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Kent Schools Cross-Country Championships 2025 - in pictures

The Kent Schools Cross-Country Championships once again saw some of the county’s best runners battle it out at Central Park, and Simon Hildrew was there to capture all of Saturday’s action.

Boys and girls’ titles were up for grabs in four categories - Year 7, junior, intermediate and senior - and there was no shortage of drama, with especially close finishes in the Year 7 boys’ race and senior boys’ event.

Vincent Senechal (No.235) hits his stride in the junior boys’ race for Canterbury & St Augustines. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Vincent Senechal (No.235) hits his stride in the junior boys’ race for Canterbury & St Augustines. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Senuth Gomes (No.243) races in the junior boys’ event. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Senuth Gomes (No.243) races in the junior boys’ event. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Medway district’s Cameron Drake (No.832) taking part in the junior boys’ event. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Medway district’s Cameron Drake (No.832) taking part in the junior boys’ event. Picture: Simon Hildrew
The junior girls’ race gets under way. Picture: Simon Hildrew
The junior girls’ race gets under way. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Poppy Duncan (No.894) of Folkestone and Hythe was part of the junior girls’ field. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Poppy Duncan (No.894) of Folkestone and Hythe was part of the junior girls’ field. Picture: Simon Hildrew
The Tonbridge district were represented in the junior girls’ category by Sonika Thwaites-Ramaiya (No.271). Picture: Simon Hildrew
The Tonbridge district were represented in the junior girls’ category by Sonika Thwaites-Ramaiya (No.271). Picture: Simon Hildrew
They’re off in the intermediate boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
They’re off in the intermediate boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Intermediate boys’ runner Ben Bailey (No.530) of Tunbridge Wells. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Intermediate boys’ runner Ben Bailey (No.530) of Tunbridge Wells. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Sevenoaks’ Ben Catchpole (No.494) battles for position in the intermediate boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Sevenoaks’ Ben Catchpole (No.494) battles for position in the intermediate boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Louie Gear (No.508) flies the flag for Swale in the intermediate boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Louie Gear (No.508) flies the flag for Swale in the intermediate boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
No.413 Lucas Drake of Bexley and No.499 Yugo Maeda of Sevenoaks were part of the intermediate boys’ battle. Picture: Simon Hildrew
No.413 Lucas Drake of Bexley and No.499 Yugo Maeda of Sevenoaks were part of the intermediate boys’ battle. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Peter Fitzmaurice (No.517) of the Tonbridge district in the intermediate boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Peter Fitzmaurice (No.517) of the Tonbridge district in the intermediate boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
South East Kent’s Charlie Lord (No.503) in the intermediate boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
South East Kent’s Charlie Lord (No.503) in the intermediate boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Bexley’s Isabel Brand (No.406) in the intermediate girls’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Bexley’s Isabel Brand (No.406) in the intermediate girls’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Medway’s Naveen Deo (No.721) in the senior girls’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Medway’s Naveen Deo (No.721) in the senior girls’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Intermediate girls runner Niamh Paterson (No.496) of South East Kent. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Intermediate girls runner Niamh Paterson (No.496) of South East Kent. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Tunbridge Wells’ Theodora Murray (No.518) in the intermediate girls’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Tunbridge Wells’ Theodora Murray (No.518) in the intermediate girls’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Bromley’s Emily Boyd (No.704) in the senior girls’ event. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Bromley’s Emily Boyd (No.704) in the senior girls’ event. Picture: Simon Hildrew
The Year 7 girls get up and running. Picture: Simon Hildrew
The Year 7 girls get up and running. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Swale’s Beatrice Strouts Hales (No.97) in the Year 7 girls’ event. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Swale’s Beatrice Strouts Hales (No.97) in the Year 7 girls’ event. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Isabella Smith of Maidstone (No.76) in the Year 7 girls’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Isabella Smith of Maidstone (No.76) in the Year 7 girls’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
No.61 Elin Spring competing for Dartford & Gravesham in the Year 7 event. Picture: Simon Hildrew
No.61 Elin Spring competing for Dartford & Gravesham in the Year 7 event. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Canterbury & St Augustines’ Year 7 runner No.44 Polly Pennells. Picture: Simon Hildrew
Canterbury & St Augustines’ Year 7 runner No.44 Polly Pennells. Picture: Simon Hildrew
No.7 Alice Bunn for Bexley with No.95 Jalia Ungufe-Bailey of South East Kent in the Year 7 girls’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
No.7 Alice Bunn for Bexley with No.95 Jalia Ungufe-Bailey of South East Kent in the Year 7 girls’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
No.74 Braeden Tipple of Dartford & Gravesham ran in the Year 7 boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
No.74 Braeden Tipple of Dartford & Gravesham ran in the Year 7 boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
No.77 Jacob Gillett running for Folkestone & Hythe in the Year 7 boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
No.77 Jacob Gillett running for Folkestone & Hythe in the Year 7 boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
The Year 7 boys’ event included Canterbury & St Augustines’ Gene Zacharia. Picture: Simon Hildrew
The Year 7 boys’ event included Canterbury & St Augustines’ Gene Zacharia. Picture: Simon Hildrew
No.s 104 and103 - Sevenoaks’ duo Luca Wakely and Samuel Perrotton in the Year 7 boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
No.s 104 and103 - Sevenoaks’ duo Luca Wakely and Samuel Perrotton in the Year 7 boys’ race. Picture: Simon Hildrew
No.67 Matilda Barling in Year 7 competition for the Maidstone district. Picture: Simon Hildrew
No.67 Matilda Barling in Year 7 competition for the Maidstone district. Picture: Simon Hildrew

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