Our final Open Meeting of this season will be on Saturday 5th September. This meeting includes the Quadrathlon for U10 & U12 and the Chris Newman 1500m handicap race which is free entry for club members. Former members are welcome to compete in this race but won’t be eligible to win the trophy. Contact Sean Rodwell for more details and to enter.
Entries for the BMC 800m is via the BMC website, athletes entered for the Open 800m may be transferred to the BMC races depending on the number of entries.
Details of events can be found here and entries are now live. Field events have limited entries so you need to enter as soon as possible.
The Medway Mile is again being hosted at Medway Park, with Medway and Maidstone organising the Elite Miles again, and the return of the Community Mile, in place of the Team Relays.
Elite Mile Races
This year there will be five fully licensed Elite races on the track as part of the Medway Mile event, between 18:30-19:15. These will be as follows (times to be used as a guide only):
– Ladies’ A race (sub 5:45) – Men’s A race (sub 4:30) – Mixed B race (sub 5:15) – Mixed C race (sub 6:00) – Juniors race (Under 16s and Under 14s)
This year there will be a Community Mile race on the track at 18:15 as part of the Medway Mile event. We want to see local running clubs, sports clubs, fitness groups and gyms represented, giving you an opportunity to showcase your club/group on the track. This is aimed at those athletes who may not want to run in the elite races, but would like to race a mile on the track.
The cut-off time for this race is 9 minutes, so please ensure that you’re able to complete a mile within this time before entering.
This race is limited to 30 runners, aged 18 and over. Start list to be decided once all entries have been collated and reviewed, with the focus on ensuring as many clubs and groups are represented as possible.
Please feel free to forward this on to members of your clubs and other running and sports contacts. We’re hoping for another great evening at what is a brilliant event showcasing all different sports across Kent and Medway.
Thank you to all those that attended our AGM/Presentation evening on Friday 17th April. It was a lovely evening and appreciated you giving up a few hours of your time to celebrate some of our amazing athletes and their performances throughout the Winter. Thanks was given to all our fantastic officials, coaches, volunteers and parents. Thank you Bimpe for the lovely buffet spread and to the Kings Rochester Sports Centre. For those new to the Club, a history of how we became Medway and Maidstone AC after a merger between Medway AC and GEC Avionics. I also shared how our ‘homes’ of Medway Park and Sutton Valence came to be.
This year the Jeremy Willson Trophy was awarded to Justin Lane after a fantastic season collecting medals along the way and to his years of Club dedication. In Justin’s words:
“I was humbled to receive the Jeremy Willson Trophy for long term service to the club and a strong winter season. What made it especially meaningful was the name on the trophy. Jeremy was someone I grew up with, trained with, and was lucky enough to call a friend. If not familiar with Jeremy’s legacy I’d encourage you to take a look through the website below. https://www.jwct.org.uk/about-jeremy.html. Thankful to the club, the people, and the journey”.
Acknowledgement was given of Freddie Gibson’s fantastic English School’s win in March. A great title to have.
Tewelde Menges running 2hr09min58sec at the Valencia Marathon in December, followed by 1:01.16 at the Barcelona Half-Marathon in February. Currently preparing for the London Marathon deserved our recognition
Congratulations to all our deserving award winners. Please see below. If you were unable to make it and you would like your trophy/medal, please speak with Jeannette and we can arrange to get this to you.
The awards were kindly awarded by Sean Rodwell, the new Kent President.
Sarah Club Chair
XC
Best
Merit
Team Manager Medals
U11
Isabelle Heartfield
U13G
Aimee Barr
Sienna Delekat
Coco Fancis, Poppy Taylor, Elsi Howden
U15G
Rosa Truong
Ava Malone
Josephine Hamilton-Rennhack
U17W
Rose Crossley
Martha Leek
Sophie Cudmore-Smith, Matilda Moisan
U20W
Lola Sutton
Abigail Royden
Naveen Deo, Heidi Hughes
SW
Ella Webb
Emily Hale
Annabel Young, Angeline Smith, Sharne Elphick
W35
Vera Hunter
Jenny Fowler
W50
Karen Cudmore
Jill Young
Rachael Huntingford
W60
U13B
Ethan Lyons
Noah Gear
Luca Del Guercio, Ethan Lintern, Harry Henderson
U15B
Daniel Kershaw
Tristan Linder
Billy Cook, Joseph Stockwell, Jack Gregory
U17M
Freddie Gibson
Declan Tighe
Louie Gear
U20M
Alfie Malone
SM
Ben Tyler
Jack Bradley
M40
Lee Cooper
Tom Collins
Simon Stockwell
M50
Justin Lane
Neill Wright
Jason Simmonds, Alun Rodgers, Scott Lynch
M60
Adrian Moody
INDOOR TRACK
BEST
MERIT
Masters Men
Masters Men
SW
Lucy Hope
SM
U20M
Lucas Cameron
U20W
Oluwmadamitan Showomomie
U17M
U17W
Amiyah Spencer
U15B
U15G
Joyce Akendji
INDOOR FIELD
SM
U20W
Eve Morgan
U15G
Jeremy Willson Trophy
Justin Lane
SPORTSHALL
Sports hall league 2025 U13 girls – silver U13 boys – bronze U15 girls – gold U16 boys – silver
U13 boys Harry Henderson – gold in shot Ethan Lyons – gold in 6 lap race and silver in speed bounce Samuel Dawodu – gold in speed bounce, 2 lap race and vertical jump U15 boys Ethan Miles – bronze in 6 lap race Jack Gregory – gold in 6 lap race and vertical jump (joint with Kiki) Kiki Obisesan – gold in vertical jump U15 girls Ayomide Yemi Sofumade – gold in 2 lap, 4 lap and standing Long Jump U13 girls Aimee Barr – gold in vertical jump and silver in 6 lap race
Selected to represent Kent at the SE regional Sports hall final in March
U15 boys – Jack Gregory U13 boys – Ethan Lyons, Samuel Dawodu and Harry Henderson. U13 girls – Paige Becconsall and Aimee Barr U15 girls – Joyce Akindeji, Abigail Igwe, Amiyah Spencer, Kathleen Knight Mission and Ayomide Yemi Sofumade
Each year the Club has to hold an AGM, the purpose of which is to elect the Management Committee and accept the Club Accounts. We know it’s not the most exciting prospect but it’s something we legally have to do. We have therefore incorporated the Winter presentation of awards.
The AGM and Presentation will take place at the Kings Rochester Sports Centre, 601 Maidstone Rd, Rochester, Kent, ME1 3QJ. Winter awards will be for Cross Country, Indoor, Road and Sportshall.
Any proposals to be discussed must be sent to me by Friday 10th April and the Proposer must attend on the evening. Anyone interested in sitting on the Committee and helping to manage the club should contact me.
We’re holding our first Open of the season on Sunday 12th April at Medway Park. This includes the Quadralon for Year R to Year 6. Entries are now live at entry4sports.co.uk, entries may be limited and spaces are already filling up so if you want to enter, please don’t wait until the last minute or you may be disappointed. Details are here. BMC races should be entered via the BMC website.
We have two more Opens scheduled for this season, 5th July and 5th Sept.
Thanks to all those who supported us and entered our events. The day was very busy but the wind was quite blustery and this did have an effect on results. Results can be found here.
Entries for BMC 800m races should be made via BMC.
Please note this is a very busy meeting as we have both sprint and long hurdle races. Entries may be limited for some events to ensure that we don’t overrun. Please enter as soon as possible.
The SEAA Championships took place at Beckenham Place Park on Saturday 24th January. The Club were represented across most of the age groups though low on numbers.
The U13s Girls with 3 runners; Sienna Delekat (144th), Coco Francis (165th) and Elsie Howden (184th). Ethan Lyons (11th) led the way in the U13 Boys with another strong run followed closely by Noar Gear (24th) also running well. Luca Del Guercio (145th) and Ethan Lintern (183rd) finished the team scoring with the team finished in 15th place.
Four boys turned out for the U15 Boys. Neck and neck throughout the race, Joseph Stockwell (119th) and Billy Cook (120th). With support from Jack Gregory (159th) and Ethan Miles (209th). The team finished in 21st position.
Unfortunately with a number of drop outs for the U20s and U17s ladies we were not able to complete teams. Nevertheless there were still some great performances. In the U20s Women, Abigail raced competitively finishing in 5th position with Naveen Deo (14th) also running strong. Sofia Cudmore-Smith (52nd) ran well and was first in for our three representatives in the U17 Women. Team members Matilda Moisan (116th) and Thandiwe Haven Fesshaie (124th) completed the team. The U17 Men saw another strong run for Freddie Gibson (7th) and Declan Tighe (128th.
Our Senior Women were strongly represented. Ella Webb (28th) ran competively across a strong field. Followed in by Emily Hale (52nd), Anabel Young (83rd), Jenny Fowler (215) completing the scoring team position of 15th. Backed up by Sharne Elphick (226), Rachael Huntingford (296) and Angeline Smith (303).
Our Men’s team saw 6 competitors led in by Ben Tyler (57th), Jack Bradley (71st), Justin Lane (156), Alun Rodgers (281), Tom Collins (323) and Simon Stockwell (444th) to complete the team which finished in 18th position.
