Melanie Georgiades
At the Chilham Castle 5K, two course records were broken by the first and second runners. Yiannis Christodoulou obtained second place in an excellent time of 22:52 and was closely followed by Chris Isherwood in fourth place in 25:31.
Also, at the Chilham Castle 10k, Stephen Hobbs gained an outstanding time of 44:43, sprinting his way to second position. Although he found the course tough, he thoroughly enjoyed the race.
At the first Kent Fitness League race, the Harriers men came eighth overall, with Tom Purnell, Tom Millard and John Matthews coming within the top 20 positions. However, the Harriers women had an even more outstanding result coming third overall with thanks to Barbara Wenman coming within the top 10. The Harriers who raced were:
26 Canterbury Harriers finished
| Ov Pos | Lg Pos | Runner | Age | Time | Score | Rtg | # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 11 | Thomas Purnell | 27 | 34:44 | M1 | 96.44 | 8 |
| 20 | 19 | Tom Millard | 29 | 35:25 | M2 | 93.59 | 6 |
| 21 | 20 | John Matthews | 41 | 35:30 | V40 | 93.24 | Debut |
| 99 | 96 | Barry Hopkins | 35 | 39:34 | M3 | 66.19 | 7 |
| 105 | 102 | Ian Stokes | 54 | 40:01 | V50 | 64.06 | Debut |
| 117 | 111 | Adam Cowper-Smith | 55 | 40:45 | M4 | 60.85 | 7 |
| 131 | 7 | Barbara Wenman | 56 | 41:12 | V35 | 95.95 | 55 |
| 132 | 123 | Neil Armitage | 42 | 41:16 | M5 | 56.58 | 3 |
| 155 | 12 | Francesca Paton-Smith | 36 | 42:15 | F1 | 92.57 | 2 |
| 168 | 152 | Mark Wenman | 60 | 42:44 | NS | 46.26 | 52 |
| 169 | 153 | Steve Reynolds | 55 | 42:46 | NS | 45.91 | 59 |
| 180 | 160 | Bob Davison | 60 | 43:24 | NS | 43.42 | 55 |
| 190 | 21 | Tracy Furminger | 42 | 43:48 | F2 | 86.49 | 11 |
| 191 | 168 | Andy Farrant | 58 | 43:49 | NS | 40.57 | 48 |
| 218 | 185 | Jason Furminger | 48 | 44:55 | NS | 34.52 | 24 |
| 223 | 32 | Jennie Gardner | 34 | 45:08 | NS | 79.05 | 3 |
| 229 | 34 | Penny Birchall | 58 | 45:32 | NS | 77.70 | 10 |
| 244 | 203 | Stuart Melville | 31 | 46:38 | NS | 28.11 | Debut |
| 246 | 205 | Peter Yarlett | 62 | 46:42 | NS | 27.40 | 24 |
| 258 | 211 | Nathan Bradley | 27 | 47:17 | NS | 25.27 | Debut |
| 268 | 219 | John Cooper | 55 | 47:35 | NS | 22.42 | 7 |
| 273 | 223 | Steve Clark | 61 | 47:57 | NS | 21.00 | 81 |
| 282 | 227 | Jon Vann | 58 | 48:50 | NS | 19.57 | Debut |
| 296 | 236 | Tony Savage | 60 | 49:32 | NS | 16.37 | 18 |
| 382 | 268 | John Hartley | 68 | 56:17 | NS | 4.98 | 58 |
| 386 | 270 | Bob Pullen | 52 | 56:37 | NS | 4.27 | 53 |
