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COUNTY COLOURS (VESTS)

Kent County colours are a ROYAL BLUE vest with dark shorts. The vests & County clothing can be purchased from – Podplus (their shop is based at Julie Rose Stadium) or via their website http://www.podplus.co.uk/shop

Please do not use your Kent Schools vest, they are different.

Vests may also be borrowed on the day from the Team Manager.

County Teams & Selections

Kent Selection for Inter-Counties Fixture at Brighton 10k, Sunday 17 November

The team selection crieteria for Kent for the inter-counties match at Brighton; https://www.brighton10k.co.uk/;  Sunday 17th Nov, is as follows:
 
Male and Female Teams of 4
 
1)      Automatic selection for first two at Kent Champs race Larkfield 10k
      Mens  
      Wegahta Zerom           Ashford AC
      Barry Stephenson                  Dartford Harriers AC
 
Womens
Nicolene Hanekom              Sevenoaks AC
Maria Heslop                         Tonbridge AC
 
               These runners have provisionally confirmed they will run.
 
2)      Others please apply to roadrunning@kcaa.org.uk stating your best verified 2023 road race time from any of distances - 5m, 10km, 10m or HM.  I will convert to 10k using https://www.ukresults.net/misc/predictor.html.  If you are unsure which is your best time, then send more than one.  Actual 10kms will receive a 30 second advantage and Larkfield 10k times, as the official qualification race will receive a 60 second advantage, as times from other races are required to be significantly superior.
3)      In all cases you are self-certifying that you are in good fitness, and free from injury.
 4)      Deadline Monday 28th October
 5)      Provisional teams and reserves announced Wednesday 30th October
 6)      If you are already entered into Brighton 10k, then they do operate a refunds system (disclaimer - I cannot warrant this - they are generally slow but get their in the end with these refunds), which I can activate on your behalf once you are selected.  Kent team entries funded by KCAA.
 7)      Brighton 10k is a 9.30am race start and you are responsible for getting yourself there in reasonable time – although I can help anyone who lives down the west side of the county (Dartford, Sevenoaks, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge areas) as I will be  travelling from Dartford.
 Kind regards
Dave Behagg
07966 647726

Southern Intercounties, 7th December, Lloyd Park Croydon

Cross Country Kent Team selection

Under 13 Girls  
Name Club
   
1 Tyla Jade Thomas Dartford Harriers AC
2 Charlotte Foster Cambridge Harriers
3 Aimee Watts Tonbridge AC
4 Eva Vitorino Hiietamm Sevenoaks AC
5 Arianne Launders Tonbridge AC
6 Kate Yepez Medway Tri
7 Zara Chappell Ashford AC
8 Seren Yeatman Cambridge Harriers
9 Lizzie Sanders Cambridge Harriers
10 Sereniti Rankin Ashford AC
11 Isabella Jenkins Blackheath and Bromley H AC
12 Flavia Hitchings Medway Tri
13 Arianna Temmerman Blackheath and Bromley H AC
14 Emily Butcher Tonbridge AC
15 Esther Yeatman Cambridge Harriers
16 Jasmine Stephens Blackheath and Bromley H AC
   
   
Under 13 Boys  
1 Emery Aldridge Blackheath and Bromley H AC
2 Guy Bowers Paddock Wood AC
3 Harry Beeraje Blackheath and Bromley H AC
4 Jago Dinnage Weald Tri Club
5 Riley Phillips Dartford Harriers AC
6 Joshua Eve Thanet Roadrunners AC
7 Zachary Ward Tonbridge AC
8 Daniel McPherson Tonbridge AC
9 Willoughby Taylor Weald Tri Club
10 Zachary Evans Blackheath and Bromley H AC
11 Noah Gear Medway and Maidstone AC
12 Noah Collins Central Park Athletics
13 Ellis Hill Tonbridge AC
14 Ethan Lyons Medway and Maidstone AC
15 Oscar Moore Dartford Harriers AC
16 Herbie Tobin Cambridge Harriers
     
Under 15 Girls  
1 Sophie Richmond Weald Tri Club
2 Evie De Bruyn Blackheath and Bromley H AC
3 Aoife McDonagh Blackheath and Bromley H AC
4 Aoife Foley Tonbridge AC
5 Ava Chappell Ashford AC
6 Celia Yeatman Cambridge Harriers
7 Alba Homans-Yau Blackheath and Bromley H AC
8 Sophia-Rose Bonnar Cambridge Harriers
9 Rosa Truong Medway and Maidstone AC
10 Meredith Cummins Cambridge Harriers
11 Delilah Lester Cambridge Harriers
12 Purdey Hutchings Tonbridge AC
13 Matilda Holliday Dartford Harriers AC
14 Shevia Ryan Dartford Harriers AC
15 Abbie White Dartford Harriers AC
16 Hannah Carter Blackheath and Bromley H AC
     
Under 15 Boys  
1 Freddie Gibson Medway and Maidstone AC
2 Louie Gear Medway and Maidstone AC
3 Ethan Brooks Tonbridge AC
4 Premlee Salmon Dartford Harriers AC
5 Samuel Watson Central Park Athletics
6 Steven Galliard Tonbridge AC
7 William Read Ashford AC
8 Christiaan du Toit Tonbridge AC
9 Chidubem Ugoji Dartford Harriers AC
10 Oliver Lester Tonbridge AC
11 Tristan Linder Sittingbourne Striders
12 Oscar Barker Ashford AC
13 Finley Paton Ashford AC
14 James Bunn Blackheath and Bromley H AC
15 Joel Graffin Tonbridge AC
16 Johnny Lee Blackheath and Bromley H AC
   
     
Under 17 Women  
1 Holly Diprose Sevenoaks AC
2 Emer Tynan Cambridge Harriers
3 Rose Crossley Medway and Maidstone AC
4 Naveen Deo Medway and Maidstone AC
5 Millie Watts Tonbridge AC
6 Marley Reeves Greenwich Tritons
7 Iris Crossley Medway and Maidstone AC
8 Emily Boyd Tonbridge AC
9 Jasmine Mahoney Blackheath and Bromley H AC
10 Kyla Dervish Blackheath and Bromley H AC
11 Heidi Hughes Medway and Maidstone AC
12 Megan Barlow Blackheath and Bromley H AC
13 Zoë Vallis Invicta East Kent AC
14 Olivia Turner Dartford Harriers AC
15 Aimee Price Bexley AC
16 Emma Clayton  Medway and Maidstone AC
     
Under 17 Men  
1 Olly Buck Cambridge Harriers
2 Joseph Hill Blackheath and Bromley H AC
3 Henry Gibson Medway and Maidstone AC
4 Nathan Clark Blackheath and Bromley H AC
5 Samuel Smialowski Tonbridge AC
6 Benjamin O'Grady Blackheath and Bromley H AC
7 James Petrie Tonbridge AC
8 Theo Ronchetti Medway and Maidstone AC
9 Connor Lynch Central Park Athletics
10 Oscar Graffin Tonbridge AC
11 Oliver Cook Cambridge Harriers
12 Edward Brown Ashford AC
13 Jed Starvis Blackheath and Bromley H AC
14 Hendri Verster Blackheath and Bromley H AC
15 Lucas Elmqvist Blackheath and Bromley H AC
16 Aniket Iyengar Cambridge Harriers
     
Under 20 Women  
1 Hannah Clark Blackheath and Bromley H AC
2 Ella Webb Medway and Maidstone AC
3 Abigail Royden Medway and Maidstone AC
4 Carys Firth Blackheath and Bromley H AC
5 Amelia Lawrence Cambridge Harriers
6 Lola Sutton Medway and Maidstone AC
7 Teigan Sullivan Invicta East Kent AC
8 Abigail Hawkes Medway and Maidstone AC
9 Sophia Moore Bexley AC
10 Lexie Johnson Central Park Athletics
11 Islay Pearson Blackheath and Bromley H AC
12 Beth Palmer Medway and Maidstone AC
13 Jessica Wilton Ashford AC
14 Annabel Young Medway and Maidstone AC
15 Ciara Harrop Medway and Maidstone AC
   
Senior Women  
1 Chloe Sharp Blackheath and Bromley H AC
2 Millie Smith Blackheath and Bromley H AC
3 Amy Seager Invicta East Kent AC
4 Charlotte Johnston Maidstone Harriers
5 Elizabeth Owen (W45) Tonbridge AC
6 Emily Hale Medway and Maidstone AC
7 Morgan Squibb Blackheath and Bromley H AC
8 Renata McDonnell (W50) Invicta East Kent AC

 

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

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