ANDY THOMAS, of Medway and Maidstone AC, secured his first Kent Senior Men's cross country league title.

The early leader on a tight and twisting circuit at Parkwood School, Swanley, was Pat Curran (Medway and Maidstone) but he was forced to give way to a great battle between Huw Evans (Tonbridge) and Allan Lee (Sevenoaks).

Victory went to Evans, the 2003 Kent championships silver medal winner, by just five seconds from Lee with Curran a further 10 seconds in arrears in third place.

Meanwhile, Thomas was running rather cautiously to protect a recent injury and was delighted to secure the overall title in fourth place.

Julian Rendall (Tonbridge) was almost a minute behind the leading quartet but played a vital role in leading his club to runner-up position behind Medway and Maidstone on the day and in the overall standings.

In a clean sweep of the awards Medway and Maidstone also claimed the Duodec 12 to count title for the third consecutive year, having achieved a 100 per cent perfect team score on all three occasions.

Results: 1 Huw Evans (Tonbridge) 31.03, 2 Allan Lee (Sevenoaks) 31.08, 3 Pat Curran (Medway and Maidstone) 31.18, 4 Andrew Thomas (Medway and Maidstone) 31.22, 5 Julian Rendall (Tonbridge) 32.14, 6 Mark Norman (Medway and Maidstone) 32.21, 7 Graeme Saker (Medway and Maidstone) 32.23, 8 Mark Whittaker (Ashford) 32.26, 9 Geoff Baxter (Medway & Maidstone) 32.27, 10 Duncan Marsden (Sevenoaks) 32.42, 11 Darren Mitchell (Medway and Maidstone) 32.48, 12 Paul Tucker (Blackheath) 33.02, 13 Dave Reader (Cambridge Harriers) 33.04, 14 Duncan Cochrane (Ashford) 33.12, 15 Andrew Pickett (Dartford) 33.37, 16 Andrew Styles (Tunbridge Wells) 33.41, 17 David Hall (Guest, Dartford RR) 33.46, 18 Tatsuo Yoshiwara (Invicta) 33.54, 19 Paul Martin (Tonbridge) 34.02, 20 James Armstrong (Bexley) 34.07.

Teams (four to score): 1 Medway and Maidstone AC 20pts, 2 Tonbridge AC 47, 3 Ashford AC 65, 4 Sevenoaks AC 97, 5 Kent AC 124, 6 Medway and Maidstone B 126, 7 Bexley AC 132, 8 Invicta East Kent AC 141, 9 Blackheath Harriers 156, 10 Cambridge Harriers 171.

Duodec (12 to score): 1 Medway and Maidstone AC 119, 2 Bexley AC 312, 3 Cambridge Harriers 337, 4 Tunbridge Wells Harriers 408.

Final overall positions

Individual champion: Andrew Thomas (Medway and Maidstone AC).Team (four to score): 1 Medway and Maidstone AC 309, 2 Tonbridge AC 283, 3 Ashford AC 279, 4 Sevenoaks AC 260, 5 Blackheath Harriers 246, 6 Cambridge Harriers and Kent AC both 240, 8 Medway and Maidstone B 231, 9 Bexley AC 225, 10 Dartford Harriers 195.

Duodec (12 to score): 1 Medway and Maidstone AC 80, 2 Cambridge Harriers 72, 3 Bexley AC 70, 4 Tunbridge Wells Harriers 67, 5 Deal Triathletes 32, 6 Tonbridge AC and Blackheath Harriers both 19.