Redding’s debut success
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final race of the season to 14 points.
Redding needed to finish in the top five in race three to take the championship. He started second on the grid but dropped back to fifth with Brookes again heading up the pack.
It took only seven laps for Redding to snatch third from Iddon and he eventually crossed the line 12.3 seconds behind race winner Brookes, to seal first and second places for Be Wiser Ducati team in the championship.
Redding is the first rider to win the title in his debut year, and will now move onto the Superbike World Championship with Aruba.it Racing in 2020. Lydd’s Bradley Ray, despite a disappointing season, was looking to win the Riders Cup. But those hopes were soon dashed when he picked up just one point by finishing 15th in race one. He followed it up with two 14th place finishes in the final two races. Sittingbourne’s Alex Olsen finished 13th in all three races.
Medway & Maidstone AC Men’s team had a superb result in the
Southern Cross-Country Relay Championships at Wormwood Scrubs, finishing fifth out of 34 teams.
The relay race is for teams of four with each runner scheduled to complete a
5km grassy course, although it appeared to be nearer 4.4 km.
Tewelde Menges ran the first leg in 13.49, the sixth fastest of all the 155 competing athletes. He was followed by Marley Godden 14.19, Alun Rodgers 16.21 and finally
Tom Collins in 14.21.
Joshua Pine missed out on a third straight win in the Malling parkrun on Saturday – despite running a new best. Harry Young won in 17min 39sec, with Pine second in 18.00 and Jonny McCormack three seconds back in third. Emily Hale was the fastest woman in 20.21, and seventh overall, followed by junior
Ella McIntyre (21.37) and Suzy Claridge (21.54). Thomas Claridge (JM11-14) was the top age-graded performer after finishing fourth overall in a PB of 18.54, scoring 76.72%. There were 218 runners.
Tom Carpenter made it six wins in a row at Maidstone, finishing in 17.14. He was followed by Luke Reeves (17.34) and Paul Herbert (18.22). Younger runners were to the fore in the women’s race with Charlotte Young (JW15-17) winning in 21.37 and Emma Ryan (JW1114) second in 21.51, while first-time visitor Rebecca Hurst took third in 22.35.