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The Masters… 2014/15
but not of the golfing kind!
Anne Cilia reports on Kent Masters Cross Country this age group but that’s not
the performance of the Championships 2014 the point!!) Sticking with what
club’s elder statespeople has become a bit of a tradition,
who even without clubs, The annual Kent Masters our M60 team of Andy Lawes
showed that ‘club-bing’ Cross Country Championships (4th), Paul Ross Davies (6th)
can be fun. Throughout were held at Sparrow’s and Rob Brown (10th) were
the winter they mounted Den in early December but Gold medal winners with
up with wings as eagles, unfortunately the hope that Chris Pike 12th, Jim Phelan
running and not being lots of our runners would 21st, John Turner 22nd and
weary etc, especially the show up for such a local Graham Coates 24th.
lady birdies who came fixture didn’t quite materialise.
to the fore, roaming over For the first time we had a
the greens of the Kent The first race of the day was representative in the M70
countryside finding fair the M50 race over 10k with race, this is not run as a team
Tim Nash returning to race event but Blackheath and
ways of crossing the for the club for the first time Bromley’s John Isaacs was
finishing line. in many years. He put in a first home to claim gold!
great performance to finish in
Some (w)hole-y creditable an impressive 5th place. With The final race was the M40
performances which were Steve Pairman in 33rd, Mick race, again over 10K. Iain
Jones in 37th, Nick Barber Swatton finished 31st, Dave
par for the course were in 42nd and Dave Carton in Beadle 36th, Richard Hall
putt in and merited not 56th our M50 team finished 41st, Clayton Aves 51st,
only medals but tee and 7th Kent club. Andy Tucker 56th and Nigel
stickies after the event. Bulmer 72nd. Overall they
In the women’s race Carole were 6th team.
Penlington had a fantastic
run winning the W35 5k race Well done and thank you
in 19:47. Sara Elqvist finished to everyone who ran. It is
14th, Charlotte Sickings 21st great to have Blackheath and
and Sally Haffenden 25th and Bromley represented in so
the Blackheath and Bromley many age groups in a county
team of 4 finished 4th team. championships. Particular
congratulations to Carole and
We had 2 ladies in the John for their individual golds,
W45 race, Angela Powell to the M60 team for their
who finished 31st and Julia team Gold and to Tim for
Pairman who in her first such a great come back race!
race for the club finished a
respectable 34th. Our W55 The 2015 championships will
team of Anne Cilia 10th, be early December, if you
Cathy Messent 15th and Maz fulfil the Kent qualification
Turner 19th were Bronze requirements and you are
medal winners much to our over 35 (women) or 40 (men)
delight! (It’s true there were let me know if you want to
only 3 clubs fielding a team in be entered. It’s a great event,
