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3July2022

Get your kit on!

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KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN
3 July 2022

It was another big week of racing with many of our Kent AC members descending on Battersea Park for both the Sri Chimnoy 5k on Tuesday night and RunThrough’s Chase the Sun series on Wednesday night. Congratulations to all who raced!

Further afield Zuzana Nemeckova is fast becoming Kent AC’s ultra running queen with a 2nd place finish in her age group at this weekends UTS50 in Wales. Second Claimer Max Nicholls was 18th overall at the Up and Down race at the Euro Athletics off road champs with the British men’s senior team finishing in 5th place.

A lot of news to get through this week including last chance to order kit and an opportunity to become a Juniors coach. Please click here to see a brilliant video put together by member Paul Crompton featuring many of our junior members for more information on coaching.
Please contact /" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Barron if you would like more information on becoming a junior coach!

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NEW BALANCE RACE KIT – LAST CHANCE TO ORDER

A reminder that orders for the New Balance kit shop close midnight Thursday 7th July 2022

This is likely to be the last opportunity for sometime to purchase these items so please get your orders in quickly.

· Crop Top – £27.60

· Race Knickers – £25.20

· Hot Pants – £25.20

· Sprint Short – £30.00 (male)

· Multisport Shorts – £24.00 (unisex)

Kent AC Members | New Balance Teamsports

Delivery 8-10 weeks

If a member wishes to receive their training kit and race kit orders dispatched together this will be on the 8–10-week lead time. The cost of shipping (£5.99) will only be taken once. If a member wishes to have the race kit delivered separately from the training wear on the 3-10 working daytime frame, they should place a separate order for the training wear, as this will allow the NB ordering system to flag up the training kit as an urgent pick and pack order.

Should you have any questions please email

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OFFICIALLY NEEDED

Your club needs you!

Kent AC are badly in of need officials, especially for the two remaining SAL matches.

You don’t need a qualification, duties aren’t onerous and in fact are good fun. You also get travel covered & a free lunch!

The fixtures are:

16-Jul: SAL Tooting
6-Aug: KYAL Tonbridge
13-Aug: SAL Tooting

We also need people to do courses in field, starter, track judge and timekeeping and the club will pay for these and your EA subs.

Contact Len to volunteer or for more information.

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LADYWELL COUNTDOWN

Ladywell 10000 coming up on Sunday 21st August 2022

Entries are now open to the public. Please spread the word about the event to your running friends and communities.
NEW this year: we’ll have 100m races at the event, as part of our championships series this summer, see more below.

The event is a fantastic opportunity to run 25 glorious laps and set a new 10000m PB in the calm and tranquil environment of Ladywell Arena in late summer.

It’s a great day of racing and a lot of fun.

The event is open to everyone who can run under 55mins for 10km. Races will be seeded to ensure athletes run in races suited to their ability.

Entries here

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CLUB CHAMPS

Jake Simmonds is currently organising our 2022 club champs season for us. First up will be the 800m distance coming up quickly on 21 July 2022

(provisional) Future dates:

28 July 200m,1500m

21 August – 10,000m, 100m

25 August 3000m, LJ

15 September – 5000m, 400m

Members can sign up for the 800m using this link

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ASSEMBLY LEAGUE AND CLUB PARKRUN COMING UP THIS WEEK

The next Assembly League fixture is this Thursday 7 July in Victoria Park (distance 3.5 miles).

The next club Parkrun will also be this coming Saturday 9 July at Dulwich, with coffee at the Clock Cafe afterwards.

Additional dates for diaries:

Assembly League
August 4 Beckenham Place Park

Southern Assembly League
16 July Tooting
13 August Tooting

Club Championships – Road Races
10km – Sri Chimnoy 10k, Battersea Park – Sat 6th Aug
Half Marathon – Big Half, Greenwich – Sun 4th Sep
Marathon – London – Sun 2nd Oct

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NEW MEMBERS

Welcome to our new members this week:Amy White
Adam BurshamMatthew Bouette

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WIN A TRACK PASS

In recognition of the importance of our volunteers, all gate volunteers each month are in with a chance of winning themselves a month’s track pass (worth £10).
To be added to the rota simply email Jacqueline/Simon at ( /
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We only need each track attendee to volunteer a couple of times a year to spread the responsibility fairly.

T&Cs for the track pass draw:

All volunteers for the current month will be added into the hat for a draw each month.
The winner will win a free pass for the next calendar month.
Names will be automatically drawn from https://namepicker.net/ (or similar alternative)
The winner can either chose to:

use their free pass within a calendar year
allow their free pass to roll down to another volunteer
annual pass holders can nominate another club member if they cannot make use of the pass themselves

No refunds/discounts will be provided in place of the free monthly pass.
Volunteers will only be eligible to win a pass once every three months.

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TRACK, TRACK, TRACK

Buy your track pass here.
The usual track times are:
Tuesday 17:15 – 20:45
Thursday 18:30 – 20:30
Sunday 09:00 – 11:30
Please note that individuals are permitted to do their own sessions during club opening times, but coached group sessions continue to take priority.

Track Pass – Juniors
Please purchase your £5 junior monthly track pass in advance here. When purchasing the track pass can parents/guardians please enter the athlete’s name when completing the transaction

Please see a helpful FAQs guide here

Ladywell Arena now has new opening hours dedicated to the public. While during these times the Kent AC track pass is not valid, members can pay for an individual session.

Session times are:
Monday: 07:00 -15:00
Tuesday – Thursday: 1300 -1700
Friday: 07:00 – 15:00
Saturday – Sunday: 09:00-15:00

Price:
Adult resident: £2.70
Adult non resident: £3.00
Junior (U16): £1.30

The Kent AC track pass continues to be required for training on Tues/Thurs evenings and Sunday mornings.

Track staff have encouraged people to double check the opening hours before their training session, as they may occasionally be closed for school sport days and football friendlies. Hours can be checked at https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/london/lewisham/ladywell-arena. This will likely suit members who can’t make training sessions but would like to train in the morning/lunchtime/evening.

Pay as you go fees can either be paid via cash to the desk or using the Better app (note: staff are working to add the sessions to the app).

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CLUB DISCOUNTS

A reminder that your membership with KentAC awards you with numerous discounts to get and keep you running.

More information can be found on the Kent AC website

CLUB CONTACTS PAGE

The password for the club contacts page here is kacladywell2022 – thanks to Jules for setting that up and managing the club website content!

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26June2022

Ups and Downs

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KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN
26 June 2022

On one of the hottest evenings of the year, relief came in the form of celebratory pints after the Bromley Midsummer 10k, on Wednesday 22 June, well deserved by all the Kent AC’ runners, who proved their heat resistance in some style. The weather has been kinder to runners this past weekend, which means we have a most encouraging results section to share with you. And a few jolly snaps to enjoy: first up, Kent AC descend on Catford parkrun ….
On a more serious note: everyone loves racing to train, but for every exciting event in the race diary, organisers needs volunteers to make it happen, so we’re asking everyone to do their utmost to help out at the roster of events we’ve got lined up for you. Read the section OFFICIALLY NEEDED to find out how you can help…

RESULTS JUST IN

Bromley’s Midsummer 10k last Wednesday saw some ace running from Jake Simmons (placed second in 35.18), Samuel Evans (36.12) and Kieran Page (38.04), with Sarah Hanley first woman in 39.17 with Katie Rowland hot on her heels in 40.59.

We’ve just come to the end of a great weekend of racing. On Saturday Kent AC runners were Top Cats at Catford parkrun; five out of the top six finishers were club members; a special mention must go to Jonathan Tipper, who was late to the Catford party, and, having mistakenly run to Hillyfields and and starting four minutes behind, overtook most of the field to secure his tenth place. Chapeau! One day he’ll show up on time. But it’s a run, not a race, after all, isn’t it?
Sunday was North Downs Run, and a few Kent women: Victoria Buck, Theresa Murphy, Zuzana Nemeckova, Sarah Young and Ronnie Haydon took on the hilly 30k course. The day belonged to our leader Victoria Buck, who was third woman and first VW45, and won a Masters medal for her category to boot:

OFFICIALLY NEEDED

Your club needs you!

There are four remaining league fixtures, and possibly some club track championships in the pipeline.

We badly need officials for these, especially the two remaining SAL matches. Without officials there will be no matches and all the great success Ian and Vic and their fine team have created will be squandered.

You don’t need a qualification, duties aren’t onerous and in fact are good fun. You also get travel covered & a free lunch!

The fixtures are:

16-Jul: SAL Tooting
6-Aug: KYAL Tonbridge
13-Aug: SAL Tooting

We also need people to do courses in field, starter, track judge and timekeeping and the club will pay for these and your EA subs.

Contact Len to volunteer or for more information.

Coaches for sprints jumps and throws juniors
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5vP2Hb_OsP8&feature=youtu.be

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LADYWELL COUNTDOWN

Just 2 months to go until this year’s Ladywell 10000 on Sunday 21st August 2022

The event is a fantastic opportunity to run 25 glorious laps and set a new 10000m PB in the calm and tranquil environment of Ladywell Arena in late summer.

It’s a great day of racing and a lot of fun.

The event is open to everyone who can run under 55mins for 10km. Races will be seeded to ensure athletes run in races suited to their ability.

Entries here

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CLUB CHAMPS

After his success at organising the clean sweep of winning teams at Dulwich relays and improving our Beckenham relay results, Jake Simmons has agreed to take on organising the club championships.

First up will be the 800m distance in all its lungbusting glory, and the date for seeing how quickly you can double-lap that track is:

21 July 2022

Future dates (provisionally) go like this:

28 July 200m,1500m

21 August – 10,000m, 100

25 August 3000m, LJ

15 September – 5000m, 400m
To sign up, go to:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EpKP_zueh5N92F7kQnOnVtasOwIXuLMtkabiKw3yFVw/edit?usp=sharing

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JUNIOR NEWS

The juniors were out in force in Erith this weekend for Match 3 of Kent Athletics Youth League (KYAL), for Under 15 and Under 13 athletes, comprising 16 teams from the historic county of Kent. After finishes of 6th and 5th in Division 2 (8 teams) in the past two matches, the squad made a big push for this match: a great team of 31 young athlete travelled down the A2 to take part in this match.
We’re still awaiting final results but it was nip and tuck the whole day between the top 5 teams so anyone’s guess where we ended up. Watch this space next week for definitive results.

Highlights included an awesome 1.54m by Clio Parkes (U15) in the high jump. Great to see our new high jump group led by coach Rawlston Morian is already producing results. Also, there was a great battle in the U15 girls 300m where training partners Sophia Sahai (Kent) and Elena Oliphant (S Factor; 2nd claim Kent) traded blows (not literally) down the home straight. It was too close to call from the stands, we’re still awaiting the results to see who came out victorious. Nonetheless, great racing by both girls.

Final match of the season will be in Tonbridge on Saturday 6th August.

Many thanks to all the coaches and officials who gave up their time to volunteer at this event. Can you help? Here’s another reminder about why it’s so fulfilling:

Juniors’ Coaches Recruitment Video

A video has been produced by member Paul Crompton to help us recruit more coaches for the Juniors. Our thanks to Paul and to the youngsters featured, Harvey, Mikey, Mei, Ryheime, Clio, Kyros, Tess and Ellie.

Please take a look usung the link below and contact us if you are interested in finding out more about coaching juniors.

https://youtu.be/5vP2Hb_OsP8

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SUMMER SOCIALS

Exciting news – Kent AC summer socials begin this Tuesday! On the last Tuesday of every month they’ll be a chance to socialise across groups at the track after your training session.

There will be some food and soft drinks available, with a BYOB policy (alcohol will need to be consumed only inside the club room to ensure future events can go ahead)

We look forward to seeing you at the first social this Tuesday 28th June, kicking off from after your warmdown.

Any questions, ask Dave Morgan, Sarah Hanley, Owen Hind, Katie Rowland or Sally Urquhart.

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UPCOMING RACES

The next club Parkrun will be on 9 July at Dulwich, with coffee at the clock cafe afterwards.

The next Assembly League fixture will be on Thursday 7 July in Victoria Park (distance 3.5 miles).

Assembly League
July 7 Victoria Park
August 4 Beckenham Place Park

Club Championships – Road Races
10km – Sri Chimnoy 10k, Battersea Park – Sat 6th Aug
Half Marathon – Big Half, Greenwich – Sun 4th Sep
Marathon – London – Sun 2nd Oct

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NEW MEMBERS

Welcome to our new members this week:
Mary SaundersOliver HarlandPatrick Nation
Matthew Speed

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WIN A TRACK PASS

T&Cs for the track pass draw:

No refunds/discounts will be provided in place of the free monthly pass.
Volunteers will only be eligible to win a pass once every three months.

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TRACK, TRACK, TRACK

Please see a helpful FAQs guide here

Ladywell Arena now has new opening hours dedicated to the public. While during these times the Kent AC track pass is not valid, members can pay for an individual session.

Session times are:
Monday: 07:00 -15:00
Tuesday – Thursday: 1300 -1700
Friday: 07:00 – 15:00
Saturday – Sunday: 09:00-15:00

Price:
Adult resident: £2.70
Adult non resident: £3.00
Junior (U16): £1.30

The Kent AC track pass continues to be required for training on Tues/Thurs evenings and Sunday mornings.

Pay as you go fees can either be paid via cash to the desk or using the Better app (note: staff are working to add the sessions to the app).

HOT PANTS AND OTHER STORIES

New Balance Race Kit – Order window now open for seasonal range. Closes midnight Monday 4th July 2022.

Crop Top – £27.60
Race Knickers – £25.20
Hot Pants – £25.20
Sprint Short – £30.00
Multisport Shorts – £24.00

Delivery 8-10 weeks
If a member wishes to receive their training kit and race kit orders dispatched together this will be on the 8–10-week lead time. The cost of shipping will only be taken once (£5.99) If a member wishes to have the race kit delivered separately from the training wear on the 3-10 working daytime frame, they should place a separate order for the training wear, as this will allow the NB ordering system to flag up the training kit as an urgent pick and pack order.

Note for the women regarding those hot pants:

I recommend checking the size guide as I looked and the minimum size is UK 8 which equates to 25inch waist which I think is a little on the small side and more equivalent of a size 6.
Any queries about the kit, contact

https://www.newbalanceteam.co.uk/category/kent-ac-members/

CLUB CONTACTS PAGE

The password for the club contacts page here is kacladywell2022 – thanks to Jules for setting that up and managing the club website content!

19June2022

A Midsummer Night’s Relay

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KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN
19 June 2022

Plenty of action to report on with the Duwich Park Relays and more from the Welsh Castles weekend, but also plenty more to get involved in with Bromley Midsummer 10k this Wednesday closely followed by Southern Athletics League (SAL) and Kent Youth Athletics League (KYAL).
These events aren’t possible without officials so read on to find out how you can help…

OFFICIALLY NEEDED

Your club needs you!

There are four remaining league fixtures, and possibly some club track championships in the pipeline.

You don’t need a qualification, duties aren’t onerous and in fact are good fun. You also get travel covered & a free lunch!

The fixtures are:

25-Jun: KYAL Erith
16-Jul: SAL Tooting
6-Aug: KYAL Tonbridge
13-Aug: SAL Tooting

We also need people to do courses in field, starter, track judge and timekeeping and the club will pay for these and your EA subs.

Contact Len to volunteer or for more information.

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LADYWELL COUNTDOWN

Just 2 months to go until this year’s Ladywell 10000 on Sunday 21st August 2022

Entries are now open to the public. Please spread the word about the event to your running friends and communities.

The event is a fantastic opportunity to run 25 glorious laps and set a new 10000m PB in the calm and tranquil environment of Ladywell Arena in late summer.

It’s a great day of racing and a lot of fun.

The event is open to everyone who can run under 55mins for 10km. Races will be seeded to ensure athletes run in races suited to their ability.

Entries here

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THE BIG HALF BALLOT – REGISTER AND PAY NOW

Names and e-mail have been added to the registration console for those with club places to the Big Half and the link should be with those members now.
If you have a club entry, please check your junk e-mail contact Ted if you have not received this as yet.
Please follow the instructions to secure your place and pay your entry fee now.
As mentioned in the original post, members with places will have a limited period to complete the process. Please complete this process before the deadline otherwise your place will be handed to someone on the waiting list.
Please note that the deadline is midnight Tuesday 21st June 2022.
If you miss it, you will miss out and you will be too late.

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KENT SUCCESS IN DULWICH RELAYS

It was a clean sweep in the Dulwich Midsummer Relays last Wednesdays, which consisted of teams of three each running a lap of Dulwich Park.
Laps of Dulwich Park are familiar territory for many in the club, which no doubt helped the club take the wins in the Men’s, Women’s and Mixed competitions, so thanks to Jake for organising.

1st – Kent Men A (14:48) – Will Pitt (5:08), Rob Sesemann (4:37)*, Adrian Lowther (5:01)
1st – Kent Women A (17:03) – Sarah Hanley (5:29), Clare Elms (5:45), Katie Rowland (5:49)
1st – Kent Mixed A (15:37) – Richard Giles (5:05), Bryony Proctor (5:32), Calum Fraser (4:59)
*fastest men’s individual leg

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WELSH CASTLES LOWDOWN

Read about the adventures of the club’s successful first appearance in the Welsh Castles Relay, a 20-stage mutli-day race covering 200+ miles of beautiful Wales here

Thanks to Jon Tipper & Dan Pettitt for covering the event!

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HOT FRIDAY

Special well done to those who braved the balmy weather at FASTfriday over in Walthamstow.
We had a few racing including a few PBs in challenging conditions:
Cameron Dockerill 32:23, Chris Greenwood 32:32, Kieran Page 37:00, Lara Bromilow 37:07, Chris Schofield 37:30, Julian Gevers 38:28, John Gilchrist 40:15.

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UPCOMING RACES

The Bromley 10k and social is coming up on Wednesday 22 June – entries here. There will be drinks afterwards at Broomfields at Bromley Park Football Club. Wednesday is pizza night, perfect for post-race fuelling!

The next club Parkrun will be on 25 June at Catford (please note this has been updated from Burgess Park as previously planned).

The next Assembly League fixture will be on Thursday 7 July in Victoria Park (distance 3.5 miles).

Assembly League
July 7 Victoria Park
August 4 Beckenham Place Park

Club Championships – Road Races
10km – Sri Chimnoy 10k, Battersea Park – Sat 6th Aug
Half Marathon – Big Half, Greenwich – Sun 4th Sep
Marathon – London – Sun 2nd Oct

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NEW MEMBERS

Welcome to our new members this week:
Raymond Tedders
Harry Massingham

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WIN A TRACK PASS

T&Cs for the track pass draw:

No refunds/discounts will be provided in place of the free monthly pass.
Volunteers will only be eligible to win a pass once every three months.

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TRACK, TRACK, TRACK

Please see a helpful FAQs guide here

Ladywell Arena now has new opening hours dedicated to the public. While during these times the Kent AC track pass is not valid, members can pay for an individual session.

Session times are:
Monday: 07:00 -15:00
Tuesday – Thursday: 1300 -1700
Friday: 07:00 – 15:00
Saturday – Sunday: 09:00-15:00

Price:
Adult resident: £2.70
Adult non resident: £3.00
Junior (U16): £1.30

The Kent AC track pass continues to be required for training on Tues/Thurs evenings and Sunday mornings.

Pay as you go fees can either be paid via cash to the desk or using the Better app (note: staff are working to add the sessions to the app).

CLUB CONTACTS PAGE

The password for the club contacts page here is kacladywell2022 – thanks to Jules for setting that up and managing the club website content!

12June2022

Weekends made for racing

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KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN
12 June 2022

What a fantastic weekend of racing!
Kent AC started with the Assembly League last Thursday, then Joe Appiah ran an unofficial WR for the V50 100m Hurdles (!!) on Saturday, the endurance groups finished 3rd at the 209 mile Welsh Castle Relays and the T&F athletes won the second Southern Athletics League at Battersea park today.
Next on the calendar are Dulwich Relays on Wednesday 15th and Bromley 10k Summer Social on Wednesday 22nd.

RACING HIGHLIGHTS

Assembly League, Race 2 – Thursday 9th June
The second Assembly League took place on Thursday in Victoria Park where we saw ~40 of our members complete the 3.5 mile course. The next race will also be in Victoria Park on the 7th July.

London Schools T&F Championships – Saturday 11th June
Joe Appiah ran an unofficial WR of 13.49s for V50 100m hurdles! (13.57 current WR)
Joe currently holds the British Record for the 100m hurdles (13.85s). A real shame his performance is unlikely to count as official due to lack of qualified officials at the event, however we wish Joe the best of luck for the World Masters Championships in Finland in 3 weeks time.

Southern Athletics League, Match 2 – Sunday 12th June

Kent AC won again in the second fixture of the Southern Athletics League at Battersea Park in a closely fought fixture.

We dominated the distance and middle distance events with wins in the 1500m from Lucy Elms and Noah Armitage-Hooks. We also won the 5000m with Lara Bromilow and 3000m with Cameron Dockeril. Lyndon also won the steeplechase.

Harry and Stan Forman Wilshaw dominated both the a and B string 800m and performed well in the 400m too.

Leah Scott won the 100m and ran a great 200m and Rhyeime Anderson also ran competitively in both the 100m and 200m finishing 2nd and 3rd.

There were several multi eventers collecting a large amount of points including:

-Will Pitt (1500m, hammer, shot, triple jump, 800m, 4×400)
-Miguel Stucchi (110h, long jump, javelin, high jump)
-Ian Ellwood (110h, hammer throw, discus, 4x400m and a 10.7 mile Welsh Castles Relay leg into a headwind)
-Lucy Elms (1.5k SC, 800M, 400M, 1500M and 4x400m)
-Ellie Hepple (100h, TJ and LJ)

Thanks to all the officials who turned out, particularly Pete Boxhall who spent all day in the sun again as one of the timekeepers.

The next fixture is on the 16th July in Tooting. If we win we guarantee promotion.

Welsh Castles Relay – 11th-12th June
A team of 20 runners headed out to Wales this weekend for the Welsh Castles 209 mile relay. Kent AC finished 3rd out of 55 teams.

Kent Youth Athletics League, Match 2 – Sunday 5th June
Our juniors were out on the track in Tonbridge last week. You can read the race report here.

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THE BIG HALF BALLOT – REGISTER AND PAY NOW

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UPCOMING RACES

Reminder: If you have been successful in winning a spot for the Big Half ballot but are now unable to run, please let Ted know so that these spots can be allocated to others on the list. Please contact Ted with any questions

The Dulwich Relays are also back for the first time since 2019 and we are hoping to enter as many Kent teams as possible. The race on Wednesday 15 June is one lap of the Dulwich Parkrun course and teams are made up of three runners. Please contact Jake English to enter.

The next club Parkrun will be on 25 June at Catford (please note this has been updated from Burgess Park as previously planned).

The next Assembly League fixture will be on Thursday 7 July in Victoria Park (distance 3.5 miles).

Assembly League
July 7 Victoria Park
August 4 Beckenham Place Park

Club Championships – Road Races
10km – Sri Chimnoy 10k, Battersea Park – Sat 6th Aug
Half Marathon – Big Half, Greenwich – Sun 4th Sep
Marathon – London – Sun 2nd Oct

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VETS CLUB CHAMPS

Vets Club Championship Races
In most cases, we’ve aligned the vets champs to the main club champs.
Awards for men and women in the following categories: W35, W45, W55, W65, M40, M50, M60, M70

Date TBC: 3000m track Club champs Date TBC (or if not possibly Dartford, Kent county champs on 29-Jun)
6-Aug: 10k road Sri Chinmoy Battersea
21-Aug: 10000 track, Ladywell 10000
4-Sep: Half Marathon, Big Half London
2-Oct: Marathon, London Marathon
Date TBC 5000 track with club 5000m champs TBC
Dec: XC at County Vets XC

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NEW MEMBERS

Welcome to our new members this week:
John Bell
John Eldridge

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CLUB KIT SHOP

Reminder that we have consolidated our club kit offering with one supplier, New Balance.

The Kent AC/New Balance branded kit shop is now open for all club members. Click here to access!

More kit including crop tops will be available soon.

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WIN A TRACK PASS

T&Cs for the track pass draw:

No refunds/discounts will be provided in place of the free monthly pass.
Volunteers will only be eligible to win a pass once every three months.

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TRACK, TRACK, TRACK

Please see a helpful FAQs guide here

Ladywell Arena now has new opening hours dedicated to the public. While during these times the Kent AC track pass is not valid, members can pay for an individual session.

Session times are:
Monday: 07:00 -15:00
Tuesday – Thursday: 1300 -1700
Friday: 07:00 – 15:00
Saturday – Sunday: 09:00-15:00

Price:
Adult resident: £2.70
Adult non resident: £3.00
Junior (U16): £1.30

The Kent AC track pass continues to be required for training on Tues/Thurs evenings and Sunday mornings.

Pay as you go fees can either be paid via cash to the desk or using the Better app (note: staff are working to add the sessions to the app).

CLUB CONTACTS PAGE

The password for the club contacts page here is kacladywell2022 – thanks to Jules for setting that up and managing the club website content!

5June2022

Ma’am up, it’s only 25 laps…

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KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN
5 June 2022

This week, while the country was looking back over 70 glorious years, Kent AC has been impatiently looking forward: to a summer of challenge that promises to send us victorious. In the short term, there’s the Southern Athletic League meeting in Battersea Park (see below) and next weekend’s mega challenge: The Welsh Castles Relay. We have 20 runners tackling the 200 miles from Caernarfon to Cardiff and we wish them all the best: rhedeg yn gryf!
In the slightly longer term, it’s that 25-times round the track you’ve all been waiting for: The Ladywell 10000. Read on to register your interest. At least it’s not the 70 laps challenge that was pitched for this Jubilee weekend … most of our members decided to go with a pleasantly scenic parkrun.
Congratulations to Jake Simmonds (a no-scan blip), Russell Bentley (15.40), Chris Buseileh (15.44) and Chris Greenwood (15.45), in the Kent AC shoot-out at Dulwich.
More scenically, a slightly more leisurely, it was a family outing for Abbie Clyndes, Joe Hartley and wee Bonnie at Beckenham, and a late-show up for sprinting Jonathan Tipper:

As it’s a slow week, we thought we’d also mention our very own Group C pageant that took place on the long slow Sunday run; a fitting tribute from two old birds to another:

SAL BATTERSEA: ONE WEEK TO GO

There’s still time to sign up for the next SAL fixture at Battersea Park on Sunday 12th June.

Having won the first fixture of the season, we are looking to keep the momentum going and target promotion this year, which means we need to get people turning out in every event.

The SAL is a track and field fixture suitable for all abilities, so please get involved if you are interested in competing for the club. Just put your name on the spreadsheet here

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LADYWELL 10000: ENTRIES OPEN

That 10K Ladywell track extravaganza returns on:
SUNDAY 21 AUGUST
There will be seven 10000-metre races, and there will also be cake, beer and much cheer. It is a great event for our club; even if you don’t race, the atmosphere is crackling with endorphins. Dave Morgan has opened entries for Kent AC members, with general public entries opening next weekend, 12 June. Enter using the link below.
https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/lw10000/

CLUB CONTACTS PAGE – NEW!

To help fight spam emails, we have trimmed down the public contact list available on the website.

However, you can still reach any committee member with any questions via a password-protected contacts page here

The password for the page is kacladywell2022 – thanks to Jules for setting that up and managing the club website content!

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EXTENDED TRACK OPENING HOURS

Ladywell Arena now has new opening hours dedicated to the public. While during these times the Kent AC track pass is not valid, members can pay for an individual session.

Session times are:
Monday: 07:00 -15:00
Tuesday – Thursday: 1300 -1700
Friday: 07:00 – 15:00
Saturday – Sunday: 09:00-15:00

Price:
Adult resident: £2.70
Adult non resident: £3.00
Junior (U16): £1.30

The Kent AC track pass continues to be required for training on Tues/Thurs evenings and Sunday mornings.

Pay as you go fees can either be paid via cash to the desk or using the Better app (note: staff are working to add the sessions to the app).

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UPCOMING RACES

Reminder: Ted sent out an email with the results of Big Half ballot with the details of the 50 community place winners. If you haven’t already please make sure to check this email and wait for further instructions for registration in the next few weeks. If you have been successful in winning a spot but are now unable to run, please let Ted know so that these spots can be allocated to others on the list. Please c ontact Ted with any questions

The next club Parkrun will be on 25 June at Burgess Park.

The next Assembly League fixture will be on Thursday 9 June in Victoria Park (distance 3.5 miles).

Assembly League
June 9 Victoria Park
July 7 Victoria Park
August 4 Beckenham Place Park

Club Championships – Road Races
10km – Sri Chimnoy 10k, Battersea Park – Sat 6th Aug
Half Marathon – Big Half, Greenwich – Sun 4th Sep
Marathon – London – Sun 2nd Oct

NEW MEMBERS

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Welcome to our new member this week:
Simon Evans

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CLUB KIT SHOP

Reminder that we have consolidated our club kit offering with one supplier, New Balance.

The Kent AC/New Balance branded kit shop is now open for all club members. Click here to access!

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WIN A TRACK PASS

T&Cs for the track pass draw:

No refunds/discounts will be provided in place of the free monthly pass.
Volunteers will only be eligible to win a pass once every three months.

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TRACK, TRACK, TRACK

Please see a helpful FAQs guide here

29May2022

Spike up for the SAL

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KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN
29 May 2022

A quieter week on the racing front, but only a brief pause before June whips up a frenzy of races with the next Assembly League and Southern Athletics League fixtures (9th & 12th June respectively). With then Welsh Castle Relays, Dulwich Relays, Bromley 10k closely behind…Not to mention plenty of track & field meets across the city as well!

SAL COUNTDOWN – SIGN UP NOW!

There’s still time to sign up for the next SAL fixture at Battersea Park on Sunday 12th June.

Having won the first fixture of the season, we are looking to keep the momentum going and target promotion this year, which means we need to get people turning out in every event.

The SAL is a track and field fixture suitable for all abilities, so please get involved if you are interested in competing for the club. Just put your name on the spreadsheet here

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CLUB CONTACTS PAGE – NEW!

To help fight spam emails, we have trimmed down the public contact list available on the website.

However, you can still reach any committee member with any questions via a password-protected contacts page here

The password for the page is kacladywell2022 – thanks to Jules for setting that up and managing the club website content!

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EXTENDED TRACK OPENING HOURS

Ladywell Arena now has new opening hours dedicated to the public. While during these times the Kent AC track pass is not valid, members can pay for an individual session.

Session times are:
Monday: 07:00 -15:00
Tuesday – Thursday: 1300 -1700
Friday: 07:00 – 15:00
Saturday – Sunday: 09:00-15:00

Price:
Adult resident: £2.70
Adult non resident: £3.00
Junior (U16): £1.30

The Kent AC track pass continues to be required for training on Tues/Thurs evenings and Sunday mornings.

Pay as you go fees can either be paid via cash to the desk or using the Better app (note: staff are working to add the sessions to the app).

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UPCOMING RACES

The next club Parkrun will be on 25 June at Burgess Park.

The next Assembly League fixture will be on Thursday 9 June in Victoria Park (distance 3.5 miles).

Assembly League
June 9 Victoria Park
July 7 Victoria Park
August 4 Beckenham Place Park

Club Championships – Road Races
10km – Sri Chimnoy 10k, Battersea Park – Sat 6th Aug
Half Marathon – Big Half, Greenwich – Sun 4th Sep
Marathon – London – Sun 2nd Oct

NEW MEMBERS

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Welcome to our new members this week:
Luke Rowland
James Turner

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CLUB KIT SHOP

Reminder that we have consolidated our club kit offering with one supplier, New Balance.

The Kent AC/New Balance branded kit shop is now open for all club members. Click here to access!

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WIN A TRACK PASS

T&Cs for the track pass draw:

No refunds/discounts will be provided in place of the free monthly pass.
Volunteers will only be eligible to win a pass once every three months.

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TRACK, TRACK, TRACK

Please see a helpful FAQs guide here

23May2022

First SAL of the season a great success!

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KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN
23 May 2022

Just a note that we are bringing you the news bulletin a day late this week so that we could give a full report of the very successful first round of the Southern Athletics League (SAL) which was held yesterday afternoon.

Please find Ian Elwood’s round-up below, along with news of extended opening hours on the track and a memorial message for ex-club member Bill Sanders who sadly passed away recently.

SAL SUCCESS!

Ian Elwood (men’s track captain) writes:

The first Southern Athletics League (SAL) of the season was a storming success. Kent won the overall team competition by nearly 60 points.

There were too many great performances to mention them all.

Rhyeime Anderson was 1st in the 200m and 2nd in the 100m and is fast improving. There were so many Kent AC women running in the 100m and 200m it was difficult to know who to chose for the scoring positions. Priscilla Adu-Bobie was second in the 100m and the 200m. Megan Aitchison ran her first 400m for several years and looked amazing when breaking 60 seconds.

Cameron Irwin did several events but the highlight was a 1.70m high jump. Best wishes to Tim Alexander: he got a nasty scrape after fighting with the equipment in the same event. I would like to send my best wishes to Tim who proved his strength by still coming back to run the 800m.

The distance events were dominated by Kent AC with Both Chris Busaleih and Cameron Dockeril lapping the field to take 1st place in the A and B races in 15.39 and 15.40. The women’s 3000m was similar with Sarah Hanley and Katie Rowland easing to victory. Rob Sesseman debuted in the 1500 winning in 4.08 closely followed by George Russel who won the B race in 4.16.

Special mention goes to Ellie Hepple who had to be talked out of attempting the pole vault but managed 20.04 (A club record in the 100m hurdles) while also managing a very impressive long jump, triple jump and relay leg.

Many thanks also to all the officials and volunteers who turned out to help particularly Rob Moye and Kehinde who helped to pull everything together.

Next fixture is the 12th of June in Battersea, look forward to seeing you all there!

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VALE BILL SANDERS

Some of the older Kent AC members will remember the name Bill Samuels who has sadly passed away at the age of 76 after suffering from Parkinson’s disease. He was mainly a mid to long distance runner.

He was a member of the club in the mid to late 1980’s before a work promotion took him away to the Peterborough area.

Bill was in fact the main reason that I joined Kent AC. Back in the pre internet days of 1986 I moved from west to SE London but couldn’t find a local running club despite living less than a mile from the track.

Bill was my boss at the time (with Merton council) and also lived locally and it was he who told me about Kent AC, so I am indebted to him for introducing me to the club.

I’m sure he will be fondly remembered by all who knew him.

Bernie Hutchinson
Membership Secretary

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EXTENDED TRACK OPENING HOURS

Ladywell Arena now has new opening hours dedicated to the public. While during these times the Kent AC track pass is not valid, members can pay for an individual session.

Session times are:
Monday: 07:00 -15:00
Tuesday – Thursday: 1300 -1700
Friday: 07:00 – 15:00
Saturday – Sunday: 09:00-15:00

Price:
Adult resident: £2.70
Adult non resident: £3.00
Junior (U16): £1.30

The Kent AC track pass continues to be required for training on Tues/Thurs evenings and Sunday mornings.

Pay as you go fees can either be paid via cash to the desk or using the Better app (note: staff are working to add the sessions to the app).

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UPCOMING RACES

The next club Parkrun will be on 25 June at Burgess Park.

The next Assembly League fixture will be on Thursday 9 June in Victoria Park (distance 3.5 miles).

Assembly League
June 9 Victoria Park
July 7 Beckenham
August 4 Victoria Park

Club Championships – Road Races
10km – Sri Chimnoy 10k, Battersea Park – Sat 6th Aug
Half Marathon – Big Half, Greenwich – Sun 4th Sep
Marathon – London – Sun 2nd Oct

NEW MEMBERS

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Welcome to our new members this week:
Rawlston Morian
Matthew Jones

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CLUB KIT SHOP

Reminder that we have consolidated our club kit offering with one supplier, New Balance.

The Kent AC/New Balance branded kit shop is now open for all club members. Click here to access!

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WIN A TRACK PASS

T&Cs for the track pass draw:

No refunds/discounts will be provided in place of the free monthly pass.
Volunteers will only be eligible to win a pass once every three months.

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TRACK, TRACK, TRACK

Please see a helpful FAQs guide here

15May2022

Sun, beer and fast running at Parliament Hill

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KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN
15 May 2022

NIGHT OF THE 10,000 PBS

There was some fantastic running on the Parliament Track yesterday, as Night of the 10,000 PBs returned for the first time since 2019. Chris Greenwood got the day off to a fantastic start in the opening race, taking the win in 31.49. In what we hope will be tradition more races follow, Chris took home his weight in beer as part of his first place prize (see above).

Lara Bromilow followed in race three, running 37.33 in the afternoon heat and while coming back from an injury. In the last race with Kent AC participation, Ross Braden produced a great final lap to take second place in race five (30.04) after a great battle with Tonbridge’s Ben Cole for much of the race.

Full Results here

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FIRST SAL NEXT WEEK

Our first Southern Athletics League fixture of the season is at Carshalton on 22 May – to sign up please add to the spreadsheet here

Our goal this season is to aim for promotion. To achieve this we need to fill out as many events as we can. It’s a great day out and non-scorers are allowed. There really is no minimum standard so please get involved.

This season the traditional scoring system returns and promotion and relegation are back and we should certainly be competing to elevate our status. We will be competing for this honour against the Herne Hill Harriers, London City AC, St Mary’s Richmond and Sutton and District.

To take part you must be a Kent AC member and registered with England Athletics. Those without England Athletics membership can add this on via the club website.
If you are interested in volunteering then that would be very helpful. No experience is needed but those with experience are of course welcome. It is often possible to both compete and do some volunteering.

Any questions then please contact Ian Ellwood ()

Dates for the SAL season
May 22 Carshalton
June 12 Battersea park
July 16 tbc
August 13 tbc
September 10 Reserve date

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UPCOMING RACES

Ted has sent out an email with the results of Big Half ballot yesterday with the details of the 50 community place winners. Please make sure to check this email and wait for further instructions for registration in the next few weeks. If you have been successful in winning a spot but are now unable to run, please let Ted know so that these spots can be allocated to others on the list. Please c ontact Ted with any questions

The next club Parkrun will be on 25 June at Burgess Park.

The next Assembly League fixture will be on Thursday 9 June in Victoria Park (distance 3.5 miles).

Assembly League
June 9 Victoria Park
July 7 Beckenham
August 4 Victoria Park

Club Championships – Road Races
10km – Sri Chimnoy 10k, Battersea Park – Sat 6th Aug
Half Marathon – Big Half, Greenwich – Sun 4th Sep
Marathon – London – Sun 2nd Oct

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NEW MEMBERS

Welcome to our new members this week:
Stanley Christopher
George Hudson
David Lawless

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CLUB KIT SHOP

We are pleased to announce we have consolidated our club kit offering with one supplier, New Balance.

The Kent AC/New Balance branded kit shop is now open for all club members. Click here to access!

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WIN A TRACK PASS

In recognition of the importance of our volunteers, agate volunteers each month are in with a chance of winning themselves a month’s track pass (worth £10).
To be added to the rota simply email Jacqueline/Simon at ( /
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We only need each track attendee to volunteer a couple of times a year to spread the responsibility fairly.

T&Cs for the track pass draw:

No refunds/discounts will be provided in place of the free monthly pass.
Volunteers will only be eligible to win a pass once every three months.

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TRACK, TRACK, TRACK

Please see a helpful FAQs guide here

8May2022

A Sea of Navy Blue

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KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN
8 May 2022

We had an immense turnout at the first Assembly League in Beckenham Place Park last Thursday and there’s no shortage of upcoming events and races to get involved in – especially the first Southern Athletics League fixture on 22nd May in Carshalton!

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THE SAL NEEDS YOU!

Our first Southern Athletics League fixture of the season is at Carlshalton on 22nd May – to sign up please add to the spreadsheet here

Any questions then please contact Ian Ellwood ()

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A SEA OF NAVY BLUE

The first Assembly League fixture of the year at Beckenham Place Park so a bumper number of Kent runners take part, with over 60 members racing.

It was an extremely lively event with plenty of great running on show, with Dame Dibaba mixing it up at the front to finish in 2nd place overall, whilst the first lady home was our very own Sarah Hanley!
Results are still being finalised from the race in true Assembly League fashion, but to see the latest set then click here!

The next fixture will be on Thursday 9th June in Victoria Park over 3.5 miles – see you there.

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A BRITISH CHAMPS PODIUM…

We covered the Vitality 10,000 in last week’s newsletter, but with team results finally out, a special congratulations to our leading Ladies team at the race last Monday who finished in 2nd place!

The race also featured as the British Championships over the distance, with the total of the top three times giving the club’s finishing position. Well done to Katie Rowland, Sarah Hanley, Georgina Wiley-Stinson and Jen Berg, great running!

Our first men’s team came in 12th place overall with Dan Pettitt, Barny Day, Calum Fraser and Fergus Johnson making up the four.

Most of the successful team (sorry Georgina!) l-r: Sarah Hanley, Victoria Buck, Katie Rowland and Jen Berg.

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RACE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Southern Athletics League (SAL)
May 22 Carshalton
June 12 Battersea park
July 16 tbc
August 13 tbc
September 10 Reserve date

Assembly League
June 9 Victoria Park
July 7 Beckenham
August 4 Victoria Park

Club Championships – Road Races
10km – Sri Chimnoy 10k, Battersea Park – Sat 6th Aug
Half Marathon – Big Half, Greenwich – Sun 4th Sep
Marathon – London – Sun 2nd Oct

Next Club Parkruns:
May 14 – Sutcliffe Park
June 25 – Burgess Park

Bromley Midsummer 10k
Wednesday 22 June at 7.15pm
Post race drinks – venue TBC
https://kentlondonathletics.com/bromley-midsummer-10k

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NEW MEMBERS

Welcome to our new members this week:
Vasi Ivanova
Liam Ward
Judith Schmid
Tom Wynne-Morgan
Edward Andrews
Emma Grimes

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CLUB KIT SHOP

We are pleased to announce we have consolidated our club kit offering with one supplier, New Balance.

The Kent AC/New Balance branded kit shop is now open for all club members. Click here to access!

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WIN A TRACK PASS

T&Cs for the track pass draw:

No refunds/discounts will be provided in place of the free monthly pass.
Volunteers will only be eligible to win a pass once every three months.

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TRACK, TRACK, TRACK

Please see a helpful FAQs guide here

2May2022

It’s swift season

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KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN
2 May 2022

At this time of year birdwatchers anxiously await the return of swifts – birds whose legendary endurance allows them to stay in flight for a whole year – and distance runners shrug off their winter layers and race to test out their speed following winter training. For Kent AC’s senior athletes, the season has started swift indeed, and our fledgling members are proving that the next generation are also well set for future glory.

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THE FUTURE’S BRIGHT

Saturday 30 April saw

the first match of the Kent Youth Athletic League at Erith Stadium

This was our first track & field competition of the season. Invited by KYAL (Kent Youth Athletic League) to join division 2 only 8 weeks ago it’s been a roller coaster of a ride preparing for the event. On a glorious morning 21 juniors, their parents, coaches, officials and supporters arrived in Erith nervous but excited and ready to give their all. What a fantastic day it turned out to be. Lots of PB’s—not least because many athletes were competing for the first time—and more first places than we dared hope for.

Based on AAA standards the outstanding performance of the day was achieved by u13 girl Tess Hepple in the long jump with 4.42m.
A new club record was set in the u15 girls 1500m by Abigail Wrake in 5:33.5 And a special mention to those athletes attempting completely new events for the first time (Alice,Tallulah,Jasper, Amelie and Lara)

Highlights included relay wins in 4 x 100m for u13 Girls (Tess, Alice, Tallulah and Faith) & u15
Boys (Kyros, Iyanu, Jasper and Jack)
Long Jump : 1st Tess Hepple A string : 1st Alice Hales B string :
70m hurdles: 2nd Tess Hepple A string
75m : 2nd Faith Adedeji A string
150m : 2nd Tess Hepple A string : 1st Faith Adedeji B string
1200m : 3rd Tallulah Jones A string : 1st Alice Hales B string
For the boys there were wins for Derek Olewunnein the 100m and in the U15 boys Long Jump Jack Jones came first
Congratulations to all those who took part..

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A LONG WEEKEND’S RUNNING

It all started on Friday night, as weekends generally do, but our racers held off Friday-night drinks until they’d dealt with 5000 metres’ hard running.
Kent AC had a strong showing at the Friday Under The Lights 5k in Battersea Park. Congratulations to Ross (running in a Kent AC vest for the first time), Dan and Richard for superb PBs:

Ross Braden 14:20 (PB) Dan Pettitt 15:10 (PB) Chris Greenwood 15:37 George Russell 16:04 Sam Evans 16:19 Richard Giles 16:30 (PB) Claire Oxlade 18:34
On Saturday morning, Kent AC’s devoted parkrunners selected Beckenham Place Park (see image below) for their Saturday morning 5k social. Some were checking out the course for Thursday’s Assembly League first fixture (see Club Championship Dates, below), others were driven to explore further afield by the absence of Catford parkrun owing to a funfair sprawling over the course. Our first man in was Dame Dibaba, which was significant for a couple of reasons: he holds the course record (15:58 in 2017); he was still fasting on Saturday and will be celebrating Eid al-Fitr today and tomorrow (3 May) at Mountsfield Park.
Hot on Dame’s heels came Peter Lighting (16:53) and Jonathan Tipper (17:00), so our men took gold silver and bronze (although of course it’s a run not a race etc). First woman was Nasrin Sabanci (20:53, and not long after came Victoria Cartwright (21:15), both women train with Ellie’s group on a Tuesday. Many congratulations, also, to Kent AC’s boy wonder Ollie Buck (JM 11-14) who ran it in 18:00 and our man wonders at the other end of the age range, Roger Beardsworth (M60-64) who ran 19:55 Julian Spencer-Wood (M70-74), who ran 22:51.

First thing on Sunday 1 May, London celebrated spring with the frankly terrifying Westminster Mile.

Ben Harding was 3rd in the 1st wave in 4.21

Mike Cummings (2nd claim) 4.23

Ian Ellwood 4.54

Ali Farrel 6.06

Thanks to Nicky Hayes, currently injured, for marshalling at this event.
Bank Holiday Monday was a 10k day. The Vitality 10k, having been kicked about by Covid for the past two years) finally made it back to the city centre amid some fanfare. Once again, there were club performances to blow our Kent AC trumpet about:
We had a really strong turn out for this event, too many to list individual performances, but stand-out runs (apart from the relatively unknown Aldershot & Farnham guy Ellis Cross beating Mo Farah) include Kent AC’s wonder woman Katie Rowland coming in 20th woman in 36:14 and Victoria Buck coming fifth in her age category in 40:26.
Among the men, Dan Pettitt ran 32:13 and Callum Fraser 33:40.
We had more than 60 runner taking part: seven of our women and three our chaps were placed in the top 100. A great BH Monday for Kent AC, and celebrations in the Chandos pub were well deserved.
Any typos in this newsletter must be forgiven owing to aforementioned celebrations.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP DATES

Every year we set a calendar for Club Championship races on the road, ranging from 5k to Marathon, where the leading club members (plus age categories) earn themselves the title of club champ!

See below for the dates of the races selected for this year (note – these races have been picked to try and not clash with any other races that the club participates in):

5km – Assembly League, Beckenham Place Park – Thurs 5th May
10km – Sri Chimnoy 10k, Battersea Park – Sat 6th Aug
Half Marathon – Big Half, Greenwich – Sun 4th Sep
Marathon – London – Sun 2nd Oct

We are also looking for volunteers to help organise our track club championship races throughout the summer, so if that is something you’d like to get involved with please message

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BIG HALF: DEADLINE APPROACHES

KENT AC HALF MARATHON CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

Limited Places Available – The Vitality Big Half –Sunday, 4 September 2022-£10/place
(Questions to Ted directly )
The Vitality Big Half is scheduled to return for its 5th year running in 2022 on Sunday, 4 September 2022.

We’ve been allocated Community places for our club which will be distributed to our club members* only.

Places will be allocated through a ballot. The Ballot deadline is Saturday 7th May after which the ballot will be closed. No exceptions. Winners will be announced on Tuesday 10th May. The remaining names will be placed on a waiting list.

Below is the link for you to register your interest in a place. Ted will then send the registration link when you will have 7 days to claim your place and pay. There is a registration fee of £10 per entry that is payable directly by the athlete to the organisers through their system.

We are limited to 50 places which will be given to the next person on the waiting list if you don’t claim your place within the 7 day period. Please note:

A £10 Community place entry fee will be paid directly by you to the Big Half Organisers within 7 days of receiving the entry link
The place will be handed onto others if you miss the 7 day deadline
Applications are non refundable
Places are non transferable
These are not championship places
No special negotiations for late comers

*Members are fully paid up as of today’s date.
Non club members will be invited if we don’t fill the quota so please grab your place now ….don’t miss out!
Please register your interest in the following link:
Kent AC Big Half Community Places 2022

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RACE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

Club Parkrun dates
May 14 – Sutcliffe Park Parkrun

Bromley Midsummer 10k
Wednesday 22 June at 7.15pm
Post race drinks – venue TBC
https://kentlondonathletics.com/bromley-midsummer-10k

Southern Athletics League (SAL)
May 22 Carshalton
June 12 Battersea park
July 16 tbc
August 13 tbc
September 10 Reserve date

We also need people to be officials and volunteer to help facilitate the events. No experience is needed for this but those with experience are extra valuable.

Assembly League
First Thursday of the month, starting in May at Beckenham (5km) and Victoria Park (3.5 miles) being the other venue.
May 5 Beckenham
June 9 Victoria Park (to avoid bank hol)
July 7 Beckenham
August 4 Victoria Park

Club Championships – Road Races
5km – Assembly League, Beckenham Place Park – Thurs 5th May
10km – Sri Chimnoy 10k, Battersea Park – Sat 6th Aug
Half Marathon – Big Half, Greenwich – Sun 4th Sep
Marathon – London – Sun 2nd Oct

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NEW MEMBERS

Welcome to our new members this week, we look forwrd to running with you:
Nadine Javis Hadden
Blessing AmobiAngel AmobiJeffrey Brown

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CLUB KIT SHOP

Our club kit offering is now with one supplier, New Balance.

The Kent AC/New Balance branded kit shop is now open for all club members. Click here to access.

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WIN A TRACK PASS

T&Cs for the track pass draw:

No refunds/discounts will be provided in place of the free monthly pass.
Volunteers will only be eligible to win a pass once every three months.

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TRACK, TRACK, TRACK

Buy your track pass here.

The usual track times are:
Tuesday 17:15 – 20:45
Thursday 18:30 – 20:30
Sunday 09:00 – 11:30
Please note that individuals are permitted to do their own sessions during club opening times, but coached group sessions continue to take priority.

Please see a helpful FAQs guide here

Registering for a session
Group spreadsheets to register for sessions (links for payment this month and FAQs also here):

Men’s A Group
Men’s B Group
Women’s Group (PB/EB)
C Group
Juno Group
Hassan Group

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