BECKENHAM RUNNING CLUB

Cross Country 2008/9

Its nearly the cross country season again. Yipee!

Ken Writes....

I have split the fixtures into Kent Cross Country League and "friendly" races. The League is £1.50 for the entire season, compare that to the price of your Fancy Nike 10k Entry!

2007/8.....

Update: Winter 07/08 - Don't forget X-Country facilities now include our luxury BAG TENT

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Kent League at Nurtsed Court....  Last Race of the Season...Bright but chilly, and its always nice to have a cross country event with Gold-Gilt chairs in the hospitality marquee. A nice water feature half way round, the shrieking, they say, could be heard in Dartford. P.S The boys ran too, but haven't got the pics yet! Clare won, by the way !  Full results here.... http://www.kcaa.org.uk/kl%2016-02-08.htm

Blackheath

Check out Tom's pics on flickr...http://www.flickr.com/photos/13515700@N05/sets/72157603700250402

Ken writes... Just to say thanks to all those runners(including newcomers Will and Andrew W) and supporters who braved the winter chill and mud of the Blackheath
course yesterday....and additional thanks for the organizors of the evening event!17 of our finest turned out to wage war with the "Heathens"....and pleased to see Kate (or was it Mel?) come away with some liquid spoils!

Sparrows Den for the Kent League....

1st October 2007

Will Bolton Memorial Relay results...

9th September - Ken writes...

Just received notes of dates for the XC season which might be of interest  

JAN 12-Friendly with Blackheath,Orpington,SLH etc around their long course finishing Hayes common-a mass turnout last year from us and hopefully even more this year!     No need to pre-enter and about £2 to enter on day

JAN 5^th –County champs at Croydon this time-this will require pre-entries  from mid December if anyone interested

Nov 24/Dec 1,Dec 8, Dec 22-various friendlies in Wimbledon Richmond area. normally about 6 miles with minimal entry fee if any at all. Would usually leave Beckenham about 13 hours returning after subsidized tea and beers about 18 hours-all on Saturday afternoon.A good reason for alternative weekend training, avoiding XMAS shopping tc etc.Entering either as additional bank team or  if sufficient number a Beckenham team in own right

 March 22 Orion 15-what can I say?

Correction - Sparrows Den is 22nd September.

22nd July - Ken Writes...

Have received Ken t Cross Country League dates just for diary note before I am away. By late August would be useful to know degree of interest for fixtures to assess degree of interest for this league (men’s and women’s)

Just a reminder…Fee for whole season £1.50 per individual and ideally need a core of half a dozen runners who will be able to run all/most races while some may wish to turn up selectively which is fine-one race number to be kept whole season

15th September - Sparrow Den relay. 

6^th October    Sparrows Den

27^th October-   Capstone Park Chatham .

17^th November  danson park- Women

15^th December   Somerhills school Tonbridge   Men

16^th February    Nurstead Court Gravesend 

Cross Country 2006/7

22nd Feb - Ken Writes...

Many thanks to all those involved in last Saurday's Kent League match, Full results on www.kcaa.org.uk 

Of individual note

1.Barry Royden 30.38.........still going strong 

60.Marc Clayton 

61 Andy Connors 

84 James Hoskins 

95 Mark Lacy 

108 Andy Hinds

Over a season dogged by injuries, conflicting fixtures etc we have managed to field a team at all events against very stiff opposition

From the 4 match series Mark Lacy finished a very creditable 38th despite a dislike for the muddy stuff and often doubling up on weekend races

Also special thanks to James a relative club newcomer and Sarah for organizing the team at Swanley

Well done all 

Ken

Another reminder of Orion 15 on www.orionharriers.org.uk a very tough off road 15 miler ideal for a pre marathion test!

14th December - Ken Writes....

17th Dec 2006 - Ken Writes...

Ladies Kent League .- a great result on the day and the grouping was enough to hurt Darford and Ashford and breathing so closely down Kent's neck!

A fantastic achievment in only the first season finishing in the top half of the league,only two points away from third place and putting many very well established Kent clubs to shame.......not to mention our men's cross country section,which,on paper,should have a massively larger pool of possible participants!

First, thanks to everybody that took part throughout the season......you see the importance of turning up and being there....

Special mention of Clare who won the Vets category by a massive margin and also come 4th overall across the entire Ladie's age categories!

The League part of the cross country season now over for the ladies but I have details of a couple of friendlies for next year and hopefully if we can further persuade Loulabelle,Marie,Christine,Lee-Ann etc that mud not so bad..we have the makings of a good squad for next year?

Kent County Athletics Cross Country League Results Bennetts Memorial School on 16/12/06
Senior Women 5000m
FinPos AthNo AthleteName Club Time FinPos AthNo AthleteName Club Time
1 350 Jennie Butler BLA 21:00 61 255 Tay Abhyanker KEN 30:17
2 33 Jenny Harnett MED 21:12 62 560 Charlotte Greenwood I&I 31:17
3 36 Helcha Simkova MED 21:37 63 564 Claire Ward I&I 33:14
4 353 Fran Green BLA 21:52
5 23 Natalie Gray MED 22:07 Senior Women
6 185 Clare Elms V BEC 22:10 First 3 to Score Match
7 34 Jemma Harraden MED 22:25 Club Points Points
8 106 Elaine Murty DAR 22:29 1 Medway and Maidstone AC 10 10
9 352 Bella Clayton BLA 22:46 2 Blackheath and Bromley H AC 14 9
10 508 Jo Bradford ASH 22:52 3 Invicta East Kent AC 65 8
11 501 Tara Taylor V TWH 23:08 4 Kent AC 75 7
12 515 Amanda Jukes ASH 23:23 5 Beckenham Road Runners 75 6
13 10 Heidi Coleman IEK 23:26 6 Cambridge Harriers 77 5
14 490 Claire Gibson CAM 23:44 7 Istead and Ifield 87 4
15 345 Ella Fisher BLA 23:53 8 Tonbridge AC 94 3
16 500 Sian Roberts V TWH 24:04 9 Dartford Harriers 94 2
17 365 Bridget Davey V BLA 24:13 10 Paddock Wood AC 140 1
18 642 Lisa Page V BLA 24:21
19 494 Christine Bond V CAM 24:34
20 254 Claire Gaskill I&I 24:38 Senior Women
21 611 Vicki Talbot-Rosner V IEK 24:44 First 3 to Score Final Totals
22 651 Cathy Harvey MED 24:49 Club Points
23 265 Carol Grady V KEN 24:51 1 Medway and Maidstone AC 39 (49)
24 183 Diane Bradley V TON 25:02 2 Blackheath and Bromley H AC 39 (72)
25 260 Ali Farrall KEN 25:06 3 Invicta East Kent AC 24 (184)
26 39 Penny May MED 25:16 4 Kent AC 23 (302)
27 256 Virginia Bowles KEN 25:17 5 Beckenham Road Runners 22 (311)
28 181 Stephane Kitson TON 25:20 6 Dartford Harriers 20 (300)
29 368 Annie McDonough V BLA 25:22 7 Ashford AC 17 (109)
30 357 Clare Lodwig BLA 25:31 8 Istead and Ifield 16 (347)
31 11 Caroline Smith IEK 25:43 9 Tonbridge AC 15 (368)
32 250 Sally Whitelaw I&I 25:46 10 Cambridge Harriers 11 (407)
33 5 Kate Marchant BEC 25:51 11 Paddock Wood AC 6 (473)
34 12 Janice Morekite V IEK 25:55
35 251 Lynne Champion V I&I 26:01
36 9 G Arnott V BEC 26:03
37 114 Ruth Ward DAR 26:05
38 266 Andrea Jeffries V KEN 26:08

9th Dec 2006 - Ken Writes....

"Many thanks to all participants at the Swanley races and special mention to Clare,who running "unofficially" as a warm up for next Saturday's race still managed a podium position!

On the subject of next week a reminder that the Kent League Ladies race over 5000m approx is at Bennett Memorial School,Tunbridge Wells 2pm start.Will check team and map etc on Wednesday...before or after drinks.....I will betaking the car to the event and runners and spectators(cheering around course) are very welcome

Reminder again that i want to see a massive club turnout for a local event at Hayes/Keston on 13th jan and the final Men's Kent League event back at Swanley again on 17th February"

Kent League - Tonbridge October 28th 2006

Results here

Well done the ladies, hanging on to 3rd place overall. I think the men were there to make up the numbers!

Kent League - Chatham October 7th 2006

After one race the Ladies have placed 3rd out of 9, and the Men 13th out of 16. I think. A nice day for it too. Next fixture is Tonbridge on the 28th.

Can I stop now?

Cross Country Relay - 16th September 2006 

And so a good start to a new season with a relay at Sparrows Den. Well done all who took part - with 2 mens and a ladies team. Wow.

Team Positions

Beckenham Men A team-13th

Beckenham Men B team 21st

Beckenham Ladies 7th in category

Top 5 Beckenham individuals

1.Marc Clayton 14.31 2.Peter Baksh 15.26 3.Andy Connors15.39 4.Clare Elms-Also 2nd fastest female leg of all teams-a fine achievment-well done! 15.47 5.Pete Goodman 15.53

See www.bandbhac.org.uk  for results...

Cross Country 2006

24 Beckenhams made it to the start line. It was one of those days that Mel would call "f****n' freezing". Fortunately however, the ground was not frozen, which could have been disastrous for those of us wearing studs. In fact the underfoot conditions were the dryest I have ever known them, the section along the ridge in the Hadleigh Park Nature Reserve being merely muddy, rather than the normal quagmire. The wind was blowing from a completely different direction from normal, making it hard at the start, but normally we run into a head wind as we double back at Leigh on Sea Station, making the open section very arduous. Yesterday, however, we were blessed with a tail wind at that point. Ever now and again the same came out, and just as I thought it was getting warm there would be a sudden blast of icy cold wind.  No incidents were reported by the Essex Mountain Rescue Team. Craig stormed into the finish in 1:44:53,  well before the rest of us, demonstrating once again that he can lead a dissolute life-style and still beat the "southern softies" Mark and Sheridan, who run well in training, but I've never seen race before, both put up very creditable performances. Pat proved that it is possible to be sober and still walk/run straight. Nicky has netanousified into being the clubs distance female runner. In fact, teamwise, the women did rather better than us men, being 6 out of 14. The men could only manage 12 out of 14. Opinions on the course varied. some found it interesting  but a few masochists complained that there were not enough hills in it. Jonathon, as always, looked very relaxed at the finish, as if he enjoyed it immensely. Thanks to you all who turned up and supported the event. Finally. a few people expressed disappointment at not getting a T Shirt. I have managed to find 3 Benfleet T shirts at home (no they haven't been worn). I am prepared to give them on a first ask, first get basis. First Man       Chrispian Bloomfield    1:28:08 First Woman     Elizabeth Hawkins       1:39:42 Means team 12/14 Womens team 6/14 Beckenham 1.      47       Craig                  1:44:53 2.      71       Ken                    1:48:46 3.      94      Steve Win               1:51:56 4.      98      Sheridan                1:52:48 5.      104     Ben                     1:53:48 6.      114     Alan Sallows            1:55:39 7.      123     Mark                    1:57:36 8.      143     Alan Pledge             2:00:23 9.      147     Nicky                   2:00:38 10.     162     Steve Ferrar            2:02:47 11.     172     Tony Bag                2:02:54 12      184     John Morsley            2:04:47 13.     187     Andrew Hinds            2:05:04 14.     193     Mel                     2:05:30 15.     204     Andrew Rees*            2:06:30 16      215     Martin                  2:07:24 17      228     Kate                    2:08:18 18      229     Graeme                  2:08:23 19.     285     Colin                   2:15:58 20.     346     Ruth                    2:23:59 21.     351     Ian                     2:24:58 22.     365     Jeremy                  2:27:39 23.     373     Pat                     2:28:14 24.     379     Jonathon                2:29:14 465 finishers * I think this was actually Andy Small, if not I am just getting very muddled up with my Andy's.	k
Blackheath and Bromley - 14th January 2006
And all I can tell you about this one, is that I didn't do it at all, suffering from a 'mysterious' ankle injury after the previous week at Sevenoaks. Funny that
Some great Pics of suffering runners though...
And Kate is saying "Would you please get out of the way".
Sevenoaks - 7th January 2006
All I can tell you about this one, is that I did it in my walking boots, because I forgot my studs... And the reason I only have pictures of ladies, is because I was running in the Men's Race when that happened! ( In Cross Country they send the Men and Women off on different races. How sweet. )
Dont think X country is fun ? - see these happy faces at Danson Park. And at £1.20 / season, its a bargain compared to the Nike 10k.   The girls are raring to go, Ive no idea what the guys are playing at. It's a fun day out for the whole family. Sort of. 2004 Fixtures   Event Location Entry Ken's Comments!           06-nov Bank club match Chingford   Tough 13-nov South of thames Richmond     04-dec 10 miles  Coulsdon  Ken and Ben ran! See results here   04 - dec 6 miles Petersham Richmond Park See Ken B  Making up Bank team 11-dec Bank club match Wimbledon       Kent Vets / Clubman Tunbridge Wells Pre-Enter Good Team Event 26-dec Fancy Dress paperchase Blackheath Enter on day All Welcome  08-jan Kent county Sevenoaks Pre-Enter 6 and 12 to score           15-jan Blackheath Hayes   Plus tea/bar. A friendly to help out bank 22-jan Friendly Richmond Park   Good Hospitality, Big entry wanted 29-jan Southern Parliament hill Pre-Enter 9 miles hilly 30-jan Benfleet 15   Ask Ken Fancett   5-feb Friendly Richmond Park      12-feb Kent League Swanley     19-feb National Birmingham Pre-Enter   26-feb Friendly Richmond Park      March Orion 15     Challenging 19-mar Blackheath Yacht Handicap       ? Bromley vets at sparrows den   Enter on day Fun event! ? Kent fitness league                             Back to Home Page