Bennett Cup 24/25

Last updated 23 March 2025

Bennett Cup - 2024/25

This is a season-long competition
The Bennett Cup will this year be based on each runners best 5 scores of the maximum 9 qualifying events, which includes the 3 Kent League events where both Senior Men and Senior Women are able to run as well as the Opening 5, Closing 5, Club 10k, Club 10 mile and Mob Matches (7 1/2 miles). 10 Bonus points will be awarded to any runners completing all 3 Mob Matches (Ranelagh; Beckenham+Croydon; SLH+Orion).

Who was W P D Bennett ? The cup was presented to the Club by his mother. Read his Obituary.

The Honorary Handicapper is David Beadle

Full Results including Bennett Cup are also available in David's googlesheet

BENNETT CUP 2024/25

Saturday Oct-12 Kent XC League Foots Cray Meadows

Sunday Oct-20 Club 5 Norman Park 2.30pm start

Saturday Oct-26 Kent XC League Tonbridge

Saturday Feb-01 Open 10km (inc Vets Championship) Norman Park 1.30pm start

Saturday Feb-08 Kent XC League Norman Park

Sunday Feb-16 Club 10 Boundary Woods 1.30pm start

Saturday Mar-15 SLH & Orion Mob Match now 7.5 miles Coulsdon 2.00pm start

Saturday Mar-22 Ranelagh Mob Match (and Club 7.5m champs) Norman Park 2.30pm start

Saturday Mar-29 Closing 5 Norman Park 1:30pm start

Scoring 40 points for 1st, 39 for 2nd and so on down to 1 point for 40th and below

10 Bonus points for anyone completing Ranelagh Mob, Open 10k, and SLH+Orion Mob

Results will be recut after penultimate race to include only those who have a minimum of 4 qualifying events at that stage

Best 5 results for each runner to count in final standings

2024/25 Season - Current positions 22-03-25

Event 8, The Mob Match against Ranelagh at Norman Park 22 March 2025

pos no name hcp time ran bpts hcp

26 1 Adrian Stocks 00:38:19 40 -0:22:00

21 6 James Breen Norris 00:39:26 39 -0:17:13

24 16 Damian Hayes 00:39:33 38 -0:18:08

6 15 Paul Sharpe 00:39:55 37 -0:09:30

25 8 Katy Sugden 00:40:01 36 -0:20:00

8 11 Steven Hough 00:40:03 35 -0:09:55

10 5 Roger Beswick 00:41:04 34 -0:10:00

4 9 Luca Ercolani 00:41:23 33 -0:06:32

1 10 Micah Evans 00:42:39 32 -0:03:00

5 14 Thomas Desborough 00:43:24 31 -0:04:50

35 7 John Turner 00:43:34 30 -0:30:27

17 13 Ian Scott 00:43:46 29 -0:12:20

18 4 Gregory Bull 00:50:28 28 -0:05:48

32 18 Ian Montgomery 00:50:28 27 -0:15:57

19 17 David Adams 00:51:02 26 -0:05:16

Event 7, The Joint Mob Match against SLH & Orion at Coulsdon 15 March 2025

Position number Runner Vet Category Gross Time handicap Net Time BC Points today

1 512 Micah Evans V40 00:47:07 -00:04:21 00:42:46 40

9 503 Douglas Varney V50 00:50:59 -00:07:27 00:43:32 39

10 518 Luca Ercolani V50 00:51:03 -00:07:15 00:43:48 38

21 514 Steven Hough V50 00:53:10 -00:09:55 00:43:16 37

22 519 Paul Sharpe V40 00:53:39 -00:09:40 00:43:59 36

27 504 Gregory Firth V45 00:54:38 -00:11:36 00:43:02 35

28 513 Roger Beswick V60 00:54:46 -00:08:30 00:46:16 34

39 517 Matt Stephens V40 00:58:36 -00:15:14 00:43:23 33

46 505 Gregory Bull SM 01:01:04 -00:05:48 00:55:16 32

52 515 Steven Pairman V60 01:02:13 -00:19:06 00:43:08 31

54 507 James Breen Norris SM 01:02:34 -00:18:08 00:44:27 30

56 516 Nick Kinsey V60 01:02:47 -00:11:35 00:51:12 29

63 510 Katy Sugden F50 01:04:47 -00:18:51 00:45:56 28

65 501 David Beadle V50 01:04:57 N/A N/A 27

74 500 Adrian Stocks V50 01:09:01 -00:20:18 00:48:43 26

85 511 Luigi Arcuri V65 01:16:13 -00:21:02 00:55:12 25

86 502 David Leal V65 01:16:30 -00:30:27 00:46:03 24

89 509 John Turner V70 01:18:59 -00:30:27 00:48:32 23

508 Jim Phelan V75 DNF -00:41:20

Event 6, The not the Club 10mile C-C Championships 16 February 2025

Position number Runner Vet Category Gross Time handicap Net Time BC Points BC Points b/f Total after 6 races

9 74 James Breen Norris 01:18:45 -00:28:33 00:50:12 40 40

8 75 Matt Stephens F40 01:12:14 -00:21:38 00:50:37 39 40 79

6 53 Trang Nguyen F40 01:08:59 -00:17:53 00:51:06 38 78 116

4 71 Steven Hough V50 01:05:24 -00:11:49 00:53:35 37 69 106

14 72 David Leal V65 01:30:01 -00:36:20 00:53:41 36 24 60

1 5 Micah Evans V40 00:59:20 -00:05:11 00:54:09 35 137 152

10 80 Adrian Stocks V50 01:18:47 -00:22:29 00:56:18 34 26 60

5 79 Gareth Evans V45 01:08:32 -00:11:15 00:57:17 33 72 105

11 48 Katy Sugden F50 01:20:21 -00:22:29 00:57:52 32 141 173

2 78 Ben O'Grady 01:04:46 -00:05:29 00:59:17 31 28 59

3 77 Oliver Ward 01:04:47 -00:03:45 01:01:02 30 30

7 57 Darren Corneille V40 01:10:17 -00:08:39 01:01:38 29 45 74

12 82 Matt Maddocks V40 01:22:48 -00:16:12 01:06:36 28 28

13 81 Ian Montgomery V55 01:29:48 -00:19:02 01:10:46 27 27

Event 5, Norman Park KXCL 8 February 2025

Gross Time handicap Net Time Bnt Cup Position Bnt Cup Points

Sarah BELAON 00:36:43 -00:11:34 00:25:09 1 40

Gregory FIRTH 00:32:16 -00:06:58 00:25:18 2 39

Gregory BULL 00:28:46 -00:03:25 00:25:21 3 38

Millie SMITH 00:30:59 -00:05:22 00:25:37 4 37

Katy SUGDEN 00:37:16 -00:11:34 00:25:42 5 36

David ADAMS 00:29:17 -00:03:14 00:26:03 6 35

Colin PEARSON 00:36:27 -00:10:23 00:26:04 7 34

Steven HOUGH 00:32:09 -00:06:05 00:26:04 8 33

Douglas VARNEY 00:30:41 -00:04:34 00:26:07 9 32

Kevin FINI 00:28:23 -00:02:10 00:26:13 10 31

Chloe SHARP 00:30:14 -00:03:48 00:26:26 11 30

Jessica KEENE 00:32:50 -00:06:23 00:26:27 12 29

Steven PAIRMAN 00:38:23 -00:11:43 00:26:40 13 28

Leonardus DE BRUYN 00:30:14 -00:03:32 00:26:42 14 27

Philip BUNN 00:32:42 -00:05:56 00:26:46 15 26

Luca ERCOLANI 00:30:21 -00:03:34 00:26:47 16 25

Paul SHARPE 00:33:06 -00:05:56 00:27:10 17 24

William BRINDLEY 00:38:41 -00:10:50 00:27:51 18 23

Micah EVANS 00:28:52 -00:00:58 00:27:54 19 22

Thomas DESBOROUGH 00:30:54 -00:02:58 00:27:56 20 21

Trang NGUYEN 00:37:22 -00:09:12 00:28:10 21 20

Andrew RAYNER 00:31:34 -00:03:07 00:28:27 22 19

Andrew LAWES 00:41:10 -00:12:01 00:29:09 23 18

Event 4, Open 10k (inc Vets Championship), Norman Park, 1 February 2025

BENNETT CUP POSITIONS AND POINTS

Position number Runner Vet Category Gross Time handicap Net Time BC Points

12 53 Matt Stephens V40 00:47:10 -00:13:40 00:33:30 40

24 29 Jim Phelan V70 01:05:46 -00:31:10 00:34:36 39

3 37 Douglas Varney V50 00:40:45 -00:05:37 00:35:08 38

2 31 Luca Ercolani V50 00:40:38 -00:05:28 00:35:10 37

4 26 Steven Hough V50 00:42:48 -00:07:28 00:35:20 36

11 30 Chris Fishlock V50 00:46:59 -00:10:58 00:36:01 35

17 28 Katy Sugden F50 00:50:38 -00:14:13 00:36:25 34

1 58 Micah Evans V40 00:40:16 -00:03:17 00:36:59 33

5 34 Roger Beswick V60 00:43:32 -00:06:25 00:37:07 32

8 50 Zachary Evans 00:45:51 -00:08:38 00:37:13 31

9 35 Gregory Firth V40 00:45:59 -00:08:45 00:37:14 30

18 32 Steven Pairman V60 00:51:45 -00:14:24 00:37:21 29

13 51 Trang Nguyen F40 00:48:57 -00:11:18 00:37:39 28

22 54 Angelina Stephens F40 00:59:13 -00:21:19 00:37:54 27

19 55 Adrian Stocks V50 00:52:24 -00:14:13 00:38:11 26

6 39 Darren Corneille V40 00:44:15 -00:05:28 00:38:47 25

10 40 Zacchaeus Kelman 00:46:36 -00:03:50 00:42:46 24

25 27 John Turner V70 01:07:52 -00:22:58 00:44:54 23

14 56 Gregory Bull 00:49:49 -00:04:22 00:45:27 22

15 33 David Adams 00:49:49 -00:03:58 00:45:51 21

16 57 Oli Knowles 00:49:50 -00:01:38 00:48:12 20

Event 3, Kent XC League, Tonbridge, 26 October 2024

Event 2, Club 5 mile Championships, Norman Park, 20 October 2024

BENNETT CUP POSITIONS AND POINTS

Position number Runner Gross Time handicap Net Time BC Points

1 86 Gregory Bull 00:31:03 -00:03:56 00:27:07 40

2 56 Jason Meers 00:36:09 -00:08:36 00:27:33 39

3 83 Zachary Evans 00:35:19 -00:07:21 00:27:58 38

3 54 Steven Pairman 00:39:29 -00:11:31 00:27:58 38

5 76 Luca Ercolani 00:32:53 -00:04:23 00:28:31 36

6 71 David Adams 00:31:51 -00:03:11 00:28:40 35

7 84 Ben Evans 00:35:22 -00:06:34 00:28:48 34

8 85 Micah Evans 00:31:34 -00:02:38 00:28:57 33

9 35 Christopher Martin 00:38:36 -00:09:38 00:28:59 32

10 88 Alex Middleton 00:30:53 -00:01:50 00:29:03 31

11 73 Leonardus De Bruyn 00:32:36 -00:03:28 00:29:08 30

12 81 Joseph Hill 00:30:48 -00:01:19 00:29:29 29

13 78 Ben O'Grady 00:32:45 -00:03:04 00:29:41 28

14 74 Roger Beswick 00:34:53 -00:05:08 00:29:45 27

15 45 Luigi Arcuri 00:42:29 -00:12:41 00:29:48 26

16 82 Will Spurle 00:35:22 -00:05:24 00:29:58 25

17 79 David Leal 00:48:31 -00:18:23 00:30:09 24

18 89 Jasper Brooks 00:33:39 -00:03:04 00:30:35 23

19 87 Fintan Parkinson 00:33:47 -00:03:04 00:30:43 22

20 80 Joseph Scanes 00:32:19 -00:00:26 00:31:53 21

21 60 Darren Corneille 00:37:02 -00:04:23 00:32:40 20

Event 1, Foots Cray KXCL 12 October 2024

Bennett Cup 2024/25 - Event 1, Foots Cray KXCL 12 October 2024

Gross Time handicap Net Time Bnt Cup Position Bnt Cup Points

Imogen MCLENNAN 00:35:38 -00:10:31 00:25:07 1 40

Gareth EVANS 00:32:15 -00:06:52 00:25:23 2 39

Ben HAKKI 00:30:12 -00:04:27 00:25:45 3 38

Jennie BUTLER 00:35:40 -00:09:55 00:25:45 3 38

Gregory BULL 00:30:59 -00:04:42 00:26:17 5 36

Gregory FIRTH 00:34:03 -00:07:45 00:26:18 6 35

Jason MEERS 00:35:42 -00:09:18 00:26:24 7 34

Sarah BELAON 00:38:53 -00:12:21 00:26:32 8 33

Colin PEARSON 00:38:55 -00:12:21 00:26:34 9 32

Kevin FINI 00:28:49 -00:02:14 00:26:35 10 31

George KLEANTHOUS 00:36:00 -00:09:24 00:26:36 11 30

Millie SMITH 00:32:15 -00:05:31 00:26:44 12 29

David ADAMS 00:30:30 -00:03:19 00:27:11 13 28

Luca ERCOLANI 00:31:46 -00:04:35 00:27:12 14 27

Douglas VARNEY 00:32:05 -00:04:42 00:27:23 15 26

Chloe SHARP 00:31:19 -00:03:54 00:27:25 16 25

Ryan ALI 00:32:57 -00:05:26 00:27:31 17 24

Leonardus DE BRUYN 00:31:13 -00:03:38 00:27:35 18 23

Thomas DESBOROUGH 00:30:46 -00:03:03 00:27:43 19 22

Paul SHARPE 00:33:38 -00:05:24 00:28:14 20 21

Christopher MARTIN 00:38:00 -00:09:36 00:28:24 21 20

Micah EVANS 00:31:09 -00:02:45 00:28:24 21 20

Katy SUGDEN 00:39:53 -00:11:26 00:28:27 23 18

Philip BUNN 00:34:06 -00:05:35 00:28:31 24 17

Trang NGUYEN 00:37:30 -00:08:42 00:28:48 25 16

Barry HORGAN 00:43:11 -00:14:11 00:29:00 26 15

Steven PAIRMAN 00:38:37 -00:09:36 00:29:01 27 14

Ian SCOTT 00:35:55 -00:06:52 00:29:03 28 13

Morgan SQUIBB 00:33:16 -00:04:07 00:29:09 29 12

Ashley PEARSON 00:39:10 -00:08:23 00:30:47 30 11

2024/25 Season - current positions

Runner Foots Cray KL Club 5 Tonbridge KL Open 10km NormPk KL 10m SLH/Orion Ranelagh Triple bonus Closing 5 Total scoring events

Steven Hough 36 33 37 37 35 10 188 5

Micah Evans 20 33 29 33 22 35 40 32 10 183 8

Gregory FIRTH 35 39 30 39 39 182 5

Luca Ercolani 27 36 32 37 25 34 33 10 182 7

Gregory Bull 36 40 28 22 38 24 28 10 180 7

Katy SUGDEN 18 21 34 36 32 31 36 10 179 7

Douglas VARNEY 26 27 38 32 35 158 5

David Adams 28 35 26 21 35 26 150 6

Steven Pairman 14 38 29 28 38 147 5

Adrian Stocks 26 34 27 40 10 137 4

Roger Beswick 27 32 29 34 10 132 4

Trang NGUYEN 16 14 28 20 38 116 5

Matt Stephens 40 39 36 115 3

Paul SHARPE 21 24 33 37 115 4

James Breen Norris 40 32 39 111 3

Sarah BELAON 33 30 40 103 3

Leonardus De Bruyn 23 30 22 27 102 4

Millie SMITH 29 35 37 101 3

Kevin FINI 31 38 31 100 3

Jason Meers 34 39 18 91 3

David Leal 24 36 30 90 3

Colin PEARSON 32 16 34 82 3

John Turner 23 28 30 81 3

Thomas DESBOROUGH 22 7 21 31 81 4

Chloe SHARP 25 19 30 74 3

Darren Corneille 20 25 29 74 3

Imogen MCLENNAN 40 34 74 2

Gareth EVANS 39 33 72 2

Zachary Evans 38 31 69 2

Jessica KEENE 37 29 66 2

Christopher Martin 20 32 13 65 3

George KLEANTHOUS 30 33 63 2

Jennie BUTLER 38 24 62 2

Jim Phelan 39 23 62 2

Ben HAKKI 38 23 61 2

Luigi Arcuri 26 9 25 60 3

Ben O'Grady 28 31 59 2

Ian SCOTT 13 17 29 59 3

Philip BUNN 17 12 26 55 3

Ian Montgomery 27 27 54 2

Ryan ALI 24 25 49 2

Will REEDMAN-WHITE 40 40 1

James WEBBER 36 36 1

Chris Fishlock 35 35 1

Ben Evans 34 34 1

Alex Middleton 31 31 1

Barry HORGAN 15 15 30 2

Oliver Ward 30 30 1

Joseph Hill 29 29 1

Fintan Parkinson 22 6 28 2

Matt Maddocks 28 28 1

Angelina Stephens 27 27 1

Nick Kinsey 26 26 1

Will Spurle 25 25 1

Zacchaeus Kelman 24 24 1

Jasper Brooks 23 23 1

William BRINDLEY 23 23 1

Ashley PEARSON 11 10 21 2

Joseph Scanes 21 21 1

James MEADER 20 20 1

Oli Knowles 20 20 1

Andrew RAYNER 19 19 1

Andrew LAWES 18 18 1

Morgan SQUIBB 12 12 1

Martin PARKINSON 11 11 1

Sebastian JONES 8 8 1

2023/24 Season - final positions

Runner Foots Cray KL Club 5 Tonbridge KL Ranelagh Club 10 Open 10km Norman Park KL SLH/Orion Closing 5 Total scoring events

Matthew Bullen V50 37 33 24 non-score 38 33 36 22 non-score 37 32 no-score 214 6

Luca Ercolani V50 24 non-score 31 40 29 non-score 38 30 no-score 24 38 34 205 6

Luigi Arcuri V60 27 no-score 34 18 non-score 40 28 29 15 non-score 32 29 192 6

Katy Sugden F45 24 32 31 31 33 31 182 6

Chris Martin V50 21 17 40 33 34 35 180 6

Ian Scott V45 11 no-score 22 36 38 19 31 27 173 6

John Turner V70 38 30 29 32 21 15 165 6

Paul Sharpe V40 20 no-score 21 37 34 18 29 25 164 6

Damien Hayes V50 21 28 34 35 30 148 5

Micah Evans V40 28 39 37 39 143 4

Andrew Lawes V60 40 37 30 36 143 4

Darren Corneille V40 6 22 25 28 12 40 133 6

Mark Ellison V60 16 27 13 27 14 36 133 6

Tom Desborough 37 39 28 24 128 4

Trang Nguyen F35 23 35 17 35 16 126 5

William Brindley V50 38 28 10 27 13 116 5

Kervin Adjei SM 20 27 39 28 114 4

Jason Meers V50 19 34 37 22 112 4

Matthew Maddocks V40 32 36 40 108 3

Jennie Butler F50 29 40 37 106 3

Kevin Fini 36 28 35 99 3

Ashley Pearson F45 38 33 27 98 3

Barry Slattery V50 31 26 39 96 3

Graeme Lugar SM 39 27 29 95 3

Adrian Stocks V50 34 39 20 93 3

Chloe Sharp SF 26 32 25 83 3

David Leal V60 26 30 27 83 3

Sarah Belaon F35 14 30 38 82 3

Ian Montgomery V55 39 39 78 2

Steve Evenden V40 30 23 24 77 3

Ted Marston 16 21 26 14 77 4

Carole Coulon F45 25 23 20 68 3

George Kleanthous V50 35 33 68 2

Leonardas De Bruyn 34 34 68 2

Gregory Bull 31 36 67 2

Chris Pike V70 40 25 65 2

Jessica Keene SF 10 32 23 65 3

David Adams V35 12 25 26 63 3

Sheridan Morris V50 32 31 63 2

Tim Nash V60 35 28 63 2

Maz Turner F70 29 33 62 2

Andrew Tutt V50 23 11 10 17 61 4

Gareth Evans V45 36 22 58 2

Jim Phelan V70 32 23 55 2

Christian Clement V40 17 37 54 2

James Unwin V60 25 29 54 2

Steven Pairman V60 8 24 22 54 3

Paul Kerekgyarto V40 15 35 50 2

Finton Parkinson V40 13 35 48 2

Roger Beswick V60 33 11 44 2

Joshua Dowling SM 9 25 8 42 3

Martin Parkinson V40 22 20 42 2

Steve Hough V50 40 40 1

Gregory Firth U20 7 15 16 38 3

Bernard Wilson 38 38 1

Morgan Squibb SF 36 36 1

Ryan Ali 33 33 1

Ozzie Adams V60 31 31 1

Scott Middlewood SM 30 30 1

Con Griffin 30 30 1

Alex Middleton 26 26 1

Megan Slattery 26 26 1

Rod Harrington V50 14 9 23 2

Daniel Horgan 21 21 1

Jasper Brooks 20 20 1

Dominic Smith 19 19 1

Jake Martin 19 19 1

Sebastian Jones V40 18 18 1

Chris Fishlock 18 18 1

Fin Gotkine 13 13 1

William Senbanjo 12 12 1

Aoife McDonagh 12 12 1

The following is the OBITUARY that appeared in the Blackheath Harriers Gazette and Club Record No 341 - dated Aug/Sep 1929.
It is with deep regret that we have to record the death of a young and promising member, Walter Patrick Dillon Bennett, in an air crash on July last. Bennett joined the Club early in 1926, and although unable to compete regularly made considerable progress, being placed in several handicap races, notably in the Nicholls Cup last winter, when he was second; and he supported many Club social functions. He was very modest and known well to only a few, so that the tribute from the Rev. A. J. K. Martyn, headmaster of Sedbergh School, below is especially apt to assist 'Heathens of his generation to estimate the loss of this generous and unassuming character.

Walter P. D. Bennett was born in October 1907, and educated at Sedbergh School, Yorkshire. At the time of entering that school, in September, 1921, his father, who was an engineer, lived at Stocksfield-on-Tyne. Bennett joined the School-house under Major W. N. Weech, the headmaster. During his five years at school he worked his way from the lowest to the highest form with that perseverance and pluck which characterised him all through. Though never distinguished in any branch of athletics, he exercised a strong and healthy influence on his schoolfellows, with whom he was immensely popular. After leaving school he worked with an engineering firm in London, but took up "flying" in his spare time, and after gaining his pilot's certificate was on the Reserve of Air Force Officers. It was on July 19, when he had been observed by an eye-witness to perform some daring feats, that the aeroplane, a single seater, nose-dived and crashed near Radlett, in Hertfordshire; Bennett was killed instantaneously.

We tender our profound sympathy to his mother, and to his sister and surviving brother. The sudden close to a brilliant young life is made the more pathetic as Bennett had only a few weeks previously passed the examination for entrance to King's College, Cambridge, and had been looking forward eagerly to his three years at that university.