Grand Prix 2022/2023
Fixtures
Round |
Month |
Date and time |
Race |
1 |
November |
5/11/2022 & 26/11/2022 (best time from either parkrun, you submit your time) |
Swanley Parkrun, Swanley Park, New Barn Rd, Swanley, BR8 7PW |
2 |
January |
22/01/2023 |
|
3 |
February RESCHEDULED from December |
12/02/2023 |
|
4 |
February |
19/02/2023 |
|
5 |
March |
26/03/2023 |
|
– |
April |
NO RACE |
London Marathon Month |
6 |
May |
01/05/2023 |
|
7 |
May |
14/05/2023 |
|
8 |
June |
11/06/2023 |
|
9 |
July |
16/07/2023 |
|
10 |
August |
Any Parkrun anywhere (Submit your best time from any Parkrun) |
|
11 |
September |
TBC |
|
12 |
October |
01/10/2023 (TBC) |
Sittingbourne 10 miles |
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Any questions, please message Kev or Nat on: menscaptain@pettswoodrunners.org or ladiescaptain@pettswoodrunners.org
Any questions, please message Kev or Nat on: menscaptain@pettswoodrunners.org or ladiescaptain@pettswoodrunners.org
RACE REPORTS
Round 1: swanley parkrun 5/11/22 & 26/11/22 (best time taken)
& ROUND 2: CANTERBURY 10 MILE 22/01/23
It’s back, and it promises to be a great season! The 2022-2023 Grand Prix is under way, with two of the twelve rounds having already taken place, and round 3 just around the corner.
Round 1 was a double header at Swanley parkrun in November, with competitors’ best times from either Saturday 5th or 26th giving them their classification. Anyone who marshalled instead of running was awarded 15 points (the equivalent of a 4th place finish). Round 2 was scheduled to be the KFL race at All Hallows on December 18th but, unfortunately, course conditions meant that it had to be rescheduled to February 12th. Therefore, the original round 3, the Canterbury 10 miler, on January 22nd became round 2! With me so far? Then, just to confuse matters even more, the groups in the Grand Prix are the reverse of those on a Tuesday night, with Group 1 being the quickest.
Group 1 (10 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Oliver Knowles (17:56), 2 Adam Wilkinson (18:11), 3 Kev Howarth (18:36), 4 Mark Philbrick (19:39), 5 Andy Tippet (19:57), 6 Andrew Robertson (20:09).
Canterbury: 1 Knowles (55:13), 2 Wilkinson (58:54), 3 Will Senbanjo (61:59), 4 Tippet (64:05), 5 Robertson (66:17).
There’s a new kid on the block and he’s fast! Last season’s champion Adam Wilkinson had to be content with the runner-up spot at both events (even though he was 48s quicker at Canterbury than in 2022) as Oliver Knowles beat him on both occasions.
The second date at Swanley produced the quickest results for Group 1 with Kev Howarth 3rd fastest, and Mark Philbrick (the only one in the group to run at both parkruns) improving his time by 12s in 4th. Andy Tippet was 5th from Andrew Robertson in 6th.
Behind the top two at Canterbury in 3rd was Will Senbanjo in his first ever GP event, from Tippet and Robertson. Howarth was at Canterbury but only as a supporter/photographer as he recovers from a long bout of illness since November.
Knowles (40 points) with his two victories obviously tops the points table. Wilkinson (36) leads Tippet (29), Robertson (27), and Howarth and Senbanjo tied in 5th on 16 points. Philbrick (15) is 7th, with Kev Chadwick, Mark Griffin and Simon Dobson yet to take part.
Group 2 (13 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Krish Gurunathan (21:04), 2 James Wall (21:42), 3 Natalie Southam (21:50), 4 David Moore (22:13), 5 David Groom (22:30), 6 Carl Inman (23:00).
Canterbury: 1 Emma Crawford (67:43), 2 Mark Franks (70:27), 3 Marcus Elwes (70:35), 4 David Groom (70:46), 5 James Winbourne (73:06), 6 Carl Inman (73:44).
Six Group 2s at both rounds but totally different competitors in the top three at each event. GP newcomer Kris Gurunathan was the pace-setter at Swanley, 38s clear of James Wall in 2nd, with another GP newbie Natalie Southam 3rd. David Moore who so nearly won Group 3 last season was 4th from David Groom and Carl Inman.
Emma Crawford dominated the second half of last year’s Group 3 championship and picked up the title. She had only finished 5th in class at Canterbury last year but an improvement this time around of four and a half minutes saw her take the win and finish comfortably clear of the rest. Mark Franks who had finished 2nd to Crawford in last season’s champs was 2nd over the 10 mile course, just edging out Marcus Elwes and Groom. James Winbourne was 5th from Inman 6th.
As the two race winners only competed at one of the rounds, the top two positions in the table are held by runners who took part in both events. Groom (29 points) leads Inman (26), with Gurunathan and Crawford tied for 3rd on 20 points apiece. Wall and Franks share 5th place on 18 points from Southam and Elwes on 16, Moore on 15 and Winbourne on 14. Daniel Selman, James Falshaw and Johnny Gill are yet to race.
Group 3 (15 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Paul Whelan (22:06), 2 Lucy Tippet (22:10), 3 Anna Hanbury (22:11), 4 Ian Bauly (22:42), 5 Stuart Ball (23:04), 6 Peter Fisher (23:24).
Canterbury: 1 Daniella Furneau (74:24), 2 Nigel May (74:53), 3 Mike Reeves (74:55), 4 Tippet (75:01), 5 Fisher (75:27), 6 John Kingscott (78:18).
As with Group 2, Group 3, with the largest number of registered competitors, 15, also had different competitors on the podium at the two rounds. Paul Whelan was fastest at Swanley and set his time on the first of the two weekends, as did everyone else in the top six. Lucy Tippet and Anna Hanbury were next quickest, all three covered by just 5 seconds! Ian Bauly, last season’s Group 3 champion Stuart Ball, and Peter Fisher completed the top six.
2021/22 Group 4 champion Daniella Furneau held off the seven others in her group at Canterbury. It was tight at the top, with Nigel May, Mike Reeves and Lucy Tippet all within a minute or so of the winner’s time. John Kingscott, having taken 7th place at Swanley, went one better at Canterbury to complete the top six.
Tippet’s 2nd and 4th places give her 33 points and a 6-point advantage at the top of the table over Bauly and Fisher tied in 2nd place on 27 points. Ball and Kingscott, 25 points apiece, are tied in 4th from the two race winners, Whelan and Furneau, in 6th equal on 20 points. May (18), Reeves (16) and Hanbury (16) complete the points scorers so far. Five Group 5s have yet to take part - Guy Sims, Jeremy Benson, Jon Dedman, Pauline Skerrett and Stuart Hatcher.
Group 4 (13 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Alice Neal (23:49), 2 Mark Burgess (23:52), 3 Ellen Ball (23:58), 4 Adam Waterman (24:16), 5 Steve Burnett (24:31), 6 Nat Jacques (25:25).
Canterbury: 1 Burnett (79:40), 2 Burgess (81:39), 3 Rachel Knowles (82:09), 4 Ball (82:45), Chloe Wilkinson (84:56).
Alice Neal was the quickest Group 4 at Swanley, 3s quicker on Guy Fawkes Day than the next quickest, Mark Burgess, who set his times two weeks later. Last season’s Group 5 runner-up Ellen Ball was only 6s slower, with Adam Waterman, 2021-22 Group 5 champion Steve Burnett and Nat Jacques completing the top six.
Burnett set the pace at Canterbury despite having too many layers for the conditions to take the win, with Burgess picking up another runner-up spot. Rachel Knowles improved from 8th at the first round to take 3rd place over the longer distance, from Ball and Chloe Wilkinson - making a welcome return to racing after her ankle fracture. There were no ill effects on the day and she was only just over 6 minutes slower than last year. Expect her to rise to the top as the series progresses.
Burgess’ two 2nd places puts him top of the table on 36 points from Burnett (34) and Ball (31). Wilkinson was one of a number of PWRs who volunteered at one of the Swanley parkruns that gives her 15 points if she doesn’t do 7 rounds. Combined with her 14 from Canterbury, that gives her 29 points and puts her in 4th overall from Knowles (27), Neal (20), Waterman (15), Jacques (13) and Paul Strachan (12). David Welfare, Louise Philbrick, Nat Juchau and Sam Gibbs are yet to take part.
Group 5 (14 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Laura Elvin (24:27), 2= Kerrie Donohue & Trevor Adams (24:43), 4 Robert Corbett (24:44), 5 Fiona Willis (25:10), 6 Nigel Hewson (25:36).
Canterbury: 1 Donohue (82:32), 2 Willis (83:36), 3 Hewson (85:11), 4 Edwina Cheng (85:47), 5 Lianne Flynn (86:57), 6 Corbett (90:01).
An excellent turnout of 10 Group 5s at Swanley were led home by Laura Elvin who was 16s ahead of two runners with the same time - Kerrie Donohue and Trevor Adams setting a 24:43 on the same day. Robert Corbett who ran 1s slower two weeks earlier was 4th quickest from Fiona Willis and Nigel Hewson.
Donohue, who only joined the club last year, led the way at Canterbury from Willis and Hewson. Edwina Cheng was 4th from Lianne Flynn and Corbett whose time wasn’t recorded by the organisers so had to resort to proving it using Strava! Adams was an interested spectator having broken a rib on the Tuesday night leading up to the event and sensibly deciding not to race.
A win and a 2nd place means Donohue (38 points) tops the table from Willis (33) and Hewson (29). Corbett’s endeavours at Canterbury were worthwhile as he lies 4th with 28 points from Flynn (23) and Swanley speedster Elvin (20). Adams (18), Cheng (15), Scott Haragan (12), Anthony Donohue (11) and last season’s Group 6 champion Jason Hone (10) complete the points scorers so far, with Amy Mulkerrins, Craig Ginn and Robert White yet to take part.
Group 6 (13 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Louis Strover (25:08), 2 Vassilis Sakizlis (26:15), 3 Ka Si Tung (26:35), 4 Hilary Morton (26:58), 5 Matt Sheehan (27:13), 6 Rob Sampson (27:17).
Canterbury: 1 Tung (85:12), 2 Strover (88:49), 3 Jennie Keetch (89:40), 4 Olivia Senbanjo (90:41), 5 Sakizlis (93:08), 6 Morton (94:54).
Louis Strover headed seven Group 6s who took in Swanley parkrun and was comfortably clear of 2nd-fastest Vassilis Sakizlis. Ka Si Tung was next quickest from last season’s Group 7 champion Hilary Morton, Matt Sheehan and Rob Sampson who had narrowly been defeated by Morton in last season’s title race.
Tung had won his group at the Canterbury round last year and he was even quicker this time out to make it consecutive victories over this 10 mile course. Strover finished 2nd to show he will be in the running whatever the distance, while Jennie Keetch was 3rd. Olivia Senbanjo was 4th quickest from Sakizlis and Morton.
The two round winners, Strover (38 points) and Tung (36), top the table, with Sakizlis (32) completing the top three. Morton (28) lies 4th from Keetch (16) and Senbanjo (15) to round off the top six, followed by Sheehan (14), Sampson (13) and Nick Squires and Andy Stubbs, both on 12 points.
Group 7 (14 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Andy Hall (26:30), 2 Viral Tanna (27:30), 3 David Allison (27:54), 4 Sally Callaghan (28:42), 5 Emma Horan (29:02), 6 Denise Eva (29:05).
Canterbury: 1 Amy Vistuer (92:20), 2 Chris Floridia (92:51), 3 Eva (94:16), 4 Janine Harris (94:36), 5 Micky Boyd (96:06), 6 Hall (96:24).
Andy Hall set the Group 7 pace at Swanley and was a minute quicker than Viral Tanna. Last season’s Group 8 champion David Allison was 3rd from Sally Callaghan, Emma Horan and Denise Eva.
An excellent turnout of nine raced at Canterbury with Amy Vistuer, who only became a member in November, beating Chris Floridia to the top spot by 30 seconds. Eva took 3rd from Janine Harris, Micky Boyd and Swanley victor Hall who finished just 2s quicker than birthday girl Callaghan.
Hall (33 points) leads the championship at this early stage from Eva (29), Callaghan (27) and Allison (26). Liz Delamain (23), Vistuer (20), Tanna and Floridia (18), Harris (15) and Horan and Boyd (14) complete the points scorers to date. Andrew Vadron, Catherine Crabtree and Lisa Barrett are yet to be seen.
Group 8 (11 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 James Fisher (28:14), 2 Richard Dunstan (28:28), 3 Katie Garvey (28:59), 4 Julie Medhurst (29:57), 5 Rob Lillywhite (30:34), 6 Rachel Inman (30:40).
Canterbury: 1 Garvey (96:21), 2 Jennifer Kelly (96:45), 3 Dunstan (97:37), 4 Fisher (99:15), 5 Medhurst (100:17), 6 Inman (101:31).
James Fisher ran both Swanley legs, bettering his performance by 4s second time out to make sure of the Group 8 win. Either would have given him the win with Richard Dunstan 14s behind in 2nd. Katie Garvey was 3rd from Julie Medhurst, Rob Lillywhite and Rachel Inman.
The same six raced at Canterbury, with Jennifer Kelly joining them for the longer distance event. Garvey was the victor this time out with Kelly only 24s slower on chip times. Dunstan was 3rd from Fisher, Medhurst, Inman and Lillywhite.
It’s tight at the top in this class with Garvey (36) leading the way from Fisher (35) and Dunstan (34). Medhurst (29) is 4th from Lillywhite and Inman in 5th equal on 26 points. As the only one to have only contested one race, Kelly is on her own in 7th but will surely rise up the ranks once she takes in more rounds. Barrie Nightingale, Djuro Rnic, Eleanor Pinkerton and Oscar Engles are yet to participate.
Group 9 (11 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Biljana Petrushevska (29:32), 2 Terry Stocks (30:24), 3 Emma Sims (30:58), 4 Lou Stocks (31:04), 5 Alex Robins (31:52), 6= Prema Reddy & Gemma Worley (36:10).
Canterbury: 1 Terry Stocks (100:06), 2 Sims (101:30), 3 Chris Haydon (101:47), 4 Lou Stocks (101:51), 5 Robins (108:42).
Biljana Petrushevska was the only Group 9 to go sub 30 minutes for the Swanley parkrun and she headed Terry Stocks, last season’s champion Emma Simms, Lou Stocks, Corinne Hollamby, Alex Robins, and Prema Reddy and Gemma Worley who recorded identical times on November 5th.
Terry Stocks was quickest at the Canterbury 10 despite Sims going over 7 minutes quicker than she had in 2022. Chris Haydon making his season debut was 3rd from Lou Stocks and Robins.
A win and a 2nd place means Terry Stocks (38 points) leads the series from Sims (34) and Lou Stocks(30). Four Group 9s volunteered at Swanley so some of them may have points changes if they complete the seven rounds at which time their marshalling points are no longer taken into account. Robins has 29 points including 15 for marshalling as that was better than the 14 she got from coming 5th at Swanley, from Petrushevska (20), Haydon (16), Reddy and Pherenice Worsey-Buck on 15 points (marshaling points), Hollamby 14 and Worley 12. Jenny Waterman is the only Group 9 not to have raced in a GP round so far.
Group 10 (9 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Ann Adams (31:43), 2 Wendy Tung (32:31), 3 Paul Pester (32:52), 4 Barbara Carr (33:29).
Canterbury: 1 Lyttleton Barrett (110:46), 2 Adams (110:54), 3 Carr (112:02).
Four Group 10s contested one of the Swanley rounds, with Ann Adams fastest from last season’s Group 11 champion Wendy Tung, Paul Pester and Barbara Carr.
Although Lyttleton Barrett couldn’t reproduce his time from last year’s Canterbury event, he narrowly beat Adams by 8s over the 10 miles to open his account. Carr was the only other runner from their group and therefore finished 3rd but less than 2 minutes behind the top two.
Adams (38 points) has a comfortable lead in the series over 2nd-placed Carr (31). Barrett (20) is 3rd from Tung (18) and Pester (16). Egle Brerro, Perry Wilson, Peter Eves and Sophia Gale are yet to join in the competition.
Group 11 (8 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Sue McAdam (33:23), 2 Liz Squires (34:48).
Canterbury: No registered competitors ran.
Group 11 hasn’t really got going yet with only two competitors at Swanley and none taking on Canterbury. Sue McAdam, in her third parkrun at Swanley, came out on top over the 5k distance from first-timer Social Secretary Liz Squires.
McAdam leads the way with 20 points from Squires (18), but there is plenty of time left for Denise Duffus, Hannah Harrison, John Perks, Lisa O’Keefe, Sherry Bevan and Simon Parsons to get themselves into the mix.
Report: Mark Burgess
Photos: Lisa Hall & Kev Howarth
Round 3 is this coming weekend and should be a biggie! The rearranged All Hallows KFL fixture is now the last round in that championship with PWR in a great position to take the top honours. There should be a fantastic turnout as we all try to help the club to KFL team glory - and beat our Grand Prix rivals at the same time! See you there!
Round 1 was a double header at Swanley parkrun in November, with competitors’ best times from either Saturday 5th or 26th giving them their classification. Anyone who marshalled instead of running was awarded 15 points (the equivalent of a 4th place finish). Round 2 was scheduled to be the KFL race at All Hallows on December 18th but, unfortunately, course conditions meant that it had to be rescheduled to February 12th. Therefore, the original round 3, the Canterbury 10 miler, on January 22nd became round 2! With me so far? Then, just to confuse matters even more, the groups in the Grand Prix are the reverse of those on a Tuesday night, with Group 1 being the quickest.
Group 1 (10 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Oliver Knowles (17:56), 2 Adam Wilkinson (18:11), 3 Kev Howarth (18:36), 4 Mark Philbrick (19:39), 5 Andy Tippet (19:57), 6 Andrew Robertson (20:09).
Canterbury: 1 Knowles (55:13), 2 Wilkinson (58:54), 3 Will Senbanjo (61:59), 4 Tippet (64:05), 5 Robertson (66:17).
There’s a new kid on the block and he’s fast! Last season’s champion Adam Wilkinson had to be content with the runner-up spot at both events (even though he was 48s quicker at Canterbury than in 2022) as Oliver Knowles beat him on both occasions.
The second date at Swanley produced the quickest results for Group 1 with Kev Howarth 3rd fastest, and Mark Philbrick (the only one in the group to run at both parkruns) improving his time by 12s in 4th. Andy Tippet was 5th from Andrew Robertson in 6th.
Behind the top two at Canterbury in 3rd was Will Senbanjo in his first ever GP event, from Tippet and Robertson. Howarth was at Canterbury but only as a supporter/photographer as he recovers from a long bout of illness since November.
Knowles (40 points) with his two victories obviously tops the points table. Wilkinson (36) leads Tippet (29), Robertson (27), and Howarth and Senbanjo tied in 5th on 16 points. Philbrick (15) is 7th, with Kev Chadwick, Mark Griffin and Simon Dobson yet to take part.
Group 2 (13 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Krish Gurunathan (21:04), 2 James Wall (21:42), 3 Natalie Southam (21:50), 4 David Moore (22:13), 5 David Groom (22:30), 6 Carl Inman (23:00).
Canterbury: 1 Emma Crawford (67:43), 2 Mark Franks (70:27), 3 Marcus Elwes (70:35), 4 David Groom (70:46), 5 James Winbourne (73:06), 6 Carl Inman (73:44).
Six Group 2s at both rounds but totally different competitors in the top three at each event. GP newcomer Kris Gurunathan was the pace-setter at Swanley, 38s clear of James Wall in 2nd, with another GP newbie Natalie Southam 3rd. David Moore who so nearly won Group 3 last season was 4th from David Groom and Carl Inman.
Emma Crawford dominated the second half of last year’s Group 3 championship and picked up the title. She had only finished 5th in class at Canterbury last year but an improvement this time around of four and a half minutes saw her take the win and finish comfortably clear of the rest. Mark Franks who had finished 2nd to Crawford in last season’s champs was 2nd over the 10 mile course, just edging out Marcus Elwes and Groom. James Winbourne was 5th from Inman 6th.
As the two race winners only competed at one of the rounds, the top two positions in the table are held by runners who took part in both events. Groom (29 points) leads Inman (26), with Gurunathan and Crawford tied for 3rd on 20 points apiece. Wall and Franks share 5th place on 18 points from Southam and Elwes on 16, Moore on 15 and Winbourne on 14. Daniel Selman, James Falshaw and Johnny Gill are yet to race.
Group 3 (15 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Paul Whelan (22:06), 2 Lucy Tippet (22:10), 3 Anna Hanbury (22:11), 4 Ian Bauly (22:42), 5 Stuart Ball (23:04), 6 Peter Fisher (23:24).
Canterbury: 1 Daniella Furneau (74:24), 2 Nigel May (74:53), 3 Mike Reeves (74:55), 4 Tippet (75:01), 5 Fisher (75:27), 6 John Kingscott (78:18).
As with Group 2, Group 3, with the largest number of registered competitors, 15, also had different competitors on the podium at the two rounds. Paul Whelan was fastest at Swanley and set his time on the first of the two weekends, as did everyone else in the top six. Lucy Tippet and Anna Hanbury were next quickest, all three covered by just 5 seconds! Ian Bauly, last season’s Group 3 champion Stuart Ball, and Peter Fisher completed the top six.
2021/22 Group 4 champion Daniella Furneau held off the seven others in her group at Canterbury. It was tight at the top, with Nigel May, Mike Reeves and Lucy Tippet all within a minute or so of the winner’s time. John Kingscott, having taken 7th place at Swanley, went one better at Canterbury to complete the top six.
Tippet’s 2nd and 4th places give her 33 points and a 6-point advantage at the top of the table over Bauly and Fisher tied in 2nd place on 27 points. Ball and Kingscott, 25 points apiece, are tied in 4th from the two race winners, Whelan and Furneau, in 6th equal on 20 points. May (18), Reeves (16) and Hanbury (16) complete the points scorers so far. Five Group 5s have yet to take part - Guy Sims, Jeremy Benson, Jon Dedman, Pauline Skerrett and Stuart Hatcher.
Group 4 (13 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Alice Neal (23:49), 2 Mark Burgess (23:52), 3 Ellen Ball (23:58), 4 Adam Waterman (24:16), 5 Steve Burnett (24:31), 6 Nat Jacques (25:25).
Canterbury: 1 Burnett (79:40), 2 Burgess (81:39), 3 Rachel Knowles (82:09), 4 Ball (82:45), Chloe Wilkinson (84:56).
Alice Neal was the quickest Group 4 at Swanley, 3s quicker on Guy Fawkes Day than the next quickest, Mark Burgess, who set his times two weeks later. Last season’s Group 5 runner-up Ellen Ball was only 6s slower, with Adam Waterman, 2021-22 Group 5 champion Steve Burnett and Nat Jacques completing the top six.
Burnett set the pace at Canterbury despite having too many layers for the conditions to take the win, with Burgess picking up another runner-up spot. Rachel Knowles improved from 8th at the first round to take 3rd place over the longer distance, from Ball and Chloe Wilkinson - making a welcome return to racing after her ankle fracture. There were no ill effects on the day and she was only just over 6 minutes slower than last year. Expect her to rise to the top as the series progresses.
Burgess’ two 2nd places puts him top of the table on 36 points from Burnett (34) and Ball (31). Wilkinson was one of a number of PWRs who volunteered at one of the Swanley parkruns that gives her 15 points if she doesn’t do 7 rounds. Combined with her 14 from Canterbury, that gives her 29 points and puts her in 4th overall from Knowles (27), Neal (20), Waterman (15), Jacques (13) and Paul Strachan (12). David Welfare, Louise Philbrick, Nat Juchau and Sam Gibbs are yet to take part.
Group 5 (14 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Laura Elvin (24:27), 2= Kerrie Donohue & Trevor Adams (24:43), 4 Robert Corbett (24:44), 5 Fiona Willis (25:10), 6 Nigel Hewson (25:36).
Canterbury: 1 Donohue (82:32), 2 Willis (83:36), 3 Hewson (85:11), 4 Edwina Cheng (85:47), 5 Lianne Flynn (86:57), 6 Corbett (90:01).
An excellent turnout of 10 Group 5s at Swanley were led home by Laura Elvin who was 16s ahead of two runners with the same time - Kerrie Donohue and Trevor Adams setting a 24:43 on the same day. Robert Corbett who ran 1s slower two weeks earlier was 4th quickest from Fiona Willis and Nigel Hewson.
Donohue, who only joined the club last year, led the way at Canterbury from Willis and Hewson. Edwina Cheng was 4th from Lianne Flynn and Corbett whose time wasn’t recorded by the organisers so had to resort to proving it using Strava! Adams was an interested spectator having broken a rib on the Tuesday night leading up to the event and sensibly deciding not to race.
A win and a 2nd place means Donohue (38 points) tops the table from Willis (33) and Hewson (29). Corbett’s endeavours at Canterbury were worthwhile as he lies 4th with 28 points from Flynn (23) and Swanley speedster Elvin (20). Adams (18), Cheng (15), Scott Haragan (12), Anthony Donohue (11) and last season’s Group 6 champion Jason Hone (10) complete the points scorers so far, with Amy Mulkerrins, Craig Ginn and Robert White yet to take part.
Group 6 (13 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Louis Strover (25:08), 2 Vassilis Sakizlis (26:15), 3 Ka Si Tung (26:35), 4 Hilary Morton (26:58), 5 Matt Sheehan (27:13), 6 Rob Sampson (27:17).
Canterbury: 1 Tung (85:12), 2 Strover (88:49), 3 Jennie Keetch (89:40), 4 Olivia Senbanjo (90:41), 5 Sakizlis (93:08), 6 Morton (94:54).
Louis Strover headed seven Group 6s who took in Swanley parkrun and was comfortably clear of 2nd-fastest Vassilis Sakizlis. Ka Si Tung was next quickest from last season’s Group 7 champion Hilary Morton, Matt Sheehan and Rob Sampson who had narrowly been defeated by Morton in last season’s title race.
Tung had won his group at the Canterbury round last year and he was even quicker this time out to make it consecutive victories over this 10 mile course. Strover finished 2nd to show he will be in the running whatever the distance, while Jennie Keetch was 3rd. Olivia Senbanjo was 4th quickest from Sakizlis and Morton.
The two round winners, Strover (38 points) and Tung (36), top the table, with Sakizlis (32) completing the top three. Morton (28) lies 4th from Keetch (16) and Senbanjo (15) to round off the top six, followed by Sheehan (14), Sampson (13) and Nick Squires and Andy Stubbs, both on 12 points.
Group 7 (14 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Andy Hall (26:30), 2 Viral Tanna (27:30), 3 David Allison (27:54), 4 Sally Callaghan (28:42), 5 Emma Horan (29:02), 6 Denise Eva (29:05).
Canterbury: 1 Amy Vistuer (92:20), 2 Chris Floridia (92:51), 3 Eva (94:16), 4 Janine Harris (94:36), 5 Micky Boyd (96:06), 6 Hall (96:24).
Andy Hall set the Group 7 pace at Swanley and was a minute quicker than Viral Tanna. Last season’s Group 8 champion David Allison was 3rd from Sally Callaghan, Emma Horan and Denise Eva.
An excellent turnout of nine raced at Canterbury with Amy Vistuer, who only became a member in November, beating Chris Floridia to the top spot by 30 seconds. Eva took 3rd from Janine Harris, Micky Boyd and Swanley victor Hall who finished just 2s quicker than birthday girl Callaghan.
Hall (33 points) leads the championship at this early stage from Eva (29), Callaghan (27) and Allison (26). Liz Delamain (23), Vistuer (20), Tanna and Floridia (18), Harris (15) and Horan and Boyd (14) complete the points scorers to date. Andrew Vadron, Catherine Crabtree and Lisa Barrett are yet to be seen.
Group 8 (11 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 James Fisher (28:14), 2 Richard Dunstan (28:28), 3 Katie Garvey (28:59), 4 Julie Medhurst (29:57), 5 Rob Lillywhite (30:34), 6 Rachel Inman (30:40).
Canterbury: 1 Garvey (96:21), 2 Jennifer Kelly (96:45), 3 Dunstan (97:37), 4 Fisher (99:15), 5 Medhurst (100:17), 6 Inman (101:31).
James Fisher ran both Swanley legs, bettering his performance by 4s second time out to make sure of the Group 8 win. Either would have given him the win with Richard Dunstan 14s behind in 2nd. Katie Garvey was 3rd from Julie Medhurst, Rob Lillywhite and Rachel Inman.
The same six raced at Canterbury, with Jennifer Kelly joining them for the longer distance event. Garvey was the victor this time out with Kelly only 24s slower on chip times. Dunstan was 3rd from Fisher, Medhurst, Inman and Lillywhite.
It’s tight at the top in this class with Garvey (36) leading the way from Fisher (35) and Dunstan (34). Medhurst (29) is 4th from Lillywhite and Inman in 5th equal on 26 points. As the only one to have only contested one race, Kelly is on her own in 7th but will surely rise up the ranks once she takes in more rounds. Barrie Nightingale, Djuro Rnic, Eleanor Pinkerton and Oscar Engles are yet to participate.
Group 9 (11 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Biljana Petrushevska (29:32), 2 Terry Stocks (30:24), 3 Emma Sims (30:58), 4 Lou Stocks (31:04), 5 Alex Robins (31:52), 6= Prema Reddy & Gemma Worley (36:10).
Canterbury: 1 Terry Stocks (100:06), 2 Sims (101:30), 3 Chris Haydon (101:47), 4 Lou Stocks (101:51), 5 Robins (108:42).
Biljana Petrushevska was the only Group 9 to go sub 30 minutes for the Swanley parkrun and she headed Terry Stocks, last season’s champion Emma Simms, Lou Stocks, Corinne Hollamby, Alex Robins, and Prema Reddy and Gemma Worley who recorded identical times on November 5th.
Terry Stocks was quickest at the Canterbury 10 despite Sims going over 7 minutes quicker than she had in 2022. Chris Haydon making his season debut was 3rd from Lou Stocks and Robins.
A win and a 2nd place means Terry Stocks (38 points) leads the series from Sims (34) and Lou Stocks(30). Four Group 9s volunteered at Swanley so some of them may have points changes if they complete the seven rounds at which time their marshalling points are no longer taken into account. Robins has 29 points including 15 for marshalling as that was better than the 14 she got from coming 5th at Swanley, from Petrushevska (20), Haydon (16), Reddy and Pherenice Worsey-Buck on 15 points (marshaling points), Hollamby 14 and Worley 12. Jenny Waterman is the only Group 9 not to have raced in a GP round so far.
Group 10 (9 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Ann Adams (31:43), 2 Wendy Tung (32:31), 3 Paul Pester (32:52), 4 Barbara Carr (33:29).
Canterbury: 1 Lyttleton Barrett (110:46), 2 Adams (110:54), 3 Carr (112:02).
Four Group 10s contested one of the Swanley rounds, with Ann Adams fastest from last season’s Group 11 champion Wendy Tung, Paul Pester and Barbara Carr.
Although Lyttleton Barrett couldn’t reproduce his time from last year’s Canterbury event, he narrowly beat Adams by 8s over the 10 miles to open his account. Carr was the only other runner from their group and therefore finished 3rd but less than 2 minutes behind the top two.
Adams (38 points) has a comfortable lead in the series over 2nd-placed Carr (31). Barrett (20) is 3rd from Tung (18) and Pester (16). Egle Brerro, Perry Wilson, Peter Eves and Sophia Gale are yet to join in the competition.
Group 11 (8 registered competitors)
Swanley: 1 Sue McAdam (33:23), 2 Liz Squires (34:48).
Canterbury: No registered competitors ran.
Group 11 hasn’t really got going yet with only two competitors at Swanley and none taking on Canterbury. Sue McAdam, in her third parkrun at Swanley, came out on top over the 5k distance from first-timer Social Secretary Liz Squires.
McAdam leads the way with 20 points from Squires (18), but there is plenty of time left for Denise Duffus, Hannah Harrison, John Perks, Lisa O’Keefe, Sherry Bevan and Simon Parsons to get themselves into the mix.
Report: Mark Burgess
Photos: Lisa Hall & Kev Howarth
Round 3 is this coming weekend and should be a biggie! The rearranged All Hallows KFL fixture is now the last round in that championship with PWR in a great position to take the top honours. There should be a fantastic turnout as we all try to help the club to KFL team glory - and beat our Grand Prix rivals at the same time! See you there!
Round 3: haven allhallows holiday park 12/02/23
Round 3 of the 2022-2023 Grand Prix series on February 12th was the postponed December KFL round at All Hallows Leisure Park near Rochester. As expected, there was a huge turnout of 82 PWRs helping the club successfully reatin the team championship title, of which 56 were registered for the Grand Prix. The tricky 9.3km (according to my watch) was two laps of a narrow course on and off the sandy/shingly beach and demanded full attention at all times.
Group 1 (10 registered competitors)
1 Oliver Knowles (34:35), 2 Adam Wilkinson (36:24), 3 Mark Griffin (38:13), 4 Kev Chadwick (38:53), 5 Kev Howarth (39:00).
Winner of the first two GP rounds, Oliver Knowles, was again in fine form and came in a superb 3rd overall. Adam Wilkinson had to again be content with the runner-up spot, while behind him were Mark Griffin and Kev Chadwick who were taking in their first GP event of the season. Kev Howarth was 5th, and the first PWR MV50, and immediately picked up his phone to photograph all those PWRs who finished behind him!
Knowles (60 points) leads the way in the championship with a perfect score, from Wilkinson (54), Howarth (30), up from 5th to 3rd, Andy Tippet (29) and Andrew Robertson (27). Griffin and Will Senbanjo are tied in 6th on 16 points, from Chadwick and Mark Philbrick in 8th equal on 15 points. Simon Dobson is the only Group 1 to have not yet made an appearance.
Group 2 (13 registered competitors)
1 James Wall (42:28), 2 Emma Crawford (43:28), 3 Daniel Selman (43:30), 4 Krish Gurunathan (44:13), 5 Marcus Elwes (44:22), 6 David Groom (45:35), 7 David Moore (46:50), 8 Jim Winbourne (47:02), 9 Carl Inman (47:34).
Group 2 had the best turnout with nine competitors, and it was James Wall that led them home and finishing a minute clear of Canterbury victor and first PWR V35 Emma Crawford. Daniel Selman was 3rd in his first GP outing this season from Swanley winner Krish Gurunathan. Marcus Elwes was 5th from David Groom who had led the championship coming into this event.
Groom retains the championship lead with 42 points, but just behind are two opponents who have each taken a win and a 2nd place and are looking very strong. Wall and Crawford both have 38 points and have only contested two rounds so far to Groom’s three. Inman (36) and Gurunathan (35) drop two places each to 4th and 5th respectively, while Elwes (30) moves from 8th to 6th. Behind him are Moore (27), Winbourne (25), Mark Franks (18),and Selman and Natalie Southam, both on 16 points. James Falshaw and Johnny Gill have yet to race.
Group 3 (15 registered competitors)
1 John Kingscott (46:20), 2 Nigel May (47:07), 3 Paul Whelan (47:45), 4 Daniella Furneau (48:17), 5 Peter Fisher (49:09), 6 Ian Bauly (49:51).
John Kingscott threw the form book out of the window with an excellent win at All Hallows. Having taken a 7th and a 6th at the opening two rounds, he finished 47s clear of Canterbury runner-up Nigel May. Swanley victor Paul Whelan was 3rd from Canterbury winner Daniella Furneau. Peter Fisher was 5th from Ian Bauly 6th.
Lucy Tippet led the championship coming into this round, but her no-show proved costly as she drops to 7th overall. The new leader is Kingscott (45 points) who jumps up from 5th in the standings. Fisher (41) is 2nd, just one point ahead of Bauly (40). Behind them it is all very close, with May and Whelan next up on 36 points, from Furneau (35). None of the remaining four series points scorers raced at this round, with Tippet (33) 7th from Stuart Ball (25), and Mike Reeves and Anna Hanbury, both with 16 points. Guy Sims, Jeremy Benson, Jon Dedman, Pauline Skerrett and Stuart Hatcher are registered but have not yet raced.
Group 4 (13 registered competitors)
1 Steve Burnett (51:25), 2 Alice Neal (51:28), 3 Mark Burgess (52:00), 4 Paul Strachan (52:47), 5 Natalie Jacques (53:43), 6 Rachel Knowles (54:36), 7 Adam Waterman (67:29).
Steve Burnett took his second victory of the campaign, having taken the honours at the previous round. Swanley winner Alice Neal looked like she was going to be first over the line but Burnett reeled her in and passed her in the last few hundred metres to beat her by 3 seconds. Mark Burgess, who had been beaten by them both at different rounds previously, again finished behind them, this time in 3rd overall. Paul Strachan was 4th from Nat Jacques and Rachel Knowles. Adam Waterman in his first GP race was well back in 7th but was obviously taking it easy and this performance was unrepresentative of his true speed.
Burnett (54 points) moves ahead of Burgess (52) to take over at the top of the table. Knowles is the only other Group 3 to have raced at all three rounds and she lies in 3rd with 40 points, from Neal (38) in 4th. Ellen Ball (31) and Chloe Wilkinson (29) neither of whom raced at All Hallows are next up, from a three way tie for 7th between Waterman, Strachan and Jacques, all on 27 points. We eagerly await the appearance of David Welfare, Louise Philbrick, Nat Juchau and Sam Gibbs.
Group 5 (14 registered competitors)
1 Jason Hone (50:12), 2 Nigel Hewson (50:59), 3 Fiona Willis (52:28), 4 Laura Elvin (53:34), 5 Edwina Cheng (53:46), 6 Robert Corbett (54:46).
After a poor Swanley performance, last season’s Group 6 champion Jason Hone was back up to speed at this round and took the win with his characteristic flying finish. Nigel Hewson was an excellent 2nd and the first PWR MV60 over the line to help the club secure its KFL title. Fiona Willis was 3rd from Swanley winner Laura Elvin, Edwina Cheng and Robert Corbett.
Willis (49 points) now leads the series from Hewson (47) and Corbett (41). Next up are the three round winners - Kerri Donohue (38), Elvin (35) and Hone (30). Cheng (29), Lianne Flynn (23), Trevor Adams (18), Scott Haragan (12) and Anthony Donohue (11) complete the points scorers so far. Amy Mulkerrins, Craig Ginn and Robert White are yet to register a start.
Group 6 (13 registered competitors)
1 Andrew Stubbs (54:44), 2 Louis Strover (54:48), 3 Lucy Tang (55:21), 4 Ka Si Tung (56:21), 5 Rob Sampson (62:01).
Andy Stubbs bounced back from a disappointing Canterbury round where he finished 7th to take this win by just 4 seconds from Swanley victor Louis Strover. Lucy Tang was 3rd in her first appearance in this season’s GP from Canterbury winner Ka Si Tung and Rob Sampson.
Strover (56 points) increases his lead over Tung (51) at the top of the table from 2 points to 5, while Stubbs (32) leaps up from 10th to join Vassilis Sakizlis in 3rd overall. Hilary Morton (28) in 5th is only one point ahead of Rob Sampson (27) in 6th. Then come five competitors all within 4 points of each other - Tang (16), Jennie Keetch (16), Olivia Senbanjo (15), Matt Sheehan (14) and Nick Squires (12). Charles Yates and Giovanni Figoni have not yet taken part.
Group 7 (14 registered competitors)
1 Chris Floridia (53:02), 2 Denise Eva (57:32), 3 David Allison (60:00), 4 Emma Horan (61:57), 5 Liz Delamain (64:22), 6 Micky Boyd (66:04), 7 Amy Vistuer (67:27), 8 Sally Callaghan (67:29).
Chris Floridia secured his first win of this season’s series and was over four minutes ahead of 2nd-placed Denise Eva, who in turn was clear of David Allison, last season’s Group 8 champion. Emma Horan was 4th from Liz Delamain and Micky Boyd. Canterbury winner Amy Vistuer and Sally Callaghan were next up, although, to put their KFL results into context, they had been two of the four marathon-training PWRs who had run the 11 miles from Petts Wood to get to the start!
Eva moves up a place in the championship and into the lead with 47 points. Allison (42) is now up to 2nd from 4th while Callaghan (38) now shares her 3rd place with Floridia (38). Delamain (37) is just one point behind, from former series leader Andy Hall (33) and Vistuer (32). Horan (29), Boyd (27), Viral Tanna (18) and Janine Harris (15) are the other points scorers, with Andrew Vadron, Catherine Crabtree and Lisa Barrett having not yet come under starter’s orders.
Group 8 (11 registered competitors)
1 Katie Garvey (60:04), 2 Rachel Inman (62:38), 3 Rob Lillywhite (72:36).
Just the three Group 8s at All Hallows, with Katie Garvey taking her second victory in a row. Rachel Inman was next up from another of those to have run to the event, Rob Lillywhite.
Garvey (56 points) has opened up a substantial 12-point advantage at the top of the leaderboard, while Inman (44) and Lillywhite (42) move up and onto the podium from 6th and 5th respectively. Swanley winner James Fisher (35), Richard Dunstan (34), Julie Medhurst (29) and Jennifer Kelly (18) complete the points scorers. Four Group 8s are yet to show - Barrie Nightingale, Djuro Rnic, Eleanor Pinkerton and Oscar Engles.
Group 9 (11 registered competitors)
1 Terry Stocks (61:47), 2 Lou Stocks (62:40), 3 Emma Sims (62:55), 4 Chris Haydon (63:18), 5 Jenny Waterman (63:59), 6 Alex Robins (68:32), 7 Biljana Petrushevska (69:02).
It was a 1-2 for the Stocks family in Group 9, with championship leader Terry taking the win from Lou in 2nd place who was less than a minute behind. Emma Sims secured her third top 3 finish, from Chris Haydon and Jenny Waterman making her season debut. Alex Robins and Swanley victor Biljana Petrushevska, the other marathon runner to run to the event, completed the points scorers.
Terry Stocks (58 points) leads the series from last season’s champion Sims (50) and Lou Stocks (48). Every registered competitor has now taken part in at least one round, with Robins (42), Petrushevska (32), Haydon (31), Prema Reddy (15), Pherenice Worsey-Buck (15), Waterman (14), Corinne Hollamby (14) and Gemma Worley (12) the order.
Group 10 (9 registered competitors)
1 Paul Pester (75:00).
Paul Pester was the only Group 10 to race and therefore picked up the 20 points on offer. Swanley winner Ann Adams (38 points) still leads the championship but Pester (36) has closed the gap to just 2 points. Barbara Carr (31), Canterbury victor Lyttleton Barrett (20) and last season’s champion Wendy Tung (18) complete the points scorers so far. We are yet to see Egle Brerro, Perry Wilson, Peter Eves and Sophia Gale.
Group 11 (8 registered competitors)
1 Sue McAdam (66:54)
Group 11 also only had one representative, with Sue McAdam taking her second win of this season’s series. McAdam (40 points) is well clear of the only other runner, Liz Squires (18), to have taken part. It would be great to see Denise Duffus, Hannah Harrison, John Perks, Lisa O’Keefe, Sherry Bevan and Simon Parsons before too long.
Report: Mark Burgess
Photos: Malcolm McKen & Kev Howarth
Group 1 (10 registered competitors)
1 Oliver Knowles (34:35), 2 Adam Wilkinson (36:24), 3 Mark Griffin (38:13), 4 Kev Chadwick (38:53), 5 Kev Howarth (39:00).
Winner of the first two GP rounds, Oliver Knowles, was again in fine form and came in a superb 3rd overall. Adam Wilkinson had to again be content with the runner-up spot, while behind him were Mark Griffin and Kev Chadwick who were taking in their first GP event of the season. Kev Howarth was 5th, and the first PWR MV50, and immediately picked up his phone to photograph all those PWRs who finished behind him!
Knowles (60 points) leads the way in the championship with a perfect score, from Wilkinson (54), Howarth (30), up from 5th to 3rd, Andy Tippet (29) and Andrew Robertson (27). Griffin and Will Senbanjo are tied in 6th on 16 points, from Chadwick and Mark Philbrick in 8th equal on 15 points. Simon Dobson is the only Group 1 to have not yet made an appearance.
Group 2 (13 registered competitors)
1 James Wall (42:28), 2 Emma Crawford (43:28), 3 Daniel Selman (43:30), 4 Krish Gurunathan (44:13), 5 Marcus Elwes (44:22), 6 David Groom (45:35), 7 David Moore (46:50), 8 Jim Winbourne (47:02), 9 Carl Inman (47:34).
Group 2 had the best turnout with nine competitors, and it was James Wall that led them home and finishing a minute clear of Canterbury victor and first PWR V35 Emma Crawford. Daniel Selman was 3rd in his first GP outing this season from Swanley winner Krish Gurunathan. Marcus Elwes was 5th from David Groom who had led the championship coming into this event.
Groom retains the championship lead with 42 points, but just behind are two opponents who have each taken a win and a 2nd place and are looking very strong. Wall and Crawford both have 38 points and have only contested two rounds so far to Groom’s three. Inman (36) and Gurunathan (35) drop two places each to 4th and 5th respectively, while Elwes (30) moves from 8th to 6th. Behind him are Moore (27), Winbourne (25), Mark Franks (18),and Selman and Natalie Southam, both on 16 points. James Falshaw and Johnny Gill have yet to race.
Group 3 (15 registered competitors)
1 John Kingscott (46:20), 2 Nigel May (47:07), 3 Paul Whelan (47:45), 4 Daniella Furneau (48:17), 5 Peter Fisher (49:09), 6 Ian Bauly (49:51).
John Kingscott threw the form book out of the window with an excellent win at All Hallows. Having taken a 7th and a 6th at the opening two rounds, he finished 47s clear of Canterbury runner-up Nigel May. Swanley victor Paul Whelan was 3rd from Canterbury winner Daniella Furneau. Peter Fisher was 5th from Ian Bauly 6th.
Lucy Tippet led the championship coming into this round, but her no-show proved costly as she drops to 7th overall. The new leader is Kingscott (45 points) who jumps up from 5th in the standings. Fisher (41) is 2nd, just one point ahead of Bauly (40). Behind them it is all very close, with May and Whelan next up on 36 points, from Furneau (35). None of the remaining four series points scorers raced at this round, with Tippet (33) 7th from Stuart Ball (25), and Mike Reeves and Anna Hanbury, both with 16 points. Guy Sims, Jeremy Benson, Jon Dedman, Pauline Skerrett and Stuart Hatcher are registered but have not yet raced.
Group 4 (13 registered competitors)
1 Steve Burnett (51:25), 2 Alice Neal (51:28), 3 Mark Burgess (52:00), 4 Paul Strachan (52:47), 5 Natalie Jacques (53:43), 6 Rachel Knowles (54:36), 7 Adam Waterman (67:29).
Steve Burnett took his second victory of the campaign, having taken the honours at the previous round. Swanley winner Alice Neal looked like she was going to be first over the line but Burnett reeled her in and passed her in the last few hundred metres to beat her by 3 seconds. Mark Burgess, who had been beaten by them both at different rounds previously, again finished behind them, this time in 3rd overall. Paul Strachan was 4th from Nat Jacques and Rachel Knowles. Adam Waterman in his first GP race was well back in 7th but was obviously taking it easy and this performance was unrepresentative of his true speed.
Burnett (54 points) moves ahead of Burgess (52) to take over at the top of the table. Knowles is the only other Group 3 to have raced at all three rounds and she lies in 3rd with 40 points, from Neal (38) in 4th. Ellen Ball (31) and Chloe Wilkinson (29) neither of whom raced at All Hallows are next up, from a three way tie for 7th between Waterman, Strachan and Jacques, all on 27 points. We eagerly await the appearance of David Welfare, Louise Philbrick, Nat Juchau and Sam Gibbs.
Group 5 (14 registered competitors)
1 Jason Hone (50:12), 2 Nigel Hewson (50:59), 3 Fiona Willis (52:28), 4 Laura Elvin (53:34), 5 Edwina Cheng (53:46), 6 Robert Corbett (54:46).
After a poor Swanley performance, last season’s Group 6 champion Jason Hone was back up to speed at this round and took the win with his characteristic flying finish. Nigel Hewson was an excellent 2nd and the first PWR MV60 over the line to help the club secure its KFL title. Fiona Willis was 3rd from Swanley winner Laura Elvin, Edwina Cheng and Robert Corbett.
Willis (49 points) now leads the series from Hewson (47) and Corbett (41). Next up are the three round winners - Kerri Donohue (38), Elvin (35) and Hone (30). Cheng (29), Lianne Flynn (23), Trevor Adams (18), Scott Haragan (12) and Anthony Donohue (11) complete the points scorers so far. Amy Mulkerrins, Craig Ginn and Robert White are yet to register a start.
Group 6 (13 registered competitors)
1 Andrew Stubbs (54:44), 2 Louis Strover (54:48), 3 Lucy Tang (55:21), 4 Ka Si Tung (56:21), 5 Rob Sampson (62:01).
Andy Stubbs bounced back from a disappointing Canterbury round where he finished 7th to take this win by just 4 seconds from Swanley victor Louis Strover. Lucy Tang was 3rd in her first appearance in this season’s GP from Canterbury winner Ka Si Tung and Rob Sampson.
Strover (56 points) increases his lead over Tung (51) at the top of the table from 2 points to 5, while Stubbs (32) leaps up from 10th to join Vassilis Sakizlis in 3rd overall. Hilary Morton (28) in 5th is only one point ahead of Rob Sampson (27) in 6th. Then come five competitors all within 4 points of each other - Tang (16), Jennie Keetch (16), Olivia Senbanjo (15), Matt Sheehan (14) and Nick Squires (12). Charles Yates and Giovanni Figoni have not yet taken part.
Group 7 (14 registered competitors)
1 Chris Floridia (53:02), 2 Denise Eva (57:32), 3 David Allison (60:00), 4 Emma Horan (61:57), 5 Liz Delamain (64:22), 6 Micky Boyd (66:04), 7 Amy Vistuer (67:27), 8 Sally Callaghan (67:29).
Chris Floridia secured his first win of this season’s series and was over four minutes ahead of 2nd-placed Denise Eva, who in turn was clear of David Allison, last season’s Group 8 champion. Emma Horan was 4th from Liz Delamain and Micky Boyd. Canterbury winner Amy Vistuer and Sally Callaghan were next up, although, to put their KFL results into context, they had been two of the four marathon-training PWRs who had run the 11 miles from Petts Wood to get to the start!
Eva moves up a place in the championship and into the lead with 47 points. Allison (42) is now up to 2nd from 4th while Callaghan (38) now shares her 3rd place with Floridia (38). Delamain (37) is just one point behind, from former series leader Andy Hall (33) and Vistuer (32). Horan (29), Boyd (27), Viral Tanna (18) and Janine Harris (15) are the other points scorers, with Andrew Vadron, Catherine Crabtree and Lisa Barrett having not yet come under starter’s orders.
Group 8 (11 registered competitors)
1 Katie Garvey (60:04), 2 Rachel Inman (62:38), 3 Rob Lillywhite (72:36).
Just the three Group 8s at All Hallows, with Katie Garvey taking her second victory in a row. Rachel Inman was next up from another of those to have run to the event, Rob Lillywhite.
Garvey (56 points) has opened up a substantial 12-point advantage at the top of the leaderboard, while Inman (44) and Lillywhite (42) move up and onto the podium from 6th and 5th respectively. Swanley winner James Fisher (35), Richard Dunstan (34), Julie Medhurst (29) and Jennifer Kelly (18) complete the points scorers. Four Group 8s are yet to show - Barrie Nightingale, Djuro Rnic, Eleanor Pinkerton and Oscar Engles.
Group 9 (11 registered competitors)
1 Terry Stocks (61:47), 2 Lou Stocks (62:40), 3 Emma Sims (62:55), 4 Chris Haydon (63:18), 5 Jenny Waterman (63:59), 6 Alex Robins (68:32), 7 Biljana Petrushevska (69:02).
It was a 1-2 for the Stocks family in Group 9, with championship leader Terry taking the win from Lou in 2nd place who was less than a minute behind. Emma Sims secured her third top 3 finish, from Chris Haydon and Jenny Waterman making her season debut. Alex Robins and Swanley victor Biljana Petrushevska, the other marathon runner to run to the event, completed the points scorers.
Terry Stocks (58 points) leads the series from last season’s champion Sims (50) and Lou Stocks (48). Every registered competitor has now taken part in at least one round, with Robins (42), Petrushevska (32), Haydon (31), Prema Reddy (15), Pherenice Worsey-Buck (15), Waterman (14), Corinne Hollamby (14) and Gemma Worley (12) the order.
Group 10 (9 registered competitors)
1 Paul Pester (75:00).
Paul Pester was the only Group 10 to race and therefore picked up the 20 points on offer. Swanley winner Ann Adams (38 points) still leads the championship but Pester (36) has closed the gap to just 2 points. Barbara Carr (31), Canterbury victor Lyttleton Barrett (20) and last season’s champion Wendy Tung (18) complete the points scorers so far. We are yet to see Egle Brerro, Perry Wilson, Peter Eves and Sophia Gale.
Group 11 (8 registered competitors)
1 Sue McAdam (66:54)
Group 11 also only had one representative, with Sue McAdam taking her second win of this season’s series. McAdam (40 points) is well clear of the only other runner, Liz Squires (18), to have taken part. It would be great to see Denise Duffus, Hannah Harrison, John Perks, Lisa O’Keefe, Sherry Bevan and Simon Parsons before too long.
Report: Mark Burgess
Photos: Malcolm McKen & Kev Howarth
Round 4: Tunbridge wells half marathon 19/02/23
Round 4 was the longest event in the 2022-2023 Grand Prix calendar, the Tunbridge Wells Half on February 19th. This was the 40th anniversary race and the organisers put on a great event in perfect weather conditions for the time of year. All 1500 places sold out in advance, with 1319 actually recording a finishing time. 50 Petts Wood raced with all but three entered in the GP.
Group 1 (10 registered competitors)
1 Andrew Robertson (1:32:36), 2 Andy Tippet (1:33:01)
There were only two Group 1s at this round but they were incredibly evenly matched. Andrew Robertson started 25s in front of Andy Tippet, and at the finish Robertson had five runners between himself and his rival and the same 25s!
The pair came into this round in 4th and 5th in the series, with Tippet ahead by two points. As Robertson scored two more points at this race, they now have the same points total and are tied in 3rd behind series leader Oliver Knowles, and 2nd-placed Adam Wilkinson who was on a city break in Poland.
Championship: 1 Oliver Knowles (60 points), 2 Adam Wilkinson (54), 3= Andrew Robertson & Andy Tippet (47), 5 Kev Howarth (30), 6= Mark Griffin & Will Senbanjo (16), 8= Kev Chadwick & Mark Philbrick (15), 10 Simon Dobson (0).
Group 2 (13 registered competitors)
1 Emma Crawford (1:29:42), 2 James Wall (1:33:12), 3 Mark Franks (1:35:25), 4 David Moore (1:36:42), 5 David Groom (1:36:53), 6 Krishna Gurunathan (1:37:59), 7 Carl Inman (1:38:17), 8 Marcus Elwes (1:47:42).
Group 2 had a much better turnout with eight competitors. Emma Crawford had had the legs over the rest at the other longer distance event to be held so far, the Canterbury 10 miler, and she was on top again here and indeed quicker than the two Group 1s and 2nd quickest in her age category.
Allhallows winner James Wall was next up from Mark Franks and David Moore. Championship leader David Groom was 5th from Swanley victor Krishna Gurunathan, Carl Inman and Marcus Elwes, who was unusually a bit off the pace.
Crawford leapfrogs Groom into the top spot in the championship, while Wall also moves up and now shares 2nd place with Groom, these two just two points behind the leader.
Championship: 1 Emma Crawford (58 points), 2= James Wall & David Groom (56), 4= Krishna Gurunathan & Carl Inman (48), 6 David Moore (42), 7 Marcus Elwes (41), 8 Mark Franks (34), 9 Jim Winbourne (25), 10= Daniel Selman & Natalie Southam (16), 12= James Falshaw & Johnny Gill (0).
Group 3 (15 registered competitors)
1 Lucy Tippet (1:40:44), 2 John Kingscott (1:40:51), 3 Nigel May (1:42:24), 4 Jeremy Benson (1:43:54).
Four Group 3s took on the challenge of Tunbridge Wells and it was Lucy Tippet that took the honours, just 7 seconds quicker than championship leader John Kingscott on chip times. Nigel May who had picked up 2nd places at the previous two rounds had to be content with 3rd, while Jeremy Benson in his first GP outing this season was 4th and just 90s further back.
Kingscott retains his lead in the series, but Tippet, after dropping from 1st to 7th at the last round as she did not race, is straight back up to 2nd place overall. May is up one place to 3rd and just a single point behind Tippet.
Championship: 1 John Kingscott (63), 2 Lucy Tippet (53), 3 Nigel May (52), 4 Peter Fisher (41), 5 Ian Bauly (40), 6 Paul Whelan (36), 7 Daniella Furneau (35), 8 Stuart Ball (25), 9= Mike Reeves & Anna Hanbury (16), 11 Jeremy Benson (15), 12= Guy Sims, Jon Dedman, Pauline Skerrett & Stuart Hatcher (0).
Group 4 (13 registered competitors)
1 Nathalie Juchau (1:42:30), 2 Alice Neal (1:46:16), 3 Steve Burnett (1:46:42), 4 Mark Burgess (1:54:08), 5 Paul Strachan (1:57:29).
Nathalie Juchau took time out from her busy “marathons practically every weekend” schedule to take in her first GP race of the season and won Group 4 by almost 4 minutes. Alice Neal had been beaten by Steve Burnett in the closing stages of the previous round, but returned the favour this time out now that she knew who she was racing. Mark Burgess and Paul Strachan came in 4th and 5th respectively.
Burnett extends his points advantage over Burgess at the top of the table by one point to three, while Neal and Strachan move ahead of Rachel Knowles into 3rd and 4th.
Championship: 1 Steve Burnett (70), 2 Mark Burgess (67), 3 Alice Neal (56), 4 Paul Strachan (41), 5 Rachel Knowles (40), 6 Ellen Ball (31), 7 Chloe Wilkinson (29), 8= Adam Waterman & Natalie Jacques (27), 10 Nathalie Juchau (20), 11= David Welfare, Louise Philbrick & Sam Gibbs (0).
Group 5 (14 registered competitors)
1 Jason Hone (1:42:15), 2 Nigel Hewson (1:52:02), 3 Robert Corbett (2:01:29), 4 Lianne Flynn (2:07:20).
Jason Hone destroyed the opposition at this round, his winning margin almost 10 minutes, and he was quicker than all the Group 4s and some of the Group 3s. In fact, the Group 5 runners were strung out at this round, with runner-up Nigel Hewson well clear of Robert Corbett in 3rd, who in turn was not under threat from Lianne Flynn.
Series leader Fiona Willis did not race and drops to 4th in the table behind new leader Hewson, Corbett and Hone, while Flynn rises from 8th to 5th.
Championship: 1 Nigel Hewson (65), 2 Robert Corbett (57), 3 Jason Hone (50), 4 Fiona Willis (49), 5= Lianne Flynn & Kerrie Donohue (38), 7 Laura Elvin (35), 8 Edwina Cheung (29), 9 Trevor Adams (18), 10 Scott Haragan (12), 11 Anthony Donohue (11), 12= Amy Mulkerrins, Craig Ginn & Robert White (0).
Group 6 (13 registered competitors)
1 Andrew Stubbs (1:56:14), 2 Lucy Tang (1:56:20), 3 Ka Si Tung (1:56:58), 4 Louis Strover (1:57:00), 5 Hilary Morton (2:07:27), 6 Jennie Keetch (2:07:56), 7 Vassilis Sakizlis (2:08:01).
The top four Group 6s were all within a minute of each other, with Andy Stubbs taking his second victory in a row. Lucy Tang was only 6s back, while Ka Si Tung was just 2s ahead of series leader Louis Strover in 3rd. The three other Group 6s were a bit further back but just as close, with Vasilis Sakizlis fresh from the ski slopes just behind Hilary Morton and Jennie Keetch in 7th.
Strover still heads Tung at the top of the table, but Stubbs is closing fast in 3rd. Sakizilis is 4th from Morton and Tang.
Championship: 1 Louis Strover (71), 2 Ka Si Tung (67), 3 Andrew Stubbs (52), 4 Vassilis Sakizlis (44), 5 Hilary Morton (42), 6 Lucy Tang (34), 7 Jennie Keetch (29), 8 Robert Sampson (27), 9 Olivia Senbanjo (15), 10 Matt Sheehan (14), 11 Nick Squires (12), 12= Charles Yates & Giovanni Figoni (0).
Group 7 (14 registered competitors)
1 Chris Floridia (1:57:17), 2 Amy Vistuer (2:02:15), 3 Janine Harris (2:06:50), 4 Sally Callaghan (2:14:24), 5 Micky Boyd (2:16:17).
Chris Floridia claimed the Group 7 win at Tunbridge Wells to replicate his victory at the previous round. Amy Vistuer was again rapid over the longer distances and followed up her Canterbury win with a 2nd place. Janine Harris was next up from Sally Callaghan and Micky Boyd.
Florida’s win catapults him from 3rd equal in the rankings up into the lead. Callaghan and Vistuer rise to the remaining podium places, while former series leader Denise Eva and 2nd-placed David Allison drop to 4th and 5th respectively.
Championship: 1 Chris Floridia (58 points), 2 Sally Callaghan (53), 3 Amy Vistuer (50), 4 Denise Eva (47), 5 David Allison (42), 6 Micky Boyd (41), 7 Liz Delamain (37), 8 Andy Hall (33), 9 Janine Harris (31), 10 Emma Horan (29), 11 Viral Tanna (18), 12= Andrew Vadron, Catherine Crabtree & Lisa Barrett (0).
Group 8 (11 registered competitors)
1 Richard Dunstan (2:05:02), 2 Katie Garvey (2:05:33), 3 James Fisher (2:10:39), 4 Rachel Inman (2:12:16), 5 Julie Medhurst (2:13:36), 6 Rob Lillywhite (2:14:32).
Fresh from Mexico (although I’m sure he will deny he was training at altitude), Richard Dunstan took the win and in the process captured the MV70 club record. Winner of the previous two rounds, Katie Garvey, was 2nd, from Swanley victor James Fisher, Rachel Inman, with her best result so far, Julie Medhurst and Rob Lillywhite.
Garvey increases her advantage at the top of the championship table from 12 points to 15, while Inman and Lillywhite retain their podium places. However, Dunstan and Fisher in 4th and 5th have edged closer to them.
Championship: 1 Katie Garvey (74 points), 2 Rachel Inman (59), 3 Rob Lillywhite (55), 4 Richard Dunstan (54), 5 James Fisher (51), 6 Julie Medhurst (43), 7 Jennifer Kelly (18), 8= Barrie Nightingale, Djuro Rnic, Eleanor Pinkerton & Oscar Engels (0).
Group 9 (11 registered competitors)
1 Terry Stocks (2:16:27), 2 Emma Sims (2:16:34), 3 Chris Haydon (2:17:56), 4 Lou Stocks (2:18:20).
It was all very close in Group 9, with all four runners covered by just over two minutes. Terry Stocks held off the close attentions of Emma Sims to take his third consecutive win, while Chris Haydon took 3rd from Lou Stocks.
Terry Stocks pulls another 2 points clear of Sims at the top of the table, while Haydon rises from 6th overall to 4th behind Lou Stocks.
Championship: 1 Terry Stocks (78 points), 2 Emma Sims (68), 3 Lou Stocks (63), 4 Chris Haydon (47), 5 Alex Robins (42), 6 Biljana Petrushevska (32), 7 = Prema Reddy & Pherenice Worsey-Buck (15), 9= Jenny Waterman & Corinne Hollamby (14), 11 Gemma Worley (12).
Group 10 (9 registered competitors)
1 Lyttleton Barrett (2:27:37).
For the second round in a row there was only a single Group 10 racing. This time it was Lyttleton Barrett who of course took the win to add to his victory at the Canterbury 10 miler where he had more competition.
Barrett moves up from 5th to lead the championship from Swanley victor Ann Adams who drops to 2nd. The rest of the table remains as was. If and when Barabara Carr ever returns from flag-planting at every Australian parkrun she possibly can then she may be able to offer some opposition.
Championship: 1 Lyttleton Barrett (40 points), 2 Ann Adams (38), 3 Paul Pester (36), 4 Barbara Carr (31), 5 Wendy Tung (31), 6= Egle Brerro, Perry Wilson, Peter Eves & Sophia Gale (0).
Group 11 (8 registered competitors)
1 Sue McAdam (2:32:01)
Sadly, Group 11 also only had one runner, with Sue McAdam claiming her third win of the campaign. Hopefully, with shorter distances coming up, she will face stiffer opposition.
Championship: 1 Sue McAdam (60 points), 2 Liz Squires (18), 3= Denise Duffus, Hannah Harrison, John Perks, Lisa O’Keefe, Sherry Bevan & Simon Parsons (0).
Report: Mark Burgess
Photos: Hudson Pictures (www.hudsonpictures.co.uk) and Wendy Tung
Next up is the Mel’s Milers 10k through the Sussex countryside around the stunning Christ’s Hospital School in Horsham. The event was a popular addition to the GP calendar last year, and entries for the 2023 edition are still open at https://www.theentrypoint.co.uk/events/mels-milers-nineteenth-multi-terrain-10k-Ewo3XeyRE4DLVW8
At the time of writing, 40 PWRs are on the entry list, and that doesn’t include Denise Eva who is obviously trying to increase her chances of doing well in Group 7 by entering twice! Why not come and join us?
Group 1 (10 registered competitors)
1 Andrew Robertson (1:32:36), 2 Andy Tippet (1:33:01)
There were only two Group 1s at this round but they were incredibly evenly matched. Andrew Robertson started 25s in front of Andy Tippet, and at the finish Robertson had five runners between himself and his rival and the same 25s!
The pair came into this round in 4th and 5th in the series, with Tippet ahead by two points. As Robertson scored two more points at this race, they now have the same points total and are tied in 3rd behind series leader Oliver Knowles, and 2nd-placed Adam Wilkinson who was on a city break in Poland.
Championship: 1 Oliver Knowles (60 points), 2 Adam Wilkinson (54), 3= Andrew Robertson & Andy Tippet (47), 5 Kev Howarth (30), 6= Mark Griffin & Will Senbanjo (16), 8= Kev Chadwick & Mark Philbrick (15), 10 Simon Dobson (0).
Group 2 (13 registered competitors)
1 Emma Crawford (1:29:42), 2 James Wall (1:33:12), 3 Mark Franks (1:35:25), 4 David Moore (1:36:42), 5 David Groom (1:36:53), 6 Krishna Gurunathan (1:37:59), 7 Carl Inman (1:38:17), 8 Marcus Elwes (1:47:42).
Group 2 had a much better turnout with eight competitors. Emma Crawford had had the legs over the rest at the other longer distance event to be held so far, the Canterbury 10 miler, and she was on top again here and indeed quicker than the two Group 1s and 2nd quickest in her age category.
Allhallows winner James Wall was next up from Mark Franks and David Moore. Championship leader David Groom was 5th from Swanley victor Krishna Gurunathan, Carl Inman and Marcus Elwes, who was unusually a bit off the pace.
Crawford leapfrogs Groom into the top spot in the championship, while Wall also moves up and now shares 2nd place with Groom, these two just two points behind the leader.
Championship: 1 Emma Crawford (58 points), 2= James Wall & David Groom (56), 4= Krishna Gurunathan & Carl Inman (48), 6 David Moore (42), 7 Marcus Elwes (41), 8 Mark Franks (34), 9 Jim Winbourne (25), 10= Daniel Selman & Natalie Southam (16), 12= James Falshaw & Johnny Gill (0).
Group 3 (15 registered competitors)
1 Lucy Tippet (1:40:44), 2 John Kingscott (1:40:51), 3 Nigel May (1:42:24), 4 Jeremy Benson (1:43:54).
Four Group 3s took on the challenge of Tunbridge Wells and it was Lucy Tippet that took the honours, just 7 seconds quicker than championship leader John Kingscott on chip times. Nigel May who had picked up 2nd places at the previous two rounds had to be content with 3rd, while Jeremy Benson in his first GP outing this season was 4th and just 90s further back.
Kingscott retains his lead in the series, but Tippet, after dropping from 1st to 7th at the last round as she did not race, is straight back up to 2nd place overall. May is up one place to 3rd and just a single point behind Tippet.
Championship: 1 John Kingscott (63), 2 Lucy Tippet (53), 3 Nigel May (52), 4 Peter Fisher (41), 5 Ian Bauly (40), 6 Paul Whelan (36), 7 Daniella Furneau (35), 8 Stuart Ball (25), 9= Mike Reeves & Anna Hanbury (16), 11 Jeremy Benson (15), 12= Guy Sims, Jon Dedman, Pauline Skerrett & Stuart Hatcher (0).
Group 4 (13 registered competitors)
1 Nathalie Juchau (1:42:30), 2 Alice Neal (1:46:16), 3 Steve Burnett (1:46:42), 4 Mark Burgess (1:54:08), 5 Paul Strachan (1:57:29).
Nathalie Juchau took time out from her busy “marathons practically every weekend” schedule to take in her first GP race of the season and won Group 4 by almost 4 minutes. Alice Neal had been beaten by Steve Burnett in the closing stages of the previous round, but returned the favour this time out now that she knew who she was racing. Mark Burgess and Paul Strachan came in 4th and 5th respectively.
Burnett extends his points advantage over Burgess at the top of the table by one point to three, while Neal and Strachan move ahead of Rachel Knowles into 3rd and 4th.
Championship: 1 Steve Burnett (70), 2 Mark Burgess (67), 3 Alice Neal (56), 4 Paul Strachan (41), 5 Rachel Knowles (40), 6 Ellen Ball (31), 7 Chloe Wilkinson (29), 8= Adam Waterman & Natalie Jacques (27), 10 Nathalie Juchau (20), 11= David Welfare, Louise Philbrick & Sam Gibbs (0).
Group 5 (14 registered competitors)
1 Jason Hone (1:42:15), 2 Nigel Hewson (1:52:02), 3 Robert Corbett (2:01:29), 4 Lianne Flynn (2:07:20).
Jason Hone destroyed the opposition at this round, his winning margin almost 10 minutes, and he was quicker than all the Group 4s and some of the Group 3s. In fact, the Group 5 runners were strung out at this round, with runner-up Nigel Hewson well clear of Robert Corbett in 3rd, who in turn was not under threat from Lianne Flynn.
Series leader Fiona Willis did not race and drops to 4th in the table behind new leader Hewson, Corbett and Hone, while Flynn rises from 8th to 5th.
Championship: 1 Nigel Hewson (65), 2 Robert Corbett (57), 3 Jason Hone (50), 4 Fiona Willis (49), 5= Lianne Flynn & Kerrie Donohue (38), 7 Laura Elvin (35), 8 Edwina Cheung (29), 9 Trevor Adams (18), 10 Scott Haragan (12), 11 Anthony Donohue (11), 12= Amy Mulkerrins, Craig Ginn & Robert White (0).
Group 6 (13 registered competitors)
1 Andrew Stubbs (1:56:14), 2 Lucy Tang (1:56:20), 3 Ka Si Tung (1:56:58), 4 Louis Strover (1:57:00), 5 Hilary Morton (2:07:27), 6 Jennie Keetch (2:07:56), 7 Vassilis Sakizlis (2:08:01).
The top four Group 6s were all within a minute of each other, with Andy Stubbs taking his second victory in a row. Lucy Tang was only 6s back, while Ka Si Tung was just 2s ahead of series leader Louis Strover in 3rd. The three other Group 6s were a bit further back but just as close, with Vasilis Sakizlis fresh from the ski slopes just behind Hilary Morton and Jennie Keetch in 7th.
Strover still heads Tung at the top of the table, but Stubbs is closing fast in 3rd. Sakizilis is 4th from Morton and Tang.
Championship: 1 Louis Strover (71), 2 Ka Si Tung (67), 3 Andrew Stubbs (52), 4 Vassilis Sakizlis (44), 5 Hilary Morton (42), 6 Lucy Tang (34), 7 Jennie Keetch (29), 8 Robert Sampson (27), 9 Olivia Senbanjo (15), 10 Matt Sheehan (14), 11 Nick Squires (12), 12= Charles Yates & Giovanni Figoni (0).
Group 7 (14 registered competitors)
1 Chris Floridia (1:57:17), 2 Amy Vistuer (2:02:15), 3 Janine Harris (2:06:50), 4 Sally Callaghan (2:14:24), 5 Micky Boyd (2:16:17).
Chris Floridia claimed the Group 7 win at Tunbridge Wells to replicate his victory at the previous round. Amy Vistuer was again rapid over the longer distances and followed up her Canterbury win with a 2nd place. Janine Harris was next up from Sally Callaghan and Micky Boyd.
Florida’s win catapults him from 3rd equal in the rankings up into the lead. Callaghan and Vistuer rise to the remaining podium places, while former series leader Denise Eva and 2nd-placed David Allison drop to 4th and 5th respectively.
Championship: 1 Chris Floridia (58 points), 2 Sally Callaghan (53), 3 Amy Vistuer (50), 4 Denise Eva (47), 5 David Allison (42), 6 Micky Boyd (41), 7 Liz Delamain (37), 8 Andy Hall (33), 9 Janine Harris (31), 10 Emma Horan (29), 11 Viral Tanna (18), 12= Andrew Vadron, Catherine Crabtree & Lisa Barrett (0).
Group 8 (11 registered competitors)
1 Richard Dunstan (2:05:02), 2 Katie Garvey (2:05:33), 3 James Fisher (2:10:39), 4 Rachel Inman (2:12:16), 5 Julie Medhurst (2:13:36), 6 Rob Lillywhite (2:14:32).
Fresh from Mexico (although I’m sure he will deny he was training at altitude), Richard Dunstan took the win and in the process captured the MV70 club record. Winner of the previous two rounds, Katie Garvey, was 2nd, from Swanley victor James Fisher, Rachel Inman, with her best result so far, Julie Medhurst and Rob Lillywhite.
Garvey increases her advantage at the top of the championship table from 12 points to 15, while Inman and Lillywhite retain their podium places. However, Dunstan and Fisher in 4th and 5th have edged closer to them.
Championship: 1 Katie Garvey (74 points), 2 Rachel Inman (59), 3 Rob Lillywhite (55), 4 Richard Dunstan (54), 5 James Fisher (51), 6 Julie Medhurst (43), 7 Jennifer Kelly (18), 8= Barrie Nightingale, Djuro Rnic, Eleanor Pinkerton & Oscar Engels (0).
Group 9 (11 registered competitors)
1 Terry Stocks (2:16:27), 2 Emma Sims (2:16:34), 3 Chris Haydon (2:17:56), 4 Lou Stocks (2:18:20).
It was all very close in Group 9, with all four runners covered by just over two minutes. Terry Stocks held off the close attentions of Emma Sims to take his third consecutive win, while Chris Haydon took 3rd from Lou Stocks.
Terry Stocks pulls another 2 points clear of Sims at the top of the table, while Haydon rises from 6th overall to 4th behind Lou Stocks.
Championship: 1 Terry Stocks (78 points), 2 Emma Sims (68), 3 Lou Stocks (63), 4 Chris Haydon (47), 5 Alex Robins (42), 6 Biljana Petrushevska (32), 7 = Prema Reddy & Pherenice Worsey-Buck (15), 9= Jenny Waterman & Corinne Hollamby (14), 11 Gemma Worley (12).
Group 10 (9 registered competitors)
1 Lyttleton Barrett (2:27:37).
For the second round in a row there was only a single Group 10 racing. This time it was Lyttleton Barrett who of course took the win to add to his victory at the Canterbury 10 miler where he had more competition.
Barrett moves up from 5th to lead the championship from Swanley victor Ann Adams who drops to 2nd. The rest of the table remains as was. If and when Barabara Carr ever returns from flag-planting at every Australian parkrun she possibly can then she may be able to offer some opposition.
Championship: 1 Lyttleton Barrett (40 points), 2 Ann Adams (38), 3 Paul Pester (36), 4 Barbara Carr (31), 5 Wendy Tung (31), 6= Egle Brerro, Perry Wilson, Peter Eves & Sophia Gale (0).
Group 11 (8 registered competitors)
1 Sue McAdam (2:32:01)
Sadly, Group 11 also only had one runner, with Sue McAdam claiming her third win of the campaign. Hopefully, with shorter distances coming up, she will face stiffer opposition.
Championship: 1 Sue McAdam (60 points), 2 Liz Squires (18), 3= Denise Duffus, Hannah Harrison, John Perks, Lisa O’Keefe, Sherry Bevan & Simon Parsons (0).
Report: Mark Burgess
Photos: Hudson Pictures (www.hudsonpictures.co.uk) and Wendy Tung
Next up is the Mel’s Milers 10k through the Sussex countryside around the stunning Christ’s Hospital School in Horsham. The event was a popular addition to the GP calendar last year, and entries for the 2023 edition are still open at https://www.theentrypoint.co.uk/events/mels-milers-nineteenth-multi-terrain-10k-Ewo3XeyRE4DLVW8
At the time of writing, 40 PWRs are on the entry list, and that doesn’t include Denise Eva who is obviously trying to increase her chances of doing well in Group 7 by entering twice! Why not come and join us?
Round 5: mel's milers 10k 26/03/23
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