The second Kent Cross Country league races of the Winter at Tonbridge saw Blackheath & Bromley produce five team victories and four individual wins in the various age group races.

Alex Bruce Littlewood won the Senior Mens race and with Michael Skinner in 4th , under 20 Will Fuller 9th and Alex Gibbins in 21st they won the team race as well. To add to the celebrations, they also won the 12 to score thanks to the efforts of Peter Tucker, Richard Webb, Ben Cockburn, Kev May, Ross Braden, Fintan Parkinson , Danny Brewer and Tom Desborough.

Sarah Belaon was first home for the women in 19th place. Danielle Critchley was 26th and Charlotte Stickings 32nd to give them 6th in the team race.

There was a one-two for the Club in the Junior Womens race with Anna Myers first and Samantha Leighton second. Emma Rowland was 5th and Chloe Haffenden 6th to give them an easy team victory.

It was the same again in the under 17 womens race as Kelsey Fuss won, having led from start to finish, Jessica Keane was 2nd, Shannon Riskey 5th and Charlotte Rhule 6th. This secured the team race. The men finished 3rd with Joss Barber 6th, Charlie Davis 9th, James Crawley 21st and Alex Leggatt 25th.

The under 15 girls were dominant with six athletes in the top 10. Naomi Kingston was 2nd, Yasmin Austridge 4th, Millie Smith 6th, Genevieve Allen 7th, Kelsie Cornish 9th and Grace Scopes 10th. This meant that not only did they win the team race but if B teams were counted they would have been third.

The boys were 4th led home by Coleman Corry in 24th with George Pope 27th and Lewis Sticking 29th.

Rowan Fuss won the under 13 boys race by 22 seconds in 11.13 with Peter Guy third and Joseph Georgiadis 5th. This won the team race and the girls nearly did the same finishing in second just one point off winning thanks to Morgan Squibb 4th, Jessica Neal 5th and Imogen Meers 8th. Showing the Club’s strength in depth Emilie Penlington was 10th.

Winner of the girls team manager award was Kelsey Fuss for her first ever Kent League victory while the boys award went to Leo Braden who was a very useful 16th in the under 13 boys race wearing spikes for the first time.

Scott Overall had been intending to run in the Senior race at Tonbridge but he received an invitation to compete in the Great South Run at Portsmouth over 10 miles. He finished in 17th place in 49.29. Ray Walsh was 6469th in 82.47.

A number of the Club’s runners took part in the challenging Beachy Head Marathon and first to finish was Carole Penlington in 35th in 3 hrs 33 minutes and 24 seconds. Steve Pairman was 100th (3.51.50), Clayton Aves 121st (3.55.51) and Mark Skelly 203rd (4.07.41).