2008 Miscellaneous Results
This page has results from miscellaneous races that involve club members.
Kent Masters and Clubman's Championships
Beckenham, 13th December
On a cold day M&M came away with a full set of medals in the M40 race over 10k. Team gold and individual silver an bronze respectively for messers Royden and Williams was a pleasing result. Alan Jones and Bob Fursey making up the winning team. Tom Collins was the only other M&M medallist as he bagged gold in the Kent clubman's race which was reduced to 5k because of the poor whether.
Gray in Half Marathon Debut Win
Natalie Gray made her debut over the half marathon distance on Sunday 12th October in the London Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon to raise funds for Unicef and was the first lady home finishing in 84:19 and in a very creditable 36th place overall out of 7666 finishers.
http://www.royalparkshalf.com/
English Cross Country Association Relay Championships
Mansfield, 1 November 2008
The club's senior men's team took two teams to the national cross country championships on a cold and windy day. Both the A Team and the B Team improve don their 2007 positions of 31st and 63rd.
M&M Results:
A Team - 24th
1st Leg Pat Curran 16:42.05
2nd Leg Mike Coleman 15:33.35
3rd Leg Tom Collins 16:39.15
4th Leg Adrian Lowther 16:56.70
B Team - 60th
1st Leg Barry Royden 16:54.25
2nd Leg Ben Tyler 17:04.45
3rd Leg James Hogg 17:28.85
4th Leg Gareth Williams 17:44.45
Great South Run
Portsmouth - 26th October
MIke Coleman continued to improve as he took another step towards his best form on the wet and windy south coast. His time of 49.51 saw him finish in 17th place. Adrian Lowther also finished the race (the day after his Kent League 4th place) in 29th position with a pb time of 54.28.
Stroud Half Marathon
Stroud - 26th October
Neil Renault continued his sparkling early season form by winning the Stroud Half Marathon in 65.24mins. His winning time was a personal best by one second and saw him break the tape over two minutes clear of his nearest rival in what was a high quality field.
Maidstone Half Marathon
Tom Collins led home the field for a very comfortable victory in his local race. His time of 73.43 was almost 4minutes quicker than his nearest rival's.
Ashford 10k
Mike Coleman set a blistering pace at the Ashford Givaudan 10k and was never troubled as he won in under 31mins. He also became Kent road 10km champion in the process.
Run to the Beat Half Marathon - 5th October
London
1500m Handicap
Deangate
The traditional club 1500m Handicap was won easily by Ben Murphy u13 boy who had a 1min 30sec start on the scratch runner. He got to the front of the race early and was never caught when recording is fastest time at 1500m.
Club X-Country Trials
Deangate
The first
x-country trials for young athletes took place on Saturday 27th September.
Results:
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| Position | Name |
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| 1 | Adam Gilbert |
| 2 | James Williamson |
| 3 | Luke Watson |
| 4 | William Stockwell |
| 5 | Luke Collins |
| 6 | Dominic Kempt |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Cameron Corbishley |
| 9 | Tom Whiley |
| 10 | Joshua Sparks |
| 11 | Joe Clark |
| 12 | Timothy Holsworth |
| 13 | Mark Collins |
| 14 | Dillon Duffus |
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| GIRLS | |
| 1 | Cerys Sanders |
| 2 | Lucy Nicholson |
| 3 | Nicole Reed |
| 4 | Louise Blair |
| 5 | Sophie Ayre |
| 6 | Rhea Sanders |
| The boy who finished 7th did not come back to be |
| with his position number. Please contact me with |
| your details so that the results may be completed. |
Berlin Marathon
28th September 2008
Allen Jones made up for the disappointment of being taken ill the week before he was due to run the London Marathon. He did this by running 2:42:03 in Berlin. Allen finished 227th in the race and was 37th M40.
Allen's split times:
| 5 km | 00:18:53 |
| 10 km | 00:37:41 |
| 15 km | 00:56:33 |
| 20 km | 01:15:40 |
| Half way | 01:19:54 |
| 25 km | 01:35:00 |
| 30 km | 01:54:13 |
| 35 km | 02:13:36 |
| 40 km | 02:33:23 |
Kent Multi Events, Masters and Under 13 Championships
Erith, 20/21 September
Athletes from across the full rnage of age groups contributed to a haul of 22 medals at the three championships taking place on the final weekend of summer competition.
M&M County Champions included:
U13 1500m James West 4:43.1 CBP
U13 75mH Francis Lammas 12.9
M40 JT Stuart J Earl 39.40
M40 TJ Paul Oakes 10.09
W35 200m Penny Barber 31.9
U17 Men Octathlon Alex Wharfe 4284pts
U20 Men Decathlon Stuart Hitchcock 5492pts
U20 Women Decathlon Sophie Copping 3234pts
Will Bolton Memorial Relays
Saprrows Den
20th September
The club's senior men entered two teams in the main race which is run over six legs of 4km. Youngsters Nathan Wilkins and Josh Elderfield made their debuts for the senior men's x-country team and acquitted themselves well, with Josh running the anchor leg in the A team. The team finished second behind a strong Tonbridge team. Elsehwere messers Royden, Lowther, Collins, Curran and Slade all ran two legs to ensure a hard day's training.
A Team - 2nd - 1:22:04
1 B Royden 13:11
2 A Lowther 13:18
3 T Collins 13:16
4 P Curran 13:37
5 N Slade 14:17
6 J Elderfield 14:25
B Team - 8th - 1:27:45
1 N Wilkins 15:08
2 B Royden 14:47
3 A Lowther 14:51
4 T Collins 14:26
5 P Curran 13:53
6 N Slade 14:40
Kent Track Relay Championships
14 September
M&M teams came away with 10 medals from the end of season relay championships held at Eltham. Five gold and five silver made up the haul with the highlight perhaps the Under 17 men who scored a 1-2 in the 4x400m.
Under 13 Boys
Under 15 Girls
Under 17 Men
Bristol Half Marathon
14 September
Tom Collins and Adrian Lowther were both disappointed with their runs at the UK's second biggest half marathon, despite finishing in the top 25 out of 12,500 runners. Collins finished 22nd in 72:48mins and Lowther in 25th in 73:21mins.
Road Running Round Up - No. 1
September 2008
M&M’s Senior Men have been in action recently on the roads of Kent and Wales.
Neil Renault made his long awaited return to competition following surgery on his foot to bring to an end the problems that caused him to miss the end of last winter and all the summer season. With just 8 weeks training behind him he made an instant impact at the Caernarfon 10k by finishing 2nd in a blistering 31.17mins.
Full Results: http://www.eryriharriers.org.uk/results/results%20Caernarfon%2010k%202008.xls
Adrian Lowther won his 3rd consecutive Kent road race at Port Lympe on Saturday 6th September. His time of 33.22mins in very blustery conditions meant he was not troubled by the field and sets him up nicely for an assault on his half marathon pb at Bristol on 14th September. Allen Jones also continued his Berlin Marathon (28th Sep) preparations by finishing third in 36.09mins. Allen Also finished first M40.
Full Results: http://www.209events.com/file/220.xls
4 M&M senior men also turned out on the off road 5 circuit at Shorne Woods on Sunday 7th September. Bob Fursey was first M&M home in 4th place (and first M40). He was supported by Andrejs Safars(5th), Adrian Moody(17th) and Alun Rodgers(22nd).
Full Results: http://www.isteadandifield.org.uk/shorne2008results.pdf
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.
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.
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.