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November 2017

Race Walking Record – November 2017

Editor: Noel Carmody – Email: [email protected]

Round 1: Cardiff, 3000m Indoor, Senior/U20/U17

(1000m indoor, U13/U15) (Enter online: http://cardiffmetathletics.co.uk/events/indoor-grand-prix-series/)

Round 2: Sheffield, 3000m Indoor, Senior/U20/U17 (1000m indoor, U13/U15)

(Enter online: https://www.englandathletics.org/england-athletics/english-national-championships)

Round 3: Lee Valley, 3000m Indoor, Senior/U20/U17 (1000m indoor, U13/U15)

(Enter online: https://ebookings.leevalleypark.org.uk/lfbook.asp?WCI=selectarea&sd=18283&st=46800)

Round 4: Birmingham, 5000m Indoor, Senior (By invitation)

Final: Coventry, 10km Road, Senior/U20 (2/3/5km, U13/U15/U17)

Series Prizes Senior/Junior: 1st, 2nd, 3rd. U13/U15/U17: 1st, 2nd, 3rd.

An athlete’s best indoor performance and their performance in the Final will be combined. IAAF points tables will be used. Double points in Final. UK record 50 bonus points.

To register for entry information from event organisers and fixture updates contact England Athletics Endurance Technical Advisor, Andi Drake: [email protected]

ENGLAND ATHLETICS Winter Race Walk Challenge 2017-2018

Cardiff GP1 Christmas Classic, 10 December

England Athletics Indoor Championships, Sheffield, 7 January

London Indoor Games, Lee Valley, 20 January

British Athletics Champs. Birmingham, 18 February

England Athletics 10 km Champs. Coventry, 11 March

http://cardiffmetathletics.co.uk/events/indoor-grand-prix-series/

https://www.englandathletics.org/england-athletics/english-national-championships

https://ebookings.leevalleypark.org.uk/lfbook.asp?WCI=selectarea&sd=18283&st=46800



Published again as there have been some changes to dates and venues, plus additions, since publication of the list in the October edition.

7th Jan. England Athletics Indoor Sheffield

18th Feb. British Athletics Indoor Birmingham

11th Mar. England Athletics 10km Coventry

11th Mar. British Masters Indoor Lee Valley

29th Apr. RWA Inter-Area Match Nuneaton

20th May BA/RWA 10km & RWA YAG + CAU Coventry

3rd Jun. British Masters 10,000m Walk Oxford 17th Jun. England Athletics U20/U23 Bedford 1st Jul. British Athletics Senior Outdoor Birmingham 29th Jul. EA/CAU Senior Outdoor Manchester 25/26th Aug. British Masters Track & Field Birmingham 26th Aug. England Athletics U15/U17 Bedford 2nd Sept. National (M & W) 50km Champs Douglas, IOM 15th Sept. English Schools Bedford 14th Oct. RWA Festival of Race Walking Hillingdon

Minsk to host 2020 IAAF World Team Championships

Minsk, the capital and largest city of Belarus, has been awarded the right to host the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships 2020.

This will be the first occasion that Belarus has ever staged an IAAF World Athletics Series event.

Minsk staged this summer’s European 10,000m Cup competition and holds an annual half marathon.

Sebastian Coe commented: “I’m pleased that we are taking our world athletics series to another country for the first time which will help the development and profile of athletics. The city centre course makes this an attractive event for spectators to follow and their plan to hold kids’ race walking and an extreme mass race for adults, will assist the promotion by building a direct connection with the community.”

Vadim Devyatovskiy, BLR MF President commented: “We are very happy as this is our first experience with the IAAF (World Athletics Series) and we would like to integrate into the world athletics family. We hope that this event will be an important part of the history of athletics. We would like our youngsters, our teenagers and all other citizens of Belarus to take part in the (mass) race.”

Source: IAAF Website

Welsh Athletics Supported Athlete Announcement

Welsh Athletics has announced 38 athletes who will be supported on the Welsh Athletics Commonwealth Games Podium Potential and Futures Cymru programmes during the 2017/2018 athletics season.

The Welsh Athletics athlete support selection meeting took place at the start of November, and five selectors, alongside two non-voting observers, undertook a comprehensive review of the 2017 performances of all Welsh athletes who had achieved this year’s performance matrix standards.

Commonwealth Games Podium Support: Seven athletes including Bethan Davies – Cardiff A.A.C. (20km Walk – Coach: Andi Drake).

Commonwealth Games Potential (Senior) Support: Twelve athletes including Heather Lewis - Pembrokeshire Harriers (20km Walk – Coach: Martin Bell/Pete Freeman).

Source: Welsh Athletics Website

Measurement of Flight Time in Race Walking

Dr Brian Hanley from Leeds Beckett University, has recently tested world-class walkers in terms of what kinds of flight times occur with each speed.

Comments

We've recently tested world-class walkers in terms of what kinds of flight times occur with each speed and we only see no (loss of?) contact when they're walking at about 10 km/hr. At 11 km/hr it's about 10 milliseconds of flight for men and 18 milliseconds for women (women usually have more flight at any given speed). We've always used flight times above 40 milliseconds as a guide to what is 'visible' and most elite men can walk at 14-15 km/hr within this amount of flight. Women generally manage below 40 milliseconds at 13-14 km/hr. Of course, the best technical walkers have less flight time than those who aren't as good (even if they are at the same ability in terms of times and finishing positions). From a theoretical point of view, I've calculated that most walkers could at best manage to only lose 1.3 km/hr if they managed no loss of contact but that would mean no leeway and would probably be physically impossible (given tiredness, excitement of competition, etc.). Even if they did have some threshold built into the shoe, I'm not sure how it could work in practice given the unreliable nature of technology.

Details of the study

The aim of our study was to measure the duration of loss of contact (‘flight time’) in elite-standard race walkers using different measuring devices. The force plates were considered the gold standard and the results measured using them are what are reported here. Seventeen international athletes took part in the study (10 men and seven women). The men had an average best time for 20 km of 1:23:06 (pace of 14.44 km/hr), and the women had an average best time for 20 km of 1:30:38 (13.33 km/hr). Of the 17 athletes, 14 had taken part in either the 2016 Olympic Games or the 2017 World Championships (the other three took part in other international competitions such as the World University Games).

The protocol used was similar to that published by De Angelis & Menchinelli in Italy in 1992. The athletes race walked down an indoor running track that had the three force plates located halfway along it. They walked at five pre-determined speeds, which were 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 km/hr for women, and 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 km/hr for men. The average flight times for each of these speeds are shown below:

Women

10 km/hr: –2 milliseconds (i.e., 2 milliseconds of double support / contact)

11 km/hr: 18 milliseconds




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The results were comparable to those reported by De Angelis & Menchinelli (1992) in that flight time increases with race walking speed, and men have less flight time than women at any given speed. Athletes tended to keep their flight times to within 40-45 milliseconds even when moving at faster speeds as their techniques were often better at these more familiar paces.

Our results also showed that other devices that are frequently used to measure flight time can provide misleading results if adjustments are not made to the sensitivity of the device, particularly given the way race walkers move differently from runners (who are more commonly the target population).



Tom Bosworth 17th January 1990

Tonbridge Athletic Club/Leeds Beckett University

Personal Bests

5000m (Indoor) 18:39.47 Sheffield 28.02.2016

5000m (Outdoor) 18:43.28 Birmingham 02.07.2017

10,000m (Outdoor) 42:07.11 Dublin 07.08.2011

10km (Road) 39:36 Coventry 01.03.2015

20,000m (Outdoor) 1:25:28.36 Bedford 21.06.2015

20km (Road) 1:20:13 Rio de Janeiro 12.08.2016

Personal 20km Ranking (Average 1:21:54)

01 1:12:13 Rio de Janeiro 12.08.2016 06 1:22:20 Podebrady 12.04.2014

02 1:20:41 Dudince 19.03.2016 07 1:22:33 Lugano 15.03.2015

03 1:20:58 Rio Maior 01.04.2017 08 1:22:53 Taicang 04.05.2014

04 1:21:21 Podebrady 21.05.2017 09 1:22:55 Rome 07.08.2016

05 1:21:53 Lugano 19.03.2017 10 1:23:17 Zürich 13.08.2014

Career Highlights

20 km 10km

Olympic Games

World Championships

World Cup/Team

European Championships

European Cup

Commonwealth Games

European Cup (Junior)

2016 = 6th 2015 = 24th

2017 = DQ’d 2012 = 70th 2014 = 24th 2016 = 34th

2014 = 12th 2011 = 30th 2013 = 39th 2015 = 16th 2017 = 04th

2010 = 11th 2009 = 39th

Other 20km Performances

11 1:23:54 Murcia 17.05.2015 18 1:26:15 Leeds 05.06.2016

12 1:23:58 Beijing 23.08.2015 19 1:27:18 Dublin 26.06.2011

13 1:24:44 Podebrady 13.04.2013 20 1:27:34 Dudince 19.05.2013

14 1:24:49 La Coruña 09.06.2012 21 1:28:45 Saransk 12.05.2012

15 1:24:58 Leeds 25.05.2017 22 1:30:29 Hillingdon 23.04.2016

16 1:25:45 Lugano 16.03.2014 23 1:32:28 London 30.05.2011

17 1:25:49 Lugano 18.03.2012 24 1:32:48 Olhão 21.05.2011



Domestic Race Results 2nd Northern Area Winter League, York (Sun. 29th Oct.)

A slightly better turn out at this regular venue, reports Alan Brooks. Dave Jones finally turned up to collect his first prize for last year’s series, but didn’t make a great start in the handicap for this years. That’s how it works, you see; the handicapper’s blue pencil has been at work!

10km (B)

Pos Athlete AG Club Perf

1 Colin Scott M55 Yorkshire RWC 57:35

2 Martin Fisher M55 Redcar Race Walking Club 58:20

3 Martin Young M45 Hallamshire Harriers 61:12

4 Dennis Jackson M70 Yorkshire RWC 65:40

5 David Crompton M50 Lancashire Walking Club 66:01

6 Russell Jackson M70 York C.I.U. 67:59

7 Mark Byrne M55 Redcar Race Walking Club 71:59

8 Richard Cole M70 York C.I.U. 73:45

9 Andrew Thacker N/K Yorkshire RWC 77:10

10 David Jones M65 Redcar Race Walking Club 79:11

Steyning Open 10km, Steyning, Sussex (Sat. 4th Nov.)

This re-scheduled race, cancelled on 21st October because of Storm Brian was held in much more favourable conditions, with just a slight headwind on the return on this out and back course, reports Ron Penfold.

Surprisingly the times were mostly slower than the day would suggest, with only one walker busting in the Buster Handicap held in conjunction.

Ian Richards lead the field from the start to turn in 26:55 followed by club mate Jimmy Ball a couple of minutes back, Anne Jones was first lady to turn in 33:41 followed by her younger club mate Liz Claridge seven seconds back, Ian Richards although slowing on the return maintained his distance from Jimmy to win comfortably, third was Steve Allen.

Anne Jones pulled away clear of Liz on the return to also win comfortably.

Mixed 10km (B)


1 Ian Richards M65 Steyning Athletic Club 55:24

2 Jimmy Ball M50 Steyning Athletic Club 58:10

3 Steve Allen M60 Barnet & District AC 64:56

4 Paul Gaston M70 Surrey Walking Club 66:20

5 John Killick M70 Steyning Athletic Club 66:22

6 Anne Jones W60 Steyning Athletic Club 67:46

7 Stuart Maidment M65 Steyning Athletic Club 68:45

8 Elizabeth Claridge W40 Steyning Athletic Club 71;53

9 David Hoben M60 Surrey Walking Club 73:45

10 Peter Hannell M75 Surrey Walking Club 74:08

11 Kathy Crilley W65 Surrey Walking Club 76:23

12 Martin Ford-Dunn M70 Steyning Athletic Club 78:13

Bill Jackson Trophy 5km, Simister (Sat. 4th Nov.)

There was an excellent turnout for the race of both walkers and officials: the 17 walkers included three guests, reports Roy Gunnett.

Weather conditions were cold and windy with sunny spells.

Both the scratch race and handicap were won by Tony Bell. It was a yacht handicap and an excellent piece of handicapping by Dave Evans created a close finish.

Mixed 5km (B)


1 Tony Bell M50 Lancashire Walking Club 29:58

2 Greg Smith M65 Lancashire Walking Club 31:14

3 Dan Maskell M65 Surrey Walking Club 31:29

4 Dave Crompton M50 Lancashire Walking Club 31:32

5 John Crahan M65 Lancashire Walking Club 31:53

6 Peter Crahan M60 Lancashire Walking Club 31:55

7 Glyn Jones M75 Coventry Godiva Harriers 31:57

8 Stuart Edgar M45 Dudley & Stourbridge Hs 31:58

9 Roy Gunnett M70 Lancashire Walking Club 32:36

10 Joe Hardy M70 Lancashire Walking Club 32:41

11 Pat Evans W65 Lancashire Walking Club 33:26

12 Sailash Shah M50 Lancashire Walking Club 33:52

13 Steve Sargent M70 Lancashire Walking Club 34:20

14 Phil McCullough M60 Lancashire Walking Club 34:39

15 John Payn M80 Lancashire Walking Club 38:23

16 Andrea Lennon W75 Lancashire Walking Club 39:58

17 Ian Hilditch M75 Lancashire Walking Club DNF

Leicester WC Topham Cup 7 Mile, Leicester (Sat. 4th Nov.)

Guest walker Emily Ghose showed a clean pair of heals to the record low field for this event, reports Colin Vesty. The club’s latest centurion Hardeep Minhas continued his recent strong form to lift both the club scratch and handicap trophies.

Mixed 7 Mile (B)


1 Emily Ghose U20W Tonbridge Athletic Club 66:30

2 Hardeep Minhas M55 Leicester Walking Club 68:40

3 Colin Vesty M50 Leicester Walking Club 70:23

91st Enfield Open 7 Mile, Lee Valley (Sat. 11th Nov.)

Jonathan Hobbs added his name to the impressive list of Enfield Open winners that stretches back to 1920, reports Ron Wallwork. On that list Francisco Reis (1987) who was the only walker who challenged the winner on this occasion. Grazina Narviliene walked will to win the ladies race, but the attention was on Helen Middleton who finished second and in doing so made history by becoming the first woman to win the Enfield League since its inception in 1998. Mark Culshaw currently suffering from shin-splints made a valiant effort to deprive Helen of the title, but has the consolation of being the men’s winner of the 2017 series.

Conditions were dry but very cold and following a period of silence to honour the fallen on Remembrance Day, the 44 walkers were sent on their way by Bill Sutherland the 1970 Commonwealth bronze medallist and it wasn’t long before Callum Wilkinson was clear of the field and although he crossed the line first, he had fallen foul of the judges. George Wilkinson continues to impress. Twelve Centurions were in action the heist place being Martin Fisher.

Although Enfield and Surrey Walking Club were equal on points the promoting club emerged team winners by virtue of the club’s fourth finisher.

Men’s 7 Mile (B)


1 Jonathan Hobbs SM Ashford Athletic Club 55:46

2 Francisco Reis M55 Thames Valley Harriers 56:24

3 David Crane M35 Surrey Walking Club 57:52

4 George Wilkinson U17M Enfield & Haringey AC 62:15

5 Graham Chapman M60 Headington Road Runners 62:51

6 Malcolm Martin M60 Surrey Walking Club 63:11

7 Trevor Jones M60 Steyning Athletic Club 64:23

8 Mark Culshaw M50 Ilford Athletic Club 66:07


10 Stuart Bennett M60 Ilford Athletic Club 72:21

11 David Kates M65 Ilford Athletic Club 73:02

12 John Borgars M70 Loughton Athletic Club 73:03

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13 Glyn Jones M70 Coventry Godiva Harriers 73:26


15 Amos Seddon M75 Enfield & Haringey AC 75:37

16 Steve Cartwright M55 Colchester & Tendring AC 76:48

17 Arthur Thomson M80 Enfield & Haringey AC 77:12


19 Christopher Flint M70 Surrey Walking Club 77:56

20 Michael Harran M75 Surrey Walking Club 81:06


22 Tom Casserley M70 Enfield & Haringey AC 82:09

23 Peter Cassidy M75 Loughton Athletic Club 83:12

24 Shaun Lightman M70 Surrey Walking Club 83:17

25 Tony Wilkinson M55 Unattached 83:27

26 Steve Kemp M55 Eastern Masters AC 83:29

27 David Ainsworth M65 Ilford Athletic Club 99:50

28 Michael Barnbrook M70 Ilford Athletic Club 99:50

Callum Wilkinson U23M Enfield & Haringey AC DQ

Women’s 7 Mile (B)


1 Grazina Narviliene W40 Cobra Running & Tri Club 67:01

2 Helen Middleton W50 Enfield & Haringey AC 69:18

3 Maureen Noel W50 Belgrave Harriers 69:58

4 Melanie Peddle W45 Loughton Athletic Club 70:00

5 Noel Blatchford W65 Abingdon Athletic Club 72:24

6 Joyce Crawford W50 Enfield & Haringey AC 73:45

7 Fiona Bishop W50 Woking Athletic Club 74:43

8 Tessa Killingbeck SW City of Norwich AC 76:54

9 Kim Howard W50 Southend-on-Sea AC 83:29

10 Sue Clements W60 Cambridge & Coleridge AC 84:02

11 Geraldine Legon W55 Bexley Athletic Club 85:36

Team Result

1 Enfield & Haringey (Wilkinson, Middleton, Crawford & Seddon) 56

2 Surrey Walking Club (Crane, Martin, Maskell & Flint) 56

3 Ilford Athletic Club (Culshaw, Bennett, Kates & Ainsworth) 76

Some of the officials/helpers at the Enfield 7

5 Mile (B)


1 Anne Jones W60 Steyning Athletic Club 53:27

2 Jo Miles W60 Hillingdon Athletic Club 56:34

3 Mile (B)


1 Ken Livermore M80 Enfield & Haringey AC 53:27

1 Mile (B)


1 Peter Hannell M70 Surrey Walking Club No Time

Sarnia WC Bob Wright Handicap Series Race 3 3000 Metres Track Walk, Footes Lane, Guernsey (Sun. 12th Nov.)

Mick Le Sauvage leads the Bob Wright Handicap Series after three of the seven races completed, reports Rob Elliott. His sixth place in the latest race gives him a two-point lead over Peter Beckerleg and Donna Allan.

A windy morning greeted the walkers with the fastest Stuart Le Noury walking through the field to cross the line first from his position of last walker to start. His actual time of 14:36 gave him the handicap win from Dave Dorey. Dave’s 22:11 actual time was almost a minute up on his last performance.

Third place went to Rob Elliott only five seconds ahead of first woman Donna Allan. A closely packed race had positions two to nine separated by only 35 seconds.

There were consistent times in comparison to recent walks from relative newcomers Wendy Wilson and Kevin Allan, both coping well in the conditions.

At the other end of the scale, Kevin Le Noury, with over forty years’ experience, walked his first race as an M60 with a time slower than expected.

Mixed 3000m (B)

Pos Athlete AG Club Watch/Actual

1 Stuart Le Noury SM Sarnia Walking Club 22:26/14:36

2 Dave Dorey M70 Sarnia Walking Club 22:41/22:11

3 Rob Elliott M55 Sarnia Walking Club 22:47/17:12

4 Donna Allan W40 Sarnia Walking Club 22:52/17:32

5 Jayne Le Noury M55 Sarnia Walking Club 22:53/22:23

6 Mick Le Sauvage M75 Sarnia Walking Club 22:57/20:52

7 Peter Beckerleg M55 Sarnia Walking Club 22:58/19:53

8 Kevin Allan M40 Sarnia Walking Club 23:06/23:06

9 Wendy Wilson W50 Sarnia Walking Club 23:16/21:21

10 Kay Coulson W45 Sarnia Walking Club 24:01/22:06

11 Kevin le Noury M60 Sarnia Walking Club 24:22/21:17

12 Olga Le Noury W35 Sarnia Walking Club 24:57/21:52

Surrey WC Open Track Races, Tonbridge (Sat. 18th Nov.)

This historic Surrey WC event for the Christmas Handicap Cup over 5000m was attended by five Surrey WC men plus seven visitors, reports Peter Hannell.

However, of more significance was the 3000m for the area’s young hopefuls, bringing some others, the total to twenty-three starters. More than half of the field were under 20 years of age with judging at the highest standard but no disqualifications.

The temperature was far from benign especially for the officials and many accompanying parents. The first two home in the main race were outstanding, particularly the Portuguese winner Francisco Reis whose 23:33 performance as he lapped the field was extremely impressive for a 57-year-old. In second place was Malcolm Martin, just coming back to full fitness, with a sub 27-minute time and another improvement. Naturally it was no surprise that he won the cup for the handicap with Shaun Lightman and Paul Gaston filling the frame. There was another improvement for Shaun coming back from a long layoff just in front of young Jacqueline Benson and less than a minute behind fellow Paul – an old rival.

Mixed 5000m (B)


1 Francisco Reis M55 Thames Valley Harriers 23:33.3

2 Malcom Martin M60 Surrey Walking Club 26:51.3

3 Abigail Jennings U20W Aldershot Farnham & Dist. 27:05.6

4 Penelope Cummings W40 Aldershot Farnham & Dist. 28:03.8

5 Andrea Ingram W55 Lewes Athletic Club 31:52.9

6 Paul Gaston M70 Surrey Walking Club 32:24.1

7 Shaun Lightman M70 Surrey Walking Club 33:01.5

8 Jacqueline Benson U20W Ashford Athletic Club 33:02.4

9 Christopher Flint M70 Surrey Walking Club 33:15.6

10 Ron Penfold M75 Steyning Athletic Club 33:18.5

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100 Parkruns!

28th Oct: 1970 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Bill Sutherland has achieved the milestone of completing 100 Parkruns or in his case walks at Finsbury Park.



11 Geraldine Legon W55 Bexley Athletic Club 34:34.5

12 David Hoben M65 Surrey Walking Club 35:59.4

Mixed 3000m (B)


1 Eva Payton-White U20W Lewes Athletic Club 17:21.6

2 Katie Stringer U15G Medway & Maidstone AC 17:47.3

3 Devina Nova U15G Ashford Athletic Club 18:01.3

4 Charlotte Wallis U15G Aldershot Farnham & Dist. 18:26.6

5 Christopher Edwards M65 Surrey Walking Club 21:29.1

Mixed Novice 1000m (B)


1 Lewis Burr U11B Tonbridge Athletic Club 6:06.5

2 Eve Cooper U13G Ashford Athletic Club 7:37.7

Midland Winter League, Race 3, Coventry (Sun. 19th Nov.)

On the established 1km lap course at Warwick University, Coventry, the 3rd and Final Midland Winter League Series of 2017 took place on a very cold but dry day, report Glyn Jones. The walkers adapted themselves appropriately and turned out in fairly good numbers for the 10km and 5km races. The younger age groups continued to be low on entries but those that had supported all three races were rewarded at the final presentations.

In the final 5km race, the surprise and most welcomed winner was Daniel Mckerlich of Cardiff A.A.C. who had supported all three series events and even doubled up in the 10km race.

Daniel Mckerlich ~ Carolyn Dyall

Mark Williams and Graham Chapman continued to battle it out for top positions throughout the series. Mark eventually coming home winner of the scratch series and Graham taking overall first handicap award in the 10km.

Carolyn Dyall continued her good form in the 5km and took overall scratch winner for the series in the 5km.

Birchfield Harriers and Leicester W.C. were the only two teams to have completed all three series races resulting in Leicester winning both the mixed team awards in the 5km and 10km.

Overall a successful winter league series and the Midlands are very grateful for all those who supported the races and to the officials and volunteers who continue to give their support.

Mixed 5km (B)


1 Daniel Mckerlich U20M Cardiff A.A.C. 29:36

2 Hardeep Minhas W55 Leicester Walking Club 29:39

3 Carolyn Dyall W40 Nuneaton Harriers 29:44


5 John Constandinou M45 Birchfield Harriers 30:11

6 Roger Michell M65 Surrey Walking Club 31:32

7 Stuart Edgar M45 Dudley & Stourbridge Hs 32:23

8 Hilary Mann W55 Sparkhill Harriers 32:30

9 Molly Meleady Hanley U17W C of Sheffield & Dearne 33:34

10 Tracey Mills W45 Birchfield Harriers 33:38

11 Jeff Taylor M65 Leicester Walking Club 33:40

12 Lin Farrow W60 Harborough Athletic Club 33:49

13 John Gordon N/K Dudley & Stourbridge Hs 33:55

14 Kate Sergent W65 Stratford-upon-Avon AC 35:00

15 Peter Cassidy M75 Loughton Athletic Club 35:31

16 Terry Morris M70 Nuneaton Harriers 35:36

17 David Fall M70 Birchfield Harriers 37:49

18 Julian Barnett M55 Birchfield Harriers 41:45

19 Patrick Walsh N/K Leicester Walking Club 42:58

U13 Girls 2km (B)


1 Kelsey Tozer U13G Birchfield Harriers 13:27

2 Abigail Lysek U13G Dudley & Stourbridge Hs 14:55

3 Katie May-Brownhill U13G Dudley & Stourbridge Hs 15:40

U15 Girls 3km (B)


1 Caitlin Casey U15G Birchfield Harriers 19:06

2 Lara MacColl U15G C of Sheffield & Dearne 19:32

3 Molly Mckerlich U15G Cardiff A.A.C. 20:44

U15 Boys 3km (B)


1 Faris Alkhamesi U15B Nuneaton Harriers 17:46

2 Patrick Morgan U15B Hereford Athletic Club 18:17

Mixed 10km (B)


1 Mark Williams M50 Birchfield Harriers 54:33

2 Graham Chapman M60 Headington Road Runners 54:52

3 Ben Allen U20M Leicester Walking Club 55:14

4 Peter Boszko M65 Birchfield Harriers 59:25

5 Mark Culshaw M50 Ilford Athletic Club 59:45

6 Roger Michell M65 Surrey Walking Club 61:36

7 Julie Bellfield W45 Halesowen Athletic Club 61:41

8 Daniel Mckerlich U20M Cardiff A.A.C. 62:44

9 Hardeep Minhas W55 Leicester Walking Club 62:46


11 John Constandinou M45 Birchfield Harriers 63:47

12 Carolyn Dyall W40 Nuneaton Harriers 64:41

13 Noel Blatchford W65 Abingdon Athletic Club 65:27


15 Lynn Bellfield W50 Halesowen Athletic Club 66:14

16 Laura Achurch U20W Leicester Walking Club 66:22


18 David Fall M70 Birchfield Harriers 78:47

19 Patrick Walsh N/K Leicester Walking Club 85:53

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Alf Palmer Memorial Track Walks

(Incorporating Veterans AC 5000m Championships)

Broadbridge Heath Leisure Centre, Horsham, RH12 3YS

Saturday 9th December 2017 at 11:00

Over 15 – 5000m

Over 11 – 2000m/300m

Under 11 – 1000m

Enter on the Day

Entry Fee: Over 15 - £5, Under 15 - £3

Please Bring a Small Wrapped Gift For Secret Santa Lucky Dip. Approx. £2 - £3

More details if required from Ron Penfold Tel. 01293 520506 / Mob. 07707 028731 or e-mail at [email protected]

or Dave Stevens Tel. 01903 814422

mailto:[email protected]



Sarnia WC 10km, North Side, Vale Guernsey (Sun. 19th Nov.)

Donna Allan had the walk of the day as she smashed the hour barrier for the 10 kilometres road walk held over the four-lap course at North Side, reports Rob Elliott. With race winner Stuart Le Noury away and gone from the start it was Donna that found herself trailing Rob Elliott after one 2.5 kilometres lap with both on course to break the hour. By three kilometres she had caught Elliott and left him, with both walkers walking well up on their recent performances.

Going through the half way point in around 29:45 for 5 kilometres, Donna had a lead of around 30 metres over Elliott and under her previous best for that distance. Looking smooth she continued to increase the gap and walking a slightly quicker second half she crossed the line in 59:21, taking almost four minutes off her time set in the corresponding race last year.

Race winner Le Noury had crossed the line in 54:29, with Elliott, still with a shout of getting under the hour with a lap to go, faded to finish nine seconds outside but pleased to get that close again.

Fourth place went to Kevin Le Noury just breaking 70 minutes, with the next three home Peter Beckerleg, Mick Le Sauvage and Wendy Wilson all finishing close together. Newcomer Wendy Wilson, after only a handful of races removed over 5 minutes off her previous best time with a time of 73:07. Jayne Le Noury walked under her target time to bring home the field in the longer race.

Mixed 10km (B)


1 Stuart Le Noury SM Sarnia Walking Club 54:29

2 Donna Allan W40 Sarnia Walking Club 59:21

3 Rob Elliott M55 Sarnia Walking Club 60:09

4 Kevin Le Noury M60 Sarnia Walking Club 69:61

5 Peter Beckerleg M55 Sarnia Walking Club 72:39

6 Mick Le Sauvage M75 Sarnia Walking Club 72:44

7 Wendy Wilson W50 Sarnia Walking Club 73:07

8 Jayne Le Noury W55 Sarnia Walking Club 77:15

5km (B)


1 Olga Le Noury W35 Sarnia Walking Club 36:14

2 Kay Coulson W45 Sarnia Walking Club 39:40

Surrey WC Addington Cup 7 Mile, Croydon (Sun. 26th Nov.)

Seven Surrey Walking Club and two visitors started this Club Championship on a cold but bright winter’s day, reports Peter Hannell. David Crane, in good form, was away from the start and, apparently not noticing the sharp climbs on each of the 8 laps, won both race and handicap in a good personal best time. He almost lapped the field despite a fairly good time from Malcolm Martin.

The competition down the field was in two groups as Dan Maskell would have caught Steve Allen had the latter not noticed the danger and managed to accelerate to a 40 second gap. Further down the last five started together but after the first lap gradually split with the last retiring. Shaun Lightman held off Chris Flint eventually made two minutes on his rival.

Second in the handicap David Hoben walked strongly on the hills to beat Geraldine Legon by three minutes and finding the climbs more challenging.

Mixed 7 Mile (B)


1 David Crane M35 Surrey Walking Club 56:59

2 Malcolm Martin M60 Surrey Walking Club 64:57

3 Steve Allen M60 Barnet & District AC 74:58


5 Shaun Lightman M70 Surrey Walking Club 77:51

6 Christopher Flint M70 Surrey Walking Club 79:52


8 Geraldine Legon W55 Bexley Athletic Club 86:30

Manx Winter League, Andreas, Isle of Man (Sun. 26th Nov.)

Round 2 of the Up and Running Winter Walking League took place in chilly conditions around the Andreas village circuit.

The 10km was set off on handicap and resulted in a win for Michelle Turner (pictured below), making a welcome return to racing after a lengthy absence. Stewart Jones sliced five minutes from his first-

round time to get under the hour for second on handicap, while Voirrey Earnshaw-Cain and Chrissie Lewis removed four minutes from their Round 1 performances and were just five seconds apart for 3rd and 4th position respectively.

Ray Beattie also had a sizeable three-minute improvement to take 5th and Tony Edwards was back on song and under the hour again for 6th on handicap. Fastest 10km walker on the day was Gianni Epifani with a personal best of 48:24. Dale Farquhar was second fastest

with a season’s best of 52:00 while James Quirk was 3rd fastest with a lifetime best of 55:27. Fastest female was Michelle Turner with 56:38 from Bernie Ball 61:11 and not to be outdone by husband Dale, Jayne Farquhar was third fastest lady with 61:37 personal best.

The 5km resulted in a clear win on handicap from Lalaghe Earnshaw-Cain, who removed well over two minutes from her season opener. Sally Rothwell-Caley in 2nd and Louise Cowell in 3rd also took around a minute and ½ from their times and personal bests for all three ladies. Quickest walker in the 5km was Hannah Hunter, improving on her time from Round 1 by 45 seconds to record 25:42. Second fastest was junior Alice Bellando who pretty much matched her time from Round 1 with 30:33. Sharon Cain was third fastest and very close to her best with 31:41

The juniors raced well, with some fine techniques and close racing. Abbie Edwards continues to knock lumps of her personal best with 18:30 to take the win from Keira Heavey and Mia Dunwell who finished just 10 seconds apart in 20:33 and 20:43 all three girls are improving rapidly and walking well.

In the 2km Daniel Bassett dipped inside 14 minutes for the win and Dominic Dunwell took over 30 seconds off his time from round 1 for 2nd place. The only girl in the 2km, Alex Nicoll was 3rd. In the 1km Conor Basset took the win from the diminutive Aalin Heavey who walked a very stylish race for one so young, both making improvements on their times from Round 1.

Mixed 10km

Pos Athlete AG Club H Cap/Actual

1 Michelle Turner W45 Northern Athletic Club 75:20/56:38

2 Stewart Jones M45 Manx Harriers 75:45/59:53

3 Voirrey Earnshaw-Cain W50 Northern Athletic Club 76:45/71:19

4 Chrissie Lewis W40 Unattached 76:50/76:50

5 Ray Beattie M60 Manx Harriers 78:16/62:41

6 Tony Edwards M55 Manx Harriers 78:50/59:15

=7 Rob Wright M65 Unattached 79:02/68:47

=7 Colin Moore M55 Isle of Man Veterans 79:02/66:46

9 Caroline Wright N/K Unattached 79:19/79:19

10 Dale Farquhar M35 Manx Harriers 79:23/52:00

11 Angie Robinson W50 Unattached 79:27/71:32

12 May Hooper W45 Unattached 79:34/72:23

13 Dudley Butt N/K Unattached 80:01/68:55

14 Sam Fletcher M35 Manx Harriers 80:02/56:39

15 Rob Clynes M50 Unattached 80:07/72:12

16 James Quirk M45 Manx Harriers 80:17/55:27

17 Nicola Raven W55 Manx Harriers 80:25/66:20

18 Gianni Epifani M45 Manx Harriers 80:27/48:24



19 Jayne Farquhar W45 Manx Harriers 80:37/61:37

20 Gordon Erskine M70 Unattached 80:42/73:51

21 Dermott O'Toole M65 Unattached 81:17/71:04

22 Bernie Johnson W35 Isle of Man Veterans 81:53/61:11

23 Jane Arzt W45 Unattached 82:08/80:30

24 Angela Corkish W70 Isle of Man Veterans 82:22/75:31

25 Tony Arzt M50 Unattached 84:02/71:04

Mixed 5km

Pos Athlete AG Club H Cap/Actual

1 Lalaghe Earnshaw-Cain SW Unattached 40:32/38:55

2 Sally Rothwell-Caley W50 Western Athletic Club 41:28/34:04

3 Louise Cowell SW Unattached 41:31/33:35

4 Debbie James N/K Unattached 42:17/42:17

5 Sharon Cain W45 Western Athletic Club 42:20/31:41

6 Hannah Hunter W35 Manx Harriers 42:22/25:42

7 Sarah Goldsmith W70 Isle of Man Veterans 42:27/42:47

8 Lynn Ryan W55 Unattached 42:50/40:16

9 Alice Bellando U17W Manx Harriers 43:10/30:33

10 Clare Rundle N/K Unattached 43:17/43:17

11 Henry Da Silva N/K Unattached 47:53/47:53

Girls 3km


1 Abbie Edwards U15G Manx Harriers 18:30

2 Keira Heavey U17W Northern Athletic Club 20:33

3 Mia Dunwell U15G Northern Athletic Club 20:43

Mixed 2km


1 Daniel Bassett U13B Manx Harriers 13:57

2 Dominic Dunwell U13B Northern Athletic Club 14:01

3 Alexandra Nicoll U13G Manx Harriers 15:05

Under 11 1km


2 Conor Bassett U11B Manx Harriers 7:18

2 Aalin Heavey U11B Unattached 9:53

Sarnia Walking Club Bob Wright Handicap Series Race Four, 3 Kilometres Road Walk, Cambridge Park (Sun. 26th Nov.)

Wendy Wilson moved into third place in the Bob Wright Handicap Series after the fourth of seven races, when winning the latest race over three kilometres at Cambridge Park, reports Rob Elliott. Her actual time was a new personal best time of 20:45, taking nine seconds off her previous best set recently.

Second place went to Kevin Le Noury moving back into form with 20.01. A good race from Kay Coulson gave her third place from Rob Elliott who walked the fastest time of the day just outside 17 minutes. He managed to reverse the order over next to finish Donna Allan who had beaten him over 10 kilometres the week before.

Donna started 20 seconds ahead of Elliott, who made up the gap easily and moved ahead in the first lap of three. He held on to his advantage until a few hundred metres from the end when Donna made the effort to move ahead and opened a gap herself before fading in the final straight where Elliott regained his position.

Mick Le Sauvage, Dave Dorey and Peter Beckerleg, the remaining walkers all finished within 14 seconds of each other on handicap.

There is now a close race in the series with four points separating the first four walkers with Mick Le Sauvage leading Donna Allan by a point followed by Wendy Wilson and Peter Beckerleg.

Mixed 3km (B)

Pos Athlete AG Club Watch/Actual

1 Wendy Wilson W50 Sarnia Walking Club 22:30/20:45

2 Kevin Le Noury M60 Sarnia Walking Club 22:46/22:01

3 Kay Coulson M45 Sarnia Walking Club 22:54/21:09

4 Rob Elliott M55 Sarnia Walking Club 22:59/17:04

5 Donna Allan W40 Sarnia Walking Club 23:02/17:27

6 Mick Le Sauvage M75 Sarnia Walking Club 23:07/20:52

7 Dave Dorey M70 Sarnia Walking Club 23:20/22:25

8 Peter Beckerleg M55 Sarnia Walking Club 23:21/22:06

Yorkshire RWC Winter League #3/Soup & Roll League, Dalton, North Yorkshire (Sun. 26th Nov.)

Sunday morning dawned cold, crispy and clear with a few icy patches on the race circuit of undulating, twisting country lanes that required coning off, reports Trevor McDermot. Otherwise an interesting 5km route was clear and practically free of vehicle traffic. This small, scenic village nestled in upper Teesdale, was the venue of our first Soup & Roll League promotion nearly four years ago.

Eight different clubs were represented overall, eleven in each 5km and 10km tests, and eleven (precisely half of the walkers) were complete newcomers. A few usual stalwarts were absent. We were delighted to introduce the novel concept of Race Walking to members of the Catterick parkrun volunteer team, and to the Walker family from Sedgefield Harriers who were to eventually earn themselves three prizes to take home including a signed copy of Chris Maddocks’ book.

Travelling an awfully long way to support the promotion (Crete is hardly next door) was the always impressive Tony Taylor. After some technical issues occasioned by an injury-hit year he visibly relaxed on his second lap to take the 10km (and league handicap win too) by a good margin from 100-mile legend Martin Fisher. Sharon Gayter got the better of Dennis Jackson for 3rd, and was overjoyed to see husband Bill achieve 1st Novice place in his very first race walk.

In the 5km Pat Evans used her good experience of the course followed by venerable Winter League secretary Alan Brooks of the hosting club. In third was 14-year-old Abbie Walker who, having begun with homework in hand, and then strolled for a bit admiring the view, thought she might as well give the race some attention too. She was to finish in 37 mins barely out of breath, looking as if it was as much effort as putting the kettle on. One can only wonder at the potential.

Excellent efforts followed by mum Marie and Judith Fisher who thoroughly deserved their prizes. All Novices were presented with certificates by ex-World Record holder Marion Fawkes.

A free lunch of home-made vegetable soup and crusty rolls (that particular Northern delicacy of pie n’ peas also on offer besides chicken drumsticks and a very popular curry brought by the irrepressible Atmaram) left little cleaning up. Our very entertaining parkrun friends from the Gurkha community completely dominated the presentation with their insistence on photos with everything and everybody, and gave a fantastic reminder that family participation and FUN should be keystones in everything.

And the club gained another three new members.

The afternoon saw an EA officials Level 1 module in race walking in the village hall meeting room, under the control of top judge Ian Richards; those present were able to get some practical experience from the racing earlier.

So that was it. A ‘taster’ day with fresh air, RW book stall, nice food, an attractive venue, and responses at short notice from local community, Athletic clubs, parkrun brigade, England Athletics and different generations of age/family participation, in order to introduce race walking. Much could be done better but It was all privately sponsored and gives an idea of what might be achieved with support from official bodies. The talent is out there waiting.

Mixed 10km (B)


1 Tony Taylor M70 Lancashire Walking Club 55:26


3 Sharon Gayter W50 North York Moors AC 65:16

4 Dennis Jackson M70 York C.I.U. 66:19

5 Russ Jackson M70 Yorkshire R.W.C. 68:04

6 William Gayter M50 North York Moors AC 74:45


8 John Paddick M70 Quickstep Striders 80:15



9 Yam Gurung M55 Yorkshire R.W.C. 80:34

10 Atmaram Dahal M55 Yorkshire R.W.C. 80:35

11 David Jones M65 Redcar Race Walking Club 84:46

Mixed 5km (B)


1 Pat Evans W65 Lancashire Walking Club 34:58

2 Alan Brooks M70 Yorkshire R.W.C. 35:53

3 Abbie Walker U15G Sedgefield Harriers 37:14

4 Marie Walker W45 Sedgefield Harriers 39:52

5 Judith Fisher W50 Unattached 41:49

=6 Kath Stewart W70 North Shields Poly AC 43:29

=6 Ron Stewart M75 North Shields Poly AC 43:29

=8 Jenny Walker U15G Sedgefield Harriers 48:37

=8 David Walker M50 Sedgefield Harriers 48:37

=10 Anita Dahal W50 Unattached 55:03

=10 Shova Gurung W50 Unattached 55:03

Dick Maxwell Memorial 10k at Simister (Sat. 2nd Dec.)

The race was held over the tough/undulating six lap 'Nightmare Course' - on an overcast cool day (6C), reports Roy Gunnett.

There was a good turnout of 16 walkers, this included four guest walkers. Adrian Edwards took an early lead which he held over the first half of the race, he was closely followed by Martin Fisher and then Martin Young. Martin Fisher in the second half gradually reeled in Adrian, took the lead and went on to win the scratch race.

Dave Crompton won the handicap and was awarded the Dick Maxwell trophy.

Men’s 10km (B)


1 Martin Fisher M55 Redcar Race Walking Club 57.37

2 Adrian Edwards M55 Lancashire Walking Club 58.27

3 Martin Young M45 Hallamshire Harriers 60.02

4 Tony Bell M50 Lancashire Walking Club 63.52

5 Glyn Jones M75 Coventry Godiva Harriers 64.55

6 Dave Crompton M50 Lancashire Walking Club 66.08

7 Joe Hardy M70 Lancashire Walking Club 66.33

8 Dan Maskell M70 Surrey Walking Club 76.59

9 Greg Smith M65 Lancashire Walking Club 68.48

10 Roy Gunnett M70 Lancashire Walking Club 68.57

11 Steve Sargent M70 Lancashire Walking Club 69.12

12 Phil McCullagh M60 Lancashire Walking Club 69.28

13 Ian Vaughan M60 Lancashire Walking Club 74.10

Mixed 5km (B)


1 Irene Pike W65 Lancashire Walking Club 32.16

2 Pat Evans W65 Lancashire Walking Club 33.06

3 Ian Hilditch M75 Lancashire Walking Club 36.56

December

Sat. 9th B Alf Palmer Memorial Track Walks Horsham

Sun. 10th B Sarnia WC 10km Vale

Sun. 17th B Manx Winter League 3 Ramsey

B Sarnia WC 815m Hill Climb Le Val de Terres

Tue. 26th B Steyning AC Boxing Day Walks Brighton

Sun. 31st B Sarnia WC 3-mile Handicap Rocquaine

January

Sun. 7th A EA Indoor Championships E.I.S. Sheffield

B Sarnia WC Handicap 5km North Side, Vale

Sun. 14th B Sarnia WC Pace Judgement 6 x 750 Cambridge Park

Sat. 20th A London Indoor Games Lee Valley

B Enfield League 5 Miles Enfield

Sat. 27th B Steyning 15 Mile Steyning

Sun. 28th B Sarnia WC Handicap 1 Mile Footes Lane

Round 2 Chris Smith Race Walking League 2017/18

Ben Allen is in a rich vein of form over a range of distances up to 10km and won his first Chris Smith league race with a personal best, reports George Smolinski. Nick Hart, with a personal best, was runner up on this occasion with Jordan Price just nine seconds back. In the girl’s category the 1-2-3 mirrored that of the first race.

Going into the winter “break”, competition is tight at the top of both leagues. Nick leads Ben by a solitary point in the boy’s league while a handful of points separates Caitlin Casey from Kelsey Tozer and Bethan Anthony in the girl’s competition.

In the battle for the team title, Highworth Grammar (Ashford) currently hold a healthy lead.

Girls 2000m

Pos Athlete School/College Perf

1 Megan Stratton-Thomas Gowerton College, Swansea 10:26

2 Abigail Jennings Farnborough 6th. Form 10:37

3 Amy Phipps Ysgol Gufyn Ystalyfera, Neath 11:26

4 Devina Nova Highworth Grammar, Ashford 11:52

5 Mollie Dainton Coedcae School, Llanelli 12:07

6 Grace Whittingam Highworth Grammar, Ashford 12:10

7 Jacqueline Benson Folkestone School for Girls 12:12

8 Caitlin Casey Streetly Academy 12:15

9 Charlotte Wallis Wavell School, Farnborough 12:17

10 Laura Achurch Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College 12:18

11 Lara MacColl Sheffield High School 12:23

12 Maddie Draycott Olchfa School, Swansea 12:46

13 Molly Meleady-Hanley Westbourne School, Sheffield 12:56

14 Lucy Walker Meadowhead School, Sheffield 13:01

15 Bethan Anthony Bryntirion School, Bridgend 13:06

16 Kelsey Tozer Beeches Academy 13:27

17 Lyla Bryan Countesthorpe Leysland College 13:50

18 Molly Mckerlich Rhadyr Comp., Cardiff 14:15

19 Tazmina Rashid Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College 14:24

20 Abigail Lycett Thorns Primary School 14:55

21 Imogen Walker Greenhill Primary, Sheffield 15:16

22 Isabelle Smolinski Thistly Meadow Primary 15:29

23 Rose Fitzgerald Alton Convent, Alton, Hampshire 15:39

24 Daisy Betford St James Primary Academy 15:40

25 Katie May Brownhill DASH Academy 15:40

26 Fern Gannon Ash Manor, Ash, Surrey 15:41

27 Brooke Gannon Ash Manor, Ash, Surrey 15:43

28 Bethan Jones Glantaf, Cardiff 15:55

29 Scarlet Salvage Hawley Place, Farnborough 16:08

30 Ellie Lade Crickhowell High, Powys 16:14

31 Sophie Williams Blaby Stokes Primary, Leics 16:47

32 Olivia Servadei Blaby Stokes Primary, Leics 17:25

33 Lola Wells Blaby Stokes Primary, Leics 19:56

34 Faith Castledine Countesthorpe Leysland College 20:15

Boys 2000m

Pos Athlete School/College Perf

1 Ben Allen Countesthorpe Leysland College 9:32

2 Nick Hart Court Moor, Fleet 10:39

3 Jordan Price Crickhowell High, Powys 10:46

4 Faris Alkhamesi Hastings High School 11:45

5 Daniel Mckerlich Coleg y Cymoedd, Aberdare 12:02

6 Kenton Jennings Collingwood College, Camberley 14:44

7 Lamar Abuchi Lakeside School, Frimley 15:06

8 Josh Mortimer Wyke Primary, Ash, Surrey 15:16

9 Jack Harrison Countesthorpe Leysland College 15:27

10 Archie Ellis Lambrook School, Ascot 15:30

11 Gabriel Weir Blaby Stokes Primary, Leics 16:22

12 Huey Bryan Blaby Stokes Primary, Leics 16:36

13 Zac Starkey Wordsley School, Stourbridge 16:40

14 Thomas Sutcliffe Blaby Stokes Primary, Leics 17:41

15 Harry Wilkinson St James Primary, Woolaston 17:44

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