Open Race

What is our Open Race?

The BVAC Open Race is an exciting and challenging 5 mile race around Spring Park Woods and Sparrows Den, West Wickham. 

UPDATE:  The 2023 race was SOLD OUT.  Sorry to disappoint those that couldn't enter this year - There are no on-the-day entries.  

  • Start Time: 10:30am
  • Start (and finish) at Spring Park / Sparrows Den, between Addington Road and Woodland Way, West Wickham, Kent BR4 9BB
  • Undulating route over fields and through woodland
  • Race is covered by marshals throughout
  • Water station at half way point
  • A percentage of our profits go to our club charity.
  • Medals for all entrants
  • Prizes for various age categories
  • Registration through RunBritain 
  • Toilets on site but no changing facilities/showers
  • Supervised baggage drop
  • Refreshment tent for hot drinks and cake!  (donations welcome)
  • Street Parking is possible in the area around Woodland Way, but we strongly encourage car sharing. Please note that parking at Sparrows Den will be closed and streets in this area will be patrolled. Please do not park along the verge of Kent Way.
  • Alternatively the nearest train station is West Wickham about 30 mins walk.   Bus routes 353, 314 and 119 also stop close to Sparrows' Den.  There is also a tram stop (No. 64 Addington Village Interchange from West Croydon) about 15 mins away.  

Any queries, please contact the Race Director Gareth Dowling at openevent@bromleyvetsac.org.uk

2023 RESULTS can be found here

2023 PHOTOS can be found here and here   ( switch to Grid View )

 

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BVAC Open Race - 26th March 2023

The winners of the 2023 BVAC Open 5-mile cross-country race were:

First male runner: Kieran O'Doherty in 00:33:22
First female runner: Susan Dixon in 00:41:57

Male age-group winners:

Category Name Chip Time
Male Senior Kieran O'Doherty 00:33:22
MV40 Alexander Holmes 00:35:22
MV50 Andy Stevens 00:35:24
MV60 Chris Lydon 00:38:09
MV70 Chris Pike 00:49:11

 

Female age-group winners:

Category Name Chip Time
Senior Female Natalie Adams 00:46:09
FV35 Claire Deane 00:49:28
FV45 Katie Calascione 00:43:05
FV55 Susan Dixon 00:41:57
FV65 Janet Lenton 00:48:26
FV75+ Doreen Abbott 01:14:58

 

The full results can be found here.

Latest Open Race results

BVAC Open Race - 17 Mar 2019

2019 BVAC 5 mile Open Cross-Country Race: Full results
Athlete Result Position Bib No Category Club
Martyn Millard 00:34:29 1 M Senior New Eltham Joggers
Simon Thornhill 00:34:55 2 M 35-49
Alan Burn 00:35:22 3 M 50-59 Croydon Harriers
Tom Cumberlege 00:35:49 4 M 35-49
Mark Brown 00:35:50 5 M 50-59 Crystal Palace Triathletes
Stephen Pond 00:36:39 6 M 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Steven Daley 00:37:01 7 M 50-59 Beckenham Running Club
Jamie Fernandes 00:37:07 8 M Senior Petts Wood Runners
Ed Osborne 00:37:09 9 M 35-49 Beckenham Running Club
Craig Williamson 00:37:21 10 M 50-59 Beckenham Running Club
Jon Low 00:37:43 11 M Senior New Eltham Joggers
Matthew Pond 00:38:28 12 M Senior Petts Wood Runners
Tom Medhurst 00:38:51 13 M 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Stuart Farrant 00:39:09 14 M 35-49 Beckenham Running Club
Chris Morton 00:39:23 15 M 50-59
Andy Tippet 00:39:37 16 M Senior Petts Wood Runners
Kevin Austen 00:39:41 17 M 35-49
James Wall 00:40:00 18 M Senior Petts Wood Runners
Michael Beecher 00:40:01 19 M 60 Beckenham Running Club
Mark Sunderland 00:40:07 20 M 35-49
Richard Selway 00:40:07 21 M 50-59 Beckenham Running Club
Rachel Bentley 00:40:20 22 F 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Amber Brough-Nuesink 00:40:55 23 F 35-49 Sutton Runners
Andy Regan 00:41:03 24 M 35-49 Beckenham Running Club
Matt King 00:41:06 25 M 35-49
Laura Elvin 00:41:22 26 F Senior Petts Wood Runners
Kathryn Suckling 00:41:34 27 F 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Stuart Isaacs 00:41:39 28 M 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Peter Fisher 00:41:56 29 M 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Luke Squirrell 00:41:57 30 M Senior
Mike Simms 00:42:04 31 M 50-59 Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Athletic Club
Anthony Chandler 00:42:15 32 M 50-59 Beckenham Running Club
Marcus Elwes 00:42:30 33 M 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Ian Taylor 00:42:40 34 M 50-59 Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Athletic Club
Fay Storie 00:42:46 35 F 35-49 Beckenham Running Club
David Moore 00:42:51 36 M 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Jeremy Hodgen 00:42:52 37 M 50-59
Daniel Bugden 00:43:17 38 M 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Paul Mann 00:43:55 39 M 50-59 Crystal Palace Fun Runners
Julian Wood 00:44:06 40 M 60
Steve Elliott 00:44:20 41 M 60 Beckenham Running Club
Stuart Scott 00:44:25 42 M 50-59
Lucy Drury 00:44:27 43 F Senior Petts Wood Runners
Christian Saville 00:44:35 44 M 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Katie Calascione 00:44:36 45 F 35-49 Beckenham Running Club
Andrew Squirrell 00:44:37 46 M 35-49
Jeremy Benson 00:44:39 47 M 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Paul Strachan 00:44:39 48 M 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Mark Burgess 00:44:44 49 M 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
William Phelps 00:44:48 50 M 50-59
Carol Marsh 00:45:14 51 F 50-59 Cambridge Harriers
Paul Fletcher 00:45:29 52 M 35-49 Beckenham Running Club
Craig Westmacott 00:45:31 53 M 50-59
Roy Tait 00:45:34 54 M 50-59 Bromley Veterans AC
Gail Arnott 00:45:54 55 F 50-59 Beckenham Running Club
Alan Cox 00:46:09 56 M 50-59 New Eltham Joggers
Robert Clark 00:46:27 57 M 50-59
Jon Aitken Dyte 00:46:37 58 M 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Peter Cane 00:46:38 59 M 60
Richard Harper 00:46:57 60 M 50-59 Beckenham Running Club
Jonathan Bottomer 00:47:17 61 M 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Nigel Hewson 00:47:31 62 M 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Chris Mooney 00:47:47 63 M 35-49
Georgia Selway 00:47:57 64 F 50-59
Patrick Baughan 00:48:08 65 M 35-49 Beckenham Running Club
Laura Stables 00:48:23 66 F 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Mhairi Nicol 00:48:28 67 F 35-49
Graham Brown 00:48:32 68 M 50-59 Cambridge Harriers
Leo Mansell 00:48:37 69 M 35-49 Bromley Veterans AC
Scott Haragan 00:48:44 70 M 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Patrick Timon 00:48:51 71 M 50-59 Zero to Hero Runners
Matthew Cox 00:49:03 72 M 35-49
Jane Haile 00:49:05 73 F 35-49 Crystal Palace Fun Runners
Gaby Drinkwater 00:49:05 74 F 35-49
Liz Pepper 00:49:07 75 F 35-49 Crystal Palace Fun Runners
Chris Balmer 00:49:09 76 M 60
Cliff Lyons 00:49:16 77 M 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Natalie Jacques 00:49:22 78 F Senior Petts Wood Runners
Stuart Wilson 00:49:22 79 M 50-59 Beckenham Running Club
Ben Calascione 00:49:28 80 M 35-49 Beckenham Running Club
Derek Hopkins 00:49:39 81 M 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Liz Delamain 00:49:49 82 F 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Julia Anderson 00:50:23 83 F 35-49
Neil Sutton 00:50:36 84 M 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Maxine Horsfield 00:50:46 85 F 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Amelia Isaacs 00:51:09 86 F Senior
Suzanne Belcher 00:51:10 87 F 35-49 Sutton Runners
Debbie Ford 00:51:20 88 F 50-59 Beckenham Running Club
Richard Dunstan 00:51:33 89 M 60 Petts Wood Runners
Sarah Hunt 00:51:45 90 F 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Clare Strang 00:52:01 91 F 50-59 Beckenham Running Club
Viv Mitchel 00:52:02 92 F 50-59
Emma Sims 00:52:11 93 F 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Linda Daniel 00:52:14 94 F 50-59 Striders Of Croydon
Dominic Russell 00:52:29 95 M 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Stephen Robson 00:53:00 96 M 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Sigrid Robson 00:53:00 97 F 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Lucy Bath 00:53:15 98 F 35-49
Jessica Phillips 00:53:30 99 F Senior New Eltham Joggers
Natalie Compton 00:53:31 100 F 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Sandie Harris 00:53:35 101 F 50-59
Laura Finch 00:53:47 102 F 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Scott Carpenter 00:53:54 103 M 35-49
Janice Paddington 00:53:54 104 F 35-49
Gillian Poole 00:54:02 105 F 50-59
Steve Strafford 00:54:04 106 M 60
Laura Williamson 00:54:11 107 F 35-49 Bromley Veterans AC
Liz King 00:54:14 108 F 50-59 Zero to Hero Runners
Joanna Whatley 00:54:16 109 M 35-49
Norman Hemming 00:55:27 110 M 60 Croydon Harriers
Sue Philpott 00:55:38 111 F 50-59
Andrew Hinds 00:56:13 112 M 60 Beckenham Running Club
David Cannon 00:56:20 113 M 50-59
Alan Jackaman 00:56:42 114 M 60 New Eltham Joggers
Lyndsey Morley 00:56:58 115 F 35-49 Crystal Palace Fun Runners
Andy Elliott 00:57:08 116 M 60 Striders Of Croydon
Martin Edwards 00:57:41 117 M Senior
Ruth Bunn 00:57:46 118 F 60 Beckenham Running Club
Ruki Sidhwa 00:57:47 119 M 50-59
Jane Ellis 00:58:17 120 F 60 Beckenham Running Club
Meera Lawrence 00:58:19 121 F 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
David Allison 00:59:15 122 M 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Elizabeth Begley 00:59:20 123 F 60 Dulwich Runners AC
Julie Medhurst 00:59:49 124 F 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Helena Broadway 01:00:30 125 F 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Pherenice Worsey-Buck 01:00:34 126 F 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
James Rowles 01:00:43 127 M 35-49
Alexandra Black 01:00:43 128 F Senior Blackheath and Bromley Harriers Athletic Club
Kathy Strachan 01:01:45 129 F 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Darina Cavanagh 01:01:53 130 F 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Sandra Elwes 01:01:55 131 F 50-59 Bromley Veterans AC
Hedvig Fabo 01:02:12 132 F 35-49 Zero to Hero Runners
Kaylee Lovie 01:02:25 133 F 35-49
Carol Hayes 01:03:28 134 F 60 Crystal Palace Fun Runners
Doreen Abbott 01:04:22 135 F 60
Helen Twyford 01:04:39 136 F 50-59 Petts Wood Runners
Sonia Hedges 01:05:31 137 F 35-49
Frances Allshanni 01:05:31 138 F 35-49
Lorraine Connors 01:05:42 139 F 50-59
Stuart Phillimore 01:06:03 140 M 35-49
Ronan Keohane 01:06:23 141 M 35-49
Clair Keohane 01:06:24 142 F 35-49
Nicola Walker 01:06:38 143 F 35-49 Bromley Veterans AC
Dee Timon 01:07:06 144 F 50-59 Orpington Road Runners
Terri Baker 01:07:09 145 F 35-49
Rachel Fairbanks 01:07:12 146 F 35-49
Alistair Miller 01:07:23 147 M 35-49
Rachel Sutton 01:07:37 148 F 35-49 Petts Wood Runners
Vanessa White 01:08:40 149 F 35-49 Bromley Veterans AC
Valerie Nicolle 01:09:12 150 F 35-49
Joy Harris 01:10:54 151 F 60 Swanley District AC
Jane Carpenter 01:11:21 152 F 35-49
Sophie Griffin 01:11:57 153 F Senior
Donna Prendergast 01:12:33 154 F 35-49
Elaine Read 01:13:01 155 F 50-59 Bromley Veterans AC
Charlotte Mathers 01:13:51 156 F 35-49 Bromley Veterans AC
Jon Mathers 01:14:14 157 F 35-49 Bromley Veterans AC
Jonathan Pegg 01:15:14 158 M 50-59 Sutton Runners
Doug Abbott 01:15:25 159 M 60
Louise Ellis 01:16:15 160 F 50-59
Julie Locke 01:21:14 161 F 50-59
Elizabeth Hannan 01:23:38 162 F 60 Zero to Hero Runners
Marilyn Stringer 01:23:41 163 F 60 Zero to Hero Runners