Results & Reports – Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC

Report Closing 5 and Bennett Cup Final Results

BHAC-Reporter — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:28:39 +0000

28 March 2026 - Norman Park

Closing 5 mile. The traditional cross country season finale saw 21 athletes toe the line for the Closing 5 mile, preceded by a small but strong field of 6 in the Junior 3km race.

The 4 boys in the Junior only event decided to use it as a training run, and finish hand-in-hand, and so with one U13G and one U15G we had 6 winners.

On a similar theme, a few of the runners in the 5 mile handicap also stopped short of ‘full gas’.

Under 13 Luc Jones was successful in outwitting the handicapper, being 1st home by some 2 minutes, while Jasmine Stephens and Liz Bunn also ran strongly to complete the top 3 on the day. Outgoing president Steve Pairman was not far behind in 4th.

In the season long competition the handicapper’s system of recutting scoring to include only those who could have completed the (maximum) 5 scoring events including this one meant that David Adams held onto his narrow lead over Jon Pairman despite saving his legs for the Southern Road Relays the next day. Third overall Greg Firth was also not at his fastest given he was about half way through a 20+ mile training run on the start line. Congratulations David and Greg for completing all 7 events in the series.

Full results of the Closing 5 and the final Bennett Cup results are in the tables below, along with photos by Mike Peel:

pos	no	name	cat	hcp	elapsed time	clock time	actual time
1	49	Luc Jones	U13B	-0:09:10	00:17:50	00:50:27	00:32:37
2	50	Jasmine Stephens	U13G	-0:07:40	00:19:20	00:52:28	00:33:08
3	52	Elizabeth Bunn	FV45	-0:15:20	00:11:40	00:52:47	00:41:07
4	42	Steven Pairman	V60	-0:11:50	00:15:10	00:53:07	00:37:57
5	48	Con Griffin	V70	-0:12:40	00:14:20	00:53:10	00:38:50
6	44	Jonathan Pairman	Senior	-0:06:00	00:21:00	00:53:12	00:32:12
7	45	Johnny Lee	U15B	-0:03:00	00:24:00	00:53:24	00:29:24
8	46	Bernard Wilson	V75	-0:25:00	00:02:00	00:53:37	00:51:37
9	51	Philip Bunn	V45	-0:05:20	00:21:40	00:53:50	00:32:10
10	43	Gracie Horton	SW	-0:08:50	00:18:10	00:53:59	00:35:49
11	40	Leonardus De Bruyn	V45	-0:02:20	00:24:40	00:54:22	00:29:42
12	58	Fletcher Kelly	U13B	-0:09:10	00:17:50	00:54:26	00:36:36
13	41	Evie De Bruyn	U15G	-0:05:50	00:21:10	00:54:37	00:33:27
14	56	Gregory Firth	V45	-0:05:40	00:21:20	00:54:58	00:33:38
15	55	Micah Evans	V40	-0:01:00	00:25:30	00:55:05	00:29:35
16	39	Jim Phelan	V75	-0:25:00	00:02:00	00:55:11	00:53:11
17	53	Matt Maddocks	V40	-0:08:10	00:18:50	00:55:24	00:36:34
18	38	John Turner	V75	-0:18:20	00:08:40	00:55:48	00:47:08
19	54	Andrew Lawes	V70	-0:11:50	00:15:10	00:56:26	00:41:16
20	57	David Adams	V35	-0:02:00	00:25:00	00:58:48	00:33:48
21	47	Clive Painter	V70	-0:27:00	00:00:00	01:01:28	01:01:28

Runner	Foots Cray KL	Tonbridge KL	Club 5m	NormPk KL	Ranelagh	SLH/Orion	Bonus	Closing 5	Total
David ADAMS	7	ns	6	7	8	8	10	ns	46
Jonathan PAIRMAN	ns	8		6	7	6	10	8	45
Gregory FIRTH	ns	6	ns	8	5	7	10	6	42
Mark ELLISON		1	7	3	4	5	10		30
William REEDMAN-WHITE	5	4	8		6				23
Angelina STEPHENS	8	7	4	2					21
Philip BUNN	2	2		5		4		7	20
Paul SHARPE	4	3		4	3				14

Report – UK National Inter Counties Championships

ClubPresident — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:46:16 +0000

7 March 2026 – Report from Paul Austridge

1926 was the first edition of the UK National Inter Counties Championships and 100 years later, Nottingham played host to this year’s top class series of races. With all English counties sending their top athletes, along with the best of Welsh and Scottish athletes, racing was always going to be of a high quality.

U13 boys
Three BBHAC U13 boys helped Kent win the UK gold team title. Another very strong run from Zach Evans placing a superb 10th, with Emery Aldridge also having a superb run, just three seconds behind in 13th.
Luc Jones’ impressive debut season ensured his Kent selection in his first year in this age group and ran well in this first class company.

U17boys
The U17 National Club Champions continue to impress, picking up two individual medals, Joe Scanes a strong silver and Joseph Hill a fine bronze. Backed up well by great runs from Ben O’Grady, Nathan Clark and Daniel Horgan. Oliver Ward started well but unfortunately had to pull out mid race.

U15 girls
Evie De Bruyn had another strong run placing a high 35th in a very competitive field. Strong runs from Sofia Mossi, representing Middlesex and Alba Homans Yau running in the dark blue of Kent.

U13 girls
Three BBHAC athletes representing Kent in the under 13 race, saw Jazzy Stephens, in her second National Inter Counties, placing high and great debuts for year young Sophie James and Elsa Matthews, both making strong accounts of themselves.

U15 boys
Johnny Lee toed the start line after selection following his fine county bronze and ran hard over the tough hilly 4K course at Woolaton, but was disappointed with his run, great fuel for the up coming English schools XC champs.
The National inter counties also double up as the final fixture in the British Cross Challenge and great to see Benj Evans entered and running hard, against the best in the county, placing well up the field.

U20 men
Alex Middleton made the short journey from his University to the course and had a very strong run over the hilly 6K course, placing a high 42nd and another strong run in county vest for Harry Fage.

U17 girls
Naimah Mossi was the only BBHAC under 17 girls racing and Naimah ran well in the county colours of Middlesex.

Senior Women
On the back of strong National XC run it was great to see Niamh Bridson-Hubbard looking strong and relaxed as she won a fine bronze, helping her Kent team to an eighth position backed up well by Ailbhe Barnes, Milly Smith and Carys Firth all having great runs.

Senior men
Good to see Sam Parsons selected for Kent and running well helping the Kent team place well.
2nd claim Jack Shayler was an impressive 14th, running in his county colours of Oxfordshire.

Being selected for these championships is an achievement in itself, as is being selected as reserve, in the very competitive county of Kent. Congratulations making that list go to Holly Tallack, Akul Gurunathan, Aniket Iyenger, and Dexter Mein.
Kyla Dervish and Andrea Clement were also selected but were unable to run.
Hannah Clark was also selected but this Championship race was trumped by her selection by Great Britain to represent GB in the up coming World student games. Best of luck in Italy Hannah.

Report National XC Champs

BHAC-Reporter — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:02:15 +0000

21 February 2026 - Sedgefield

Young Athletes Report by Paul Austridge

The iconic National cross country champs returned to the North East for the first time in over a decade, with East Hardwick Park, Sedgefield, County Durham playing host. The weather was not cold, blowy but dry and the course more challenging than it first appeared.

Fifty one Blackheath & Bromley young athletes had made the long journey up north, as well as thirteen in the Senior Men (8) and Senior Women (5). Most of the youngsters were on the team Coach, which after a couple of fuel/comfort stops arrived in time for a shake out run at the Country House hotel we were staying at, before a swim in the hotel spa and a little time to relax.

Dinner was good and the evening was complete with coach Mike Reeves motivational challenge for each athlete, giving them the opportunity to speak positively about the person sitting next to them.

A full choice of breakfast the next morning before for a short journey to the course and some brilliant racing, that ultimately saw BBHAC win superb team gold for the under 17 boys and team silver for the under 13 boys.

Five of our large under 15 boy squad toed the line and placed 14th team with Johnny Lee placing an impressive 25th backed up by Ricardo Cervera-Tomlins (90 places higher than last year ), Benj Evans (150 places higher than 2025), Jack Barlow and JP Bremerkamp completing the squad.

Our under 17 girls placed team 12th with strong runs from Naimah Mossi, Aoife McDonagh,
Niamh Stanley all inside the top hundred and Charlotte Stevens and Lily Bridgeman just a few places behind .

The under 15 girls made the top 10 with an eighth place team finish. Evie De Bruyn led the team home in 33rd, backed up well by Harriet Hughes, Sofia Mossi, Alba Homans-Yau, Eva John, Beth McGillivray, Lily Day, Amelie Ramdeen (90 places higher than 2025), Aoife Stanley, Elliot Amos and Isabella Jenkins back to racing after injury, completing the squad.

Our U13 girl went one better placing seventh team with Jazzy Stephens coming a very strong 31st
(50 places higher than 2025) backed up well by Lucy Junginger, Sofia James, Zara Lett and
Elsa Matthews all making the top hundred. Holly Tallack,Ella Nixson, Molly Sedgwick, Arianne Paranjpe and Alice Bunn completing the strong large squad.

Team silver for our under 13 boys with a superb and gutsy sixth place finish for Zach Evans
(60 places higher 2025) with Emery Aldridge not far behind and year young Luc Jones and Anthony Streich completing the scoring four. Great runs by Fletcher Kelly, Haydn Kenny and Alex Coe all making their national debuts.

National team Gold for our under 17 boys with a superb individual 3rd for Joe Scanes and a fast finishing fourth for Joseph Hill, backed up superbly by Oliver Ward in 35th and Ben O’Grady in 38th. Showing our strength in depth in this age group Aniket Iyenger was 41st and Kian Farrell not far behind with
Nathan Clark and Madalitso Valema-Mwanza completing the strong squad.

Our U20 teams were both just one athlete short of a scoring team but this didn’t stop a superb top 20 finish for Jed Starvis in 19th with Harry Fage just missing out on victory in the 1K bicarb challenge and Mark Constable finishing despite carrying a legend injury.

Strong runs from Cary’s Firth and Kyla Dervish in the under 20 girls completes our very impressive Young athlete result round up.

Back to the hotel for downtime, including swimming and sauna before a lovely three course meal and then our awards, quiz and bingo evening This year we awarded prices for the most improved athletes from the South of England to the National cross-country champs, winning Adidas kit generously donated by Joe Scanes and Club kit .

The most improved awards this year went to

U13 girls Zara Lett
U13 boys Anthony Streich
U15 girls Evie De Bruyn
U15 boys Johnny Lee
U17 girls Lily Bridgeman
U17 boys Aniket Iyenger

A great weekend was had by all but huge thanks to past president Dave Cordell and daughter Alice Cordell for missing breakfast, to get to the course early, to pitch the club tent in the perfect spot. Huge thanks also to Lynda Poyroo for finding and booking the posh hotel, Claire Austridge for organising and chaperoning the weekend and coaches Andy Frankish and Mike Reeves for all their chaperoning and coaching duties, Karen Barlow (expert lifeguard duties too) and Tim Soutar for their chaperoning duties, along with Steve Starvis who devised and perfectly delivered the quiz.

Already looking forward to the 2027 version. It is worth noting that this event is normally around the February half Term, to avoid missing this great weekend please don’t book your half term holidays yet.

In the Senior events, the Senior Women achieved a high impressive 4th place, led home by Niamh Bridson-Hubbard in 9th, Andrea Clement in 12th and Ailbhe Barnes and Millie Smith packing well in 38th and 42nd respectively. Gracie Horton was 248th.

The Senior Men were a respectable 36th in the 6 to score format with scorers Dan Kennedy (262nd), Will Reedman-White (289th), Dave Adams (300th), Micah Evans (382nd), Ian Scott (594th), and Barry Horgan (863rd). President Steve Pairman (879th) and Chris Martin (1012th) completed our contingent.

Report Double Mob Match

BHAC-Reporter — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:14:31 +0000

14 February 2026 - Epping Forest

Injuries and illness along with an element of fixture congestion saw us take a smaller than hoped contingent of just 10 runners to Epping Forest with Orion Harriers hosting the double mob match day between us, them and South London Harriers.

Conditions underfoot were as tough as anyone could remember with copious quantities of mud and standing water to get through, although the day itself was dry and bright.

With 30 runners Orion’s victories against both the visiting clubs was never in doubt. However, with 13 runners, SLH’s numerical advantage was modest and made for a tighter contest between us and them. After 12 successive defeats it was a case of ‘lucky 13’ as with six of our runners in the Top 20 overall compared to only one SLH competitor finishing by that stage we came out on top in a 9-to-score match.

Katy Sugden beat the handicapper with 1st place in the Bennett Cup on the day, as well as a credible 4th position of 17 ladies. In the overall season long Bennett Cup it is very tight between David Adams, Greg Firth and Jon Pairman, with just the Closing 5 to come next month.

Full results are in the tables below:

Orion v SLH v BH Feb 14th 2026
Pos	First Name	Last Name	Category	Club	Time min	Time sec
1	Mick	McTernan	M40	OH	49	36
2	Brian	Jenkins	M40	OH	50	48
3	Mark	Bruce	SM	BH	52	44
4	David	Adams	SM	BH	53	14
5	Bruce	Harrold	M45	SLH	54	39
6	Jason	Wray	M40	OH	55	31
7	Jamie	Odoki	SM	OH	55	48
8	Mark	Curling	SM	OH	59	2
9	Thomas	Odoki	SM	OH	60	42
10	Jon	Pairman	SM	BH	60	48
11	John	Sable	M40	OH	60	52
12	Tim	Wright	M50	OH	61	5
13	Ian	Scott	M45	BH	61	49
14	Colin	Read	M55	OH	61	52
15	Rob	Carder	M45	OH	62	5
16	Gregory	Firth	M45	BH	62	19
17	Philip	Bunn	M45	BH	62	40
18	Jon	Whitehouse	M50	OH	63	31
19	Mathew	Carver	SM	OH	64	10
20	Kirti	Purohit	M40	OH	64	57
21	Chris	Dunhill	M50	SLH	65	4
22	Hayley	Rogerson	W45	OH	65	9
23	Alana	Smith	SW	SLH	66	24
24	Kevin	Burt	M55	OH	68	16
25	Gavin	Englefield	M45	SLH	68	59
26	Claire	Huggins	SW	OH	69	45
27	Katy	Sugden	W50	BH	69	52
28	Thomas	Rodgers	SM	OH	70	44
29	Simon	Best	M60	SLH	71	37
30	Peter	Brown	M65	SLH	71	59
31	Jo	Elferink	W40	OH	72	43
32	Steve	Vincent	M55	SLH	73	21
33	Andy	Lunn	M50	OH	74	3
34	Nikki	Barnett	W55	OH	74	16
35	Steve	Taylor	M55	OH	74	32
36	Mark	Farrar	M50	OH	74	46
37	Angela	Flight	W50	OH	75	9
38	Lucilla	Ashton	W45	OH	75	14
39	David	Beadle	M55	BH	78	9
40	Pam	Ianella	W65	SLH	78	44
41	Mark	Ellison	M65	BH	79	32
42	Caroline	Welch	W65	SLH	79	51
43	Matt	Saunders	M65	SLH	82	37
44	Katherine	Taylor	W55	OH	84	21
45	Ellie	Chambers	SW	OH	85	49
46	Michael	Cates	M60	OH	87	0
47	Benjamin	Fisher	M40	OH	87	52
48	Clare	Mitchell	W55	SLH	88	6
49	Janine	Humberstone	W60	OH	88	14
50	Sadie	Fifield	W55	SLH	90	29
51	Gina	Coulson	W65	SLH	90	31
52	Helen	Pearce	V55	OH	90	32


BH v SLH Mob Match (9 to score)					Blackheath win 68 vs 103
Pos	First Name	Last Name	Category	Club	Time min	Time sec
1	Mark	Bruce	SM	BH	52	44
2	David	Adams	SM	BH	53	14
3	Bruce	Harrold	M45	SLH	54	39
4	Jon	Pairman	SM	BH	60	48
5	Ian	Scott	M45	BH	61	49
6	Gregory	Firth	M45	BH	62	19
7	Philip	Bunn	M45	BH	62	40
8	Chris	Dunhill	M50	SLH	65	4
9	Alana	Smith	SW	SLH	66	24
10	Gavin	Englefield	M45	SLH	68	59
11	Katy	Sugden	W50	BH	69	52
12	Simon	Best	M60	SLH	71	37
13	Peter	Brown	M65	SLH	71	59
14	Steve	Vincent	M55	SLH	73	21
15	David	Beadle	M55	BH	78	9
16	Pam	Ianella	W65	SLH	78	44
17	Mark	Ellison	M65	BH	79	32
18	Caroline	Welch	W65	SLH	79	51
19	Matt	Saunders	M65	SLH	82	37
20	Clare	Mitchell	W55	SLH	88	6
21	Sadie	Fifield	W55	SLH	90	29
22	Gina	Coulson	W65	SLH	90	31


Orion v Blackheath Mob Match (9 to score)					Orion win 65 vs 142
Pos	First Name	Last Name	Category	Club	Time min	Time sec
1	Mick	McTernan	M40	OH	49	36
2	Brian	Jenkins	M40	OH	50	48
3	Mark	Bruce	SM	BH	52	44
4	David	Adams	SM	BH	53	14
5	Jason	Wray	M40	OH	55	31
6	Jamie	Odoki	SM	OH	55	48
7	Mark	Curling	SM	OH	59	2
8	Jon	Pairman	SM	BH	60	48
9	Thomas	Odoki	SM	OH	60	42
10	John	Sable	M40	OH	60	52
11	Ian	Scott	M45	BH	61	49
12	Tim	Wright	M50	OH	61	5
13	Colin	Read	M55	OH	61	52
14	Gregory	Firth	M45	BH	62	19
15	Philip	Bunn	M45	BH	62	40
16	Rob	Carder	M45	OH	62	5
17	Jon	Whitehouse	M50	OH	63	31
18	Mathew	Carver	SM	OH	64	10
19	Kirti	Purohit	M40	OH	64	57
20	Hayley	Rogerson	W45	OH	65	9
21	Kevin	Burt	M55	OH	68	16
22	Katy	Sugden	W50	BH	69	52
23	Claire	Huggins	SW	OH	69	45
24	Thomas	Rodgers	SM	OH	70	44
25	Jo	Elferink	W40	OH	72	43
26	Andy	Lunn	M50	OH	74	3
27	Nikki	Barnett	W55	OH	74	16
28	Steve	Taylor	M55	OH	74	32
29	Mark	Farrar	M50	OH	74	46
30	Angela	Flight	W50	OH	75	9
31	Lucilla	Ashton	W45	OH	75	14
32	David	Beadle	M55	BH	78	9
33	Mark	Ellison	M65	BH	79	32
34	Katherine	Taylor	W55	OH	84	21
35	Ellie	Chambers	SW	OH	85	49
36	Michael	Cates	M60	OH	87	0
37	Benjamin	Fisher	M40	OH	87	52
38	Janine	Humberstone	W60	OH	88	14
39	Helen	Pearce	V55	OH	90	32



Orion v SLH Mob Match – 11 to score				Orion win 75 vs 261
Pos	First Name	Last Name	Category	Club	Time min	Time sec
1	Mick	McTernan	M40	OH	49	36
2	Brian	Jenkins	M40	OH	50	48
3	Bruce	Harrold	M45	SLH	54	39
4	Jason	Wray	M40	OH	55	31
5	Jamie	Odoki	SM	OH	55	48
6	Mark	Curling	SM	OH	59	2
7	Thomas	Odoki	SM	OH	60	42
8	John	Sable	M40	OH	60	52
9	Tim	Wright	M50	OH	61	5
10	Colin	Read	M55	OH	61	52
11	Rob	Carder	M45	OH	62	5
12	Jon	Whitehouse	M50	OH	63	31
13	Mathew	Carver	SM	OH	64	10
14	Kirti	Purohit	M40	OH	64	57
15	Chris	Dunhill	M50	SLH	65	4
16	Hayley	Rogerson	W45	OH	65	9
17	Alana	Smith	SW	SLH	66	24
18	Gavin	Englefield	M45	SLH	68	59
19	Kevin	Burt	M55	OH	68	16
20	Claire	Huggins	SW	OH	69	45
21	Thomas	Rodgers	SM	OH	70	44
22	Simon	Best	M60	SLH	71	37
23	Peter	Brown	M65	SLH	71	59
24	Jo	Elferink	W40	OH	72	43
25	Steve	Vincent	M55	SLH	73	21
26	Andy	Lunn	M50	OH	74	3
27	Nikki	Barnett	W55	OH	74	16
28	Steve	Taylor	M55	OH	74	32
29	Mark	Farrar	M50	OH	74	46
30	Angela	Flight	W50	OH	75	9
31	Lucilla	Ashton	W45	OH	75	14
32	Pam	Ianella	W65	SLH	78	44
33	Caroline	Welch	W65	SLH	79	51
34	Matt	Saunders	M65	SLH	82	37
35	Katherine	Taylor	W55	OH	84	21
36	Ellie	Chambers	SW	OH	85	49
37	Michael	Cates	M60	OH	87	0
38	Benjamin	Fisher	M40	OH	87	52
39	Clare	Mitchell	W55	SLH	88	6
40	Janine	Humberstone	W60	OH	88	14
41	Sadie	Fifield	W55	SLH	90	29
42	Gina	Coulson	W65	SLH	90	31
43	Helen	Pearce	V55	OH	90	32

Bennett Cup 2025/26 – Event 6, Double Mob Match, 14 Feb 2026
	Gross Time	handicap	Net Time	Bnt Cup Points
Katy Sugden	01:09:52	-00:20:10	00:49:42	40
Mark Bruce	00:52:44	-00:02:06	00:50:38	39
David Adams	00:53:14	-00:02:23	00:50:51	38
Gregory Firth	01:02:19	-00:10:44	00:51:35	37
Ian Scott	01:01:49	-00:10:09	00:51:40	36
Jonathan Pairman	01:00:48	-00:08:55	00:51:53	35
Mark Ellison	01:19:32	-00:26:10	00:53:22	34
Philip Bunn	01:02:40	-00:08:32	00:54:08	33


Overall Bennett Cup after 6 of 7 races (max 5 to score)
Runner	Total	scoring events
David ADAMS	177	5
Jonathan PAIRMAN	177	5
Gregory FIRTH	175	5
Mark ELLISON	142	5
William REEDMAN-WHITE	131	4
Angelina STEPHENS	116	4
Paul SHARPE	103	4
Philip BUNN	103	4
Katy Sugden	103	3
Douglas VARNEY	100	3

Report Kent XC Championships

BHAC-Reporter — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:54:25 +0000

10 January 2026 - Brands Hatch report from Paul Austridge

A cold but dry day at Brands Hatch set the stage for an excellent outing for the club at the 2026 Kent County Cross Country Championships. 63 young athletes
competed, delivering an outstanding return of 3 individual golds, 2 silvers, 2 bronzes, alongside 2 team golds, 4 team silvers and 1 team bronze.

The U13 girls opened the day over a tough 3k loop. Jazzy Stephens claimed individual bronze, supported by year-young Elsa Matthews (4th) and Lucy Junginger (8th) to secure team silver, just two points from gold.

The U13 boys lived up to expectations, with Emery Aldridge winning gold and Zach Evans taking silver. Strong support from Luc Jones (8th) and Akul Gurunathan (10th) sealed an emphatic team gold.

In the U15 girls, Alba Homans Yau (8th), Evie De Bruyn (9th) and Ella Rae (14th) combined for team bronze, while the U15 boys earned team silver, led by Johnny Lee’s individual bronze.

The U17 girls finished in a close 4th place, with Aoife McDonagh (8th) and Niamh Stanley (12th) leading a tightly packed squad.

The U17 boys delivered a historic result, ending Tonbridge AC’s 19-year dominance of the team trophy. Joe Scanes (gold) and Joseph Hill (silver) were backed up by Ben O’Grady (4th) and Daniel Horgan (7th) to claim team gold.

The U20 women secured team silver, led by Carys Firth (5th) and Libby Whyte (7th), while the U20 men matched that result, highlighted by Jed Starvis’ individual gold.

At the senior level, the women dominated, with Andrea Clement (gold), Hannah Clark (silver) and Millie Smith (5th) winning the three-to-score trophy. And with Gracie Horton (14th), Trang Nguyen (26th), Katy Sugden (37th) all finishing in the top half the team achieved silver in the 6 to score competition.

Among the senior men Charlie Davis impressively secured individual bronze, fresh from a 2:15 marathon and back running for BBHAC as a 2nd claim. Sam Parsons backed this up with a solid 9th-place finish. Completing the 6 to score team (overall 4th place) were Kevin Fini (15th), Graeme Lugar (24th), Leo de Bruyn (26th) and Paolo Lancini (50th). The club also finished 4th in the 12 to score, with Philip Bunn (63rd), Greg Firth (68th), Ian Scott (85th), Roger Beswick (99th), Paul Sharpe (100th) plus Jason Meers racing hard to claim 12th scorer (115th) from Barry Horgan (116th). President Steve Pairman completed the club’s finishers in 127th.

A superb day across all age groups – commitment, depth and quality on display throughout.

Report Ranelagh Mob Match

ClubPresident — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 10:17:57 +0000

17 January 2026 - Richmond Park

Blackheath & Bromley Harriers travelled to Richmond to take on Ranelagh Harriers in the latest Mob Match between the clubs – a history going back over 100 years! Success was achieved by Kevin Fini and David Adams finishing 1st and 2nd in the race. However, while our turnout of 20 was encouraging, with Ranelagh fielding more than double that strength in depth told and they were comfortable winners of the Mob Match.

There was some good news for the President – he finished first in the Bennett Cup, ahead of first home Kevin Fini and our last to finish Dave Leal. David Adams extended his lead in the overall season long competition, but with two events to go – the Double Mob Match and Closing 5 – there is still time for others to catch him.

Full results of the Mob Match are here: Ranelagh.BBH.Mob2026.TIMES and the full Bennett Cup results are in the tables below:

Ranelagh MM	Gross Time	handicap	Net Time	Bnt Cup Position	Bnt Cup Points
Steven Pairman	00:59:26	-00:18:54	00:40:32	1	40
Kevin Fini	00:44:42	-00:03:24	00:41:18	2	39
David Leal	01:11:23	-00:29:24	00:41:59	3	38
David Adams	00:45:23	-00:03:10	00:42:13	4	37
Jonathan Pairman	00:51:55	-00:09:30	00:42:25	5	36
Ian Scott	00:53:09	-00:10:30	00:42:39	6	35
William Reedman-White	00:47:29	-00:04:26	00:43:03	7	34
Andrew Lawes	01:02:47	-00:18:54	00:43:53	8	33
Gregory Firth	00:53:44	-00:08:58	00:44:46	9	32
Katy Sugden	01:03:10	-00:17:30	00:45:40	10	31
Mark Ellison	01:09:10	-00:22:24	00:46:46	11	30
Paul Sharpe	00:55:02	-00:08:16	00:46:46	12	29
Chris Fishlock	01:01:00	-00:14:03	00:46:57	13	28
Martin Parkinson	00:56:59	-00:09:48	00:47:11	14	27
Roger Beswick	00:53:58	-00:06:18	00:47:40	15	26
Robert Whyte	01:06:07	-00:18:12	00:47:55	16	25

Overall	Foots Cray KL	Tonbridge KL	Club 5m	NormPk KL	Ranelagh	Total	scoring events
David ADAMS	30	32	30	29	37	158	5
Gregory FIRTH	20	36	29	31	32	148	5
Jonathan PAIRMAN	29	39		28	36	132	4
William REEDMAN-WHITE	28	29	40		34	131	4
Angelina STEPHENS	33	38	24	21		116	4
Paul SHARPE	23	25		26	29	103	4
Douglas VARNEY		28	39	33		100	3
Mark ELLISON		14	31	23	30	98	4
Jennie BUTLER	27	34	33			94	3
Gareth EVANS	24	26		38		88	3
Gracie HORTON	21	30		36		87	3
Micah EVANS	26		35	24		85	3
Graeme LUGAR		21	37	25		83	3
Steven Pairman				37	40	77	2
Kevin Fini			36		39	75	2
Colin PEARSON	32			40		72	2
Andrew Lawes			38		33	71	2
Philip BUNN	19	24		27		70	3
Chloe TAYLOR-COSTIN	31	33				64	2
Sam PARSONS	34	27				61	2
Chris Fishlock				32	28	60	2
Chris MARTIN	14	23	23			60	3
Robert Whyte				34	25	59	2
Barry HORGAN	40	18				58	2
Elizabeth BUNN	36	22				58	2
Sarah BELAON	25	31				56	2
Ian Scott				20	35	55	2
Leonardus DE BRUYN	35	19				54	2
Trang NGUYEN	22		32			54	2
Katy Sugden				22	31	53	2
Hannah CLARK	17	35				52	2
Justin STROVER		40				40	1
Mathieu DUCEP				39		39	1
Paolo LANCINI	39					39	1
Jack SHAYLER	38					38	1
Scott POULIER	37					37	1
Martin RICHARDSON	16	20				36	2
Oliver Knowles				35		35	1
Benjamin Evans			34			34	1
James WEBBER		15		19		34	2
James Todd				30		30	1
Darren CORNEILLE	13	16				29	2
Billy Pharoah			28			28	1
Cornelius Griffin			27			27	1
Johnny Lee			26			26	1
Evie De Bruyn			25			25
Aoife McDonagh			22			22
James Naylor			21			21
Jasmine Stephens			20			20
Christian CLEMENT	18					18
Sam ALDRIDGE		17				17
Jason MEERS	15					15
James Olav BREEN NORRIS		13				13
David Leal					38
Martin Parkinson					27
Roger Beswick					26

Report Kent League XC Senior Teams Race 4

ClubPresident — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:41:57 +0000

13 December 2025 - report from Micah Evans

The final Kent League XC fixture was our home one at Norman Park, with beautifully sunny and clear conditions for running – the ground was relatively firm with some muddier patches, especially the turn at the bottom of the field round the back of NP!

We had 20 senior men with Sharpey (Paul Sharp) making his appearance literally just 5 minutes before race start, though to be fair to him he had just gone sub 3 at Valencia Marathon 6 days earlier, so it was very good of him to turn out for us!

Our first man home was Ollie Knowles, who ran really strongly, working his way through the field to finish in an excellent 6th place in 26.35, within 15 seconds of the Top 3. Micah Evans was our second scorer with a steady run in 20th place in 27.34 and Dave Adams was just a couple places and a few seconds back in 22nd in 27.39 for our third man home, in perhaps his best run of the KLXC season. Completing our scoring four was Graeme Lugar with a solid run in 30th in 28.13.

Next was Doug Varney in 43rd in 29.18, Mathieu Ducep in 48th in 30:07, Gareth Evans in 57th in 30.23, James Todd in 58th in 30.26, Greg Firth in 70th in 31.13, the aforementioned Paul Sharpe in 71st in 31.15, Phil Bunn in 73rd in 31.18 and Jon Pairman in 82nd in 31.37 completed our scoring 12.

Completing our team on the day was Ian Scott in 125th in 33.33, James Webber in 130th in 34.02, Chris Fishlock in 133rd in 34.22, Colin Pearson in 154th in 35.44, Steve Pairman in 167th in 36.36, Rob Whyte in 170th in 37.00, Dave Beadle in 175th in 37.17 and Mark Ellison in 191st in 40.29.

On the day we came 4th in the 4 to score and finished the season in the same position, behind Tonbridge, Cambridge and Medway & Maidstone.

We went one better in the 12 to score, placing 3rd on the day and overall, behind Tonbridge and Cambridge.

Thanks to our five ever presents who raced in all four fixtures – our highest placer in the end of year standings was Dave Adams (9th – just reward for his consistency and positional improvement across all races), Gareth Evans (25th), Phil Bunn (31st), Greg Firth 33rd and Jon Pairman (39th) – Congrats guys!

So another Kent League XC comes to a close, a couple months earlier than usual, but there’s plenty more XC to come in the second half of the season after Christmas and New Year – Kent County XC Champs (Dartford), Mob Match (v Ranelagh @ Richmond Park) and Southern XC Champs (Beckenham Place Park) in January and London Cross Challenge (Parliament Hill), Mob Match (v Orion & SLH @ Epping Forest) and the National XC Champs (Sedgefield) to close out the season in February, before we move onto roads and track!

Micah Evans

In the women’s race three valiant runners completed the event: Gracie Horton was 13th on the day in 34.03, with Katy Sugden in next in 42nd in 37.37 and Angeline Stephens 3rd for Blackheath & Bromley in 56th.

Steve Pairman

Bennett Cup in and after NPKL

BHAC-Reporter — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:08:48 +0000

13 December 2025 - Bennett Cup Latest

This season scoring is based on each competitor’s best five results out of the seven qualifying events: the 3 Kent League matches where Snr Men and Snr Women compete on the same day, the Mob Matches, the Club 5 mile Champs and the Closing 5 mile.

It operates on the basis of “all score” (40 points first place, 39 second, etc) until after the penultimate race when the results are recut to include only those who have competed in a minimum of 4 qualifying events at that stage.

10 bonus points are given to anyone who competes in both mob matches.

The overall score table below will be updated after each qualifying event.

Norman Park KLXC - BC4	Gross Time	handicap	Net Time	Bnt Cup Position	Bnt Cup Points
Colin PEARSON	00:35:44	-00:11:49	00:23:56	1	40
Mathieu DUCEP	00:30:07	-00:05:41	00:24:26	2	39
Gareth EVANS	00:30:23	-00:05:41	00:24:42	3	38
Steven PAIRMAN	00:36:36	-00:11:49	00:24:48	4	37
Gracie HORTON	00:34:03	-00:08:54	00:25:10	5	36
Oliver KNOWLES	00:26:35	-00:01:10	00:25:25	6	35
Robert WHYTE	00:37:00	-00:11:30	00:25:30	7	34
Douglas VARNEY	00:29:18	-00:03:47	00:25:31	8	33
Chris FISHLOCK	00:34:22	-00:08:47	00:25:36	9	32
Gregory FIRTH	00:31:13	-00:05:36	00:25:37	10	31
James TODD	00:30:26	-00:04:49	00:25:38	11	30
David ADAMS	00:27:39	-00:01:59	00:25:40	12	29
Jonathan PAIRMAN	00:31:37	-00:05:56	00:25:41	13	28
Philip BUNN	00:31:18	-00:05:20	00:25:58	14	27
Paul SHARPE	00:31:15	-00:05:10	00:26:06	15	26
Graeme LUGAR	00:28:13	-00:01:54	00:26:20	16	25
Micah EVANS	00:27:34	-00:01:05	00:26:29	17	24
Mark ELLISON	00:40:29	-00:14:00	00:26:29	18	23
Katy SUGDEN	00:37:37	-00:10:56	00:26:41	19	22
Angelina STEPHENS	00:38:56	-00:12:01	00:26:55	20	21
Ian SCOTT	00:33:33	-00:06:34	00:27:00	21	20
James WEBBER	00:34:02	-00:06:07	00:27:55	22	19

Overall	Foots Cray KL	Tonbridge KL	Club 5m	NormPk KL	Total	scoring events
David ADAMS	30	32	30	29	121	4
Gregory FIRTH	20	36	29	31	116	4
Angelina STEPHENS	33	38	24	21	116	4
Douglas VARNEY		28	39	33	100	3
William REEDMAN-WHITE	28	29	40		97	3
Jonathan PAIRMAN	29	39		28	96	3
Jennie BUTLER	27	34	33		94	3
Gareth EVANS	24	26		38	88	3
Gracie HORTON	21	30		36	87	3
Micah EVANS	26		35	24	85	3
Graeme LUGAR		21	37	25	83	3
Paul SHARPE	23	25		26	74	3
Colin PEARSON	32			40	72	2
Philip BUNN	19	24		27	70	3
Mark ELLISON		14	31	23	68	3
Chloe TAYLOR-COSTIN	31	33			64	2
Sam PARSONS	34	27			61	2
Chris MARTIN	14	23	23		60	3
Barry HORGAN	40	18			58	2
Elizabeth BUNN	36	22			58	2
Sarah BELAON	25	31			56	2
Leonardus DE BRUYN	35	19			54	2
Trang NGUYEN	22		32		54	2
Hannah CLARK	17	35			52	2
Justin STROVER		40			40	1
Mathieu DUCEP				39	39	1
Paolo LANCINI	39				39	1
Andrew Lawes			38		38	1
Jack SHAYLER	38				38	1
Steven Pairman				37	37	1
Scott POULIER	37				37	1
Kevin Fini			36		36	1
Martin RICHARDSON	16	20			36	2
Oliver Knowles				35	35	1
Robert Whyte				34	34	1
James WEBBER		15		19	34	2
Benjamin Evans			34		34	1
Chris Fishlock				32	32	1
James Todd				30	30	1
Darren CORNEILLE	13	16			29	2
Billy Pharoah			28		28	1
Cornelius Griffin			27		27	1
Johnny Lee			26		26	1
Evie De Bruyn			25		25	1
Katy Sugden				22	22	1
Aoife McDonagh			22		22	1
James Naylor			21		21	1
Ian Scott				20	20	1
Jasmine Stephens			20		20	1
Christian CLEMENT	18				18	1
Sam ALDRIDGE		17			17	1
Jason MEERS	15				15	1
James Olav BREEN NORRIS		13			13	1

Report Kent League XC Swanley

ClubPresident — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:42:36 +0000

6 December 2025 - Swanley

Success at the Kent League Cross Country

The final round of the Kent league cross-country series for U13 – U20 Age Groups saw BBHAC secure their position as the leading junior club in the county, winning team titles in U13 boys, U13 girls, U15 girls and U17 boys.

Our U15B won the team race on the day but ended up second overall, just 1 point behind a strong Tonbridge squad and U17 girls finished third overall.

Strength in numbers has been key to our success, with over 20 athletes in both U15 squads, over a dozen in each U13 squad and 10 in each U17 squad. The club’s success is every individual athletes success.

Under 13s – On the day at Swanley Park, a great double win start for our U13’s with a 1st for Jazzy in the U13 girls race backed up well by Lucy J, Holly T and Zara. Tight packing from Arianne, Molly and Louisa. A strong debut run from Sophia J and a complete set from ever consistent Alice.

An impressive 1st for Zach, a superb 6th for Luc and 8th for George both a year young in their age groups. A fine 10th for Akul backed up by Fletcher and Haydn both completing the series.

Under 15s – Evie continues her great season placing a strong 4th with Harriet 7th and Alba 10th. Strong packing by Stella, Beth, Isabella, Lily D, Amelie and Chloe. Backed up further by Elliot, Leela, Nancie and Clemence. Johnny had another great race finishing a fine 3rd followed by Dexter in 10th and a welcome return to James B, placing high despite only just returning to running. Big improvements from Billy and Teddy backed up well by Juan, Jesse, Benj, Luke, Matthew and Lewis.

Under 17s – A strong run from Niamh in 9th in the U17’s with ever present Rowan in 11th, Hannah C 14th and Lily B 16th. Joe comfortably won the boys race, backed up superbly by Alex M in 3rd and Aniket in 4th, Ben in 7th with Madalitso a great 11th.

Under 20s – Kyla completed her series with a fine 4th in the U20’s with Mark and Harry batting out the men’s U20 race, placing third and fourth respectively. With the series complete, reward for racing all four was a place high up the leaderboard!

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BBHAC had 30 athletes complete all four races, a very impressive number. In the U13s Jazzy’s two 2nd’s and two 1st’s secured her top spot taking the gold trophy. Zara was a fine 5th, Arianne 6th, Molly 7th and Alice 9th.

Zach’s 3rd, two 2nd’s and a win earned him the gold trophy. Akul was a fine 5^th, George 6th , Fletcher 19th and Haydn 22nd overall in in the whole of the county.

The U15’s Evie’s consistent season saw her collect the silver trophy with Harriet collecting the bronze trophy. Alba was a strong 4^th, Stella 11^th, Chloe 14^th, Elliot 15th and Clemence 21st reward for consistency.

Johnny’s great season saw him win the silver trophy with Dexter in 7^th, Billy 11^th, Matthew 19^th, Jesse 20th and Lewis 25th.

Joe’s impression, complete sweep of 1st’s earned him the individual gold trophy and a fine bronze trophy for Alex M who is enjoying some well-earned consistency to his training and racing now. Madalitso’s consistency saw him finish a great 8th in the overall league table.. Mark and Harry finishing the season in 3rd and 4th overall. Rowan was our only ever present in the U17G and finished a high 6th overall

Huge congratulations to Kyla who won the gold trophy in the U20 women, rewarded for her consistent training and racing.

Report from Paul Austridge

Girls Under 13 Kent Womens’ Cross Country League Trophy

Winning Club : Blackheath and Bromley H AC; Match points : 27
Individual League Winners – 1 Jasmine Stephens Blackheath and Bromley H

Girls Under 15 – Kent Womens’ Cross Country League Trophy

Winning Club : Blackheath and Bromley H AC; Match points : 24
Individual League Winners
- 2 Evie De Bruyn Blackheath and Bromley H AC
- 3 Harriet Hughes Blackheath and Bromley H AC

Women U20 Individual League Winners 1 Kyla Dervish Blackheath and Bromley H AC

Boys Under 13 Cove Memorial Cup

Winning Club : Blackheath and Bromley H AC; Match points : 40
Individual League Winners
- 1 Zacchaeus Evans Blackheath and Bromley H AC

Boys Under 15 Individual League Winners – 2 Johnny Lee Blackheath and Bromley H AC

Men Under 17 Youth Cup

Winning Club : Blackheath and Bromley H AC; Match points : 19
Individual League Winners
- 1 Joseph Scanes Blackheath and Bromley H AC
- 3 Alex Martin Blackheath and Bromley H AC

Men Under 20 Individual League Winners -3 Mark Constable Blackheath and Bromley H AC

Overall Club Award (Male: U/20; U/17; U/15 & U/13) – Doris Lucas Memorial Trophy

Winning Club : Blackheath and Bromley H AC; Match points : 98

Overall Club Award (Female: U/20; U/17; U/15 & U/13) – Royal Bank of Scotland Silver Salver

Winning Club : Blackheath and Bromley H AC; Match points :62

Report Valencia Marathon

ClubPresident — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:48:20 +0000

7 December 2025 -
Report by Tom Desborough

On a dark and mild Sunday morning, 18 Heathens braved the Valencia streets with 26.2 miles ahead of them.

The BBHAC pack was led home by Dylan Mitchard, who produced a storming two-minute PB running 2:29:00. Next home was marathon specialist Fintan Parkinson in 2:34:27, with Sam Douglass close behind in 2:34:54, a four-minute personal best.

Ben Hakki delivered an outstanding performance, shattering his personal best by five and a half minutes to achieve 2:38:15. Nick Clegg completed the sub-2:40 contingent with an impressive 2:39:41. Achieving this in just his second marathon, after 2:44:16 in Manchester, marks notable progress. Not far behind, Josh Kennedy and Kev Fini celebrated personal bests, with Josh finishing in 2:42:04 and Kev close behind in 2:42:19.

Second claimer Will Senbanjo crossed the line next in 2:43:43, followed by fellow former Petts Wood runner Roger Vilardell, who bravely battled hamstring issues to finish in 2:43:55. Tom Desborough took 13 minutes off his PB with a 2:47:20 in just his second marathon. Shortly after, Luca Ercolani finished in 2:49:22, just four weeks after a 2:46:57 in New York. Alistair Love followed, finishing in 2:49:42.

Paul Sharpe finished in 2:57:44 for another sub-3 performance. Paolo Lancini completed the sub-3 club for B&B, coming home in 2:58:05. An impressive run on his debut!

Scott Poulier followed in 3:10:53, then Zoe Fiander, Orpington Road Runner’s second claimer, in 3:12:50. Will Brindley followed, completing his 52nd marathon in 3:26:23. Rounding off the impressive contingent was Simon Harris, who finished in 3:39:10, and François Berrier (3.50.00) closing out a memorable day for all.

We did have one casualty on the course: Pete Brooks had to drop out at 18km due to severe Achilles pain. His dad and Past President Nick Brooks offered great support out on the course.