Race Walking Record June 2013 in Association with the Race Walking Association
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Revised Race Walking Record June 2013 In association with the Race Walking Association Contents The News this Month This month’s news This is the REVISED fourth issue of the new Record. (please note those underlined are bookmarked your convenience) In this issue opinions on the Pit Lane trials, results from News and reviews the last month including the IAAF Permit Race and the Fixtures Calendar and adverts Small Nations Cup. Results Readers Page Please note change of date for National 50km to > Letters and reports Saturday 27th July. > Photos From the Editors Welcome to this issue, we hope you enjoy it. If you have any feedback or wish to contribute to future issues please send your messages to the address at the end of the Record or email us at: [email protected] This email will go to both editors. This is the final “free issue” to be sent in hard copies to subscribers. If you wish to continue receiving hardcopies please forward £3 to the Race Walking Association stating name, address and that you want printed copies of the Record. If you want to receive notification of when the electronic version is available on the website please email us and we will add you to the FREE notification list. We aim to keep this list up to date however if you believe we have missed you off the monthly notification please contact us at: [email protected] The electronic version is in PDF (Portable Document Format) which can be read on most computers. If you do not have a PDF reader on your pc then adobe reader is freely available on the internet and will work. You are free to print, and circulate your copy of the record. No July Edition: Please be advised that due to the summer holidays there will not be an edition of the Record in July. All results and reports will be included in a joint “Summer” edition at the end of August. Due to this change in publication everyone who has paid the £3 for hardcopies will receive posted copies up to December. News and reviews YAG Nihill Shield Team The following athletes were selected as the team to represent England in the Small Nations Cup, 28th June 2013 in Dublin. Well done to all. Team Managers: Mike Fox, Elizabeth Corran and Jill Langford Page 1 of 26 Contact us at [email protected] or [email protected] Revised Race Walking Record June 2013 In association with the Race Walking Association U13s U15s Ben Allen (Leicester) Jack Leversidge (Sheffield) Sam Redfern (Nuneaton) Chris Snook (Aldershot) Ana Garcia (Sheffield) Tom Partington (IOM) Ana Zeidler (Sheffield) Jason Turner (IOM) Kara Lane (Birchfield) Sophie Lewis Ward (Cambridge) Evie Butcher (Cambridge) Indigo Burgin (Cambridge) U17s Matthew Redfern (Nuneaton) Heather Butcher (Cambridge) Emma Achurch (Nuneaton) Callum Wilkinson (Enfield & Haringey) Guy Thomas (Tonbridge) Luc Legon (Cambridge) See results later in edition. Photo by Mark Easton Breda, Holland by Pam Ficken Our team of 7 were met at Eindhoven airport by Hans Van de Knapp and taken to Breda by bus and train. After checking in at our hotel it was off to dinner in the centre of Breda, taking a look at the loop course in the nearby beautiful park. The 20KM started at 8.00am on the Sunday morning. Dan and Dom walked well with times of 89.26 and 90.56, only beaten by Colin Griffin of Ireland. Our young team in the Women's 10K and Junior Men's 10K walked brilliantly. Lauren Whelan was 2nd (53.22), Jasmine Nicholls was 3rd (53.57) a personal best and Heather Butcher, in her first 10K, was 5th (55.16). For the boys, Callum Wilkinson was 2nd (48.56) in his first 10K and Guy Thomas was 3rd (51.25). Overall we finished 2nd in the match, only beaten by 1 point by the Irish team. I am sure the experience they gained will hold them all in good stead for the future. Dom and Dan were a great help to them. Many thanks to the parents and to Joan and Ron Wallwork who came out to Breda to add extra support, to the Dutch who made us all so welcome and lastly to the RWA who made the trip possible. Photo by Ron Wallwork Please note that Steve Uttley was 14th in a time of 1.52.55 and Steve Allen 15th in 1.53.30 both walking as guests. Sorry for not including this information previously. Page 2 of 26 Contact us at [email protected] or [email protected] Revised Race Walking Record June 2013 In association with the Race Walking Association Announcing the RWA Annual Award Winners The following trophies have been awarded by the RWA for the 2012 competition year. These were awarded in February 2013, apologies for the delay in reporting. Lancashire Trophy: (Best Female Walker) Nominated Sandra Brown and Johanna Jackson. Awarded to Johanna. Edgar Horton Cup: (Best performance over 50km) Dominic King International Trophy: (Most worthy international performance) Dominic King Ken Smith Trophy: (Best YAG performance) Cameron Corbishley Congratulations to all the winners and good luck to everyone in the 2013 competition year. Result of South Yorkshire Schools by Brian Adams Following on from the U13 British 3,000m Record achieved by Ana Garcia at the Inter-Area Ana took Kathryn Granger British 1,000m best down from 4.47 to 4.32.1. Alana Zeidler moved into 11th on the U13's all time list with 5.14.9. These two then went on to finish 3rd & 4th in the U13 800m run. 5th South Yorkshire League by Brian Adams It was great to see 3 newcomers at Millhouses Park, though 3 of the regulars were missing for various reasons so 6 finishers was fairly usual. The target time for everyone to cross the finish line was 18.56 so three people beat their target time. Alana got within 12 seconds of her Personal Best but only finished 4th. Heritage Group Sarnia Walking Club Championships: Race 6 Osmond Priaulx Playing Fields, Guernsey: Rob Elliot Rob Elliott has hundreds of race walk victories to his name over his long career, but this latest one was probably the luckiest of them all, as he overhauled the long time leader Phil Lockwood in the final hundred metres of the Heritage Group Championships over 5,000 metres. The unlucky Lockwood had built up a gap of never more than 15 seconds over Elliott in the first half of the race, going through 1,000 metres in 5.21 and 3,000 metres in 16.33. Elliott, hoping to get under 28 minutes passed 3,000 metres ten seconds behind and planned to chase Lockwood down in the final laps. As the gap came down Elliott’s bid faltered as his hamstring started to twinge so played safe and held back a bit. With a lap to go and the end in sight, he increased the effort to keep the gap the same, but without warning Lockwood hit trouble with 250 metres remaining. His back problem of recent weeks first slowed him down, then threw him into a stagger before coming to a halt in the final straight as Elliott went passed. Page 3 of 26 Contact us at [email protected] or [email protected] Revised Race Walking Record June 2013 In association with the Race Walking Association Race 6 cont’d A few words of encouragement from Elliott and Allan Harris who was being lapped gave him the impetuous to carry on and cross the line 43 seconds down on Elliott’s winning time of 28.04. Third place went to Terry Bates in just over thirty minutes. In the women’s Championship the winner once again was Jayne Le Noury in 36.29, ahead of Kay Coulson. The walk of the day was by Peter Beckerleg, who set a new personal best time of 33.45 which gave him victory in the accompanying Jubilee Handicap Championship in which he leads from Rob Elliott and Mick Le Sauvage. Willow Trust One Hour Track walk; Osmond Priaulx Playing Fields, Guernsey by Rob Elliott Longest distance by Elliott in Willow Trust Hour Rob Elliott walked the furthest distance in the Willow Trust One Hour Track walk when he walked 10,306 metres in the allotted time. He expected to walk a close race with Phil Lockwood, who pulled out of the event after 9 laps with a back problem. At this point Lockwood held a 70 metres lead over Elliott who was closing the gap slowly. Elliott, aiming for at least 10 kilometres in the hour was ahead of his target for all of the race, passing 5 kilometres in 29 minutes and 10 kilometres in around 58.20. Second furthest distance went to Peter Beckerleg with 8,603 metres and then Mick Le Sauvage 8,571 metres. Mick walked 190 metres further than his own Age Best time. Horwich 2013 by Eric Horwill The7th edition of this popular masters championship saw probably the best weather conditions. Part of the course has been recently resurfaced so it was not surprising that some fast times were recorded. With 2 of the favourites failing to make the start line, Patrick Murphy one of our regular visitors from the Emerald Isle pulled away from the rest of the field with ease. 3 athletes assisted the minor placings with places changing all through the 3 lap course. There were 2 new championship best performances (and course records), both in the 70 age group.