Talent on track

Please see this week’s update for Kent AC members – 10/08/25–

KENT AC NEWS BULLETIN
10 August 2025

It has been a busy week of superb racing and fantastic results. Firstly, throwing it back to last weekend, Samuel Evans took on the Bedford Autodrome marathon, taking the win in 2:44:59.

We had three Kent runners head to Battersea Park on Tuesday evening for the summer Sri Chinmoy 5k.
Thomas O’Neill was top of the podium, finishing in 15:18, followed by Sam Taylor in 17:38 and Alex Gillespie in 18:49. 

Clare Elms rewrote more history on Wednesday, beating her own 1500m VW60 world record at the Tonbridge AC Open. Clare clocked a sensational time of 4:56.85!

Over at the Wimbledon 5000 yesterday evening, Jake Simmonds put in a serious shift on pacing duty whilst several of our boys headed down to compete.

Results:
Owen Hind – 14:29
Noah Armitage-Hookes – 14:48
Nick Acfield – 15:08
Ben Clarke – 15:15
Isaac Parker – 15:26
Rhys Doherty – 15:58

Well done lads

Meanwhile, at the Oordegem 5000m in Belgium, Alex Yee switched codes again and ran a 13:13 PB, beating several of Britain’s top track specialists.

This weekend, some of our top junior athletes starred in the England Athletics Age Group Championships and produced outstanding performances.
You can track the results and watch the live stream from the event here.

Also, a shout-out to Molly O’Connor and Claire Oxlade who took part in the T100 Triathlon in London today. Results are still due to be published, however, fantastic efforts, with Molly qualifying for the 2026 European Championships!

 Before you read on…

A reminder that our next social run will take place on Wednesday evening. Meet at the track for 7pm and come ready to run!

We also need support on the night of our next open meet on Thursday 11th September. If you can help, please contact Rich Giles. Volunteers are what make this club the community it is today.
You can still enter a race and volunteer too.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

Our fourth open meet of the summer will be on Thursday 11th September.

The events taking place are:

200m (11+)
800m (Juniors only, U11 to U17)
5000m (U17+)

There will be prizes in the form of SOAR vouchers for the first 3 finishers in the 5000m, for men and women. All races will be seeded, there will be photo finish and results will be on Power of 10.

ENTER NOW!

If you’re available on the day, we will need volunteers to help out – please contact Rich Giles.

EVENT CALENDAR

August
10 – Social run
16 – KYAL – Dartford
30 – SAL – Basildon

September
2 – Track Social
4 – Assembly League – Beckenham Place Park
7 – Big Half – London
11 – Late Summer Meet 
20 – SEAA 6/4/3 Stage Road Relays @TBC

October
4 – ERRA 6/4 Stage Relays at Sutton Park
11 – Surrey League xc – Hurst Green

November
15 – Surrey League xc – Beckenham Place Park

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

TRACK, TRACK, TRACK

Buy your track pass here.

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 £6.50 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

The Alex Yee 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.

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 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.

The password for the club contacts page here is .

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