The first Kent League fixture of the season at Swanley saw a mixture of results for Blackheath & Bromley with one win, three second places and a third in the various team races; plus one individual win and a couple more top three placings.

Last season the Senior Women won the League but they have some work to do to retain their title this year as they started with a fourth place. Joint team manager Jane Bradshaw was the Club’s first finisher in 10th place with Sarah Dowling 18th and Sara Elmqvist 22nd.

It was a similar story for the men as joint team manager Alex Gibbins led the squad home in 13th and with Danny Brewer 21st, David McKinlay 26th and under 20 Will Mercer 27th, they too finished in 4th. They were one place higher in the 12 to score contest.

Highest placed individual of the day was Greg Proctor who won the Junior Mens race.

The under 17 women came third led by Amber Reed in 7th with Jessica Jones 11th, and Emma Rowland 14th, hotly pursued by Bethany Frost in 15th.

Richard Webb was 6th in the under 15 boys race and with Will Fuller 9th and Bailey Stickings 14th the Club were 2nd in the team race. The girls were third in their race led by Leah Everson in 7th followed by Lucy Sidey in 9th and Charlotte Rhule in 13th.

Most successful team of the day were the under 13 girls where Jessica Keane was 2nd, Naomi Kingston 3rd and Georgina Taylor 4th. This gave them an emphatic victory in the team race and pleasingly there were another six finishers from the Club.

The turn out from the boys was also very good and with Joss Barber 4th, Charlie Davis 9th and Jake Potter 10th they were second in the team race.

Full results of these races can be found via the Club website at www.bandbhac.org.uk Dave Taylor was in action in the Surrey League at Wimbledon Common. Running for second claim club Herne Hill, the former Southern Cross Country champion, who is now an over 45, finished in 8th place overall.

Steve Pairman was the Club’s first finisher in the latest Bromley 5km park run at Norman Park. He finished in 6th place with Rob Brown 22nd and Sarah Hayes 189th. Nigel Haffenden was 8th in the race at Greenwich Park.

On the roads Peter Hannell was in action in the Enfield League 5 mile race walk at Lee Valley. The M65 finished in 21st place in 50 minutes and 8 seconds in a field of 45 starters.

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