Kentish Express Ashford & District
Athletics
Club ensure that race is big success
Ashford & District RRC were out in force to support the Girlings Solicitors A&D 10k on Sunday.
Marshals cheered runners around the course and provided hospitality at race headquarters at The Towers School, while Paul Moses saw the front runners across the finish line.
In its 31st year, the event proved as popular as ever, with more than 450 runners taking part.
Marking her A&D debut, Naomi Attenborough finished the race well within the top 30 ladies, in 51min 49sec.
Mike Davis put in a stellar performance at the Chichester 10k on Sunday, finishing third V70 with a time of 43.37 and earning an invitation to represent England at the Age Group Masters. Andrew Noble completed the course in 38.45.
In her debut run for the club, Lesley Taylor crossed the finish line in personal best of 44.02, finishing ninth in her age group.
Off-road, an A&D quartet represented the club at the hilly Bedgebury Forest 10 mile race. Christine Costiff (1hr 20min 19sec) and Gill O’Connor (1:25.38) finished first and second V55, respectively. Hot on their heels, Ingvild Drake then crossed the finish line in 1:25.46. Keith Lynn was next home for the club in 1.34:32.
On the Isle of Wight, Steve Hickman completed the Ryde 10 in 1:38.04.
Ashford’s parkrun saw Dan Green (19.42), Paul Moses (20.06) and Scott Lynch (20.15) finish 6th, 8th and 9th, respectively.
Other times: Tom Preece (20.35), Pat Butler (23.44), Terry Sellen (24.41), Trevor Sparkes (26.35), Ailis Goddard (26.42), John Fidge (27.00), Laura Segust (27.35), Alison Waters (28.05) and Cris Francis (28.13), Ann Fidge (32.25), Emma Jenkins (34.51) and Becky Hodgson (36.17).
■ A total of 287 people took part in Saturday’s parkrun and celebrating personal bests were Ashford Striders Julia Woollaston and Emma Bowden.
The first Strider to finish was Brian Marsh (24.42), closely followed by Shane Snowwolf (24.44) and Gwen Protheroe (25.37).
Other times: Paul Dunning 25.53, Nicola Crawley 26.37, Maria Chapman 26.49, Tamsin Ritchie
27.38, Reece Corner 27.58, Alison Waters 28.05,
Cris Francis 28.13, Vicky Stevenson 28.21, Justine Wearn 28.36, Jason Wearn 28.37, Alice Cook 29.12, Julia Woollaston 29.28, John Mitchell 29.39, Steve Rumsey 30.01, Rachel Oliver 30.28, Mark Archer 31.08, Martin Whittingham 31.43, David Holland 31.54, Hazel Forrester 32.42, Jason Brice 32.47, Emma Bowden 40.10 and Amanda Joynson 57.21. Strider volunteers this were Lee Standen, Claire Poile and Kay Devereaux.
Simon Howard-Smith travelled to Whitstable and completed the parkrun in 36.33.
At Bedgebury, Kevin York (51.15) and Rachel Theobald (51.16) completed the 5 mile race and Sara Hunt the 10 mile in 1:45.40.
Ashford Striders took the best represented club award at the Ashford & District 10k on Sunday. First home for
Striders was Chris Sardo in 44.43, followed by Tom Hughes 46.22 and Jason Wearn 48.11. Other times: Jason Sanders 50.49, Shane Snowwolf 51.02, Paul Dunning 52.43, Nicola Crawley 52.57, Vicky Stevenson 53.27, Lee Standen 54.04, Jamie Bartlett 54.58, Lyndsey Appleton 55.00, Nathan Mansfield 55.09, Justine Wearn 56.38, Andy Found 57.50, Reece Corner 58.35, Rebecca Somerford 58.47, Peter Broom 59.44, Lisa Jones 59.51, Leigh Freeman 1:02.45, Anna Harvey 1:04.12, Kelli Sullivan 1:04.43, Sara Dewar 1:05.37, Jeannette French 1:05.57, Martin Whittingham 1:06.05, Hazel Forrester 1:06.50, Rachel Forrester 1:06.55, Lisa Gribbin 1:07.28, Brian Forrester 1:08.34, Riona Sparks 1:08.54, Toyah Bicker 1:13.48, Kirsty Theobald 1:15.10, Clare Maxlow 1:16.28, Shelly Blake 1:19.46 and Danielle Moss 1:21.19.