FRONT COVER: Alex Wright on his way to winning his first National Senior title at the European Trials - completing a string of incredible performances, along with other walkers who have reversed the fortunes of the sport. PHOTO: by Mark Easton Editorial Race Walking is yet again getting busier and busier. With more races being held, new people trying the sport, performances improving all over and many new developments in progress, the sport will soon be facing different challenges to the ones we have long worried about. With the Olympics coming up and a constantly increasing profile in the media, we can only become busier and more popular, and more people will be needed.

Many people give a lot of their time to the sport, appearing at events up and down the country, facing endless administration tasks, promoting walking events, coaching young athletes, timekeeping, judging, lap-counting, etc. And not forgetting the young athletes themselves, some of whom are now doing two or three training sessions per day, often over 50 hours per week, trying hard to reach the levels we encourage them to achieve.

No, I don’t consider myself one of the twenty busiest people in race walking in this country! I wouldn’t like to name all the individuals who put so much into the sport, as I’d undoubtedly miss out many people who do incredible amounts of work but keep a low profile. It’s thanks to the many, many hard working people that we have finally become a sport to be proud of again. And we will need more people doing whatever they can to help out, so when you aren’t walking, please consider what else you can do, and offer to help out at a race! Magazine info Race Walking Record (founded 1941) is the international magazine for the sport of walking and walking events, published each and every month.

Issue: 804 – “May” 2010. Subscriptions: UK £30, International £40, PDF by email £20. Advertisements: Full page £40, half page £20. Club advertisements: Full page £20, Half page £10. Editor: John Constandinou, 60 Claverdon Drive, Birmingham B43 5HP. Website: www.racewalkingrecord.net Contributors: John Constandinou, Mark Easton, Pat Reeves, Phil Howell, Ron Wallwork, Michael George, Eric Horwill, Dave Ainsworth, Peter Hannel, George Smolinski, Brian Adams, Rob Elliott, Andi Drake, Ian Richards. Please post all news, results, announcements, letters, photos and articles to me or email them to [email protected]

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Holding race walk events in high profile News places in front of the public is now seen as better than in a park or around a British Record for Johanna stadium. Although the walkers will not get a stadium finish, fans will no longer have Jo Jackson set a new record for 20k in the to choose between watching only the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in La stadium finish or the bulk of the race Coruna, on the 19th June. Johanna outside instead, and it is thought that the broke her own record in a world class field, increased exposure for the sport will finishing in 1:30:41 an improvement of 35 result in more people taking up the sport. seconds on her pervious record of 1:31:16 set in Lugano a year ago. The official course map is on the back cover of this magazine. Alex Wright - Star Race Walker Eric Tysse Fails Dug Tests Alex was voted Athlete of the Month at Leeds Met University for June 2010, after The Norwegian Athletics Federation says making incredible breakthroughs as a senior race walker Erik Tysse has tested athlete at the age of just 19. He won the positive for doping and has been Inter Counties 3km title in Bedford in time suspended from all competitions. Tysse 11.38 (9th on the UK All Time List) and tested positive for blood booster CERA at three weeks later at Bedford he was 3rd in a competition in in May. An analysis the European Athletics Permit Meeting over at a laboratory in showed both the 20km (1st Brit) in 85.46 - the fastest time by "A'' and "B'' samples were positive for a British Athlete since 2002, putting him CERA. 14th on the All Time list and the fastest ever time by a British teenager. This was also At a news conference in Oslo a tearful well inside the qualifying time of Tysse denied having used illegal drugs 90.00 for the in and questioned how the test had been and he is now ranked 4th in the analyzed. He said he had "nothing to Commonwealth in 2010. Finally, he took his hide" and would fight to clear his name. first National Senior Title over 5km in Tysse was fifth in the 50-kilometer race Birmingham at the Aviva European Trial and at the Olympics. UK Championships in a PB of 20.11. RWR Archives Born 2012 Olympic Walks Venue Thanks to Doug Fotheringham The venue for the Olympic Walks responding to an appeal for old will almost certainly be The Mall, between magazines, the electronic archives of this Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch. magazine are now taking shape online, The lap will be a flat 2km, and pass the so that future generations will have a official residence of the Queen - who may wealth of research material freely be watching. available for ever.

The policy on where to hold major walking The very first ten issues of Race Walking events shifted last year, during the World Record ever published (1941-1942) are Athletics Championships held in . The now online. Rather than dated material, Berlin race walks were held through the the original magazines actually make Brandenburg Gate, and gained huge public fascinating reading, and were very interest. professionally produced. While we are now looking back as far as the 1940’s, they in turn are looking back to the latter half The new records section has been of the nineteenth century, showing that race developed with Bob Care, and has so far walking is a long established sport in this received positive feedback. It is still in its country. early stage, so any missing records or mistakes will quickly corrected when There were paper shortages during World identified. War 2, that meant RWR was quite thin in some months, but there is substantial news RWR Parish Special 2010 of racewalks including many in the UK, and overseas in Palestine and the Delhi Sikhs For the second time, Race Walking 14 miles, along with annual walks that still Record has produced a special souvenir take place today that surprisingly had large magazine for the Parish Walk. The 36 fields for a country deep at war. July 11th page magazine was designed to try and 1942 had 200 start the Southern 5 Miles. encourage some of the 1,710 walkers to have a go at other race walks. Due to A photo of the 1936 trials confusion last year, RWR subscribers held in Derby, and profiles of walkers of the can request that a free copy be emailed day make fascinating reading. Images of the to them. first ten issues can be seen on the back cover of this magazine.

Resources for Coaches Announcements

Access to the IAAF Race Walking video for UKA Hall of Fame 2010 UK based walks coaches has been secured by England Athletics. It is at the UKA Please vote for Ken Mathews in the UKA coaching website: 2010 Hall of Fame. Voting is only http://coaching.uka.org.uk/video/iaaf-race- available online, and a link is available on walking-video1/ RacewalkUK. Ken missed out last year and will form the start of what will hopefully but is being included again this year be a growing centre for race walking possibly due to significant votes from resources for coaches. Please spread the walkers. Competition this year is very word around the coaching fraternity if they stiff, so if you do vote for Ken, please want a ready resource for use to promote don't vote for the popular opposition... the event and also as a good coaching reference. Dodontocht 100km Death March Martin Rush Belgium National Coach Mentor - Endurance England Athletics There are a few spaces available on a weekend coach trip heading to the 100km 24 hour Death March in Bornem, Records Online nr Antwerp, Belgium. Leaving Bristol Thursday 12th August and returning A new section has been added to the Sunday 15th August, with pick-ups website as a central information point for between Swindon & Dover. 100k walk in walkers. It contains over 300 records, 24 hours starts Friday at 9pm. Travel including British, World, and Masters cost is £87. Contact: Andy Bodman, records for various distances. More records [email protected] or info will be added over time including European, from Dave Hoben. …Your editor will be Country, County, and Championships walking this event. Records.

Health Problems Following on from last month's input relative to enzymes, l will now focus on a On 17th June Ron Wallwork was an sub-group - namely proteolytic enzymes. emergency admittance to West Suffolk Hospital with a pulmonary embolism. Ron is All athletes endure injuries from time to now recovering well. time. These cause obvious set-backs in training and likely cost us to pull out of Brian Laver RIP competing - or give us a poorer ranking status. BRIAN LAVER has died in his mid-50s. Brian was a Junior International at a time Using proteolytic enzymes has been when achieving such status was a tough scientifically shown to reduce challenge. He raced in the early 70s for inflammation and thus speed healing of Essex Beagles before switching to Ilford AC such injuries and shorten time taken to in the mid-70s. He left race walking when heal. still in good form, but returned to race twice 2001. He resided in Hornchurch and his The benefits to the healing process are Coach, Colin Young, said, "Brian was a via improving blood flow to the injured good strong lad who raced often and also area, reduced oedema and inflammation appeared in Lugano, . He'll be and improved motility and flexibility. remembered as a talented and keen competitor who graced the early/mid-70s The use of trypsin and chymotripsin, scene. DA papain and bromelain are very effective for improving recovery rate of injuries, Harry Wheeler RIP both sport-related and otherwise. Together with physical therapy, Former Yorkshire Race Walking Club application of ice, etc, proteolytic champion Harry Wheeler has died at the enzymes absolutely have their place in age of 75 after a short illness. assisting a fast and complete recovery. Oral enzyme products are well-tolerated, He was fourth in the Bradford Walk in 1956 which is an additional plus-point. and third in 1957, when the walk attracted the best long distance walkers in the land. lf you are unfortunate enough to sustain a sport-related injury - or any injury for Serving in the army at the time, he was that matter - do consider a course of regarded as one of the country’s best these healing enzymes - either a trypsin- walking prospects. After emigrating to New chymotripsin product, or a papain- Zealand in late 1957, Harry returned in 1963 bromelain product, or one that combines and he and his brother Frank were all four. Utilise until the injury heals and members of the successful Yorkshire then use around three times each week Walking Club teams in the late 60s. On his for maintenance. These enzymes need to 70th birthday, Harry completed the London be taken on an empty stomach, obviously Marathon. employing a healthy eating plan and your regular supplementation, which should embrace bioflavonoids, curcumin, and Features likely glucosamine with chondroitin NUTRITION: sulphate. Enzymes - keys to a healthy life - part two: Proteolytic Enzymes Chymotrypsin breaks down proteins into By Pat Reeves usable components, it is also used to aid the digestive processes. It reduces inflammation and swelling. It is definitely worth considering for osteo and traumatic strains and sprains, etc. It is believed to arthritis. It improves healing of sprains and inhibit the body's production of aids surgical recovery - though l personally prostaglandins associated with chose bromelain - this chymotrypsin is inflammation and pain, whilst promoting animal derived, either bovine or porcine. the formation of those with an anti- There are four main proteolytic enzymes inflammatory action. Bromelain can also contained in our pancreatin of which work well when taken in conjunction with chymotrypsin and trypsin form two. turmeric; it appears to aid the absorption Trypsin is also effective for meningitis, of curcumin, the active compound in neuritis, hives, pleural infusion, peripheral turmeric. vascular disease and many related conditions. Both chymotrypsin and trypsin are best taken orally.

Bromelain: This proteolytic enzyme has a wide pH range and can, therefore, be a good plant derived substitute for both trypsin and pepsin. I have used this effectively with patients suffering from cellulitis, inflammation, diabetic ulcers, acute and long-standing trauma - and was my Fresh raw pineapple is a good food supplement of choice, alongside source as is also the rather woody stem, serrapeptase, to hasten recovery from my though higher amounts are required recent shoulder surgeries. l have also used therapeutically - typically around 1500 bromelain against my genetically-fuelled mg each day during acute trauma. osteocarcoma - now thankfully eradicated - Unless one is eating raw and living as it is known to activate tumour necrosis foodstuffs on a daily basis, factor. It works brilliantly with all supplementing various enzymes is likely cardiovascular conditions, thromboses, the only method of ensuring a sufficient ulcers - and for all you fit race-walkers - will supply. High-stress lifestyles, processed speed healing from any traumas you may foods, air and water pollution ramps up encounter on the track or road. Definitely our requirements. one to keep in your kit bag! It is best taken Who needs them? Everyone! orally and via topical application. Obviously a brilliant digestive-aid especially FEATURE: assisting in protein and fat digestion, recent Masters 3000m Walk Indoor Rankings research has turned many experts' attention 2010 to its use for helping sports people with Any additions/amendments please contact: Bob Care, 3 Hall Cliffe Crescent, Horbury, Results and Reports Wakefield, WF4 6DF. Norman Fowler Memorial Meeting Email:[email protected] 5th April 2010 M40 Tonbridge 1 Mark Culshaw 16.41.70 M45 2000m Walk (U13) 1 Francisco Reis 14.25.55 1 Heather Butcher Cambridge Harriers M50 U13G 11:20.51 1 Nick Silvester 13.58.35 2 Steve Uttley 15.35.14 3000m Walk Male & Female (all ages ) 3 Steve Allen 16.15.06 1 Liam Baldwin Tonbridge U20M 4 Gary Macdonald 18.58.21 14:48.74 M55 2 Kate Funnell Ashford U17W 15:24.01 1 Dave Sharpe 17.37.03 3 Emily Symons Tonbridge U20W 2 Sean Pender 17.47.81 16:28.56 M60 4 Guy Thomas Tonbridge U15B 16:42.13 1 John Hall 15.00.28 5 Rebecca Roddy Ashford U15G 2 Howard Brown 19.39.07 17:59.61 3 Dave Ainsworth 22.08.49 6 Ben Parsons Tonbridge U17M M65 18:03.95 1 Colin Turner 15.59.55 7 Gary Macdolald Surrey M50 18:34.45 2 Peter Hannell 17.14.07 8 Cameron Corbishley M&M U15B 3 Ron Penfold 17.35.49 18:34.78 4 Peter Howard 19.12.00 9 Julia Beer Tonbridge U17W 20:05.40 M70 10 Catherine Cotterill Tonbridge U17W 1 Arthur Thomson 16.14.13 20:14.13 2 Ron Powell 19.05.31 11 Kevin Burnett Surrey M70 21:56.67 3 Dave Stevens 20.11.50 4 Bernie Hercock 21.27.72 Crawley AIM 12 Hour Track Race M75 10 April 2010 1 Henry Da Silva 21.57.33 Crawley, Sussex 2 John May 22.25.83 Two walkers in this challenge event. All W35 other entrants were runners. 1 Joanna Stringer 18.36.38 9th Sue Clements Enfield & Haringey W45 W55 84.6km 1 Helen Middleton 16.28.52 10th Iain Thomson Bank of England AC 2 Maureen Noel 18.30.87 M60 81.2 km 3 Sue Davies 19.04.41 W50 Hertfordshire County Championships 1 Ann Wheeler 17.15.02 3rd May 2010 2 Fiona Bishop 19.12.43 Stevenage 3 Norma Grimsey 20.08.06 3000m Walk W55 1 Steve Allen (Barnet&D) 15:36.4 1 Cath Duhig 18.30.81 2 Arthur Thomson (Enfield&H) 16:14.8 W60 3 Helen Middleton (Enfield & H) 16:26.5 1 Ann Lewis 19.09.91 4 Susan Barnett (Cambridge&C) 19:02.7 2 Sue Barnett 19.16.98 5 John Borgars (Herts Phoenix) 20:01.8 W70 6 Sue Rey (Leics WC) 21:05.2 1 Jill Langford 20.09.07 DNF Mark Wall (Leics WC) W75 1 Maureen Spelman 22.24.72 Eastern Veterans League - Central Herefordshire County T&F Division Championships Wednesday 5th May 2010 Hereford Bedford Sunday, 9th May 2010 2000m Walk 1000mW 1st M50 10:45.0 Mark Wall EVAC 1 5:26.6 Tasha Webster U15W Hereford 1st W50 12:02 Di Baldwin MiltK 2 7:06.7 Iona Prosser U15W Hereford 1st W45 10:48 Helen Middleton Enfield 2nd W45 12:35 Susan Barnett C&C Isle of Man 20k Championships 1st W55 12:37 Diana Braverman C&C 9th May 2010 NSC, Isle of Man Eastern Veterans League - Fenland 20km Division 1 Michael George Manx H. 1.44.21 M40 Wednesday 5th May 2010 2 Peter Kaneen MH 1.49.53 M45 Peterborough 3 Richard Gerrard unatt 1.54.21 M35 2000mW 4 Sally Walker Manx 2.03.01 W35 1 11:08.5 Carwyn James M45 West Norfolk 5 Michael Shipsides unatt 2.03.04 M40 2 16:46.8 Robert Isbill M40 Ryston 6 Ian Callister Manx 2.19.06 M55 2000mW 7 Norbert Will NIVAC 2.30.20 M75 1 11:55.7 Rodney Dunn M55 EVAC 8 Andrew Muir unatt 2.38.36 SM 2 12:47.9 Paul Firmage M55 Ryston 2000mW 10km 1 14:09.2 Sue Smith SW Ryston 1 Alexander Eaton Manx 59.05 U15B 2 14:18.6 Kath Johnson W35 W.Norfolk 2 Adam Cowin Manx 1.02.17 U17M 2000mW 2 Juan Bellando Manx 1.02.17 U15B 1 12:46.9 Elizabeth Blakie W45 Ryston 4 Dermot O Toole unatt 1.09.03 M60 2 15:49.3 Lauren Ely SW West Norfolk 5km 2000mW 1 Danielle Oates Manx 32.19 U15G 1 12:11.0 Cath Duhig W55 Ryston 2 Simon Spencer unatt 36.17 M35 2 15:31.9 Angela Fleming W60 W.Norfolk 1 mile 1 Daniel Scarffe Manx 12.07 U13B Eastern Veterans League - Essex Division Southern Counties Veterans League - Wednesday, 5th May 2010 Herts & North Middlesex Division Chelmsford Monday, 10th May 2010 2000mW Lee Valley 1M45 11:19.9 Chris Cattano M45 Southend Following the completion of this race, to 1M50 12:35.8 David Bowker M50 EVAC the horror of his fellow competitors Bernie Hercock collapsed with a cardiac Open Vets 5000m Track Walk arrest. The worst was feared, but Saturday, 8th May 2010 fortunately medically qualified people Sopot, POLAND were on hand and thanks to their efforts, 1st M60 Lyn Atterbury 29.16 he was breathing again by the time the paramedics arrived. He was transferred North Wales T&F Championships to North Middlesex Hospital by which 8th May 2010 time he was sufficiently recovered to Wrexham, North Wales speak and he underwent tests in the 1 Mile Track Walk Heart Unit. He was later sitting up, 1 8:12.8 Stephen Walker M50 Wrexham talking, and was in good spirits. Bernie 2 9:21.3 Marc Sheridan M45 Menai underwent a quadruple heart bypass 3 9:46.4 Crispin Backshall M45 Colwyn Bay surgery 14 days later and was walking down the corridor within three days. He is now well on his way to recover, and we look 5 forward to seeing him race again very soon. 1 Ian Richards M60 Steyning 40.32 2 Peter Ryan M55 Ilford 42.20 3 Shaun Lightman M65 Surrey WC 44.03 4 Helen Middleton W45 (1st Lady) Enfield 45.07 5 Steve Allen M50 Barnet 46.49 6 Steve Allen M50 Ilford 48.41 7 Sean Pender M55 Enfield 48.49 8 Peter Hannell M65 Surrey WC 49.24 9 Paul King M55 Belgrave 50.02 10 Chris Flint M65 London Vids 50.10 11 Mike Hinton M65 Ilford 50.30 12 Peter Crane M65 Surrey WC 50.31 13 Fiona Bishop M50 (2nd Lady) Woking 2000m Walk - Men 52.05 1 FRANCISCO REIS (Ilford) M45 9.17.3 14 Ron Powell M70 Enfield 53.35 2 STEVE UTTLEY (Ilford) M50 9.52.8 15 Dave Delaney M65 Surrey WC 54.54 3 STEVE ALLEN (Barnet&D) M50 10.13.3 16 Dave Hoben M55 Surrey WC 58.19 4 SEAN PENDER (Enfield&H) M55 11.27.4 17 Kevin Burnet M70 Surrey WC 62.26 5 COSTA MICHAEL (Barnet&D) 11.29.9 18 Mirabelle Galvin M55 Guest DNF 6 DAVID ARNOLD (TrentPk) M50 12.04.4 VAC Age Group Results 7 JOHN BORGARS (HertsPh) M50 12.41.3 45+ 1st H. Middleton, 2nd F. Bishop 8 TIM RYAN (TrentPk) 13.05.0 50+ 1st S Allen (Barn), 2nd S. Allen (Ilf) 9 BRIAN STURT (Enfield&H) M65 13.21.3 55+ 1st P. Ryan, 2nd S. Pender, 3rd P. 10 PETER MORRIS (Dacorum&T) M70 King, 4th D. Hoben 13.47.2 60+ 1st I. Richards 11 BERNIE HERCOCK (Enfield&H) M70 65+ 1st S. Lightman, 2nd P. Hannell, 3rd 13.49.4 C. Flint, 4th M. Hinton, 5th P. Crane, 6th 12 PAUL REDDAWAY (HertsPh) 14.42.0 D. Delaney 2000m Walk - Women 70+ 1st Ron Powell, 2nd K. Burnet 1 HELEN MIDDLETON (Enfield&H) W40 10.46.1 Sheffield Secondary School 2 NORMA GRIMSEY (Enfield&H) W50 Championships 13.01.0 Wednesday, 12th May 2010 3 JULIE SIMMONS (HertsPh) 13.02.4 Woodbourn Road, Sheffield 4 BARBARA EDLIN (TrentPk) W50 13.48.8 Becky had just 17 min to recover from 5 MARGARET CARRIER (HertsPh) W50 finishing 2nd in the 800m before tackling 14.30.1 the walk where she got within 2 seconds 6 CHRISTINE PRESCOTT (TrentPk) of her PB. Just 4 weeks after chipping his 14.32.7 ankle bone Daniel was back racing again 7 PENNY ANTONIOU (Barnet&D) W50 but was happy to do enough just to hold 15.55.7 second place. 8 HELEN EWINGS(Barnet&D) 17.07.1 1000mW 1 Becky Chambers MH 5.37 1st Y7G Veterans AC Summer Walks (u13) Tuesday 11th May 2010 2 Dan Chaib HS 6.03 1st JB (u15) Battersea Park, London 3 K MacKinder MH 6.08 1st JG (u15) A slightly cool but otherwise typical evening 4 Sheldon Ashton PA 6.19 2nd JG (u15) in Battersea Park with almost 20 out – about 5 Josh Robinson City 6.24 1st Y7B (u13) the same as for the running event held 6 Dom Parry MH 6.27 2nd JB (u15) simultaneously. 7 Regan Sinclair MH 6.35 2nd Y7G (u13) 8 Katie Turner SHS 6.37 3rd JG (u15) 2km road walk Men 9 Alicia Wasridge AS 6.38 3rd Y7G (u13) 1 Phil Lockwood M35 9.32 10 Tiesha Richards AS 6.43 4th Y7G (u13) 2 Rob Elliott M50 11.12 3 Terry Bates M55 11.20 Midland Veterans League South Division 4 Dave Dorey M60 13.10 - Match 1 5 Mick Le Sauvage M70 13.14 Thursday, 13th May 2010 2km road walk Women Stourport, Shropshire 1 Kay Coulson W40 16.01 RWR editor makes a rare DNF, having to walk off track whilst trailing the leader to Rotherham Festival of Walking score league points in the Hammer Throw, 14 May 2010 Triple Jump, High Jump, 100m Sprint, and Herringthorpe, Rotherham Relay. Oh, the joys of vets leagues... 1000mW 1 Becky Chambers 5.35 U13G 2K Walk M40 2 Hannah Kong 8.03 U15G 1 Julian Barnet 11:27.5 Birchfield 3 Sheila Quaiveler 8.16 SW 2 Calvin Scoltock 12:33.3 B&R 3 Mark Arnold 12:51.2 Sparkhill Macclesfield Shield 4 Chris Croswell 16:39.0 Worcester Sutton Macclesfield, Cheshire DNF John Constandinou Guest 1200m Saturday, 15th May 2010 Ideal weather conditions on an accurate, 2K Walk M60 6 lap, undulating course. Ben Wears sets 1 Peter Boszko 10:59.4 Birchfield a remarkable UK leading 20k time for 2 Glyn Jones 11:30.7 DASH 2010. It must be genetic, as Karen (his 3 Len Quartly 12:15.9 B&R mother) also raced fast enough to place 4 Barry Griffiths 14:18.3 Halesowen 56th on the UK all-time list. Youngest 5 Martin Millicheap 14:18.6 Sparkhill competitor Bethany (U11) walks 10k 6 Dave Waldron 14:15.9 Worcester showing great potential as an endurance walker like her mother Hazel. 2K Walk W35 1 Jeanette Malin 11:13.2 B&R 20km 2 Wendy Bennett 11:13.2 Worcester 1 Ben Wears Redcar 87:30 1st Handicap 3 Julie Bellfield 12:00.9 Halesowen 2 Paul Evenett Redcar 95:32 3rd 3 Adrian Edwards Lancs 1.53.00 2nd 2K Walk W40 4 Karen Wears Redcar 2.00.14 5th 1 Sharon Tonks 10:09.0 B&R 5 Dave Evans Lancs 2.04.38 4th 2 Karen Davies 12:56.1 Birchfield 6 John Paddick Redcar 2.05.17 7th 3 Lynn Bellfield 13:06.3 Halesowen 7 Alistair Shand Yorks RWC 2.06.35 9th 4 Hilary Mann 13:31.5 Sparkhill 8 Joe Hardy Lancs 2.11.40 10th 5 Gill Repton 13:49.7 Worcester 9 Mark Byrne Redcar 2.13.11 12th 10 Dave Jones Redcar 2.16.07 13th "Yorkshire Guernsey" Sarnia WC 11 Lorraine Redman Redcar 2.16.11 8th Championship race 4 12 Sailash Shah Lancs 2.18.04 11th Friday, May 14th 2010 13 Pat Evans Lancs 2.20.15 6th Les Amarreurs, Guernsey 14 John Payn Lancs 2.28.22 14th Phil Lockwood walked to an easy win. His 15 James Munn Lancs 2.29.54 15th winning time of 9.32 equalled his PB set late DNF Dave Crompton Lancs last year. In the absence of the Le Noury 10km youngsters currently off island, past Club 1 Paul Griffiths Lancs 78.42 Champion Rob Elliott found himself in 2 Hazel Fairhurst Lancs 80.26 second place in 11.12, just ahead of Terry 3 Bethany Fairhurst Lancs 80.26 Bates. Essex 10,000m Walk Championships 3km - Under 17 Girls 15th May 2010 1 Jasmine Nicholls Leicester 16.45. Ashton Playing Fields, Woodford Green 2 Beth Jackson W&B 17.13. 1 Francisco Reis (guest) Ilford 51:40·83 2 Steve Uttley Ilford 53:28·93 2km - Under 13 Boys 3 Steve Allen (guest) Barnet 55:27·36 1 Mathew Redfern Nuneaton 12.13 4 Helen Middleton (Guest) Enfield 57:07·67 2 Matt Archer Nuneaton 12.48 5 Sean Pender (Guest) Enfield 61:54·10 3 Christopher Hewlett Birchfield 14.06 6 Dave Sharpe Ilford 64:22·83 4 Edward Bonehill Birchfield 15.42 DQ Stephen Crane SWC/Ilf Essex Championship: 1st S.Uttley, 2nd 1km - Under 11 Development Race D.Sharpe. 1 Richard Hewlett Birchfield 7.00 2 Samuel Redfern Nuneaton 7.20 Midland Counties AA/Midland Area RWA Track Walking Championships Southern Veterans League - Western Sunday, 16th May 2010 Division Tamworth Monday 17th May 2010 10km - Senior Men. Tilsley Park, Abingdon 1 Tommy Taylor Birchfield 46.15 2000m Walk - Men 2 Steve Arnold Nuneaton 52.59 1 Graham Chapman Oxford M50 11.06.6 3 Andrew Miller W&B 57.38 2 John Oliver Abingdon M50 12.30.3 4 Chris Berwick Leicester 57.45 3 Ray Stevens Reading M50 12.40.9 5 Paul Hayden Nuneaton 63.28 4 David Berger Abingdon M40 12.47.9 6 Colin Vesty Leicester 63.33 5 John Spurway Radley M40 12.50.8 7 Julian Barnett Birchfield 70.36 6 Phillip Jones Wycombe M40 12.55.0 8 Eric Horwill D&S 74.10 7 Tony Lock Witney M40 13.08.0 DQ Asim Qureshi Birchfield 8 Gordon Manning Radley M50 13.35.0 DNF Luke Finch (Guest) Colchester 9 Steve Whelan Oxford M40 14.00.4 DNF Hardeep Minhas Leicester 10 John Cullingham Reading M40 15.13.4 10km - Junior Men. 11 John Ashton Witney M50 16.23.8 1 Antonio Cirillo (Guest) Swansea 48.49 2000m Walk - Women 1 Noel Blatchford Abingdon W50 12.28.6 5km - Senior Women 2 Katarina Johnson Radley guest 12.37.6 1 Fiona McGorum Leicester 26.59 3 Sarah Fowler Newbury W50 12.41.0 2 Ann Wheeler Nuneaton 28.32 4 Roz McKenzie Abingdon W35 12.51.5 3 Laura Matkin Nuneaton 31.26 5 Judy Howard Abingdon W50 13.14.3 4 Marie Marshall W&B 31.30 6 Rose Metalli Newbury W35 14.06.8 5 Julie Bellfield Halesowen 31.43 7 Mary Holt Reading W35 14.12.7 6 Kate Percival Halesowen 32.40 8 Jeanette Ashton Witney W50 16.22.5 7 Sarah Lightman Leicester 33.18 9 Gill Woodland Radley W50 17.09.2 8 Tracey Mills Birchfield 33.52 10 Adi Kam Radley W35 19.01.4 9 Lynn Bellfield Halesowen 35.08 Sheffield Primary Schools A 3km - Under 15 Girls Tuesday, 18th May 2010 1 Emma Achurch Leicester 16.49 Woodbourn Road, Sheffield 2 Jessica Mills Birchfield 21.14 This race marked the eleventh consecutive day that race walking events 3km - Under 15 Boys were held somewhere in the country. 1 Daniel Waples Kettering 17.56 There would have been an incredible 25 2 Daniel Watling W&B 18.34 consecutive days racing in May from the 1st to the 25th had events also been held on the 4th and 19th. Still, 23 days racing out 3 O Norfolk RaF 3.28.9 of 25 is a remarkably busy calendar for any 4 S Bevan EcS 3.31.4 sport. 5 B Shepherd PC 3.36.2 Y5 Boys 600m U11 6 P Armitage Mos 3.42.3 1 A McManus AGr 3.43.9 Y6 Girls 600m U13 2 T Rafferty St M 3.45.1 1 E Jenkinson Gh 3.30.3 3 J Whinfrey Mun 3.48.6 2 L Mitchell Gh 3.45.5 4 D Pike B Sp 3.48.7 3 L Fletcher EcS 3.47.6 5 E Boast Mun 3.51.5 4 F Cockrayne Hal 3.48.2 6 W Sweeney B Sp 3.53.2 5 P Alinsey Hal 3.48.3 Y5 Girls 600m U11 6 H Saville RaF 3.50.3 1 E Brennan St W 3.47.9 2 M Waters Dob 3.50.9 Manx Harriers Club Walk 3 O Moorland St M 3.51.7 20th May 2010 4 M Taylor B Sp 3.54.1 TT Access Road, Douglas 5 L Burkinshaw Mun 4.01.9 5km 6 A Thompson-Ward St M 4.06.4 1 Peter Kaneen Manx M45 24.41 Y6 Boys 600m U13 2 Kevin Walmsley unatt 25.50 1 K Gough Pip 3.41.6 3 Adam Cowin Manx U17M 28.16 2 T Whittacker Mun 3.43.9 4 Sally Walker Manx W35 28.43 3 J Olpin Db 3.47.4 5 Juan Bellando Manx U15B 29.14 4 L Weston AGr 3.48.3 6 John Robinson unatt 30.06 5 O Fletcher St W 3.48.4 3k 6 D Smith Phil 3.48.8 1 Vinny Lynch IOMVAC M45 16.35 Y6 Girls 600m U13 2 Danielle Oates Manx U15G 18.08 1 N Mckivett St W 3.40.9 2k 2 J Gibbons Mun 3.45.1 1 Daniel Scarffe Manx U13B 14.01 3 A Hughes St W 3.49.3 2 Rebecca Greatbatch unatt U15G 14.02 4 M Cooke Mun 3.50.1 1k 5 R Albiston Dob 3.52.1 1 Max Walker 7.22 6 C Aldred B Sp 3.54.8 2 Zac Walker 7.23

Sheffield Primary Schools B 3rd South Yorkshire League Thursday, 20th May 2010 Friday, 21st May 2010 Woodbourn Road, Sheffield Millhouses Park, Sheffield Y5 Boys 600m U11 A very warm evening saw Katie 1 J Liversidge Gh 3.30.9 MacKinder produce a 20 second PB and 2 J Quitall PC 3.52.4 a clear victory, behind her Becky 3 O B-Kiese Gh 4.02.4 Chambers established a 1 point lead in 4 S Farnsworth Mos 4.13.1 the series by pulling back a 3.56 5 W Dimitrov Cf 4.24.7 handicap to pass Peter Bilson. 6 J Mitchell Ema 4.25.6 2km Y5 Girls 600m U11 1 Katie MacKinder U15 13.46 1 E Shaw Ema 3.42.0 2 Becky Chambers U13 11.35 2 B Wilson Cf 3.59.0 3 Peter Bilson Sen 16.06 3 C Mack Gh 3.59.5 4 E Hewson Gh 4.12.5 Welsh U15 League - South East 5 T White Ema 4.16.4 Saturday, 22nd May 2010 6 E Rhodes Mos 4.21.0 Hereford Y6 Boys 600m U13 1000m Track Walk 1 J Jenkinson Gh 3.21.9 2 J Cauthorne EcS 3.24.4 1 5:14.2 Tasha Webster PB U15W Hereford 2000mW W35 (New East Division League Record) 1 S. Dietrich W60 K&P 12:14.3 2 6:41.5 Iona Prosser PB U15W Hereford 2 L. Neville W55 E&E 12:22.6 3 S. Upton W40 SOC 13:12.1 Sarnia WC Road Walk 2000mW W50 Sunday, 23rd May 2010 1 C. Brooke W50 CRO 12:34.2 Les Amarreurs, Guernsey 2 S. Boyman W55 E&E 14:04.0 3km 1 Phil Lockwood M35 14.38 Sheffield Primary Schools C 2 Dave Dorey M60 20.09 Tuesday, 25th May 2010 3 Mick Le Sauvage M70 20.09 Woodbourn Road, Sheffield 4 Carol Bates W55 21.13 Y5 Girls 5 Kay Coulson W40 23.31 1 E. Cooper 3:54 2 L. Platts 4:03 British Masters 10,000m Track Walk 3 S. Cropley 4:08 Championships 4 M. Hobson 4:09 23rd May 2010 5 O. Hirst 4:10 Horspath, Oxford 6 K. Davey 4:11 10,000m Track Walk Y5 Boys 1st M50 Trevor Jones VAC 55:32.96 1st 1 K. Wilson 3:45 overall 2 J. Twigg 3:48 2nd M50 Steve Allen OPEN 59:38.04 3rd 3 M. Ward 3:48 1st M60 Sean McMullin IRELAND 62:52.93 4 A. McDonald 4:00 7th 5 J. Halliwell 4:03 1st M65 Ron Penfold VAC 61:01.70 5th 6 A. Dimelow 4:04 2nd M65 Shaun Lightman VAC 62:30.67 6th Y6 Girls 3rd M65 Peter Hannell SCVAC 63:16.04 8th 1 Shivani Kotak 3:45 4th M65 Ken Bobbett SCVAC 65:46.15 9th 2 K. Gittens 3:57 5th M65 Peter Howard EVAC 76:16.54 15th 3 L. Rogerson 3:58 1st M70 Ron Powell SCVAC 68:36.30 11th 4 J. Smith 4:01 1st W45 Helen Middleton EVAC 58:28.94 5 A. Scott 4:06 2nd 6 E. Smith 4:08 1st W50 Ann Wheeler MMAC 60:55.33 4th Y6 Boys 2nd W50 Fiona Bishop VAC 72:27.74 14th 1 M. Johnson-Keeton 3:36 1st W55 Anne Belchambers VAC 67:41.94 2 A. Hallewell 3:41 10th 3 A, Mellors 3:45 2nd W55 Diane Braverman EVAC 71:50.17 4 L. Mansell 3:48 13th 5 Barnaby Conroy 9:59 1st W60 Susan Barnett EVAC 69:35.88 12th 6 A. Coleman 9:59

SCVAC League - South London Division Sheffield Primary Schools D Match 1 25th May 2010 Monday, 24th May 2010 Woodbourn Road, Sheffield Croydon Arena, South Norwood Y5 Girls 2000mW M35 1 I. Green 3:43 1 I. Statter M50 CRO 11:25.8 2 Issy Swirls 3:43 2 B. Ewen M55 SOC 11:55.7 3 A. Doherty 3:50 3 D. Mitchell M65 E&E 13:45.4 4 B. Awdas 3:55 2000mW M50 5 N. Brock 3:58 1 D. Warren M50 CRO 12:33.2 6 K. Brookes 4:00 2 D. Hoben M55 SOC 13:14.5 Y5 Boys 3 K. Walker M60 E&E 13:25.1 1 Hamish Hill 3:39 2 Ben Woods 3:42 10 Maria Eremionkhale U15 Bex 9:02.5 3 T. Wilkinson 3:43 11 Eleanor Potter U13 Tonbridge 9:10.1 4 J. More 3:46 12 Kerri Kaffo U15 Bexley 9:59.9 5 O. Thornton 3:49 Boys 1200m Track Walk 6 H. Walker 3:54 1 Cameron Corbishley U15 M&M 6:10.5 Y6 Girls New League Record 1 Rachel Giles 3:45 2 Luc Legon U13 Bexley 7:25.7 2 Natasha Perryer 3:45 3 Joshua O'Hara U15 Bexley 7:43.5 3 L. Peckett 3:50 4 Miles Witherseed U15 Tonb 7:55.5 4 Emily Bradbury 3:51 5 Ben Bradshaw U15 Tonbridge 8:25.2 5 A. Gillott 3:54 6 Charlie Jinks U15 Bexley 8:26.3 6 C. Holt 3:58 7 Jordan Muir U13 Tonbridge 8:37.0 Y6 Boys 8 Jacob Sivyer U13 Ashford 8:39.1 1 Lee Hackett 3:24 9 Toby Ralph U13 Tonbridge 8:41.7 2 L. Parlett 3:32 10 Paul Ross U15 Ashford 9:01.0 3 H. Ancaster 3:35 11 James O'Hara U13 Bexley 9:34.7 4 Luke Heald 3:36 5 C. Page 3:37 CAU Inter Counties Championships / 6 A. McHale 3:41 McCain UK Challenge 31st May 2010 Surrey Masters T&F Championships Bedford Saturday, 29th May 2010 Ewell Court, Surrey Jo Jackson led the women’s race all the 3000m Walk way, but the men’s race had Wright, 1st M55 David Hoben Surrey 20:32.7 Bosworth, Finch and Boyce – in varying Guest M55 Nick Silvester AFD 14:52.9 orders – fighting it out all the way until 1st M65 Peter Hannell Surrey 17:55.2 Wright opened out with 350m to go and 2nd M65 Peter Crane Surrey 18:37.6 spread the group. Lots of PB's at the 1st M70 M Harran HHH 17:31.3 CBP business end. It is worth remarking on 1st M75 John May VAC 23:10.1 the youth of the first six men and five of Guest W35 Verity Snook AFD 15:54.9 the first seven women – one in the eye 2nd W35 Joanna Stringer AFD 18:26.1 for the moaning minnies of the sport! 1st W45 Susanne Dietrich K&P 18:36.1 -Peter Cassidy 1st W50 Fiona Bishop Woking 18:47.3 3000m Walk Men Kent Young Athletes League 1 Alex Wright Surrey 11:38·16 Monday, 31st May 2010 2 Kent 11:43·44 Erith, Kent 3 Brendan Boyce Warks 11:49·93 Two new League Records for Heather 4 Luke Finch South Wales 11:50·26 Butcher and Cameron Corbishley, in this 5 Mark O’Kane Warks 13:03·46 popular and growing junior league. 6 Antonio Cirillo West Wales 13:34·46 Girls 1200m Track Walk 7 Ian Richards Sussex 13:45·20 1 Heather Butcher U13 Cambridge H. 8 Francisco Reis Middx 13:58·84 6:25.9 New League Record 9 Mark Williams Staffs 14:17·79 2 Rebecca Roddy U15 Ashford 6:52.9 10 Maks Orzel Leics & Rut 15:01·46 3 Amber Guyatt U13 Ashford 7:25.2 11 Liam Baldwin Kent 15:05·44 4 Omalade Taiwo U15 Cambridge 7:35.0 12 Arthur Thomson Herts 15:46·03 5 Sophie Levy U13 M&M 7:49.3 6 Shannon Riskey U13 B&B 8:21.2 3000m Walk Women 7 Charlotte Roberts U15 Ashford 8:27.0 1 Johanna Jackson North East 12:57·08 8 Alessia Russo U13 Tonbridge 8:57.0 2 Lauren Whelan Lancs 15:05·98 9 Eleanor Winch U13 Bexley 8:58.1 3 Heather Lewis West Wales 15:25·58 4 Diane Bradley Kent 15:31·84 1 N. Blatchford Abingdon Oxon 18.42.4 5 Fiona McGorum Leics & Rut 15:42·96 2 Katerina Johnson Radley Oxon 18.56.5 6 Ann Wheeler Warks 16:02·42 3 Roz McKenzie Abingdon Oxon 19.26.7 7 Kate Funnell Kent 16:12·42 4 Judy Howard Abingdon Oxon 20.07.8 8 Helen Middleton Beds 16:25·55 Oxfordshire Championships: 9 Jasmine Nicholls Leics & Rut 16:48·76 Men 1st G. Chapman, 2nd S. Whelan. 10 Maureen Noel Middx 17:58·89 Women 1st N. Blatchford, 2nd K. 11 Katerina Johnson Oxon 19:00·85 Johnson, 3rd, R. McKenzie. 12 Noel Blatchford Oxon 19:04·24 Eastern Veterans League - Fenland Oxfordshire T&F Championships & Open Division Walk Wednesday, 2nd June 2010 Wednesday, 2nd June 2010 Kings Lynn Sir Roger Bannister Stadium, Oxford 1 Mile Walk (Track) 1 10:10.3 John Greenhalgh M40 W. The Oxford County Championships were Norfolk held a little later than normal and at the Sir 2 10:17.8 Christopher Milnes M50 Ryston Roger Bannister Track to celebrate the 1 Mile Walk (Track) actual date of the historic mile race in 1954. 1 9:09.00 An Other M50 P'boro Visitors were welcome at this evening event. 2 10:20.3 Paul Firmage M55 Ryston The first three competitors were closely 1 Mile Walk (Track) matched and all around fifteen and a half 1 10:36.7 Martin Simmonds M65 Ryston minutes. Steve Uttley recalled racing on the 2 11:11.7 B Delves M60 W Norf Iffley Road track in a Universities 1 Mile Walk (Track) championship in the late '70s and most 1 9:43.8 Cath Duhig W55 Loughton memories opined that no race walking had 2 11:11.7 Kath Johnson W35 West taken place on the track in the interim. The Norfolk Oxfordshire championships had been 1 Mile Walk (Track) shunted off the main championship 1 10:06.3 A.N. Other W45 P'boro weekend but found a soft landing as an 2 10:15.6 Gillian Loughlin W45 City of extra event in the historic "Town versus Norwich Gown" match with a prominent mid-evening 3 11:07.4 Sue Smith SW Ryston slot. Graham Chapman's efforts ensured 4 12:38.0 Angela Fleming W60 West that a field of 11 lined up on a perfect Norfolk evening - 6 in the county event and 5 guests. Star of the show was 78 year old Eastern Veterans League - Essex Alan Flavell who returned to compete at Division Iffley Road some 56 years and 27 days after 2nd June 2010 representing the AAA at 440 yards in the Lee Valley same match and on the very evening when 1 Mile Walk (Track) Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute barrier 1 9:53.4 Chris Cattano V45 Southend for one mile for the first time. -Steve Allen 2 10:02.7 Dave Stephenson V45 FVS 3 14:30.9 Sean De Souza-Brady V40 3000m Walk Men Loughton 1 Steve Uttley Ilford Guest 15.21.7 1 Mile Walk (Track) 2 Steve Allen Barnet Guest 15.47.5 1 10:01.4 David Bowker V50 FVS 3 G. Chapman Headington Oxon 15.58.9 2 10:02.1 John Borgars V60 H.Phoenix 4 M. Harran Surrey Guest 16.43.3 PB 3 12:23.7 David Barnett V50 Chelmsford 5 David Hoben Surrey Guest 20.10.6 1 Mile Walk (Track) 6 S. Whelan Headington Oxon 20.49.3 1 10:17.7 John Brock V60 Southend 7 Alan Flavell Enfield Guest 25.33.8 2 11:24.1 Roger Cole V60 Chelmsford 3000m Walk Women 3 11:29.1 Peter Cassidy V70 Loughton4 3 Rob Mole 13:40.5 12:25.3 Chas Avis V60 FVS 4 Eric Horwill 13:52.1 1 Mile Walk (Track) 5 Dave Hope 14:19.0 1 11:20.0 Jane Clark V35 Loughton 2 12:56.8 Stephanie Mayfield V35 FVS M50 2000m Walk 1 Mile Walk (Track) 1 Glyn Jones 11:23.0 1 10:57.2 Francoise Fernandez V55 2 Len Quartly 12:25.1 Loughton 3 Les Scrivens 12:27.5 2 12:53.1 Tracey Minton V45 Chelmsford 4 John Fenton 13:07.5 3 15:58.6 Ruby Avis V45 FVS 5 Martin Millicheap 14:23.8

Eastern Veterans League - Central W35 2000m Walk Division 1 Wendy Bennett 11:10.0 2nd Jun 2010 2 Julie Bellfield 12:08.8 Cambridge 3 Hilary Mann 13:10.8 4 Karen Davies 13:23.1 1 Mile Walk (Track) 5 Yas. Al Daftary 14:52.1 1 10:14.3 Bob Austin V60 Milton Keynes 2 10:42.8 Hanno Fischer V40 Hunts. W50 2000m Walk 1 Betty O'Gorman 15:20.8 1 Mile Walk (Track) 2 Maggie J-Myers No time 1 8:33.1 Mark Wall V50 Milton Keynes 2 11:26.2 Graeme Packman V55 Bedford "Yorkshire Guernsey" Sarnia WC 3 12:48.1 Gerald Meah V50 C&C Championship Race 5 Friday June 4th 2010 1 Mile Walk (Track) Delancey Park, Guernsey 1 8:27.2 A Thompson V60 EVAC Phil Lockwood had secured two easy 2 9:56.5 William Bradley V60 Hunts. wins in the previous two races in the 3 10:04.1 Brian Graves V70 Milton Keynes absence of the Le Noury brothers, but 4 10:19.8 Peter Howard V65 C&C showed them the way home on their return. Lockwood had the company early 1 Mile Walk (Track) on of Jason Le Noury as he forced the 1 11:18.7 Sue Rey V50 W Milton Keynes pace from the start in the hot and 2 11:24.3 Rachel Roberts V35 C&C windless conditions. Stuart was in third 3 12:04.1 S Cahill V35 W Hunts spot, well ahead of Rob Elliott. By mid 4 12:41.8 Jacqueline Cheshire V40 Bedford race Lockwood was clear and opened up a winning gap of thirty six seconds as he 1 Mile Walk (Track) crossed the line in 25.21. Stuart Le Noury 1 8:34.2 Helen Middleton V45 EVAC had closed the gap on his brother in the 2 9:41.9 Di Baldwin V50 Milton Keynes latter stages of the eight lap course, but 3 9:59.5 Susan Barnett V60 C&C Jason held on by two seconds to take 4 11:33.4 Rosemary Boast V50 Bedford second place. 5 12:08.9 C Darnell V45 Hunts 5km Men Midland Veterans League - South 1 Phil Lockwood M35 25.21 Division Meeting 2 2 Jason Le Noury M 26.57 Thursday, 3rd June 2010 3 Stuart Le Noury M 26.59 Redditch 4 Rob Elliott M50 29.25 5 Terry Bates M55 31.47 M35 2000m Walk 6 Kevin Le Noury M50 33.44 1 Bill Nock 10:49.3 7 Dave Dorey M60 34.22 2 Peter Boszco 10:59.4 8 Mick Le Sauvage M70 34.42 5km Women Teams: 1 Carol Bates W55 35.55 1 Loughton 90, 2 35, 3 Ilford 34, 2 Kay Coulson W40 39.41 4 Barnet 33, 5 Enfield 32.

SCVAC Championships Manx 10,000m Track Championships Sunday, 6th June 2010 Wednesday, 9th June 2010 Ashford NSC, Douglas, Isle of Man The outlook for Sunday was not good, but Ashford remained very warm and dry. The This was the first event to take place on first three positions were all M55, although the re-opening of the refurbished NSC not too close together in times, but the last track in Douglas. The races took place in from Ilford was in a tight race with Hannell dry but very blustery windy conditions with the lead changing several times before which made it hard going for those Sharpe got away on the last three quarters competing. of a lap. 10,000m Walk 3000m Walk Men 1 Michael George Manx 48.49.2 M40 1 1st M55 14:40.88 Nick Silvester AFD 2 Jock Waddington IOMVAC 50.53.9 2 2nd M55 15:59.63 Christopher Hobbs M40 M&M 3 Vinny Lynch IOMVAC 54.58.1 M45 3 1st M65 17:45.53 Peter Hannell Surrey 4 Adam Cowin Manx 59.02.0 U17M WC 5 Henry De Silva IOMVAC 76.31.9 M75 4 1st M70 19:40.00 Ron Powell Enfield 5000m Walk 3000m Walk Women 1 Marie Jackson Manx 28.07.9 W45 1 1st W35 15:48.48 Verity Snook AFD Junior 3000m Walk 2 1st W45 18:41.43 Sue Davies PB AFD 1 Danielle Oates Manx 17.18.8 U15G 3 1st W60 19:17.14 Ann Lewis AFD 2 Juan Bellando Manx 17.54.3 U15B

Junior 2000m Walk Woodford Tuesday Walks 1 Rebecca Greatbatch Manx 13.44.8 Tuesday, 8th June 2010 U15G Ashton Playing Fields Junior 1000m Walk 1 Lee Mackay Manx 6.13 U11B The normal slow start to the season, but 2 Keira Mackay Manx 6.53.9 there have been slower. Cassidy was about 2 minutes inside his PB, but that was for South Yorkshire Schools AA 5000m; on the season so far, Jane Clarke Development race leads him 2-1. Francisco Reis’s designation Thursday, 10th June 2010 as “Portugal” - whose vest he wore rather Woodbourn Road, Sheffield than “Ilford” was his choice for the day. Becky Chambers made a 10 second improvement on her PB to move to 16th 3000m walk on the all time U13 list. But the biggest 1 Francisco Reis Portugal 14:19·19 improvement was made by Hannah Kong 2 Steve Uttley Ilford 15:18·43 from Rotherham with a massive 50 3 Steve Allen Barnet 15:29·81 seconds. 4 Helen Middleton Enfield 16:45·39 5 Françoise Fernandez Loughton 20:59·22 1000m Walk 6 Peter Cassidy Loughton 21:37·45 1 Becky Chambers U13 5.23.5 7 Jane Clarke Loughton 24:34·89 2 Jack Leversidge U11 6.17.0 3 Ella Jenkinson U13 6.25.0

European Trials

Bedford Start

Bedford: Leading group

European Trials

European Trials

Bedford: 4 Men beat CG Qualifying Time

Bedford Winner - C. Schmidt (GER) Bedford: Niobe leads Lisa, Estle trails.

Bedford: Naughty board + elder athletes (below) Bedford: Turn & Re-measuring

(below) U20&U23 Championships 4 Dom Parry U15 6.59.0 1 32:32.0 Dennis Myers Leicester 5 Peter Bilson Snr 7.12.0 5000m Walk W40 6 Hannah Kong U15 7.13.0 1 31:47.2 Julie Bellfield Halesowen 2 34:36.4 Lynn Bellfield Halesowen Northern Ireland T&F 5000m Walk W50 Championships/Ulster Open/UK 1 28:10.3 Ann Wheeler Nuneaton Challenge Saturday, 12th June 2010 "Yorkshire Guernsey" Sarnia WC Antrim, Northern Ireland Championship 6 June 13th 2010 3000m Walk Men Pleinmont to Les Amarreurs 1 13:17.94 James Treanor U20M Monaghan Phoenix/Ireland Phil Lockwood claimed his third win in 2 16:51.45 Sean McMullin M60 Ireland the series, with a convincing victory over 3 20:36.88 Mark Gray SM Omagh second placed walker Stuart Le Noury. 3000m Walk Women Lockwood crossed the line in 1.24.27, 1 14:56.10 Emma Doherty U20W N. Belfast over two and a half minutes quicker than his previous best. Le Noury`s time was South Yorkshire Schools Champs also a new best for him, improving by 12th June 2010 almost two minutes. Phil Lockwood now Doncaster leads the Championship, but with two A fast debut race from Jamie Higgins, races to be discarded in the ten race training at the National Center series, either of the Le Noury boys could in Leeds. It was great to see 12 walkers on get the better of him by the end of the the track together. PB from Becky moving season. Jayne Le Noury walked well to her up to 9th on the U13 all time list. finish in 1.54.29, a week after walking the 40 miles Itex walk, now sharing the lead 1000m Walk in the womens standings with Carol 1 Lauren Whelan U20W Yorks Bates. Schools/Manx Harriers (Guest) 4:33.7 2 Jamie Higgins U17M W Yorks 15km Men Guest/Leeds City AC (Guest) 4:39.0 1 Phil Lockwood M35 1.24.27 3 Becky Chambers U13W Sheffield 5.15.9 2 Stuart Le Noury M 1.30.30 4 Dan Chaib U15M Sheffield 5.47.1 3 Kevin Le Noury M50 1.46.10 5 Josh Robinson U13M Sheffield 6.05.6 4 Mick Le Sauvage M70 1.52.47 6 Katie MacKinder U15W Sheffield 6.07.3 15km Women 7 Sheldon Ashton U15W Sheffield 6.21.0 1 Jayne Le Noury W45 1.54.29 8 Dom Parry U15M Sheffield 6.24.4 9 Katie Turner U15W Sheffield 6.58.0 5th South Yorkshire League 10 Hannah Kong U15W Rotherham 7.12.1 Millhouses Park, Sheffield Tuesday, 15th June 2010 Primary 600m Walk 2km 1 Jack Leversidge U11M Gh 3.21.6 1 Daniel Chaib U15 12.17 2 Ella Jenkinson U13W Gh 3.24.4 2 Peter Bilson Snr 16.22

Midland Masters T&F Championships Steyning AC Championships Sunday, 13th June 2010 15th June 2010 Saffron Lane, Leicester Broadbridge Heath, Horsham 5000m Walk M60 3000m Walk 1 27:54.4 Roger Mitchell B&B (Guest) 1 Ian Richards (Steyning) 14:02 2 28:46.6 Peter Boszko Birchfield 2 Shaun Lightman (Surrey) 16:13 5000m Walk M70 3 Sarah Sowerby (Steyning) 16:28 London Business Houses 18 Peter Howard (Enfield) 35.43 M65 Championship/City Athletics meeting 19 Peter Cassidy (Loughton) 36.16 M70 Wednesday, 16th June 2010 20 Doug Fotheringham (Belgrave) 36.25 Willesden Track, London M80 21 David Ainsworth (Ilford) 39.29 M60 3000m 22 Eddie Trotter (Ilford) retired M60 1 Francisco Reis Ilf/Guest 14:17.0 2 Steve Uttley C.S /ILF. 15:23.2 European Athletics Association 20km 3 Steve Allen Barnet& Dist. 15:32.1 Permit Event/Commonwealth Games 4 John Hall C.S/Bels 15:40.2 Trials and Aviva England Athletics 5 Mick Harran SWC 16:28.2 10,000m U20 & U23 T&F 6 Mark Culshaw Bels 16:50.0 Championships & World Trials 7 Steve Allen BH/ILF. 17:31.8 Sunday, 20th June 2010 8 Sean Pender E/H 17:41.6 Priory Park, Bedford / Bedford 9 Chris Flint Pol/LV. 18:26.6 International Stadium 10 Maureen Noel (W) C.S/Bels 18:39.0 11 Francis Thomason Lon.Ung 20:06.2 This much anticipated EAA event lived 12 Dave Hoben SWC 20:17.2 up to expectations as the UK walking 13 Kevin Burnett BH/ SWC 21:34.1 event of the year. It was last chance for 14 Dave Ainsworth BH/Fords 23:27.5 English athletes to attempt qualification for the Commonwealth Games, being London Inter-Club Challenge / Enfield held in October. Conditions at the earlier League Trials in Victoria Park in April had proved Saturday, 19th June 2010 a little too windy for fast times, so this Ashtons Field, Woodford sheltered course had been chosen and a Women 5000m Walk top quality international field had been 1 Helen Middleton (Enfield) 28.21 W45 invited to give our young walkers all the 2 Maureen Noel (Belgrave) 30.35 W45 encouragement that they needed. 3 Angie Alstrachen (Enfield) 31.12 U17 4 Sue Barnett (Enfield) 32.47 W60 The 20km race took place first, in the 5 Norma Grimsey (Enfield) 33.55 W50 park opposite the stadium. An accurate 6 Serena Queeney (Enfield) 36.16 W55 course, a straight 1k out-and-back lap 7 Sue Smith (Ryston R) 36.53 W55 had been set up. However, there were a few problems, as it was requested at the Men 5000m Walk last minute that the turning point be 1 Fransisco Reis (Ilford) 23.49 M45 moved to allow a wider turning circle for 2 Nick Silvester (Aldershot) 25.39 M50 the large number of competitors. Wires 3 Steve Allen (Barnet) 26.09 M50 got crossed and it was somehow 4 John Hall (Belgrave) 26.13 M40 overlooked until the officials realised after 5 Steve Uttley (Ilford) 26.17 M50 the first couple of laps that either a new 6 Mark Culshaw (Belgrave) 28.12 M60 World Record was in progress, or the 7 John Ralph (Chiltern) 28.13 M50 course had been shortened. With the 8 Andrew Cox (Hillingdon) 28.32 M55 race in progress, officials from several 9 Ken Bobbett (Hillingdon) 29.01 M65 countries measured and remeasured the 10 Amos Seddon (Enfield) 29.13 M60 lap until all were satisfied and agreed the 11 Michael Harran (Surrey) 29.40 M70 exact length. All competitors were then 12 Sean Pender (Enfield) 29.48 M65 notified that an extra 2 laps plus a small 13 David Sharpe (Ilford) 30.11 M55 loop had been added without altering the 14 Rod Dunn (Enfield) 30.21 M55 course, and must be completed to reach 15 Ron Powell (Enfield) 32.21 M70 20k. On the one hand such a mistake 16 Jon May (Enfield) 32.31 M55 could be criticised, but on the other hand, 17 David Hoben (Surrey) 34.58 M55 cynics who often query the accuracy of a course whenever remarkable performances 7 Switzerland 36 (2 athletes) or records are set can now be reassured that this was a 100% accurately measured 20 km Women (+10k split time) and verified 20k, confirmed by international 1 Katalin Varro 95:25 (43:59) officials - so English athletes are now 2 Neringa Aidietyte Lithuania 96:27 without doubt back at the high professional (45:29) levels enjoyed by previous generations of 3 Laura Polli Switzerland 97:36 (44:12) race walkers - no argument! 4 Marie Polli Switzerland 99:23 (45:43) 5 Lisa Kehler RWA England 100:46 Judging standards were high and many (47:07) cards issued, but only two athletes were 6 Niobe Menendez England Athletics DQ'd. Spectators who came to watch the 105:08 (47:37) event were rewarded with a tightly packed 7 Diane Bradley 113:38 (53:20) highly impressive field. After the 20k, DQ Estle Viljoen South Africa officials and spectators crossed the road for DNF Emma Farrell Ireland 65:16 10km the 10k in the stadium, where even more Womens Team impressive walking was on show, thanks to 1 Switzerland 7 (2 athletes) the Irish visitors boosting the entries and providing high quality competition. U20M 10,000m Walk 1 Mark O'KANE Coventry 47:04.42 20 km Men 2 Antonio CIRILLO Swansea 48:18.03 1 Carsten Schmidt 84:15 3 Rory BARRY Ireland 51:56.64 2 Mate Helbrand Hungary 84:48 4 Liam BALDWIN Tonbridge 53:20.87 3 Alex Wright England Athletics 85:46 5 Osin OLIVER Ireland 55:41.58 4 Carl Dohmann Germany 86:04 6 Colin VERSTEEG 5 Brendan Boyce Ireland 86:35 56:42.33 6 Luke Finch RWA England 87:43 DNF Jonathan HOBBS Ashford 7 Tom Bosworth England Athletics 88:24 8 Ben Wears RWA England 89:00 U20W 10,000m Walk 9 Michael Doyle Ireland 90:04 1 Emma DOHERTY Ireland 52:15.26 10 Darrel Stone England Athletics 90:42 2 Maeve CURLEY Ireland 52:36.05 11 Tommy Taylor RWA England 90:52 3 Emma PRENDIVILLE Ireland 52:51.01 12 David Kidd Ireland 92:08 4 Lauren WHELAN Manx Harriers 13 Andreas W Nilson Denmark 94:26 52:54.26 14 Paul Evennett RWA England 96:25 5 Rebecca COLLINS M&M 60:17.15 15 Harold van Beek Netherlands 100:42 16 Bruno Grandjean Switzerland 102:22 Five English Walkers gained the 17 Gyula Dudas Hungary 102:40 Commonwealth Games qualification 18 Marcelino Sobczak Netherlands 102:41 times in the EAA Permit Meeting held in 19 Niall Prendiville Ireland 102:50 conjunction with the England Athletics 20 Urbain Girod Switzerland 105:34 Under 23 and 20 Championships on the 21 Michael Moran Ireland 109:43 roads of Priory Park opposite the 22 John Constandinou Cyprus 119:48 stadium. Alex Wright removed 5 minutes DQ RWA England from his PB 85.46, the fastest time by a British Athlete since 2002. Mens Team 1 England Athletics 20 points In only his 3rd attempt at the distance 2 RWA England 25 Alex Wright overcame the conditions and 3 Ireland 26 pressure to move to top of the Natioal 4 Germany 5 (2 athletes) Rankings and to 14th on the UK All Time 5 Hungary 19 (2 athletes) list and the 3rd fastest ever time by an 6 Netherlands 33 (2 athletes) Under 23. Wright who is based at the UKA National Race Walking Centre at -Alex Wright's 20 km is the fastest since Carnegie, Leeds Met took 3rd in the race 2002 and is #14 on the all time 20 km list; behind German Carsten Schmidt (84.15) #3 on the all time U23 20 km list; and #4 and Hungarian Mate Helbrand (84.48) to on the 2010 Commonwealth 20 km become Britain's fastest ever teenager and rankings. hopefully earn selection for the -Tom Bosworth is #11 on the all time U23 Commonwealth Games. 20 km list. -Ben Wears is #13 on the all time U23 20 Behind him fellow Leeds Met student km list. Brendan Boyce reduced his PB to 86.35 in -Luke Finch is #20 on the all time 20 km taking the Irish Senior 20km title which was list. held in conjunction with the event. The third -Johanna Jackson is #16 on the 2010 Leeds Met student Tom Bosworth put in a World Rankings; #12 on the 2010 magnificent performance in the closing laps European Rankings; and #1 on the 2010 to record 88.24 well inside the qualifying Commonwealth 20 km rankings. time for Delhi. Having won the trial this -Ian Richards/Andi Drake should secure his place in the England Team alongside the already selected Jo British Masters 5k Championships Jackson in the Women's 20km. Two other 20th June 2010 English athletes went below the Horwich, Lancashire Commonwealth Games Standard of 89.00; Luke Finch in 87.43, and Ben Wears who Despite some local problems, due mainly was the 4th English walker inside the to the local carnival moving away from standard clocking 89.00. the race day, the event was again both successful and enjoyable. Unlike recent The Women’s race was won by Hungarian years, the weather was kind and Katalin Varro (95.25) from Lithuanian conditions very good. There were 22 Neringa Aidietyte (96.27). Behind them triple entries, 20 starters and 20 finishers. One Commonwealth medallist Lisa Kelher of the non starters was Mark Williams moved to 2nd on the National Rankings with who had won all 3 previous races: his 1.40.46 inside the standard of 1.42.00 and absence due to illness. Niobe Mendez moved to 3rd with 1.45.08. In the Small Nations Match that included the Overall winner was Adrian Edwards who Junior 10km held on the track in conjunction set a new CBP for M45. Relatively new to with the Under 20/23 Championships, race walking he has made very rapid England came out on top progress and looks a great prospect for the longer distances. Peter Boszko set a On the track in the Under 20 new British M60 CBP just one second Championships, Mark O'Kane took the short of the all comers CBP held by 10km title in a new PB of 47.04. In the regular visitor Sean McMullin from Eire, Women's race Lauren Whelan took 4 The ladies field - depleted this year by minutes of her PB to clock 52.54 and finish clashes of events and injuries, saw Fiona first English athlete. Bishop pull away in the latter stages for a clean win. The outstanding performance A few stats from the Bedford: was a new CBP and British all time best -Five English athletes beat the road 5km for M85 by Edwin Grocock. He Commonwealth Games qualification took 45 seconds off the previous best set standard. by George Mitchell in 2002. At the -Lauren Whelan's 10000 m is the fastest combined walks and runs presentations since 1992 and goes #9 on the all time U20 he received a tremendous ovation for a list. brilliant effort by a true gentleman of the road! -Eric Horwill 5km Men success (she had won in 2006 and 2007) 1 A.Edwards Lancs 27.53 1st M45 CBP and she was presented with her trophy 2 G.Smith Lancs WC 1st M55 28.11 by sister Laura who was last year's 3 P Boszko Birchfield 28.17 1st M60 CBP champion. -George Smolinski 4 Sean McMullin Eire 2nd M60 29.03 5 T Malone York CIU 2nd M55 29.15 2km Boys 6 G Jones Coventry 1st M65 29.55 1 Maks Orzal Leicester Grammar 10:11 7 D Crompton Lancs WC 2nd M45 30.43 2 Joe Smith Blaby Stokes 13:57 8 J Hardy Lancs WC 2nd M65 31.07 3 Matthew Kibble Mount Grace 14:00 9 S Walker Lancs WC 1st M50 33.55 4 Max Flanagan Blaby Stokes 14:15 10 J Grayson York CIU 3rd M65 33.56 5 Benjamin Allen Blaby Stokes 14:18 11 P Crahan Unattached 3rd M55 34.24 6 Jake Smith Blaby Stokes 14:20 12 J Payn Lancs WC 1st M75 34.30 7 Josh Bramley Blaby Stokes 14:58 13 J Crahan Lancs WC 3rd M60 34.41 8 Devon Coulson Blaby Stokes 17:25 14 J Munn Lancs WC 2nd M75 36.01 Boys League Final Standings 15 E Horwill DASH 3rd M75 36.29 =1. Benjamin Allen (Blaby Stokes) - 12 16 E Grocock Sheffield 38.05 1st M85 CBP =1. Josh Bramley (Blaby Stokes) - 12 + British Best Road 3. Max Flanagan (Blaby Stokes) - 13 17 G Dowling Yorks RWC 4th M75 42.15 4. Jake Smith (Blaby Stokes) - 14 5km Ladies 5. Maks Orzal (Leicester Grammar) - 18 1 F Bishop Woking 1st W50 31.42 6, Joe Smith (Blaby Stokes) - 20 2 J Bellfield Halesowen 1st W40 31.53 3 L Bellfied Halesowen 2nd W40 34.35 2km Girls Under 60 Team: 1st Lancs WC (Edwards, 1 Rachael Woolley Univ.Coventry 10:13 Smith, Crompton). Over 60 Team: Lancs 2 Jasmine Nicholls Countesthorpe 10:32 WC (Hardy, Payn,Crahan) 3 Emma Achurch Leysland 10:58 4 Sophie Higgins Blaby Stokes 14:16 Hewitt Cup - Round 3 =4 Laura Achurch Blaby Stokes 14:16 Tuesday, 22nd June 2010 6 Neve Duguid Blaby Stokes 15:09 The conclusion of this year's Hewitt Cup 7 Isobel Keanan Blaby Stokes 15:48 2km. race walking series turned out to be 8 Chloe Proud Blaby Stokes 15:50 the most exciting yet in both boy's and girl's 9 Charley Coleman Blaby Stokes 18:33 categories. In the boys race, Maks Orzal Girls League Final Standings completed a hat trick of wins with Joe Smith 1. Emma Achurch (Leysland) - 12 points just managing to hold off Matthew Kibble. 2. Sophie Higgins (Blaby Stokes) - 13 However in their league where the individual =3 Rachael Woolley (Univ.Coventry) - 14 standings are based on a handicapping =3 Isobel Keanan (Blaby Stokes) - 14 system which encourages all competitors to 5. Jasmine Nicholls (Countesthorpe) - 15 improve, or get close to their best times over 6. Laura Achurch (Blaby Stokes) - 17 the 3 race series there was a tie for overall top slot. Benjamin Allen and Josh Bramley VAC 5 mile Championships finished on 12 points apiece with team- 22nd June 2010 mates Max Flanagan and Jake Smith only 1 Battersea Park, London and 2 points further back respectively. In the With 21 athletes in the walk, and an girl's event Rachael Woolley led home additional 36 in the running event, it was Jasmine Nicholls and Emma Achurch for the a large turnout on a warm evening. Very second straight race. Achurch had a hot and sticky night. Lyn Atterbury came comfortable lead in the girl's league going over from Poland where he currently lives into this final race but was nearly caught by to compete in this event. Overall, an Sophie Higgins, Woolley and Isobel Keanan enjoyable evening and Age Group who all improved on their personal bests on medals were presented by the VAC the night. This was Emma's third Hewitt Cup President, Peter Hannell. 5 miles 3 Owen Norfolk RaF 3.18 1 Ian Richards(Stey) 62 1st 40:18 4 M Johnson-Keeton Bru 3.27 2 John Hall(Bel) 60 2nd 43:28 5 Luke Heald Gl 3.28 3 Sean Lightman(SWC) 65 1st 44:15 6 Lewis Partlett Int 3.30 4 Arthur Thomson(E&H) 70 1st 46:17 20 finishers 5 Steve Uttley(Ilf) 50 1st 47:36 6 Mark Culshaw(Bel)(G) 47:39 Y6 Girls 600m 7 Steve Allen(Ilf) 50 2nd 49:08 1 Niamh Mckivett StW 3.19 8 Mick Harran(SWC)(G) 49:15 2 Ella Jenkinson GH 3.21 9 Lyn Atterbury(SWC) 60 3rd 49:28 3 Rachel Giles TAS 3.23 10 Maureen Noel(Bel) W45 1st 50:06 4 Laura Mitchell GH 3.26 11 Mike Hinton(Ilf) 65 2nd 50:48 5 A Gillott TOP 3.36 12 Peter Hannell(SWC) 67 3rd 50:58 6 Natasha Perryer SHS 3.40 13 Paul King(Bel) 59 1st 51:14 16 finishers 14 Chris Flint(L Vid) 65 51:22 15 Fiona Bishop(Wok) W50 1st 53:44 British Masters 20k Championships 16 Ron Powell(E&H) 70 2nd 55:19 Saturday, 26th June 2010 17 Dave Delaney(SWC) 67 55:20 Northampton Racecourse 18 Dave Hoben(SWC) 57 2nd 55:21 19 Barbara Edlin(E&H) W60 1st 60:38 20km Men 20 Kevin Burnett(SOC) 70 3rd 62:15 1 Francisco Reis Ilford 1:46:58 1-M45 21 John May(SWC) 75 1st 65:56 2 Steve Arnold Nuneaton 1:50:46 2-M45 3 John Hall Belgrave 1:54:56 1-M60 Sheffield Primary Schools Finals 4 Arthur Thomson Enfield 1:55:54 1-M70 Thursday, 24th June 2010 5 Steve Uttley Ilford 1:57:44 1-M50 Woodbourn Road, Sheffield 6 Steve Allen Barnet 2:04:01 2-M50 These Sheffield Schools races are more 7 Sean Pender Enfield 2:07:26 1-M55 popular than most people realise, as only 8 Michael Harran Surrey 2:09:46 2-M70 the first six from each race are published. 9 Dave Sharpe Ilford 2:12:43 2-M55 There were 72 walkers in this event! 10 Gary McDonald Surrey 2:17:13 3-M50 11 Ron Powell Enfield 2:19:09 3-M70 Y5 Boys 600m 12 John Payn Lancashire 2:23:19 1-M75 1 Jack Leversedge GH 3.22 13 Dave Hoben Surrey 2:28:08 3-M55 2 Hamish Hill TAS 3.35 14 Eric Horwill D&S 2:36:49 2-M75 3 Declan Pike BSpa 3.37 Mens Team: 1st Ilford AC, 2nd 4 Alex McManus AGr 3.38 Enfield&H AC, 3rd Surrey WC 5 Ben Woods ToP 3.42 6 J Twigg Bru 3.48 20km Women 20 finishers 1 Maureen Noel Belgrave 2:04:42 1-W45 2 Cath Duhig Ryston 2:11:47 1-W55 Y5 Girls 600m 3 AngieAlstrachan Enfield 2:15:05 1-W40 1 M Waters Dob 3.37 4 Fiona Bishop Woking 2:17:39 1-W50 2 Ellie Brennan StW 3.38 5 Sue Barnett C&C 2:21:34 1-W60 3 Issy Swirles Int 3.42 6 Sue Smith Ryston 2:37:32 2-W45 4 O Morehead StM 3.45 Womens Team: 5 Tasmin White Ema 3.47 1st Ryston Runners AC 6 B Wilson Car 3.49 16 finishers Open 10k Men 1 Graham Chapman Headington 61:21 Y6 Boys 600m 2 Steve Whelan Headington 73:32 1 Lee Hacket Bir 3.03 Open 10k Women 2 Jamie Jenkinson GH 3.10 1 Noel Blatchford Abingdon 66:55 2 Lynn Bellfield Halesowen AC 70:01 Conditions were very hot and the athletes suffered in this track race in front of large Allen Trophy stadium crowds, being filmed by the 26th June 2010 BBC. Lisa tripped over and tumbled to Chorley, Lancashire the floor as Johanna passed her on the A small field due to holidays, distance, outside - no contact. Lisa instantly picked injury, race clash, etc. The usual problems herself up and blasted off. The fall nowadays. Very hot (28 degrees) and over ensured that the walking event was later the usual tough hilly course. shown on TV with two minutes of good video highlights, gaining us valuable 15 Miles publicity. With a generally young field, 6 1 Adrian Edwards Lancs WC 2.24.51 PB's and a Stadium Record, it was an 2 Joe Hardy Lancs WC 2.49.47 excellent race. 3 Dave Evans Lancs WC 2.52.23 4 Dave Crompton Lancs WC 2.54.06 The event coincided with the big England 5 Helen Starling Redcar RWC 2.54.59 football match in the World Cup, which DNF Pat Evans Lancs WC 2.32.15 (12.6m) took the whole country's attention. The football was shown in the stadium during 50th Scottish Widows Parish Walk the athletics, which could have been Isle of Man distracting to the athletes. (Perhaps why 26th-27th June 2010 Lisa fell?) The England football team 1,710 walkers entered this years event, performed extremely poorly despite including many regular race walkers. The gigantic budgets and the BBC athletics largest race walking event ever held in the presenter Steve Cram announced on UK and it's surrounding islands. Starting at television that the football was so bad 8am on the track at the NSC in Douglas and that he "decided to watch the racewalk walking around the island - 85 miles within instead," indicating his feelings for our 24 hours, visiting every parish on the island. sport. In the following days many An IAAF judged race, with a celebrity starter suggestions were made about the - Roger Black OBE, who then joined in the England football team manager. I would walk for the first 11 miles. A write up will be suggest Andi Drake to FIFA, but we need included in the next edition of RWR. A 36 him in race walking! page Parish Walk Special magazine was produced, and is available free via email to 5000m Walk - Men subscribers of this magazine on request. 1 Alex Wright Belgrave 20:11.09 SR 2 Tom Bosworth Tonbridge 20:50.01 PB 20th Polish Veteran's Athletics 3 Luke Finch Colchester 21:29.89 Championships 4 Tom Taylor Birchfield 22:05.18 PB Torun, POLAND 5 Colchester 22:14.12 Sunday, 27th June 2010 6 Mark O'Kane Coventry 23:22.11 A few days after the veterans race in 7 Antonio Cirillo Swansea 24:13.06 PB London, Lyn was doing more veterans Daniel KING Colchester DQ events back in Poland. 3000mW 2nd Lyn Atterbury 17.26 (1st M60) 5000m Walk - Women 5000mW 3rd Lyn Atterbury 29.58 (1st M60) 1 Johanna Jackson M'Bro 21:52.95 2 Lisa Kehler Wolv 24:21.92 UKA T&F Championships/McCain UK 3 Fiona McGorum Leicester 26:08.99 PB Challenge/European Trials 4 Lauren Whelan Manx 26:16.37 PB Alexander Stadium, Birmingham 5 Diane Bradley Tonbridge 26:40.47 27th Jun 2010 6 Heather Lewis Pembroke 26:57.86 PB Kate Funnell Ashford DNF -1lap Kelsey Howard Tonbridge DNF -1lap Under 15 girl) ahead of Sophie Higgins "Yorkshire Guernsey" Sarnia WC and Laura Achurch. The handsome Championship Race 7 Livingstone House cup for top Leics 27th June 2010 school team has been competed over for Osmond Priaulx, Guernsey more than fifty years and the Stokes Phil Lockwood continues to pull away in the squad equalled the great record set by Sarnia Walking Clubs Yorkshire Guernsey New Parks School in the early 1960s of Championship series with a convincing win. five successive wins. Mick Le Sauvage improved his own Guernsey age best time by ten seconds 2km Girls when finishing in 20.15. First lady home was 1 Fiona McGorum Univ.Wales 9:39 Carol Bates, with a rare victory over second 2 Rachael Woolley Univ.Coventry 10:27 placed Jayne Le Noury. 3 Jasmine Nicholls Countesthorpe 10:36 4 Emma Achurch Leysland 10:55 3000m Track Walk Men 5 Sophie Higgins Blaby Stokes 14:24 1 Phil Lockwood M35 14.27 6 Laura Achurch Blaby Stokes 14:36 2 Stuart Le Noury M 15.03 7 Neve Duguid Blaby Stokes 15:16 3 Terry Bates M55 17.07 8 Kezia Brown Blaby Stokes 15:17 4 Kevin Le Noury M50 19.42 9 Chloe Proud Blaby Stokes 16:26 5 Mick Le Sauvage M70 20.15 3000m Track Walk Women 2km Boys 1 Carol Bates W55 21.33 1 Maks Orzal Leicester Grammar 9:42 2 Jayne Le Noury W45 21.58 2 Joe Smith Blaby Stokes 13:11 3 Kay Coulson W40 24.01 3 Benjamin Allen Blaby Stokes 14:30 4 Edward Poyser Blaby Stokes 14:33 ESAA South-West Schools 5 George Watson Blaby Stokes 14:34 Championships 6 Jake Smith Blaby Stokes 15:00 27th June 2010 7 Josh Bramley Blaby Stokes 15:10 Millfield School, Street, Somerset 8 Max Flanagan Blaby Stokes 15:26 3000m Walk 1 Hamish Forfar (Junior boy) Somerset Bill Collins Memorial Trophy 18:16·5 29th June 2010 5000m Walk Tonbridge School, Tonbridge 1 Ben Casey (Senior boy) Somerset 31:15·2 2 Toby Boulton (Intermediate boy) Somerset 3km Road Walks 33:01·9 1 Kelsey Howard Tonbridge 15:22 2 Cameron Corbishley M&M 15:54 Peter / Flers / Keswick Cups 3 Guy Thomas Tonbridge 15:58 Tuesday, 29th June 2010 4 Emily Symons Tonbridge 16:29 Leicester 5 Ben Parsons Tonbridge 16:58 Fresh from her bronze medal success at the 6 Rebecca Collins M&M 17:19 Aviva European Trials & UK Championships 7 Mick Harran Surrey 17:27 Fiona McGorum added the Keswick trophy 8 Peter Hannell Surrey 17:36 to her burgeoning collection of awards when 9 Peter Crane Surrey 18:38 she won as leading Leicestershire Over 15. 10 Georgia Parsons Surrey 19:46 Rachael Woolley and Jasmine Nicholls took 11 Steve Holliday M&M 20:47 the other podium placings. In the male 13 Catherine Cotterill Tonbridge 21:34 equivalent, Maks Orzal also smashed the 10 14 Geraldine Legon. Bexley A.C. 21:39 minute barrier with another fine walk. In the Peter Cup race for Under 15 Boys, Joe 2km Smith retained his title. Emma Achurch won 1 Heather Butcher Cambridge H. 11:26 the Flers Trophy (awarded to the leading 2 Luke Legon Bexley 13:13 3 Sophie Levy M&M 13:54 after setting a 51 strong field into action, Teams (mixed three to score) joined in to race himself. 1st Tonbridge 8 points, 2nd M&M 19, 3rd SWC 24, 4th Tonbridge 'B' 28. Among starters was long-serving Essex County AAA Walking Secretary Ray Sir Sefton Branker Trophy (Civil Service Pearce, who in his heyday was an Essex v Middlesex AAA v RAF) County senior individual champion. Early Wednesday, 30th June 2010 on saw Ilford's in-form Francisco Reis Copthall Stadium, Barnet dictating the pace while leading for 2- 3000m Walk and-half circuits before being overtaken by the talented King twins from Colchester Harriers. Daniel and Dominic King, both Commonwealth Games representatives, pulled ahead to dead- heat in 23 minutes and 38 seconds which was remarkable as they'd done an 18km training session just 2 hours earlier. Reis trailed them with determination to come a close 3rd. Post race saw a buffet and social/reunion. The organisers for an excellent day were Ilford stalwart Tony Perkins and his wife Christine -Dave Ainsworth 1 Francisco Reis MX 14:15.6 2 Steve Uttley CS 15:28.4 5km 3 John Hall CS 15:51.4 1= D.KING COLCHESTER 23.38 4 Mark Culshaw MX 16:55.5 1= D.KING COLCHESTER 23.38 5 Maureen Noel N/S (CS) 19:09.5 3 F.REIS ILFORD 24.45 6 Norma Grimsey N/S (MX) 20:07.8 4 P.RYAN ILFORD 26.18 5 S.UTTLEY ILFORD 26.28 Ilford Open 5 / 500th Essex League Race 6 J.HALL BELGRAVE 26.31 Saturday, 3rd July 7 D.KATES ILFORD 27.43 Redbridge Cycle Circuit, Hainault 8 S.PHILLIPS ILFORD 27.52 9 G.SMITH LWC 28.32 Ilford AC staged the 500th meeting of the 10 J.LLEWLLIN BELGRAVE 28.40 Essex Walking League, which began in 11 G.CHAPMAN HEADINGTON 28.45 1967, on a hot Saturday afternoon. On offer 12 S.BISHOP SEAC 29.01 was a 5 Kilometres road walk over 4-and- 13 M.SCAMELL BELGRAVE 29.14 half circuits of the lower (flat) course. Many 14 A.SEDDON ENFIELD 29.24 former greats came to support this occasion 15 S.CRANE SWC 29.55 and some even got out racing pumps for 16 S.PENDER ENFIELD 29.58 another go. Among them was John Webb 17 S.ALLEN ILFORD 30.15 (Basildon AC) who now resides in Bristol. 18 S.KEMP EVAC 30.41 This sprightly 73 year old won that first 19 R.SHEPPARD ILFORD 30.50 League race 43 years ago, before becoming 20 D.SHARPE ILFORD 31.06 an Olympian a year later in 1968 when 21 D.COX ENFIELD 31.14 racing over 20km in . Among 22 M.HARREN SWC 32.00 spectators was another septuagenarian in 23 R.DOBSON ILFORD 32.17 Paul Nihill MBE who had walked in 4 24 P.COLE ENFIELD 32.30 Olympics (64/68/72/76) and had won silver 25 F.BISHOP (L) AFD 32.33 in the 64 Games over 50k. "Mr 26 A.HARREN SWC 32.41 Starter" was Ilford President Les Hislop who 27 O.CAVIGLIOLI PITSEA 32.42 28 P.CRANE SWC 32.46 segments of 22:22, 22:35 (reaching 29 O.BROWNE ILFORD 32.46 halfway in 44:57) , 22:48 and 22:56 and 30 J.MAY ENFIELD 33.08 this was despite being on two cards for 31 D.SHEPPARD E P 33.51 the last 10km of her race. 32 M.GRAHAM BELGRAVE 34.31 33 A.O’RAWE ILFORD 34.37 ’s Yafei Zhu and Spain’s Beatriz 34 D.HOBEN SWC 34.59 Pascual clinched their respective 20Km 35 P.GOODWIN SPRINGFIELD 34.27 victories to highlight the “Gran Premio 36 S.WHELAN HEADINGTON 35.51 Cantones de Marcha” – the Spanish leg 37 F.FERNANDEZ (L) LOUGHTON 36.11 of the 2010 IAAF Race Walking 38 S.QUEENY (L) ENFIELD 36.30 Challenge on a cloudy and ideal day for 39 M.HINTON ILFORD 36.31 Race Walking. While the 21-year-old 40 K.TUSON VAC 36.31 Chinese retained his title from last year 41 L.HISLOP ILFORD 36.42 with a 1:21:11 clocking, the Spaniard 42 D.FOTHERINGHAM BELGRAVE 36.46 Pascual managed her first ever victory at 43 L.RUDDOCK ILFORD 36.55 an IAAF World Challenge permit meeting 44 G.LEGON (L) BEXLEY 37.15 thanks to a 1:28:05 performance. Coming 45 M.BARNBROOK ILFORD 37.16 slightly over one month ahead of the 46 W.SUTHERLAND HIGHGATE 39.58 European championships the 28-year-old 47 J.WEBB BASILDON 40.21 -born walker propels herself 48 R.PEARCE SOUTHEND 41.43 into the medal picture. DNF J.ROOKE ESSEX BEAGLES DNF C BENT PITSEA The men’s race was an unforgettable 2.76k Walk three-horse sprint finish. Over the 1km- 1 L.LEGON BEXLEY 19.30 long flat circuit, the men’s contest opened quite conservatively as the large lead pack cruised the 5000m point in 20:34 International Results headed by the Chinese pair of Zhu and newly-minted World Cup winner Hao 14th Gran Premio Cantones de La Wang while the rest of favourites walked Coruña tucked behind, the Australian duo of 19th June 2010 reigning Olympic bronze medallist Jared IAAF Race Walking Grand Prix Tallent and plus Mexico’s La Coruna, SPAIN Eder Sánchez among others.They all reached the halfway point in 40:54 and Johanna Jackson broke her own British there were not major changes until the 20km Record competing in the IAAF Race closing 5k when Zhu and the current Walking Challenge Meeting in La Coruna, World silver medallist Hao broke away Spain. In a truly world class field, she from the rest with only Colombia’s Luis finished a fine seventh in 1:30:41 improving Fernando López, who was a creditable on her previous best of 1:31:16 set in fifth at last month’s World Cup in Lugano in 2009. Just behind Jo was Chihuahua, for company. Entering the Australian Jess Rothwell who has been closing 1000, it seemed unavoidable a based at the UKA National Race Walking thrilling sprint for the victory and it was Centre at Leeds Met for the past month and finally the case. To balance even more was 9th in 1.30.53. Jo set herself up their winning chances, the strongest man perfectly for the coming European on paper Hao had already received two Championships in Barcelona, where the warnings while Zhu and Lopez had only UKA A standard was 1:31:15 - one second been warned once. For the delight of the faster than her previous National Record. knowledgeable La Coruña crowd the Jackson walked a very even race with 5k three top walkers fought fiercely through the finish line and it was Zhu who proved to be fastest in 1:21:11 and a one-second clear of Santos. “My 2010 season was advantage on runner-up Lopez, himself going too well and so this win is a huge another second clear of Hao. moral booster thinking of next month’s Europeans in my hometown of Sanchez, the 2009 World Cup bronze Barcelona, I suffered a knee injury last medallist and arguably holder of the best November and could only resume full technique in the field, had to be satisfied training in March. My two-week training with fourth place not too far away from the camp in Font Romeu just ahead of podium places as he was timed at 1:21:16. today’s event has proved to be positive Zhu – a gifted prodigy who clocked 1:18:44 so I plan now to return there for another for the distance at the age of 17 – declared, two weeks.” “Today was a fantastic and tough win. I’m just competing at several events across 20 km Men but my primary goal for this year are 1 Yafei ZHU CHI 1.21.11 the Asian Games to be held in November in 2 Luis Fernando Lopez COL 1.21.12 Guangzhou (China). Before that, I’ll also 3 Hao WANG CHI 1.21.13 take part at the IAAF World Challenge final 4 Eder SANCHEZ MEX 1.21.16 in Beijing next 19 September. My 5 AUS 1.21.31 compatriots and I are already accustomed 6 Luke ADAMS AUS 1.21.35 to Europe customs, food, etcetera, as we 7 Hassanine SEBEI TUN 1.21.47 have spent a lot of time this year here.” After 8 Juan M.Molina MoroteESP 1.21.57 his win in Krakow on 29 May, where he 9 Maik BERGER GER 1.22.28 clocked a 38:40 PB over 10 Km, Zhu and 10 Fredy H.Hernandez COL 1.22.28 his colleagues travelled to Italy for a training 11 Herve DAVAUX FRA 1.22.29 stint with former World and Olympic 12 Isamu FUJISAWA JAP 1.22.51 champion, Maurizio Damilano. 13 Joao VIEIRA POR 1.22.54 14 Pedro Gomez Cruz MEX1.23.27 In contrast to men’s event, the women’s 15 Sergio VIEIRA 76 POR 1.23.48 race opened at a brisk pace with a 5000m 16 Jesús A.Garcia ESP 1.24.04 split of 22:14 for a quintet comprising the 17 Faguang XU CHI 1.25.33 Portuguese triumvirate of Vera Santos, Ines 18 Chil-Sung PARK KOR 1.26.01 Henriques and Ana Cabecinha, Ireland’s 19 Francisco A.Aller ESP 1.26.35 reigning World silver medallist Olive 20 Pedro ISIDRO POR 1.28.21 Loughnane and Spain’s Beatriz Pascual. 21 Cláudio V.Flores ESP 1.29.00 22 Yusuke YACHI JAP 1.29.24 The Spaniard, who was a disappointing 11th 23 Takayuki TANII JAP 1.31.11 in Chihuahua in 1:36:08, proved to be 24 Juan A.P.Hidlago ESP 1.32.00 determined to take revenge on that below- 25 Cristiano ANTONIO POR 1.32.12 par performance and by the halfway point 26 José P.Ruiz ESP 1.33.15 she walked alone at the forefront in 44:09, 27 Manuel J.A. Fernandez ESP 1.37.50 with a seven-second margin on this year’s 28 Roi DUARTE POR 1.44.27 World Cup leader Santos. By then, DNF Ivano BRUGNETTI ITA Loughnane travelled in fourth some 37 DNF Alejandro CAMBIL ESP seconds in arrears. Throughout the second DNF Bertrand MOULINET FRA half Pascual maintained her dominance DNF Jamie COSTIN IRL while a fading Santos was comfortably DNF David M.REDONDO ESP overtaken by Loughnane with six kilometres DNF Rodrigo D.Fernández ESP to go. At the finish line, Pascual clocked her second fastest time of 1:28:05 only bettered 20 km Women by the 1:27:44 which led her to the 6th place 1 Beatriz PASCUAL 82 ESP 1.28.05 at the Beijing Olympics. The Irish star came 2 Olive LOUGHNANE 76 IRL 1.28.36 second 31 seconds behind but 20 seconds 3 Vera SANTOS 81 POR 1.28.56 4 Ines HENRIQUES 80 POR 1.29.36 5 Julia TACKAS 89 ESP 1.30.14 6 Hong LIU 87 CHI 1.30.26 7 Johanna JACKSON 85 GBR 1.30.41 8 Susana FEITOR 75 POR 1.30.47 9 Jess ROTHWELL 85 AUS 1.30.53 10 81 AUS 1.32.02 11 Kumi OTOSHI 85 JAP 1.32.20 12 Masumi FUCHISE 86 JAP 1.32.43 13 Ainhoa PINEDO 83 ESP 1.34.05 14 Fumika KIRYU 87 JAP 1.39.11 15 Eva M.I.GONZALEZ ESP 1.39.36 DNF Ana CABECINHA 84 POR DNF Laura REYNOLDS 89 IRL DNF Verónica COLOMO DÍEZ ESP 200 Club DQ AUS Recent winners: May, 2010 £25 - D. Ratcliffe, £10 - C. Flint £10 - A. Perry Letters Nice to see decent BBC coverage of the 5000m walk in the UK Trials yesterday even if it was perhaps prompted by Lisa's fall (and subsequent difficulty in getting her legs working again in unison).

Steve Allen ------Do you or anybody know the whereabouts of Brian Ashwell, Dudley Seddon and Ted Warner? Hope you can help.

John Cannell [email protected] Sabine Zimmer - Ladies Winner ------Hi John, Below you’ll find what I did on the day of the National 20kms champs. (Heaton "Parkrun" Event, 5k, ) As a walker I was pleased to finish 146th out of a field of 217. I’m hoping that by doing these events we might get a few people interested in race walking.

I like your recent introduction of age Photos from La Coruna grading of results on Racewalk UK. It's confirmed what I've long thought: John Payn (M75) is consistently the most usually give us a lot of credit. Historical outstanding walker in Lancashire WC. performances will be added to RacewalkUK. Best wishes, Greg Smith, Lancashire ------Great work on the archives. As they A response to Doug Corkhill’s letter from a come on stream, they convey a sense of previous issue of RWR: social history in general as well the unfolding story of the sport itself. The If Doug Corkill is going to quote numbers he archive is excellent and much should get them right, there were 1.5 pages appreciated. I lost over 20 years of of Sheffield Schools results not 2.5! There Records in a flooded cellar in the mid- were around 400 finishers in 28 races I don't 80's. If you manage the job, in a few apologise for sending in the top 6 in each years I'll be able to have a go at race. Incidentally in issue 798 of RWR an producing All-Time Lists for the Isle of Man result takes over 1.5 pages to Lancashire Walking Club. I don't know list all the walkers inside 3 hours for 10 whether you noticed but the 1976 miles! Records you've scanned reveal a little talked about moment in the history of Brian Adams walking in Lancashire. In frustration with what we saw as the backward views of Editor: I have significantly increased the the old guard back then, a number of us number of pages in this magazine so that all including Ron Wallwork, Julian Hopkins, results can be shown, and am happy to Fred Pearce [!] and myself resigned and focus on selected areas from time to time joined Blackburn Harriers. It came to for various reasons. Of course people in one nothing and it has now been swept under area may not care about what is occurring in the carpet, but one day I'll write up the another, but it is important to our sport to story. encourage and promote. Everyone is free to discard any items from this magazine that Sadly I've been unable to race walk for a do not interest them and still be left with a couple of years now due to severe pain good read, but I will continue to print in my right hip. I keep fit by cycling in the anything that is going on that I think Cretan mountains. Hope to get to the interests a proportion of readers. Lancashire AGM in October/November. ------I have just received my copy of Masters Best Wishes, Tony Taylor, Crete Athletics 2010 (Summer No 92) and once ------again Brian Owen has not found room or Over the past decade, and perhaps even chosen not to publish the Masters Road and longer, there has been a mood of doom Indoor Walk Rankings so I do hope that you and gloom about the state of race can find time and space to include them in a walking in the UK. In part it was justified: forthcoming edition of Race Walking it seemed a sport destined to oblivion Record. I don't want all the hard work of with small fields made up almost entirely compiling the rankings to go to waste and I of ageing veterans. That is now am sure that they would be of interest to changing. My reading of the rankings and fellow Masters Walkers. results tells me that we have some talented walkers eager to make their Kind Regards mark at International level. There are Bob Care races, somewhere in the UK, weekly throughout the year. Participation is Editor: Of course. Masters athletics would increasing. Our top veterans are world be so much poorer without walking. They class. We have enthusiastic and dedicated coaches working with the best of raced, and then began the long haul the younger generation. home again.

So why the continuing negativity? Of To return to the situation in the UK. I am course, the big fields and the huge depth of optimistic. Things are not so desperate talent that existed in the 50's, 60's and 70's as they sometimes seem if you look at has faded away, and is reflected throughout the things in your favour. You can train athletics. Times have changed and the long and race all year. Our winters are often lunch hour has evaporated. Now there are plagued by snow and ice, and, apart from work and domestic pressures that were a few indoor events, November - March unknown 40 or 50 years ago. Against that is the closed season. These, however, kind of background few are able to commit are just practical matters. I continue to be themselves to the demands of athletics at a optimistic that the UK will not be short of high level, and to think of a return to that senior category walkers who excel, but earlier era is mistaken. I suspect that when due to the changes in the culture of work, compared to the number of race walking family, and leisure, I am slightly events in other European countries, and the apprehensive that, in an ironic twist of numbers taking part, the sport in the UK is fortune, there will be few to replace the in a remarkably healthy condition. veterans of an earlier era who provide the base from which race-walking is That is not to suggest complacency. There developing so vigorously today. Good is still a need to integrate race-walking into luck! mainstream athletics. In Poland, where I live, clubs do not have race-walking Lyn Atterbury sections; they have race-walkers just as ------they have sprinters, high jumpers, shot In 2009 I was diagnosed with arthritis in putters, and marathon runners. Here race- my right hip and told that if I didn't stop walking is a young persons sport, and if 10 road running then I would need a hip walkers turn out for a Veterans National replacement in 2-5 years. Not a pleasant Championship we say that we have a big prospect and it frightened me to say the field! In Pila, not far from my home, there least as I am only 50! I was also are at least three schools with brand new extremely upset, as I had been running 200m outdoor tartan tracks plus facilities for for 12 years and didn't want to give it up. field events. How does a relatively poor European country do this? I don't know the Anyway, after struggling with feelings of answer, but the Department of Sport and envy, I have gotten over it now and have Tourism seems to be remarkably well compromised by taking up speed walking funded. We have excellent athletic combined with some running. I am really stadiums, generously funded sports clubs, enjoying the speed/race walking and but no motorways! A carry over, no doubt, believe it to be really challenging. I am from when the East Europeans were a looking to get together with other people fearsome force in . The media who race/speed walk but am and commercial companies are not averse disappointed to find only one club in to funding athletic events of all kinds: our Norfolk (West Norfolk AC) and that's in New Year Fun Run has a prize list that is Kings Lynn (I live in Norwich). truly phenomenal. There is a down side. I usually have to travel long distances to Can you help me please by putting me in compete, and nearly all require an overnight touch with people who live in and around stay. But that is what people do. At the Norwich? Gdansk International Festival of Race- Walking the competitors from Latvia Thanks and best wishes, endured a bus ride of more than 24 hours, Lyn Hazleton I wish to enquire if there is such a pursuit as despite still being in the list of events racewalking events for amputees, anywhere (men 10k, women's 3k,) race walking has in the UK?I had my right leg amputated on not been included due to lack of support. May 2008, then my left leg amputated 12 The minimum requirement is 6 athletes weeks later in August 2008, both below the from 4 different member islands. knee. I then received a kidney transplant in May 2009. I then commenced racewalk Already there are expressions of interest training on 2nd December 2009. Since then, from some Guernsey men, athletes of and to date I have competed in several 5k both sexes from the Isle of Man would running events, against able bodied like to compete (apparently there is a athletes. My personal best to date for a 5k maximum 2 athletes per team) and some racewalk event as a double amputee is from the Isle of Wight. If anyone knows of 49:30. Before my kidney failure and loss of any athletes from the islands listed below limbs, I was a regular club runner with my or thinks they may be eligible to compete local Dundee Hawkhill Harriers AC. I for one of the association, please get in participated in numerous cross country, fell touch. The consideration times will be running, track, 10k, half marathon, and full expected to be 53 minutes for men and marathon events over many years. I am due 17 minutes for women. to compete in the British Transplant Games 5k racewalk, at the lovely city of Bath on Islands: Aland Alderney Bermuda Sunday 22nd August 2010, albeit against Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Faroe other transplant recipients. I have been Islands Froya Gibraltar Gotland informed that I will be the only double Greenland Guernsey Hitra Isle of Man amputee racewalker in the event. Isle of Wight Jersey Menorca Orkney Prince Edward Island Rhodes Saaremaa Yours in sport Sark Shetland Islands St Helena Western Ronnie McIntosh, Race Walker Isles

Editor: Race walking as a sport was Michael George invented by people to challenge and test their physical abilities, and has many ------inspiring stories of athletes pushing I've been waiting over 30 years for my themselves beyond other peoples GB track suit from when I was team expectations. Ronnie is a true hero, and I’m manager for about 3 years. I did get a very moved by his story. track suit but had to give it to a youth who’s track suit didn't turn up. I am the ------dog’s body of race walking. Island Games - Isle of Wight 2011 Tony Perkins The Island Games is a competition for small islands along the lines of a mini Editor: I laughed when I got this, and had Olympics/Commonwealth Games. It was to share it. Tony, I know you do a lot for first held in 1985 in the Isle of Man but since race walking the second games in Guernsey 1987, In the next issue… News, European Championships in Barcelona, The End of DQ’s, Nutrition, Technique, Drugs, Results, Reports, Photos… And anything I have missed out of this issue. DON’T MISS IT! - OUT SOON Fixtures August 2010 3rd 1k/3k Woodford Tuesday Walks Ashtons Field, Woodford B 4th 2000m Midland Veterans League 4 - East Div Charnwood 4th var EVAC T&F League Milton Keynes, Kings Lynn, Lee Valley B 5th 2000m Midland Veterans League 4 - South Div Worcester B 6th 1 mile (track) Sarnia WC Championship 10 Osmond Priaulx, Guernsey B 7th 10k Lambert Trophy (1:30) Sutton Macclesfield B 7th - 8th 100 mile Open Centurion race (2pm) Castle Park, Colchester 7th 20k Southern & Essex 20k Championship Basildon (2pm) B 8th Half Marathon IOMVAC Half Marathon Walk, Isle of Man 8th var Masters Inter-Area T&F Championships Solihull, West Midlands B 10th 5 mile VAC Summer Walks 2010 (7pm) Battersea Park, London B 11th 2000m Midland Veterans League 4 - North Div Sutton Coldfield B 11th 3k Civil Service T&F Championships (2pm) Eton B 11th 5k/var Surrey WC Open Track Meeting Normans Park, Hayes 12th 6 mile Foxdale 6 Miles Foxdale, Isle of Man 13th var South Yorkshire League (6pm) Sheffield B 13th - 14th 100k Dodendocht/Death March Bornem, BELGIUM B 14th 1k/5k London Inter-Club Challenge/Enfield League Parliament Hill 14th 10k/30k BMAF 30k Championships/Midland 30k(M)/10k(F) Coventry 14th - 26th var 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games SINGAPORE B 15th 1 hour Sarnia WC Track Walk Osmond Priaulx, Guernsey 15th 3000m Home Counties 8-Counties T&F Match Ashford, Kent 15th 3k/5k Irish National Masters Championships Tullamore, IRELAND 21st - 22nd var England Athletics U15/U17 Championships Bedford B 27th 5k Sarnia WC Road Walk Delancey Park, St Sampsons, Guernsey B 28th 1 hour Lancashire WC Open Track Walk Bury, Lancashire 28th 1k/3k Julie Rose Open Ashford 28th 5k/10k 20th International Festival of Race Walking Gdansk, POLAND B 29th 3000m VAC T&F Championships Battersea Park 31st 1k/5k Woodford Tuesday Walks/Essex League Ashtons Field, Woodford September 2010 B 3rd 3k Sarnia WC Road Walk Amarreurs Road, Vale, Guernsey 4th 10k/var Jim Sharlott Open/YAG Grand Prix/BMAF 10k Champs, Leicester B 5th 19.4 mile Church-to-Church Guernsey B 5th 2000m Midland Veterans League - FINAL Rugby 5th var SCVAC League Final Ashford 5th var EVAC T&F League Final Bedford 9th 3k Civil Service Veterans Championships Watford 11th 10k UK/RWA National 10k Champs/McCain UK Challenge Final Coventry 14th var South Yorkshire League (6pm) Sheffield 16th 5k IOMVAC Autumn Handicap TBC, Isle of Man B 18th 10k Lambert Trophy (1:30) Macclesfield B 18th var English Race Walking Half Marathon/Enfield League Hillingdon 18th 3000m/5000m English Schools Championships Stoke-upon-Trent

Above: Race Walking Record Issues 1 - 10 (1941-1942)

Below: The 2012 London Olympic Walks course - The Mall