English Schools Championships 2015 Tom Bosworth 24th in the Men’s 20km at the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Beijing Record Intermediate Boys Podium Tom Partington ~ Chris Snook ~ Marshall Smith ~ Ollie Hopkins Race Walking Intermediate Girls Podium September 2015 Emily Ghose ~ Sophie Lewis Ward ~ Abigail Jennings ~ Indigo Burgin ~ Lucy Webster Race Walking Record – September 2015 Race Walking Association (Southern Area) Open to all first claim members of affiliated clubs within the South of England defined region The races will be held in accordance with UKA Rules of Competition and will be judged in accordance with IAAF Rule 230 The races to form the league will be: th Cambr idge Harriers Open Race Walks on Sat. 17 October 2015 SRWA Senior 10km & YAG Championships on Sat. 16th January 2016 th London Open Race Walks on Sun. 7 February 2016 (It had been hoped to have a fourth event in December 2015 but a suitable event could not be found) Individual Scoring Points will be awarded after each race on finishing position st nd rd (For example 1 = 40 points, 2 = 38, 3 = 37 and so on down to 1) The individual winners in each age group will be determined by the highest points total scored from two out of the three races. Team Scoring The winning team will be determined by the highest total of team points scored when adding all the points scored together of all participants from the same club across all age groups, scored from three out three races. For more information contact the SRWA Hon. Championship Sec retary Noel Carmody ([email protected]) Race Walking Record – September 2015 National 42nd English Schools Championships, Bedford (Sat 19th Sept.) Youth Development League Invitation Walks, The junior girls 3000m had an entry of sixteen with twelve starting. Alexander Stadium Birmingham (Sat. 5th Sept.) Pagen Spooner took the gold in a new personal best, moving her up to 3rd in the rankings for 2015. Ben Allen won the junior boys 3000m This year’s YDL Invitation Walks saw an increased entry. Callum by over 3 minutes. Wilkinson set his third national U20 men’s best in 2015. Having missed Luke Finch’s 2000m national record last year he made no Sophie Lewis Ward was unchallenged as she took the intermediate mistake this time around recording 7:41.9. girls title. All four finishers in the intermediate boys 5000m set new personal bests, with Chris Snook coming out on top ahead of Tom Under 13 Girls 1000m Partington. Posn Athlete Club Perf 1 Suki Ly Cambridge Harriers 5:07.2 Emma Achurch was a clear winner in the senior girls 5000m. In the senior boys race Cameron Corbishley led Kent to a clean sweep of 2 Molly Meleady-Hanley C of Sheffield & Dearne AC 5:22.5 the medals, setting a new personal best, to go sub-21 minutes for 3 Lara MacColl C of Sheffield & Dearne AC 5:39.9 the first time. Guy Thomas also set a new personal best, to not only 4 Leonora Brehemy Bridgend Athletic Cub 5:43.1 break 23 minutes for the first time, but also the 22 minute mark. Under 13 Boys 1000m Junior Girls 3000m Posn Athlete Club Perf Posn Athlete Club Perf 1 Jack Childs Medway & Maidstone AC 5:26.1 1 Pagen Spooner North Yorkshire 16:01.80 2 Kai Cundy C of Sheffield & Dearne AC 5:27.3 3 Toby Buck Rugby & Northampton AC 5:38.1 2 Evie Butcher London 16:09.44 3 Alana Zeidler South Yorkshire 16:56.84 Under 15 Girls 1000m 4 Lucy Lewis Ward London 17:01.76 Posn Athlete Club Perf 5 Alice Bellando IOM/Merseyside 17:17.86 1 Ana Garcia C of Sheffield & Dearne AC 4:38.6 6 Katie Elliott Surrey 18:37.02 2 Evie Butcher Cambridge Harriers 4:51.2 7 Isabelle Bridge Kent 18:56.70 3 Kara Lane Birchfield Harriers 4:57.2 8 Beatrice Fury Kent 19:00.99 4 Pagen Spooner Wetherby Runners 5:02.4 9 Jacqueline Benson Kent 19:37.45 5 Lucy Lewis Ward Cambridge Harriers 5:15.3 10 Leah Goddard IOM/Merseyside 19:54.62 6 Mollie Dainton Llanelli Athletic Club 5:26.4 11 Anna Hinchcliffe Surrey 21:12.99 7 Isabelle Bridge Blackheath & Bromley HAC 5:26.9 Ana Garcia South Yorkshire DQ 8 Jessica Finney Birchfield Harriers 5:37.8 Junior Boys 3000m Under 15 Boys 1000m Posn Athlete Club Perf Posn Athlete Club Perf 1 Ben Allen Leicester Walking Club 4:46.9 1 Ben Allen Leicester & Rutland 15:38.73 2 Owain Rhys-Nicholas Pembrokeshire Harriers 4:49.9 2 Stephen Waddington IOM/Merseyside 18:53.98 3 George Wilkinson Enfield & Haringey AC 5:41.4 3 Herb Elliott Somerset 20:28.69 4 George Wilkinson Suffolk 20:37.57 Under 17 Women 2000m 5 George Clay Somerset 21:13:12 Posn Athlete Club Perf 1 Amy Phipps Neath Harriers 11:04.8 Intermediate Girls 3000m 2 Abigail Jennings Aldershot Farnham & Dist 11:13.6 Posn Athlete Club Perf Under 17 Men 2000m 1 Sophie Lewis Ward London 15:30.75 Posn Athlete Club Perf 2 Emily Ghose Sussex 16:31.15 1 Chris Snook Aldershot Farnham & Dist 8:41.2 3 Abigail Jennings Surrey 17:25.31 2 Jordan Price Brecon Athletic Club 10:08.4 4 Indigo Burgin London 19:22.48 3 Matthew Phipps Neath Harriers 11:45.0 5 Lucy Webster IOM/Merseyside 20:48.40 4 Daniel McKerlich Cardiff AAC DQ Intermediate Boys 5000m Under 20 Men 2000m Posn Athlete Club Perf Posn Athlete Club Perf 1 Chris Snook Surrey 22:33.80 1 Callum Wilkinson Enfield & Haringey AC 7:41.9 2 Tom Partington IOM/Merseyside 23:12.48 2 Cameron Corbishley Medway & Maidstone AC 7:55.2 3 Marshall Smith Kent 28:06.93 3 Luc Legon Bexley Athletic Club 9:24.1 4 Oliver Hopkins Sussex 28:10.32 Senior Girls 5000m Posn Athlete Club Perf 1 Emma Achurch Leicester & Rutland 25:53.66 2 Heather Butcher Kent 27:28.37 3 Rebecca Greatbatch IOM/Merseyside 30:25.95 from Ron Wallwork Change of Venue for Enfield League Race The Enfield Race Walking League 5 Mile Yacht Handicap on Sat. 10th October 2015 will now be staged at Lee Valley Athletic Centre, N9 0AS. The start time remains the same – 1pm. The reason for the change is that Enfield Town FC have reached the 3rd qualifying round of the FA Cup and have drawn a home tie. Inconvenient for us, but congratulations to them and best wishes for further success in the competition. Race Walking Record – September 2015 Senior Boys 5000m 5 4 Tracey Mills (W45) Birchfield H/CSSC 33:44 Posn Athlete Club Perf 6 5 Geraldine Legon (W55) Bexley AC/CSSC 33:46 1 Cameron Corbishley Kent 20:37.54 7 6 Jane Hodge (W55) Hardley Runners/CSSC 34:33 2 Guy Thomas Kent 21:39.65 8 7 Pamela Abbott (W50) Enfield & H/CSSC 34:45 3 Luc Legon Kent 23:29.13 9 8 Emily Kirkham Unattached/CSSC 38:36 4 Tim Snook Hampshire 24:23.87 10 2 Sandra Johnson Unattached/Lancs Police 39:20 Callum Wilkinson Suffolk DNF 11 3 Anne Croft Unattached/Lancs Police 43:16 British Masters 10,000m Track Championships, Domestic th Birmingham (Sun. 20 Sept.) Sarnia Walking Club 3k Road Walk, Les Amarreurs, Vale, New British M55 best performance set by Francisco Reis. Guernsey (Fri. 4th Sept.) Men’s 10,0000m Race winner Stuart Le Noury had the company of visitor Jim Ball for Posn Athlete Club Perf the first lap of two in the Sarnia Walking Clubs 3 kilometre road 1 Francisco Reis (M55) Southern Counties Vets 49:14:89 walk held at Les Amarreurs reports Rob Elliott. Passing the half way 2 Christopher Hobbs (M60) Ashford Athletic Club 54:63.99 point 7:51, with a one second lead. Stuart increased the pace to 3 Steve Allen (M55) Barnet & District AC 56:45.16 come home in 15:27. Jim Ball, was happy with his performance, two 4 John Hall (M65) Belgrave Harriers 56:51.38 days before tackling the 19.4 mile Church to Church walk, finishing 5 Peter Boszko (M65) Birchfield Harriers 62:19.08 just outside 16 minutes. 6 Arthur Thomson (M75) Enfield & Haringey AC 64:17.90 Phil Lockwood, still with the Guernsey Marathon in his legs from the Ian Richards (M65) Steyning Athletic Club DQ previous Sunday, walked an isolated race for third place in 17:26. Ronald Powell (M75) Enfield & Haringey AC DQ Regular visitor Sean Pender claimed fourth place ahead of local Women’s 10,0000m Kevin Le Noury, both walking close to 19 minutes. Posn Athlete Club Perf A family race for the next finisher was won by Alex Sinkevics, who dipped under 20 minutes, only four seconds ahead of mother Olga. 1 Lesley Hall (W55) Ashford Athletic Club 65:48.60 Dave Dorey got the better of David Hoben, with Jayne Le Noury 2 Noel Blatchford (W65) Abingdon Athletic Club 67:04.10 edging ahead of Mick Le Sauvage, after walking together for much 3 Naomi Sharma (W45) Abingdon Athletic Club 68:05.77 of the race. Kay Coulson brought the field home in 23 minutes. 4 Julie Bellfield (W45) Halesowen Athletic Club 70:20.17 Posn Athlete Club Perf National Police Championships, Cannon Hill Park, 1 Stuart Le Noury Sarnia Walking Club 15:27 (Including Ryan Cup – Police v Civil Service & Civil Service Championships) 2 Jim Ball (M50) Steyning Athletic Club 16:04 rd Birmingham (Wed.