ATHLETE Jennie Butler (Blackheath Harriers) clinched the Cliff Temple Trophy with victory in the final Kent Women's League race at Ashford. The course of Sandyacres Sports Field was rutted and difficult but Butler made light of the conditions as she skipped away from her team-mate, Siobhan Buss and Jenny Harnett (Medway and Maidstone) who held off a late challenge from league runner-up Helen Wheeler (Ashford AC).

Veterans Liz Batty (Invicta) and Chris Bond (Cambridge Harriers) completed the top six with Bond doing enough to win the W35 category overall. Fiona Palmer (Medway & Maidstone) finished seventh but without further team support the title went to Blackheath Harriers from Invicta East Kent and Cambridge Harriers.

Results:

Senior women: 1 J Butler (BLA) 19.25, 2 S Budd (Bla) 19.37, 3 J Harnett (M&M) 19.41, 4 H Wheeler (Ash) 19.45, 5 L Batty W40 (Inv) 20.55, 6 C Bond W35 (Cam) 21.17, 7 F Palmer (M&M) 21.40, 8 M Evans (Cam) 22.10, 9 L Davis (Inv) 22.47, 10 S James W50 (Pad) 23.05, 11 J Pattison (Cam) 23.29, 12 H Baulch (Cam) 23.46, 13 C Jones Baldock (Bla) 24.08, 14 C Grady (Kent) 24.19, 15 Z Gaffen W45 (Kent) 24.40, 16 C Emery W40 (Pad) 25.05, 17 A Jeffries W35 (Kent) 25.56, 18 T O'Reilly (Kent) 26.06, 19 J Lindsey W50 (Pad) 27.04, 20 R Kay W50 (Inv) 28.16.

Teams: 1 Blackheath 16, 2 Cambridge 25, 3 Invicta 34, 4 Paddock Wood 45, 5 Kent AC 46.

Final overall positions: 1 Jennie Butler (Blackheath) 5pts, 2 Helen Wheeler (Ashford) 12, 3 Jenny Harnett (Medway & Maidstone) 12.

Veterans: 1 Christine Bond (Cambridge Harriers) 11pts, 2 Liz Batty (Invicta) 16, 3 Carol Emery (Paddock Wood).

Teams: 1 Blackheath Harriers 33pts, 2 Invicta East Kent 26, 3 Cambridge Harriers 24.