HEEL AND TOE ONLINE The official organ of the Victorian Race Walking Club 2016/2017 Number 20 14 February 2017 VRWC Preferred Supplier of Shoes, clothes and sporting accessories. Address: RUNNERS WORLD, 598 High Street, East Kew, Victoria (Melways 45 G4) Telephone: 03 9817 3503 Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:30am to 5:30pm Saturday: 9:00am to 3:00pm Website: http://www.runnersworld.com.au Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Runners-World/235649459888840 ADDENDUM A further addendum to the addendum of last week when discussing the fastest 10km walks done by Australian walkers aged under 18 years. I had mentioned the performances of Declan Tingay (42:10.31) and Nathan Brill (41:07) but there are others Here are some additional performances from Brent Vallance, all done by “an age on day” 17yr olds, including the Australian U20 road record of 40:54, done by Adam Rutter. 40:54.0 Adam Rutter 24/12/1986 NSW 1 Sydney 26/06/2004 41:57.00 Troy Sundstrom 30/05/1981 NSW 2 Leichardt 9/08/1997 42:01.0 Adam Rutter 24/12/1986 NSW 1 Canberra 13/06/2004 42:07.0 Adam Rutter 24/12/1986 NSW 9 Naumburg 30/04/2004 Troy Sundstrom in fact did further very fast 10km walks at NSWRWC meets during 1997. Like Nathan’s, all of these were done on the road. Declan’s would appear to be the best Track time. WALKER OF THE WEEK And now onto this week’s Walker of the Week which is awarded to Rio bronze medallist Dane Bird-Smith. Walking on Saturday in the QA Norma Croker Shield 3000m walk at the UQ Athletics Track in St Lucia, Brisbane, Dane stormed through to win in an Australian best ever time of 10:54.70. The current best time of 10:56.22, done by Andrew Jachno in Melbourne on 7th Feb 1991, had stood for just over 26 years and used to be the National Record before Athletics Australia pruned the list and removed it, along with various other distances. In 2014 Dane recorded 10:56.23 when winning a 3000m race in Cork Ireland, just missing Andrew’s time by 0.01 sec. His time on Saturday now wewrites the history books once and for all. My top-20 now reads as follows Rank Time Name State DOB Place Location Date Age 1 10.54.70 Dane Bird-Smith Q 15-07-1992 1 Brisbane 11/02/2017 24 2 10.56.22 Andrew Jachno V 13-04-1962 1 Melbourne 07-02-1991 33 3 10.59.04 Luke Adams N 22-10-1976 2 Cork, Ireland 03-07-2010 33 4 11.00.56 David Smith V 24-07-1955 1 Perth 24-01-1987 31 5 11.11.45 Nick A'Hern N 06-01-1969 2 Melbourne 07-02-1991 22 6 11.13.77 Jared Tallent V 17-01-1984 1 Sydney 28-02-2009 25 7 11.16.2 Troy Sundstrom N 30-05-1981 1 Sydney 27-11-1999 18 8 11.17.0 Nathan Deakes V 17-08-1977 1 Melbourne 10-12-1998 21 9 11.19.0 Jesse Osborne Q 12-01-1995 1 Melbourne 12-04-2014 19 10 11.21.86 Adam Rutter N 24-12-1986 3 Sydney 28-02-2009 22 11 11.23.2 Steve Beecroft V 14-03-1971 1 Melbourne 13-01-1994 22 12 11.26.0 Simon Baker V 06-02-1958 1 Solleftuna 07-07-1989 31 13 11.27.0 Michael McCagh W 16-04-1986 2 Sydney 17-02-2007 20 14 11.28.2 Willi Sawall V 07-11-1941 1 Melbourne 15-03-1980 38 15 11.28.83 Chris Erickson V 01-12-1981 6 Sydney 18-02-2012 30 16 11.29.7 Brent Vallance N 30-04-1972 1 Sydney 06-12-1997 25 17 11.32.9 Doug Connolly N 30-10-1982 2 Sydney 27-11-1999 17 18 11.33.1 Rhydian Cowley V 04-01-1991 2 Brisbane 14-02-2015 24 19 11.38.8 Liam Murphy S 05-06-1979 1 Adelaide 13-11-1999 20 20 11.40.32 Declan Tingay W 06-02-1999 1 Geelong 17-12-2016 17 1 It’s a bit strange in that now we seem to have a Commonwealth Record for the 3000m walk (held up till now by Andrew Jachno with his 10:56.22) but no Australian record. WHAT'S COMING UP • The 2017 Australian/Oceania 20km Race Walking Championships will be held in War Memorial Drive, Adelaide, on Sunday 19th February. The timetable reads as follows ◦ 7:00am Oceania & Australian 20km Race Walking Championships ◦ 8:00am Oceania Under 20 10km RaceWalking Championships ◦ 8:00am Invitational Under 18 5km Race Walk The fields look very impressive, with lots of internationals from the Supernova Study at the AIS who have stayed on for this meet. I will be there to watch what are bound to be very exciting races. Men 20km Race Walk Women 20km Race Walk Men Under 20 10km Race Walk Araya, Edward CHI Barber, Alana NZL McCutcheon, Luke QLD Araya, Yerko CHI Davies, Bethan GBR Richardson, Dylan NSW Bilodeau, Mathieu CAN Findlay, Samantha SA Swan, Kyle VIC Bird-Smith, Dane QLD Gannon, Brenda QLD Tingay, Declan WA Brzozowski, Artur POL Hunt, Zoe ACT Walmsley, Reese VIC Christie, Nick USA Lamble, Regan VIC Cowley, Rhydian VIC McInnes, Simone VIC Men Under 18 5km Race Walk Dunfee, Evan CAN Papadopoulous, Christina QLD Bruniges, Mathew SA Felton, Jay NSW Pickles, Jessica QLD Camilleri, Tristan SA Garganis, Adam VIC Pinedo González, Ainhoa ESP Vidler, Jake SA Gibbons, Carl NSW Ruddick, Kelly VIC Jelonek, Jakub POL Smith, Beki ACT Women Under 20 10km Race Walk Jones, Tyler NSW Tallent, Claire SA Cross, Anna SA Maas, Trevor SA Virbalyte-Dimšiene, Brigita LTU Goodhew, Chelsea NSW Mottrom, Kim SA Huse, Philippa VIC Prasad, Pramesh VIC Smith, Clara QLD Reading, Brendon ACT Rew, Quentin NZL Women U18 5km RaceWalk Shange, Lebogang RSA Brown, Samantha NSW Simpson, Bradley VIC Cross, Bethany SA Šuškevicius, Tadas LTU Lovegrove, Rhiannon SA Toru, Yamamoto JAP Yarita, Yuichi JAP Žiukas, Marius LTU As well as doubling as the Oceania Championships, it is also the opening race of the 2017 IAAF Racewalking Challenge and is discussed at https://www.iaaf.org/news/news/2017-iaaf-race-walking-challenge-one-week-to. • The next VRWC races will also be held on Sunday 19th February and will include the Victorian Masters 5000m track walk championships. Venue and times shown below. Sun 19 February 2017, VRWC Track Races, VMA 5000m Championships , Clifton Hill Venue: George Knott Athletic Field, 143 Heidelberg Rd, Clifton Hill 8.30am 5000m VMA Championship Masters Women 9.15am 5000m VMA Championship Masters Men 10.00am 5000m and 3000m VRWC Open 10.40am 1500m VRWC Open • The Victorian Open and Junior T&F Championships will then be held over the following 2 weekends Feb 24-26, 2017 Victorian Junior and Open Track & Field Championships (Weekend 1), Albert Park, VIC Mar 3-5, 2017 Victorian Junior and Open Track & Field Championships (Weekend 2), Albert Park, VIC 2 BENDIGO WALKERS CLUB ROAD WALKS, ROSALIND PARK, BENDIGO, WEDNESDAY 8 FEBRUARY Thanks to Paul Rance for his latest report from Bendigo, in country Victoria. Paul reported On Wednesday evening the Bendigo Walkers Club held 1km and 3km handicap events in Rosalind Park with hot conditions prevailing. In the 1km event, backmarker Carissa Brook raced around the field and secured a strong victory, with Charlotte Murphy taking 2nd place with a personal best and the consistent Oscar Fox finished in 3 rd place. The 3km race saw Norm West come off the second front mark and take the lead in the early stages and he was never headed as he held off all challengers for an excellent win, with John Carter 2nd and Peter Curtis in 3rd place. 2km Handicap Walk 1km Handicap Walk 1. Norm West 24.02 1. Carissa Brook 5.16 2. John Carter 22.13 2. Charlotte Murphy 5.58 3. Peter Curtis 17.27 3. Oscar Fox 6.21 4. Barb Bryant 18.17 4. Caitlyn Tozer 7.58 5. Jennie Payne 19.08 5. Jasmine Murphy 8.29 6. Bill Lotherington 21.44 7. Zahra Hayes (F/T) 15.48 8. Madison Hill 18.58 9. Annette Major 20.08 10. Geoff Major 27.06 11. Ebony Whiley 19.35 12. Annette Curtis 23.58 ACT WALKERS CLUB TRACK WALKS, WODEN PARK, WODEN, THURDAY 9 FEBRUARY Thanks to Robin Whyte for his weekly report from Canberra. 3000m Walk 5000m Walk 1. Gwyllym Young 15:22 1. Connor Frew 24:07 2. Tom Hunt 15:27 2. Gabby Hunt 25:15 3. Spencer Burns 15:42 3. Mitchell Baker 25:28 4. Hannah Manning 16:23 4. Callum Burns 25:42 5. Kate Black 18:39 6. Robin Whyte 19:22 1000m Walk 7. Ewen Thompson 20:53 1. Sebastian Young 6:01 8. Bryan Thomas 21:10 2. Harry Baker 6:42 9. Rod Gilchrist 22:16 3. Georgia Frew 7:17 10. Jennifer Gilchrist 22:58 4. Raelene Campbell 8:32 11. Ella Baker 23:07 5. Angela Hart 8:32 12. Doug Fitzgerald 24:37 6. Ethan Hart 9:07 13. Sheryl Greathead 24:47 7. Donnie Hart 9:33 14. Lorna England 25:11 SAMA COMPETITION CANCELLED It was so hot in Adelaide this week that the South Australian Masters cancelled their weekly competition. Fingers crossed for next week! Colin Hainsworth tells me it was 42C on Wednesday, with 39C forecast for Thursday and Friday.