KFL Bettshanger Country Park, Deal – Report – 7th January 2018

KFL Race No 4 and the first race of 2018 took place at a sunny but very chilly and extremely windy Bettshanger Country Park, Deal.

5 junior members and 22 seniors club members made the long journey to East Kent. Due to unforeseen circumstances the junior results will be delayed and a separate report will follow as soon as the results are available.

First home for the club in the senior’s race and having a very good run was Steven Chivers coming home in 15th place closely followed by Clive Gidney who came home in 19^th place. The clubs top 3 men were completed by the ever impressive David Sampson 31^st.

Daniel Grimwood 34^th, Nick Denbow 38^th, Mike Walters 56^th, Mark Wild 64^th, and Trevor Crysell 95^th made up the rest of the clubs scoring male runners. Some excellent packing along with some fantastic efforts.

Paul Mace 108^th, John Tilston 127^th, Simon Poole 124^th, Les Percival 163^rd, Simon Barker 164^th, debutant John Markham 235^th and Ron Carr 249^th made up the rest of the clubs male runners.

The first lady home for PWAC was Lyndsey Ritchie in 140^th place overall, 19^th lady home followed by Mandy Barker 242^th 53 lady, Lorraine Shepherd 246^th 54^th lady and Keeley Hoad 264^th 63^rd lady made up the rest of the teams scoring ladies. They were ably supported by Melisa Ferns 288^th 75^th lady Annie Ross 299^th 84th lady and Sue Chivers 304^th 87^th lady.

PWAC’s combined team finished in a fantastic 3rd place overall. The men’s team finishing 3rd male team on the day and the ladies 13^th a great achievement especially with a gruelling uphill finish with a 40+ mile head wind in the runners faces.

For the full race results please take a look at the KFL website http://kfl.canterburyharriers.org the clubs results can be seen posted on our own website. Please be aware the times of some runners will not be correct due to problems at the finish line.

After the 4 KFL races PWAC’s combined team have consolidated there 4th place in the combined team event with the men’s team 3rd and the ladies team 14th. Testament to some fantastic turnouts along with some excellent effort and performances.

The next KFL Race (No 5) is on January 14^th 2018 at Minnis Bay, Birchington, Thanet. Please note there will be junior races at this event starting at 10.15am.

Hopefully we can keep the enthusiasm up for the infamous Minnis Bay course.

Richard and Jeanette Elliott

PWAC KFL Team Managers