Invicta Athletics Club News
Winter Indoor Sportshall Competitions
Indoors (young athletes) + National cross-country at Leeds
Indoor Sportshall at Thanet
17 young IEK members all produced at least one season best performance in shot, long or vertical jump or speed bounce. Anna Alvarez dominated the u-15 Girls competition, Kieran Hawkins was our only u-13 boy and Lauren Fielder, Olivia Tomlin and Lydia Gallyer-Barnett were our u-13 Girls.
In the u-11 section, Elliot Burt completed the same events as everyone in our IEK teams of 4 : IEK Team 1 was Corinne Wakesmith, Holly Fielder, Anna Calzada and Rachel Butcher, IEK Team 3 was Lauren Macey, Noah McCormack, Oliver Lyons and Olivia Clarke, while IEK Team 2 comprised Finlay Pleace, Maddy Tomlin, Ryan Burt and Naomi Hawkins who together gained team silver.
IEK Men beat Tonbridge (Kent Champions) at Nationals in Leeds
Big team news is that our RED SPARROWS (u-13 Girls) beat the best club in England, Aldershot Farnham, and our Men (3rd Kent club) were well ahead of Kent champions, Tonbridge who were 5th Kent club at the 'Nationals' - moreover, ALL our 10 IEK Men were in front of Tonbridge's 6th scorer
We entered 49 members in 6 teams - thanks to the sterling efforts of Sue Rogers, Young Athletes Team Manager, a massive turnout of 35 athletes on the day means IEK had 4 teams at the English National Championships, the best for some seasons
Leading IEK individuals (ie. top 20)
* u-13 Fem - Bobby Clay (6th) only 12 seconds from Gold - at Southerns in January, Bobby beat Hope Goddard, the Leeds National winner [417 finishers]
* u-20 Fem - Beth Carter 8th in only her 3rd race all winter - 1 minute behind winner, 30 secs behind Kent No.1 Grace Nicholls (7th) [91 finishers]
* u-15 Boys - Jake Rogers 12th, 5 seconds behind Kent's 1st boy and only 30 seconds behind race winner [387 finishers]
Incomplete IEK teams
* u-15 Boys - Jake Rogers (12) 2nd Kent, Luke Dawson (42) 6th Kent, Jack Smith (256) for 12th Kent [387 finishers]
* u-20 men - Jason Prickett (75) 5th Kent - James Reilly (177) and Nick Little (183) 13 + 14 Kent [204 finishers]
* u-15 Girls - Alex Clay (77) was 4th Kent girl and Grace Leggatt (240) 13th Kent girl [360 finishers]
* Senior Women - Only 1 IEK Senior Woman, Claire Brown 222nd - 11th Kent Woman [543 finishers]
Complete IEK teams
* u-13 Girls : 7th team - Bobby Clay (6) led the 6 Red Sparrows to beat mighty Aldershot Farnham (8th).... Ellen Whitehead (72) Lilly Coward (96) and Anna Weston (102) were the 4 scorers, and, with Amy Old (159) were all top 10 Kent girls - Molly Dawson (272) was 15th Kent
[417 finishers - 51 clubs]
* u-17 men - 24th team - Kieran Reilly (122, 15th Kent) 1½ mins ahead of Jacob Burton (217, 20 Kent) Ali Noel (243, 22 Kent) 9 seconds ahead of 4th scorer Sam Hudson (256, 25 Kent) making our boys 3rd Kent club behind Blackheath Bromley (12) and newly-crowned National champions Tonbridge. Ben Burton (268 was 28th Kent) while Joe Marchant (288) and Chris Little (300) were 32nd & 33rd Kent boys
[308 finishers - 60 clubs]
* u-17 Women - 16th team - Beth Burnett (132nd) was 15th Kent girl, 12 seconds in front of Rachel Burton (136) - Beth Burnett is IEK's leading finisher in this year's 'majors', ie. Southerns and this National. Enya Lonergan (149) was 30 secs behind Rachel - for Becki Reilly (main aim not to be last) it's 'mission accomplished' with 183rd out of 189 finishers. Becki completing the race means our u17 girls had a complete team who were 2nd Kent team on the day
[189 finishers]
* Senior Men - IEK 32nd of 107 clubs (3rd Kent) beat Kent Champions Tonbridge (86th) in the main 6-to-score competition - all our runners ahead of their 6th scorer
[1428 finishers]
* 61 runners from 5 Kent Clubs
* First Kent man home (21st) was Kent Champion Dean Lacy of Cambridge Harriers
* Blackheath Bromley were leading Kent club - their first man Andy Rayner (61) was 4th Kent man
* Medway Maidstone (2nd in Kent Championships) had only 4 Senior Men at Leeds
* John Wilkins was IEK's most venerable competitor of the day
IEK Men's team of 10 which beat Kent champions Tonbridge
First 6-to-score
James Cotton.....152..... 9th Kent man.... 43:39
Chris Holmes......164.....10 Kent man..... 43:50
Mark Wilkins......240.....16 Kent man..... 45:08
Tim Corby.........442.....23 Kent man..... 48:10
James Wren.......634.....27 Kent man..... 50:47
Peter Bowell.......755.....34 Kent man..... 52:27
IEK Non scorers
Mike Gore.........773......35 Kent man
John Wilkins......932.......42 Kent man
Adrian Dawson....966......44 Kent man
Mike Roberts....1034.......46 Kent man
* In secondary competition IEK 23rd of 45 clubs fielding at least 9 runners - 2nd best Kent club to Blackheath Bromley
* Adrian Dawson (9th scorer) was inside top 1,000 finishers
* Mike Roberts (46th Kent man of 61) is only IEK survivor of the previous National at Roundhay Park, Leeds in 1998
......For offical results click underlined text...National XC 2010 - Leeds
......Next year's 'Nationals' return to 2008 venue, Alton Towers
Fowlmead 5-mile multi-terrain run
A number of Invicta athletes took part in the Fowlmead 5-mile multi-terrain run, which is organised by club member Tim Sutton.
On a cold and rather wet day (sunday Feb 21) our runners took a number of the prizes which included 1st place in the mixed Team event, with Luke Dawson, Martin Kelk and Heidi Coleman the scorers.
3 Luke Dawson 31:15:00 SM
4 Martin Kelk 31:52:00 MV40
15 Heidi Coleman 36:34:00 F
23 Vicky Talbot Rosner 37:50:00 F45
39 Sue Cooper 43:31:00 FV45
It was good to see the return to competition of Heidi Coleman who has had a baby break and will greatly strengthen the female road running side of the club.
Michael Gore
(IEK Road race cordinator)
Kent League XC (4) 2009/10 - Swanley Seniors only
IEK Men & Women both 3rd overall in Kent cross-country League
Strength in depth of our Male & female Seniors ensured both finished the season 3rd in their cross-country leagues after each fielded half their team capacity at the final fixture at Swanley, where our Women were 3rd on the day and our Men 5th.
Our Men, one of 12 Kent clubs to contest all 4 fixtures, finish 3rd in the table behind Tonbridge and Medway Maidstone - worryingly for grass roots sport, local rivals Ashford were absent throughout the campaign.
Our Women, one of 9 clubs in the county to contest all 4 fixtures, finish 3rd behind Tonbridge and Folkestone - here Blackheath Bromley as well as Medway Maidstone, two of the strongest Kent clubs, each missed one of the 4 fixtures
Tom Purnell & Mark Wilkins in top 20 in Men's Kent XC League
For the last fixture of the season at Swanley, featuring 113 finishers, we fielded seven Men - 5 Seniors, 1 under-20 and one vet who ran a 10k course.
Two senior newcomers James Wren (51st) and Mike Roberts (76) both raced for IEK as under-13s, well over a decade ago - at Swanley, James was 3rd IEK scorer behind Mark Wilkins (15) and Tim Corby (32) with under-20 Andy Cope 4th scorer in 53rd. Tom Purnell was 63rd and vet Adam Cowper Smith 72nd.
Only 2 of 15 IEK Men who raced this winter contested all 4 fixtures - Mark Wilkins ends up 6th overall with Tom Purnell 20th overall.
Claire Brown (4th overall) runs Sharon Hawkins close at Swanley
Over 5km at Swanley, Claire Brown broke into the top 10 of the Kent League (in her first full season in IEK colours) finishing 9th, just one place behind Sharon Hawkins, our leading senior female of the last few seasons. Claire is our only Senior Female to have contested all 4 fixtures and is 4th overall, while Sharon is 2nd best overall among those contesting 3 of the 4 fixtures.
At the core of our senior team this winter, Vicky Talbot Rosner (13) Calli Smith (18) and Sarah Newman (19) all also raced at Swanley to complete 3 of the 4 fixtures.
For Individual results click underlined text...Men's Kent XC League 2009/10 - Swanley
For Individual results click underlined text...Women's Kent XC Lge 2009/10 - Swanley
For Team results click underlined text....... Senior Teams Kent XC League 2009/10
Kent Cross-country Championships - 2010
3 team and 3 individual medals - Senior Men & Women both 4th
Six complete teams + 2 incomplete teams in 10 categories
Team Gold....... u13 Fem....Bobby Clay, Lilly Coward, Anna Weston, Amy Old
Team Silver..... u-20 M......Jason Pickett, Andy Cope, James Reilly
Team Silver..... u-17 Fem...Rebecca Weston, Emily Hosker Thornhill, Rachel Burton,
..................................Beth Burnett, Enya Lonnergan, Becki Reilly
Team 4th........ Senior M....James Cotton, Chris Holmes, Mark Wilkins, Tim Corby,
..................................Martin Kelk,Tim Sutton,Tom Purnell,Adam CowperSmith
..................................Peter Bowell,Adrian Dawson,John Wilkins,Michael Gore
Team 4th........ Senior Fem..Sharon Hawkins, Claire Brown, Janice Moorekite,
Team 4th........ u-17 M.......Kieran Reilly, Ali Noel, Jacob Burton, Sam Hudson,
..................................Ben Burton, Joe Marchant, Chris Little
Incomplete teams
u-20 females..... Beth Carter (individual winner) our only runner
u15 Boys..........Jake Rogers (5) Luke Dawson (7) Eddie Burton (16)
....................1 more runner finishing last would've gained u15 Boys team bronze
Senior Men also collected Team Bronze in secondary competition of 12-to-score, 
behind MedwayMaidstone AC and Tonbridge AC
Our leading Seniors - 3 Men and 2 Women - all finished in top 20. Senior Men had 12 out on the day
IEK leading Senior Man, James Cotton pictured (RIGHT) on way to 14th, having stayed at the back of the field for first kilometre - this tactic captured in the 5th photo on Kent AA website, beneath the results - use link below
Left is M&M's 10 times Kent champion Barry Royden eventually beaten by both Chris Holmes (centre) and Mark Wilkins who were 19th and 20th respectively
Senior Women were 4th - Sharon Hawkins was 6th, Claire Brown (left) 13th in her first Kent championship, with Janice Moorekite 36th
Beth Carter (RIGHT) cruised unchallenged to individual u-20 gold in her first race for 3 months.
Pictured (L to R) are our u-13 Red Sparrows, Lilly Coward(6) Bobby Clay(race winner) Amy Old(13) and Anna Weston(5) winners of Team Gold despite absence of Ellen Whitehead and Molly Dawson. First time in Kent history that IEK win this section, breaking a record 4 wins in a row by Tonbridge AC
Team silver for u17 Females with team of 6 on the day including Beth Burnett(16) Enya Lonnergan(17) and Becki Reilly 19th. Medallists pictured are (L to R) Emily Hosker Thornhill(5) Rachel Burton(13) and Rebecca Weston(4)
Team silver (u-20 males) where Jason Prickett also collected fine individaul bronze. With Jason (865) are Andy Cope(left) James Reilly and Josh Freemont.
Special milestone achieved by Tim Sutton contesting 24th consecutive Senior Kent cross-country championship - Tim was 6th scorer for IEK Men's team which was 4th
For results click underlined text...Kent XC 2010 - Detling
STOP PRESS! Dover Half Marathon postponed
Sunday's Dover Half Marathon is postponed due to snow and ice on the course.
The race organisers hope to reschedule to next weekend ie. Sunday Feb 21
Michael Gore (IEK Road race cordinator)
February kicks off big style on Road, cross-country and Indoors
Over the 1st weekend of February 2010, no fewer than 47 IEK members competed
in 3 different disciplines - see detailed reports below.
14 members wore IEK red (5 Indoors and 9 on the Road) and thus far there are no photos of those events -
33 more IEK members raced for their various District Teams in the Kent Schools Cross-country event, most, like Grace Leggatt [right] in the green of Canterbury Schools
[photo by IEK member Donald Carter - student, St Mary's College Twickenham]
ROAD - Ashford 10K
Our Men & Women's teams were both 3rd with our local rivals, Canterbury Harriers 6th in the Men's and 4th in the Women's categories. Three of the 9 IEK competitors won their age group among the 609 finishers who were timed by our own IEK Chip Timing set-up.
Our Men's team was 3rd through Martin Kelk (12th male) Tim Sutton (15) and Alex Newson (33) while our Women were 3rd team through Liz Weeks (1st) Vicky Talbot Rosner (11) and Janice Moorekite 12th female finisher.
The 3 individual age group winners were Liz Weeks (Senior) Alex Newson (u-18) and Vet-60 Martyn Rouse - Liz Weeks gave notice of her potential by improving her best by 4 minutes to cross the line 29th overall and first female on the day in 38mins 06 secs, an impressive 8 seconds ahead of established county runner Sharon Hawkins of Maidstone Harriers.
Alex Newson (U-18) was 4 mins ahead of Folkestone's Tom Addison in the Junior category, while Martyn Rouse broke the 40-minute barrier (yet again) to remain an undefeated vet-60 on the road this season, with Michael Conway 6th v-60 in 46:54.
Martyn Kelk and Tim Sutton were 2nd & 3rd fastest vet-40s and Vicky Talbot Rosner was the 2nd fastest vet-45 female of the day.
....For team & individual results click underlined text...Ashford & District 10K 2010
Kent Indoor Championship (Lea Valley)
Each of the 5 IEK members came away with a medal, Ben Burton topping the list with a gold and a silver while Scarlett Mann bagged 3 fine bronze medals
Gold......Andrew Cope U20 1500m in 4.23.19
...........Sam Hudson u17 800m in 2.07.9
...........Ben Burton U17 1500m in 4.40.56
Silver....Jacob Burton U17 1500m in 4.40.72
...........Ben Burton U17 800m in 2.11.9
Bronze...Scarlet Mann u17 Long Jump of 4.91m
...........Scarlet Mann u17 High Jump of 1.45m
...........Scarlet Mann u17 60m Hurdles (Time unknown)
4th.......Jacob Burton u17 800m in 2.16.9
3 Gold (Ellen, Rebecca & Jason) Anna silver at Kent Schools XC
Having finished in the top 40 at the Southern XC at Parliament Hill, Jason Prickett (fastest IEK male on the track at 5,000m last summer) secured his first ever county title when outsprinting Tonbridge's James Pigot in the final 200m of the Senior Boys at Wilmington, Dartford.
In the same race, James Reilly (10) earned a chance of selection as a reserve for Kent's team of 8 to contest the English schools at Manchester in March.
Both IEK Senior Girls are firm candidates for county honours as Helen Robinson [pictured RIGHT] was 6th in her first Kent Schools, only 30 metres behind Emily Hosker Thornhill who was bidding to contest her 5th consecutive English Schools.
After a few wobbles on the start line, Rebecca Weston majestically defended the intermediate title she won last year to maintain an impressive unbroken sequence of County Schools titles every year she competed since Year 7 - the 2008 event was cancelled due to.... snow!
Newcomer and 1st year intermediate Caroline Robinson (12) edged into the County team reserve list while female run of the day came from Rachel Burton (14) who was a minute ahead of a clutch of 3 IEK members, Enya Lonnergan (19) Beth Burnett (21) and the ever-improving Grace Leggatt who was 22nd.
In the Inter Boys, Kieran Reilly (7) was clearly focused on earning a place in the Kent team of 8, while 1st year Inter Jake Rogers (12) is a likely reserve finishing just ahead of Chris Thomas. Luke Dawson (16) was a minute ahead of Eddie Burton who was a creditable 24th.
In the Juniors (Years 8 & 9) sisters Alex & Bobby Clay were only 1 second apart in a sprint finish which nearly took them past the Tonbridge girl in 2nd, while Canterbury District champion Amy Old (15) continues to impress by finishing only 6 seconds behind stablemate Lilly Coward, a likely Kent reserve by finishing 12th. Newcomer Rebecca Wickington, bronze medallist at the Canterbury District event, was 22nd in her first outing at this level of competition.
The first 4 Canterbury Junior Boys are all IEK members : brothers Barney & Ross Howard (25th and 51st respectively) have only recently resumed regular training with the club, while Adam McKenna (60) & Sam Berry (61) were given identical times.
In a special year 7 race which doesn't involve selection for National Schools competition the only male IEK members were Tom Hume, a creditable 10th and Michael Bax who was 69th of 85 runers.
Our Year-7 Girls dominated the closest race of the day : Ellen Whitehead clinched gold, just 1 second ahead of Anna Weston and thus achieved her lifelong ambition to beat Anna. Fast-improving Molly Dawson was 6th, only 7 seconds behind rivals who'd been 30 seconds ahead of her at the Parliament Hill race the week before.
In all, eleven IEK members are in the frame, either as one of the team of 8 or as a reserve, to represent Kent Schools at the English Schools race in Manchester.
...For all individual results click underlined text...Kent Schools XC 2010 - Wilmington
Busiest weekend in our club winter calendar
The club's wide range of interests/activities across all age groups was on show over the last weekend of January.....
Cross-country
On the Saturday, 39 members competed in the Southern Region Championships when tackling the demanding course at Parliament Hill in North London.
The 2 highest placed individuals were Jake Rogers (10th, u15 Boys) and Bobby Clay (12th u-13 Girls) while Beth Burnett (83rd) & Rachel Burton (85th) were our leading u-17 females and Jason Prickett (u20) was 3rd Kent man home. The Red Sparrows (u-13 Girls) were the club's best team in 6th place with 3 scorers in the top 40.
Our Senior women 8k with Claire Brown first home in 137th, Vicky Talbot-Rosner (185) just ahead of Liz Batty (193) and Lisa Clayton (281) and Sue Cooper in 285th).
The Men raced 9 miles with Mark Wilkins (97th) first in, Damien Vadgama (179) and third scorer Michael Gore (394), Tom Purnell (435) with Adam Cowper-Smith (488). Peter Bowell (541) completed the 6-scoring team.
Individual Results (teams not yet available)...Southern XC 2010 (Parliament Hill)
Road
On morning of the Sunday, a dozen more members competed on the Road in our own Barrett's Canterbury 10 Mile race, while 60 volunteers helped marshal the course, man the water stations and run the refreshment stall.
-----For results click underlined text....[doc:571]
Indoor Athletics
Among the 10 Mile competitors was vet-60 Tony Piersall who immediately rushed off to Swanley to co-ordinate the indoor efforts of our u-11 and u-13s who on Sunday afternoon ran, jumped and threw their way into 2nd place.
-----Results not yet available - for Kent Championship Indoor Sporthall at Tonbridge in December 2009 click underlined text....Indoors - Sportshall results 2009/2010
Meanwhile, according to the Kent AA website, seven (7) IEK members have entered the County Indoor Championships at Lea Valley on w/end of 6/7 Feb 2010
-----For list of entrants (event not specified) click..... Kent Indoor 2010 - Entries
Brighton Marathon Places Up For Grabs!
Oh, we do like to run beside the seaside! Sense, the national deafblind charity, offers places in the first ever Brighton Marathon. Organisers estimate 30,000 for the new event.
The route takes in the South Downs, the heart of the city and the seafront. Highlights include the Royal Brighton Pavilion, Ovingdean Village and iconic Brighton Pier. The fast, flat, second half of the course should also encourage fast times.
Marianne Beggs, Deputy Head of National Events at Sense says, “Getting a place in a marathon is extremely difficult. For runners who missed a place in London Marathon, running the Brighton Marathon for Sense presents a great opportunity. All our runners receive a comprehensive support package from our expert marathon team.”
Money raised will fund work that helps deafblind people live as independently as possible. For further information about race places please contact Lindsey Telfer: 0845 127 0063 or marathon@sense.org.uk
Please note:
If your intrested in taking one of the places the deadline is Friday Feb 5th so you need to act fast!
Michael Gore
(IEK Road race cordinator)
Tim Corby & Liz Weeks lead charge at our own 10 Mile Road race
In their debut 10 mile race in IEK colours, Tim Corby (64mins 33secs) was our first man home 34th and Liz Weeks our first female - our men's team of Tim, Martyn Rouse (67:14) Tim Kerr (79:54) and Tony Piersall (85:32) were 14th of 19 clubs where local rivals Canterbury Harriers were 3rd, while our female team of Liz, Sarah Newman (79:26) and newcomer Fiona Feltham (79:27) were 5th of 14 clubs while Canterbury Harriers were clear winners, ahead of Beckenham.
Our traditional host event on the last Sunday of January attracted 860 entries before the day and, on the day, exceeded the 1,000 entry limit meaning almost 50 late entrants had to be turned away in the last hour before the start.
The race was timed by our own IEK Chip Timing system and continuous results were posted 'live' as each batch of 50 runners crossed the line.
Martyn Rouse is Kent 10 Mile Champion, Senior Men 6th Kent team
The Dartford 10 Mile Road Race for 920 entrants also doubled as 2010 County Championship for 141 Men and 65 Women from all over Kent - our own Martyn Rouse (84th overall) swept home 7 minutes ahead of all vet-60 rivals to take county gold, while Michael Conway (432 overall) was 8th Kent vet-60.
In the Kent Team Championship for 3 scorers, our Men's team was 6th, 2 places ahead of local rivals Canterbury Harriers. IEK were lead by Senior Man, Mark Wilkins 7th overall and 4th Kent Man home, Martyn Rouse was 33rd Kent Male with 3rd IEK scorer Michael Gore 35th Kent Man and 94th overall.
In her debut 10 Mile Championship race, Claire Brown (our only female on the day) was 5th of all 8 IEK entrants when finishing 159th overall : Claire was 19th Female on the day and was 8th in the Kent Female Championship.
Our Men's team was also 6th overall in the team open competition for 4 scorers : Wilkins, Rouse and Gore were joined by Andy Cope (u-20) who was 50th overall
...For Kent Championship click underlined text.... Kent 10 Mile Championship - 2010
...For Full (non-championship) results click underlined text... Dartford 10 Mile - 2010
update
After the opening round of this year’s Kent Road Running Grandprix, the team standings are as follows. The men are currently placed 7th overall with our women in 13th place, pretty slow start for the IEK, a number of regulars out injured or struggling in the race with injuries.
Individually within the various age groups, top Invicta athletes are:-
Senior men:
Mark Wilkins is placed 3rd overall, followed by Andy Cope in 33rd.
M60s:
Martyn Rouse is currently placed 2nd within the championship.
Only one women represented us at Dartford!
So within the senior womens championship:
Claire Brown is placed 13th overall at this stage of the season.
Next race is the Thanet 20, so anyone doing a marathon should really consider this race!
Michael Gore
(IEK Road Race coordinator)
KENT SCHOOLS Cross-country (Dartford) is postponed
The county Schools XC due on Saturday 16 Jan has been postponed to Saturday 6 Feb at the same venue.
If your name doesn't appear in the link below, contact your coach, or go to the Kent Schools Website for guidance
For full details click underlined text.....Kent Schools website
For list of entries click underlined text.....Entries Kent Schools XC 2010
DATE CHANGE for FINAL KENT XC LEAGUE FIXTURE
The final round of the Kent League XC, due to take place at Parkwood School on Feb 13th (senior men & women only) has been re-arranged to Feb 20th, at the same venue, because Feb 13 is the re-arranged date of Kent XC Championships
Michael Gore
(IEK Website admin)
Barretts Canterbury 10 - Entry list now available
The entry list for this year's race can be found by going to the Canterbury 10 race page where you will find it under OTHER DOCUMENTS.
The entry list will be updated on a regular basis up to race day.
Michael Gore
(IEK Website admin)
STOP PRESS..... Kent Fitness XC League (Minnis Bay) is Cancelled
Due to on-going bad weather, the Kent Fitness League fixture, due to take place at Minnis Bay on Sunday 10 Jan is now cancelled.
Race organisers are looking to re-schedule the fixture for Feb 28
Further details when known.
Michael Gore
(IEK Website admin)
STOP PRESS..... KENT XC CHAMPS (DETLING) POSTPONED
Because of bad weather and large amounts of snowfall, the Kent Cross Country Championships, due at Detling this coming Saturday (9 Jan) have been postponed until Saturday 13 Feb.
Please keep an eye on the website for further details.
Michael Gore
(IEK Website admin)
The Holly Run incorporating SCVAC XC championships 2009
Despite heavy snow causing havoc throughout parts of Kent in recent days, two hardy Invicta runners braved the roads & headed off for The Holly Run incorporating the Southern Counties Vets AC cross country championships.
Vicky Talbot Rosner raced 2.5 miles in the F45 and Tim Sutton 5 miles in the M40s.
Conditions underfoot were mixed with heavy snow, rutted & sticky mud patches, with a long climb up to the top of the hill, which had magnificant views over the Sussex Downs, for a short flat respite, before plummeting down what felt like Surrey's own ski mountain!
Vicky had a small lap followed by a large, always smiling, she thoroughly enjoyed the race but wishes she'd worked a little harder, with less chatting, as she lost the FV45 gold by only 10secs!
Tim's race was 3 large laps - a steady first lap & careful descent down the mountain (!!!) confidence grew over the remaining two laps & he held his position, not talking to anybody, he took V40 gold by 20sec.
Report by Tim Sutton
STOP PRESS...STOP PRESS...KFL OXLEAS WOODS IS CANCELLED
The Kent Fitness League fixture due to take place tommorow, Sunday 20 December, has been cancelled due to icy conditions on the course.
Race organisers are hoping to reschedule the race for Sunday January 3rd 2010.
Michael Gore
(Website admin)
IEK Women-45 are Kent Vet XC Champions, Men-60 take silver
IEK fared very well in the KCC Vets Championships at Tunbridge Wells.
Our M40s were 4th, led home by Martin Kelk (7) with Tim Sutton (12) and Peter Bowell, returning from long term injury, finishing 31st with Ian Johns 59th in his debut race.
Our M50s were 8th team with Adam Cowper-Smith (9) followed closely by Stuart Reilly (15) and Richard Hudson 53rd.
Our strongest Male team were our M60s who tied on points with Blackheath Bromley but were given 2nd thanks to Eddie Broad (15) finishing higher than B&B's 3rd man who was 18th - Martyn Rouse was 4th, Michael Conway 7th and Peter Brenchley 25th.
Best team performance on the day came from our women's vet-45 women who won the team prize, Vicky Talbot-Rosner finishing an excellent 3rd, Sue Cooper 7th and Theresa Johns 13th, one place in front of Janice Morekite.
KCC Vet Champs Results 2009
Michael Gore
(Website admin)
Kent League XC 2009 (4) - Danson Park
IEK win 3 Kent XC league titles, Seniors both 3rd with one to go
The eight age group cross-country league titles decided in Bexley's Danson Park were cornered by just two clubs - IEK took 3 titles (u-13 Girls and both M & F u-20) with Tonbridge taking all the other 5, with mighty Blackheath Bromley netting 4 team silvers.
Our Senior Men's team, led yet again by Mark Wilkins (12) and James Cotton (17) were 3rd at Danson Park and are now 3rd team overall, as are our women - both Men & Women contest their final match in February.
Of 13 IEK Senior Men to have raced in red this season, Mark is highest overall (8th) with James Cotton 10th overall from 238 Men in the League.
Our u-13 Girls recorded an emphatic 4th win in a row with 5 IEK red vests in the top 10 and 7 reds in top 20. Bobby Clay (undefeated all season) took the overall title, with Anna Weston (4) and Lilly Coward (6) are 2nd and 3rd overall and are all pictured with Amy Old (clutching team winning trophy) who was 7th on the day and 5th overall.
Helen Robinson (3) and Rachel Seaman (6) helped our u-20 women comfortably win their league - our u-20 Men were undefeated all season and the race of the day featured a fit-looking Donald Carter pipping overall league winner Jason Prickett on the line. Strength in depth is key here, with Jamie Bailey (5) and James Reilly (6) finishing 4th and 5th overall.
Jake Rogers (2) was delighted to finish ahead of the league's No.1 u-15 Charlie Joslin-Allen from Tonbridge who was 3rd at Danson. Newcomer Rebecca Wickington (11) had a fine debut in u-15s where Alex Clay (4) finished 3rd overall.
Male run-of-the-day was Senior Tim Corby (46) whose recent club training accounts for his dramatic climb into the top 50 on the day, compared to his Somerhill debut finish in 77th.
Female run-of-the-day was Amy Old who, in just one short year, has progressed from 27th in Kent into the top 10
For details click underlined text.....Kent XC Lge (4) - Danson Pk - Dec 2009
KENT ROAD RUNNING GRANDPRIX 2010
Provisional dates for next year’s ten Kent Grandprix races include the 5 which double as Kent Championships, shown YES by the event.
Last season our men and women finished in strong positions (see articles in news page) With a stronger team of road runners for the coming season, I hope we can challenge for the outright championship for both men and women.
Anyone over 18 may compete in all races, 16 yrs and over can compete in shorter distances such as 10k - check entry form to confirm this.
Any questions, please contact me at:- Micksta0722@yahoo.co.uk
17.1.2010...... Dartford 10-Mile .................(Yes)
7.3.2010........Thanet 20-Mile ...................(Yes)
11.4.2010...... Paddock Wood Half Marathon...(Yes)
23.5.2010...... Canterbury Half Marathon
13.6.2010...... Bluewater 10K ...................(Yes)
July (tbc)....... Mount Ephraim 10K
Sept (tbc)...... Thanet Marathon ................(Yes)
3.10.2010...... Dulwich Park 10k
Oct (tbc)....... Maidstone Half Marathon
Dec (tbc)....... Thanet 10-Mile
Michael Gore (IEK AC – Road race co-ordinator)
Steve Jones - tribute training session
Club fun training session pays tribute to Steve Jones
After saying our collective good byes to Steve Jones at Barham Crematorium on Tuesday 1 December, a cheerful wake was held at the Sportman's Bar at the Body & Mind facility by the track.
Steve's family were on hand to witness the club's Tuesday training session - a tribute session in Steve's memory - with teams doing shuttle relays where each team had to pick up various toys from buckets
click each photo to enlarge the view
Steve would have approved of the zany training where the entire relay team had to do 5 press-ups if caught carrying a soft furry toy when the hooter was blown
Seniors and vets were guilty of dubious counting of how many shuttle runs were actually done... and those same role models will never develop decent triceps by hiding the furry toys under the cones in order to avoid doing press-ups...
Ralph Noel caught the flavour of the session on his phone... Ralph remembers being ferried regularly as a 9-year old by Steve to-and-from training, which often ran along similar lines to the tribute session.
Mark's first Fitness League victory leads IEK Men to win in Blean
Seventeen IEK Reds stormed to victory in the combined Men & Women's event - our 10 scoring men (led by Mark Wilkins's first win in this league) won their section ahead of Larkfield and mighty Medway Maidstone - our 4 Women, led by Claire Brown (7th) were 6th on the day.
For team details click underlined text..........
Kent Fitness 2009 - Team Results (Blean)
Mark Wilkins notched his first KFL victory by 5 seconds, holding off a late challenge in the last 300m from rivals from Paddock Wood and Larkfield - Mark climbs to 3rd overall after completing all 3 races so far.
For team KFL match report click underlined text..........
Kent Fitness 2009 - Race report (Blean)
No fewer than 6 IEK males were in the top 30, 4 of them racing in this league for the first time this season.
Martin Kelk (14) and Tim Sutton (18) both made the top 20, newcomer Tim Corby was 22nd, ahead of evergreen Nick Brawn (28) and all 4 now feature in the top 50 overall after 3 fixtures.
In his 3rd race of this season, Ben Burton was 10 seconds ahead of Nick Brawn at Blean - Ben is now 85th overall.
Claire Brown is 10th overall among 189 women, Vicky Talbot Rosner (23rd) and Janice Morekite (63rd) is the only IEK female completing all 3 races this season
For race details click underlined text...Kent Fitness 2009 - Individual Results (Blean)
Cross Challenge 2009 - Liverpool
Young Reds learn to cope at highest level in Liverpool mud
Kieran Reilly, Rebecca Weston, Emily Hosker Thornhill (all u-17) and Jason Prickett
(u-20) all tasted high level of national competition at the McCain UK Cross Challenge in marshy conditions at Liverpool's Sefton Park at the weekend.
All 4 raced and finished strongly as they came through the learning process with flying colours in races which also doubled as trials for team selection to represent Britain in the European Championships next month.
In his first of 3 seasons at u-20, Jason Prickett (70th) is pictured right half way round the European trial where he finished closer to leading Kent rivals than he did all last 
season.
Kieran Reilly (far right) consolidated his improving form by finishing inside the top 30 as he used his now trade-mark sprint finish to overhaul 4 older rivals up the incline of the last 200m, catching one, right on the line.
The u-17 and u-20 females all competed together in a combined race for places in the GB team for Europe - all contenders (except our own Beth Carter) were there, including Tonbridge's Grace Nicholls, winner of 2 Senior
Women's Kent League races this season.
Rebecca Weston (RIGHT) was a confident 57th overall and 22nd u-17, finishing less than a minute behind Nicholls, 20th overall and 14th u20 - click the photo of Rebecca to better see the mud all over her back.
Meanwhile, Emily Hosker Thornhill confirmed
her own steady improvement when storming home as 3rd Kent finisher behind Rebecca and Grace Nicholls.
Emily crossed the line strongly in 77th overall and 33rd u-17 in deep mud, among a clutch of rivals from as far apart as Cardiff and Hull and, only 44 seconds behind Rebecca
Click underlined text for details...Cross Challenge - Liverpool 2009 - Results
Steve Jones' funeral details
Letter to Club President, Rex Stickland
Dear Rex
Thank you for your condolences on behalf of the club.
Dad's funeral is at Barham Crematorium
Tuesday 1st Dec at 4.00 pm
Afterwards Wake at Body and Mind - Sportmans bar
Family flowers only - Donations to Invicta East Kent AC through Welches in Herne Bay
All welcome.
Many thanks for all your support to us and especially Anna
Carole Alvarez
Kent Fitness League report Round 2 Nurstead Court
Fortunately the rain held off till after the race, but the going was nice and muddy and there was plenty of water in the water splash! There was a large field again, 416 runners this time. There were good runs from the Burton twins, Mark Wilkins and Claire Brown (7th woman).
• 4 - Mark Wilkins
• 44 - Andy Girling
• 61 - John Wilkins
• 64 - Ben Burton
• 73 - Jacob Burton
•113 - Claire Brown
•237 - Eddie Broad
•275 - Sue Cooper
•312 - Janice Moorkite
John Wilkins
Kent Road Running Grandprix 2009
2009 KENT ROAD RUNNING GRANDPRIX FINAL STANDINGS
Without doubt, the road running side of the club has had a very successful year. I’ve had the pleasure of watching our squad grow both in skill and numbers throughout the season, the men coming so close to winning the title.
It’s also been good to witness the gradual turn around of our women’s squad : at the start of the year, I was very harsh about the lack of numbers but the girls have turned things around and I’m rubbing my hands for 2010, when both men and women, have a serious chance of clinching the title.
It’s not being over optimistic to imagine a double celebration for 2010 : it’s a totally realistic target for IEK`s road runners, it’s down to you guys and girls, to support the club and get out in numbers next season. Come on you REDS!!!
The final placement for IEK males and females in their age groups.
Senior Men
8.Tom Purnell 511pts
10.Mark Wilkins 481
49.Michael Gore 217
59.Damien Vadgama 193
81.James Coker 163
92.Tim Kerr 152
105.Nick Little 133
149.Chris Holmes 94
182.James Rouse 84
Total runners scoring 505!
M40:
7. Tim Sutton 56pts
79.Peter Bowell 8
Total runners scoring 111!
M50:
3. John Wilkins 36pts
12.Adam Cowper-Smith 15
20.Peter Russell 10
Total runners scoring 50!
M60:
1. Trevor Edgley 60pts
3. Michael Conway 47
4. Martyn Rouse 30
27. Eddie Broad 5
35. Tony Piersall 2
Total runners scoring 38!
Senior Women:
45.Stacey McKelvie 82pts
53.Brianna Zoll 80
Total runners scoring 233!
W45
2. Vicky Talbot-Rosner 54pts
5. Sue Cooper 33
8. Janice Moorekite 21
Total runners scoring 40!
MENS TEAM - 38 clubs entered:
2.Invicta East Kent AC 3897pts
WOMENS TEAM - 32 clubs entered:
4.Invicta East Kent AC 767pts
Michael Gore (IEK Road Race co-ordinator)
2009 Kent grandprix final standings
Club entries for the Canterbury 10 mile road race 31 Jan 2010
Many of you will now be planning training schedules building up to spring marathons including London - a perfect event in that build up programme is the 'Canterbury 10' on 31st January. This is our premier event of the year and we'd love to see red vests of IEK Runners flooding the field, especially at the front, dominating team prizes given success in the Kent Road Running Grand Prix.
However, the race takes a lot of volunteers to make it happen!
If you're an IEK member entering the race on 31 January - please supply us with a named volunteer to help on race day, there's a multitude of jobs (some even inside away from the cold and rain!) please mobilise your family and friends to help make your club's event, and your race, successful.
Volunteers for the Canterbury 10 mile road race 31 Jan 2010
This is the first rallying call for club members to mobilise and get behind the 'Canterbury 10' on Sunday 31 January 2010. We need close to 100 volunteers to make this event a success : many different types of job and skills are needed - whoever reads this already has skills that can help on race day.
If you're an early morning person, help before the race... If you're a late starter come along and help clear up afterwards. Most of all - please help!!
There's a list at the Clubhouse of jobs that need filling : names and contact details to Roger Newson Race Director or to Gilien on club nights - thanks in anticipation
Roger Newson (Canterbury 10 - Race director)
Kent League XC 2009 (3) - Swanley
Beth Carter leads Seniors to victory - Bobby Clay undefeated
After missing the whole summer through injury,
Beth Carter stormed back to form with a narrow victory over Tonbridge's best Senior Woman Deirdre McDermott at Swanley. Claire Brown (8) and Stacy McKelvie (13) recorded their highest ever in the league while Calli Smith (20th) and Sarah Newman (nee Bonnage) were only 1 second apart with evergreen Sue Cooper (35) making our women convincing winners on the day. They move up to 3rd with one fixture to go, just one point adrift of Folkestone(30) with leaders Tonbridge on 34.
The only undefeated female in the entire league in all 3 fixtures is Bobby Clay (u-13) pictured right winning with
20 seconds to spare, leading the Red Sparrows to their 3rd win in a row. Anna Weston (3) Lilly Coward (5) and Ellen Whitehead (6) all made firm claim to places in the Kent team of 8, with Amy Old (14) and Molly Dawson (15) helping keep this team undefeated with one match to go.
Alex Clay (u-15) and Beth Burnett (u-17) were our only other females on the day, Alex slipping to 4th after her previous 2nd, while Beth was 10th, her best ever at this level.
Our u-20 Men won for 3rd time in a row to retain their firm grip at the top of their league with Jason Prickett (recovered from the bug which affected his previous
outing) winning with 28 seconds in hand. St Mary's student Donald Carter (4) and Andy Cope (5) were only
5 seconds apart, James Reilly and Jamie Bailey were 7th and 8th respectively.
In u-15 Boys, Luke Dawson is pictured left finishing 2nd in his best race ever in this league, Jack Smith was 21st.
Kieran Reilly (7) yet again lead the u-17 Men, ahead of scorers Chris Thomas (11) and Ben Burton 19th. Sam Hudson (fresh from his District Schools win in mid-week) was 21st with Jacob Burton (26) and Joe Marchant (31) helping keep this team 3rd in the league.
Results - click underlined text... Kent XC league 2009 - Swanley...then scroll down
Steve Jones - multi-event coach (1932-2009)
Members will be saddened at the death of Steve Jones, one of our resident coaches with probably the widest and longest experience in all disciplines in athletics.
Nothing was ever too much trouble for Steve and he is best remembered for his unwavering cheerfulness and passionate belief that all youngsters should try as many different things as possible, before specialising.
While Steve was instrumental in developing talented athletes like Liz Gibbens and Julia Johnson, who were both English Schools champions, Steve always had time and endless patience for young athletes of all levels.
Steve regularly took athletes of all ages both to training and to matches all over the place and was a devoted family man, bringing his wife Jenny to many matches and the apple of his eye was his talented multi-eventing grand-daughter Anna.
A proposal has been put to the Club to introduce a memorial trophy to recognise the club's most versatile athlete each year, to be presented for the first time in December, at our club awards evening.
Steve was 77 years old, was in at the start of East Kent AC (always thought that our current name sounded like an address... Invicta East Kent...?) and was coaching right to the end - we will miss his warm smile and his willingness to help anyone who asked.
Kent Fitness League
At the first fixture (Swanley Park) ten IEK members raced
Mark Wilkins............Senior...... 7
Tim Sutton..............Vet-40..... 30
Andy Girling.............vet-50..... 50
John Wilkins............vet-55..... 60
Ben Burton...............u-17......113
Jacob Burton.............u-17......114
Vicky Talbot-Rosner...vet-45.....193
Eddy Broad..............vet-65.....250
Janice Morehite........vet-50.....297
Tim Kerr.................vet-40....313
Next two fixtures are Meopham (Sun 22 Nov) and Blean Wood (Sun 29 Nov)
.....please see notice board in clubhouse for details
Road Running - Deal Tri 5 miles
Twelve IEK members shine in torrential rain at Deal
James Rouse (5th) led home 8 IEK males in a rainswept race - just 2 days before his 16th birthday Ben Burton was 16th, with vet-45 Tim Sutton 17th.
John Wilkins (21) was 2nd Male Super-vet, Jacob (Ben's twin) was 25th and Martyn Rouse (35) was 1st 'vintage' athlete (vet-60) on the day. Veterans Tim Kerr and Richard Hudson were 94th & 189th.
Liz Weeks (24) marked her debut in IEK red as 4th female of the day, 5 seconds behind 3rd and led home 4 IEK females, fellow Senior Claire Brown (55) with vets Vicky Talbot Rosner (79) and Sue Cooper 96th
In windswept conditions, 270 finishers were timed electronically by IEK Chip Timing team of Mike Gore, Tim Corby, and Co-ordinator Mike Roberts
For full results click underlined text...Deal Tri 5 miles - 2009
Stat-attack for whole of October 2009
.... 2 IEK members in Thanet's Quicksand 15 - 1 Senior (winner) and 1 vet-60
.... 5 IEK members in Ashford 10K Road Race - 4 vets and 1 Senior
.... 3 IEK members in Manchester Street Athletics
.. (L to R)
.... Megan Eeles....... (u-17) 1st in short sprint
......Chris Chancellor... (u-17) 1st in short sprint
........Jacob Burton....... (u-17) 3rd in short sprint
....35 IEK members in 7 teams at Capstone Park, Kent XC League
....38 IEK members in 9 teams at Somerhill School, Kent XC League
.... 2 IEK teams win Kent XC League at Capstone (u20M + u13G)
.... 3 IEK teams win Kent XC League at Somerhill (u20M + u20W + u13G)
.... 4 teams are 4th at Capstone, including both Senior teams - u17Fem 3rd
.... 4 teams are 4th at Somerhill, including both Senior teams
.... 3 individual IEK winners at Capstone - u13G u20m u17F
.... 1 individual IEK winner at Somerhill - u13G
Kent League XC 2009 (2) - Somerhill
Senior Men & Women 4th, u-13 Girls + u-20 Men & Women all win
Our Senior Men and Women, both 4th in match 2 at Somerhill School (Tonbridge) are now both 3rd in the county league out of 17 clubs.
On a wet grey day, our Men's team of 9 (including 6 Seniors, 2 vets and one u-20) were level with Cambridge Harriers on 84 points, but clinched 4th thanks to our 4th
scorer Andy Cope (43rd) finishing ahead of Cambridge's 4th best who was 47th in a field of 148.
James Cotton (12) Damien Vadgama (14) Mark Wilkins (15) were all in the top 20, our best vet Stuart Reilly (68) Tom Purnell (76) and fine debut runs by Tim Corby (77) Ben Egan (82) with Tim Kerr 136th.
Our Senior Women's team of 3 vets and 1 Senior were led home again by evergreen vet Sharon Hawkins (7) the ever-improving Claire Brown (14) was up 5 places from the first match, and vets Vicky Talbot Rosner and Janice Moorekite 27th & 46th in a field of 78.
Three IEK teams won their matches and all 3 are top of the league - our u-13 Girls
are dominant with 2 wins out of 2 outings with Bobby Clay undefeated individually with Anna Weston (3) Lilly Coward (7) and Amy Old (9) with Molly Dawson 23rd in a field of 35 finishers.
Both our u-20 teams lead the league - the Women were led home by race winner Cath Lough (pictured left) with Helen Robinson 2nd and Rachel Seaman 4th.
Our u-20 Men were led home by an under-par Jason Prickett (3) with Jamie Bailey (4) and James Reilly 7th.
Realistically, for county rankings one has to bear in mind that 6 u-20 females, and 4 u-20 males, raced the Seniors on the day.
Jake Rogers (3) lead our u-15 team to 4th when he was the only u-15 other athlete in Kent among Tonbridge's formidable top 4 runners on the day - Eddie Burton and Jack Smith were 14 and 31 respectively.
Our u-17 Boys' team was 4th, led again by Kieran Reilly (8) with Chris Thomas (12) and Sam Hudson (20) while Joe Marchant (pictured right) was our 7th man home in 37th, with less than two months training under his belt.
Alex Clay boldly threw her customary caution to the wind to lead the 1st half and clinch a fine 2nd in u-15 Girls, while Emily Hosker Thornhill (5) and Beth Burnett 11th were stalwart u-17 finishers.
Senior run of the day - u-20 Andy Cope (Males) and Claire Brown (Females)
Junior run of the day - Chris Thomas u-17 Males and Caroline Robinson's debut run for 9th, u-15 Females.
For full results click underlined text......Kent XC League 2009 (2) - Somerhill
2010 Barretts Canterbury 10 update
2010 Barretts Canterbury 10 - Entry Form
The entry form for the 2010 race is now available for downloading. Please click on the link below for postal entries. 2010 Canterbury 10 Entry Form
James Cotton skims over 'Quicksand 15' - Tony Piersall hangs on
Just one week after his splendid 23rd in a Kent League cross-country outing, James Cotton made light of the sapping sands to win Thanet Road Runners' quirky 15 mile Quicksand Race in 1hr 33 mins 08 seconds, a massive 8 mins 15 secs clear of an overseas rival, Arjan De Gier
Due to the tide, there's a 4 hr limit on this race...
In all, 28 Women and 80 hardy men completed this challenging race, among them Tony Piersall, our principal u-11 coach - in his last big outing before the New York Marathon, Tony crossed the line after 2 hrs 41 mins 08 seconds.
The last competitor made it home in 3 hrs 14 mins to beat the incoming tide by a comfortable 45 minutes...!
For details click underlined text...Quicksand 15 Mile 2009
Five IEK stalwarts at Ashford Givaudan 10k
James Rouse (36 mins 56) was 9th Senior Man to finish at Ashford with his venerable dad Martyn was 1st v-60 when crossing the line 39th in 38:40. 3rd IEK male finisher was Michael Conway (2nd v-60) in 43:15 while Vicky Talbot Rosner was 2nd v-45 female on the day in 42:14
Tim Kerr completed the course in 46:54 as 72nd vet-40 and Lydia Gallyer Barnett's dad, Michael (who is assisting the coaching of our u-11s) was a solid 66th vet-40 in 45mins 59
For detailed results click underlined text...Ashford Givaudan 10k - 2009
Kent Road Running Grandprix 27.9.2009 (UPDATE)
SUPER REDS CLINCH KENT GOLD IN FOLKESTONE HALF MARATHON
In a totally awesome display of road running, Invicta`s senior men clinched half marathon gold at the Folkestone Half Marathon, which counted for both Kent Grandprix and Kent Championships.
Such was the dominance of the team on the day, the first 4 IEK finishers were all senior men and, even though 3-count for the Kent Championships, our 4th place runner would still have clinched team gold!
Damien Vadgama and Mark Wilkins finished 2nd and 3rd overall and Tom Purnell set a new PB, finishing just ahead of our 4th senior Michael Gore.
Once again our M60s were in great form, Trevor Edgley dominated and took gold, Michael Conway the bronze.
Vicky Talbot-Rosner scooped silver in the W45s age group and special mention for Stacey McKelvie another of our new senior women : without any training for this event, Stacey's stunning debut was sub 1hr40!
RESULTS OF INVICTA ATHLETES:
2nd Damien Vadgama (SM) 1:15.29
3rd Mark Wilkins (SM) 1:15.45
24th Tom Purnell (SM) 1:25.24
35th Michael Gore (SM) 1:26.42
41st John Wilkins (M50) 1:27.34
46th Trevor Edgley (M60) 1:28.20
69th Nick Little (U20M) 1:32.14
90th Tim Sutton (M40) 1:35.31
115th Vicky Talbot-Rosner (W45) 1:38.03
123rd Michael Conway (M60) 1:38.42
132nd Stacey McKelvie (SW) 1:39.27
244th Tim Kerr (M40) 1:50.14
280th Sue Cooper (W45) 1:52.40
387th Tony Piersall (M60) 2:03.46
Update 1
The offical result of the Kent Championship Half Marathon has to be confirmed by race organisers etc, then made public..... Some fantastic individual performances and plenty of trophies and medals going Invicta`s way, more of the same in future races please!
In addition to the medallists already mentioned, IEK's Senior Men cleaned up the top two medals - Damien Vadgama (gold) and Mark Wilkins won silver.
Update 2
With one round of this year’s KGP remaining, team standings are looking quite stable at the top. After the brilliant display at Folkestone, IEK are 2nd in the Men's standings, pretty much secure, barring a disaster at Wilmington! Tunbridge Wells are top with Larkfield AC third.
Maidstone Harriers are pretty much home and dry at the top, in the Women’s championship - IEK women are in a solid 4th place and should hold this place with a half decent turn out in the final round, the Wilmington 10K.
Senior Men: Tom Purnell is still our best placed senior currently 6th overall, Mark Wilkins is 9th, but when the dropped scores kick in, he will be placed currently 2nd overall. Third IEK senior man is Michael Gore in 43rd.
M40s - Tim Sutton leads our clubs challenge here, 7th overall with Peter Bowell 71st.
M50s - John Wilkins is 5th with Adam Cowper-Smith 11th.
M60s - by far our strongest male age group - Trevor Edgley is top, Michael Conway is 3rd with Martyn Rouse 6th. Trevor is also 10th overall male.
Senior Women: Brianna Zoll (42nd) is still our best woman, Stacey McKelvie is 96th, but if she races Wilmington will leap up the leaderboard. This still is a building year for our Senior Women, next year looks a far more competitive season in prospect!
W45s - by far our strongest female age group - Vicky Talbot Rosner is 2nd with Sue Cooper 5th, Janice Moorekite (8th) is our 3rd lady.
The last race of 2009 is the Wilmington 10K - our teams are pretty much secure, but a reasonable turn out is desired from me! And I would really like to encourage our senior women to do this race, all of them in the ideal world!!!
I will post results plus the fixtures for 2010 when these are sent to me.
(Michael Gore - IEK Road race co-ordinator)
Senior teams both 4th - Jason, Emily & Bobby individual winners
Both Senior teams were a creditable 4th in the opening XC fixture at Capstone Park, Gillingham - 9 Men were lead home by Damien Vadgama (11th) and 
our 6 Women by Sharon Hawkins, 6th.
Senior run of the day - James Cotton (23rd male) and Claire Brown, 19th female.
Jason Prickett (1st) lead a powerful u-20 Men's team to victory - u-17 Kieran Reilly (6) and u-15 Jake Rogers (5) both led their teams to 4th.
Rachel Seaman (3) and Alex Clay (4) were our lone u-20 + u-15 runners respectively, while Emily Hosker Thornhill was a focused winner to lead our u-17s to 3rd.
Although we had no u-13 boys, our u-13 Red Sparrows laid down a marker with an emphatic team win with all 5 in the first dozen, lead by Bobby Clay's storming win.
Junior male run of the day, u-15 Adam Mckenna (37th in 1st ever race) and female, Amy Old (11) whose only other XC race (ever) was Detling...10 months ago
For full results click underlined text...Kent XC Capstone PK - 2009
Club Championship write-up & results updated Saturday 3 October
The latest results now include under-11 Long Jump and u-15 800m - apologies to all competitors concerned - the write-up is also updated.
Please click underlined text for details...Club Championships 2009
Becky & Sarah pioneer female athletics
Becky Reilly followed Paddock Wood's Sarah Shepherd across the line at our 2009 Club Chamopionships to become the first u-17 females, in the history of either club, to contest the steeplechase
New IEK all-time female record
Becky's time of 7 mins 31.4 is the first ever IEK mark for u-17 Females and it clips 4 seconds off Joanna Jeffery's all-time IEK female record for 1,500m steeplechase, set in 1997
Becky entered at the last minute and the only coaching she got was 10 minutes before the race with Club Chairman James Roberts who was 3rd in English
Schools steeplechase at Hendon in 1964
Minutes after Becky's race, Sam Hudson won the u17 men's 1,500m steeplechase ahead of the biggest field ever to contest the u-17 club championship
Over the summer, 112 club members collected a massive 196 club championship titles, 87 silvers and 45 bronzes across all age groups in 14 track & 9 field events : the curtain was brought down at CHS track in true pioneering style in the very last event of the 2009 Club championships by two girls, one from each club - IEK and guests, Paddock Wood.
For details, reports and photos, click underlined Text...Club Championships 2009
Kent Track & Field Championships - 2009
Martin Kelk Kent Vet 800m-1500m champion
In two memorable days at Erith, Martin Kelk took two Kent track titles in dominant style : on Day 1, Martin stormed majestically to the 800m title, 3 seconds ahead of David Coulson of Hailsham Harriers.
Just 24 hours later Martin proved too strong for the rest and came away with 1500m gold, more than 100m clear of his nearest rivals from Bexley and Ashford.
Martin is pictured 2 days later (in our clubroom) minutes after claiming our club championship 3,000m vet-40 title. He was to go on (2 days after the picture) to retain his club vet-40 800m title, one second faster than he posted last year.
Martin rounds off a busy week when he defends his 1500m club championship title on Sunday.
9 IEK teams bag 5 medals at Kent Relays
Smoothest baton handover of the day featured Emily 
Hunt to Laura Clark on the last change in the heats of the u15 Girls 4x100.
The team was 4th in the final 
and the same quartet of Amber Mustafa, Laura Clark, Annabel Carter & Emily Hunt (pictured RIGHT) later took a fine bronze in the 4x200
Best teams on the day were the two silver medals in the Females 3x800m where we also had the biggest team turnout - left are the u-17 team silver medallists, Emily Hosker Thornhill, Beth Burnett & Rachel Burton
Strength in depth of our u-13 Girls is such that we entered no fewer than 3 teams : the Red Sparrows 3rd team of 
Molly Howson, Pippi Randall and Molly Dawson narrowly missed the final while the Red Sparrows 2nd team
of Giulia Harte (left) Amy Old and Charlotte Nicholas were 5th in the final.
The Red Sparrows 1st team of Lilly Coward, Anna Weston and Ellen Whitehead (right) with their silver medals
The u-17 men's squad is equally strong in numbers - right
the 4x400 2nd team (L to R) Sam Hudson, Chris Little, Ben Burton & Jacob
Burton who just missed the final - left the 4x400 1st team of Alex Tuck, Kieran Reilly, Chris Chancellor and Kegan Goldsack Marsh with the 4x400 bronze, having earlier come 5th in the 4x100
.......................CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO SEE MAGNIFIED VIEW
Our u-17 Ladies team (L to R) Emily Hosker Thornhill, Megan Eeles, Scarlett Mann and Gemma Hambrook made the final of both sprint relays, finishing 5th in 4x100 and then jubilantly taking bronze in 4x200, making Emily HT the busiest athlete of the day with 3 finals
.....click underlined text for......Kent Relays 2009 - Results
Barretts agree to Sponsor Canterbury 10 2010
Barretts of Canterbury Ltd have agreed to sponsor the Canterbury 10 once again in 2010. This is great news for the club, to achieve support from this significant Canterbury business is great news, it also means the race retains the name of Barretts Canterbury 10 which has been the events title for many years now.
Championship Cross Country Dates
Dates of cross country championships are now published and are added to the events section of the website - for quick reference the dates are:-
9 Jan 2010..... Kent County XC Championships.......... Detling nr Maidstone.
30 Jan 2010.... South of England XC Championships.... Parliament Hill, N. London.
27 Feb 2010.... English National XC Championships..... Round Hay Park, Leeds.
IEK Open - Sept 2009
includes Club Championship in High Jump, Mile and u17 400m
Chris Chancellor claims club 400m crown pressed by Alex Tuck
The eagerly awaited u17 Men's final of the one lap club championship lived up to expectation when pre-race favourite Chris Chancellor recorded Grade 2 ahead of Alex Tuck (Grade 3) and Ben Burton bronze in Grade 4 time
Mile : Alex shatters record, Anna shaves Rebecca's record, Luke Dawson is u15 champion, Chris Holmes beats Jason Prickett
Alex Newson resisted a cold-riddled Kieran Reilly for 3 laps then shattered Ben Wells's
12 year-old u17 Mile record while Anna Weston and Lilly Coward were locked in an epic u13 race, Anna eventually clipping 3 tenths off big sister Rebecca's u13 record.
Senior Man Chris Holmes survived a blistering 62 secs opening lap slightly better than did u20 Jason Prickett, and Luke Dawson was 7 seconds clear of Jack Smith and Eddie Burton for the under 15 title
Callum, Scarlett & Hawkins father/son all take High Jump titles
Distance runner James Reilly was already out when favourite Callum Barling Jeffery 'came in' at 1.55m to win with his 3rd attempt at 1.65m to comfortably take the u20 club title. Kent athlete Scarlett Mann easily won the u-17 title with her 3rd attempt at 1.40m - Terry Hawkins became vet40 champion shortly after son Kieran had lifted the u13 crown
90 entrants finish off 2009 IEK Open Meetings under floodlights
Many best performances despite cold, damp conditions, notably Kegan Goldsack Marsh's two 2nd placings behind Mac Cole undefeated in both sprints on the night
For full results click.....IEK Open 2009 - Results September
For latest lists click.....2009 T&F Rankings - MALES
For latest lists click.....2009 T&F Rankings - FEMALES
Latest From the Kent Grandprix Plus Invicta Road Rankings!
With two rounds remaining of the 2009 Kent Road Running Grandprix, both Invicta teams and individuals are well placed.
For full article click....Road Running summary September 2009
For standings click...Kent Grandprix Overall Standings After 8 Rounds
I have had emails from Invicta runners requesting a more recent version of the road rankings list - normally I do this on a 3-month cycle, but as the road racing scene is becoming more popular here at Invicta, I will now update more often. As always I can miss results, so please if you have raced any distance which is not recorded on the list, please email me the race results and your recorded time.
Click the link for...Invicta Road Rankings List after Thanet Marathon
(Michael Gore - IEK Road race co-ordinator)
Revised timetable for tomorrow's Open
Please note revised TRACK timetable - FIELD timetable unchanged
Revision allows adults and workers to enter (and warm up for) the Mile and for some milers to also have reasonable rest before u-17 Men's 400m final
For revised timetable click....IEK Opens 2009 - Timetables
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Kent Track Relays - DARTFORD Sunday 13 - see FINAL selections
Original venue (Sutton Valence) is not yet ready, so Track Relays Championships 2009 are switched to DARTFORD on Sunday 13 September - 11a.m. to 5.30p.m.
25 IEK teams entered - u20M (4x100) straight into final at 2.45pm
Most IEK people have already been phoned or contacted - see link under the photo for details of our team entries
your correct phone number...?
If you have to keep moving house, do please tell us the new phone No... please leave your name + phone No. at Front Desk on Tuesday or Thursday or, call 01304-211667
Provisional timetable
Heats converted to FINALS if teams drop out - BE PREPARED
Medley [finals].....11.00am-11.30am....Seniors & Vets
4 x 100 [heats]....11.30am-1200noon...all ages ............[finals between 2.15-3pm]
3 x 800 [heats]....1200noon-1.00pm.... young athletes....[finals between 3.30-4pm]
4 x 200 [heats].....1.25pm-1.40pm..... u15 & u17 F....[finals between 4.10-4.30pm]
4 x 400 [heats].....3.00pm-3.30pm..... all ages.........[finals between 4.30-5.30pm]
Please report to RED tent 45 mins before race
For details click....Kent Track Relays 2009 - Date & Venue
For details click....Kent Track Relays 2009 - Timetable
For details click....Kent Track Relays 2009 - FINAL Team selections - Sat 12 Sep
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IEK September Open of 2009 includes 3 Club championship events
On the track, the meeting starts with the Mile (for all age groups) where IEK entrants will also contest the club championship 2009. The evening ends with the eagerly awaited final of the u-17 Men's 400m where the 11 entrants are now whittled down to 6 contenders.
In between these 2 events, there are 100m & 200m sprints (all ages) plus special sprints & a long run for under-11s.
In the field, there is Pole Vault, Shot and Discus, but IEK entrants in the High Jump will also be contesting the club championship of 2009.
Please remember to show your membership card when completing the entry form on the night or you will not qualify for an award
For details click on underlined text...IEK Opens 2009 - Timetables
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Kent Road Running Grand Prix 2009
Marathon - Trevor (2 gold) Vicky (2 silver) Vet Ladies team silver
The Thanet Marathon was both Kent & national championhip : Trevor Edgley [pictured left by Lea Burnett] was 11th overall finisher in 3h 05m 10s for gold in both National and Kent Vet-60 category, 14 minutes ahead of his nearest rival from Liverpool.
Ever-smiling Tim Kerr [right] ran 4h 43m 29 secs to finish 47th vet-40, 197th overall
Sue Cooper [left] Janice Moorekite, Vicky Talbot Rosner [right] took Kent Vet-45 team silver - Sue in 4:30.36, Janice in 3:53.23 (National individual v-50 silver) and Vicky bagged both county and national individual silver in 3:33.40, 30 minutes behind double gold medallist Sharon Hawkins of Maidstone Harriers
Half Marathon - Michael Conway and Rachel Seaman run well
Two IEK runners at opposite ends of the age scale, Rachel Seaman (u-20) and Michael Conway (V-60) gave fine account of themselves in a field of 232 finishers at the Thanet Half Marathon - Michael was 45th in 1hr 39.29 over 3 minutes clear of his nearest age group rival. Rachel marked her debut by finishing 167th (the first u-20) in a time of 2:02.17
For results click underlined text....Thanet Marathon 2009
For results click underlined text....Thanet Half Marathon 2009
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