Kentish Express Ashford & District
Bath experience sees Cleworth rejuvenated
Ashford & Dist RRC
Ashford & District RRC’s Mark Cleworth completed the Bath Half-Marathon in 1:50.09, marking his fastest time over the distance in over 20 years.
The course consisted of two laps, taking runners either side of the River Avon.
Facing a mixture of spring sunshine, wind and hail, nine Ashford & District runners took to the Kent coast for the Ricki Savage 20 Mile Road Race on Sunday.
The hilly course took runners between Pegwell, Ramsgate and Broadstairs, with three club members achieving PB times.
Rob Barton was 24th out of 242 runners and 10th in his age category with a time of 2hr 38min 03sec.
Anthony Brown was second man home for the club in 3:00.41. Shaun Snowwolf-Harris completed the course in a PB time of 3:03.08.
Aaron Homewood (3:05.59, PB) and Sarah Homewood (3:29.04, PB) were next across the finish line. Ailis Goddard finished in 3:33.55, followed by Lucy Johnstone (3:44.24), Sue Reader (3:47.51) and Rhian Shrimplin (3:59.25).
Two club members travelled to Windsor on Saturday for the Eton Dorney 20.
The eight-lap course took runners around Dorney Lake. Despite high winds, Christine Costiff (2:46.37) and Gill O’Connor (2:46.39) claimed second and third vet places respectively.
A&D’s Jon Pearce took first place with a time of 18.20 in the Ashford parkrun.
He was followed by Dan Green (18.55) in fifth, Scotty Lynch (19.22) in sixth and James Booth (19.55) in 10th.
Other A&D times: Paul Moses (20.12), Keith Haynes (20.36), Mark Harrison (20.43), Mark Attenborough (21.34), Adrian Beresford (22.17, PB), Dean Bracken (22.41) and Stu Nunn (22.57), Terry Sellen (24.21), Elodie Paviot (24.35), Rod Kessack (24.59), Will Whittington (25.05), Keith Lynn (26.11), Trevor Sparkes (26.38), John Fidge (27.24), Ann Fidge (30.35), Emma Jenkins (30.45, PB), Becky Hodgson (34.58), Julie Foster (39.25), Rachel Jenkins (43.03), Debbie Payne (44.48).