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Young athletes Kent League Cross Country

2017/18
Race 1: Stanhill 14 October and biathlete Amelia Middleton Angus Harrington was 24th
2017 in 14th. and on his BBHAC debut Theo
Summer has been extended and Wood did well crossing the
glorious sunshine welcomed The U15 boys had ten running line in 40th. Also great to have
the opening fixture of the 2017 and the team placed 5th in a Seb Large back in the team and
winter Kent league cross coun- very competitive age group. A brought the squad home in 60th.
try series. The recent weather great run from Sam Reardon
has helped the Stanhill farm pushing hard on the second lap The U17 girls had a brilliant
paths to become dry, hard and placing 7th. Freddy Georgiou day winning the team race with
dusty, a far cry from our normal was a solid 19th with Justin fine runs from Millie Smith
muddy courses. However, the Strover not far behind in 23rd. in 3rd, Lily Tappenden in 4th
conditions and relatively flat Another young athlete making and Jess Sellar in 11th. Great to
course did create an opportu- his debut was Jean Sammut see Gracie Horton in 20th and
nity for some fast running and and an impressive start to his Charlotte Faries in 27th both
Blackheath and Bromley HAC club career saw him a fine 33rd. regulars at training and now
were in the thick of the action Will Andrews finished strong competing.
gaining 3 individual wins, 7 in 40th, Bailey Marks one place
placed in the top three and 3 back in 41st, Jake Leng in 48th BBHAC final victory of the
team wins. and Harvey Blanden next up in day came in the senior women
49th. Nick Paddington was 59th race and it was fantastic to see
First victory of the day came in and Alex Sibley 64th. Jo Hickman-Dunne win in
the form of the U13 boys squad some style in her BBHAC cross
who comfortably won the 3 to The U15 girls had the biggest country debut.
score team race. A great effort squad of the day and were the
from Ben Campbell had him most successful, comfortably Many thanks go to Sally Smith
rewarded with a fine 3rd, backed winning the team race and hav- and Jenny Leng who kindly
up by a solid 6th from George ing three athletes in the top 5, helped out with the race record-
Shaw and another gutsy run very impressive. Morgan Squibb ing in the finishing funnel, after
from Jamie Sears in 8th. Multi looked dominant winning and a cry for help from the league
eventer Ollie Robertson put in a great to see Ellie Dolby and Jess organisers.
great shift placing a terrific 10th Neal back to their best in 2nd
and Max Gregson did very well and 5th place respectively. Race 2: Somerhill, Tonbridge
to finish 13th despite suffering 28 October 2017
with a calf injury. We have great The U17 boys had great num- The magnificent buildings and
strength in depth with Jake bers running and were unlucky grounds of Somerhill school,
Anthony in 34th, Arthur Starvis not to beat arch rivals Tonbridge Tonbridge were once again the
on his cross country debut in AC in the club race finishing backdrop for the 2nd fixture of
45th and Josh Buddle Smith in just two points behind them. the Kent league cross country
61st. Another making his first Triathlete Michael Eagling series and the perfectly and
competitive appearance for the showed good form powering his precisely marked out course
club was Ted Marston finishing way to 7th backed up by great witnessed some great racing.
68th and also great to see runs from Matthew Francis in The girl’s reign supreme, now
George Catton making his club 9th and gutsy Peter Guy in 10th. sitting at the top of the league
debut in 79th. Callum Myatt ran another great
race placing 12th, Ben Gardiner in all the age groups that they
The U13 girls placed third as was 16th and pleasing to see Joe contest. The boy’s numbers are
a team made up by a real gutsy Georgiadis running again and huge and their collected efforts
run from Hannah Clark in 8th, finishing well in 21st. Charlie leave them second in the U13
Lily Meers just behind in 9th Andrews ran a good 23rd, and 17 age-groups and 4th in