Folkestone Running and Athletics Club have a Welsh National finalist, medallist and Champion!
Thomas Webb (U17) competed in Cardiff over the 2 days this weekend. Saturday saw the start of his medal haul with a bronze in Shot Put with a PB of 10.73m. Thomas may as well have stayed on the podium on Sunday as he took home 3 more medals – 400m hurdles bronze (1.01.11), 100m hurdles bronze (PB – 14.18) and a GOLD in javelin (36.83).
Everyone at the Club is super proud of you Thomas and can’t wait to see how your athletic career develops.
Last Monday, Darren Crew and Jody Stoakes ran Ashford Pride 5k. Darren Crew was the 6th overall and the 1st Male VET50 in a time of 20.06, with Jody Stoakes the 3rd lady overall and the 1st Female VET40 in a time of 24.25.
This Sunday Trevor DeVooght took on a half marathon deep in the Swiss Alps. His goal – ascend the 1100 metres from the village of Bettmeralp to the peak of Bettmerhorn at approximately 2,650 metres. Over trail and rock they ran, they walked, they scrambled. The sun shone through a cloudless morning into a golden afternoon while day hikers and villagers cheered and hollered encouragement to the runners by name. They gave them water and tea, fed them banana and cranberry granola.
Trevor said “It was a race through the first 14 kilometres. Beyond that, it became a matter of sheer fitness and commitment. The final two kilometres were closer to climbing. With only 500 metres to go, the mountain brought me to my knees with an almighty cramp in my left calf. A fellow athlete took my foot and helped me stretch it back to life. I finally crossed the finish line in 2 hours, 27 minutes, 226th of 2221 runners.”
This weeks parkruns
Ashford parkrun
Martin Salmon 24:37
Canterbury parkrun
Rachel Smith 33:02
Abingdon parkrun
Jonathan Drinkwater 28:54, Catherine-Anne Curtis 35:48
Hoblingwell parkrun
Kate Evans 24:58
Dulwich parkrun
Krzysztof Klidzia 19:09
Reigate Priory parkrun
Deborah Jeffery was the first female back in a time of 20:20
Sittingbourne parkrun
Caroline Curtis 25:25, Brent Parker 44:14
Old Railway Trail parkrun, Llangollen
Roisin Bunt 47:14
Dover Waterfront parkrun
Nicholas Bryant was the 3rd runner overall in a time of 18:17 followed by Darren Crew 21:08, Jody Stoakes 25:37, Lesley Clancy 27:05
Folkestone parkrun
The first runner back at Folkestone was Prakash Gurung 17:25, followed by George Rigby 17:35 in second place and Guy Slingsby 17:41 in third place. The third female back was Kirsty Wilson 21:01. Also running were Joe Bruce 18:03, Kevin Newman 18:23, Thierry Bal 18:47, Paul Bartlett 19:04, Derek Matcham 19:12, Torben Jessen 19:23, Jacob Gillett 19:35, Henry Axon 19:54, Phil Hoyland 19:59, Elliot Chapman-Jones 20:07, Thomas Aspinall 20:08, Dan McCarthy 20:09, Ian Merrick 20:16, Jon Eaton 20:28, David Weekes 20:30, Ed James 20:35, Ian Vousden 20:49, David Gillett 20:57, Adam Ward 20:58, Tristan Bruce 20:59, Stuart Erskine 21:33, Catherine O’Connor 21:41, Jonathan Arana-Morton 22:02, Phil Haines 22:05, Karl Letchford 22:28, Hazel Millard 22:31, Louisa Eede 22:39, Simon Coffey 22:40, Stephen Deeming 22:41, Martin Murray 23:43, James Springett 23:44, Greg Dixon 24:25, Andrew Hadlow 24:26, Marie Brazier 24:47, Amy Axon 25:00, Rob Huish 25:15, David Botting 25:19, Deborah Parmenter 26:01, Sonia Markwell 26:16, Ron Bell 26:20, Jane Wren 26:21, Brian Austin 26:32, Clive Allon 26:52, Anthony Scott 26:59, Kevin Whitby 27:41, Amie Howard 27:47, Jacob Henwood 27:50, Diane Parsons 27:52, Paul Hannay 28:17, Deirdre Coombs 28:26, Gary Brazier 28:42, Maria Felicetti 29:31, Anna Hegarty 29:48, Carolyn Lewis 29:54, Anh-Van Whitby 30:22, Hilary Collins 31:13, Paul Hazelgrove 31:21, Beth Goodchild 34:01, Hayley Turrell 34:12, Rosie Smissen 44:54, Kate Lancefield 44:55, Helen Merrick 47:35.