Kent AC has a strong squad of young athletes who compete on the track, road and country. Members of our squad regularly get selected to run for Lewisham Borough in inter-London championships, with some going on to represent London at a national level.
We have a regular training group for boys aged 14 and older. This is every Tuesday, and starts at around 7:00-7:15pm at Ladywell Track
For girls aged 11-17, we have regular Tuesday night sessions. These run from 6:00-6:45pm and cost £1.30 a session. Contact Sheryl Clark for more information, tel 07843 074 871 or email: clarksheryl@hotmail.com [0].
For this younger age-group "Sportshall" is an ideal introduction to athletics, see the links on our Links Page [0]
Here is the latest news on events where Kent AC young athletes have competed:
Success for Kent athletes in London Schools’ XC [0]
Several young athletes from the club were competing in the London Schools’ Cross Country Championships, and one in particular distinguished himself. Robbie Fraser had what undoubtedly was his best run over the country in the senior boy’s race, coming home in third place .
South of the Thames XC [0]
On an old fashioned cross country course with woodland, hills, mud and fast trails that was new to all of our guys we came away pleasantly content with Team Bronze medals despite the absence of stalwarts Rich Munn and Chris Greenwood.
Club 200 Draw [0]
Congratulations to Marcus Graham on winning the very first draw of The Club 200. We are delighted to reveal we sold all 49 balls and this will raise crucial funds for the club.
.Surrey League Richmond Park [0]
Warm spring like conditions on a bone hard course greeted the runners in the opening race of the season but it was business as usual for 2hr 19min marathon man John Gilbert as he recorded his 6th successive win in the league.
Emphatic Promotion to Athletics Premiership [0]
Our A team went to Crawley for the last British League match of the season knowing that only a top 5 position was needed to gain promotion to the 8 team Premiership of British club athletics but they had to beat City of Liverpool to go up as Champions.
Multiple Team Wins at Victoria Park [0]
Congratulations to all who raced at Victoria Park's Assembley League on Thursday- it was a great turnout. So many runners we had to borrow extra numbers ! Our first 4 in the top 10 and second 4 in the top 20 gave us comfortable A & B string wins.
Kent AC B Team Promoted to Division 1 [0]
A convincing victory at Canterbury on Saturday made it four wins out of five for the B Team, which means that we're promoted to Division 1 as Champions of Division 2S.
.B Team news from Parliament Hill, 30th July 2011 [0]
A close second place for the B Team at Parliament Hill Fields on Saturday, where we were beaten by just 2.5 points by a strong Herne Hill Harriers team. Let's look on the bright side; last year they walloped us by 33 points and we're still top of Division 2 South.
3rd win Southern League at Woking [0]
A third straight win for the B Team at Woking on Saturday, which leaves us unbeaten and top of Division 2 South. After a tight start, we gradually edged away from the gentlemen of Epsom & Ewell and eventually won comfortably with 127 points, the highest total in the Division so far this year.
British League - Double Tops! [0]
Straight after our B team went top of the men’s Southern League Div 2S and now seem to be favourites for promotion to Div 1 our A team matched them by going top of British League Div 1, also after 2 fixtures.
2nd win for B team at Crawley [0]
A convincing win for the B Team at Crawley on Saturday, taking our winning streak to TWO matches and putting us top of Division 2 South.
.Southern League Match 1 at Erith [0]
A winning start to the 2011 season for the B Team at Erith on Saturday, beating the A Teams of Hastings, Horsham Blue Star and Sutton & District Pink Triangle. In the new look Division - in which we compete against just three other teams - there's a maximum of 144 a team can score in a match, so our total of 116 was really impressive.
Club Presentation on Sat 8th Jan [0]
It’s that time again, that once a year when we can all come together and celebrate both club and individual success. This year’s presentation will include special awards for those who medalled or made finals in the AAA Champs or South of England Champs, achieved a new Club Senior Record or even better – represented GB.
Surrey League - Mission accomplished! [0]
Yet another easy win meant that Kent AC secured promotion to Div 2 with one match to go, although a solid turnout is needed in the last match if they are to go up as Champions. The one piece of bad news on the day was the fractured ankle sustained by Sam Coombes – one of the unluckiest athletes ever in terms of injury.
Surrey XC Croydon [0]
The second fixture of the season produced a repeat showing of the first fixture as John Gilbert stormed away from the field showing impressive strength on the hills as he steadily built up a gap on the rest of the field to win by well over a minute.