Road Pre 2019

Road Running - Pre 2019

Updated 12 May 2019

See also the Results Section...

SCVAC 10k Road Championship 10 June 2018 12-06-18

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k - 7 May 2018 9-05-18

Folkestone 10 Race Report 30 March 2018 31-03-18

Latest News 18-01-18

SCVAC 10M Road Championships 4 December 2017, Thanet 6-01-18

SCVAC Marathon Championships, Chester, 8 October 2017 17-10-17

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k - 1 May, 2017 1-05-17

Road Running News 14-12-16

SCVAC 10k Championship – Givaudan Ashford 10k, 9 October 2016 12-10-16

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k - 2 May, 2016 3-05-16

SCVAC Half Marathon Championship, Sandilands, Croydon Sunday 10 April 2016 21-04-16

SCVAC Road Race Championships 2016 29-01-16

Givaudan Ashford 10k 11 October 2015 30-10-15

Barns Green Half Marathon 27 September 2015 5-01-16

Marathon Championships 6 September 2015 12-09-15

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k - 4 May, 2015 30-10-15

SCVAC 10k Road Championship – Givaudan Ashford 10k, 12 October 2014 photos added 4-11-14

Marathon Championships 7 September 2014 9-09-14

SCVAC Half Marathon Champs 2014 – Burnham Beeches, 17 August 2014 24-08-14

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k - 5 May, 2014 7-05-14

SCVAC 10 Mile Road Championship – Canterbury, January 26th 2014 3-02-14

BMAF Marathon - Moray Marathon cancelled 31-01-14

Epsom 10 – SCVAC Championship 17 November 2013 2-12-13

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k - Age Graded added 6 May, 2013 3-11-13

10k Road Championships – Ashford, 13 October 2013 21-10-13

Kent Coastal Marathon and SCVAC Championships - 1 September 2013 3-09-13

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k 6 May, 2013 6-05-13

SCVAC Half Marathon Championship, Lydd, 10 March 2013 15-03-13

Road Race Championships for 2013 12-02-13

18 November 2012 Epsom 10 report 27-11-12

14 October 2012 - SCVAC and BMAF 10K Championships Ashford 24-10-12

Kent Coastal Marathon and SCVAC Championships - 2 September 2012 3-10-12

19 August 2012 - Burnham Beeches Half Marathon - SCVAC Half Marathon Championships 6-12-12

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k 7 May, 2012 - Race Report

SCVAC Road Race Championships 2012

SCVAC 10k Road Championship 10th June 2018

This year our 10k road championship was held within the Staplehurst 10k. The race organisers did an efficient job, and there was a friendly village feel to the event. We had one of our healthiest SCVAC entries in recent times, with 23 finishers including some newly enrolled members. The results team from Nice Work were prompt with our SCVAC results, and most winners stayed for the medal presentations. Mick Jefferies recorded these with a camera borrowed from Tony Rea, who was unfortunately unwell and could not attend.

Some excellent performances saw 7 SCVAC members also winning their age category in the open race. I took the opportunity of running the course, setting off 3 minutes behind the field, and found it gently undulating, with one slightly more testing climb after 6k, all on pleasant country lanes. Clear signs and friendly marshalling, plus more than adequate water stations, ensured a good experience for all. The absence of changing facilities was not a problem given the pleasant weather. With total entries capped at 400, this is an ideal race for our club championship.

Apart from a few gaps in our age groups (no F40, M40, M45, or M65 runners), the turnout provided good medal competitions: the closest contest was for M70 bronze. Barry Bell prevailed over Mick Jefferies by 2 seconds on gun time, though Mick’s chip time was 5 seconds faster than Barry – stand nearer the front next year Mick! I’m delighted to report that Mick dipped under 50 minutes for the first time, so the PB made up for the missing bronze medal.While we were enjoying ourselves in Kent, Road Race Secretary Mark Champion was running the Yeovil Marathon in 3:12, a great effort Mark.

Full 10km results below:

Pos

Gun Time

Chip Time

First Name

Surname

Club

Cat

Medal

9

00:37:06

00:37:06

Graeme

Saker

Tonbridge AC

M55

Gold

17

00:38:16

00:38:15

Martin

Kelk

Invicta East Kent AC

M50

Gold

47

00:41:53

00:41:49

Bob

Fursey

Medway & Maidstone AC

M55

Silver

51

00:42:21

00:42:19

Nicola

Sansom

Aldershot Farnham & District

F45

Gold

57

00:42:52

00:42:49

Stephen

Suttle

Thanet Roadrunners AC

M60

Gold

60

00:43:06

00:43:02

David

Sancto

Istead & Ifield Harriers

M50

Silver

63

00:43:37

00:43:35

David

Winch

Thanet Roadrunners AC

M70

Gold

75

00:44:24

00:44:21

Susan

Dixon

Cambridge Harriers

F50

Gold

88

00:45:30

00:45:24

Martin

Hawkins

Cambridge Harriers

M55

Bronze

89

00:45:37

00:45:29

Kim

Howes

Swale Combined AC

F50

Silver

93

00:46:33

00:46:28

Trevor

Edgley

Istead & Ifield Harriers

M70

Silver

102

00:47:26

00:47:21

Vicky

Talbot-Rosner

Invicta East Kent AC

F55

Gold

108

00:48:16

00:48:10

Ian

McCarthy

Cambridge Harriers

M60

Silver

130

00:49:56

00:49:51

Marian

Povey

Dartford Road Runners

F60

Gold

131

00:49:56

00:49:51

Terry

Povey

Dartford Road Runners

M60

Bronze

134

00:49:56

00:49:46

Barry

Bell

Istead & Ifield Harriers

M70

Bronze

136

00:49:58

00:49:41

Mick

Jefferies

Dragons Running Club (Leeds)

M70

PB

150

00:50:37

00:50:29

Sue

Garner

Lingfield RC

F70

Gold

153

00:50:58

00:50:47

Barbara

Ockendon

Istead & Ifield Harriers

F65

Gold

159

00:51:40

00:51:40

Janice

Moorekite

Larkfield Athletics Club

F60

Silver

163

00:51:57

00:51:53

Sue

James

Tonbridge AC

F65

Silver

205

00:56:41

00:56:28

Michael

Conway

Invicta East Kent AC

M75

Gold

222

00:58:16

00:57:55

Joyce

Bell

Istead & Ifield Harriers

F65

Bronze

Dave Beattie, SCVAC Secretary

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k - 7 May, 2018

Full results and more photos

Presentation photos

Folkestone 10 Race Report 30 March 2018

The Folkestone 10 took place on Good Friday - 30 March 2018, it was a day with much better conditions for racing than supporting as it was around 7 degrees and raining throughout the race, but there was little wind and some exceptional performances where achieved by the SCVAC runners.

The first thing to say is that I was delighted by the support shown for yesterday’s race, we had 28 finishers yesterday and added to that I had two athletes drop out in the days leading up to the race (1 injury, 1 illness) and 2 no-shows, long may it continue.

So onto the results.

Andy Howey’s 16th place in the open race was the standout performance was he ran 58:43 as a V55 for an age grading of 87:62%. But further down in the results there were some other performances that were almost as good. Tina Oldershaw ran 1:04 as a F50 for an age grading of 87:30% and David Winch ran 1:09:47 as a M70 for an age grading performance of 87:25%.

Overall we had 6 results with age gradings of over 80%, and a further 18 over 70% so a fantastic standard.

Men Running Race Age SCVAC

family_name short_name age group Y / N Position Time Grading Position

Witt Daniel M40 Y 64 01:05:48 70.59% 1

Champion Mark M50 Y 33 01:01:09 80.54% 1

Lawless Don M50 Y 59 01:05:20 77.37% 2

Cross Philip M50 Y 82 01:07:32 75.49% 3

Sancto David M50 Y 102 01:09:31 72.72% 4

Howey Andy M55 Y 16 0:58:43 87.62% 1

Fursey Bob M55 Y 99 01:09:19 74.22% 2

Suttle Stephen M55 Y 120 01:10:57 75.22% 3

Hawkins Martin M55 Y 146 01:13:05 71.04% 4

Tolhurst John M60 Y 140 01:12:35 77.11% 1

Meah Gerald M60 Y 180 01:15:59 70.89% 2

McCarthy Ian M60 Y 257 01:20:49 67.27% 3

Bell Barry M65 Y 292 01:23:28 71.02% 1

Winch David M70 Y 107 01:09:47 87.25% 1

Edgley Trevor M70 Y 192 01:16:29 77.73% 2

Smith Glyn M70 Y 242 01:19:22 76.71% 3

Taylor John M75 Y 481 01:36:06 69.98% 1

Saiz Ramon M80 Y 632 01:52:48 65.59% 1

Women Running Race SCVAC

family_name short_name age group Y / N Position Time Position

Curtis Caroline W45 Y 148 01:13:16 75.71% 1

Oldershaw Tina W50 Y 51 01:04:15 87.30% 1

Baker Rose W50 Y 159 01:14:22 78.28% 2

Howes Kim W50 Y 183 01:15:50 76.77% 3

Watson Marie W50 Y 253 01:20:34 71:37% 4

Talbot-Rosner Victoria W55 Y 169 01:15:10 82.55% 1

Marsh Carol W55 Y 295 01:23:44 74.10% 2

Connolly Margaret W60 Y 222 01:18:21 81.34% 1

Bell Joyce W65 Y 478 01:36:16 71.02% 1

Giles Jeannette W75 Y 659 02:07:33 67.99% 1

Finally a bit of housekeeping.

Race entries
Whenever possible please use the opentrack race entry system, this makes it really easy to track who has entered, and for all competitors to see who is racing, but if you’ve entered by the organisers entry system please let me know prior to the SCVAC close date so I can have a final entry list prior to the race.

Race numbers
If you’re racing for us please come and see me before the start of the race to pick up your age cat number (to wear to wear on the back of your vest), this we way your competitors can tell who they’re racing, it makes it easier for me to know who is actually racing on the day & it also gets SCVAC’s name seen. I’ll be wearing a bright yellow SCVAC polo shirt.

Next races are:
- 10k at Staplehurst - 10 June
- Half Marathon at Redhill Aerodrome – 22 Jul (Joint with BMAF)

Hope to see you there.

Latest Road Running News

SCVAC Road Race Calendar 2018

We’ve finalised the SCVAC Road Race Calendar for 2018

Races are as follows:
30 Mar - Folkestone 10 - 10 mile
10 Jun - Staplehurst 10k - 10k
22 Jul - Caterham Half (joint with BMAF)
7 Oct - Chester Marathon (Joint with BMAF)

I’m pleased to say that we’ll be returning to Caterham this year. We successfully held our Half Marathon Champs there last year. So this year BMAF have included it as their Half Marathon Championship.

We’re also returning to the Chetser Marathon. We’re aware it’s not in the region, but it’s the BMAF Champs & last year we had the biggest SCVAC entry in the Marathon Champs for a number of years, so we’d like to repeat that success this year.

Entry for Folkestone 10, & Staplehurst 10k will be open on BMAF website shortly.

Entries for the Caterham Half are already open on the BMAF website (enter for the BMAF Champs and you will automatically be entered in the SCVAC Champs).

Special Instructions for entry into Chester Marathon can also be found on the BMAF website.

Finally if you’ve already entered either Folkestone or Staplehurst via other entry channels let me know and I’ll make sure your included in the SCVAC Champs.

I look forward to meeting some of you at our races during the year.

Kind regards

Mark Champion
SCVAC Road Running Secretary.
Markchampion2012@googlemail.com

SCVAC 10M Road Championships 4 December 2017, Thanet

On the 4th December the SCVAC 10 Mile Championship was held as part of the Alan Green Memorial 10 mile race in Thanet. It’s a flat, traffic free out and back course meaning that fast times are possible as long as the wind stays away. On the day it was dry and overcast but we did have a reasonable tail wind on the 1st half and headwind on the 2nd half meaning that most runners were a couple of minutes slower in the 2nd half.

16 Athletes took part across 11 age categories.

The most keenly contested were the M65 where Trevor Edgley won comfortably, but Peter Watts took a close silver just 45 seconds ahead of Barry Bell in bronze, and the W55 was even closer with all three medallists finishing within 4 minutes.

Age graded wise the performances were very good with many in the high 70s but the two stand out performances were:

David Winch

M70

71

01:10:49

84.91%

Lisa Compton

W60

62

01:20:15

81.64%

OpenTrack Competition File:

Competition ID: 533

Name SCVAC 10M Road Championships 2017

bmaf id family_name short_name age group age Time Age Grade Medal

13292 Champion Mark M45 49 01:02:50 77.69% Gold

20929 Smith Sean M50 50 01:08:06 72.32% Gold

13214 Angell Dean M55 55 01:04:23 79.91% Gold

13372 Edgley Trevor M65 69 01:14:55 78.53% Gold

13735 Watts Peter M65 66 01:21:28 Silver

20032 Bell Barry M65 69 01:22:15 71.53% Bronze

20979 Winch David M70 71 01:10:49 84.91% Gold

13618 Rea Tony M70 74 01:19:47 78.48% Silver

13699 Taylor John M75 78 01:36:42 69.54% Gold

13771 Champion Lynne W45 48 01:13:23 74.70% Gold

Talbot-Rosner Victoria W55 57 01:18:00 78.53% Gold

19318 Connolly Margaret W55 59 01:20:21 78.26% Silver

20390 Marsh Carol W55 57 01:21:41 74.98% Bronze

20944 Compton Lisa W60 62 01:20:15 81.64% Gold

21091 Bell Joyce W65 65 01:40:58 67.71% Gold

Giles Jeanette W75 78 02:00:20 71.79% Gold

SCVAC Marathon Championships, Chester, 8 October 2017

The Chester Marathon this year also included the BMAF and Home International Masters Championships, which provided a top-quality masters field, and the largest SCVAC Marathon Championship entry for some years.

The race started in perfect conditions for marathon running: no wind and temperature in the low teens. The first 2 miles was a tour around the narrow twisting streets of old Chester, before going out to the country lanes of England and 9 miles in Wales. The closed roads gave a traffic-free race with good crowd support. In the villages the race passed through it seemed as if the whole village turned out to cheer and give support, and most pubs had a band playing to add to the good feel of the race. When I got to 20 miles, the weather started to change. It got colder and light rain came down - not much of a problem for the runners but uncomfortable for friends and family watching. After a tricky hill between 24 and 25 miles, it was an easy run in to the finish at the race course.

SCVAC runners put in some very good performances with 9 picking up BMAF medals. The stand-out age grades were Dave Winch (M70 on 84.8%), Sarah Gruber (W40 on 79.4%) and Sarah Marizaioli (W65 on 78.7%).

Unfortunately, due to the size of the race, most runners had gone home by the time the BMAF and SCVAC results were available so the medal presentation was poorly supported.

Age Group

Medal

Name

Club

Gun

Chip

Age Graded %

M35

Gold

Michael Mawsby

Canterbury Harriers

2:40:50

2:40:48

77.1

M50

Gold

Andrew Nobel

Folkestone

3:05:54

3:05:29

75.9

M65

Gold

Trevor Edgley

Istead and Ifield Harriers

3:30:38

3:30:04

78.2

Silver

Barry Bell

Istead and Ifield Harriers

4:17:13

4:14:46

64.5

M70

Gold

Dave Winch

Thanet Roadrunners

3:18:27

3:18:03

84.8

Silver

Stuart Colwill

RoadRunners Club

4:03:51

4:01:59

69.4

W40

Gold

Sarah Gruber

Invicta East Kent

2:59:54

2:59:50

79.4

Silver

Clair Seymour

Reading

3:56:36

3:55:06

59.8

W50

Gold

Rose Baker

Cambridge Harriers

3:24:56

3:24:47

78.1

W55

Gold

Vicky Talbot-Rosner

Invicta East Kent

3:42:40

3:42:20

75.9

Silver

Margaret Connolly

Invicta East Kent

3:51:26

3:51:16

75.0

W60

Gold

Janice Moorekite

Larkfield AC

4:19:55

4:19:47

67.7

Silver

Patricia Keene

Burnham

5:03:34

5:03:27

58.0

W65

Gold

Sarah Marizaioli

Hastings Runners

4:18:55

4:16:34

78.7

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k - 1 May, 2017

Full results and more photos

SCVAC Championships: http://www.swifttiming.co.uk/cgi-bin/list_race_result.php?meet_event_id=1510002

SCVAC Off-Road 10k Championships (Ted Pepper 10k)

01 May 2017

Organised by Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC

Individual Results

Pos Name Age Category TeamName Gun Time Chip Time Age Age Graded %

1 Bob Fursey Men 50-54 Medway & Maidstone AC 00:41:24 00:41:23 53 74.47

2 Alan Newman Men 60-64 Paddock Wood AC 00:42:47 00:42:46 63 78.88

3 David Beattie Men 65-69 Crawley AC 00:44:14 00:44:13 69 80.89

4 Terence Barnes Men 50-54 Crawley AC 00:45:04 00:45:02 53 68.43

5 Trevor Edgley Men 65-69 Istead & Ifield Harriers 00:45:19 00:45:16 69 79.01

6 Ian Mccarthy Men 60-64 Cambridge Harriers 00:46:38 00:46:34 60 70.44

7 John Wilkins Men 65-69 Istead & Ifield Harriers 00:48:34 00:48:26 66 71.68

8 Tony Rea Men 70-74 Dragons Running Club (Leeds) 00:49:16 00:49:13 73 76.33

9 Sue James Women 65-69 Paddock Wood AC 00:50:54 00:50:51 66 83.19

10 Jeremy Carmichael Men 60-64 Crawley AC 00:52:46 00:52:33 63 64.19

11 James Fitzmaurice Men 75-79 Sevenoaks AC 00:56:02 00:55:59 75 69.25

Presentation photos

Road Running news

1.     At the AGM, we drew names for the SCVAC club entry in the London Marathon 2017: Ann Bath was the lucky winner – congratulations Ann, and good luck with your training.

2.     I omitted Bob Fursey from the results of the Ashford 10k. My apologies to Bob, who was our 5^th finisher and 2^nd M50. His name is included in my amended report. In total 17 SCVAC runners completed the race, which was a good turnout.

3.     I am handing over road running duties to Mark Champion at the end of this year. Mark, an excellent runner himself, will be helped by Trevor Edgley. I know he will do an excellent job, and will work in the interests of SCVAC athletes. Please give Mark the same support and goodwill that you have given me during the last few years.

4.     At the AGM we agreed that the multi terrain Ted Pepper Memorial 10k will be the responsibility of the Cross Country Secretary from now on, so Jeremy Carmichael will be looking after this event, staged on the early May Bank Holiday in Norman Park.

Season’s Greetings, and good running in 2017!

Dave Beattie

SCVAC 10k Championship – Givaudan Ashford 10k, 9 October 2016

Race Director Barry Hopkins and his Sporting Events team laid on an immaculately organised race, despite this popular fixture being a sell-out, with no entries possible on the day. Some unexpectedly heavy showers caused a few puddles around the course, but conditions were good for running – cool with a few light showers.

First man home for SCVAC was Dominic O’Mahoney, third in the open race, and only edged out of second place by one second. Dominic, who achieved an 87.88% age graded performance, took home the trophy for 1st M40 in the open race. Other excellent performances were recorded by M45 Mark Champion, M55 Kevin Williams, and M75 Dave Moorekite, who all exceeded 83% age graded.

For the women, Ann Buckett was our first finisher – her husband Dave, who is the Chairman of Crawley A.C., kindly presented our medals at the SCVAC presentations.

Full times and positions for SCVAC finishers are listed below.

Dave Beattie

First name

Surname

posn.

age group

age

Chip time

Medal

Age Graded

Dominic

O'Mahoney

3

M40

42

0:32:49

Gold

87.88

Mark

Champion

15

M45

48

0:35:56

Gold

84.07

Kevin

Williams

59

M55

56

0:38:42

Gold

83.71

Don

Lawless

106

M50

52

0:40:04

Gold

77.87

Bob

Fursey

132

M50

53

0:41:12

Silver

74.71

Neville

Webb

153

M60

61

0:42:10

Gold

79.87

John

Tolhurst

176

M60

62

0:42:47

Silver

79.42

Dave

Beattie

335

M65

69

0:47:22

Gold

76.58

Tony

Rea

334

M70

72

0:47:24

Gold

79.40

Dave

Moorekite

363

M75

76

0:47:54

Gold

83.83

Michael

Jefferies

466

M65

69

0:50:33

Silver

71.76

Ann

Buckett

497

W50

54

0:51:43

Gold

69.89

Janice

Moorekite

502

W55

59

0:51:47

Gold

74.65

Karen

Samuel

658

W55

55

0:55:18

Silver

66.22

John

Taylor

758

M75

77

0:57:20

Silver

71.40

Patrick

Dobbs

829

M75

78

1:00:01

Bronze

69.63

Jeannette

Giles

1062

W75

77

1:14:07

Gold

69.54

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k - 2 May, 2016

Full results and more photos

Presentation photos here...

The SCVAC multi-terrain 10k championship was staged within this race, where athletic club members always outnumber unattached runners – a rare occurrence these days. A new sight was a large group of “Zero to Hero” runners in matching kit, who held their own presentation after the race.

Blackheath and Bromley provided their usual high standard of organisation, with plenty of course markings and marshals at key points. After a good few years of service, Andy Tucker is stepping aside as race director and handing the reins to Dave Beadle for next year. We are confident the race will continue to provide its unique atmosphere and charm.

The course was dry and fast, with a few small puddles to negotiate in the wooded section, but the mix of track, tarmac, grass, dirt track, wood chips and the occasional tree root to negotiate kept the runners focussed, and the kilometre markers appeared with welcome regularity.

Rhys Goddard of Nene Valley Harriers set a cracking pace from the gun. His time of 35:24 was over a minute clear of David Sparshott of Kent AC, with M50 Tony Tuohy of Dulwich a fine third in 37:13.

First SCVAC runner – and also our best age graded performer – was M50 Dean Angell of Horsham Joggers. His time of 38:23 would have been much faster on a flat road course, making his age grade of 82.64% even more impressive. Next home was M50 Mark Pitcairn-Knowles of Tonbridge, and our third finisher was W40 Vikki Clark of Arena 80 AC.

W55 Vicky Talbot-Rosner of Invicta East Kent AC was our second best age graded performer with an excellent 81.86%. Out of a total of 308 finishers, SCVAC provided just 12. The lower numbers were largely due to the London Marathon one week previously, with regulars like Colin Oxlade and Walter Hill recovering from their efforts over 26.2 miles.

In most categories, there were “easy” medals to be won. Only the M65 group saw 3 finishers – so all 12 runners went home with a medal, presented by our chairman Arthur Kimber. Other club members please note for 2017 – we would welcome more competition for medals! Full SCVAC results below.

Pos

Name

Gun

Age

Cat

Chip time

Club

Age Grade

1

Dean Angell

0:38:25

54

M50

0:38:23

Horsham Joggers

82:64

2

Mark Pitcairn-Knowles

0:40:13

50

M50

0:40:11

Tonbridge AC

76.39

3

Vicki Clark

0:41:40

44

W40

0:41:38

Arena 80 AC

77.49

4

David Beattie

0:44:04

68

M65

0:44:02

Crawley AC

81.53

5

Steve Smith

0:44:53

57

M55

0:44:51

Striders Of Croydon

72.53

6

John Tolhurst

0:45:03

62

M60

0:45:00

Paddock Wood AC

75.51

7

Vicky Talbot-Rosner

0:45:24

56

W55

0:45:20

Invicta East Kent AC

81.86

8

Trevor Edgley

0:45:29

68

M65

0:45:27

Istead & Ifield

78.99

9

Peter Godbee

0:50:19

65

M65

0:50:09

Swanley & Dist. AC

69.61

10

James Fitzmaurice

0:56:22

74

M70

0:56:18

Sevenoaks AC

68.89

11

Karen Samuel

0:59:25

55

W55

0:59:17

SCVAC

61.77

12

Graham Williams

1:03:21

76

M75

1:03:15

Ilford AC

63.48

The following photos from Dave Beattie

SCVAC Half Marathon Championship, Sandilands, Croydon Sunday 10 April 2016

Striders of Croydon hosted our 2016 championship, and race organisers Nice Work ensured things ran smoothly. After an overnight frost, the conditions were perfect for running by the start time of 9.15am. The runners were led out of the sports field and down the road to the start, and a blast on the horn sent them on their way.

The early leader, Peter Mills of Croydon Striders, was joined by 3 others, and this group stuck together for the first few miles. The challenging two lap course included some long hills, which were decisive in breaking up the pack. By the halfway point, Michael Eccles of Norfolk Gazelles had the lead, which he held to the finish. His time of 1:14:15 reflected the tough course, and he was over a minute clear of Peter Mills.

First SCVAC runner was M35 Alan Sylvester of Arena 80, 5th in the open race in an excellent 1:20:50. Special mention goes to M60 Neville Webb of Dulwich, who achieved our best age rated performance. With the two main Spring marathons imminent, race numbers were low: only 261 finishers, and there were no SCVAC women. Colin Oxlade used the race as a final long run before London, including a thorough warm up and warm down. He held off Steve Smith to take gold in the M55 age group. Full SCVAC results below.

Pos

Gun

Chip

Name

Club

Cat.

Age

Rated %

5

01:20:50

01:20:50

Alan Silvester

ARENA 80

M35

35

73.81

35

01:33:01

01:32:58

Neville Webb

Dulwich Runners AC

M60

60

78.74

46

01:36:43

01:36:40

Colin Oxlade

Croydon Harriers

M55

57

73.66

58

01:38:39

01:38:36

Steve Smith

Striders of Croydon

M55

57

72.22

63

01:39:58

01:39:46

John Tolhurst

Paddock Wood AC

M60

62

74.76

157

01:59:23

01:59:07

Peter Godbee

Swanley and District

M65

65

64.46

164

02:01:40

02:01:34

James Fitzmaurice

Sevenoaks AC

M70

74

69.90

166

02:01:45

02:01:27

John Taylor

Hailsham Harriers

M75

76

72.30

252

02:47:27

02:47:10

Graham Williams

Ilford AC

M75

76

52.53

Dave Beattie

SCVAC Road Race Championships 2016

I have tried to avoid clashes with BMAF events, and have chosen Spring or Autumn races to avoid the hottest weather. Our championships were well supported by the older age groups in 2015 – let’s encourage more of our younger members to join us in 2016.

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k, Norman Park, Bromley, May 2^nd. Start 10am

This multi-terrain race starts and finishes on Norman Park athletics track, attracts good club competition, and has free parking, showers, and refreshments on sale.

Entry via the Blackheath and Bromley website: http://www.bandbhac.org.uk/ted%20pepper.html

To enter pay attached runner fee plus £1 for SCVAC championship.

Streets Ahead Croydon Half Marathon, Sandilands, Croydon, April 10^th Start 9.15am

Striders of Croydon host this race, organised this year by Nice Work. Please note parking is very limited, public transport links are excellent, and the race HQ at the Sandilands club house is only 10 minutes’ walk from Sandilands tram stop (2 stops from East Croydon station). Changing, showers, refreshments and bar. An undulating two lap course starting and finishing close to Lloyd Park.

Entry form can be downloaded from Nice Work website: http://www.nice-work.org.uk/events.php?id=206 . Please use the link “An entry form is available to download here”, and ignore all the other online options (e.g. Runners World), which do not include fields for entering the SCVAC Championship.

Kent Coastal Marathon, Thanet, Kent September 4th, Start 9.30am.

We return to this popular event hosted by Thanet Roadrunners. It offers a coastal route and scenic views, with a lively Start / Finish area. Free parking, refreshments, changing, but no showers.

Race HQ: Palm Bay School, Cliftonville, CT9 3PP

Entry to the SCVAC championship will be via BMAF OpenTrack system, details to be published later.

Givaudan Ashford 10k, October 9th Start 10am.

This highly rated race features totally closed roads through the town centre, an interesting undulating course, changing, showers, refreshments, free parking, chip timing, good organisation.

Race HQ: Julie Rose Stadium, TN24 9QX

Entry to the SCVAC championship will be via BMAF OpenTrack system, details to be published later.

Epsom 10, November 20th Start 9.30am.

After two years away, we return to this traditional club runners’ race, which also hosts the Vets AC champs. The route is a single undulating loop on country roads around Epsom and Walton Downs. Changing, showers, free parking, refreshments.

Race HQ: Queen Elizabeth Grandstand, Epsom Downs Racecourse, KT18 5LQ.

Entry to SCVAC championship via Epsom and Ewell website – download entry form and pay attached runner fee plus £2 to enter SCVAC championship.

Good Luck with your training and racing!
Dave Beattie

Givaudan Ashford 10k October 11^th 2015

Our club 10k championship was held within this race, and some excellent performances were recorded on a fairly challenging, undulating course. Conditions were nearly ideal, apart from a slight cool easterly breeze.

We had a really good turnout of 26 runners, of whom 25 finished. Unfortunately Lynn Champion was forced to retire with an injury. Husband Mark led home the Southern Veterans runners to take M45 gold. In the W45 race, Tina Oldershaw recorded our best age rated performance, and the second and third best age rated runs were achieved by M75 Dave Moorekite and M70 Michael Conway.

After missing the race myself for a couple of years, it was a pleasure to take part again, and I was able to observe several of our members during the race. I cannot report on the efforts of the faster runners, they were “home and hosed” long before I made it back to the Julie Rose stadium!

The event was well organised and well marshalled, and only a slight inaccuracy with the positions of the first 2 kilometre markers detracted from an otherwise faultless race. I propose we return next year for our 2016 championship.

Full SCVAC results are listed below. Well done all who competed.

Dave Beattie

First name

Surname

Cat.

Chip time

Age Rate %

Mark

Champion

M45

37.20

78.60

Dean

Angell

M50

37.59

81.05

Tina

Oldershaw

W45

38.18

87.26

Kevin

Williams

M55

39.05

80.10

Terence

Barnes

M50

41.02

74.41

Kim

Howes

W50

42.54

80.07

Caroline

Curtis

W45

43.12

76.67

Elise

Rendall

W35

43.36

70.44

Lucy

Pitcairn-Knowles

W50

44.06

77.89

David

Beattie

M65

44.13

80.53

Candy

Hawkins

W40

44.41

72.22

John

Tolhurst

M60

44.48

73.82

Victoria

Talbot Rosner

W55

45.16

78.86

Trevor

Edgley

M65

45.23

77.58

Michael

Conway

M70

46.40

82.24

Dave

Moorekite

M75

46.58

82.81

Peter

Watts

M60

47.05

72.39

Jeremy

Carmichael

M60

47.41

69.36

Margaret

Connolly

W55

49.53

73.05

Janice

Moorekite

W55

50.13

78.33

Peter

Godbee

M60

50.16

67.80

John

Taylor

M75

52.15

75.56

Ann

Bath

W65

53.34

76.36

Karen

Samuel

W50

54.35

64.76

Jeannette

Giles

W75

       1.10.38

66.18

Barns Green Half Marathon 27 September 2015

The SCVAC half marathon championship was staged at Barns Green for the first time, and was very successful: a challenging and interesting rural course, superb organisation and a great atmosphere for the medal presentations. Below are the SCVAC results ranked by age graded percentage:

Name

Age Cat

Club

Time

Age Graded

Trevor Edgley

M65

Istead & Ifield Harriers

01:39:15

78.70

Katherine O'Hara

F40

Arena 80 AC

01:29:00

77.37

Judith Carder

F55

Brighton & Hove City AC

01:49:14

75.53

Tony Rea

M70

Dragons

01:48:18

75.29

John Taylor

M75

Hailsham Harriers

01:57:23

74.52

Tara Shanahan

F45

Arena 80 AC

01:25:08

74.18

David Kemp

M55

Arena 80 AC

01:34:52

74.11

Ann Bath

F65

26.2 RRC

02:06:46

73.87

Steve Smith

M55

Striders of Croydon

01:37:01

72.62

John Tolhurst

M60

Paddock Wood

01:43:46

71.02

Gavin Newton

M40

Crawley AC

01:30:47

70.01

Jack Chivers

M35

Haywards Heath Harriers

01:26:20

69.41

James Fitzmaurice

M70

Sevenoaks AC

02:01:05

68.59

Catherine Roberts

F40

Maidstone Harriers

01:43:07

67.59

Jeremy Carmichael

M60

Crawley AC

01:49:20

67.31

Peter Godbee

M60

Swanley & District AC

01:59:32

63.32

Graham Williams

M75

Ilford AC

02:21:15

60.88

Dave Beattie

Marathon Championships 6 September 2015 11-09-14

Catherine Roberts (3^rd woman overall and SCVAC gold medallist) around the half marathon point with a fellow Maidstone runner. The lower photo shows her receiving her award for 3^rd place.

Nearly 200 runners lined up for the Kent Coastal Marathon this year. They experienced warm and sunny conditions with an early stiff breeze that prevented the erection of the start line gantry. Later, calmer conditions ensured the Finish was erected without problems.

SCVAC entries numbered 7 male and 2 female runners. Carol Emery of Paddock Wood had to retire at the half marathon point with sore feet from relatively new trainers.

First SCVAC man home was Ian Berry of Winchester, 4th overall with a fine clocking below 3 hours. First SCVAC woman Catherine Roberts of Maidstone was 3rd woman overall.

Full SCVAC results are shown below:

First Name

Surname

Cat

Club

Chip time

Ian

Berry

M40

Winchester&District AC

2:56:50

Andrew

Noble

M50

Folkestone Running Club

3:21:29

Stephen

Suttle

M50

Thanet Road Runners AC

3:33:32

Catherine

Roberts

F35

Maidstone Harriers

3:44:09

Stephen

Bright

M50

Tunbridge Wells Harriers

4:09:41

Karen

Samuel

F45

Kent AC

4:28:50

James

Fitzmaurice

M70

Sevenoaks AC

4:52:05

John

Gaade

M70

SCVAC

4:55:25

Dave Beattie

Road Running Secretary

A personal report from Ian Berry, who was gold medal M40 and 4th in the overall Thanet Marathon.

Photos from JODI HANAGAN PHOTOGRAPHY.

Kent Coastal Marathon – 6^th September 2015

The Kent Coastal Marathon was something of a nemesis for me. I ran fairly well in the humid heat here last year and came home in a decent 3:02. At the time I was quite pleased, but since then I have finished thirteen road marathons in under-3 hours and not been over 3 hours since Kent.

I entered this year’s event partly as I had a sub3 score to settle here, but also the attraction of a championship race appealed to me. Kent locals warned me that 2014 was one of the few years when the wind hadn’t been a major factor and I was to expect a breezy day on the coast!

When I left Hampshire at 5am the weather seemed perfect – cold and not a breath of wind. When I arrived in Margate some 3 hours later I was met by flags held out against the stiff breeze and rising temperatures! Although a little troubled, I wasn’t altogether surprised as I had been warned.

The course essentially goes south-east from Margate for 6.5 miles, you turn around and run the same route in a north-west direction to Margate (where the half-marathon finishes) then you run a further 6.5 miles west, turn again and make a final eastbound return to the finish. The significance of this is that I knew the wind (about 15 mph at the start) would be a significant advantage in the first and fourth quarters, but a real hindrance along the sea wall especially in the third quarter. My target was to use the tailwind in the first quarter to build a two minute cushion ahead of “even-pace”. That plan worked well, with plenty of half-marathoners and marathoners to run amongst and very pleasant encouraging marshals. Despite the undulations the course felt pretty easy with the assistance of the wind behind me! In the second quarter I passed a couple of guys to move into fifth, although I was somewhat disconcerted by a marshal wearing a “Lead Bike” tabard cycling just ahead for a few miles! I’d hung on to my cushion at the halfway point, but now without the company of half-marathoners and 6.5 miles of exposed concrete seawall ahead I knew that buffer would ebb away.

The third quarter passed without drama – I was lucky to have a runner within sight to keep me keen. At the final turn-around I’d caught him and we agreed we’d both be under three hours if we kept things sensible in the final run in. By this time the wind had definitely receded and the last few miles seemed to have more undulations than I recall! My new friend and I certainly spurred one another along, trading places a few times as we took turns for one of us to tire and the other to surge ahead. I knew there were a couple of cheeky short sharp inclines in the last couple of miles so couldn’t really be sure of the sub3 until I could see the finish. I pretended to sprint for the line, securing fourth place, first MV40 and a finish of 2:56:50.

Many people say to me that running so many sub3s in a year must mean each one is “easy”. Racing a marathon is never easy, and today was one of those days when it took a lot of experience and patience to run a successful strategy. I’m really proud to do the SCVAC Gold justice with a decent performance.

Ian J Berry

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k - 4 May, 2015

Full results and more photos

Presentation photos here...

Below are corrected results for the Ted Pepper Memorial 10km, with some incorrect “members” removed, and with age rated percentages taken from the Power of 10 website. The percentages reflect the multi terrain nature of the course. Michael Conway, Vicky Talbot Rosner, and Aaron Hughes achieved the top 3 ratings. Well done to all members who ran.

Dave Beattie 29-10-15

Name

Cat

Club

Chip Time

Age Rated %

Aaron Hughes

M45

Medway & Maidstone AC

00:38:00

77.62

Martin Cunningham

M50

Petts Wood Runners

00:40:24

75.64

Andrew Noble

M50

Folkestone AC

00:41:24

74.12

Terence Barnes

M50

Crawley AC

00:41:39

74.27

Martin Hawkins

M50

Cambridge Harriers

00:42:51

73.32

Steve Smith

M55

Striders of Croydon

00:45:44

69.18

Clem Leon

M55

Blackheath & Bromley Harriers

00:47:57

68.85

Peter Godbee

M60

Swanley & District AC

00:50:15

68.64

Trevor Edgley

M65

Istead & Ifield Harriers

00:51:16

69.21

Michael Conway

M70

Invicta East Kent AC

00:48:46

79.42

James Fitzmaurice

M70

Sevenoaks AC

00:54:31

69.98

John Taylor

M75

Hailsham Harriers

00:54:39

72.10

Graham Williams

M75

Ilford AC

01:09:17

56.87

Caroline Curtis

W45

Folkestone

00:46:50

69.93

Sarah Allen

W50

Herne Hill Harriers

00:52:03

66.75

Vicky Talbot Rosner

W55

Invicta East Kent AC

00:46:20

78.92

Sue Cooper

W55

Invicta East Kent AC

00:53:01

68.92

Jeannette Giles

W75

Istead & Ifield Harriers

01:12:03

68.79

Givaudan Ashford 10k October 12 ^th 2014

Photos from SCVAC 10km Champs – Ashford 12th October 2014

Gavin Kitchingham – M45 Gold                            Paul Gasson – M60 Gold                                    Kim Howes – F50 Gold

Dave Beattie – M65 Gold                            Vicky Talbot-Rosner – F50 Silver                         Michael Conway – M70 Gold

Janice Moorekite – F55 Gold

Matt Bristow has kindly sent these photos from our recent club 10km championships. There are more photos on the race gallery – please follow the link. http://www.sportingeventsuk.com/race-results/ashford10kphotos2014/

Our final road championship of 2014 was hosted by Ashford A.C. at the Julie Rose Stadium, and was very successful. We had our highest turnout, with 23 runners providing some decent competition for the medals within several age groups. The conditions were perfect – 12 degrees with a gentle 7mph breeze. After dispensing age group numbers, I lined up for the start between SCVAC members Peter Godbee and Graham Williams.

The start was delayed by 10 minutes due to the high number of entries on the day ( a common feature these days), and after a well-observed minute silence in memory of Derek Seamon, Ashford AC’s club president and former race organiser, around 900 runners left the stadium to join the traffic-free route around Ashford.

There seemed to be more hills than I remembered! I spotted Steve Suttle, Martin Hawkins and Steve Barnfield ahead, but they soon left me behind. The accurate kilometre markers helped check my pace, and my 5k time of 21.37 meant that “43 something” was likely. Crawley clubmate Terry Barnes eased smoothly past me – we are both coming back after injuries – and the remaining kilometres passed swiftly. I saw Kim Howes of Larkfield ahead, but could not close the gap between us. The finish is enjoyable – encouraging shouts in the car park, louder cheering as we enter the track, and the announcer’s voice picking out runners as they make their final effort in the home straight.

SCVAC members placed well in the open race – though it was disappointing there were only awards for Senior, V40, V50, and V60. Gavin Kitchingham (age 47) won the open M40 with our best age rated performance, and several others placed well in the open categories. Michael Conway, aged 73, placed 12^th in the M60 category, and was without doubt the fastest M70, if only there had been a trophy for that category.

Full SCVAC results with age rated percentages:

First name

Surname

Club

Age Group

Age

Chip time

Age Rated

Gavin

Kitchingham

Orpington Road Runners

M45

47

35:49

83.69%

Martin

Kelk

Invicta AC

M45

48

38:17

78.91%

Keith

Dowson

Sevenoaks AC

M50

51

38:31

80.35%

Jack

Chivers

Haywards Heath Harriers

M35

35

39:02

70.28%

Mark

Pitcairn-Knowles

Tonbridge AC

M45

49

39:19

77.45%

Andrew

Noble

Folkestone AC

M50

50

39:26

77.84%

Paul

Gasson

Arena 80

M60

61

40:24

83.37%

Mark

Crosby

Southern Counties Vets

M55

56

40:27

79.74%

Martin

Hawkins

Cambridge Harriers

M50

53

41:06

76.53%

Stephen

Suttle

Thanet RR

M55

56

41:36

77.54%

Steve

Barnfield

Tunbridge Wells AC

M60

61

42:01

80.16%

Terence

Barnes

Crawley AC

M50

51

42:53

72.17%

Kim

Howes

Larkfield

F50

50

43:05

80.05%

David

Beattie

Crawley AC

M65

67

43:22

82.01%

Victoria

Talbot-Rosner

Invicta AC

F50

54

44:17

82.42%

Michael

Conway

Invicta AC

M70

73

46:19

82.45%

Candy

Hawkins

Ashford AC

F40

43

47:38

67.47%

Peter

Godbee

Swanley and District AC

M60

64

47:45

72.45%

Janice

Moorekite

Larkfield

F55

57

48:24

78.50%

Michael

Jefferies

Dragons

M65

67

50:30

70.42%

Margaret

Connolly

South Kent Harriers

F55

56

51:06

73.35%

Graham

Williams

Ilford AC

M70

74

59:09

65.57%

Richard

Pitcairn-Knowles

Sevenoaks AC

M80

81

1:02:44

71.51%

M60 Paul Gasson of Arena 80 AC receives his SCVAC gold medal from Dave Beattie after the Ashford 10k.

Dave Beattie

Marathon Championships 7 September 2014

Kent Coastal Marathon, Thanet Sept 7th 2014- Photos by Jodi Hanagan of some SCVAC medallists
Go to Jodi's gallery/page: http://www.jodihanaganphotography.com/f501147864

Barbara Ralph – F60 Gold          Keith Dowson – M50 Gold and 3^rd Finisher           Walter Hill – M60 Gold

Andrew Noble – M50 Silver                    Ann Bath – F65 Gold               Steve Suttle M55 Gold

BMAF and SCVAC Marathon Championships, Thanet, September 7^th 2014

Thanet Roadrunners organisation of this event was excellent – at the Race HQ, runners were efficiently processed through a taped off route of tables issuing race numbers, timing chips, age group numbers etc. Marshalls and feed stations were plentiful, and the enthusiastic announcer kept spectators entertained throughout the event.

The marathon runners started with those running half the distance, and the winning half marathon time of 1:19 illustrates the hilly nature of the first half of our championship course. There is also a testing hill two miles from the finish, climbing from Margate seafront up onto the clifftop path. Most finish times were 8 or 9 minutes slower than the runner’s London Marathon result.

BMAF runners dominated the open race: M40 Peter Dimbleby of Birchfield was 1^st, and M50 Keith Dowson of Sevenoaks was 3^rd. Walter Hill won the open prize for M60, and Barbara Ralph of Chiltern Harriers won F60, narrowly shading Keith and Walter for the best age graded performance by a Southern Counties Veterans AC member. The best BMAF age graded score was 82.94%, by Ann Doherty of Forres Harriers, aged 69 who ran 4:19:39.

SCVAC results in full: our members accounted for 50% of the BMAF finishers, and recorded some good performances in quite humid conditions for marathon running. Well done to you all – I enjoyed handing you your hard-won BMAF and SCVAC medals!

First name

Surname

Age

Club Name

Pos.

Chip time

Age Grade

Keith

Dowson

51

Sevenoaks AC

3

02:59:13

78.52%

Walter

Hill

61

Crawley AC

15

03:22:30

76.39%

Andrew

Noble

50

Folkstone Running Club

20

03:25:11

67.97%

Jack

Chivers

35

Haywards Heath Harriers

22

03:27:52

60.09%

Stephen

Suttle

56

Thanet Road Runners AC

30

03:36:57

67.93%

Barbara

Ralph

60

Chiltern Harriers AC

60

03:52:18

79.02%

Ann

Bath

66

26.2 Scottish Veterans

122

04:31:59

74.63%

Peter

Godbee

63

Swanley and District AC

133

04:42:21

55.90%

Karen

Samuel

53

Kent AC

168

05:01:51

55.10%

John

Gaade

70

SCVAC

183

05:22:09

52.73%

Dave Beattie

SCVAC Half Marathon Champs 2014 – Burnham Beeches, 17 August 2014

SCVAC Half Marathon Champs 2014 – Burnham Beeches

Burnham Joggers kindly hosted our half marathon championship this year, and as always, provided a well organised event featuring a challenging but pleasant traffic-free course, and good changing and shower facilities. In contrast to recent years, the runners enjoyed cool conditions on August 17^th, and most finished before a sharp downpour sent spectators diving for cover.

Entries in the open race were down on previous years – a shame, because the race needs to attract 800 or so to be economically viable. At the sharp end, Simon Newton of Barnsley took the honours in 1 hour 16 minutes, with M40 Eddie O’Gorman finishing a minute adrift. The ladies were led home by Sophie Carter in 1:20:31, 4 minutes ahead of F40 Liz Hartney. M60 Dave Cox of Woodford Green and Veterans AC ran an outstanding time of 1:21:05.

SCVAC entries were also down, with injuries accounting for several absentees among our “regulars”. Eight members finished, their performances helped by the weather. Sadly, competition was lacking for the SCVAC medals – only one runner took home a silver medal, the rest won gold! I hope we see a better turnout for our remaining 2014 Road Championships: the Thanet Marathon on Sept 7^th and the Givaudan Ashford 10k on October 12th.

First SCVAC man home was M45 Mark Champion of Istead and Ifield in 1:24:08 – I clocked Mark at the halfway point, and he ran a swifter second half by a couple of minutes. F40 Heather Fitzmaurice was next across the line – her time of 1:33:45 won third prize in her age group in the open race: well run Heather.

It was great to see Tony Brackstone, who has battled knee problems, return to take the M70 honours in the open race, in a new course record of 1:36:40. Tony achieved our best age rated performance of 84.46%.

Many Thanks to Alan Watson and his enthusiastic band of helpers, who staged a great event – I particularly enjoyed watching a red kite circle above the school playing field while the runners below launched their final sprint for the finish!

The full SCVAC results are set out below, with age rated percentages.

Pos

Name

Club

Category

Age

Finish Time

Age Rated %

24

Mark Champion

Istead & Ifield Harriers

M45

46

01:24:08

76.96%

85

Heather Fitzmaurice

Sevenoaks AC

F40

44

01:33:42

76.06%

107

Tony Brackstone

Southern Counties Veterans AC

M70

71

01:36:40

84.46%

148

Alan Roberts

Vale Of Aylesbury AC

M50

50

01:41:08

66.21%

287

Peter Godbee

Swanley & District AC

M60

63

01:53:16

66.49%

366

Patrick Dobbs

Thurrock Harriers

M75

76

02:01:55

72.02%

402

James Fitzmaurice

Sevenoaks AC

M70

72

02:06:48

65.17%

462

Karen Samuel

Bromley Veterans AC

F50

53

02:15:29

58.82%

Dave Beattie

Ted Pepper 10k – SCVAC multi-terrain Championship Monday 5 May 2014

Full results here... http://www.swifttiming.co.uk/cgi-bin/list_race_result.php?meet_event_id=310002

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k May 4th, 2014

Blackheath and Bromley again hosted our multi terrain 10k Championship, on a beautiful Spring morning – bright sunshine with just a hint of a cooling breeze. With the British Masters 10k at Kings Lynn clashing with this fixture, SCVAC numbers were down on last year, but 12 members finished the race.

The course is interesting and enjoyable, but not noted for fast times due to the grass and dirt sections. It starts and finishes on Norman Park Athletics Track, which is great for family and friends to spectate.

Pos

Name

Cat

Age

Club

Gun Time

Chip Time

Age Grade

1

Trevor Edgley

M65

66

Istead and Ifield Harriers

00:42:51

00:42:48

82.33%

2

Walter Hill

M60

60

Crawley AC

00:43:24

00:43:22

81.25%

3

Clem Leon

M55

58

Blackheath & Bromley

00:46:19

00:46:11

71.04%

4

Terry Barnes

M50

50

Crawley AC

00:46:23

00:46:15

66.37%

5

Peter Watts

M60

63

Swanley & District AC

00:46:58

00:46:50

73.20%

6

Jeremy Carmichael

M60

60

Crawley AC

00:47:14

00:47:06

70.88%

7

Peter Godbee

M60

63

Swanley & District AC

00:50:20

00:50:12

68.29%

8

James Fitzmaurice

M70

72

Sevenoaks AC

00:53:52

00:53:46

70.00%

9

Patrick Dobbs

M75

75

Thurrock Harriers

00:55:00

00:54:50

71.93%

10

Graham Williams

M70

74

Ilford AC

00:56:37

00:56:34

64.85%

11

Karen Samuel

W50

53

Kent AC

01:01:19

01:01:04

58.99%

12

Robert Carter

M75

76

Swanley & District AC

01:08:41

01:08:30

58.62%

Fastest SCVAC runner, and recording our best age graded performance, was M65 Trevor Edgley, who managed to beat his Vets AC rival Mike Mann in his overall race age category. Walter Hill was not far behind Trevor, despite racing at Kings Lynn the previous day – a fine effort. The M60 category saw the best competition, with Peter Watts prevailing over Jeremy Carmichael for the silver medal.

Chairman Arthur Kimber presented the medals, and all medal winners stayed to attend after a well organised and thoroughly enjoyable event. With useful “goodies” like running socks and a reasonable entry fee, this value for money race was full before race day. Enter early next year to avoid disappointment!

Younger Age Groups and Women please note that medals are there to be won – only one lady, Karen Samuels (a loyal supporter of all SCVAC events) and no men under the age of 50, entered this great race. Thanks again to race director Andy Tucker and his hard working team – we’ll be back next year!

The yellow SCVAC polo shirt is available to club members for £15, and is great for advertising the club and encouraging new members to join. Please contact our Chairman if you would like to buy one.

Dave Beattie

More photos here http://www.bandbhac.org.uk/

Dave Beattie, Road Running Secretary

SCVAC 10 Mile Road Championship – Canterbury, January 26th 2014

A nasty throat infection prevented me from attending the race, and I am grateful to Walter Hill for taking my place and presenting the medals. All who completed the race in tough cold and rainy conditions are to be applauded. In particular, Arena 80 A.C. sent 3 runners on a 200 mile round trip to compete – very successfully – in our championship. They thoroughly deserved their pub lunch at the hostelry they had spotted during the race! Walter Hill’s report is below. Thanks again Walter – I know that it took 10 minutes in your car with the heater and blower on full blast, to thaw out enough to present the medals, and you stayed longer than anyone to fulfil your role at the presentation.

Dave Beattie

Congratulations to all SCVAC finishers at the Canterbury 10 mile SCVAC Championships.

Yes it was windy,wet and cold and your times reflect determination and tenacity on what is regarded as a challenging course in the best of weather.

1st man home from the club was Mark Champion M 45 in a very respectable 1:00:15.Mark was placed 8th overall in a field of 598 finishers.

1st women home was Caroline Wood F 50 1:08:08 in another very solid SCVAC championship performance. Caroline was also first F 50 in the open race.

One of the highlights of the day were the M 70’s who had 3 finishers and led to a close examination of the results before the medals were presented.

On a personal note it was a delight to witness the outstanding Patrick Dobbs finishing on such a tough day.
Walter Hill

SCVAC medal winners, Canterbury 10 Miles 2014
Standing: Peter Watts, Pat Dobbs, Mark Stephenson, Caroline Wood,Bob Page, Walter Hill
Kneeling: Peter Godbee, Graham Williams, James Fitzmaurice

First name

Surname

Club

Gender

Age Group

Time

Medal

Mark

Champion

Istead and Ifield

M

45

01:00:15

Gold

Colin

Whiteley

Istead and Ifield

M

45

01:04:34

Silver

Caroline

Wood

Arena 80

F

50

01:08:08

Gold

Walter

Hill

Crawley AC

M

60

01:08:16

Gold

Bob

Page

Arena 80

M

55

01:08:18

Gold

Trevor

Edgley

Istead and Ifield

M

65

01:11:09

Gold

Mark

Stephenson

Arena 80

M

50

01:14:06

Gold

Peter

Watts

Swanley AC

M

60

01:17:17

Silver

Victoria

Talbot-Rosner

Invicta AC

F

50

01:17:47

Silver

Michael

Conway

Canterbury AC

M

70

01:18:12

Gold

James

Fitzmaurice

Paddock Wood

M

70

01:21:57

Silver

Patrick

Dobbs

Thurrock AC

M

75

01:28:59

Gold

Peter

Godbee

Swanley AC

M

60

01:31:44

Bronze

Graham

Williams

Ilford AC

M

70

01:33:17

Bronze

Good morning All,
The e-mail below is self explanatory.
What I need to do is to ensure that members are aware of its cancellation. Personably I would have booked a flight to ensure the best price now.Others members may be thinking of doing the same.

Chris would you be so kind to post the cancellation of the Moray Marathon on the BMAF web site as soon as possible.
Can I also ask for the the cancellation to be posted on as many affiliated club websites as possible.Priorities web sites due to location are SCVAC, VETS AC, SWVAC, EVAC, MMAC and Welsh Masters .If we are quick I am confident we will avoid embarrassment.
Fortunately I was cautions enough to allocate provisional against the fixture on the website so I hope none of our members have purchased flight tickets yet.
I aim to find a replacement Marathon for 2014 as soon as possible.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Walter Hill.
BMAF Road Race Sec.

Dear Walter

Unfortunately, following a meeting on Wednesday 29th January 2014, it was agreed to dissolve the Moray Marathon committee and therefore last year’s event was the final Moray Marathon.

I sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you and your colleagues. We were really hoping the event would continue with some new members, but disappointingly this was not the case.

Kind regards

Nicky

Nicky Nash

Sport & Leisure Supervisor

Epsom 10 – SCVAC Championship November 17^th 2013

This was the 50^th anniversary of the Epsom 10, and our thanks to Epsom and Ewell, and race director Dave Clarke, who hosted our 10 mile championship. Southern Veterans A.C. had an improved attendance compared to recent years.

The runners praised the event afterwards, particularly the many helpful and encouraging marshalls: this is not a PB course, but provides great racing in great surroundings. Race HQ is within the Queen Elizabeth Grandstand, and the runners enjoy the use of the jockeys’ changing rooms and showers. SCVAC member Steve Winder, a local resident, managed to finish 1^st overall, and was the only runner to dip inside one hour for the challenging course. His age graded performance of 81.26% represented a new best mark for him.

Three other SCVAC competitors performed well despite having raced the British Masters marathon at Newcastle only three weeks before: Dave Worcester repeated his gold medal performance in the M60 contest, with Walter Hill improving from BMAF bronze to SCVAC silver at Epsom. Trevor Edgley added an M65 gold medal to his BMAF marathon gold. The top SCVAC age graded percentage score was recorded by Geoff Newton with 83.99%.

Overall there was a decent Southern Counties Veterans turnout, but disappointingly few in the younger age ranks, and only two female members – though Ann Bath is to be commended for she had competed in the Home International cross country at Cardiff on the previous day.

Dave Beattie, Road Running Secretary.

Pos

Time

Name

Cat

Club

Age Grade

1

58.08

Steve Winder

M40

Epsom & Ewell

81.26

25

65.35

Paul McKay

M40

SCVAC

71.47

31

66.27

David Worcester

M60

Chichester

82.77

43

68.57

Walter Hill

M60

Crawley

79.76

46

69.32

Diana Norman

F35

Epsom & Ewell

73.41

47

69.54

Trevor Edgley

M65

Istead & Ifield

82.45

48

69.58

Paul Barton

M45

Paddock Wood

69.71

50

70.13

Mickael Hegesippe

M40

Fleet & Crookham

66.75

52

70.39

Geoff Newton

M65

Tadworth

83.99

57

72.36

Dave Beattie

M65

Crawley

80.14

74

75.58

Alan Dolton

M55

Striders of Croydon

69.85

82

76.00

Jeremy Carmichael

M60

Crawley

72.37

78

76.26

Gavin Newton

M40

Crawley

62.30

94

77.59

Michael Conway

M70

Invicta East Kent

79.56

120

82.44

Norman Hemming

M60

Croydon

66.48

124

83.03

James Fitzmaurice

M70

Sevenoaks

73.76

139

85.39

Patrick Dobbs

M75

Thurrock

75.76

169

93.19

Ann Bath

F65

26.2

74.02

10k Road Championships – Ashford, October 13^th 2013

Driving conditions were pretty nasty getting to Ashford, and the rain became heavier as race start time approached. Runners huddled under cover until the last few minutes, and many opted for a shortened warm-up, i.e. one lap of the track!

Race organiser Martin Burke warned us of a flood across the road in the first kilometre, and with soaking shoes and socks we squelched up the first climb. The course was superbly marshalled by brave souls in sodden hi-viz jackets who yelled encouragement as we splashed by. The closure of the roads to traffic meant that we could take the best line to avoid the worst of kerbside puddles.

Accurate distance markers ticked by, and the constant slight undulations made the race interesting. Michael Coleman was leading the field home, while we lesser mortals were striving against the elements. SCVAC runners (18 in all, from an entry of 21) recorded some good performances. M45 David Weekes ran 35:57, with M60 Des Michael and F50 Caroline Wood the best male and female age graded SCVAC runners. M80 Roy Webb bravely finished despite pulling a calf muscle, well done Roy. Commiserations to Fiona Jamie – as the 4^th F50 finisher in our strongest category, she was our only member not to win a medal.

Arena 80 AC, travelling up from Brighton, provided 6 of our 18 finishers – a great club turnout, which I hope other clubs will copy at the Epsom 10 on November 17^th to make it a great SCVAC championship. (Caroline Wood is running for England in the International cross country that weekend, so our F50 title is up for grabs!)

Dave Beattie

Name

AGE

CLUB

Cat.

Time

Age Grade

SCVAC

David Weekes

48

Folkestone RC

M45

35:57

84.03%

Gold

Tony Hyde

48

Ilford AC

M45

38:09

79.19%

Silver

Des Michael

63

Barnet and District

M60

39:22

87.08%

Gold

Caroline Wood

50

Arena 80 AC

F50

40:12

86.27%

Gold

Martin Hawkins

52

Cambridge Harriers

M50

40:16

77.48%

Gold

Colin Hannant

57

Arena 80 AC

M55

40:57

79.44%

Gold

Sharon Hawkins

49

Maidstone Harriers

F45

41:09

83.24%

Gold

Paul Barton

46

Paddock Wood A.C

M45

41:11

72.22%

Silver

David Beattie

66

Crawley AC

M65

42:16

83.37%

Gold

Mark Stephenson

53

Arena 80 AC

M50

43:09

72.90%

Silver

Chris Reed

62

Pitsea RC

M60

44:13

76.85%

Silver

Candy Hawkins

42

Ashford AC

F40

44:21

71.88%

Gold

Robert Page

55

Arena 80 AC

M55

44:35

71.74%

Silver

Brian Davis

62

Folkestone RC

M60

45:11

75.20%

Bronze

Jenny Hughes

53

Arena 80 AC

F50

45:20

79.47%

Silver

Vicky Talbot Rosner

53

Invicta East Kent

F50

46:20

77.75%

Bronze

Fiona Jamie

54

Arena 80 AC

F50

49:07

74.31%

-

Roy Webb

80

Tone Zone Runners

M80

58:53

74.29%

Gold

Dave Beattie enjoying a relatively dry section of road during the Ashford 10k 2013

Kent Coastal Marathon and SCVAC Championships - 1 September 2013

Thanet Road Runners AC kindly hosted our 2013 marathon championship. Due to the number of entrants collecting numbers on the day, the half and full marathon commenced a few minutes later than the scheduled time of 9.30am, and attracted a total of 700 entries.

Debbie Hatt, the new race director, and her team of helpers and numerous marshalls, staged a very enjoyable but challenging event. The race started in ideal conditions, but the wind steadily strengthened and undoubtedly slowed the marathon runners.

There were 220 finishers in the marathon, with the overall male and female winners both 10 minutes clear of their pursuers. Daniel Watt of Tunbridge Wells Harriers finished in 2.45.47, with just two other runners dipping under 3 hours. There would have been a few more, but a missing marshall unfortunately caused four of the leading runners to run an extra distance. Heather Fisher, from Sheffield, claimed the women’s prize in 3.22.12.

In our own SCVAC championship, first home was evergreen M65 Trevor Edgley, who is in great form at the moment. (Trevor also won the over 60 Kent Championship, and clinched his position at the top of the Kent Grand Prix). Chatting to Trevor after the finish, I remarked on the strong headwind facing the runners for a large section of the race. Trevor commented, “I decided to back off and not fight the wind, and I overtook lots of runners after we turned and had the wind helping us”. His chip time of 3.18.42 would be worth sub 3:15 on an easier course, and bodes well for Trevor’s attempt at the BMAF Champs in Newcastle at the end of October.

The SCVAC results are below – we only had 6 finishers, five won gold in their age category. So please take note: if you want to win an SCVAC marathon medal in 2014, you have a high chance of success!

Pos

Gun

Name

Club

Cat

Age

Chip

Age Grade %

14

03:18:51

Trevor Edgley

Istead & Ifield Harriers

M65

65

03:18:42

81.02

49

03:35:33

Steve Suttle

Thanet Road Runners

M55

55

03:35:31

67.73

143

04:19:17

Richard Griffin

Blackheath and Bromley

M60

62

04:18:22

60.26

175

04:42:13

James Fitzmaurice

Sevenoaks A.C.

M70

71

04:41:58

60.87

199

05:07:28

Karen Samuel

Kent Athletic Club

F50

52

05:06:56

53.70

215

05:38:49

John Gaade

SCVAC

M65

69

05:37:59

49.59

Early warning: next year the Thanet Marathon date clashes with the BMAF Marathon, which will be in Scotland. I welcome members’ views on whether we stay with Thanet, or use another venue for 2014 which avoids the date clash. Or if you fancy a change of venue for any other reason, email me your thoughts – Thanks.

Dave Beattie

The Ted Memorial Pepper 10k Race - Monday May 6th

This traditional club race hosts Southern Counties Veterans Multi-terrain 10k Championship, and the race starts at Norman Park, Bromley, at 10am. The course features a tartan track start and finish, and is pancake flat, with sections of tarmac paths, farm tracks and field paths ensuring an interesting race. Parking, changing, showers, refreshments and a children’s fun race all offer a good outing for runners, friends and family. Medal presentations are held at Norman Park track after the race.

Full results and lots of photos here...

Age graded performances below. 3-11-13

Time Name Age Category Club Age Graded

41.00 Caroline Wood 50 F50 Arena 80 84.58

42.10 Trevor Edgley 65 M65 Istead and Ifield Harriers 82.79

42.52 Julian Spencer-Wood 62 M60 Kent AC 79.27

41.12 Steve Smythe 55 M55 Unattached 77.63

43.15 Walter Hill 59 M55 Crawley AC 76.52

47.27 Jenny Hughes 52 F50 Arena 80 74.95

50.00 James Fitzmaurice 71 M70 Sevenoaks AC 74.27

44.08 Jane Bradshaw 41 F40 Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC 71.69

44.46 Mark Stephenson 53 M50 Arena 80 70.26

48.30 Chris Reed 62 M60 Pitsea RC 70.06

54.47 Graham Williams 73 M70 Ilford AC 69.71

48.46 Jeremy Carmichael 59 M55 Crawley AC 67.86

48.12 Clem Leon 57 M55 Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC 67.49

47.57 Robert Page 54 M50 Arena 80 66.15

52.23 Peter Godbee 62 M60 Swanley & District AC 64.87

SCVAC Half Marathon Championship, Lydd, 10 March 2013

Southern Counties Veterans hosted the 2013 British Masters Championship at Lydd on March 10^th. Lydd offers a very fast, flat rural course, watched by the sheep grazing on Romney Marsh, and experienced race organisers Nice Work provided a safe and enjoyable experience for 72 British Masters entrants, of whom 30 were members of SCVAC.

The chip timing provided us with an accurate set of results very quickly. This enabled a well-attended prize presentation. Only one athlete’s chip failed to register over the Finish mat, and the correct medals were presented when this was discovered. There were plenty of marshalls and clear signage, and a technical t-shirt ,a medal and refreshments.

I would like to thank Martin Burke and his team, who all worked hard in the cold conditions, to deliver a great race for SCVAC and BMAF runners.

SCVAC Results: There are some good performances – several runners also won BMAF golds!

Dave Beattie, Road Running Secretary

Pos

Gun
Time

Name

Club

Age Group

1

1:16:01

David WEEKES

FOLKESTONE RUNNING CLUB

M45

2

1:17:57

Viesturs DUDE

CRAWLEY AC

M50

3

1:18:44

Terry KNIGHTLEY

ILFORD AC

M50

4

1:24:03

Steve SMYTHE

DULWICH RUNNERS AC

M50

5

1:25:22

Paul MCKAY

SCVAC

M40

6

1:25:28

Astrid MCKEOWN

NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE ROAD RUNNERS

F40

7

1:25:52

Tony HYDE

ILFORD AC

M45

8

1:25:56

Desmond MICHAEL

BARNET & DISTRICT AC

M60

9

1:27:13

Graham WILTON

FARNHAM RUNNERS

M50

10

1:28:16

Trevor EDGLEY

ISTEAD & IFIELD HARRIERS

M65

11

1:29:51

Walter HILL

CRAWLEY AC

M55

12

1:29:53

Adrian MOODY

MEDWAY & MAIDSTONE AC

M50

13

1:29:56

Paul BARTON

PADDOCK WOOD AC

M45

14

1:32:28

Bernadette HARROP

MEDWAY & MAIDSTONE AC

F35

15

1:36:46

Vicky TALBOT-ROSNER

INVICTA EAST KENT AC

F35

16

1:38:39

Candy HAWKINS

ASHFORD AC

F40

17

1:42:20

Peter WATTS

SWANLEY & DISTRICT AC

M60

18

1:44:14

Rob SARGENT

ILFORD AC

M55

19

1:46:18

Pj BOWYER-JONES

LARKFIELD AC

F55

20

1:46:20

Bob FURSEY

MEDWAY & MAIDSTONE AC

M50

21

1:47:48

Sue COOPER

INVICTA EAST KENT AC

F50

22

1:53:02

Peter GODBEE

SWANLEY & DISTRICT AC

M60

23

1:53:34

Graham WILLIAMS

ILFORD AC

M70

24

1:58:18

Janice MOOREKITE

INVICTA EAST KENT AC

F55

25

2:05:04

Roy WEBB

TONE ZONE RUNNERS

M75

Road Race Championships for 2013

10k –Multi Terrain Championship Monday May 6^th

For the second year, we are staging a “multi-terrain” 10k within the Ted Pepper Memorial 10k. The course uses good paths and tracks, starting and finishing on the Norman Park athletics track. It is an accurately measured 10k, on an out and back loop with plenty of room to overtake. Blackheath and Bromley have been great hosts to us over the years, and I commend this event as a traditional club race with a most friendly atmosphere. Flat road shoes are normally OK, but studded trail shoes are ideal if the course becomes muddy.

10k Road

We return to the scene of the 2012 BMAF championship, the Givaudan Ashford 10k on October 13^th. This is a good traffic free course, starting and finishing on the track in the Julie Rose stadium. I look forward to a good number of SCVAC runners again taking part.

10 Miles

The SCVAC Championship will be at the Epsom 10 on November 17^th. A good quality club athletes race, excellent showers and changing facilities within the new Epsom Grandstand, and prompt presentation ceremony afterwards. 2013 sees the 50^th Anniversary of this classic road race – we should have a record turnout of SCVAC athletes.

Half Marathon

We move to the Lydd Half Marathon on March 10^th, and SCVAC are also hosting the 2013 BMAF Half Marathon Championships. Lydd offers a fast flat course along quiet country lanes. The postal entry form is in this edition of the Southerner (photocopies are acceptable). Please indicate your SCVAC membership number, and enter well before the closing date of February 25^th, the race is very popular. On-line entry systems have not yet got appropriate fields for the championship – postal entry is the only choice until the on-line forms catch up. If anyone has already entered on-line, please email me with your name, age, club, and SCVAC membership number, and I will contact the race organisers.

Marathon

I invited all SCVAC marathon runners to contact me at beattieruns@blueyonder.co.uk to express their preferred choice for 2013 between the Abingdon Marathon and the Thanet Coastal Marathon. All responses favoured Thanet, so we shall return there on September 1st, and hope for the excellent weather we enjoyed last year. Thanet is well organised, and is an interesting course with good sea views. It incorporates the Kent marathon championships. Abingdon is too close to the BMAF Marathon at Newcastle in October 27th.

Good luck with your training and racing!

Dave Beattie, Road Running Secretary

Epsom 10 – 18 November 2012 - SCVAC Championship

Once again our thanks to Epsom and Ewell, who hosted our 10 mile championship – Vets A.C. and Dulwich Runners also used the race for their respective champs, with Dulwich providing 36 of the 291 finishers on the day, an impressive turn out.

For the second year running we were blessed with ideal conditions for this classic race, which has been a feature of the road racing calendar since the 1960s. In the last 50 years, many other 10 Mile races have fallen victim to increased traffic and unsympathetic police, but the Epsom 10 proudly soldiers on. The runners praised the event afterwards: it is not a PB course, but provides great racing in great surroundings. The 9:30am start and 2 hour time limit, plus ample marshals, make the race as safe as roads open to traffic will allow.

Most entrants checked in at the imposing Grandstand, and made use of the jockeys’ changing rooms and showers. By contrast, Steve Winder cycled over from Ashtead, jumped from his bike at the Tattenham Corner start, pinned on his number, and managed to finish 1^st M40, and 4^th overall. Race Director Dave Clarke assured me that this was quite normal for Steve – indeed he has been known to miss the start on some occasions.

A limited turnout from SCVAC this year, but all performed well, as shown in the table below. Geoff Newton achieved the highest age graded performance - he has maintained great form throughout the year, and was fresh from representing England in the previous weekend’s Masters International cross country in Belfast.

I recommend making the effort to attend next year – it will be the 50^th anniversary of the race. Let’s see Southern Counties Veterans turn out in force in 2013.

Dave Beattie, Road Running Secretary.

Position

Time

First name

Surname

Club

Cat.

Age

Age Graded

4

58.11

Steve

Winder

Epsom & Ewell

M40

41

80.56

8

59.45

Richard

Francis

Harrow AC

M50

51

85.07

22

63.53

Steve

Smythe

Dulwich Runners

M50

54

81.63

42

66.13

Paul

Mckay

SCVAC

M40

40

70.24

54

67.35

Geoff

Newton

Tadworth AC

M65

67

86.94

166

81.38

Norman

Hemming

Croydon Harriers

M55

58

66.17

226

88.37

Graham

Williams

Ilford A/C

M70

71

69.13

251

92.56

Ann

Bath

26.2 RRC

F60

64

73.21

262

96.47

Richard

Pitcairn-Knowles

Sevenoaks AC

M75

79

72.47

14 October 2012 - SCVAC and BMAF 10K Championships Ashford

Southern Veterans AC hosted the BMAF 10k Road Race Championships within the Givaudan Ashford 10k on the 14th of October. The race was held under perfect weather conditions which led to fast times on a slightly undulating course.

I chatted to several runners who all agreed that the race offered a good championship course, well marshalled, accurate kilometre markers, and was totally traffic free, with the start and finish in the splendid Julie Rose Athletics Stadium.

With over 120 BMAF members entered, including over 50 SCVAC members, we had a very healthy field and some impressive performances in several age groups. The prize presentation, introduced by BMAF Road Running Secretary Walter Hill, was held within a large hall and was very well attended, only a couple of runners having to depart early. Warm applause greeted all the medallists, with a good crowd staying to the end of the presentations.

Age graded scores of higher than 87% were achieved by Graeme Saker (M50 gold), Viesturs Dude, Julie Briggs (F40 and overall female winner), Louise Vallier, Stewart Thorp (M60 gold), Roy Treadwell (M65 gold), and F75 winner Pam Jones, who recorded an amazing 96.22%. There were many other quality marks – as shown by the full SCVAC results (listed below the photos). Congratulations on these fine runs.

Thanks go to the race sponsors Givaudan, Ashford International Hotel, Ashford AC, race referee Gilien Davison and specialist race managers Nice Work who promoted a first class event. The photos below were kindly provided by Jeremy Hemming. Dave Beattie

Julie Briggs – F40 Gold Medallist and Female Race Winner (Jeremy Hemming)

Graeme Saker M50 Gold Medallist (Jeremy Hemming)       Pam Jones, F75 Gold Medallist (Jeremy Hemming

Name Team / Club Chip Age Age Graded SCVAC Pos.

Time

Graeme SAKER TONBRIDGE AC 34:16 51 90.31 M50 - 1

David WEEKES FOLKESTONE RUNNING CLUB 35:05 47 85.43 M45 - 1

Viesturs DUDE CRAWLEY AC 35:07 50 87.41 M50 - 2

Barry ROYDEN MEDWAY & MAIDSTONE AC 35:25 45 83.32 M45 - 2

Julie BRIGGS ARENA 80 AC 36:02 43 89.19 F40 - 1

Martin KELK INVICTA EAST KENT AC 37:06 46 80.16 M45 - 3

Astrid MCKEOWN NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE RR 37:30 39 83.28 F35 - 1

Bob FURSEY MEDWAY & MAIDSTONE AC 37:53 49 80.39

Louise VALLIER ARENA 80 AC 37:54 48 89.28 F45 - 1

Stewart THORP OXFORD CITY AC 37:54 60 88.08 M60 - 1

Terry KNIGHTLEY ILFORD AC 38:29 52 81.07 M50 - 3

Roy TREADWELL OXFORD CITY AC 38:42 65 90.21 M65 - 1

Adrian MOODY MEDWAY & MAIDSTONE AC 39:08 49 77.82

Yitzhak BEN-AROYA BARNET & DISTRICT AC 39:23 54 80.54

Desmond MICHAEL BARNET & DISTRICT AC 39:22 62 86.31 M60 - 2

Caroline WOOD ARENA 80 AC 39:31 49 86.68 F45 - 2

Peter HAMILTON BLACKHEATH & BROMLEY AC 39:54 64 86.71 M60 - 3

Mark CROSBY SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETS AC 40:02 54 79.23

Alan NEWMAN PADDOCK WOOD AC 40:49 59 81.08 M55 - 1

Sharon HAWKINS MAIDSTONE HARRIERS 40:58 48 85.72 F45 - 3

John EXLEY OXFORD CITY AC 41:14 64 83.9

Colin OXLADE CROYDON HARRIERS 41:22 53 76.04

Martin HAWKINS CAMBRIDGE HARRIERS 41:26 51 74.69

Aly SLOANE CITY OF SALISBURY 42:59 52 82.74 F50 - 1

Vicky TALBOT ROSNER INVICTA EAST KENT AC 43:17 52 82.17 F50 - 2

Walter HILL CRAWLEY AC 44:13 59 74.85 M55 - 2

Candy HAWKINS ASHFORD AC 44:12 41 71.58 F40 - 2

Bob PAGE ARENA 80 AC 44:12 54 71.76

Jenny HUGHES ARENA 80 AC 44:35 52 79.77 F50 - 3

Rob SARGENT ILFORD AC 44:43 58 73.37 M55 - 3

Russell WILLIAMS CAMBRIDGE HARRIERS 45:27 68 78.99 M65 - 2

Sue JAMES PADDOCK WOOD AC 46:41 61 86.08 F60 - 1

Barbara OCKENDON ISTEAD & IFIELD HARRIERS 47:10 59 82.81 F55 - 1

Glyn JENKINS THANET ROAD RUNNERS 47:20 70 77.5 M70 - 1

Graham WILLIAMS ILFORD AC 48:37 72 77.42 M70 - 2

Janice MOOREKITE INVICTA EAST KENT AC 50:21 55 73.45 F55 - 2

Joe CLEVERLY NEW ELTHAM JOGGERS 52:56 80 82.64 M80 - 1

Pamela JONES ILFORD AC 53:19 76 96.22 F75 - 1

Roy WEBB TONE ZONE RUNNERS 53:27 79 79.93 M75 - 1

William DAVIES WINCHESTER & DISTRICT AC 54:34 82 84.47 M80 - 2

Gary MACDONALD ASHFORD AC 55:03 55 58.1

Karen SAMUEL KENT AC 55:42 51 63.05

Richard PITCAIRN-KNOWLES SEVENOAKS AC 58:06 79 73.53 M75 - 2

Altan ALI FOLKESTONE RUNNING CLUB 59:22 60 56.23

Kio VEJDANI LINGFIELD RUNNING CLUB 1:14:40 73 51.14 M70 - 3

Kent Coastal Marathon and SCVAC Championships - 2 September 2012 3-10-12

SCVAC Marathon Championship 2012 – Kent Coastal Marathon

On September 2^nd, Thanet Road Runners hosted the SCVAC Marathon Championship within the popular Kent Coastal Marathon. Nursing tired legs from the European Masters a week earlier, I attended as a spectator and and volunteered for marshalling near the halfway point. This afforded me a good opportunity to see the race unfolding.

The traffic free course has some undulations in the first half, but some fine sea views – the second half is flatter but less inspiring. I could not fault the organisation and atmosphere, and friends and families had a great day out in the sunshine and gentle breeze, with the chance to cheer at the start, halfway, and finish - with burgers, hot dogs, ice creams and hot drinks adjacent to the energetic announcer who did his utmost to educate the spectators, informing them of some of the feats of the individual runners.

Southern Counties Veterans were prominent at halfway, with M50 Raymond Pearce taking the overall lead, and M60 Trevor Edgley starting at a brisk pace, followed a few places back by a more cautious M55 Godfrey Rhimes. All three were inside the first 20 places, and Raymond Pearce held the lead until the final 300 yards, when he was overtaken by a much younger man. Godfrey Rhimes moved through well to claim 10^th place overall, while Trevor Edgley finished in 18^th overall. Chatting to Trevor afterwards, he felt that he had started a little too fast, but he still managed to shade Raymond and Godfrey to record the best SCVAC age rated performance.

All seven SCVAC starters managed to finish, in conditions which were not ideal for runners but which suited the spectators. Congratulations on your well deserved medals.

First Name

Surname

Age

Club

Time

Posn

Age Rated

Raymond

Pearce

53

Istead and Ifield

02:59:13

2

79.96

Godfrey

Rhimes

59

City of Portsmouth

03:11:01

10

79.40

Trevor

Edgley

64

Istead and Ifield

03:18:09

18

80.46

Peter

Watts

61

Swanley

03:56:57

101

65.29

Stephen

Suttle

54

Thanet Roadrunners

04:17:52

148

56.09

James

Fitzmaurice

70

Sevenoaks

04:38:44

185

60.95

Karen

Samuel

51

Kent AC

04:48:50

203

56.08

Dave Beattie

Photos from the Kent Coastal Marathon

I managed to snap a few Southern Counties Veterans while marshalling

Trevor Edgley and team mate Simon Parrin packing well early in the race

Godfrey Rhimes (254) easing into the race before his later move to take 10th overall

Stephen Suttle of home club Thanet, returning after a long injury layoff

Raymond Pearce M50 ran a great race to finish 2nd overall and lead his team to victory

Trevor Edgley finishing, SCVAC M60 gold medallist

Karen Samuels, our F50 gold medallist, finishing bravely on a hot day

Peter Watts, silver medallist M60, after the finish

Kent County Team Champions Istead and Ifield, including Raymond Pearce (2nd from left) and Trevor Edgley (right), also number 75, James Fitzmaurice, SCVAC M70 Gold medallist

19 August 2012 - Burnham Beeches Half Marathon - SCVAC Half Marathon Championships

Squeezed between the Olympics and the Paralympics we had the SCVAC Half Marathon Championships. I deputised for Dave Beattie on the day and armed with adequate sun block I ventured out of my house for Burnham Beeches.

Burnham Joggers always promotes a first class event and with the shade of the beeches we were protected from the heat of the sun. The strength of this race is that we compete on what are basically closed roads through a scenic but challenging course. The marshalling and drinks stations were of the highest standard and we all pushed on, looking forward to the 25 meter swimming pool, which we hoped would be open and would have adequate room for lots of sweaty runners. We were not disappointed and I was delighted to report that Geoff Newton, who achieved the best age graded performance of the SCVAC, returned in time to collect his well deserved medal with other members of the club.

Well done to you all, for finishing on what was one of the hottest days of the year.

Walter Hill

Pos

Gun

Chip

Name

Age Group

Age

Club

Age Graded

72

1:34:58

1:34:58

Mickael Hegesippe

M40

40

Paddock Wood

64.96

74

1:35:18

1:35:15

Geoff Newton

M65

67

Tadworth

82.18

86

1:35:58

1:35:54

Walter Hill

M55

59

Crawley A.C.

75.63

307

1:55:03

1:54:46

Heather Martingell

F45

46

Ranelagh

62.61

328

1:56:14

1:55:45

Russell Devitt

M60

63

Shaftesbury Barnet

65.06

458

2:05:26

2:05:14

Roy Webb

M75

79

Tone Zone

74.28

475

2:06:54

2:06:32

James Fitzmaurice

M70

70

Sevenoaks

62.91

548

2:15:28

2:15:18

Graham Williams

M70

71

Ilford A.C.

61.00

563

2:17:21

2:16:26

Karen Samuel

F50

51

Kent A.C.

54.97

589

2:19:46

2:19:27

Peter Godbee

M60

61

Swanley

52.87

710

3:19:13

3:18:35

Kio Vejdani

M70

73

Lingfield

42.04

Ted Pepper Memorial 10k 7 May, 2012 - Race Report

After many years as a road race, this year’s Ted Pepper 10k became a multi-terrain event, starting and finishing at the athletics track in Norman Park, Bromley. Race organiser Andy Tucker and his team from Blackheath and Bromley Harriers set up a race which all runners agreed was enjoyable and challenging. Around 40% of the course used the track, tarmac paths and grass within Norman Park, and 60% explored the tracks and fields outside the park. Nine times out of ten, the going would be dry and fast – but this was the exception, when studded shoes were the most suitable footwear.

Three features of the race impressed me: accurate distance markers each kilometre, very clear course marking with small white plastic pennants, and numerous friendly marshals.

In the open race, Blackheath and Bromley provided winners in these categories: Senior Men, Senior Women, Vet 40 Men, and Vet 40 Women (won by SCVAC member Jane Bradshaw). The host club also provided many of the top placings in other categories. SCVAC results are shown below, for the full results visit the website: http://www.bandbhac.org.uk/ted%20pepper%207-05-12.html

Returning from an injury layoff, I was well off the pace in the M60 race, but before losing contact I saw Invicta and SCVAC member Trevor Edgley battling to stay with Mike Mann (Dulwich and Vets A.C). The latter eventually pulled clear to leave Trevor with the consolation of an SCVAC gold medal. He also achieved the best SCVAC age rated performance, though all age rated scores were lower than usual due to the slow going.

Each finisher received a commemorative mug, most of them containing a pair of running socks. Hot showers, and a prompt awards presentation at 12 noon rounded off the event, which I highly recommend on all counts. SCVAC President Arthur Kimber presented our club medals, and thanked Blackheath and Bromley Harriers for hosting our championship.

SCVAC turnout was lower than I expected, with medals to be won in all 5 year age groups. Fellow Southerners, please pencil in this race for next year – you will not be disappointed!

Dave Beattie, Road Running Secretary

David, hot on the heels...

Position

Time

Surname

First name

Age

Club

SCVAC

Age Rated

18

41.19

Oxlade

Colin

53

Croydon Harriers

1st M50

74.51

22

41.58

Edgley

Trevor

64

Invicta East Kent AC

1st M60

81.21

35

43.51

Spencer-Wood

Julian

61

Kent AC

2nd M60

75.42

50

45.32

Bradshaw

Jane

40

Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC

1st F40

68.55

51

45.33

Beattie

David

64

Crawley AC

3rd M60

74.82

90

49.14

Small

Andrew

53

Beckenham Running Club

2nd M50

62.53

91

49.19

Leon

Clem

56

Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC

1st M55

64.05

93

49.22

Godbee

Peter

61

Swanley & District AC

4th M60

66.99

109

50.52

Godsell

Helen

58

Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC

1st F55

72.39

124

51.58

Williams

Graham

72

Ilford AC

1st M70

71.93

134

52.38

Fitzmaurice

James

70

Sevenoaks AC

2nd M70

69.22

177

61.19

Samuel

Karen

51

Kent AC

1st F50

56.02

184

63.54

Heywood

Robert

75

Dartford Harriers

1st M75

63.43

SCVAC Road Race Championships 2012

10k – new Multi Terrain Championship May 7^th

The Ted Pepper Memorial 10k has been forced to move off road in 2012. Blackheath and Bromley have been great hosts to us over the years, and have organised a traditional club race – a refreshing contrast to today’s mass fun runs. Members have indicated, in response to my questionnaire, that they still wish to support this race. We have therefore agreed to stage a “multi-terrain” 10k within the Ted Pepper. The course uses good paths and tracks, starting and finishing on the Norman Park athletics track. It is an accurately measured 10k, on an out and back loop with plenty of room to overtake.

10k Road

SCVAC will host the BMAF Championship in 2012, at the Givaudan Ashford 10k on October 14^th. This is a good traffic free course, starting and finishing on the track in the Julie Rose stadium. I look forward to a good number of SCVAC runners taking part.

10 Miles

The SCVAC Championship will be at the Epsom 10 on November 18^th. A good quality club athletes race, excellent showers and changing facilities within the new Epsom Grandstand, and prompt presentation ceremony afterwards.

Half Marathon

We stay with the Burnham Beeches Half Marathon in 2012, as it ticks most of the boxes – good parking, changing, scenic traffic free course, chip timing. Race date is August 19^th.

Marathon

Abingdon provides a safe course and fast times, the only drawback is that it is very popular, and entries fill up very early. We therefore return to the Thanet Coastal Marathon in 2012 – a good number of our marathon runners are from Kent, and Thanet Road Runners organise a good race. The race is on September 2^nd, and a good turnout of SCVAC runners is anticipated.

Summary:

Distance

Race

Month

Day

Time

10k offroad

Ted Pepper 10k (off-road)

May

7th

10am

Half Mar.

Burnham Beeches

Aug

19th

10am

Marathon

Thanet Coastal Marathon

Sep

2nd

9:30am

10k road

Givaudan Ashford 10k

Oct

14th

10am

10 Mile

Epsom 10

Nov

18th

9:30am

We will provide postal entry forms and details of online entry procedures as soon as these are available, to encourage a good number of entries for all SCVAC road championships in 2012.

Dave Beattie

Road Running Secretary

ROAD RACE REPORT DECEMBER 2010

With large quantities of snow dumped on the South East and probably more to come to frustrate all road runners we have to think out side the box to keep fit.

Road Races get cancelled, however Cross Country continues to feed our competitive need to succeed. The Holly Run on the 19^th December can address that need and I hope you will join Ann Bath and her team at Reigate.

Thanet Marathon 5/09/2010

Raymond Pearce

MV50

2:56:27

Trevor Edgley

MV60

3:14:47

Stephen Suttle

MV50

3:2234

Ivon Whitmore

MV55

3:49:14

Miriam Dorrity

LV55

3:53:03

James Fitzmaurice

MV65

4:21:35

Unfortunately I was unable to attend on the day and Trevor Edgley stepped in at the last minute to present medals. Trevor ran a sound and solid race and then gave his time to find the SCVAC members who often have to leave before the prize presentation.

Well done to Raymond Pearce for his sub 3hr performance on a challenging course and to Miriam Dorrity who remains a very consistent road runner.

For a variety of reasons I think it is time we moved our Marathon Championships to a more accessible location. The Isle of Thanet is at the extreme of our catchment area and I am hoping to find a more accessible location to cater for all members of the SCVAC. Furthermore, I am not convinced that I have included all paid up members within this set of results. If I have made a mistake I apologise in advance. I rely on the SCVAC database and the information I receive from the race promoters.

The Epsom 10 Mile Road Race

Stephen Murtagh

MV45

57:43

Terence Knightley

MV50

59:43

Walter Hill

MV55

65:01

Geoff Newton

MV65

65:50

Trevor Edgley

MV60

68:25

Bryan Newman

MV55

72:52

Patrick Dobbs

MV70

74:56

Keith Scudamore

MV65

75:59

Dave Newland

MV65

79:03

Peter Godbee

MV60

83:52

Graham Williams

MV70

84:43

Richard Pitcairn -Knowles

MV75

88:54

James Fitzmaurice

MV65

124:20

I was delighted to witness SCVAC members being presented with individual awards.

Terence ,Geoff and Patrick all won their respective open age category awards. Well Done. Stephen Murtagh ran an outstanding time on a challenging course. The Epsom 10 is a class event and the SCVAC provided a number of class runners. Thanks for turning up .We will be back next year to the Epsom Downs.

Walter Hill

24 March 2010

Last year when I provided a short article for the news letter I stated that it would be light in the evenings when the Southerner dropped through your letter box. Light enough I hoped for all aspiring road runners to be able to train and at the same time see what terrain their feet were running on.

I also hoped the newsletter would be delivered before the next SCVAC Road Race Fixture. Both as expected became true.

For the future I am delighted to record that we have been invited to return to the same set of races as last year.

The first of the series of four will be the 10K which as in the past will be incorporated into the TED PEPPER on 03/05/2010, promoted by Blackheath and Bromley Harriers AC. Any problems check out their WEB Site (contains full details, map & entry form).

In the past we have been able to enter on the day without a problem.

For many years this race has provided:

A flat fast safe course of 3 laps.

A1 timekeeping.

Refreshments provided by the club.

Changing facilities.

An interesting memento.

Easy parking.

A prestigious SCVAC medal if you are in the top 3 of your race category.

This fixture will be followed by the:

·         30th BURNHAM BEECHES HALF MARATHON - 22^nd AUGUST 2010

This race incorporates the British Masters Athletic Federation National Champs. Therefore, you have a unique opportunity to participate in both Championships on the same day. This race is an excellent promotion and I have no reservation in rating it as 10 out of 10.

·         THANET MARATHON - 5th SEPTEMBER 2010

·         EPSOM 10 MILE - 21^st NOVEMBER 2010

I recommend you check the promoting clubs web site for details. Entering in the past has never been a problem.
I am hoping to introduce a system to recognise any members who participate in all four races this year. Further news to follow.
Walter Hill