet 50.
| POS | NAME | CATEGORY | CHIP TIME |
| 3 | Stephen Male | Male Vet 50 | 00:37:16 |
| 21 | Martin Salmon | Male Vet 50 | 00:45:19 |
| 47 | Anthony Scott | Male Vet 50 | 00:52:55 |
Saturday night saw two new member of the club take part in the 9th Midnight half marathon in Dartford which starting at 5pm. Dan Mc Carthy finished in 1:55 whilst Layla D’monte completed the course in 1:58.
Sunday saw several intrepid FRAC members venture to Sevenoaks for a scenic if challenging trail run known as the Sevenoaks 7 . The ladies won the team event with Vicky Scott who was first home for the club and 3rd place Female Vet 35-44, Caroline Curtis 2nd Female Vet 55-64 and Jenny Heathfield representing the club. A special shout out to Collette Windsor and Rachel Smith who came to the aid of a fellow FRAC member who needed assistance. Collette sacrificed her own race to help this this other runner. Well done Collette !!!
All results are below:
| PLACE | NAME | GENDER | CATEGORY | CHIP TIME |
| 51 | Vicky Scott | Female | Women 35-44 | 00:56:34 |
| 68 | Caroline Curtis | Female | Women 55-64 | 01:00:34 |
| 74 | Anthony Scott | Male | Men 50-59 | 01:02:17 |
| 78 | Phil Maull | Male | Men 50-59 | 01:03:15 |
| 83 | Ron Bell | Male | Men 40-49 | 01:04:37 |
| 116 | Philip Heathfield | Male | Men 40-49 | 01:14:14 |
| 117 | Jenny Heathfield | Female | Women 35-44 | 01:14:14 |
| 143 | Collette Windsor | Female | Women 45-54 | 01:27:04 |
Down at Bewl Water Greg Dixon and Carrie Thomas took part in the annual Bewl 15 race. Greg’s verdict ” A lovely race in an iconic setting. Yeah right: mud, puddles and more mud!!!. I think the rain was probably mud as well but actually good fun too” . He completed the race in 2:17:52 using this as part of his training for an Autumn marathon.
Also taking part was Carrie Thomas who finished in 4th place in her age category Vet 40 female in 2:21:08. She had this to say about the race: ” What a challenge the Bewl 15 mile was. I had never done it before but wanted to try a longer run. It was very muddy and wet! Lots of dodging round puddles, squeezing through gates and climbing over stiles. Then we had some nasty hills to contend with! Great to meet fellow FRAC member Greg Dixon at the end before picking up a free local bitter! 😀 “.
In another Weald of Kent race Martin Salmon took part in the MId Kent 5 Miler which started in the village of Staplehurst and took runners out to Frittenden. Martin described the race as fast and flat but rather wet. he completed the race in 35:25 and 6th in his age category of Vet 55.
This week’s parkrun results are as follows:
FOLKESTONE: 1 Prakash GURUNG 00:18:15 2 Simon RAMSAY 00:18:41 3 Henry AXON 00:18:5 4 Krzysztof KLIDZIA 00:19:09 7 Rob COLLIER 00:19:4 9 Dominic SHEPHERD 00:19:54 10 Ian MERRICK 00:19:55 11 Kevin NEWMAN 00:19:56 12 Torben JESSEN 00:19:57 15 Jon EATON 00:20:11 24 Stephen DEEMING 00:21:06 26 James SPRINGETT 00:21:08
29 Thomas MURRAY 00:21:21 32 Thomas ASPINALL 00:21:47 33 Ben HANCOX 00:21:52 34 David WEEKES 00:22:14 35 Nicholas BRYANT 00:22:24 40 Phil HAINES 00:22:47 43 Jason KING 00:23:03 49 Rob HILL 00:23:12 50 Ian VOUSDEN 00:23:21 51 Darren PHILIP 00:23:22 54 Hazel GREEN 00:23:29 55 Paul BARTLETT 00:23:30 56 Joseph CARROLL 00:23:34 64 Catherine O’CONNOR 00:24:03 77 Philip MAULL 00:24:46 78 Adam WARD 00:24:47
84 Nikki GOODWIN 00:25:03 88 Jason HERRIDGE 00:25:09 90 Anh-Van WHITBY 00:25:16 94 David BOTTING 00:25:50 130 Tim WARREN 00:27:14 140 Anthony SCOTT 00:27:32 142 Diane PARSONS 00:27:35 154 Kevin WHITBY 00:28:05 155 Chris ADDISON 00:28:06 156 Tomas LANE 00:28:07 157 Miles GAWTHORP 00:28:10
160 Alan RANDALL 00:28:24 159 Paul HANNAY 00:28:24 167 Neil ADAMS 00:28:38 190 Brian DAVIS 00:29:41
199 Sophie O’CALLAGHAN 00:29:54 206 Roisin BUNT 00:30:10 226 Deirdre COOMBS 00:30:42
232 Christopher WOOLGAR 00:30:45 231 Julie GIBBS 00:30:45 234 Amy OWEN 00:30:49 242 Maria FELICETTI 00:31:14 244 Jason CROCKFORD 00:31:17 254 Rachel YORKE 00:32:00 258 Philip BRIDGES 00:32:14 271 Malcolm GIBBS 00:33:30 346 Clive ALLON 00:45:48 351 Kate LANCEFIELD 00:51:24
STOCKLEY COUNTRY:1 Jean Paul JEFFERY 00:20:15 6 Deborah JEFFERY 00:23:05
HOLYROOD: 226 Sylwia TOKARSKA 00:28:59
WOOLACOOMBE DUNES: 4 Callum HOWES 00:21:04
BROOKLANDS: 214 Jonathan DRINKWATER 00:27:25 421 Catherine-Anne CURTIS 00:38:34
SOUTH WOODHAM FERRERS : 30 Caroline CURTIS 00:26:07 77 Brent PARKER 00:39:22
PEGWELL BAY: 9 Oliver COLLIER 00:19:44
QUEEN’SPARK BELFAST: 90 Julia HENWOOD 00:30:43
ASHFORD: 14 Andrew NOBLE 00:20:09 110 Lesley CLANCY 00:25:36
MAIDSTONE RIVER PARK: 81 Martin SALMON 00:25:06
