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KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN 29 December 2024
They call this Betwixtmas, apparently, that time when diets consist mostly of turkey sandwiches and mince pies, and long runs are replaced by lie-ins due to Christmas colds.
There hasn’t been much serious running this week, but lots of you got out to Christmas Day parkruns, at least 30 from Kent at Hilly Fields. A selection of pics below:
Our distant representative John Gilbert ran the Ribble Valley 10k today against a high quality field, and came home in an excellent 30:06.
For those of you making resolutions to get down to the track more in 2025, one incentive may be that annual track passes are heavily discounted at the moment – 12 months for the price of 10 until the end of December and 12 for the price of 11 to the end of January.
Please note that there is are no track sessions for Kent on New Year’s Eve, although the track will be open to pay at the office.
Have a Happy New Year, and may 2025 bring you the PBs you wish for!
HUBBLE, BUBBLE, BUY YOUR BOBBLE
When you’re waiting around on the cross country field, then layering up after the race, your best friend is your Kent AC bobble hat. If you are still lacking this style essential, you can go to the Kent AC online shop to order and pay. Your ears will thank you for it. How will you get your hands on one? Contact Sarah Young, either on any of the WhatsApp groups, or via the website.
2025, WE’RE COMING FOR YOU
January
4 – Kent County XC Championships – Brands Hatch
11 – Surrey League XC – West Horsley
25 – Southern XC Champs – Beckenham Place Park
February
8 – Surrey League XC – Epsom
22 – National XC – Parliament Hill
April
12 – 12/6 National Road Relays – Sutton Coldfield
25 – London Marathon
EASYFUNDRAISING
Please remember to use easyfundraising every time you shop online.
Over 7,000 brands pay easyfundraising a commission when you start your shop through their platform, so you can raise FREE donations for us no matter what you’re buying. These donations really help us out, so please sign up if you haven’t yet. It’s easy and FREE! You can get started at https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/kentac
You can also install a helpful Chrome extension, which prompts you to donate whenever doing any online shopping – really handy
The usual track times are:
Tuesday 17:30 – 20:45
Thursday 18:00 – 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
Ladywell Arena has 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.
The Kent AC track pass continues to be required for training on Tues/Thurs evenings and Sunday mornings.
If you renew your annual pass before 31.12.24 you will receive 10 months for the price of 12.
Buying your pass in January gives you 11 months for the price of 12.
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 here. 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).
KEEP US UPDATED
You can have your say about what goes in the newsletter and keep us apprised of your results or running adventures by emailing the comms team directly here.
CLUB CONTACTS PAGE
The password for the club contacts page hereis kacladywell2022.
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KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN 22 December 2024
The festive period is well and truly upon us but before we sign off to indulge, let’s recap on this week.
Although, first we need to give a quick mention to Emily Murray, who competed in the Be Fit Today Track Academy Open Meet at Lee Valley on 8th December. Emily achieved a PB of 9.06m in the Triple Jump, placing her 3rd V45 in the UK 2024 rankings.
The 5 Miler at Battersea Park on Friday night was a speedy one! The results are in…
Jonathan Collier – 23:53
Nick Acfield – 25:19
Ben Clarke – 26:11
Barny Day – 26:32
Jake Herrera – 26:49
Fergus Johnson – 27:35
Rory Knight – 28:26
Andy Colley – 29:36
Will Pitt – 29:54
Tim Sharp – 30:08
Joe Wilkes – 30:26
Rich Giles – 30:46
Clare Elms – 30:47
Well done all!
Spot Joe if you can
We had a troop of mighty blue vests brave the weather and the challenging course at the South of Thames XC in Tonbridge on Saturday afternoon.
Full results can be found here.
Final team race of the year
Welcome back Dan
Our women’s squad
You can put the spikes aside. It all begins again on the 4th January at Brands Hatch for the Kent County XC Championships. KCAA have requested clubs to help out with marshalling. If you can help, please fill in the form on their website. If you’re running, you can still potentially help before or after your respective race. http://kcaa.org.uk/
The Southern XC Championships will be held at Beckenham Place Park on 25th January.
Entries must be submitted by 27th December so if you are keen to run, please help the captains out by making sure you have signed up and purchased your entry.
Sign up here.
Pay your entry fee here.
It has been quite a magical year for Clare Elms, who has inspired many of us with her records. Check out this Athletics Weekly article, where Clare reflects on her 2024 races.
Lastly, if you’re staying local for Christmas day this year, head to Hilly Fields parkrun. Wear your Kent AC vest and bring a santa hat if you have one!
For those of you heading out of London for festivities, there may be a parkrun taking place nearby. Take a look here.
FESTIVITIES ON TRACK
If you’re planning to fit in some more laps of the track before the year is out, make a note of the following dates! Check public opening hours directly.
Tuesday 24 December: No booking Thursday 26 December: No booking Sunday 29 December: As usual Tuesday 31 December: No booking Thursday 2 January 2025: As usual
2025 track passes are available to purchase here.
If purchased before 31st December, you will get 2 months free (£130/year).
If purchased in January, it will be 12 months for the price of 11 (£143/year).
After that, it will be £13 per month.
Please give some thought to volunteering for gate duty. It’s essential that people buy their passes and show them to a representative at the gate.
ABSOLUTE LEGENDS
In case you missed it, the President Awards have been announced for exceptional services to Kent AC.
The awards were given for each year, between 2021-2024.
2021
John Barron
2022
Dan Ansell
2023
Sarah Crichton
2024
David Devlin
The following members were also recognised for their achievements in 2024.
Best overall female athlete
Clare Elms
Best overall male athlete
Joe Appiah
Best road athlete
Nick Torry
Best track athlete
Alexa Parker
LUCKY DIP
For all those who are wondering who the lucky winners to be drawn out of the hat for a place in the 2025 TCS London Marathon, the agony is over.
The two Kent AC runners whose agony is about to start with 16 weeks of winter training are JohnGilchrist and Rob Harvey.
Well done, both!
HUBBLE, BUBBLE, BUY YOUR BOBBLE
When you’re waiting around on the cross country field, then layering up after the race, your best friend is your Kent AC bobble hat. If you are still lacking this style essential, you can go to the Kent AC online shop to order and pay. Your ears will thank you for it. How will you get your hands on one? Contact Sarah Young, either on any of the WhatsApp groups, or via the website.
2025, WE’RE COMING FOR YOU
January
4 – Kent County XC Championships – Brands Hatch
11 – Surrey League XC – tbc
25 – Southern XC Champs – Beckenham Place Park
February
8 – Surrey League XC – Epsom
22 – National XC – Parliament Hill
April
12 – 12/6 National Road Relays – Sutton Coldfield
25 – London Marathon
EASYFUNDRAISING
Please remember to use easyfundraising every time you shop online.
Over 7,000 brands pay easyfundraising a commission when you start your shop through their platform, so you can raise FREE donations for us no matter what you’re buying. These donations really help us out, so please sign up if you haven’t yet. It’s easy and FREE! You can get started at https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/kentac
You can also install a helpful Chrome extension, which prompts you to donate whenever doing any online shopping – really handy
The usual track times are:
Tuesday 17:30 – 20:45
Thursday 18:00 – 20:30
Sunday 09:00 – 11:30
NOTE that seasonal adjustments mean that track will be closed 19, 24, 26, 31 December (see Seasonal Track, above)
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
Ladywell Arena has 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.
The Kent AC track pass continues to be required for training on Tues/Thurs evenings and Sunday mornings.
If you renew your annual pass before 31.12.24 you will receive 10 months for the price of 12.
Buying your pass in January gives you 11months for the price of 12.
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 here. 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).
KEEP US UPDATED
You can have your say about what goes in the newsletter and keep us apprised of your results or running adventures by emailing the comms team directly here.
CLUB CONTACTS PAGE
The password for the club contacts page hereis kacladywell2022.
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KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN 15 December 2024
Storm Darragh ate last week’s newsletter, so apologies if you were waiting to be blown away by the achievements of the cross country teams. Steel yourself: the race was called off owing to high winds and hard rain. In Uganda the weather was hot, and that was more of an issue for Ralph Weir, who ran the first ever Gulu marathon. Managing a sub-sub-four-hour time in the punishing conditions there was a huge achievement. Stevenage Half Marathon went ahead (it was one of the few races not to be cancelled in the run-up to the tempest). So without further ado, let’s recap … Alex Robbins took to the tornado conditions like a duck to water and ran the half in 90mins. Peter Range ‘snuck in under 1:34’. Big congratulations to any Stevenage runners who took on the weather and raced.
Races that took place today (15 December) included the excellent Lesnes Abbey 5 mile trail race and the Telford 10k. Also in this weeks news, we have important festive track opening times (don’t forget the Paarlauf on Tuesday 17 December), a gentle reminder to renew your annual track pass and step up to the gate once in a while. We’re also in need of Marshalls for the cross country on 4 January. The event of this weekend was, of course Saturday night’s Kent AC merry annual Christmas bash. We raise our Santa hats to Ellie Freeden, who organised the whole shebang. Evidently this year’s main attraction was karaoke, with Amy Clements revealing a talent for crooning that’s nearly as good as her running. People were too busy enjoying themselves to take loads of pictures, but just feast your eyes on the gorgeously appointed runners out of Lycra below:
Party shots (above) L to R (below) Jo, Anna, Ellie and Sophia scrub up well...
THERE WAS SOME RUNNING
(l to r) James Bowler, Ronnie Haydon, Dame Dibaba, Nicky Hayes, Rob Harvey
Dame won!
Dame enjoying his trophy
A few eagle-eyed members spotted there was a trail race going on this morning, starting at the ruins of Lesnes Abbey and negotiating five miles’ worth of hills and spills through Oxleas Woods. It was a gnarly and challenging course and a well-marshalled and organised small race. Thanks to Plumstead Runners. First man across the tape: our Dame. Apologies to Ian Ellwood, who also ran, but this camera person’s phone died before we could get him in a picture. No official results yet.
Kent AC runners also made their way to Telford for a 10k challenge (whether these same runners also attended the party the night before isn’t clear, but respect if they did). Here are the 10k results
Owen Hind, 12th in 29.22
Jonathan Collier, 21st in 29:35
Cam Dockerill, 30:39
Kurt Wilkinson 31:25
Rob Seseman 31:33
Jake Simmonds 31:35
Harry Tivnen, 32:11
Luke Rowland, 34:43
ABSOLUTE LEGENDS
At the Kent AC Christmas party, Victoria Buck announced the President Awards – for exceptional services to Kent AC
As there hasn’t been an awards evening for a number of years, the awards were given for the years 2021-2024. They were:
2021 John Barron
2022 Dan Ansell
2023 Sarah Crichton
2024 David Devlin
In their capacity as co-presidents, Len and Victoria also determined that the following individuals should be recognised for their achievements in 2024:
Best overall female athlete Clare Elms
Best overall male athlete Joe Appiah
Best road athlete Nick Torry
Best track athlete Alexa Parker
SEASONAL TRACK NEWS
The question on everyone’s lips: Will we be able to train on the track on Christmas Day? Of course not, that would be ridiculous, there are parkruns to consider. However it’s worth noting the Christmas holiday track opening dates: Tuesday December 17: track open as usual, and Coach Adrian organises a Paarlauf – a not-to-be missed opportunity for mixed-ability teams chosen by Adrian to run 4miles per team. Thursday 19 December: track closed Sunday 22 December: track open Tuesday 24 December: track closed Thursday 26 December: track closed Sunday 29 December: track open Tuesday 31 December: track open Thursday 2 January 2025: track open for all those NY resolutions to come to fruition
2025 Track passes will be available from Monday 16 December. If purchased before 31December you will get 2 months free (£130/year). If purchased in January, it will be 12 months for the price of 11 (£143/year). After that it will be the £13 per month.
Please give some thought to volunteering for gate duty. It’s essential that people buy their passes and show them to a representative at the gate.
MARSHAL YOUR FORCES
KCAA have requested clubs to help out with marshalling at the Kent County XC Champs at Brands Hatch on Saturday 4th January. If you can help, please fill in the form on their website. If you’re running, you can still potentially help before or after your respective race. http://kcaa.org.uk/
YEE, VERILY
A message from a south-east London borough that’s gone triathlon mad:
Come on Lewisham! Let’s vote for Alex Yee as BBC Sports Personality of the Year
Alex is not just a very talented athlete, he is humble, generous and committed to sport in Lewisham. He is a real inspiration to young people in Lewisham and everyone within the sporting community.
He reminds us that dreams do come true!
Alex is on the shortlist of six for the 2024 BBC Sports Personality of the Year. This is being broadcast on BBC1 at 7-9pm next Tuesday 17 December and voting will take place live during the show via phone or BBC website.
So COME ON LEWISHAM!
Let’s do it for Lewisham sports and tune in to BBC1 at 7pm next Tuesday to VOTE FOR ALEX!
“Lewisham to the World!”
HUBBLE, BUBBLE, BUY YOUR BOBBLE
When you’re waiting around on the cross country field, then layering up after the race, your best friend is your Kent AC bobble hat. If you are still lacking this style essential, you can go to the Kent AC online shop to order and pay. Your ears will thank you for it. How will you get your hands on one? Contact Sarah Young, either on any of the WhatsApp groups, or via the website
LUCKY DIP
For all those who are wondering who the lucky winners to be drawn out of the hat for a place in the 2025 TCS London Marathon, the agony is over. The two Kent AC runners whose agony is about to start with 16 weeks of winter training are: John Gilchrist and Rob Harvey Well done, both!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
December
21 – South of Thames Senior XC – Somerhill School, Tonbridge
2025
January
4 – Kent County XC Championships – Brands Hatch
11 – Surrey League XC – tbc
25 – Southern XC Champs – Beckenham Place Park
February
8 – Surrey League XC – Epsom
22 – National XC – Parliament Hill
April
12 – 12/6 National Road Relays – Sutton Coldfield
25 – London Marathon
EASYFUNDRAISING
Please remember to use easyfundraising every time you shop online.
Over 7,000 brands pay easyfundraising a commission when you start your shop through their platform, so you can raise FREE donations for us no matter what you’re buying. These donations really help us out, so please sign up if you haven’t yet. It’s easy and FREE! You can get started at https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/kentac
You can also install a helpful Chrome extension, which prompts you to donate whenever doing any online shopping – really handy
The usual track times are:
Tuesday 17:30 – 20:45
Thursday 18:00 – 20:30
Sunday 09:00 – 11:30
NOTE that seasonal adjustments mean that track will be closed 19, 24, 26, 31 December (see Seasonal Track, above)
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
Ladywell Arena has 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.
The Kent AC track pass continues to be required for training on Tues/Thurs evenings and Sunday mornings.
If you renew your annual pass before 31.12.24 you will receive 10 months for the price of 12.
Buying your pass in January gives you 11months for the price of 12.
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 here. 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).
KEEP US UPDATED
You can have your say about what goes in the newsletter and keep us apprised of your results or running adventures by emailing the comms team directly here.
CLUB CONTACTS PAGE
The password for the club contacts page hereis kacladywell2022.
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KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN 1 December 2024
A strong week full of races international and national across the age categories. Kent AC’s white horse basked in the sunny streets of Valencia, muddy trails in Guildford, the busy pathways of Victoria Park and darted across Kent by experienced masters.
First up, is a big push to purchase your tickets for this year’s Christmas Party bash. It’s always fun and this is your opportunity to talk about training plans, upcoming races and new shoes over drinks and Christmas nibbles. See below for more information.
✨🎄🪩 Saturday 14th December
St Dunstan’s Jubilee Ground, Catford
7:30pm
£20 including buffet and arrival drink https://kentac.sumupstore.com
Spread the word!
FELIZ NAVIDAD
Kent AC Christmas party tickets are on sale🎄✨
It’s going to a dazzling affair and we hope to see many of you there to celebrate 2024!
£20 per person including an arrival drink, a buffet and a dancefloor🥂
Purchase your tickets here – get them before they’re gone!
SURREY LEAGUE CROSS
We had 8 runners yesterday for match 2 in the Surrey League XC with 3 Surrey League 1st timers.
First up were the under 13s. Edward Pearce excellent time 12.29 24th out of 50 runners. Daria Gilmore under 14 minutes with a position 38th also out of 50 runners. Both preformed really well for their first times.
The under 15 boys had a full team and were a credible 8th out of 16 teams. First home for Kent was George Searle. He was the 14th under 15B in a time of 15:23 putting him up in the top 25%. In second and third was the battle between Luke Roderick and Lucas Stickland with Luke narrowly pipping Lucas. They were 30th and 32nd out of 59 runners in times of 16:26 and 16:29. Mateo Mathers picked up some valuable points in a time of 18:26.
The last race of the day was the U15 G with Tallulah Jones again comfortably in the top half with a position of 19th in a time of 18:11. Close behind with her first SL run of the year was Alice Hales. She was 29th out of 54 runners in a time of 19:00 minutes. Thats all the junior mud this year until a busy January. Next up the Christmas Party….
MUDDY MASTERS
The County Vets XC in Dartford is always a good Kent AC club day out, with a fab turn out and super individual runs.
M50: First race was the Men V50s. Despite having a somewhat depleted team we won team gold, Che Compton (individual bronze), Steve McGrory, Jules Gevers and Paul McCrone. This shows the club’s strength in depth, as our winning team didn’t include any personnel from last years winning team. We won by a 6 points, which, as we’ll come too, was a massive margin compared to other races. M60: The M60s won team silver, missing gold by 3 points and avoiding bronze on countback. Kent AC’s team was tightly packed, and was a classic rematch of the club 5000m earlier in the year, with Luke Armitage (8th), Roger Beardsworth (10th) and Len Reilly (12th). In the same race, Julian Spencer-Wood had a splendid run, winning silver in the MV70 category.
W35/W45/W55/W65: The women enjoyed a victorious afternoon at the Kent Vets Cross Championships at Dartford on Saturday, winning individual and team medals in two categories. Vic Buck, Lin Skinner and Vicky Boyle ran off with v35 team gold; a super impressive achievement bearing in mind that all three were down ageing for the event. Vic Buck outran most of the v35 field to bring home individual bronze. The v35 team was completed by Heather Castle. Congratulations also to our outstanding sixty year old, Clare Elms, who brought home individual V55 gold, and celebrated team bronze with Sarah Young and Nicky Hayes. Ronnie Haydon and Kate Williams weren’t far behind, in a superb showing by our v55s overall. There is no stopping Clare – she is going on to compete in the BMAF 5k on Sunday. Finally, Zoe Gaffen and Annabelle Hadlow were role models to us all in their enthusiastic participation as v65s. Well done everyone!
M40: The final race of the day was the Men V40s. Kent AC have 12 consecutive wins. Alas, that run came to end in a very close competition. We packed 6 runners into the top 18 in front of Cambridge Harriers 4th scorer in 20th place. But that wasn’t quite good enough on the day. Hats off to Cambridge Harriers for putting out a very strong team and pipped us by one point.
It was a great race for the spectators, with lots of overtaking over the 4.5 laps. Our silver medalling team was Rob Laing (6th), Dave Morgan (7th), Sam Evans (10th) and Neil Phillips (12th).
For the stattos: Apart from 3 silvers, we have won team M40 gold in every competition since 2005.
Then it was off to the Malt Shovel for the post-race debrief, with Kent AC runners carrying more silverware than bargain hunt.
VAMOS VALENCIA
Let’s go Valencia. Some of our Kent lot took to the fast streets of Valencia for some incredible marathon racing. After years now of putting on some fast road running, Valencia is the go to place for a quick winter PB.
First up, we have Ben Clarke. After weeks of travelling across the Northern Mediterranean, he still managed to fit in some consistent training to put him in pole position for a PB. And PB he did, knocking off 2 minutes to inch himself closer to that sub 2:20 barrier at 2:21:44. I think he sums up most marathon experiences well when he says, “It was all so good til it was hard”.
Next across the line and back from his stint in Kenya was Harry Tivnen who smashed through the 2:30 barrier to knock off 6 minutes from his previous PB in 2:28:54. It seems that altitude training (and years of dedication, consistency and determination) pays off.
Following closely behind and managing to fit in excellent training around pesky injuries was budding coach Chris Busaileh. Like the others, Chris smashed through his PB to break that magic barrier in 2:29:54. Another succinct line from this marathoner, “Marathons are a long way and quite hard”. I’m beginning to see a trend here…
Over to JT who also finished strongly in 2:34:22. Alas no PB but still an excellent run nevertheless. Adam Paterson finished closely behind in 2:34:38 missing out by an agonising 7 seconds to add to the PBs best for our Kent group today. Excellent run to both and go enjoy some well-earned Spanish beers.
AÚN MÁS CORRER
We head over to Lees Valley where even more PBs came in the 60m hurdles: Tess Hepple (9.09), Claudia Rigby (10.56) and Mack Atanda (11.62)
In Victoria Park we had some runners compete too: Teresa Murphy 1st V45 in 88:02, Alex Morales 89:41, Ivona Gongolova 1st V40 in 1:43:23 and Khawaja Shahabuddin 1:56:35.
In the British Masters 5K we had Tim Sharp run 17:52, Julian Spencer Wood 23:25, Clare Elms come through 1st in the V60 in 18:57 and Karen Samuel race 25:49. Some of those runners raced twice this week!
Also notably, over in Hilly Fields Parkrun we had a mini Kent takeover with 9 of the top 10 runners deriving from Kent AC. They then went on to run 10 hills and a mile tempo as part of Ken and Chris’s winter training plan. Hopefully that hill training will pay dividends in the cross countries and races to come.
HUBBLE, BUBBLE, BUY YOUR BOBBLE
When you’re waiting around on the cross country field, then layering up after the race, your best friend is your Kent AC bobble hat. If you are still lacking this style essential, you can go to the Kent AC online shop to order and pay. Your ears will thank you for it.
LONDON MARATHON CLUB BALLOT
If you failed to get a London Marathon place, you have a second chance.
The club will have two places and we’ll run a ballot as in previous years. There is one extra criterion, to encourage volunteering at the club – you have to have helped the club out in some way this year.
The criteria are:
1. Be a fully paid up club member. 2. Been rejected in the London Marathon 2025 ballot (need to provide evidence) 3. Have run for the club in 2024 (state which race) 4. Have volunteered for the club in some way in 2024.
This can include manning the gate at the track, marshalling or otherwise helping at an open meet or a race, being a coach or holding a committee post. You still have a chance to do so before the draw.
The draw will take place later this year at the Christmas Party on 14 December.
If you wish to enter the draw, send an email to Phil at , with evidence of your LM rejection, what races you have run, and what volunteering you’ve done.
Deadline: 13th December
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
December
7 – SEAA Masters XC Championships – Horspath, Oxford (tbc)
14 – Christmas Party – St Dunstan’s Jubilee Ground, Catford
21 – South of Thames Senior XC – Somerhill School, Tonbridge
2025
January
4 – Kent County XC Championships – Brands Hatch
11 – Surrey League XC – tbc
25 – Southern XC Champs – Beckenham Place Park
February
8 – Surrey League XC – Epsom
22 – National XC – Parliament Hill
April
12 – 12/6 National Road Relays – Sutton Coldfield
25 – London Marathon
EASYFUNDRAISING
Please remember to use easyfundraising every time you shop online.
Over 7,000 brands pay easyfundraising a commission when you start your shop through their platform, so you can raise FREE donations for us no matter what you’re buying. These donations really help us out, so please sign up if you haven’t yet. It’s easy and FREE! You can get started at https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/kentac
You can also install a helpful Chrome extension, which prompts you to donate whenever doing any online shopping – really handy
The usual track times are:
Tuesday 17:30 – 20:45
Thursday 18:00 – 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
Ladywell Arena has 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.
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 here. 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).
KEEP US UPDATED
You can have your say about what goes in the newsletter and keep us apprised of your results or running adventures by emailing the comms team directly here.
CLUB CONTACTS PAGE
The password for the club contacts page hereis kacladywell2022.
