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Miscellaneous Results
 
This page has results from miscellaneous races that involve club members.
 

Southern Senior Inter Counties Match
Kingston 10th August
 
Several M&M athletes were selcted to represent Kent at the inter counties match in Surrey.  Their performances made a significant contribution to the overall Kent team.
 
M&M Results:
 
400m Yasmin Joseph - 3rd B 61.12
100mH Sophie Copping - 5th A 15.96
100mH Vicky Randall - 3rd B 16.96
400mH Vicky Randall - 6th A 68.32
LJ Amy Underdown - 3rd B 5.03m
TJ Sophie Copping - 6th A 10.44mw
SP Lucy Underdown - 1st B 10.68m
DT Lucy Underdown - 1st B 44.84m
JT Amy Underdown - 4th B 29.28m
3kmSC Adrian Lowther - 3rd A 10.09.7mins
5km Tom Collins - 3rd B 16.07.09mins
 
 
 
 

VAA of England Inter Area Club Track and Field Match

10th August

 

Barry Royden represented the South of England Vets Team at the inter-area match in Hemel Hempstead.  Royden clocke dhis fastest time of the season for 3000m, 8:58:9, to win his race.  He managed this despite his calf going tight and having to run within himself for the last 600m.

 
 

England Athletics Championships

Birmigham 9th/10th August

 

M&M's James Alcock knew that he had to be at his best in the AAA’s long jump in Birmingham. As well as the athletes who competed in the English Schools, there were the top athletes from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.  Although disappointed at not winning a medal James was pleased that he broke the 6.80m mark, which sets a new club U17 record.

 

View the full championship results

 

Multi Events International
Ashford, 26/27 July 2008
 
Martin Brockman rose to the occasion on earning his first GB vest in his home county.  He not only registered a pb but also topped 7000 points for the first time.
 
 

Dartford Half Marathon
20 July 2008
 
The club's strong showing in local road races continued on Sunday at the Dartford Half.  Barry Royden was back where he is used to being, at the front of road races and leading the M&M charge.  He pushed Blackheath's Pete Tucker until the 12th mile at which point Tucker's current marathon trianing showed as he moved away. Next home was Pat Curran in 5th and Colin Carpenter completed an M&M trio.
 
M&M Results:

1:13:05 Barry Royden
1:14:54 Pat Curran
2:00:00 Colin Carpenter
 

Cliffe Woods 10k
Sunday 13th July
 
Adrian Lowther won his first 10k road race with a solo performance at Cliffe Woods.  M&M athletes were out in force with Mark Limbourne continuing something of a comeback by finishing 5th. Bob Fursey and Adie Moody were naturally present, David Harvey continued to fight back to fitness and Sarah Kenyon was first M&M lady home.
 
 

English Schools Athletics Championships
Gateshead 11-12 July 2008
 
Lucy Underdown went one better than her Kent and M&M team mates and secured her first English schools title in the Senior Girls Discus.  A truly tremendous result - well done Lucy!
 
Michael Baker picked up the club's second medal at the championships when finishing second in the 400mH on Saturday.
 
James Alcock lept to a bronze medal in the Inter Boys Long Jump at the English Schools Championships. His leap of 6.45m, into a head wind, snatched him the bronze by just one centimeter.
 
Full results online at: http://www.esaa.net/
 

Aviva Team GB Olympic Trials
Birmingham 11-13 July 2008

M&M athletes had mixed fortunes on the first day of the Team GB Olympic Trials in Birmingham. Whilst Ben Scarlett cruised comfortably into the men’s 800m final by finishing second in his heat in 1min 50.40secs, training partner Tim Alexander was 8th in the same heat in 1min 56.65secs.

Maria Crowe lined up in the 400mH heat and posted a respectable 61.83secs to finish 5th, which on this occasion was not enough to see her progress to Saturday’s final.
 

National U20/U23 Championships in Bedford
21 and 22 June 2008
 
Very windy conditions put paid to fast times at the National U20/U23 Championships in Bedford.
 
U23 Women
Maria Crowe 400mH 2ND 60.66s
Natalie Gray 5000m 7th 18m-01.5s
U23 Men
Ben Scarlet 800m 6th 1m-54.31 heat 1m-52.62s 2nd

U20 Women
Lucy Underdown Discus 3rd 43.76m

U20 Men
Michael Baker 400mH 8th 57.88s heat 54.45s

Interland Masters Match
Ashford, 21st June 2008
 
Barry Royden picked up his first GB Masters Vest in an international match between GB, Belgium and France.  His third place in the 5000m was his best time of the season and a good result as he was competing in the M35 age group.
 
 

Orpington 10km
22nd June 2008
 
Nick Slade led home the M&M contingent at the Orpington 10km when finishing in 36:12. 
It won't surprise anyone that Bob Fursey and Adrian Moody were amongst the finishers as they clocked 38:41 and 43:48 resepctively.  Cathy Harvey also made a welcome return to racing with a 46:06 clocking.
 
 

Kent 300m & 10000m Championships
Canterbury - 18th June 2008
 
Helcha Penfold led all thw way to take the Senior Laides 3000m title in 10:20:?mins and Adrian Lowther also led all the way on his debut at the distance to lap all other athletes on his way to a pb time of 32:45:7mins.
 
Gareth Williams continued with his improving run of form to take second in the M40 race in a time of 34:46:?mins.
 
Full results will update here ASAP or can be found online at: www.kcaa.org.uk
 

 
Harvel Hash House 5
7th June 2008
 
M&M's Ian Reid ran 27.51 to finish third at the Harvel Hash 5.  Adrian Moody finished 41st in 32.06  and Colin and Elizabeth Carpenter cxompleted the M&M finishers!
 
 

 
St Mary's Classic
Wednesday 4th June
 
Jack Tyler, gaining his first England vest, and Ben Scarlett both ran well at the St Mary's Classic meeting on Wednesday.  Jack was again close to his pb ver 1500m and Ben ran under 1 minute 50 seconds for the first time over 800m.
 
 

 
Tondridge AC Open
Tuesday 3rd June 2008
 
Tom Collins led the way for a small number of M&M athletes at Tonbridge by winning the 800m A Race.
 

 
England Athletics Senior and Under 20 Combined Events Championships
Sat 31st and Sun1st June 2008
 
Martin Brockman delivered a heroes performance to finish 5th at the National Decathlon Championships in Birmingham.  With PBs in at least five events he was just shy of 7000 points.
 
 

Loughborough International
18th May 2008
 
Jack Tyler was invited to run the 1500m invitation race at the first major domestic meeting of the year and his fine run of form continued as he narrowly missed out on yet another pb by running 3:49.83 (just 0.05 outside his pb)
 
 

British Miler's Club Grand Prix
Watford, 17th May 2008
 
800m B race
1st Ben Scarlett 1m-51.25s
2nd Tim Alexander 1m-51.78s

800m C race
5th Chris Haines 1m-54.74s

800m E race
6th Andrej Safars 1m-59.78s

Womens 1500m B race 9th Helena Penfold 4m-42.29s

 
Walking Results form Victoria Park, London
4th May 2008
 
National Under 15 3000mts Championship - 5th Ben Parsons 19m 56s
 
Open Girls 1000mts 1st Georgia Parsons 6m 06.2s
 
Open Vets Open 3000 mts.
6th. Chris Hobbs 15m 43s
10th. Steve Holliday 18m 36s
 

Larkfield 10k
Sunday 18th May 2008
 
Tom Collins ran a personal best time to lead home a 1-2 for M&M with Barry Royden.  The race was part of the Kent Road Running Grand Prix and with supporting roles from Bob Fursey and Adie Moody good points were earned for the team!
 
 

British Universities Sports Association Athletics Championships
Bedford - 3-5 May 2008
 
Jack Tyler was at his marvellous best again as he rewrote the club record books for the second time in a week.  Jack finished 6th in the 1500m final in a time of 3.49.78.
 
Brother Ben also recorded a personal best time over 5000m and Natalie Gray ran strongly to finish 5th in the 10000m final.  Maria Crowe finished 3rd in Womens 400mH in 60.68sec 
 
 

Whitstable 10k - Monday 5th May 2008
 
Barry Royden won the traditional Bank Holiday Monday race in 33.18 mins.
 

 
London Inter-club Challenge and Open - 26th April 2008
 
2000m S/C
Adrian Lowther 6:24:25 - pb
 

 
Watford Open Meeting 23rd April 2008
 
1500m
Tom Collins 4:00.57 - pb
 
800m
Ben Scarlett 1:53.13
Chris Haines 01:55.00

 
2008 Flora London Marathon
13th April 2008
 
Results: (after 5:30 hours, more may follow)
 
149 Barry  Royden 2:37:55
244 Dan Evans 2:43:01
306 Ian reid 2:44:56
427 Gareth Williams 2:48:47
1675 Paul Mason 3:08:16
2656 Ivon Whitmore 3:17:55
?   Sarah Kenyon 3:32:13
4472 Gill Monk 4:33:08
22273 Colin Carpenter 5:47:07
? Rachel Confait 5:52:21
Positions may change in final results.
 
Well done everyone - especially those who ran pbs, including Dan Evans and Ian Reid.
 
Full official results: http://www.london-marathon.co.uk/
 
Photos can be seen online at:
 
 

 
Paddock Wood Half Marathon
Sunday 30th March 2008
 
The club won the men's team race at the Paddock Wood Half Marathon.  Barry Royden led the team home a day after running the vets national championships.
 
 

National Masters X-Country Championships
Banbury - 29th March 2008
 
Barry Royden picked up a bronze medal in the M40 race and Gareth Williams finished a credible 26th.
 

 
Tonbridge AC Open - Easter Monday
 
The club number of athletes securing good performances (including pbs) at the traditional early season opener.  Notobaly a club record for Katie White in the 600m.
 
 

CAU Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships and World Trials
Saturday 15th March 2008, Wollaton Park, Nottingham
 
Senior Men

21 Michael Coleman 38:28
134 Adrian Lowther 41:59

Kent Team - 6th

Junior Men

25 Jack Tyler 27:10

Kent Team – 5th

Senior Women

90 Natalie Gray 31:56
 
Kent Team - 16th

Junior Women

118 Laura Paine 30:00
 
Kent Team - 5th
 

Hastings Half Marathon
Sunday 16th March 2008

3 Michael Coleman 68:06
6 Tom Collins 71:59 (pb)
9 Barry Royden 73:19
27 Daniel Evans 77:57
35 Allen Jones 78:51
66 Robert Fursey 82:40
196 Adrian Moody 89:26
286 Eck Kuhn 90:27
590 Sarah Kenyon 1:37:18
3376 Steve Pereira 2:34:23
M&M are also believed to have won the team race.
 

 
Reading Half Marathon
Sunday 2nd March
 
Mike Coleman (66:02) 6th and Bob Fursey (82:23) finished this popular fast half marathon.
 
 

 
Cambridge Harriers Winter Road Walking League - 1st March 2008
Bexley
 
Results of the 4th and last league race
 
Senior Men
5 kms - 6th. Chris Hobbs. 25m 30s. 3rd in the league.
            15th Steve Holliday 31m 39s. 12th in the league
 
Senior Women
5 kms - 10th. Rebbecca Collins. 38m 02s 8th. in the league
 
Under 15 Boy
2.5 kms.1st.Ben Parsons. 15m 53s (PB). 1st. in the league
 

Thanet 20
Sunday 2nd March
 
Pat Curran led home the M&M men at Thanet's pre-London 20 mile road race.  Pat picked up the bronze medal in this County Championship too.
 
 

 
Tonbridge Junior X-Country
Sunday 10th February
 
Katie White and Emily Coombs competed in the Tonbridge Junior X Country on Sunday 10th February. Both girls were recovering from illness and although they did not run near to their own Pbs for the course, finished a credible 4th for Katie and 9th for Emily out of 37 girls - many of whom were older.
 

 
Sidcup 10 Mile
10th February 2008
 
PB's for Pat and Tom and a Vets Win for Barry were good news for the club's seniors on Sunday.  They also managed to win the team prize.  Sarah Kenyon also ran her fastest time for many years to finish 5th Woman.

4 Patrick Curran Medway & Maidstone 52:53
5 Tom Collins Medway & Maidstone 53:17
8 Barry Royden Medway & Maidstone 53:58 Vet
73 Sarah Kenyon Medway & Maidstone 69:09 FV

 
Cambridge Harriers Walking League Results (3rd race.)
Bexley. 2nf February 2008
 
Senior Men - 5km
5th Chris Hobbs. M&M. 25m 39s.
11th Steve Holliday  M&M. 30m 06s.

Under 13 Boys - 2.5kms(including Kent Championship.)
3rd  Ben Parsons M&M 16m 26s (2nd in Kent Cahmps) - Only his second race after a long injury.
Under 11 Girlss - 1.2kms
1st. Georgia Parsons. M&M. 8m 55s.
Next League race - 1st March Bexley 2pm.
 

 
Norwich Union World Indoor Trials and UKA Championships
 
Tim Alexander ran a season's best of 1:53:37 for 800m at the World Indoors Trials on Saturday 9th February.  Tim finished 4th in his heat and unfortunately did not progress to the final.
 
 

 
British Universities X-Country Championships - 2nd February 2008
 
Neil Renault finished 12th in a competitive race in Swansea - Full Results online at:
 

 
Birmingham Games - 3rd February 2008
 
Tim Alexander and Andreas Safars ran in the second of three heats with only the winner sure to reach the final but the heat turned out to be the fastest. Tim came 2nd in 1m-56.19s which was the second fastest time in the heats an Andreas in 5th 1m-59.39s. In the final Tim finished 3rd in 1m-56.00s beaten by the Scottish and also the Midland Indoor Champion.
 

 
London Open Walks and Southern Area Road Championships - 2nd February 2008
Victoria Park, London
 
Under 13. Boys 2.5 km
1st. Ben Parsons. 17m 07s
 
Senior Men. 15th
Chris Hobbs. 55m 24s
 
Non championship event
Under 11. Girls 1 km.
Georgia Parsons. 7m 09s
 

 
20th January 2008
 
Neil Renault, M&M AC Senior Man, ran a pb of 65.24 mins to come home 2nd in the 4 Villages Half Marathon at Helsby.  Neil was just three seconds behind leading GB Marathon Runner Thomas Abyu and the £500 first prize.