Emma Achurch Winner at the London Open Walks in a 10Km Personal Best of 48:28 Walking Race February 2015
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Record Emma Achurch Winner at the London Open Walks in a 10km personal best of 48:28 Race Walking February 2015 Photograph courtesy of Mark Easton (http://markeaston.zenfolio.com) Race Walking Record – February 2015 British Athletics and the Race Walking Association jointly present the 2015 National 10mile Race Walking Championships to be held under IAAF Rules Saturday 4th April at Lee Valley Sports Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, N9 OAR Start Time 13:00 Entry Fee £10.00 to Peter Marlow The Picture House, 134G Southgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. IP33 2AF Tel: 01284 754177 Cheques made payable to the Race Walking Association Closing date for entries Monday 30th March Entry Form available at http://racewalkingrecord.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- British Athletics and the Race Walking Association jointly present the 2015 National 20km Race Walking Championships incorporating the RWA Younger Age Group Championships to be held under IAAF rules Saturday 18th April at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit, Minet Country Park, Springfield Road, UB4OLP Time Table of Events 13:00 U13 Boys & Girls 2km 13:20 U15 Boys & Girls 3km 13:45 U17 Men’s & Women’s 5km 14:15 Junior Men’s & Women’s 10km 14:15 Senior Men’s & Women’s 20km (Cut off time 2hrs 30 min) Entry Fee £10.00 seniors, £7.00 juniors to Peter Marlow The Picture House, 134G Southgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. IP33 2AF Tel: 01284 754177 Cheques made payable to the Race Walking Association. Closing date for entries Monday 13th April Entry Form available at http://racewalkingrecord.co.uk/ Race Walking Record – February 2015 Midland Championships, Stourport, (Sun. 1st Feb.) Championships held on a dry but bitterly cold day and attracted a very low turnout. Men’s 10k Posn Athlete Club Perf 1 Mark Williams (M50) Tamworth Athletic Club 57:45 2 Peter Boszko (M55) Birchfield Harriers 61:05 3 Roger Michell (M65) Surrey Walking Club 62:20 4 Christopher Berwick (M65) Leicester Walking Club 65:11 5 John Constandinou (M40) Birchfield Harriers 65:24 6 George Smolinski (M60) Leicester Walking Club 65:39 7 Ed Shillabeer (M75) Ilford Athletic Club 69:04 8 David Fall (M70) Birchfield Harriers 77:17 Women’s 5k Posn Athlete Club Perf The combined U13 & U15 Girls plus U11 boy’s race gets underway 1 Charlotte Finney (U23) Tipton Harriers 29:34 (Photograph courtesy of Mark Easton (http://markeaston.zenfolio.com)) 2 Sarah Lightman (W40) Leicester Walking Club 31:42 3 Julie Bellfield (W45) Halesowen Athletic Club 32:47 Senior, Junior, U17 Women’s & Under 17 Men’s 5k 4 Hilary Mann (W50) Sparkhill Harriers 33:20 Posn Athlete Club Perf 5 Jessica Mills (U20) Birchfield Harriers 33:55 1 Emma Achurch (U20) Leicester Walking Club 24:14 6 Tracey Mills (W45) Birchfield Harriers 35:13 2 Chris Snook (U17) Aldershot F & D AC 25:09 7 Lynn Bellfield (W45) Halesowen Athletic Club 36:31 3 Sophie Lewis Ward ( U17) Cambridge Harriers 26:28 London Open Walks, Hillingdon Cycle Circuit (Sun. 8th Feb.) 4 Heather Butcher (U20) Cambridge Harriers 27:28 5 Penelope Cummings (W35) Aldershot F & D AC 27:58 Driven from its traditional venue of Victoria Park by the decision of 6 Suzanne Beardsmore (W40) Abingdon Athletic Club 30:34 Tower Hamlets Borough Council to charge £375 for walking along its 7 Maureen Noel (W55) Belgrave Harriers 31:22 paths, the London Open Walks were held for the first time at 8 Indigo Burgin (U17) Cambridge Harriers 31:29 Hillingdon Cycle Circuit, writes Peter Cassidy. 9 Anne Jones (W55) Steyning Athletic Club 31:36 The overall participation was a bit down, but in compensation the 10 Abigail Jennings (U17) Aldershot F & D AC 31:45 younger walkers performed well in excellent weather conditions on 11 Amy Phipps (U17) Neath Harriers 32:12 a certified course. Cambridge Harriers’ Under-15 girls Evie Butcher 12 Sue Davies (W50) Aldershot F & D AC 32:19 and Lucy Lewis Ward fought it out to the line, while their sisters 13 Chris Smith (M50) (Guest) Leicester Walking Club 39:39 Heather and Sophie took the junior silver and Under-17 gold. First Daniel McKerlich (U17) Cardiff A.A.C. DQ home in the Women’s 5k, Emma Achurch set a fierce pace, beating Jordan Price (U17) Breacon Athletic Club DQ Under-17 man Chris Snook. She then maintained the pace to be first home – but not scoring – in the 10k with a personal best, ahead of Combined Women’s Team Chris’s brother Tim. It was good to see the younger walkers leading 1 Cambridge Harriers 81 points home the senior women’s and men’s winners Penny Cummings and 2 Aldershot Farnham & Dist 69 points Trevor Jones. Senior & Junior Men’s 10k The Reg Jacobs Trophy, commemorating the founder of the event, Posn Athlete Club Perf went to Aldershot, Farnham & District, whose couple of seniors 1 Tim Snook (U20M) Aldershot & D AC 52:16 gave them the advantage over the all Younger Age Group 2 Trevor Jones (M55) Steyning Athletic Club 52:51 Cambridge Harriers team. 3 Jim Ball (M50) Steyning Athletic Club 55:32 Under 11 Boys 1k 4 Steve Allen (M55) Barnet & District AC 55:42 Posn Athlete Club Perf 5 John Hall (M65) Belgrave Harriers 56:31 1 Nojus Narvilas Ealing Southall & M AC 8:03 6 Dan Maskell (M65) Surrey Walking Club 63:58 2 Martin Radkov Ealing Southall & M AC 9:05 7 Sean Pender (M60) Enfield & Haringey AC 66:27 Under 13 & Under 15 Boys 2k 8 Michael Harran (M75) Surrey Walking Club 67:01 9 Russell Vroobal (M55) Hillingdon Athletic Club 69:50 Posn Athlete Club Perf 10 David Hoben (M60) Surrey Walking Club 73:47 1 Benjamin Allen (U15) Leicester Walking Club 10:42 Combined Team 2 Kai Cundey (U13 City of Sheffield AC 13:04 3 Nicholas Hart (U13) Aldershot F & D AC 14:27 1 Surrey Walking Club 69 points Under 13 & Under 15 Girls 2k 2 Steyning Athletic Club 57 points Posn Athlete Club Perf The following women went on to complete 10k 1 Evie Butcher (U15) Cambridge Harriers 10:56 Posn Athlete Club Perf 2 Lucy Lewis Ward (U15) Cambridge Harriers 10:58 1 Emma Achurch (U20) Leicester Walking Club 48:28 3 Alana Zeidler (U15) City of Sheffield AC 11:27 2 Maureen Noel (M50) Belgrave Harriers 64:03 4 Molly Meleady-Hanley (U13) City of Sheffield AC 11:37 3 Anne Jones (W55) Steyning Athletic Club 65:17 5 Mollie Dainton (U15) Llanelli Athletic Club 11:41 6 Suki Ly (U13) Cambridge Harriers 11:41 7 Mia Loten (U15) Aldershot F & D AC 13:59 8 Kathryn Elloitt (U15) Aldershot F & D AC 14:03 9 Anna Hinchcliff (U15) Aldershot F & D AC 14:17 Combined Team 1 Cambridge Harriers 84 points 2 Aldershot Farnham & Dist 69 points 3 City of Sheffield AC 55 points Race Walking Record – February 2015 Eastern Counties AA Indoor Championships, Lee Valley Cambridge Harriers Winter League, Bexley (Sat. 14th Feb.) th (Sun. 8 Feb.) The third race in the series was held in bright conditions. Numbers Callum Wilkinson broke the British under 20 one mile walk record of were slightly down as some U20/U17’s were racing the following 6.09.2 set by Leicester’s Phil Vesty (who went on to become an day at the British Athletics Indoor Championships. Olympian) back in 1982 reports Ron Wallwork. The new record is In the girls 2.5k Lucy Lewis Ward (U15) led her Cambridge Harriers 6:03.78. team mates’ home to a clean sweep achieving a personal best in the The field was small and the young Enfield walker was soon lapping process. everyone else on the track passing the half-way point in 3.03.15 and In the men’s 5k Ian Richards took on the pace from the start and applauded on by an appreciative crowd covered the second half in was chased all the way by Jonathan Hobbs. just hundredths of a second over 3 minutes. In the ladies race Penelope Cummings was a clear winner. Men’s 5k Posn Athlete Club Perf 1 Ian Richards (M65) Steyning Athletic Club 24:37 2 Jonathan Hobbs (U23) Ashford Athletic Club 24:53 3 Christopher Hobbs (M55) Ashford Athletic Club 25:18 4 Malcom Martin (M60) Surrey Walking Club 26:46 5 John Hall (M65) Belgrave Harriers 26:54 6 Dan Maskell (M65) Surrey Walking Club 30:56 7 Colin Zack (U17) Aldershot F & D AC 31:14 8 Peter Hannell (M70) Surrey Walking Club 31:42 9 Christopher Flint (M65) Surrey Walking Club 32:02 10 Shaun Lightman (M70) Surrey Walking Club 34:25 11 Michael Barnbrook (M65) Ilford Athletic Club 37:26 12 Stephen Holliday (M65) Ashford Athletic Club 37:48 Pam Abbott ~ Callum Wilkinson ~ George Wilkinson ~ Keith Palmer ~ Steve Allen 13 David Ainsworth (M65) Ilford Athletic Club 40:55 Posn Athlete Club Perf Women’s 5k 1 Callum Wilkinson (U20) Enfield & Haringey AC 6:03.78 Posn Athlete Club Perf 2 Steve Allen (M55) Barnet & District AC 8:13.69 1 Penelope Cummings (W35) Aldershot F & D AC 27:38 3 Keith Palmer (M50) Southend-on-Sea AC 10:26.69 2 Indigo Burgin (U17) Cambridge Harriers 31:40 4 Pamela Abbott (W50) Enfield & Haringey AC 10:38.41 3 Lesley Hall (W55) Ashford Athletic Club 32:14 5 George Wilkinson (U15) Enfield & Haringey AC 10:58.41 4 Geraldine Legon (W50) Bexley Athletic Club 34:33 th Sarnia WC Road Walks, Delancey Park, (Sun. 8 Feb.) Boys 2.5k Phil Lockwood took the honours in the longer distance race over 10 Posn Athlete Club Perf kilometres with a time of 1.01.31, whilst Rob Elliott had victory over 1 Ollie Hopkins Lewes Athletic Club 14:42 5 kilometres winning in 26.51 from Kevin Le Noury and Peter Girls 2.5k Beckerleg.