Woo’s Winter Orienteering Challenge took place on the 29th December and saw 25 members and family take to the canal paths around Hythe for a 5 mile run with 10 brain-busting clues to solve along the way. As ever, the clock only stops when the run and the answers are completed, with penalty time added for incorrect answers. Afterwards a convivial “American Supper” was held in Woo’s sportshall before the results were announced and the prestigious trophy awarded to; Winning team: Nick Steele, Joe Bruce & Jacob Henwood. total time of 57m45s
2nd place team: Tristan Bruce, Stuart Sprinks & James Barrey, total time of 60m 36s
3rd place team: Adam Ward, Aimee Howard, Dan McCarthy & Beth Goodchild, 68m57s
Before Christmas Thomas Webb kicked off the indoor athletics season by competing in the South of England Combined Events Champs at Lee Valley. Thomas competed in the U17M Heptathlon over two days, which consisted of 60m sprint, long jump, high jump, shot put, 60m hurdles, pole vault and 1,000m. He PB’d in all events and won the silver medal!
On Saturday 10th January the KCAA Cross-Country Championships were held at Brands Hatch.
Jacob Gillett took part in the U13 Boys, coming in 16th with a time of 11:49. Poppy Duncan took part in the U15 Girls and came 15th with a time of 18:07. In the U17 Boys, Guy Slingsby finished in 25th place in a time of 17:31.
In the Senior Mens race six club members took part, Simon Ramsey 46:25, Nick Steele 47:22, Elliot Chapman-Jones 50:35, Paul Bartlet 52:47, Jacob Henwood 54:23 and Thomas Aspinall 56:27. In the Senior Womens race five club member took part, Nicola Goodwin 37:37, Catherine O’Connor 42:48, Rosie Smissen 44:03, Kate Evans 44:51 and Hilary Collins 47:04.
In warmer climbs, Caron Inder ran her first ever big race abroad in the Valencia 10k. With an electrifying atmosphere, and over 14,000 runners Caron enjoyed the glorious sunshine with a bite in the wind. Starting slow and on pace and finished strong Caron got a PB in a time of 1:07:11 which she was “chuffed to bits as this is a great start to the year plus I have an awesome medal now🥇.”
This week’s parkruns:
Ashford parkrun
Deborah Jeffery was the first female back in a time of 20:00 exactly.
Prakash Gurung was the first runner back in a time of 17:23 with Ian Merrick the third runner back in a time of 19:24. Manda Gurung was the second female back in a time of 19:52 with Louisa Eede the third female back in a time of 21:53. Also running were: Tristan Bruce 20:40, Darren Crew 22:07, Kirsty Wilson 22:18, Ian Vousden 22:39, Phil Haines 23:01, Jake Harvey 23:03, Stephen Deeming 23:29, Lesley Clancy 24:06, Jonathan Arana-Morton 24:23, Karl Letchford 24:30, Anthony Scott 24:48, Luke Hicks 25:58, Jacob Henwood 25:59, Martin Salmon 26:01, David Botting 26:15, John O’Hara 26:37, Paul Hannay 26:50, Ron Bell 26:51, Lara Parsons 27:00, Diane Parsons 27:01, Alan Randall 27:02, Kevin Whitby 27:38, Stuart Erskine 27:40, James Springett 27:41, Simon Burvill 27:47, Brian Austin 27:51, Deirdre Coombs 28:01, Jane Wren 28:24, Clive Allon 29:06, Debbie Fowles 29:29, Miles Gawthorp 29:33, Anh-Van Whitby 29:54, Neil Adams 30:10, Roy Atkins 30:12, Jody Stoakes 30:13, Christopher Woolgar 30:44, Layla D’Monte 32:29, Hannah Taylor 33:30, Mark Macfarlane 34:16, Andrew Noble 37:43, Lauren Hart 39:11, Jacob Burvill 41:06, Richard Fowles 42:23, Kate Lancefield 47:35, Helen Merrick 48:57, Beth Goodchild 52:50