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Kent Track relays Parris Handicap
2016 Series
The sun continued to shine 300, which they comfortably The monthly handicap race
and helped to make the last won before harshly being series started in 1993. It
track meeting of 2015 a disqualified for a lane was renamed in 1998 after
memorable one. Tonbridge encroachment! Alex Sibley, Roy Parris who sadly died
school track is a great setting Barnaby Corry and Sam after an heroic fight against
anytime but the Kent track Reardon had all competed cancer. This event is an apt
relay championships benefited in the southern road relays tribute to Roy. The event is a
further by the glorious yesterday running a tough 3k series of 5km handicap races,
autumn sun that lasted all day. leg each but were still able to which take place every month
In previous years this meeting put together another great between April and September.
has been poorly attended but team effort to take the Kent James Ingram won the very
large numbers this year made silver medals. first race in a time of 18:45
for a great track finale and The sprinters and field event and Graham Fee was the
BBHAC had huge success athletes now have the next overall winner for that year.
winning trophies, golds, silver 6 months to prepare for the It is a testament to the success
and bronze medals, breaking 2016 season whilst the middle of this race that in 1993 the
club records, season bests and distance athletes look forward maximum number of runners
the odd disqualification! to competing in the winter in in any race was 19 whilst 34
The U13 boys had an up and the busy cross country season different runners took part in
down day. Up, winning gold that started last week end and the series. We now regularly
in the 4 x 100 and silver in continues into March. have over 30 runners turning
the 3 x 800 and down being Well done to all the U13 boys out and 64 different runners
disqualified in the 4 x 300 who have had a great track made at least one appearance
for a marginally early lane season and proved themselves during the 2015 series. In
break. The quartet of Leo to be the best club in the June 2015 the race attracted
McCallum, Kyron Morgan, country. I have thoroughly 37 runners the highest of all
Archie Shipley and Tareq enjoyed the season and seeing 6 races over the summer. The
Bannour ran a season’s best you all develop into great
by half a second in winning athletes and young men.
gold in the 100. The same
four were then whisked at Paul Austridge
very short notice into the 4 x
