Grand Prix 2025

Fixtures

Round	Month	Date and time	Race	Reports
1	January	26/01/2025	Canterbury 10M
2	March	30/03/2025	Battersea Park 10K (Best Race Series)
3	April	13/04/2025 (TBC)	PWR Members 10K
4	May	11/05/2025	Darent Valley 10K
5	June	15/06/2025	Eltham 5M
6	July	13/07/2025	Sevenoaks 7M
7	August	Any Saturday in August	Any Parkrun anywhere (Submit your best time from any Parkrun)
8	September	28/09/2025	Hever 10K
9	October	26/10/2025	Ashford 5M

The competition consists of 9 races over a period of 10 months, starting in January, and ending in October.
The races vary from 5K - 10M and may be on a variety of surfaces. Races are suitable for all members.

2025 Grand Prix groups and current positions Click here
Previous year's Grand Prix Groups, Fixtures and reports can be found in the Events navigation.

For the full Grand Prix Competition Rules pdf Click here

Grand Prix Team: Kev Howarth, Nat Juchau, Nat Jacques, Mark Burgess, Richard Dunstan.

RACE REPORTS

Round 1: Canterbury 10 miler – 26.01.2025

The PWR Grand Prix season kicked off in style with the Canterbury 10 miler on January 26th with 84 PWRs (70 of which registered for the GP) taking on by far the longest event in this year’s series, the rest of the events ranging in distance between 5k and 7 miles.

A staggering 167 have entered this year’s GP meaning that the number of groups has had to be expanded in number from 12 to 15. Also increased from last year is the number of rounds to 9, with 5 counting, so it should be a really keenly contested season with everyone in the hunt until late on.

Canterbury was also a round of the Kent Grand Prix and there were some fine performances with PBs galore.

Group 1 (11 registered competitors)
1 Adam Wilkinson (57:02), 2 Will Senbanjo (57:54), 3 Steve Camacho (61:34), 4 Silky Ng (62:45), 5 Simon Thornhill (63:04), 6 Oliver York (63:20), 7 Kev Howarth (65:20).

2021/22 Champion Adam Wilkinson only contested two rounds last year but got his 2025 campaign off to the best possible start with the win. Less than a minute behind was Will Senbanjo (setting a new MV40 club record) who only took part in one event last year - let’s hope we see both of them at more rounds this time around. The 2024 champion Steve Camacho was 3rd, from Silky Ng who seems to have taken a step forward in performance. Simon Thornhill was 5th from Oliver York, contesting his first ever GP event, and men’s captain Kev Howarth.

Championship: 1 Adam Wilkinson (20 points), 2 Will Senbanjo (18), 3 Steve Camacho (16), 4 Silky Ng (15), 5 Simon Thornhill (14), 6 Oliver York (13), 7 Kev Howarth (12), 8= James Bevis, Connor Gates, Mark Philbrick & Mark Smith (0).

Group 2 (11 registered competitors)
1 Melody Kane (65:00), 2 Haki Bardhi (67:15), 3 Stephen Pond (67:20), 4 Emma Stevens (67:57), 5 Matthew Pond (69:58), 6 Kev Chadwick (74:00)

Melody Kane led the way in Group 2 - a position she would have had at the majority of last year’s rounds had Tom Medhurst not been around! Medhurst isn’t entered this year so expect to see Kane at or near the top of the leaderboard at the rounds she contests, particularly as at Canterbury she set a new senior and overall ladies’ club record for the distance.

Haki Bardhi showed that his automatic promotion as the 2024 Group 3 champion wasn’t a step too far by taking 2nd in his new group from Stephen Pond, Emma Stevens (Group 2 champion in both 21/22 and 22/23), Matthew Pond and Kev Chadwick who had started the race late and had to weave through from the back!

Championship: 1 Melody Kane (20 points), 2 Haki Bardhi (18), 3 Stephen Pond (16), 4 Emma Stevens (15), 5 Matthew Pond (14), 6 Kev Chadwick (13), 7= Simon Dahdi, Mark Griffin, Andy Robertson, Andy Tippet, James Wall (0).

Group 3 (11 registered competitors)
1 Krish Gurunathan (68:51), 2 John Kingscott (72:19), 3 Elly Phillips (72:24), 4 Steve Wilde (73:11), 5 Mark Franks (73:40).

Krish Gurunathan has showed his cards early with a dominant victory at Canterbury, over 3 minutes clear of 2022/23 Group 3 champion John Kingscott who just edged out Elly Phillips by 5 seconds. Phillips along with Group 2’s Melody Kane and Emma Stevens took the overall ladies team prize at this event. Steve Wilde and Mark Franks weren’t far back in 4th and 5th respectively.

Championship: 1 Krish Gurunathan (20 points), 2 John Kingscott (18), 3 Elly Phillips (16), 4 Steve Wilde (15), 5 Mark Franks (14), 6= Oliver Dean, Chris Lamb, Gemma Parkinson, Jane Walsh, Chloe Wilkinson, Steven Wynne (0).

Group 4 (13 registered competitors)
1 Jim Winbourne (77:58), 2 Mike Reeves (78:22), 3 Andy Stubbs (78:27), 4 Kerrie Donohue (68:37), 5 Callum Biggins (78:43), 6 Ellen Ball (114:33).

Jim Winbourne was entered in the Grand Prix last year but didn’t take part in a single round. He’s at least gone one better this year and took the win from Mike Reeves who was also sparing in his outings last year but had taken the Eltham 5 miler win in Group 4. 2022/23 Group 6 champion Andy Stubbs was 3rd from Kerrie Donohue (winner of two rounds last year in Group 4) and Callum Biggins - the top five separated by less than a minute. Ellen Ball was some way back from the rest of the group accompanying dad Eric in Group 12.

Championship: 1 Jim Winbourne (20 points), 2 Mike Reeves (18), 3 Andy Stubbs (16), 4 Kerrie Donohue (15), 5 Callum Biggins (14), 6 Ellen Ball (13), 7= Stuart Ball, Johnny Gill, David Groom, Carl Inman, Catherine Round, Guy Sims, Nick White (0).

Group 5 (10 registered competitors)
1 Agne Zavistanavice (84:39), 2 Tabitha Rogers (85:34), 3 Steve Burnett (85:43), 4 Stuart Isaacs (93:29).

The top three in Group 5 were separated by just over a minute with Agne Zavistanavice who had been quickest in Group 5 over the parkrun distance last year taking the victory from Tabitha Rogers who only joined the club towards the end of last year and 2021/22 Group 5 champ Steve Burnett in 3rd. Stuart Isaacs was well off what he is capable of and didn’t seem to want to be recognised as he ran with wife Tracey hidden behind his PWR snood.

Championship: 1 Agne Zavistanavice (20 points), 2 Tabitha Rogers (18), 3 Steve Burnett (16), 4 Stuart Isaacs (15), 5= Mark Burgess, Jamie Fernandes, Chloe Haffenden, Rachel Knowles, Lucy Tippet, Paul Whelan (0).

Group 6 (12 registered competitors)
1 Andy Hall (81:16), 2 Trevor Adams (82:17), 3 Rosalind Butterworth (83:11), 4 Edwina Cheng (83:40), 5 Paul Munday (87:35), 6 Iain Jameson (88:37).

2022/23 Group 7 champion Andy Hall is getting quicker by the day and took the Canterbury win and smashed his PB by 6 minutes. His nearest challenger was last year’s Group 5 series runner-up Trevor Adams ,with Rosalind Butterworth 3rd and Edwina Cheng 4th (winner of the only round she contested in last year’s Group 6 championship, the Hildenbrough 10k). Paul Munday was 5th from Iain Jameson 6th.

Championship: 1 Andy Hall (20 points), 2 Trevor Adams (18), 3 Rosalind Butterworth (16), 4 Edwina Cheng (15), 5 Paul Munday (14), 6 Iain Jameson (13), 7= Emma Chapman, Anthony Donohue, Liane Evans, Jason Hone, Paul Strachan, Adam Waterman (0).

Group 7 (12 registered competitors)
1 Simon Keyes (85:01), 2 Lucy Tang (86:09), 3 Micky Boyd (89:44), 4 Vassilis Sakizlis (90:51), 5 Nick Squires (92:43).

Group 7 was won by Simon Keyes from a posse of runners who were all up at the sharp end of last year’s Grand Prix. 2024 Group 6 champion Lucy Tang was 2nd from Micky Boyd (winner of three rounds in Group 7), Group 6 runner-up Vassilis Sakizlis and Group 7 champion Nick Squires.

Championship: 1 Simon Keyes (20 points), 2 Lucy Tang (18), 3 Micky Boyd (16), 4 Vassilis Sakizlis (15), 5 Nick Squires (14), 6= Denise Eva, Seaton Giles, Nigel Hewson, Ant Holland, Luke Pattison, David Welfare, Stephen Woodgate (0).

Group 8 (11 registered competitors)
1 Nathalie Juchau (87:09), 2 Ka Si Tung (87:24), 3 Jackie York (91:00), 4 Ed Bossert (96:32), 5 Viral Tanna (96:43).

Ladies Captain Nat Juchau led the way from Ka Si Tung who had taken the race win at last year’s Group 6 season finale at Bedgebury. Jackie York in 3rd was comfortably clear of Ed Bossert and Viral Tanna who were evenly matched.

Championship: 1 Nathalie Juchau (20 points), 2 Ka Si Tung (18), 3 Jackie York (16), 4 Ed Bossert (15), 5 Viral Tanna (14), 6= David Horsfield, Amelia Isaacs, Hannah Lloyd, Felicity Newman, Alan Niblock, Robert White (0).

Group 9 (11 registered competitors)
1 Louis Strover (91:38), 2 Damian Parker (101:00).

Just the two Group 9s made their way to Canterbury and it was Louis Strover who got the better of last season’s Group 7 runner-up Damian Parker - one of only 4 runners last year to contest every round.

Championship: 1 Louis Strover (20 points), 2 Damian Parker (18), 3= Richard Bodie, Adele Bollan, Matt Bradshaw, Dean Chapman, Steven Dong, Maxine Horsfield, Jennie Keetch, David Thomas, Andrew Vadron (0).

Group 10 (13 registered competitors)
1 Jennifer Kelly (92:29), 2 Sally Callaghan (93:19), 3 Hilary Morton (93:25), 4 Tracey Isaacs (93:30), 5 Emma Horan (94:57), 6 Jim Kirkland (101:29).

After sitting out last year’s championship, 2022/23 Group 8 champion Jennifer Kelly was back to winning ways at Canterbury, taking the victory from Sally Callaghan, 2021/22 Group 7 champ Hilary Morton, Tracey Isaacs and Emma Horan. Jim Kirkland won practically every Group 9 race he contested last year but brought up the rear on this occasion.

Championship: 1 Jennifer Kelly (20 points), 2 Sally Callaghan (18), 3 Hilary Morton (16), 4 Tracey Isaacs (15), 5 Emma Horan (14), 6 Jim Kirkland (13).

Group 11 (12 registered competitors)
1 Eleanor Pinkerton (102:48), 2 Sandra Goodwin (104:15), 3 Lou Stocks (105:30), 4 James Fisher (108:48).

Group 11’s victory was taken by Eleanor Pinkerton from Sandra Goodwion and James Fisher, who only got a place at the last minute when Group 4’s Catherine Round couldn’t make it.

Championship: 1 Eleanor Pinkerton (20 points), 2 Sandra Goodwin (18), 3 Lou Stocks (16), 4 James Fisher (15), 5= Jan Bodie, Richard Dunstan, Rachel Inman, Annabelle Marks, John Perks, Paul Pester, Olivia Senbanjo, David Smyth (0).

Group 12 (12 registered competitors)
1 Wendy Tung (104:55), 2 Chris Haydon (105:28), 3 Christina Springbett (105:48), 4 Rob Sampson (106:55), 5 Eric Nash (114:34).

The top three in Group 12 were separated by little more than a minute, with 2021/22 Group 10 champion Wendy Tung leading the way from Chris Haydon and Christina Springbett. Tung demolished the FV65 club record by 8 minutes! In 4th place was 2024’s 12 marathons in 12 months Rob Sampson with Eric Nash 5th.

Championship: 1 Wendy Tung (20 points), 2 Chris Haydon (18), 3 Christina Springbett (16), 4 Rob Sampson (15), 5 Eric Nash (14), 6= David Allison, Katie Garvey, Catherine Jones, Julie Medhurst, Perry Wilson, Laura Woollard, Philippa Wynne (0).

Group 13 (12 registered competitors)
1 Julia Reynders (104:36), 2 Gill Rhodes (105:30), 3 Jenny Waterman (105:41), 4 Lyttleton Barrett (107:36).

Group 13 saw all 4 competitors covered by just 3 minutes - Julia Reynders taking the victory from Gill Rhodes, Jenny Waterman and Lyttleton Barrett.

Championship: 1 Julia Reynders (20 points), 2 Gill Rhodes (18), 3 Jenny Waterman (16), 4 Lyttleton Barrett (15), 5 Gill Boyd, Barbara Carr, Clare Evans, Jo Ferres, Holly Hutson, Sonia Lowing, Biljana Petruchevska, Pherenice Worsey-Buck (0).

Group 14 (10 registered competitors)
1= Paula Gleeson & Sarah Davis (113:33), 3 Emma Bossert (114:56), 4 Liz Squires (120:33).

There wasn’t anything to choose between Paul Glesson and Sarah Davis as they ran together and clocked identical times to take 20 points apiece! Emma Bossert was 3rd with Liz Squires 4th.

Championship: 1= Paula Gleeson & Sarah Davis (20 points), 3 Emma Bossert (16), 4 Liz Squires (15), 5 Karen Bowden-Brown, Simon Gleeson, Corinne Hollamby, Kary Leggett, Kathy Strachan, Rachel Sutton (0).

Group 15 (6 registered competitors)
1 Hannah Harrison (125:11).

Hannah Harrison sadly didn’t have any opposition at this round but enjoyed her first time at this event.

Championship: 1 Hannah Harrison (20 points), 2 Karin Bradshaw, Ruth Feltham, Lisa O’Keefe Kate Rowley, Laura Williams (0).

Report: Mark Burgess
Photos: Simon Gleeson, Barbara Carr, Louise Wolsey & Invicta East Kent AC

Although Canterbury was at the end of January, we still haven’t had round 2 which is at Battersea Park on March 30th. Entries for this flat course in a lovely park near the Thames had closed but appear to have re-opened so if you haven’t entered yet, do it now! https://www.letsdothis.com/gb/checkout/ticket?eventId=200864. Make sure you enter the 10k, not the 5k or Half Marathon!

I recently did a Half Marathon around there which was 8.75 laps but it actually didn’t get boring. It will get a little bit confusing though knowing who your rivals are due to the three distances being raced at the same time so make sure you wear your club vest so you can easily be identified and also satisfy the championship rules!

Rounds 3 and 4 are the Members 10k on April 13th and the Darent Valley 10k on May 11th (enter at https://englandathletics.sport80.com/public/wizard/e/28714/home).

Round 2: battersea park 10k – 30.03.2025

Round 2 of this year’s Grand Prix was the opening round of this season’s Best Race Series’ commercial event at Battersea Park on March 30th. Three different distances - 5k, 10k and Half Marathon were being contested over an oval course around this picturesque park, with the GP event being 10k - 4 laps.

It definitely felt like a PWR takeover with approximately half of the 142 finishers being from our club, and it could have been even more with another 22 entered that I counted not making an appearance due to injury, mother’s day commitments etc. And it was quality as well as quantity with the overall win, all the male age-category wins, and a 1-2-3 in FV60 going our way!

Group 1 (11 registered competitors)
1 Connor Gates (35:22), 2 Simon Thornhill (36:08), 3 James Bevis (36:20), 4 Silky Ng (36:27), 5 Stephen Camacho (37:31), 6 Oliver York (38:15), 7 Mark Philbrick (39:10).

There were 5 PWRs in the top 10 at this event, with Connor Gates winning overall! Simon Thornhill was the fastest MV50 and was just off the podium in 4th overall, heading James Bevis and Silky Ng to make it 4 PWRs in the top six. Last year’s GP champion Steve Camacho was 5th from Silky Ng, Oliver York and Mark Philbrick.

Championship: 1 Simon Thornhill (32 points), 2= Steve Camacho & Silky Ng (30), 4 Oliver York (26), 5= Adam Wilkinson & Connor Gates (20), 7 Will Senbanjo (18), 8 James Bevis (16), 9= Kev Howarth & Mark Philbrick (12), 11 Mark Smith (0).

Group 2 (11 registered competitors)
1 James Wall (38:05), 2 Kev Chadwick (38:26), 3 Melody Kane (40:27), 4 Stephen Pond (41:27), 5 Matthew Pond (43:58).

Four of the five Group 2s at Battersea had contested the Canterbury 10 miler championship opener, however it was the one making his first appearance that ended up taking the victory. James Wall took the win from Kev Chadwick (top MV40) who had been hampered at the season opener by arriving late. Canterbury winner Melody Kane was 3rd in this group and 3rd lady overall, from Stephen and Matthew Pond - with dad once again getting the upper hand over son.

Championship: 1 Melody Kane (36 points), 2 Kev Chadwick (32), 3 Stephen Pond (31), 4 Matthew Pond (27), 5 James Wall (20), 6 Haki Bardhi (18), 7 Emma Stevens (15), 8= Simon Dahdi, Mark Griffin, Andy Robertson, & Andy Tippet (0).

Group 3 (11 registered competitors)
1 John Kingscott (42:26), 2 Mark Franks (43:14), 3 Steven Wynne (44:48).

John Kingscott backed up his 2nd place at Canterbury with the win this time out, with Mark Franks also improving to take the runner-up spot ahead of last year’s Group 3 runner-up Steven Wynne making his first appearance.

Championship: 1 John Kingscott (38 points), 2 Mark Franks (32), 3 Krish Gurunathan (20), 4= Elly Phillips & Steven Wynne (16), 6 Steve Wilde (15), 7= Oliver Dean, Chris Lamb, Gemma Parkinson, Jane Walsh & Chloe Wilkinson (0).

Group 4 (13 registered competitors)
1 Johnny Gill (42:33).

Sadly, there was just the one Group 4 at this round due in part to some withdrawals through injury - such as Carl Inman with a hamstring issue from the PWR Milan trip and Mike Reeves falling off a ladder! However, nothing to take away from Johnny Gill who set a cracking time and was the quickest MV60 at the event.

Championship: 1= Jim Winbourne & Johnny Gill (20 points), 3= Mike Reeves & Andy Stubbs (18), 5 Kerrie Donohue (15), 6 Callum Biggins (14), 7 Ellen Ball (13), 8= Stuart Ball, David Groom, Carl Inman, Catherine Round, Guy Sims & Nick White (0).

Group 5 (10 registered competitors)
1 Chloe Haffenden (44:12), 2 Mark Burgess (49:13), 3 Agne Zavistanavice (53:03).

Canterbury winner Agne Zavistanavice was sensibly taking it easy at Battersea in her lead up to her Brighton marathon adventure the following weekend. Chloe Haffenden was the class of the small field by far, and secured the victory by 5 minutes from Mark Burgess with Zavistanavice 3rd.

Championship: 1 Agne Zavistanavice (36 points), 2 Chloe Haffenden (20), 3= Tabitha Rogers & Mark Burgess (18), 5 Steve Burnett (16), 6 Stuart Isaacs (15), 7= Jamie Fernandes, Rachel Knowles, Lucy Tippet & Paul Whelan (0).

Group 6 (12 registered competitors)
1 Andy Hall (46:58), 2 Paul Strachan (50:32), 3 Liane Evans (51:32), 4 Emma Chapman (51:46), 5 Paul Munday (58:40).

Andy Hall continues to set new PBs practically every week and he was well clear of the rest of the Group 5 field. Paul Strachan put in a good performance to finish 2nd, a minute clear of Liane Evans, with Emma Chapman close in 4th and Paul Munday, another contesting Brighton the next weekend, 5th.

Championship: 1 Andy Hall (40 points), 2 Paul Munday (28), 3= Trevor Adams & Paul Strachan (18), 5= Rosalind Butterworth & Liane Evans (16), 7= Edwina Cheng & Emma Chapman (15), 9 Iain Jameson (13), 10= Anthony Donohue, Jason Hone & Adam Waterman (0).

Group 7 (12 registered competitors)
1 Nick Squires (52:07), 2 Nigel Hewson (54:07).

Just the two in this group at Battersea, with last year’s Group7 champion Nick Squires taking the victory by two minutes over Nigel Hewson.

Championship: 1 Nick Squires (34 points), 2 Simon Keyes (20), 3= Lucy Tang & Nigel Hewson (18), 5 Micky Boyd (16), 6 Vassilis Sakizlis (15), 7= Denise Eva, Seaton Giles, Ant Holland, Luke Pattison, David Welfare & Stephen Woodgate (0).

Group 8 (11 registered competitors)
1 Ed Bossert (51:25), 2 Nat Juchau (51:43), 3 David Horsfield (52:41), 4 Viral Tanna (54:38).

4th over Canterbury’s 10 miles, Ed Bossert found another gear for this shorter distance and took the victory from the winner of the opener, Nat Juchau, in one of her last races before she has her knee replacement op at the beginning of May. David Horsfield was 3rd from Viral Tanna in 4th.

Championship: 1 Nathalie Juchau (38 points), 2 Eduan Bossert (35), 3 Viral Tanna (29), 4 Ka Si Tung (18), 5= Jackie York & David Horsfield (16), 7= Amelia Isaacs, Hannah Lloyd, Felicity Newman, Alan Niblock & Robert White (0).

Group 9 (11 registered competitors)
1 Maxine Horsfield (51:45), 2 Dean Chapman (55:10), 3 Richard Brodie (56:37), 4 Matt Bradshaw (58:43).

Group 9 was won by Maxine Horsfield who was clear of Dean Chapman, Richard Brodie and Matt Bradshaw.

Championship: 1= Louis Strover & Maxine Horsfield (20 points), 3= Damian Parker & Dean Chapman (18), 5 Richard Bodie (16), 6 Matt Bradshaw (15), 7= Adele Bollan, Steven Dong, Jennie Keetch, David Thomas & Andrew Vadron (0).

Group 10 (13 registered competitors)
1 Hilary Morton (52:47), 2 Jim Kirkland (54:27), 3 Joseph Mulhall (54:46), 4 Tara Dennehy (55:28), 5 Philippa Niven (55:29).

Hilary Morton took the Group 5 victory from last year’s Group 9 champion Jim Kirkland who had only been 6th at Canterbury but was back on form and the fastest MV70. Joseph Mulhall was close in 3rd, while just one second separated Tara Dennehy and Philippa Niven in 4th and 5th respectively.

Championship: 1 Hilary Morton (36 points), 2 Jim Kirkland (31), 3 Jennifer Kelly (20), 4 Sally Callaghan (18), 5 Joseph Mulhall (16), 6= Tracey Isaacs & Tara Dennehy (15), 8= Emma Horan & Philippa Niven (14), 10= Joseph Conlan, David Fordyce, Sarah Lees & Neil Sutton (0).

Group 11 (12 registered competitors)
1 Richard Dunstan (57:48), 2 Sandra Goodwin (58:12), 3 James Fisher (60:11), 4 Paul Pester (60:50), 5 Rachel Inman (61:54), 6 Olivia Senbanjo (62:40), 7 Jan Bodie (65:03), 8 John Perks (65:09).

Group 11 had the joint largest entry with an excellent 8 of the 12 registered competitors taking part. Richard Dunstan took the win from Sandra Goodwin who had also placed 2nd at the previous round and was the fastest FV60. James Fisher took 3rd to add to his 4th at Canterbury, while Paul Pester led home Rachel Inman, Olivia Senbanjo, Jan Bodie and John Perks.

Championship: 1 Sandra Goodwin (36 points), 2 James Fisher (31), 3= Eleanor Pinkerton & Richard Dunstan (20), 5 Lou Stocks (16), 6 Paul Pester (15), 7 Rachel Inman (14), 8 Olivia Senbanjo (13), 9 Jan Bodie (12), 10 John Perks (11), 11= Annabelle Marks & David Smyth (0).

Group 12 (12 registered competitors)
1 Rob Sampson (58:17), 2 Katie Garvey (60:54), 3 Christina Springbett (60:55), 4 Julie Medhurst (61:22), 5 Chris Haydon (62:28).

Marathon man Rob Sampson took the Group 12 win, while Katie Garvey and Christina Springbett were just a second apart in 2nd and 3rd. Julie Medhurst was 4th from Chris Haydon in 5th.

Championship: 1 Rob Sampson (36 points), 2 Christina Springbett (34), 3 Chris Haydon (29), 4 Wendy Tung (20), 5 Katie Garvey (18), 6 Julie Medhurst (15), 7 Eric Nash (14), 8= David Allison, Catherine Jones, Perry Wilson, Laura Woollard & Philippa Wynne (0).

Group 13 (12 registered competitors)
1 Sonia Lowing (59:33), 2 Biljana Petrushevska (60:34), 3 Holly Hutson (67:06).

As the injured Julia Reynders cheered her fellow Group 13s on, it was Sonia Lowing who took the win by a minute from Biljana Petrushevska. Holly Hutson was 3rd.

Championship: 1= Jenny Waterman & Sonia Lowing (20 points), 3= Julia Reynders, Gill Rhodes & Biljana Petruchevska (18), 6= Lyttleton Barrett & Holly Hutson (16), 8= Gill Boyd, Barbara Carr, Clare Evans, Jo Ferres & Pherenice Worsey-Buck (0).

Group 14 (10 registered competitors)
1 Paula Gleeson (59:34), 2 Karen Bowden-Brown (62:27), 3 Emma Bossert (65:13), 4 Sarah Davis (66:14), 5 Kathy Strachan (69:01), 6 Kary Leggett (69:56), 7 Liz Squires (74:24), 8 Simon Gleeson (77:48).

Like Group 11, Group 14 had 8 entries at Battersea with just two others not racing. Having finished with identical times at the opening round, Paula Gleeson wasn’t going to share this time around and took the win by almost 3 minutes from Karen Bowden-Brown. Emma Bossert was 3rd for the second consecutive round from joint Canterbury winner Sarah Davis 4th. Kathy Strachan was 5th from Kary Leggett, Liz Squires and Simon Gleeson.

Championship: 1 Paula Gleeson (40 points), 2 Sarah Davis (35), 3 Emma Bossert (32), 4 Liz Squires (27), 5 Karen Bowden-Brown (18), 6 Kathy Strachan (14), 7 Kary Leggett (13), 8 Simon Gleeson (11), 9= Corinne Hollamby & Rachel Sutton (0).

Group 15 (6 registered competitors)
1 Karin Bradshaw (74:34), 2 Ruth Feltham (77:47).

Just the two in Group 15 but at least numbers are heading in the right direction as Hannah Harrison was the sole representative at the previous round. Karin Bradshaw took the win from Ruth Feltham.

Championship: 1 Hannah Harrison & Karin Bradshaw (20 points), 3 Ruth Feltham (18), 4= Lisa O’Keefe, Kate Rowley & Laura Williams (0).

Report: Mark Burgess
Photos: Julia Reynders, Maxine Horsfield & Lucy Hatherell Photography

Round 3, the Members 10k, has been and gone so next up are the Darent Valley 10k on May 11th (enter at https://englandathletics.sport80.com/public/wizard/e/28714/home) and the Eltham 5 miler on June 15th (enter at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-eltham-park-5-and-family-fun-run-2025-tickets-1148608160929). Reduced price entry for the Eltham event ends on April 29th.

Round 3: MEMBERS 10k – 13.04.2025

Round 3 of the 2025 PWR Grand Prix was the Members 10k on April 13th. A healthy 77 GP entrants contested the event, while 15 others volunteered and earnt 15 points (the equivalent of a 4th place finish). 36 non-GP members also ran the two and a bit laps of Jubilee Park and the surrounding roads in perfect conditions. As you would expect from a Petts Wood event, it was superbly and enthusiastically organised and marshalled - what a fantastic club we have!

Group 1 (11 registered competitors)
1 Connor Gates, 2 Silky Ng, 3 James Bevis.

Connor Gates picked up his second victory in a row in Group 1, with Silky Ng 2nd and James Bevis, making his first start of the campaign, 3rd.

Championship: 1 Silky Ng (48 points), 2 Connor Gates (40), 3= Simon Thornhill & James Bevis (32), 5 Steve Camacho (30), 6 Oliver York (26), 7 Adam Wilkinson (20), 8 Will Senbanjo (18), 9= Kev Howarth & Mark Philbrick (12), 11 Mark Smith (0).

Group 2 (11 registered competitors)
1 Andy Tippet, 2 James Wall, 3 Emma Stevens, 4 Matthew Pond.

Andy Tippet was another to begin his campaign at this round and he took the win from Battersea victor James Wall. Emma Stevens was 3rd from Matthew Pond - the only Group 2 to have contested every round.

Championship: 1 Matthew Pond (42 points), 2 James Wall (38), 3 Melody Kane (36), 4 Kev Chadwick (32), 5= Stephen Pond & Emma Stevens (31), 7 Andy Tippet (20), 8 Haki Bardhi (18), 9= Simon Dahdi, Mark Griffin & Andy Robertson (0).

Group 3 (11 registered competitors)
1 Oliver Dean, 2 Steven Wynne, 3 Gemma Parkinson, 4 Steve Wilde, 5 Jane Walsh.

Another debutant Oliver Dean won Group 3 but needs to wear a white top at subsequent rounds to avoid future attention from the GP committee! Steven Wynne went one better than at Battersea to take 2nd from Gemma Parkinson, Steve Wilde and Jane Walsh. Chloe Wilkinson started but did not finish.

Championship: 1 John Kingscott (38 points), 2 Steven Wynne (34), 3 Mark Franks (32), 4 Elly Phillips (31), 5 Steve Wilde (30), 6 Jane Walsh (29), 7= Krish Gurunathan & Oliver Dean (20), 9 Gemma Parkinson (16), 10= Chris Lamb & Chloe Wilkinson (0).

Group 4 (13 registered competitors)
1 Jim Winbourne, 2 Kerrie Donohue, 3 Stuart Ball, 4 Carl Inman, 5 Ellen Ball, 6 Guy Sims.

Jim Winbourne picked up his second win of the season, having won the Canterbury 10 miler opener. Kerrie Donohue was next up from Stuart Ball, Carl Inman, Ellen Ball and Guy Sims.

Championship: 1 Jim Winbourne (40 points), 2 Kerrie Donohue (33), 3 Callum Biggins (29), 4 Ellen Ball (27), 5 Johnny Gill (20), 6= Mike Reeves & Andy Stubbs (18), 8 Stuart Ball (16), 9 Carl Inman (15), 10 Guy Sims (13), 11= David Groom, Catherine Round & Nick White (0).

Group 5 (10 registered competitors)
1 Lucy Tippet, 2 Chloe Haffenden, 3 Mark Burgess, 4 Agne Zavistanavice.

Making it two wins on the day for the Tippet family, Lucy got the better of Battersea winner Chloe Haffenden in a close battle. Mark Burgess was 3rd from Agne Zavistanavice 4th.

Championship: 1 Agne Zavistanavice (51 points), 2 Chloe Haffenden (38), 3 Mark Burgess (34), 4 Lucy Tippet (20), 5 Tabitha Rogers (18), 6 Steve Burnett (16), 7= Stuart Isaacs & Rachel Knowles (15), 9= Jamie Fernandes & Paul Whelan (0).

Group 6 (12 registered competitors)
1 Andy Hall, 2 Adam Waterman, 3 Rosalind Butterworth, 4 Emma Chapman, 5 Jason Hone, 6 Anthony Donohue, 7 Liane Evans.

Andy Hall maintained his unblemished start in Group 6 to make it three from three. However, he almost got caught out at the finish by a fast closing Adam Waterman. Rosalind Butterworth was 3rd for the second time this season, while Emma Chapman was classified 4th once it had been worked out where she would have finished had she started with the rest of the Group 6s.

Championship: 1 Andy Hall (60 points), 2 Paul Munday (43), 3 Rosalind Butterworth (32), 4= Emma Chapman & Edwina Cheng (30), 6 Liane Evans (28), 7= Trevor Adams, Paul Strachan & Adam Waterman (18), 10 Jason Hone (14), 11= Iain Jameson & Anthony Donohue (13).

Group 7 (12 registered competitors)
1 David Welfare, 2 Lucy Tang, 3 Nick Squires, 4 Vassilis Sakizlis, 5 Nigel Hewson.

David Welfare picked off his rivals one by one to come through to win Group 7 in his first appearance this year. Lucy Tang was 2nd for the second time, while Battersea winner Nick Squires took 3rd. Vassilis Sakizlis was 4th from Nigel Hewson 5th.

Championship: 1 Nick Squires (50 points), 2 Lucy Tang (36), 3 Nigel Hewson (32), 4 Micky Boyd (31), 5 Vassilis Sakizlis (30), 6= Simon Keyes & David Welfare (20), 8= Denise Eva, Seaton Giles, Ant Holland, Luke Pattison & Stephen Woodgate (0).

Group 8 (11 registered competitors)
1 Eduan Bossert, 2 Hannah Lloyd, 3 Viral Tanna, 4 Robert White.

Battersea winner Ed Bossert was again on top at this round, from Hannah Lloyd in 2nd. Viral Tanna has improved one place at every round and was 3rd this time from Rob White in 4th.

Championship: 1 Eduan Bossert (55 points), 2 Nathalie Juchau (53), 3 Viral Tanna (45), 4= Ka Si Tung & Hannah Lloyd (18), 6= Jackie York & David Horsfield (16), 8 Robert White (15), 9= Amelia Isaacs, Felicity Newman & Alan Niblock (0).

Group 9 (11 registered competitors)
1 Dean Chapman, 2 Richard Bodie, 3 Damian Parker.

Dean Chapman went one place better than at Battersea to take the win. Richard Bodie was 2nd from Damian Parker.

Championship: 1 Dean Chapman (38 points), 2 Louis Strover (35), 3= Damian Parker & Richard Bodie (34), 5 Matt Bradshaw (30), 6 Maxine Horsfield (20), 7= Adele Bollan, Steven Dong, Jennie Keetch, David Thomas & Andrew Vadron (0).

Group 10 (13 registered competitors)
1 Hilary Morton, 2 Philippa Niven, 3 Tara Dennehy, 4 Jim Kirkland, 5 Sarah Lees, 6 Emma Horan, 7 Joseph Conlan.

A second win in a row for Hilary Morton in Group 10, while Philippa Niven and Tara Dennehy were 2nd and 3rd respectively, and improved on their Battersea results. Jim Kirkland was 4th from Sarah Lees, Emma Horan and Joseph Conlan.

Championship: 1 Hilary Morton (56 points), 2 Jim Kirkland (46), 3 Sally Callaghan (33), 4 Philippa Niven (32), 5 Tara Dennehy (31), 6 Emma Horan (27), 7 Jennifer Kelly (20), 8 Joseph Mulhall (16), 9 Tracey Isaacs (15), 10 Sarah Lees (14), 11 Joseph Conlan (12), 12= David Fordyce & Neil Sutton (0).

Group 11 (12 registered competitors)
1 Sandra Goodwin, 2 John Perks, 3 Lou Stocks, 4 James Fisher, 5 David Smyth, 6 Rachel Inman, 7 Richard Dunstan, 8 Paul Pester, 9 Jan Bodie.

Eleven of the twelve Group 11s were at this event with nine racing and Olivia Senbanjo and Eleanor Pinkerton volunteering. Sandra Goodwin took the win in the large field having placed 2nd at both of the previous rounds. John Perks who had only been 8th at the Battersea had a much better run this time and secured 2nd place from Lou Stocks. James Fisher was 4th from David Smyth and Rachel Inman. Battersea winner Richard Dunstan and Paul Pester clashed at the finish in their efforts to take 7th place, with former American Footballer Pester hitting the deck! They shook hands afterwards so obviously no ill feelings. Jan Bodie was 9th.

Championship: 1 Sandra Goodwin (56 points), 2 James Fisher (46), 3 Eleanor Pinkerton (35), 4= Richard Dunstan & Lou Stocks (32), 6 John Perks (29), 7 Olivia Senbanjo (28), 8 Rachel Inman (27), 9 Paul Pester (26), 10 Jan Bodie (22), 11 David Smyth (14), 12 Annabelle Marks (0).

Group 12 (12 registered competitors)
1 Rob Sampson, 2 Julie Medhurst, 3 Catherine Jones, 4 Eric Nash.

Rob Sampson made it two wins in a row in Group 12 from Julie Medhurst in 2nd. Catherine Jones was 3rd from Eric Nash.

Championship: 1 Rob Sampson (56 points), 2 Christina Springbett (34), 3 Julie Medhurst (33), 4= Chris Haydon & Eric Nash (29), 6 Wendy Tung (20), 7 Katie Garvey (18), 8 Catherine Jones (16), 9 Philippa Wynne (15), 10= David Allison, Perry Wilson & Laura Woollard (0).

Group 13 (12 registered competitors)
1 Jenny Waterman, 2 Lyttleton Barrett, 3 Biljana Petrushevska, 4 Clare Evans, 5 Holly Hutson, 6 Barbara Carr, 7 Gill Boyd.

Jenny Waterman repeated her Battersea success and won that night’s bragging rights in her household. Lyttleton Barrett was 2nd from Biljana Petrushevska and Clare Evans. Holly Hutson was 5th from Barbara Carr and Gill Boyd.

Championship: 1 Jenny Waterman (40 points), 2= Biljana Petruchevska & Lyttleton Barrett (34), 4 Julia Reynders (33), 5 Holly Hutson (30), 6 Sonia Lowing (20), 7 Gill Rhodes (18), 8 Clare Evans (15), 9 Barbara Carr (13), 10 Gill Boyd (12), 11= Jo Ferres & Pherenice Worsey-Buck (0).

Group 14 (10 registered competitors)
1 Paula Gleeson, 2 Emma Bossert, 3 Sarah Davis, 4 Kathy Strachan, 5 Simon Gleeson.

Having shared the Canterbury win with Sarah Davis, Paula Gleeson has now won the last two rounds outright. Emma Bossert took 2nd to add to her two 3rd places already in the bag. Davis was 3rd from Kathy Strachan and Simon Gleeson.

Championship: 1 Paula Gleeson (60 points), 2 Sarah Davis (51), 3 Emma Bossert (50), 4 Liz Squires (42), 5 Kathy Strachan (29), 6 Simon Gleeson (25), 7 Karen Bowden-Brown (18), 8 Kary Leggett (13), 9= Corinne Hollamby & Rachel Sutton (0).

Group 15 (6 registered competitors)
1 Hannah Harrison, 2 Karin Bradshaw, 3 Ruth Feltham, 4 Kate Rowley.

Hannah Harrison and Karin Bradshaw had taken a win apiece coming into this round, and it was Harrison who came out on top at this the first round they have both raced at. Bradshaw was 2nd from Ruth Feltham and Kate Rowley.

Championship: 1 Hannah Harrison (40 points), 2 Karin Bradshaw (38), 3 Ruth Feltham (34), 4 Kate Rowley (15), 5= Lisa O’Keefe & Laura Williams (0).

Report: Mark Burgess
Photos: Lisa Hall & Paul Munday

Round 4: DARENT VALLEY 10k – 11.05.2025

Round 4 of this year’s PWR Grand Prix was the picturesque but challenging Darent Valley 10k on Sunday May 11th. 64 GP entrants contested this round, with another 10 or so non-GP PWRs also racing. There were some issues with the results which eventually got sorted in the days after the event, but there was certainly no disputing that we comfortably won the combined teams event with our first 7 men and 3 ladies all rewarded with a bottle of wine for their efforts.

Group 1 (11 registered competitors)
1 James Bevis 37:57, 2 Simon Thornhill 38:15, 3 Kev Howarth 39:05, 4 Oliver York 39:09, 5 Mark Philbrick 39:46.

There was a good turnout in the fastest group, with James Bevis recording his first win of the series after consecutive 3rd places at the previous two rounds. Just 18 seconds behind was Simon Thornhill in 2nd - where he also finished at the Battersea 10k. Men’s Captain Kev Howarth was back in action and took 3rd by 4 seconds from Oliver York, with Mark Philbrick not far behind in 5th.

Bevis’ win catapults him from 4th to the top of the championship table with Thornhill just two points behind. Leading coming into this round, Silky Ng drops to 3rd from York, with winner of the previous two rounds, Connor Gates, in 5th.

Championship: 1 James Bevis (52 points), 2 Simon Thornhill (50), 3 Silky Ng (48), 4 Oliver York (41), 5 Connor Gates (40), 6 Steve Camacho (30), 7 Kev Howarth (28), 8 Mark Philbrick (26), 9 Adam Wilkinson (20), 10 Will Senbanjo (18), 11 Mark Smith (0).

Group 2 (11 registered competitors)
1 James Wall (40:05), 2 Kev Chadwick (40:08), 3 Melody Kane (40:34), 4 Haki Bardhi (42:00), 5 Stephen Pond (43:13), 6 Emma Stevens (44:36), 7 Matthew Pond (48:02).

There was an even closer finish in Group 2 as Battersea winner James Wall beat Kev Chadwick by just 3 seconds. Canterbury 10 miler winner Melody Kane was 3rd in this group and the second lady overall on the day. 2024 Group 3 champion Haki Bardhi was 4th from Stephen Pond, Emma Stevens (who won the FV45 category) and Matthew Pond.

Wall now heads the championship table by 4 points from Matthew Pond in 2nd and Kane in 3rd. Chadwick, Stephen Pond and Stevens complete the top six.

Championship: 1 James Wall (58 points), 2 Matthew Pond (54), 3 Melody Kane (52), 4 Kev Chadwick (50), 5 Stephen Pond (45), 6 Emma Stevens (44), 7 Haki Bardhi (33), 8 Andy Tippet (20), 9= Simon Dahdi, Mark Griffin & Andy Robertson (0).

Group 3 (11 registered competitors)
1 Oliver Dean (42:37), 2 Krish Gurunathan (42:51), 3 John Kingscott (44:28), 4 Jane Walsh (48:53), 5 Chloe Wilkinson (58:58).

All the previous round winners were here for this one, and it was Members 10k victor Oliver Dean that emerged on top from Krish Gurunathan and John Kingscott. Jane Walsh was 4th from Chloe Wilkinson in 5th.
The only Group 3s to have contested all 4 rounds so far occupy the top two positions in the points table, with Kingscott leading from Walsh. Dean and Gurunathan are next up, with Steven Wynne and Mark Franks in 5th and 6th.

Championship: 1 John Kingscott (54 points), 2 Jane Walsh (44), 3 Oliver Dean (40), 4 Krish Gurunathan (38), 5 Steven Wynne (34), 6 Mark Franks (32), 7 Elly Phillips (31), 8 Steve Wilde (30), 9 Gemma Parkinson (16), 10 Chloe Wilkinson (14), 11 Chris Lamb (0).

Group 4 (13 registered competitors)
1 Kerrie Donohue (48:59).

Just the one Group 4 at Darent Valley so 20 points in the bag for Kerrie Donohue. As the only runner in this group to have raced at three rounds, she takes over the lead in the championship from Jim Winbourne who won both of the races he took part in. Just a couple of points separate Callum Biggins and Ellen Ball in what is currently the battle for the final podium place.

Championship: 1 Kerrie Donohue (53), 2 James Winbourne (40), 3 Callum Biggins (29), 4 Ellen Ball (27), 5 Johnny Gill (20), 6= Mike Reeves & Andy Stubbs (18), 8 Stuart Ball (16), 9 Carl Inman (15), 10 Guy Sims (13), 11= David Groom, Catherine Round & Nick White (0).

Group 5 (10 registered competitors)
1 Lucy Tippet (46:09), 2 Chloe Haffenden (48:30), 3 Stuart Isaacs (48:38), 4 Steve Burnett (52:35), 5 Agne Zavistanavice (58:45).

Lucy Tippet made it two wins from two rounds in Group 5 and was the fastest FV35 on the day. Battersea winner Chloe Haffenden had to settle for 2nd for the second round in a row and was just 8s ahead of Stuart Isaacs making his first appearance of the season. Steve Burnett was 4th from Canterbury winner Agne Zavistanavice.

Zavistanavice retains her spot at the top of the championship table but Haffenden and Tippet are closing her down. Mark Burgess is 4th from Burnett and Isaacs tied in 5th.

Championship: 1 Agne Zavistanavice (65 points), 2 Chloe Haffenden (56), 3 Lucy Tippet (40), 4 Mark Burgess (34), 5= Steve Burnett & Stuart Isaacs (31), 7 Tabitha Rogers (18), 8 Rachel Knowles (15), 9= Jamie Fernandes & Paul Whelan (0).

Group 6 (12 registered competitors)
1 Andy Hall (49:42), 2 Trevor Adams (51:48), 3 Emma Chapman (53:10), 4 Anthony Donohue (54:01), 5 Edwina Cheng (54:56), 6 Paul Strachan (55:27), 7 Paul Munday (55:30), 8 Liane Evans (58:45).

There seems to be no stopping Andy Hall in Group 4 as he made it a fourth straight victory just two days before being pronounced the Most Improved Male in the club! Trevor Adams took his second runner-up spot of the series in one of the best supported groups at Darent Valley, while Emma Chapman was 3rd. Anthony Donohue took 4th on his 2025 debut from Edwina Cheng, Paul Strachan, Paul Munday and Liane Evans.

Hall could wrap up the title at the next round if he wins which would be with four rounds still to go! Munday lies 2nd but 25 points behind, with Chapman, Cheng, Evans and Adams next up.

Championship: 1 Andy Hall (80 points), 2 Paul Munday (55), 3 Emma Chapman (46), 4 Edwina Cheng (44), 5 Liane Evans (39), 6 Trevor Adams (36), 7 Rosalind Butterworth (32), 8 Paul Strachan (31), 9 Anthony Donohue (28), 10 Adam Waterman (18), 11 Jason Hone (14), 12 Iain Jameson (13).

Group 7 (12 registered competitors)
1 David Welfare (52:59), 2 Vassilis Sakizlis (54:28), 3 Lucy Tang (54:33), 4 Nigel Hewson (56:48).

David Welfare didn’t contest the first two rounds but is now proving the one to beat, adding victory at Darent Valley to his win at the Members 10k. Vassilis Sakizlis was 2nd, his best result so far, just 5 seconds clear of Lucy Tang in 3rd. Nigel Hewson was 4th.

Tang now leads the championship by two points from former table topper Nick Squires. Sakizlis moves up to 3rd, just one point ahead of Hewson, and today’s winner Welfare is now up to 5th having contested one less round than those above him. Five of the twelve registered competitors in this group haven’t yet shown their faces!

Championship: 1 Lucy Tang (52 points), 2 Nick Squires (50), 3 Vassilis Sakizlis (48), 4 Nigel Hewson (47), 5 David Welfare (40), 6 Micky Boyd (31), 7 Simon Keyes (20), 8= Denise Eva, Seaton Giles, Ant Holland, Luke Pattison & Stephen Woodgate (0).

Group 8 (11 registered competitors)
1 Eduan Bossert (53:08), 2 Amelia Isaacs (57:06), 3 Hannah Lloyd (57:38), 4 Viral Tanna (57:56).

Ed Bossert was almost 4 minutes clear of his nearest challenger in Group 8 and took his third win in a row. Amelia Isaacs, making her season debut, was 2nd from Hannah Llloyd and Viral Tanna.

Bossert extends his lead in the championship to 15 points from the new 2nd-placed runner, Tanna - both having contested every round. Nathalie Juchau is 3rd but shouldn’t be taking part for a while as she gets up to speed with her new knee.

Championship: 1 Eduan Bossert (75 points), 2 Viral Tanna (60), 3 Nathalie Juchau (53), 4 Hannah Lloyd (34), 5= Ka Sing Tung & Amelia Isaacs (18), 7= Jackie York & David Horsfield (16), 9 Robert White (15), 10= Felicity Newman & Alan Niblock (0).

Group 9 (11 registered competitors)
1 Louis Strover (56:57), 2 Dean Chapman (57:54), 3 Adele Bollan (59:31), 4 Damian Parker (59:57).

Having sat out the previous two rounds, Canterbury victor Louis Strover was back and on top of the pile, just under a minute ahead of Members 10k winner Dean Chapman. Debutant Adele Bollan was 3rd from Damian Parker in 4th.

Chapman still heads the championship but is now only one point ahead of Strover. Parker is 3rd from Richard Bodie, Matt Bradshaw and Battersea winner Maxine Horsfield.

Championship: 1 Dean Chapman (56 points), 2 Louis Strover (55), 3 Damian Parker (49), 4 Richard Bodie (34), 5 Matt Bradshaw (30), 6 Maxine Horsfield (20), 7 Adele Bollan (16), 8= Steven Dong, Jennie Keetch, David Thomas & Andrew Vadron (0).

Group 10 (13 registered competitors)
1 Sally Callaghan (56:21), 2 Tara Dennehy (56:29), 3 Tracey Isaacs (57:46), 4 Hilary Morton (58:17), 5 Emma Horan (58:20).

Sally Callaghan took her first win of the campaign by just 8 seconds from Tara Dennehy. What was a friendly running together for part of the race turned into a sprint to the finish when they sussed out that they were actually in the same GP group! Tracey Isaacs was 3rd from Hilary Morton (winner of the previous two rounds) and Emma Horan who were separated by just three seconds.

Despite her 4th position, Morton extends her lead to 18 points over the new 2nd-placed Callaghan. Dennehy moves up two places to 3rd from last year’s Group 9 champion Jim Kirkland in 4th. Horan and Philippa Niven occupy the next two places.

Championship: 1 Hilary Morton (71 points), 2 Sally Callaghan (53), 3 Tara Dennehy (49), 4 Jim Kirkland (46), 5 Emma Horan (41), 6 Philippa Niven (32), 7 Tracey Isaacs (31), 8 Jennifer Kelly (20), 9 Joseph Mulhall (16), 10 Sarah Lees (14), 11 Joseph Conlan (12), 12= David Fordyce & Neil Sutton (0).

Group 11 (12 registered competitors)
1 Paul Pester (66:02), 2 Lou Stocks (66:26).

Just the two Group 11s at Darent Valley with Paul Pester 24 seconds ahead of Lou Stocks. Sandra Goodwin retains the advantage in the championship, with Stocks moving up from 5th to 2nd overall. James Fisher is 3rd from Pester, Eleanor Pinkerton and Richard Dunstan.

Championship: 1 Sandra Goodwin (56 points), 2 Lou Stocks (50), 3 James Fisher (46), 4 Paul Pester (46), 5 Eleanor Pinkerton (35), 6 Richard Dunstan (32), 7 John Perks (29), 8 Olivia Senbanjo (28), 9 Rachel Inman (27), 10 Jan Bodie (22), 11 David Smyth (14), 12 Annabelle Marks (0).

Group 12 (12 registered competitors)
1 Julie Medhurst (64:19), 2 Christina Springbett (66:34), 3 Chris Haydon (68:32).

Julie Medhurst claimed her first win of the season from Christina Springbett 2nd and Chris Haydon 3rd. Rob Sampson’s points lead has been cut from 22 points to just 3 due to Medhurst’s win. Springbett drops one place to 3rd overall but is only one point behind 2nd place. Haydon retains 4th place, with Eric Nash and Wendy Tung completing the top six.

Championship: 1 Rob Sampson (56 points), 2 Julie Medhurst (53), 3 Christina Springbett (52), 4 Chris Haydon (45), 5 Eric Nash (29), 6 Wendy Tung (20), 7 Katie Garvey (18), 8 Catherine Jones (16), 9 Philippa Wynne (15), 10= David Allison, Perry Wilson & Laura Woollard (0).

Group 13 (12 registered competitors)
1 Sonia Lowing (65:08), 2 Biljana Petrushevska (67:02), 3 Clare Evans (68:06), 4 Holly Hutson (70:21).

Sonia Lowing has now won both races that she has entered to match the absent Jenny Waterman’s record. Something has got to give if, and when, they finally meet! Biljana Petrushevska took her second 2nd place of the series from Clare Evans 3rd and Holly Hutson 4th.

Petrushevska and Hutson move up to the top of the table with 7 points between them. Waterman and Lowing share 3rd spot, from Lyttleton Barrett 5th and Julia Reynders 6th.

Championship: 1 Biljana Petruchevska (52 points), 2 Holly Hutson (45), 3= Jenny Waterman & Sonia Lowing (40), 5 Lyttleton Barrett (34), 6 Julia Reynders (33), 7 Clare Evans (31), 8 Gill Rhodes (18), 9 Barbara Carr (13), 10 Gill Boyd (12), 11= Jo Ferres & Pherenice Worsey-Buck (0).

Group 14 (10 registered competitors)
1 Paula Gleeson (66:49), 2 Emma Bossert (71:08), 3 Kathy Strachan (73:42), 4 Rachel Sutton (80:04), 5 Kary Leggett (80:10), 6 Simon Gleeson (85:08).

Just as in Group 6, one runner is dominating Group 14, in this case Paula Gleeson who continued her unbroken run of victories at Darent Valley. As at the previous round, Emma Bossert was her closest rival but was over 4 minutes behind. Kathy Strachan was 3rd from Rachel Sutton in her first appearance, Kary Leggett and Simon Gleeson.

Like Andy Hall in Group 6, Gleeson can wrap up her title at the next round. Bossert with her two 2nds and two 3rds is in the runner-up position from Sarah Davis, Strachan, Liz Squires and Simon Gleeson.

Championship: 1 Paula Gleeson (80 points), 2 Emma Bossert (68), 3 Sarah Davis (51), 4 Kathy Strachan (45), 5 Liz Squires (42), 6 Simon Gleeson (38), 7 Kary Leggett (27), 8 Karen Bowden-Brown (18), 9 Rachel Sutton (15), 10 Corinne Hollamby (0).

Group 15 (6 registered competitors)
1 Hannah Harrison (72:02).

For the second round this season Hannah Harrison was the only Group 15 racing but put in a good performance that saw her quicker than three of the runners in the group above. With three wins from the three rounds she has contested, Harrison tops the table from Battersea winner Karin Bradshaw, Ruth Feltham and Kate Rowley.

Championship: 1 Hannah Harrison (60 points), 2 Karin Bradshaw (38), 3 Ruth Feltham (34), 4 Kate Rowley (15), 5= Lisa O’Keefe & Laura Williams (0).

Report: Mark Burgess
Photos: Kev Howarth

The next round is the Eltham 5 miler on Sunday June 15th, followed by the 30th edition of the Sevenoaks 7 on July 13th. Online entries have closed for Eltham but there are said to be loads of on-the-day entries available. The link for entries for the 7 miles around Sevenoaks' Knole Park, which is also a round of the Kent Grand Prix, is https://www.nice-work.org.uk/e/sevenoaks-7-12871

Round 5: ELTHAM 5 – 14.06.2025

Round 5 of this year’s PWR Grand Prix was the Eltham 5 miler on June 14th. The GP organisers had kindly, and without any actual thought, balanced up the calendar so that those who couldn’t make the Battersea Park 10k on Mother’s Day would now be entitled to a race on Father’s Day!

We were now venturing into the second half of the championship so, if anyone hasn’t contested at least one round following this event, it is unlikely that they are going to feature at the top end of the table as only a competitor’s best 5 scores count.

It was quite a hot and humid day with an excellent turnout of 77 GP-registered PWRs and we picked up six trophies!

Group 1 (11 registered competitors)
1 Will Senbanjo 29:21, 2 James Bevis 29:42, 3 Simon Thornhill 29:57, 4 Mark Philbrick 31:29, 5 Kev Howarth 32:34.

Will Senbanjo was back out in the series at Eltham following a 2nd place at the Canterbury season opener, and took the Group 1 win and was 1st MV40 for good measure. James Bevis who had won last time out at Darent Valley was 2nd, with Simon Thornhill 3rd and 1st MV50. These three were separated by less than 40 seconds, with Mark Philbrick and Kev Howarth not far behind in 4th and 5th respectively.

Bevis’ 2nd place extends his lead over Thornhill in the championship to 4 points with both having contested 4 rounds. Silky Ng retains his 3rd place while Howarth moves up from 7th to 4th.

Championship: 1 James Bevis (70 points), 2 Simon Thornhill (66), 3 Silky Ng (48), 4 Kev Howarth (42), 5= Oliver York & Mark Philbrick (41), 7 Connor Gates (40), 8 Will Senbanjo (38), 9 Steve Camacho (30), 10 Adam Wilkinson (20), 11 Mark Smith (0).

Group 2 (11 registered competitors)
1 Andy Tippet 31:15, 2 Haki Bardhi 32:56, 3 James Wall 33:48, 4 Stephen Pond 34:02, 5 Emma Stevens 36:40, 6 Matthew Pond 39:23.

Andy Tippet had won the Members 10k in this group and repeated his success here at Eltham. Haki Bardhi now has two 2nd places to his name and he was followed home by James Wall who has picked up two wins this campaign. The Ponds were back doing sensible distances after their Endure 24 madness the previous weekend, with Stephen 4th and Matthew 6th. Separating them and picking up the award for second lady was Emma Stevens.

Wall extends his lead over 2nd-placed Matthew Pond to 7 points, with Matthew having contested one more round. Pond Senior is up to 3rd from 5th, with Stevens also gaining places to lie 4th overall.

Championship: 1 James Wall (74 points), 2 Matthew Pond (67), 3 Stephen Pond (60), 4 Emma Stevens (58), 5 Melody Kane (52), 6 Haki Bardhi (51), 7 Kev Chadwick (50), 8 Andy Tippet (40), 9= Simon Dahdi, Mark Griffin & Andy Robertson (0).

Group 3 (11 registered competitors)
1 John Kingscott 36:03, 2 Steve Wilde 36:08, 3 Gemma Parkinson 36:38, 4 Mark Franks 39:38.

Whenever I saw John Kingscott at this round he seemed to be running. Whether that was an hour before the start, during the race (obviously) or afterwards - it was all very surreal! However, whatever he was doing obviously worked as he took the win, albeit by just 5 seconds from Steve Wilde. Just 30 seconds further back was Gemma Parkinson who was 3rd lady overall, with Mark Franks 4th.

With his closest rivals not contesting Eltham, Kingscott’s points advantage is now 26 points, although he is the only Group 3 to have contested every round. Wilde’s 2nd place leap-frogs him from 8th all the way up to 2nd, while Franks also gains places to now be 3rd overall.

Championship: 1 John Kingscott (74 points), 2 Steve Wilde (48), 3 Mark Franks (47), 4 Jane Walsh (44), 5 Oliver Dean (40), 6 Krish Gurunathan (38), 7 Steven Wynne (34), 8 Gemma Parkinson (32), 9 Elly Phillips (31), 10 Chloe Wilkinson (14), 11 Chris Lamb (0).

Group 4 (13 registered competitors)
1 Johnny Gill 34:44, 2 Kerrie Donohue 38:13, 3 Ellen Ball 38:16, 4 Catherine Round 39:29, 5 Guy Sims 40:31.

Battersea winner Johnny Gill was back for his second outing and was the class of the Group 4 field, winning by over 3 minutes and taking the MV60 prize. Darent Valley victor Kerrie Donohue was the best of the rest in 2nd but only 3 seconds quicker than Ellen Ball who was the 1st FV45. Catherine Round making her first appearance was 4th from Guy Sims in 5th.

Donohue’s advantage at the top of Group 4 is now 28 points over 2nd-placed Ball who has gained two places. Two-times winner Jim Winbourne drops one place to 3rd and has to share it with Gill who has also taken two victories.

Championship: 1 Kerrie Donohue (71 points), 2 Ellen Ball (43), 3= James Winbourne & Johnny Gill (40), 5 Callum Biggins (29), 6 Guy Sims (27), 7= Mike Reeves & Andy Stubbs (18), 9 Stuart Ball (16), 10= Carl Inman & Catherine Round (15), 12= David Groom & Nick White (0).

Group 5 (10 registered competitors)
1 Chloe Haffenden 37:10, 2 Stuart Isaacs 38:04, 3 Mark Burgess 40:34, 4 Agne Zavistanavice 42:23.

Chloe Haffenden, another Battersea winner, was on top in Group 2, with Stuart Isaacs trying to manage an ongoing injury a good 2nd. Mark Burgess was 3rd from championship leader Agne Zavistanavice in 4th.

Zavistanavice’s advantage at the top of the table is down to 4 points from 9 as Haffenden closes in. Burgess and Isaacs move ahead of Lucy Tippet into 3rd and 4th respectively.

Championship: 1 Agne Zavistanavice (80 points), 2 Chloe Haffenden (76), 3 Mark Burgess (50), 4 Stuart Isaacs (49), 5 Lucy Tippet (40), 6 Steve Burnett (31), 7 Tabitha Rogers (18), 8 Rachel Knowles (15), 9= Jamie Fernandes & Paul Whelan (0).

Group 6 (12 registered competitors)
1 Andy Hall 38:51, 2 Emma Chapman 40:14, 3 Edwina Cheng 40:40, 4 Paul Strachan 42:34, 5 Adam Waterman 42:38, 6 Anthony Donohue 42:52, 7 Paul Munday 45:04, 8 Liane Evans 46:00.

There was a strong field in Group 8 with 8 of the 12 registered competitors on show. Andy Hall has been the class act this season and Eltham was no different as he took his fifth consecutive victory and the championship title 4 rounds early! Emma Chapman and Edwina Cheng were next up with their best showings so far, while it was tight behind them as only 20 seconds separated Paul Strachan in 4th, Adam Waterman in 5th, having taken a tumble, and Anthony Donohue in 6th. Paul Munday and Liane Evans were not too far apart either in 7th and 8th.

Well, he has done it! 5 wins from 5 means Hall is the champion. Munday retains his 2nd place in the table but with a reduced advantage over 3rd-placed Chapman. Cheng and Evans remain in 4th and 5th.

Championship: 1 Andy Hall (100 points), 2 Paul Munday (67), 3 Emma Chapman (64), 4 Edwina Cheng (60), 5 Liane Evans (50), 6 Paul Strachan (46), 7 Anthony Donohue (41), 8 Trevor Adams (36), 9= Rosalind Butterworth & Adam Waterman (32), 11 Jason Hone (14), 12 Iain Jameson (13).

Group 7 (12 registered competitors)
1 Simon Keyes 38:14, 2 Lucy Tang 41:01, 3 Vassilis Sakizlis 41:58, 4 Nick Squires 42:52, 5 Denise Eva 46:02.

Canterbury winner Simon Keyes was back for another round and took the win from championship leader Lucy Tang. Vassilis Sakizlis was 3rd from Nick Squires and Denise Eva in her first outing this GP season.

It remains tight at the top of the Group 7 table with Tang leading from Squires and Sakizlis. Nigel Hewson stays in 4th, with David Welfare joined in 5th by today’s winner Keyes.

Championship: 1 Lucy Tang (70 points), 2 Nick Squires (65), 3 Vassilis Sakizlis (64), 4 Nigel Hewson (47), 5= David Welfare & Simon Keyes (40), 7 Micky Boyd (31), 8 Denise Eva (14), 9= Seaton Giles, Ant Holland, Luke Pattison & Stephen Woodgate (0).

Group 8 (11 registered competitors)
1 Eduan Bossert 40:34, 2 Amelia Isaacs 43:05, 3 David Horsfield 43:13, 4 Hannah Lloyd 43:22.

Ed Bossert looks to already have one hand on the Group 8 winner’s trophy unless something unforeseen happens. A fourth win at this round means he is going to take a lot of beating. Amelia Isaacs recorded her second consecutive 2nd place while David Horsfield was 3rd for a second time. Hannah LLoyd in 4th was just 17 seconds behind Isaacs in 2nd.

Bossert is now only 5 points away from a maximum score, with 4 rounds left to improve on his 4th place at the Canterbury 10 miler opener. The absent Viral Tanna and Nathalie Juchau retain their 2nd and 3rd places. Lloyd and Isaacs occupy the next two places.

Championship: 1 Eduan Bossert (95 points), 2 Viral Tanna (60), 3 Nathalie Juchau (53), 4 Hannah Lloyd (49), 5 Amelia Isaacs (36), 6 David Horsfield (32), 7 Ka Si Tung (18), 8 Jackie York (16), 9 Robert White (15), 10= Felicity Newman & Alan Niblock (0).

Group 9 (11 registered competitors)
1 Maxine Horsfield 43:42, 2 Louis Strover 44:02, 3 Dean Chapman 45:16, 4 Richard Bodie 46:20, 5 Damian Parker 47:18.

Battersea winner Maxine Horsfield was back and took the honours from the championship top two - Louis Strover and Dean Chapman. Richard Bodie and Damian Parker were 4th and 5th respectively.

Strover’s 2nd place means he turns his one point deficit to Chapman in the championship into a one point advantage at the top. Parker and Bodie are next up, with race winner Horsfield moving up one place to 5th.

Championship: 1 Louis Strover (73 points), 2 Dean Chapman (72), 3 Damian Parker (63), 4 Richard Bodie (49), 5 Maxine Horsfield (40), 6 Matt Bradshaw (30), 7 Adele Bollan (16), 8= Steven Dong, Jennie Keetch, David Thomas & Andrew Vadron (0).

Group 10 (13 registered competitors)
1 Sally Callaghan 43:43, 2 Philippa Niven 44:01, 3 Hilary Morton 44:05, 4 Tracey Isaacs 44:32, 5 Tara Dennehy 44:44, 6 Emma Horan 45:48.

A second win in a row for Sally Callaghan in a closely contested race with all five runners covered by just over two minutes. Philippa Niven recorded her second 2nd place finish while series leader Hilary Morton was 3rd. Tracey Isaacs in 4th led home Tara Dennehy and Emma Horan.

Callaghan’s two wins in a row closes the gap to series leader Morton to 14 points and Morton has raced at every round and now needs to drop scores. Dennehy stays 3rd, while Horan and Niven move ahead of Jim Kirkland.

Championship: 1 Hilary Morton (87 points), 2 Sally Callaghan (73), 3 Tara Dennehy (63), 4 Emma Horan (54), 5 Philippa Niven (50), 6= Jim Kirkland & Tracey Isaacs (46), 8 Jennifer Kelly (20), 9 Joseph Mulhall (16), 10 Sarah Lees (14), 11 Joseph Conlan (12), 12= David Fordyce & Neil Sutton (0).

Group 11 (12 registered competitors)
1 Richard Dunstan 48:09, 2 Rachel Inman 50:01, 3 Lou Stocks 50:04, 4 Paul Pester 50:44, 5 John Perks 51:00, 6 Eleanor Pinkerton 54:09.
After a poor turnout at Darent Valley, Group 11 was better attended at this round. Richard Dunstan, another Battersea winner to come good, took the victory from Rachel Inman and Lou Stocks who were separated by just 3 seconds. Members 10k winner Paul Pester was 4th from John Perks and Canterbury winner Eleanor Pinkerton.

Championship leader Sandra Goodwin’s absence from this round proved costly as Stocks and Pester have overhauled her at the top of the table. Goodwin drops to 3rd, from Dunstan, up from 6th to 4th, and Pinkerton.

Championship: 1 Lou Stocks (66 points), 2 Paul Pester (61), 3 Sandra Goodwin (56), 4 Richard Dunstan (52), 5 Eleanor Pinkerton (48), 6 James Fisher (46), 7 Rachel Inman (45), 8 John Perks (43), 9 Olivia Senbanjo (28), 10 Jan Bodie (22), 11 David Smyth (14), 12 Annabelle Marks (0).

Group 12 (12 registered competitors)
1 Rob Sampson 47:49, 2 Julie Medhurst 48:31, 3 Christina Springbett 51:27, 4 Chris Haydon 52:31, 5 Wendy Tung 53:41, 6 Eric Nash 54:26.

Rob Sampson took his third victory of the series from Darent Valley winner Julie Medhurst in 2nd. Christina Springbett was 3rd from Chris Haydon in 4th - all the top 4 having contested four rounds. Canterbury winner Wendy Tung was 5th from Eric Nash 6th.

Sampson’s lead in the championship had been cut dramatically at the last round where he did not race, but his win today helped repair some of the damage and he is now 5 points clear of Medhurst. The next four places remain the same as they finished Eltham in near enough championship order, with Springbett in 3rd overall from Haydon, Nash and Tung.

Championship: 1 Rob Sampson (76 points), 2 Julie Medhurst (71), 3 Christina Springbett (68), 4 Chris Haydon (60), 5 Eric Nash (42), 6 Wendy Tung (34), 7 Katie Garvey (18), 8 Catherine Jones (16), 9 Philippa Wynne (15), 10= David Allison, Perry Wilson & Laura Woollard (0).

Group 13 (12 registered competitors)
1 Jenny Waterman 49:14, 2 Sonia Lowing 49:21, 3 Julia Reynders 51:16, 4 Barbara Carr 55:28, 5 Holly Hutson 55:35, 6 Clare Evans 58:53.

Jenny Waterman and Sonia Lowing came into this round having each won two races. Their first line-up against each other did not disappoint, with Waterman taking the victory by just 7 seconds. Julia Reynders in 3rd was comfortably clear of the battle for 4th which went to Barbara Carr from Holly Hutson, the gap again just 7 seconds. Clare Evans was 6th.

The two in-form Group 13s continue their march up the table, with Waterman now taking over at the top and Lowing in 3rd, just one point behind Hutson. Biljana Petrushevska drops from 1st to 4th, with Reynders and Evans next up.

Championship: 1 Jenny Waterman (60 points), 2 Holly Hutson (59), 3 Sonia Lowing (58), 4 Biljana Petruchevska (52), 5 Julia Reynders (49), 6 Clare Evans (44), 7 Lyttleton Barrett (34), 8 Barbara Carr (28), 9 Gill Rhodes (18), 10 Gill Boyd (12), 11= Jo Ferres & Pherenice Worsey-Buck (0).

Group 14 (10 registered competitors)
1 Paula Gleeson 49:13, 2 Karen Bowden-Brown 52:22, 3 Emma Bossert 53:04, 4 Kathy Strachan 58:15, 5 Sarah Davis 60:53, 6 Liz Squires 62:13.

Equally as impressive as Andy Hall in Group 6, Paula Gleeson has dominated her group and at Eltham took a fifth consecutive win and with it the Group 14 title. Karen Bowden-Brown picked up her second runner-up spot, with Emma Bossert continuing her run of top three finishes. Kathy Strachan was 4th from Sarah Davis and Liz Squires.

Maximum scores at the first 5 rounds means Gleeson is the champion with the rest left to scrabble over the remaining podium places. Bossert is well clear of the others in 2nd place, with Davis, Strachan and Squires next up.

Championship: 1 Paula Gleeson (100 points), 2 Emma Bossert (84), 3 Sarah Davis (65), 4 Kathy Strachan (60), 5 Liz Squires (55), 6 Simon Gleeson (38), 7 Karen Bowden-Brown (36), 8 Kary Leggett (27), 9 Rachel Sutton (15), 10 Corinne Hollamby (0).

Group 15 (6 registered competitors)
1 Ruth Feltham 66:24.

Sadly, there was only one Group 15 at Eltham - the third time this has happened this year. Ruth Feltham duly took the honours.

Hannah Harrison’s lead at the top of the table is down to 6 points over Feltham who overtakes Karin Bradshaw for the runner-up spot. Kate Rowley is the only other Group 15 to have scored points

Championship: 1 Hannah Harrison (60 points), 2 Ruth Feltham (54), 3 Karin Bradshaw (38), 4 Kate Rowley (15), 5= Lisa O’Keefe & Laura Williams (0).

Report: Mark Burgess
Photos: Selena Niven and Becca Nej

The next round is this Sunday’s Sevenoaks 7 on July 13th which is also a round of the Kent Grand Prix. After that, it is your fastest August parkrun time so plan your visits carefully!

Round 6: SEVENOAKS 7 – 13.07.2025

Seven miles around the scenic but undulating Knole Park in Sevenoaks was the treat in store on July 13th for this year’s GP entrants for their sixth round out of nine. After a sweltering week leading up to the event, it was a welcome and somewhat surprising relief that the race took place in the mid teens centigrade before the temperature rapidly climbed again later in the day.

Entries were down in most categories perhaps due to the thought of 7 miles around Knole Park and the anticipated hot weather. The 51 GP PWRs that did finish still made their mark however, with Melody Kane 2nd Female and Simon Thornhill the 1st MV50.

As the sixth round with a competitor’s best five races to count we are starting to get into the realm of dropped scores, although at Sevenoaks this only affected six runners.

Group 1 (11 registered competitors)
1 Will Senbanjo 41:52, 2 James Bevis 42:59, 3 Simon Thornhill 43:13, 4 Stephen Camacho 44:33, 5 Mark Philbrick 47:01, 6 Oliver York 47:28.

As at the previous round it was Will Senbanjo who took the honours in the fastest group, just over a minute clear of series leader James Bevis. Simon Thornhill was 3rd to make it an identical top three to the Eltham 5. Steve Camacho was 4th following an absence of three rounds, from Mark Philbrick and Oliver York. Kev Howarth abandoned the race early on but Group 1 still had the most finishers out of the 15 groups.

Bevis retains his series lead from Thornhill with both now having contested 5 rounds. Sennabjo climbs from 8th to 3rd and has only raced at 3 events. Two more good results and he will surge past both of them. Philbrick and York are separated by just one point in 4th and 5th respectively.

Championship: 1 James Bevis (88 points), 2 Simon Thornhill (82), 3 Will Senbanjo (58), 4 Mark Philbrick (55), 5 Oliver York (54), 6 Silky Ng (48), 7 Steve Camacho (45), 8 Kev Howarth (42), 9 Connor Gates (40), 10 Adam Wilkinson (20), 11 Mark Smith (0).

Group 2 (11 registered competitors)
1 Melody Kane 46:32.

Six Group 2s had turned out at the previous round but this time around it was just Melody Kane taking on Sevenoaks which was also a round of the Kent GP. She didn’t take it easy despite the absence of her rivals and was 2nd lady overall and picked up valuable points in both the GPs.

Kane rockets up from 5th to 2nd in the PWR contest and is just two points behind table topper James Wall, with both of them having contested 4 rounds. Matthew Pond slips to 3rd, and has raced at 5 rounds, from dad Stephen, Emma Stevens and Haki Bardhi.

Championship: 1 James Wall (74 points), 2 Melody Kane (72), 3 Matthew Pond (67), 4 Stephen Pond (60), 5 Emma Stevens (58), 6 Haki Bardhi (51), 7 Kev Chadwick (50), 8 Andy Tippet (40), 9= Simon Dahdi, Mark Griffin & Andy Robertson (0).

Group 3 (11 registered competitors)
1 Steve Wilde 52:13, 2 John Kingscott 52:44, 3 Elly Phillips 56:13, 4 Jane Walsh 58:33, 5 Chloe Wilkinson 1:03:11.

For the second round running there was not much to choose between Steve Wilde and John Kingscott, and this time Wilde got the upper hand, just over 30s ahead. Elly Phillips was 3rd, from Jane Walsh 4th and Chloe Wilkinson in 5th.

Kingscott continues to hold a healthy points advantage over Wilde in the championship, with Walsh moving ahead of Mark Franks into 4th. Phillips joins Franks in 4th equal from two-times round winner Oliver Dean in 6th.

Championship: 1 John Kingscott (92 points), 2 Steve Wilde (68), 3 Jane Walsh (59), 4= Mark Franks & Elly Phillips (47), 6 Oliver Dean (40), 7 Krish Gurunathan (38), 8 Steven Wynne (34), 9 Gemma Parkinson (32), 10 Chloe Wilkinson (28), 11 Chris Lamb (0).

Group 4 (13 registered competitors)
1 Jim Winbourne 55:37, 2 Callum Biggins 56:52, 3 Kerrie Donohue 57:58, 4 Ellen Ball 58:18, 5 Catherine Round 58:45.

Two-times winner this year Johnny Gill could have used his knowledge of volunteering at Knole Park to his advantage but was absent. Instead it was Jim Winbourne who took the honours to make it three wins from as many appearances. Callum Biggins was 2nd, his best result so far, from Kerrie Donohue in 3rd. Ellen Ball and Catherine Round were next up.

Donohue remains well clear at the top of the table but now sitting ominously in 2nd is Winbourne with his three wins. If he races at two of the remaining rounds he is likely to lift the title. Ball, Biggins, Gill and Round complete the top six.

Championship: 1 Kerrie Donohue (87 points), 2 James Winbourne (60), 3 Ellen Ball (58), 4 Callum Biggins (47), 5 Johnny Gill (40), 6 Catherine Round (29), 7 Guy Sims (27), 8= Mike Reeves & Andy Stubbs (18), 10 Stuart Ball (16), 11 Carl Inman (15), 12= David Groom & Nick White (0).

Group 5 (10 registered competitors)
1 Chloe Haffenden 53:13, 2 Stuart Isaacs 56:01, 3 Mark Burgess 1:02:57, 4 Agne Zavistanavice 1:04:42.

The top 4 was an exact repeat of the previous round, with Chloe Haffenden leading home Stuart Isaacs, while Mark Burgess and Agne Zavistanavice were left following in some way further back.

Haffenden with her third win of the season moves to the top of the table and, with 96 points from her 5 rounds so far, is looking good for the title. Her only challenger could be Lucy Tippet in 5th who has only raced at two rounds but won them both. If she can win the remaining three rounds then the title is hers. Zavistanavice lies 2nd but has raced at every round while Isaacs and Burgess in 3rd and 4th can still count one more round before they have to drop scores and so could put her under pressure.

Championship: 1 Chloe Haffenden (96 points), 2 Agne Zavistanavice (80 points), 3 Stuart Isaacs (67), 4 Mark Burgess (66), 5 Lucy Tippet (40), 6 Steve Burnett (31), 7 Tabitha Rogers (18), 8 Rachel Knowles (15), 9= Jamie Fernandes & Paul Whelan (0).

Group 6 (12 registered competitors)
1 Andy Hall 57:35, 2 Paul Strachan 1:02:48, 3 Anthony Donohue 1:04:47, 4 Paul Munday 1:06:33.

Champion-elect Andy Hall was the class of the field at Knole Park and was over 5 minutes clear of 2nd-placed Paul Strachan. Anthony Donohue picked up his best result of the season in 3rd from Paul Munday in 4th.

Hall stays on the maximum 100 points achievable (sorry Andy only 5 rounds count!) from Munday in 2nd, while Strachan moves from 6th up to a tie for 3rd with Emma Chapman. Edwina Cheng and Donohue are next up.

Championship: 1 Andy Hall (100 points), 2 Paul Munday (70), 3= Emma Chapman & Paul Strachan (64), 5 Edwina Cheng (60), 6 Anthony Donohue (57), 7 Liane Evans (50), 8 Trevor Adams (36), 9= Rosalind Butterworth & Adam Waterman (32), 11 Jason Hone (14), 12 Iain Jameson (13).

Group 7 (12 registered competitors)
1 David Welfare 58:51, 2 Lucy Tang 1:00:19, 3 Nick Squires 1:02:45.

There was drama in this group when first over the line Simon Keyes was later disqualified for wearing in-ear headphones - one of 13 runners apparently to be penalised. David Welfare thought he would have to be content with 2nd place but instead has the race win to add to his other two victories this season. Championship leader Lucy Tang was 2nd, with Battersea winner Nick Squires 3rd.

The top three remain the same in the championship table with Tang leading from Squires and Vassilis Sakizlis. Welfare moves up from 5th to 4th and is looking good for a title charge with his three wins from three outings. Nigel Hewson and Keyes are next up.

Championship: 1 Lucy Tang (88 points), 2 Nick Squires (81), 3 Vassilis Sakizlis (64), 4 David Welfare (60), 5 Nigel Hewson (47), 6 Simon Keyes (40), 7 Micky Boyd (31), 8 Denise Eva (14), 9= Seaton Giles, Ant Holland, Luke Pattison & Stephen Woodgate (0).

Group 8 (11 registered competitors)
1 Eduan Bossert 59:00, 2 Amelia Isaacs 1:02:22, 3 David Horsfield 1:03:20, 4 Viral Tanna 1:09:04, 5 Hannah Lloyd 1:11:01.

Ed Bossert had already taken 4 wins this season plus a 4th place at the Canterbury opener. His win at Knole means he can drop that 4th place and now has maximum points in Group 8 and the title! Amelia Isaacs was 2nd again for the third race in a row, while David Horsfield has ‘three of a kind’ in 3rd places. Viral Tanna got the better of Hannah Llloyd for the first time this season to take 4th from Lloyd in 5th.

With the title safely in Bossert’s hands, attention turns to the battle for the remaining podium places. Tanna is currently 2nd but has raced at 5 rounds so must now drop scores if he is to add to his tally. Lloyd is 12 points behind but has only contested 4 events, while Isaacs’ 54 points from just three rounds means she is likely best placed to take the runner-up prize if she can take in two more events.

Championship: 1 Eduan Bossert (100 points), 2 Viral Tanna (75), 3 Hannah Lloyd (63), 4 Amelia Isaacs (54), 5 Nathalie Juchau (53), 6 David Horsfield (48), 7 Ka Si Tung (18), 8 Jackie York (16), 9 Robert White (15), 10= Felicity Newman & Alan Niblock (0).

Group 9 (11 registered competitors)
1 Maxine Horsfield 1:03:56, 2 Damian Parker 1:14:31.

Just the two Group 9s at this round with Maxine Horsfield, who has won every round she has contested, comfortably clear of Damian Parker.

Despite losing out on the race win, Parker’s 2nd place moves him up from 3rd in the championship to the top, 8 points ahead of the previous table-topper Louis Strover. Dean Chapman is just one point behind in 3rd, while Horsfield is 4th but ready to charge should she contest any of the remaining rounds.

Championship: 1 Damian Parker (81 points), 2 Louis Strover (73), 3 Dean Chapman (72), 4 Maxine Horsfield (60), 5 Richard Bodie (49), 6 Matt Bradshaw (30), 7 Adele Bollan (16), 8= Steven Dong, Jennie Keetch, David Thomas & Andrew Vadron (0).

Group 10 (13 registered competitors)
1 Sally Callaghan 1:04:52, 2 Philippa Niven 1:04:55, 3 Hilary Morton 1:06:50, 4 Tracey Isaacs 1:06:50.

Four Group 10s raced at this round, and for a while they circulated as one. Eventually the two in-form runners Sally Callaghan and Philippa Niven broke away with Niven ahead by one second at the line, only for Callaghan to have won the battle of the chip times by three seconds! It was even closer behind them for 3rd as Morton and Isaacs recorded identical chip times despite starting 5 seconds apart! Their reward - both were awarded 16 points for joint 3rd place.

Callaghan moves ahead of Morton in the championship and is looking good for the title with 93 points, although Morton could overhaul her if she can take some more victories. Niven moves up to 3rd from 5th, just a few points ahead of Tara Dennehy and Isaacs in 4th and 5th.

Championship: 1 Sally Callaghan (93 points), 2 Hilary Morton (88), 3 Philippa Niven (68), 4 Tara Dennehy (63), 5 Tracey Isaacs (62), 6 Emma Horan (54), 7 Jim Kirkland (46), 8 Jennifer Kelly (20), 9 Joseph Mulhall (16), 10 Sarah Lees (14), 11 Joseph Conlan (12), 12= David Fordyce & Neil Sutton (0).

Group 11 (12 registered competitors)
1 Paul Pester 1:13:27, 2 Eleanor Pinkerton 1:14:16, 3 James Fisher 1:14:53, 4 Sandra Goodwin 1:16:15, 5 Richard Dunstan 1:18:28.

Paul Pester put in a fine performance to take the win by less than a minute from Eleanor Pinkerton who had won the season opener at Canterbury back in January. James Fisher was 3rd from Sandra Goodwin and Richard Dunstan, both of whom have won rounds this year.

Pester’s win takes him into the championship lead from Goodwin, with previous leader Lou Stocks dropping to a shared 3rd place with Dunstan and Pinkerton. Fisher is 6th, just 4 points behind.

Championship: 1 Paul Pester (81 points), 2 Sandra Goodwin (71), 3= Lou Stocks, Richard Dunstan & Eleanor Pinkerton (66), 6 James Fisher (62), 7 Rachel Inman (45), 8 John Perks (43), 9 Olivia Senbanjo (28), 10 Jan Bodie (22), 11 David Smyth (14), 12 Annabelle Marks (0).

Group 12 (12 registered competitors)
1 Chris Haydon 1:13:55, 2 Christina Springbett 1;16:32, 3 Eric Nash 1:16:58.

A first win of the year for Chris Haydon with a cracking time that would have placed him 2nd in the group above. Christine Springbett was 2nd with Eric Nash less than 30 seconds behind in 3rd.

Springbett’s and Haydon’s results mean they both move up two places into the top two in the championship. However, Rob Sampson and Julie Medhurst aren’t far behind and have only raced at four rounds compared to the leaders who have raced at five.

Championship: 1 Christina Springbett (86 points), 2 Chris Haydon (80), 3 Rob Sampson (76), 4 Julie Medhurst (71), 5 Eric Nash (58), 6 Wendy Tung (34), 7 Katie Garvey (18), 8 Catherine Jones (16), 9 Philippa Wynne (15), 10= David Allison, Perry Wilson & Laura Woollard (0).

Group 13 (12 registered competitors)
1 Sonia Lowing 1:17:19.

Six Group 13s raced at the previous round but at Knole we were down to just the one - Sonia Lowing. That win makes it three for her in this campaign, all the victories having either been taken by Lowing or Jenny Waterman.

Lowing takes over the championship lead from the absent Waterman and the title looks set to go to one of them. Holly Hutson is 3rd overall from Biljana Petrushevska, Julia Reynders and Clare Evans.

Championship: 1 Sonia Lowing (78 points), 2 Jenny Waterman (60), 3 Holly Hutson (59), 4 Biljana Petruchevska (52), 5 Julia Reynders (49), 6 Clare Evans (44), 7 Lyttleton Barrett (34), 8 Barbara Carr (28), 9 Gill Rhodes (18), 10 Gill Boyd (12), 11= Jo Ferres & Pherenice Worsey-Buck (0).

Group 14 (10 registered competitors)
1 Emma Bossert 1:16:18, 2 Kathy Strachan 1:21:36, 3 Liz Squires 1:25:33.

With champion-elect Paula Gleeson not racing, there was the opportunity for another Group 14 runner to take a victory. Emma Bossert has never been lower than 3rd in all the races this season so it was no surprise to see her take the win. Kathy Strachan was 2nd from Liz Squires in 3rd.

Bossert’s win just about guarantees her 2nd place in the championship behind runaway winner Gleeson. The final podium place looks set to go to Strachan, Squires or Sarah Davis.

Championship: 1 Paula Gleeson (100 points), 2 Emma Bossert (88), 3 Kathy Strachan (78), 4 Liz Squires (71), 5 Sarah Davis (65), 6 Simon Gleeson (38), 7 Karen Bowden-Brown (36), 8 Kary Leggett (27), 9 Rachel Sutton (15), 10 Corinne Hollamby (0).

Group 15 (6 registered competitors)
No entries from Group 15.

Unfortunately none of the Group 15s took on the challenge of Knole Park so Hannah Harrison still heads the table from Ruth Feltham, Karin Bradshaw and Kate Rowley. In theory, any of those four could win the title - please put in an appearance!

Championship: 1 Hannah Harrison (60 points), 2 Ruth Feltham (54), 3 Karin Bradshaw (38), 4 Kate Rowley (15), 5= Lisa O’Keefe & Laura Williams (0).

Report: Mark Burgess
Photos: Selena Niven, Richard Craig-McFeely and James Graham

Round 7 should see a flurry of activity as competitors’ best parkrun times in August are collated. A reminder that for it to count you will have to submit your result via a spreadsheet that will come out shortly. After that, there are just two rounds remaining, the Hever 10k on September 28th being next up. That race can be booked here: https://endurancecui.active.com/new/events/92155323/select-race. There are often discounts on the entry fee so do look around for discount codes or even just sign up for their newsletter if you are a first timer with Castle Race Series.

RoundS 7 & 8: AUGUST PARKRUNS & Hever 10k 27.09.2025

Rounds 7 and 8 of this year’s Grand Prix couldn’t have been more different. For August, it was a competitor’s best parkrun over the month so plenty of opportunity to choose the fastest course around, while the Hever 10k on September 28th for round 8 was a one-off outing and, for most, the first time they had tackled this undulating course.

95 chose to submit their parkrun time, while around half that, 48, raced through the grounds of the former childhood home of Anne Boleyn as part of a round of the Castle triathlon series. PWR dominated the more senior age groups, taking the first 5 places in the 50-54 age bracket, 4 of the top 5 60-64, the top 2 70-74 and Eric Nash was 1st 75-79.

Group 1 (11 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1 Connor Gates 16:42, 2 Stephen Camacho 17:00, 3 Oliver York 17:12, 4 Silky Ng 17:16, 5 Mark Philbrick 17:27, 6 Will Senbanjo 17:31, 7 Kev Howarth 17:52, 8 Simon Thornhill 18:03, 9 James Bevis 18:23.
Hever: 1 Kev Howarth 41:04.

Connor Gates was fastest at parkrun to win his third round of the series. However he hasn’t raced at any other rounds so even if he contests the last round he will only be able to challenge for a podium place not the title.

The top two in the championship coming into August, James Bevis and Simon Thornhill, actually recorded the two slowest times of the nine Group 1s who set a parkrun time and, like Gates, didn’t contest Hever. Kev Howarth was the sole Group 1 at that round and rises to third in the championship behind Bevis and Thornhill.

Bevis and Thornhill have just about guaranteed themselves places on the podium but could see Will Senbanjo sneak ahead for the title if he takes the Bromley win as he has only contested 4 rounds so far. Silky Ng, Steve Camacho, Gates and others could also stake a claim for a trophy come the Xmas party if they take the race win.

Championship: 1 James Bevis (88 points), 2 Simon Thornhill (82), 3 Kev Howarth (74), 4 Will Senbanjo (71), 5 Oliver York (70), 6 Mark Philbrick (69), 7= Silky Ng & Steve Camacho (63), 9 Connor Gates (60), 10 Adam Wilkinson (20), 11 Mark Smith (0).

Group 2 (11 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1 James Wall 18:09, 2 Melody Kane 18:22, 3 Haki Bardhi 18:46, 4 Stephen Pond 19:25, 5 Matthew Pond 19:45.
Hever: 1 James Wall 42:15, 2 Haki Bardhi 42:21, 3 Melody Kane 43:34.

James Wall was fastest of the Group 2s, both at parkrun and at Hever’s double the distance. His closest challenger in the championship Melody Kane was 2nd quickest at parkrun but was seen off by Haki Bardhi over 10k. Stephen and Matthew Pond recorded parkrun times but did not take in the penultimate round.

Wall is now just two points off a maximum with just a 2nd place at the Members 10k earlier in the year that can be improved. Kane is eight points behind but can only improve by 4 points if she wins the final round so not enough for the title, and Bardhi’s 3rd spot is secure as his nearest rivals Stephen and Matthew Pond can’t secure enough points to overhaul the deficit.

Championship: 1 James Wall (98 points), 2 Melody Kane (90), 3 Haki Bardhi (85), 4 Stephen Pond (75), 5 Matthew Pond (69), 6 Emma Stevens (58), 7 Kev Chadwick (50), 8 Andy Tippet (40), 9= Simon Dahdi, Mark Griffin & Andy Robertson (0).

Group 3 (11 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1 John Kingscott 19:49, 2= Steve Wilde & Elly Phillips 20:22, 4 Chloe Wilkinson 21:54, 5 Steven Wynne 22:04.
Hever: 1 Steve Wilde 47:18, 2 Steven Wynne 50:45, 3 Jane Walsh 51:01, 4 Gemma Parkinson 52:39.

Series leader John Kingscott set the pace at parkrun and was about 30 seconds faster than Steve Wilde and Elly Phillips who recorded identical times. It is good to see Chloe Wilkinson getting near to her best again and she was 4th, just a few seconds ahead of Steven Wynne.

Wilde was the convincing winner at Hever, over 3 minutes ahead of Wynne. Jane Walsh and Gemma Parkinson were 3rd and 4th respectively.

Going into the final round it couldn’t be much tighter between Kingscott and Wilde as Wilde’s late season charge means he is just 5 points behind. If he wins in Bromley they will both have three victories and two 2nd places to their name and may be set to share the title! Walsh lies 3rd overall but could be demoted if Wynne or Phillips have a good run.

Championship: 1 John Kingscott (96 points), 2 Steve Wilde (91), 3 Jane Walsh (76), 4 Steven Wynne (66), 5 Elly Phillips (65), 6= Mark Franks & Gemma Parkinson (47), 8 Chloe Wilkinson (43), 9 Oliver Dean (40), 10 Krish Gurunathan (38), 11 Chris Lamb (0).

Group 4 (13 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1 Johnny Gill 20:31, 2 Jim Winbourne 20:36, 3 Catherine Round 21:02, 4 Ellen Ball 22:01, 5 Stuart Ball 22:04, 6 Kerrie Donohue 22:52.
Hever: 1 Johnny Gill 46:06, 2 Jim Winbourne 49:39, 3 Callum Biggins 50:34, 4 Kerrie Donohue 50:54, 5 Ellen Ball 52:15, 6 Stuart Ball 52:55.

Johnny Gill has only contested selected rounds this season, but when he has raced he has won and parkrun and Hever were no different. Jim Winbourne had also won every time he had raced but had to play second fiddle to Gill at both events - just 5 seconds slower at parkrun. Catherine Round was 3rd quickest at parkrun from wife and husband duo, Ellen and Stuart Ball, with series leader Kerrie Donohue 6th. At Hever, Callum Biggins took 3rd behind Gill and Winbourne, while Donohue was this time in front of the two Balls - Ellen again ahead of Stuart, perhaps assisted by Stuart having to answer the call of nature.

Winbourne now sits top of the table with three wins and two 2nd places, with Donohue down to 2nd. It is Gill though they need to worry about as he will get the maximum 100 points and the championship crown if he wins again on October 26th. These three are practically guaranteed to take the three podium places, with only Biggins in with an outside chance of muscling in.

Championship: 1 James Winbourne (96), 2 Kerrie Donohue (87), 3 Johnny Gill (80), 4 Ellen Ball (74), 5 Callum Biggins (63), 6 Catherine Round (45), 7 Stuart Ball (43), 8 Guy Sims (27), 9= Mike Reeves & Andy Stubbs (18), 11 Carl Inman (15), 12= David Groom & Nick White (0).

Group 5 (10 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1 Lucy Tippet 20:43, 2 Chloe Haffenden 21:08, 3 Stuart Isaacs 21:40, 4 Tabitha Rogers 22:41, 5 Mark Burgess 23:05, 6 Steve Burnett 23:23, 7 Agne Zavistanavice 24:27.
Hever: No competitors.

Lucy Tippet, like Gill in Group 4, is another that wins whenever she races so it was no surprise to see her quickest in Group 5 at parkrun. Series leader and winner of three rounds herself, Chloe Haffenden, was 2nd quickest from Stuart Isaacs and Tabitha Rogers, making only her second appearance of the series. Sadly, no one from this group raced at Hever - a missed opportunity to take an easy 20 points!

Haffenden with her three wins and two 2nd places has now secured the title and her silverware at the Xmas do. Isaacs looks likely to take the runner-up spot, but 3rd place is up for grabs between Agne Zavistanavice and Mark Burgess who are separated by just one point. Although Tippet could end up with 4 wins from 4 rounds if she races, this won’’t be enough to make the podium.

Championship: 1 Chloe Haffenden (96 points), 2 Stuart Isaacs (83), 3 Agne Zavistanavice (81), 4 Mark Burgess (80), 5 Lucy Tippet (60), 6 Steve Burnett (44), 7 Tabitha Rogers (33), 8 Rachel Knowles (15), 9= Jamie Fernandes & Paul Whelan (0).

Group 6 (12 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1 Andy Hall 21:57, 2 Trevor Adams 22:37, 3 Liane Evans 22:58, 4 Emma Chapman 23:42, 5 Paul Strachan 23:52, 6 Anthony Donohue 24:07, 7 Rosalind Butterworth 24:21, 8 Edwina Cheng 25:51, 9 Paul Munday 27:22.
Hever: 1 Andy Hall 54:06, 2 Emma Chapman 55:53, 3 Paul Strachan 56:43, 4 Anthony Donohue 57:08, 5 Paul Munday 57:50.

Andy Hall was again the victor both times out and if he repeats this at Bromley will have taken 9 wins from 9 rounds! Trevor Adams was 2nd at parkrun, the same position he has been in every one of his three races this year. Liane Evans set a good time to be 3rd quickest from Emma Chapman and Paul Strachan, with nine of the twelve runners in this group submitting a time.

At Hever it was Chapman in 2nd place behind Hall, with Strachan once again following her in. Anthony Donohue and Paul Munday were next up.

You know who wrapped up the title months ago, while Chapman and Strachan are locked in a tight battle to secure the next place to him on the championship podium.

Championship: 1 Andy Hall (100 points), 2 Emma Chapman (82), 3 Paul Strachan (81), 4= Paul Munday & Anthony Donohue (72), 6 Edwina Cheng (71), 6 Anthony Donohue (57), 7 Liane Evans (66), 8 Trevor Adams (54), 9 Rosalind Butterworth (44), 10 Adam Waterman (32), 11 Jason Hone (14), 12 Iain Jameson (13).

Group 7 (12 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1 Simon Keyes 21:17, 2 David Welfare 22:26, 3 Lucy Tang 23:11, 4 Vassilis Sakizlis 24:30, 5 Nigel Hewson 24:40, 6 Nick Squires 25:58.
Hever: 1 David Welfare 54:34, 2 Lucy Tang 55:42, 3 Vassilis Sakizlis 57:07.

Simon Keyes took his third win of the series at parkrun from David Welfare who had also won three rounds at that point. Championship leader Lucy Tang was 3rd quickest from Vassilis Sakizlis.

Welfare was the victor at Hever, with Tang again heading Sakizlis, this time in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Welfare’s four wins and a 2nd place means he has secured the title and he could score the maximum 100 points if he wins the last round. Tang can’t be overhauled for the runner-up spot and has secured five 2nd places over the course of the season. Separated by just one point, Nick Squires and Sakizlis will battle it out for 3rd overall.

Championship: 1 David Welfare (98 points), 2 Lucy Tang (90), 3 Nick Squires (81), 4 Vassilis Sakizlis (80), 5 Nigel Hewson (61), 6 Simon Keyes (60), 7 Micky Boyd (31), 8 Denise Eva (14), 9= Seaton Giles, Ant Holland, Luke Pattison & Stephen Woodgate (0).

Group 8 (11 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1 Eduan Bossert 22:21, 2 Viral Tanna 23:53, 3 Amelia Isaacs 24:26, 4 David Horsfield 25:10.
Hever: 1 David Horsfield 56:31.

Ed Bossert was again the class of the Group 8 field and took the parkrun win to make it five victories in a row. Viral Tanna took his best placing of the season in 2nd, with Amelia Isaacs 3rd from David Horsfield 4th. Horsfield was the sole runner at Hever and so gratefully received the 20 points on offer.

Bossert had secured the title at Knole Park while four runners are in with a chance of capturing one of the two remaining championship trophies up for grabs. Horsfield and Tanna have the points on the board, but Isaacs has only contested 4 rounds so could add to her points tally substantially at the last round. Hannah Lloyd is the other one in the podium mix.

Championship: 1 Eduan Bossert (100 points), 2 David Horsfield (83), 3 Viral Tanna (79), 4 Amelia Isaacs (70), 5 Hannah Lloyd (63), 6 Nathalie Juchau (53), 7 Ka Si Tung (18), 8 Jackie York (16), 9 Robert White (15), 10= Felicity Newman & Alan Niblock (0).

Group 9 (11 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1= Dean Chapman & Richard Bodie 24:52, 3 Maxine Horsfield 25:25, 4 Louis Strover 25:44, 5 Damian Parker 27:10, 6 Matt Bradshaw 45:07.
Hever: 1 Maxine Horsfield 56:52, 2 Richard Bodie 59:02, 3 Damian Parker 60:43, 4 Dean Chapman 63:16, 5 Louis Strover 64:23.

We had a tie at Round 7 with Dean Chapman and Richard Bodie posting identical parkrun times. Winner of three rounds this year Maxine Horsfield was next quickest from two-times winner Louis Strover and series leader Damian Parker.

Horsfield was back on top at Hever, with Bodie 2nd and Parker this time ahead of Chapman and Strover.

Horsfield has now done enough to take the title as, although Chapman could match her on points, he would miss out on the tie breaker of number of wins. Strover, Bodie and Parker will contest the final podium place, with Strover having an outside chance of ousting Chapman for 2nd.

Championship: 1 Maxine Horsfield (96 points), 2 Dean Chapman (92), 3 Louis Strover (88), 4 Richard Bodie (87), 5 Damian Parker 83), 6 Matt Bradshaw (43), 7 Adele Bollan (16), 8= Steven Dong, Jennie Keetch, David Thomas & Andrew Vadron (0).

Group 10 (13 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1 Hilary Morton 25:10, 2 Tara Dennehy 25:21, 3 Tracey Isaacs 25:27, 4 Sally Callaghan 25:53, 5 Philippa Niven 26:01, 6 Emma Horan 26:29, 7 Jim Kirkland 29:42.
Hever: 1 Hilary Morton 57:46, 2 Sally Callaghan 59:27, 3 Emma Horan 61:03.

Sally Callaghan had overhauled Hilary Morton for the championship lead at Knole Park but Morton wasn’t about to give it up without a fight and she won both the parkrun and Hever events. Tara Dennehy was 2nd quickest over the 5k distance from Tracey Isaacs, Callaghan and Philippa Niven. Callaghan meanwhile picked up 2nd place at Hever behind Morton with Emma Horan the only other Group 10 to tackle this round.

Morton’s two wins put her right back in the title mix and she is now level with Callaghan on 96 points and better placed if they both contest the final round as she has 4 wins already to Callaghan’s three. Win in Bromley and the title is hers. However, if Callaghan wins and Mortan is 2nd they will remain tied with, if I read the points table correctly, Callaghan taking the crown as they will both have the same number of 1st places but Callaghan will have one more 2nd place. Don’t quote me on that! Niven, Dennehy or Isaacs could finish 3rd.

Championship: 1= Sally Callaghan & Hilary Morton (96 points), 3 Philippa Niven (82), 4 Tara Dennehy (81), 5 Tracey Isaacs (78), 6 Emma Horan (70), 7 Jim Kirkland (58), 8 Jennifer Kelly (20), 9 Joseph Mulhall (16), 10 Sarah Lees (14), 11 Joseph Conlan (12), 12= David Fordyce & Neil Sutton (0).

Group 11 (12 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1 Olivia Senbanjo 27:15, 2 John Perks 27:26, 3 Jan Bodie 27:29, 4 Paul Pester 28:04, 5 Richard Dunstan 28:07, 6 Eleanor Pinkerton 28:35, 7 Lou Stocks 28:39, 8 Sandra Goodwin 29:08, 9 Rachel Inman 29:10.
Hever: 1 James Fisher 65:42, 2 Richard Dunstan 65:53, 3 Sandra Goodwin 69:38, 4 Paul Pester 72:33, 5 Rachel Inman 74:20, 6 Jan Bodie 68:20.

It was close at the top of the parkrun times in Group 11 with the top 5 separated by less than a minute. Olivia Senbanjo was quickest from John Perks, Jan Bodie, series leader Paul Pester, and Richard Dunstan. At Hever, two runners were well clear of the rest - James Fisher leading Dunstan home with the others headed by Sandra Goodwin, almost 4 minutes back.

Going into the final round there is all to play for, with Goodwin, Dunstan, Pester and Fisher all mathematically able to be crowned champion. Eleanor Pinkerton and Lou Stocks are also in with a chance of making it on to the podium if everything plays out in their favour.

Championship: 1 Sandra Goodwin (87 points), 2 Richard Dunstan (86), 3 Paul Pester (85), 4 James Fisher (82), 5 Eleanor Pinkerton (79), 6 Lou Stocks (78), 7 Rachel Inman (69), 8 John Perks (61), 9 Jan Bodie (51), 10 Olivia Senbanjo (48), 11 David Smyth (14), 12 Annabelle Marks (0).

Group 12 (12 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1 Rob Sampson 26:23, 2 Eric Nash 28:08, 3 Julie Medhurst 28:59, 4 Katie Garvey 29:30, 5 Chris Haydon 29:40, 6 Wendy Tung 31:10.
Hever: 1 Julie Medhurst 64:33, 2 Chris Haydon 65:58, 3 Christina Springbett 68:20, 4 Eric Nash 69:55.

Rob Sampson set the pace at parkrun to make it 4 round wins this year. Eric Nash in 2nd took his best result so far from Julie Medhurst, and then it was Katie Garvey in only her second appearance ahead of Knole victor Chris Haydon. Medhurst took the win at Hever from Haydon, series leader Christina Springbett, and Nash.

Sampson and Medhurst move up to the top of the table at the expense of Springbett and Haydon. Sampson appears to have secured the title as ,although Medhurst can equal his points tally if she wins at Bromley, she will lose out in the tie break as she would have 3 wins to Sampson’s 4. Springbett and Haydon meanwhile will battle it out for the third and final podium place.

Championship: 1 Rob Sampson (96 points), Julie Medhurst (92), 3 Christina Springbett (86), 4 Chris Haydon (84), 5 Eric Nash (78), 6 Wendy Tung (47), 7 Katie Garvey (33), 8 Catherine Jones (16), 9 Philippa Wynne (15), 10= David Allison, Perry Wilson & Laura Woollard (0).

Group 13 (12 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1 Jenny Waterman 28:12, 2= Sonia Lowing & Biljana Petrushevska 28:33, 4 Clare Evans 30:03, 5 Lyttleton Barrett 31:15, 6 Holly Hutson 32:25, 7 Barbara Carr 33:40.
Hever: 1 Lyttleton Barrett 66:22, 2 Jenny Waterman 66:24, 3 Sonia Lowing, 66:29, 4 Holly Hutson 73:27.

The victories in Group 13 have yo-yoed over the year between Jenny Waterman and Sonia Lowing and parkrun was no different with Waterman on top after Lowing had won at Knole. Lowing was 2nd fastest and her time was matched by Biljana Petrushevska who picked up her third 2nd place of the series.

For the first time this season we had a new name at the top of the pile as Lyttleton Barrett took the win at Hever, albeit only 2 seconds quicker than Waterman. Lowing was hot on their heels and was just 5 seconds slower than her championship rival.

It all goes down to the final round between these two. If Waterman gets the race win she will secure the title with maximum points. However, if Lowing wins and Waterman is 2nd then by my calculations the title is hers as they will both have four wins and two 2nd places and it will go down to the 3rd place she secured at Hever. Take that judgement with a pinch of salt as I am not clear whether discarded scores are taken into account if a tie breaker is required! Holly Hutson’s 3rd overall is looking under threat as the three runners below her in the table - Petrushevska, Barrett and Clare Evans have only contested 4 rounds so far and will therefore pick up good points if they turn out for the final round.

Championship: 1 Jenny Waterman (98), 2 Sonia Lowing (96), 3 Holly Hutson (74), 4 Biljana Petruchevska (70), 5 Lyttleton Barrett (68), 6 Clare Evans (59), 7 Julia Reynders (49), 8 Barbara Carr (40), 9 Gill Rhodes (18), 10 Gill Boyd (12), 11= Jo Ferres & Pherenice Worsey-Buck (0).

Group 14 (10 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1 Paula Gleeson 28:03, 2 Emma Bossert 28:37, 3 Kary Leggett 30:54, 4 Kathy Strachan 31:09, 5 Liz Squires 34:39, 6 Simon Gleeson 35:05.
Hever: 1 Kary Leggett 71:04, 2 Kathy Strachan 74:55.

Having missed Knole, Group 14’s star runner Paula Gleeson was back on top come the August parkruns to take sixth win of the series. Knole winner Emma Bossert was 2nd from Kary Leggett and Kathy Strachan. Leggett and Strachan were the sole group representatives at Hever, with Leggett once again quicker.

The names of the top two, Gleeson and Bossert, can now be engraved on the end of year trophies, but Strachan could be overhauled for 3rd by either Sarah Davis or Leggett.

Championship: 1 Paula Gleeson (100 points), 2 Emma Bossert (90), 3 Kathy Strachan (82), 4 Liz Squires (73), 5 Sarah Davis (65), 6 Kary Leggett (63), 7 Simon Gleeson (51), 8 Karen Bowden-Brown (36), 9 Rachel Sutton (15), 10 Corinne Hollamby (0).

Group 15 (6 registered competitors)
Parkrun: 1 Hannah Harrison 32:55, 2 Karin Bradshaw 35:09, 3 Ruth Feltham 37:52.
Hever: 1 Hannah Harrison 79:22.

Series leader Hannah Harrison took both of the victories on offer, faster at parkrun than Karin Bradhsaw and Ruth Feltham, and the only Group 15 at Hever.

Those two wins means that Harrison has secured the title with the maximum 100 points from five wins. The runner-up trophy has Feltham’s name on it unless she doesn’t contest the last round and Bradshaw does.

Championship: 1 Hannah Harrison (100 points), 2 Ruth Feltham (70), 3 Karin Bradshaw (56), 4 Kate Rowley (15), 5= Lisa O’Keefe & Laura Williams (0).

Report: Mark Burgess

Good luck to everyone at the final round, the PWR Mob Match on October 26th, and I look forward to seeing you all dressed up at the awards night at the Xmas Party on November 22nd!

Round 9: MOB MATCH 26.10.2025

The final round of this year’s Grand Prix was a 5.2k ”mob match” type competition organised by Richard Dunstan when the proposed Ashford event on the calendar didn’t actually materialise. It was ideal conditions on October 26th, with competitors divided into two teams, the Rockets and the Spitfires depending on their surname, to add a bit more spice to the trail race near Norman Park.

As the last round, this was obviously the last chance to grab a championship podium place or, in a few cases, the outright titles There was no race timing as such so first across the line was the all important factor.

Group 1 (11 registered competitors)
1 Mark Philbrick, 2 Simon Thornhill, 3 Kev Howarth.

There were three Group 1s at this round including Simon Thornhill and Kev Howarth, 2nd and 3rd in the championship standings. It was Mark Philbrick though in 6th overall coming into the event who came out on top of a tight battle with Thornhill to record his first victory of the season.

That win for Philbrick means that James Bevis is the champion as, if Thornhill had won this round, he would have finished on the same points as Bevis and a tie-break would have been required. As it is, Bevis holds on to take the title, his only win coming mid-season at the Darent Valley 10k but his five top 3 scores delivered the silverware. Thornhill and Howarth each added 4 points to their tally and remain in 2nd and 3rd respectively, while Philbrick’s win moves him to 4th, just one point behind Howarth.

Championship: 1 James Bevis (88 points), 2 Simon Thornhill (86), 3 Kev Howarth (78), 4 Mark Philbrick (77), 5 Will Senbanjo (71), 6 Oliver York (70), 7= Silky Ng & Steve Camacho (63), 9 Connor Gates (60), 10 Adam Wilkinson (20), 11 Mark Smith (0).

Group 2 (11 registered competitors)
1 Haki Bardhi, 2 Mark Griffin, 3 Melody Kane, 4 Stephen Pond.

James Wall was on marshalling duties but was already assured of the title and therefore didn’t need to either race or use the 15 points on offer for helping out. Haki Bardhi took his first win, with Mark Griffin 2nd in his first race of the season denying Melody Kane who was 3rd. Stephen Pond was 4th.

Behind champion Wall it was very tight in the standings, with Bardhi’s win taking him up to the same points as Kane but having to settle for 3rd overall on the tie-break as Kane’s two wins trumped his sole victory.

Championship: 1 James Wall (98 points), 2 Melody Kane (90), 3 Haki Bardhi (90), 4 Stephen Pond (76), 5 Matthew Pond (69), 6 Emma Stevens (58), 7 Kev Chadwick (50), 8 Andy Tippet (40), 9 Mark Griffin (18), 10= Simon Dadhi & Andy Robertson (0).

Group 3 (11 registered competitors)
1 John Kingscott, 2 Steven Wynne, 3 Steve Wilde.

The top two were at Bromley with the title still up for grabs. John Kingscott took his fourth win of the season, with Steven Wynne 2nd and Steve Wilde 3rd. Wilde needed to win to share the title with Kingscott but in the end finished 2nd by 6 points. Wynne’s runner-up position means he takes 3rd overall from Jane Walsh and Elly Phillips.

Championship: 1 John Kingscott (98 points), 2 Steve Wilde (92), 3 Steven Wynne (84), 4 Jane Walsh (75), 5 Elly Phillips (65), 6= Mark Franks & Gemma Parkinson (47), 8 Chloe Wilkinson (43), 9 Oliver Dean (40), 10 Krish Gurunathan (38), 11 Chris Lamb (0).

Group 4 (13 registered competitors)
1 Johnny Gill, 2 Callum Biggins, 3 Kerrie Donohue, 4 Carl Inman.

Johnny Gill was on the starting blocks knowing that a fifth victory of a season interrupted by a wrist breakage would give him the title with a maximum 100 points. Occupying top spot coming into the race was Jim Winbourne but, even if he hadn’t been contesting the Dublin marathon, he would have had to have stopped Gill winning which would have been a tall order. Gill duly took the win from Callum Biggins, taking his second runner-up spot of the season, with long-time table-topper Kerrie Donohue 3rd ahead of Carl Inman who continues to recover from his foot operation.

So Gill is the champion, with Winbourne and Donohue demoted a place but still on the championship podium. Biggins rises to 4th overall ahead of Ellen Ball.

Championship: 1 Johnny Gill (100 points), 2 James Winbourne (96), 3 Kerrie Donohue (88), 4 Callum Biggins (81), 5 Ellen Ball (74), 6 Catherine Round (45), 7 Stuart Ball (43), 8 Carl Inman (30), 9 Guy Sims (27), 10= Mike Reeves & Andy Stubbs (18), 12= David Groom & Nick White (0).

Group 5 (10 registered competitors)
1 Chloe Haffenden, 2 Mark Burgess, 3 Agne Zavistanavice.

Chloe Haffenden wasn’t resting on her championship winning laurels and took her fourth win to finish 14 points clear of her nearest rival. Coming into the final round that was Stuart Isaacs but he was marshaling as he comes back from injury. That left the door open for either Mark Burgess or Agne Zavistanvice to cement a podium place and perhaps move ahead of Isaacs into the runner-up spot. An under-the-weather Zavistanvice was unable to stop Burgess taking 2nd place on the day, and that was enough for him to pip Isaacs for championship 2nd place by one point, with Zavistanvice just one point further back in 4th overall.

Championship: 1 Chloe Haffenden (98 points), 2 Mark Burgess (84), 3 Stuart Isaacs (83), 4 Agne Zavistanavice (82), 5 Lucy Tippet (60), 6 Steve Burnett (44), 7 Tabitha Rogers (33), 8 Rachel Knowles (15), 9= Jamie Fernandes & Paul Whelan (0).

Group 6 (12 registered competitors)
1 Andy Hall, 2 Trevor Adams, 3 Anthony Donohue, 4 Emma Chapman, 5 Rosalind Butterworth, 6 Paul Munday.

Two of only three competitors to race at every round were in this group - champion Andy Hall and Paul Munday, the third with a full scorecard being Hilary Morton in Group 10.

Hall completed his clean sweep of wins to emphasise his domination of this group and he can now look forward to promotion for the 2026 season. Trevor Adams made it four runner-up spots from his four starts, with Anthony Donohue in 3rd place. There was a good turnout in this group, with championship podium hopeful Emma Chapman next up from Rosalind Butterworth and Paul Munday.

Chapman’s 4th place didn’t improve her overall points score, but in the absence of Paul Strachan she retained her one point advantage over him to take 2nd overall and keep him on the podium’s bottom step. Donohue finishes 4th overall.

Championship: 1 Andy Hall (100 points), 2 Emma Chapman (82), 3 Paul Strachan (81), 4 Anthony Donohue (75), 5= Paul Munday & Trevor Adams (72), 7 Edwina Cheng (71), 8 Liane Evans (66), 9 Rosalind Butterworth (58), 10 Adam Waterman (32), 11 Jason Hone (14), 12 Iain Jameson (13).

Group 7 (12 registered competitors)
1 David Welfare, 2 Vassilis Sakizlis.

Already with sufficient points to take the title, Dave Welfare was motivated to reach the maximum 100 points by winning this round which he duly did. Vassilis Sakizlis was the only other Group 7 to race at Bromley.

Welfare is therefore champion with a maximum score while Lucy Tang with five 2nd places takes the runner-up spot. Sakizlis’ efforts were rewarded with the final podium spot, his 2nd place enough to just pip Nick Squires who could only watch on from his marshaling viewpoint.

Championship: 1 David Welfare (100 points), 2 Lucy Tang (90), 3 Vassilis Sakizlis (83), 4 Nick Squires (82), 5 Nigel Hewson (61), 6 Simon Keyes (60), 7 Micky Boyd (31), 8 Denise Eva (29), 9= Seaton Giles, Ant Holland, Luke Pattison & Stephen Woodgate (0).

Group 8 (11 registered competitors)
1 Amelia Isaacs, 2 Ed Bossert.

There were also only two runners in Group 8, with champion Ed Bossert suffering a rare defeat to the feet of Amelia Isaacs. Isaacs had only contested four rounds previously so her 20 points for this win catapulted her up the leaderboard from 4th overall into the runner-up spot. The rest of the table order remains as it was with David Horsfield now in 3rd overall, and Viral Tanna just off the podium in 4th.

Championship: 1 Eduan Bossert (100 points), 2 Amelia Isaacs (90), 3 David Horsfield (83), 4 Viral Tanna (79), 5 Hannah Lloyd (63), 6 Nathalie Juchau (53), 7 Ka Si Tung (18), 8 Jackie York (16), 9 Robert White (15), 10= Felicity Newman & Alan Niblock (0).

Group 9 (11 registered competitors)
1 Andrew Vadron, 2 Richard Bodie, 3 Louis Strover, 4 Damian Parker, 5 Matt Bradshaw.

There was a newcomer in Round 9 and Andrew Vadron upstaged the rest of the field to take the win. Should have done more rounds! Maxine Horsfield and Dean Champion had already done enough to claim the top two places in the championship and didn’t race, however behind them was a battle royal for the final podium place. Coming into the round, Louis Strover led Richard Bodie by just one point, but Bodie’s 2nd place at this event compared to Strover’s 3rd spot was enough to give him the two points he needed to overhaul his rival and take the all important final podium place.

Championship: 1 Maxine Horsfield (96 points), 2 Dean Chapman (92), 3 Richard Bodie (90), 4 Louis Strover (89), 5 Damian Parker (83), 6 Matt Bradshaw (57), 7 Andrew Vadron (20), 8 Adele Bollan (16), 9= Steven Dong, Jennie Keetch & David Thomas (0).

Group 10 (13 registered competitors)
1 Hilary Morton, 2 Tara Dennehy, 3 Philippa Niven, 4 Tracey Isaacs, 5 Emma Horan.

Hilary Morton and Sally Callaghan were tied on 96 points apiece coming into this round with all to play for. The championship showdown ultimately didn’t happen however as Callaghan didn’t race, but Morton did what was required of her and took the victory to reach the maximum 100 points and claim the title. Philippa Niven and Tara Dennehy were locked in a battle for championship 3rd, and Dennehy’s 2nd place on the trails of Bromley to Niven’s 3rd gave her the necessary two point advantage to move into championship 3rd.

Championship: 1 Hilary Morton (100 points), 2 Sally Callaghan (96), 3 Tara Dennehy (85), 4 Philippa Niven (84), 5 Tracey Isaacs (78), 6 Emma Horan (71), 7 Jim Kirkland (58), 8 Jennifer Kelly (20), 9 Joseph Mulhall (16), 10 Sarah Lees (14), 11 Joseph Conlan (12), 12= David Fordyce & Neil Sutton (0).

Group 11 (12 registered competitors)
1 Lou Stocks, 2 Richard Dunstan, 3 John Perks, 4 James Fisher, 5 Jan Bodie, 6 Paul Pester, 7 Sandra Goodwin, 8 Rachel Inman.

There was an excellent turnout of 8 from this group including three of the four competitors mathematically able to take the title. However, it was Lou Stocks who had run her 250th parkrun the day before who was first over the line to record her first victory of the season. Championship contender Richard Dunstan was 2nd from John Perks and then James Fisher. Jan Bodie was 5th from Paul Pester and Sandra Goodwin - these two lying in championship 3rd and 1st respectively before this last round.

Dunstan’s 2nd place was enough to give him the title with Goodwin having to settle for 2nd overall. Stocks’ fine win lifts her on to the final podium step, with Pester losing out by one solitary point.

Championship: 1 Richard Dunstan (90 points), 2 Sandra Goodwin (87), 3 Lou Stocks (86), 4 Paul Pester (85), 5 James Fisher (82), 6 Eleanor Pinkerton (79), 7 John Perks (77), 8 Rachel Inman (70), 9 Jan Bodie (65), 10 Olivia Senbanjo (48), 11 David Smyth (14), 12 Annabelle Marks (0).

Group 12 (12 registered competitors)
1 Julie Medhurst, 2 Chris Haydon.

Julie Medhurst made it three wins this campaign, with championship podium hopeful Chris Haydon 2nd and the only other Group 12.

Although Medhurst equalled the absent Rob Sampson’s tally of 96 points, she has to be content with championship 2nd as Sampson takes the title by virtue of his four wins to Medhurst’s three. Haydon’s efforts proved worthwhile as his 2nd place gave him enough points to beat Christina Springbett for championship 3rd by just one point.

Championship: 1 Rob Sampson (96 points), Julie Medhurst (96), 3 Chris Haydon (87), 4 Christina Springbett (86), 5 Eric Nash (78), 6 Wendy Tung (47), 7 Katie Garvey (33), 8 Catherine Jones (16), 9 Philippa Wynne (15), 10= David Allison, Perry Wilson & Laura Woollard (0).

Group 13 (12 registered competitors)
1 Barbara Carr.

Sadly, there was no big title showdown in Group 13 as the two contenders were both absent. Jenny Waterman therefore takes the top spot by two points from Sonia Lowing. Similarly, Holly Hutson holds on to her 3rd overall as Barbara Carr was the sole entrant and she has only taken in limited rounds so wasn’t in contention for a podium spot.

Championship: 1 Jenny Waterman (98 points), 2 Sonia Lowing (96), 3 Holly Hutson (74), 4 Biljana Petruchevska (70), 5 Lyttleton Barrett (68), 6 Barbara Carr (60), 7 Clare Evans (59), 8 Julia Reynders (49), 9 Gill Rhodes (18), 10 Gill Boyd (12), 11= Jo Ferres & Pherenice Worsey-Buck (0).

Group 14 (10 registered competitors)
1 Paula Gleeson, 2 Emma Bossert, 3 Kathy Strachan, 4 Simon Gleeson, 5 Liz Squires.

Paula Gleeson had secured the Group 14 title months ago as she won the first 5 rounds, but she raced at this round to make it seven victories from the seven events she entered. Similarly, Emma Bossert was already secure in championship 2nd so didn’t need the fourth runner-up spot she achieved at this round. Kathy Strachan finished 3rd behind these two to cement her claim to the final podium spot.

Championship: 1 Paula Gleeson (100 points), 2 Emma Bossert (92), 3 Kathy Strachan (83), 4 Liz Squires (74), 5 Simon Gleeson (66), 6 Sarah Davis (65), 7 Kary Leggett (63), 8 Karen Bowden-Brown (36), 9 Rachel Sutton (15), 10 Corinne Hollamby (0).

Group 15 (6 registered competitors)
1 Karin Bradshaw, 2 Ruth Feltham.

Karin Bradshaw took the Group 15 win from Ruth Feltham, however Feltham just needed to finish to secure enough points to take the championship runner-up spot. Hannah Harrison had already secured the title prior to this event and so the podium is set as Harrison, Feltham and Bradshaw.

Championship: 1 Hannah Harrison (100 points), 2 Ruth Feltham (88), 3 Karin Bradshaw (76), 4 Kate Rowley (15), 5= Lisa O’Keefe & Laura Williams (0).

Report: Mark Burgess
Photos Lisa Hall & Chris Gatt-Florida

Well done to all our worthy champions and we are all looking forward to trying to recognise you and your podium buddies out of your running kit at the Xmas Party on November 22nd!