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UK
Intercounties Cross Country, Wollaton Park, Nottingham, Sat
8 March 2025
30-12-24
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Southern Intercounties, 7 December,
Lloyd Park Croydon 29-11-24
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Kent Selection for Inter-Counties Fixture at Brighton
10k, Sunday 17 November
20-10-24
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Under 17 & Under 15 Southern Intercounties T&F,
Horspath Oxford, Sun 8 September 2024
25-09-24
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2024 - UK Intercounties XC, Nottingham 9
March
20-03-24
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National CAU Intercounties Cross Country,
Wollaton Park, Nottingham,
Sat 9th March 2024
29-12-23
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Current Leader Board
16-11-23
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National CAU Intercounties Cross Country,
Loughborough, Sat 11 March 2023
9-04-23
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Southern Intercounties C-C, Horspath, Oxford -
10 December 2022 17-12-22
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2022 Track & Field Southern Intercounties
10 September 2022 1-10-22
UK Intercounties Cross Country, Wollaton Park,
Nottingham, Sat 8 March 2025
Kent Selection Criteria
U13s, U15s and U17s
First 5 in the Kent Champs (Brands
Hatch on Jan 4th ) will Automatically be selected and will be
contacted to confirm availability.
The remaining Team places (8 run/4
score) plus Reserves will be selected by the Selection Team in the weeks
leading up to the Race.
U20s, Senior Women and Senior Men
First 4 in the Kent Champs will be
Automatically selected and will be contacted to confirm availability.
The remaining Team places - U20 (8
run/4 score) and Senior Men and Women (9 run/4 score) plus all Reserves will
be selected by the Selection Team in the weeks leading up to the Race
Auto Selected Runners places are not
passed down to eg 6th or 7th spots etc IF an
Auto Selected runner cannot compete
Wildcards
If you can’t compete in the Kent
Champs, you can apply for “Wildcard” status by submitting your reason for
missing the Kent Champs AND justification for Selection. The Selectors will
look at other high-quality races like Cross Challenges, Kent Schools and
Southern XC.
Parkrun performances cannot be used
as evidence for Wildcard Selection.
You must submit your Wildcard
application before by 27th Jan 2025. Send you email to
darrellluke1967@gmail.com
The deadline for Kent to submit
Teams is 6th Feb 2025 (4 weeks before the Race) where we can
submit 12 runners per Team (8/9 Run plus reserves). Last year, only 6 Full
teams took the line on the day, due to last minute drop outs.
INJURY/ILLNESS HAPPEN BUT CAN I ASK
YOU TO ONLY AGREE TO RUN IF YOU/YOUR COACH ARE COMMITTED TO RUN (IF FIT AND
WELL). OTHERWISE YOU ARE POSSIBLY DENYING OTHERS A RUN FOR KENT AT THE UK
CHAMPS.
Lets Go Kent
Darrell Smith
Team Manager
Kent Selection
for Inter-Counties Fixture at Brighton 10k, Sunday 17 November
Southern
Intercounties, 7th December, Lloyd
Park Croydon
Under 17 & Under 15 Southern Intercounties T&F,
Horspath Oxford, Sun 8 September 2024
With many of our
sprinters and middle distance runners competing on the same day at the Kent
Relays we definitely gave away points, so a 4th overall Team
position across all 4 age groups was a good result.
In the U15Gs there
were wins for Ella Brooker in the Pole Vault and Alessia Scala in the High
Jump with the Team 3rd overall.
In the U15Bs the
Team placed second Team with wins for Kierath Dhillon in the Shot, Toby
Gwinnell in the Javelin and Kai Rogan in the Sprint Hurdles.
The U17W were 4th
Team with wins for Isabella Amartey in the Long Jump and Lily Gayle in the
Sprint Hurdles and a double win for Emily Cadman in the 100m and 200m.
Fifth overall, the
most wins came in the U17M with wins for Elijah Olaleye in the 400m Hurdles
and Theo Ronchetti in the 400m. And double wins for Michael Bridge in the
Shot and Discus.
Well done to all
Athletes, Coaches and Parents involved.
Darrell Smith
Team Manager
2024 Kent Teams - UK Intercounties XC, Nottingham 9th March
A great day for
Cross Country with warm Weather and the course quite dry despite the
warnings from organisers about Parking
U20M
Some significant dropouts left this Team not at full strength but those that
did compete, did so admirably. The Team finished 14th.
U13G
Although the Team was at full strength it just wasn’t the Girls’ day with
the Team finishing 16th. However, with 3 of the Team still U13s
next Year Im hopeful our U13s do well next year
Senior Women
Last year I lamented that the Senior Women’s Team always had potential but
for the last two years we had never been able to get them on the line
together.
This year we
managed (well almost) to do exactly that and were rewarded with a 3rd
place Team finish. Pheobe Barker was 8th, closely followed home
by Holly Dixon in 11th then Naomi Kingston 24th, Chloe
Sharp 35th, Morgan Squibb 47th and Zoe White 83rd
to complete the Team. Can we do even better in 2025?
U15 Boys
Last year Joseph Scanes ran despite being ill, still managing to finish in
27th place. This Year at full strength he followed the early race
pace but then took the lead and never looked back, leading his Team to a 4th
place finish, one better than last year. Joseph Hill ran a great race to
finish 6th along with Peter Fitzmaurice in 49th and
Sebastian Sanz-Kozyra in 68th.
U17W
Last year the U17W were 5th Team and could have been looking at a
top 5 placing again but with Eliza Nicholson running in the Kent U20W Team
to try for World Cross selection and with the loss of Amber Mathews it was
always going to hard to match last year, However, all the Team ran well with
Lauren Mitchell leading the Team home in 35th.
U17M
Great
packing by this Team to take 3rd place Team. Franklin Shepherd 22nd,
Noah Paterson 25th, Harrison Fraser 29th and Alexander
Middleton 44th
U13B
In a
similar way to the U13G, it wasn’t the boys day finishing 18th
Team but there were still great individual performances with Samuel Watson
Leading the team home in 51st
U20W
The
U17Ws loss was the U20Ws gain as Eliza Nicholson joined the U20s. With Eliza
Nicholson was 2nd gaining GB selection for the World Cross
Country, Hannah Clark was next home for Kent in 15th improving on
her 28th last year. Amy Goodhand in 36th and Ella
Webb 41st ensured a 2nd place Team finish, a major
improvement on last year’s 8th
U15G
Injury on the day and illness put paid to what looked like a potential top 6
performance for the Team. Sophie Richmond led the Team home in 27th,
Ava Chappell 49th, Aoife McDonagh 7th and Rose
Crossley 167th for a 15th Team pleasing. However, the
first three home are all still U15s next year so there is potential to do
Senior Men
The loss of
Cameron Chambers, Matthew Dubery and Marcus Etheridge was a blow and if you
think about who the Kent Team could contain then you are talking about a
winning Team but I’m sure many other counties would make a similar claim.
At the front end
of the Race James Kingston was tracking the leaders in a small group which
only began to break up in the last kilometre. Running a well-judged Race
James Kingston was 4th with Ben Cole, also running well this
Season, in 17th. Wegahta Zerom 45th Mathew Taylor 59th
Robert Sesemann 69th and Mathew Speed 123rd completed
the Team for a 5th Place Team finish, one spot ahead of last
year.
Overview
There is always
room for improvement, but I feel we had a better Champs than last year and
probably on a par with 2022
Highlights were
the performance of the Senior Women’s, the win by Joseph Scanes in the U15B,
the selection of Eliza Nicholson for the World Cross Country as an U17W and
the run by James Kingston to place 4th in the Senior Men’s Race.
A big that’s to
all the Selectors and Officials for their time and efforts and to Coaches
and Parents for helping to get Athletes to the line.
Darrell Smith
National CAU Intercounties Cross
Country, Wollaton Park, Nottingham, Sat 9th March 2024
National CAU Intercounties Cross Country,
Loughborough, Sat 11 March 2023
A relatively warm day, conditions underfoot were
challenging in spots and long spikes were a necessity, especially the right
hander half round the larger lap.
U20M
The day couldn’t have started better with a great performance from the U20M
team who repeated their win from last year. Louis (6th) and Jack Small
(11th) were the first two home and great runs from Jamie Keir (14th) and
Mathew Dubery (19th) who came charging through in the last kilometre.
U13G
Next were our U13G’s Team. Good performances all round with Sophie Richmond
(17th) leading the Team home with Aoife McDonagh 20th, Ava Chappell 37th and
Isla Murray 69th . The Team ended up 6th just one place down from 5th last
year.
Senior Women
The third race of the day was our Senior Women. Of all the Teams this Team
suffered most in Terms of dropouts and as a result we did not have enough
runners to make up a Team. Annabel Carter was 70th, Morgan Squibb in her
first Senior Intercounties was 82nd and Harriet Wooley was 137th On paper
the Kent Senior Women’s Team always looks strong but the last two years we
have never been able to get them on the line together. 2024?
U15 Boys
The U15B team wasn’t at maximum strength with a couple of Athletes not able
to compete and Joseph Scanes, who did run, recovering from illness. Despite
this, the Team were still able to place 5th Team. With a fair wind this Team
would have had real medal chances. Olly Buck who had a great run in 20th was
backed up by Joseph Scanes 27th (who would go on to win the English Schools
a week later), Joseph Hill and Jed Starvis came in together in 55th and 56th
place to make the scoring 4.
U17W
The loss of Annabelle Souter was a big one for the U17W team where a top 3
Team placing had looked likely. A great run from Eliza Nicholson (6th),
Carys Firth (24th) ably supported by Abigail Royden (40th) and Liberty Whyte
(77th) put the Team 5th. A big improvement on 13th from last year.
U17M
Last year’s 3rd Team placing looked repeatable and a fit Hayden Gear
would have likely helped achieve that goal. However, that’s not to take away
from great runs by Jake Stevens (4th) and Noah Paterson in 18th, Tom
Claridge (29th ) who has made massive improvement and Harrison Fraser
(61st). They still were 5th ,and on another day could have nicked 3rd again.
Special mention for Adam Whitlock who lost a shoe early on by fought on to
finish 111th .
U13B
A great run by Freddie Gibson (15th) but not such a great day for the
rest. Many struggling to match their performances at the National. The Team
finished 13th.
U20W
Hannah Clark led the Kent Team home in 28th with Ella Webb had a great
run in 51st . They were backed up by Annabel Young in 58th Ella Ayden in
66th to place 8th Team. A solid performance.
U15G
Iris Crossley led the Team home in 35th, followed by Megan Barlow in 55th ,
Ella Baker in 70th and Isla Taylor just behind in 72nd to make the scoring
Team. The Team placed 13th
Senior Men
The Men’s Team look capable of a Top 3 placing but illness, injury and
clashes with other Races meant we didn’t field its very strongest Team.
National XC Champion, James Kingston led the Team home in 7th with Alexander
Howard 15th and Ben Cole 32nd. Special mention to Thomas Wright who came in
as a Reserve but made the scoring Team with a 76th . Cameron Dockerill and
Stuart Brown completed the Team in 80th and 121st to complete the scoring 6.
The Team placed 6th .
Similar to the Southern Intercounties, quite a few
dropping out leading up to the Race but Runners are always on the edge of
nearly being ill or injured.
So, a tale of what might have been. Possibly
performances suffer as the Race is just one week after the National and
Runners may be tired. And for many younger Athletes the ESAA is the biggest
Race of the year and that is only a week later.
Darrell Smith
Southern Intercounties, Horspath, Oxford - 10 December 2022
Report
17-12-22
U15/U17 Inter County Match, Horspath, Oxford - 10 September 2022
Report
& photos 1-10-22
