FR&AC Race Reports: 8th – 14th December

A fairly short, but sweet report this time, but it’s still packed full of festivity, big cross country efforts, and parkrun PBs.

Pop the festive chocolate down for a while (So there’s still some left for next week), and have a read through what FRAC has been up to this week…

Saturday 13^th December – Norman Park, Bromley Cross Country

On Saturday Folkestone set it’s sights on Bromley for the final fixture of the 2025 Kent Cross Country League, awards night trophies still fresh on the mind, our runners set out with more success as the goal.

Describing it as a great day with perfect weather, Coach Catherine O’ Connor (V55) flew round in first place for her age category, while Krzysztof Klidzia (V60) also won his age category, adding more cross country success to both of their respective resumés.

Below are the Women’s and Men’s results from the event:

Pos	Bib #	Name			Cat		Finish Time
26th	733	Catherine O’CONNOR	F	26th	55	1st	00:36:14
68th	735	Rosie SMISSEN	F	66th	SW	21st	00:40:59
69th	727	Kate EVANS	F	67th	55	10th	00:41:06
74th	732	Zoe NEALE	F	72nd	45	22nd	00:41:35
78th	724	Amy AXON	U	3rd	SW	2nd	00:42:07
93rd	728	Maria FELICETTI	F	90th	55	17th	00:51:16

Pos	Bib #	Name			Cat		Finish Time
64th	1106	Henry AXON	M	64th	SM	34th	00:30:52
67th	1119	Krzysztof KLIDZIA	M	67th	60	1st	00:31:01
88th	1109	Paul BARTLETT	M	88th	50	16th	00:32:07
111st	1112	Elliot CHAPMAN-JONES	M	111st	SM	48th	00:32:55
117th	1117	Jacob HENWOOD	M	117th	SM	52nd	00:33:17
124th	1120	Andrew NOBLE	M	124th	60	7th	00:33:33
131st	1108	James BARNEY	M	131st	SM	54th	00:34:04
134th	1126	David WEEKES	M	134th	60	9th	00:34:24
196th	1104	Clive ALLON	M	196th	60	27th	00:46:22

League results can be found here: http://www.kcaa.org.uk/kent%20league%20results.htm#26

Saturday 13^th December – Parkrun

Wimbledon Common

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Time
254	59	Lara PARSONS	00:28:50

Bexley

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Time
178	135	Clive ALLON	00:30:15

Pegwell Bay

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Time
41	30	Martin SALMON	00:23:03

Seaton

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Time
21	17	Thomas ASPINALL	00:21:37

Folkestone

Well done to Louisa Eede, Phil Haines and Julie Slingsby for getting PBs.

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Time
2	2	Prakash GURUNG	00:17:10
3	3	Guy SLINGSBY	00:17:19
11	10	Kevin NEWMAN	00:18:51
15	14	Ian MERRICK	00:19:02
19	3	Deborah JEFFERY	00:19:28
22	4	Manda GURUNG	00:19:59
23	19	Joseph CARROLL	00:20:02
24	20	David HITCHING	00:20:10
27	23	Tristan BRUCE	00:20:23
30	26	Jason BRETT	00:20:33
35	31	Torben JESSEN	00:20:50
41	5	Vicky SCOTT	00:21:15
42	6	Louisa EEDE	00:21:17
46	8	Kirsty WILSON	00:21:25
47	39	Stuart ERSKINE	00:21:33
49	41	Phil HAINES	00:21:35
50	42	Dan MCCARTHY	00:21:36
51	43	Jonathan ARANA-MORTON	00:21:41
60	50	Stephen DEEMING	00:22:30
59	49	James SPRINGETT	00:22:30
65	55	Jacob HENWOOD	00:23:05
66	56	Ian VOUSDEN	00:23:06
79	68	Andrew HADLOW	00:23:41
83	72	Anthony SCOTT	00:23:55
88	76	Ron BELL	00:24:12
97	84	Karl LETCHFORD	00:24:40
106	14	Diane PARSONS	00:25:12
109	93	John O’HARA	00:25:15
129	19	Jane WREN	00:26:03
146	115	Alan RANDALL	00:26:34
148	116	Aldous HOSKING	00:26:35
149	117	Brian AUSTIN	00:26:37
162	129	Richard FOWLES	00:27:11
171	135	David BOTTING	00:27:32
177	32	Deirdre COOMBS	00:27:50
178	33	Debbie FOWLES	00:27:51
182	141	Simon BURVILL	00:27:53
183	35	Kayleigh RIDGWELL	00:27:56
190	38	Julie SLINGSBY	00:28:17
240	59	Julie GIBBS	00:30:49
245	62	Victoria EDWARDS	00:31:06
251	65	Rebekah NEWTON	00:31:17
254	178	Brian DAVIS	00:31:27
270	188	Malcolm GIBBS	00:33:12
287	84	Beth GOODCHILD	00:34:52
289	86	Caron INDER	00:35:13
290	87	Kate LANCEFIELD	00:35:20
315	201	Jacob BURVILL	00:43:37

Swanley

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Time
1	1	Henry AXON	00:20:27
24	5	Amy AXON	00:27:50

Mote Park

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Time
62	6	Caroline CURTIS	00:25:13
109	17	Deborah PARMENTER	00:28:04

Thames Path Parkrun, Woolwich

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Time
16	1	Nikki GOODWIN	00:21:16

Dover Waterfront Parkrun

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Time
1	1	Oscar ROACH	00:16:09
2	2	Simon RAMSAY	00:17:26
129	83	Neil ADAMS	00:30:47
130	84	Roy ATKINS	00:30:50

Sunday 14^th December – Herne Bay, Santa’s on the Run!

This could be the first time since I started race reporting that I actually get to mention myself.

On Sunday I (Dan McCarthy) travelled over to Herne Bay with my aunt who works alongside the Pilgrim’s Hospice who put on this event each year.

After helping out with the registration desk for a while I took part in a 15 minute dance/warm up along with over 1000 other Santa’s, and then it was time to start the run, which was split between 3k, 5k and 10k.

It’s an out and back looped course, which has 3 different turnaround points depending on the distance you choose to run, due to a bit of route congestion I tried to go round a large group of people and ended up missing the correct turnaround point which led me up a long steep hill before finding my way back on track.

After a strong pushing finish and many opportunities to stick my thumbs up I came home in 23:15, but there aren’t any official times released as it’s a charity fun run.

I then helped hand out medals and take photos of/for people after they’d finished running, meaning I’d pretty much done a bit of everything to help the event from start to finish, including taking part in it too.

Looking forward to seeing photos from and taking part in more festive runs in the near future, but for now, Guylian in hand, it’s time to pick the festive chocolate back up.

Thankyou for reading and good luck to everyone running the handicap tomorrow!