THE latest round of the Kent Cross Country League took place at Mote Park, Maidstone, and again produced a mixed set of results for Blackheath & Bromley.

After winning the opening match of the season the Senior Women were not at full strength and despite a very useful 6th place from Elaine Murty the team finished in 5th place which leaves them third overall for the season.

With the stalwarts from the opening fixture Alex Bruce Littlewood and Tony Pontifex both unavailable the Senior Men only managed to field one athlete. This was Alex Gibbins who ran well to finish in 6th place, a good performance.

Hannah Garcia won the under 20 womens’ race by over a minute and is now second overall for the season while Calum Fraser moved up to fourth overall for the season in the mens’ contest as he finished 10th on the day.

Best team performance of the day came from the under 17 women who fielded more athletes than the Senior and Junior men and women put together. Danielle Critchley was first to finish in second place just four seconds clear of Jen Hamer who was third. With Krystal Galley in 10th place they won the team race and so after two meetings both B & B and Tonbridge have three points with Tonbridge top of the table as they have a better match score. There was good back up here with Amy Dematos 12th, Chelsea Clowser 13th, Sophia Maslin 16th and Melody Kane 18th.

In the U17 Men's race Stephen Cavey showed stamina to finish in 4th position, with Hector Kurtyanek not too far behind him in 7th. Jonathan Halls made up some ground towards the finish to finish in 21st position. This meant that the team finished in 2nd place.

There was aIso a very good turn out in the Under 15 boys race with 6 athletes running. Will Mercer continued his improving form finishing in 7th place, with Sam Jackson not too far behind in 8th. Greg Proctor ran an excellent race and improved his finishing position at Capstone Park by 9 places to finish 12th. Joe Ewing and Adam Willis both ran their first Kent League race of the year with steady performances, completing the course in 20th and 21st places respectively. Unfortunately Rob Yates could not complete the course. The team finished in 2nd place.

Amber Reed had her best race yet in the girls race as she finished in second place and she is now joint first in the overall scoring for the season. With Rachel Robinson in 17th and Jessica Jones 19th they finished 4th in the team race.

There was another fine performance in the under 13 girls race from Georgina Kennedy who finished in third place just four seconds behind the winner. Janae Galley finished in 11th with Sonia Woolhouse 14th, Holly Fletcher 17th, Izzy Jackson 26th, and Shannon Cordell 43rd. This gave them third in the team race.

Alex Punnett made his debut for the club in the Kent League as the only U13 boy, running a fine race and finishing in 15th place.