HEEL AND TOE ONLINE The official organ of the Victorian Race Walking Club 2014/2015 Number 40 7 July 2015 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 WALKER OF THE WEEK This week's Walker of the Week is 33 year old Chris Erickson who powered through to a huge win in the Victorian 15km roadwalk championship at Middle Park on Saturday his time of 1:01:09 a 39 second PB. This most recent race continues his good form which goes back to last December when he won the Australian Open 50km championship in Melbourne and got himself automatically selected for this year's World Championships in Beijing. He won the Victorian 5000m track walk championship in March in a PB 19:23.72, walked a PB 20km of 1:22:08 in Nomi in Japan 2 weeks later and won the Victorian 10km roadwalk championship in a ver fast 40:36 in May. On the basis of these performances, he was also added to the 20km World Championships team, meaning that he will now contest the 20km/50km double. And his long term form omens well! Chris Erickson in action on Saturday at Middle Park WHAT'S COMING UP • Next Saturday sees us back at Middle Park for another round of our VRWC points competition. And it's a prizes day with the pick of the prizes table for those walkers who win the handicap in their particular race. We always welcome any additional items for the prizes table! And we ask that you pre-enter if you can – at http://vrwc.org.au/wp1/. Saturday 11th July 2015, Middle Park VRWC EVENTS: Entries close for all events at 1.50pm sharp. Handicap prizes day 2.15pm 8km Points Race Open 2:15pm 6km Points Race Open 2:15pm 4km Points Race Open 2.30pm 2km Points Race Open 2.30pm 1km Points Race Open • The following Saturday is a double header with the Victorian Masters 10km roadwalk championship and our Racewalking Australia State Challenge. More about it in next week's newsletter. For the moment, here is the timetable for the day. We hope to have big fields contesting this annual event. Saturday 18th July 2015, Middle Park VMA and VRWC EVENTS: Entries close for all events at 1.50pm sharp. 2.15pm 10km VMA Championship Masters Men 2.15pm 10km VMA Championship Masters Women 2.15pm 10km RWA Challenge Open Men/Women 2.15pm 10km RWA Challenge Masters Men/Women 2.15pm 10km RWA Challenge Under 20 Men/Women 2.15pm 8km RWA Challenge Under 18 Men/Women 2.15pm 5km RWA Challenge Under 16 Boys/Girls 2.15pm 3km RWA Challenge Under 14 Boys/Girls 2.15pm 3km Non championship event Open 2.30pm 1.5km RWA Challenge Under 10 Boys/Girls 2.40pm 2km RWA Challenge Under 12 Boys/Girls • Looking further forward, the Australian Roadwalk Championships will be held at Middle Park on the morning of Sunday 30th August. AA plans to open entries the first week in July and close entries 10 days before the carnival. See http://www.athletics.com.au/Compete/Events/2015-australian-race-walking-championships for more info. • And good luck to the Australian walkers competing in the 28th Summer Universiade in Gwanju, South Korea. These Games run from 3-14 July. See http://www.gwangju2015.com/ for further info. We will see a number of our Aussie walkers in action. Thurs 9 July, 7:30AM 20km Men: Dane Bird-Smith (QLD), Rhydian Cowley (VIC) Friday 10 July, 7:30AM 20km Women: Rachel Tallent (VIC), Stephanie Stigwood (TAS), Nicole Fagan (NSW) And speaking of Gwanju, there is a great interview with Dane Bird-Smith on the Athletics Australia website – check it out at http://www.athletics.com.au/News/athlete-update-27. • And finally, our Australian World Youth reps fly out this week for the 9th IAAF World Youth T&F Championships (see http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-youth-championships) which will be held in Cali, Colombia, from 15- 19 July. We will see 4 Australian walkers in action Sat 18 July, 9:45AM 10,000m U18 Boys Tyler Jones (NSW), Kyle Swan (VIC) Sat 18 July, 11:00AM 5,000m U18 Girls Jemima Montag (VIC), Clara Smith (QLD) AV AND VRWC ROAD WALKS, MIDDLE PARK, SATURDAY 3 JULY Another good turnout of walkers on Saturday at Middle Park (58 in total) for a super tough winter's day. I guess the walkers eventually warmed up but the judges and officials froze in the cold and wind and we were glad to eventually find shelter in the clubrooms for a warm cup of tea or coffee! The Victorian 15km roadwalk championship saw fantastic walking by Chris Erickson, Adam Garganis and Kelly Ruddick. Chris powered through to the fastest time of the day and a 39 sec PB with 1:01:09 and he looked like he had plenty left, omening well for next month's World Champs in Beijing. 17 year old Adam powered to a big 10km PB of 44:03 before slowing over the final 5km for his own PB of 1:09:21. Kelly also displayed good from in the leadup to the World Champs with a big time of 1:10:12, only a minute or so outside her PB. And special mentions to Heather Carr (new W65 club record), Carolyn Rosenbrock (first ever 15km), Karyn O'Neill (big PB of 1:39:39) and Aaron McDonough (PB of 1:17:36). Apart from the Victorian walkers we had a few VRWC club members also testing themselves out over the longest distance of the day, with good efforts from Stuart Kollmorgen (1:16:35) and Wendy Muldoon (first one for years and a good 1:32:10). All in all, excellent across the board performances. Victorian 15km Roadwalk Championships 1. Ruddick, Kelly BHA 46:49 1:10:12 2. Geisler, Sandra RWD 57:43 1:28:21 3. Carr, Heather EAG 58:49 1:29:14 W65 Club Record 4. Rosenbrock, Carolyn ANW 59:53 1:30:38 First one 5. O'Neill, Karyn GPA 1:05:55 1:39:39 PBG 4:35 6. Elms, Donna-Marie PTN 1:05:07 1:42:56 1. Erickson, Chris ATE 40:48 1:01:09 PB 0:39 2. Garganis, Adam COL 44:03 1:09:21 PB 0:29 3. McDonough, Aaron PTN 51:15 1:17:36 PB 0:57 4. Evans, Simon BOH 54:59 1:23:04 5. Smyth, David COL 58:45 1:28:55 Keirl, Bernie DIV 1:02:29 DNF VRWC 15km Open Men 1. Kollmorgen, Stuart 1:16:35 2. Feain, Gerard 1:33:51 Bennett, Ralph DNF VRWC 15km Women Club Championship – Elsie Jacobson Trophy 1. Ruddick, Kelly 1:10:12 2. Geisler, Sandra 1:28:21 3. Carr, Heather 1:29:14 4. Rosenbrock, Carolyn 1:30:38 5. Muldoon, Wendy 1:32:10 6. O'Neill, Karyn 1:39:39 7. Elms, Donna-Marie 1:42:56 VRWC 10km Walk 1. Donahoo, Mark 53:25 2. O'Neill, Terry 59:31 3. Dickenson, Russ 1:04:04 4. Gardiner, Bob 1:07:40 World Youth reps Jemima Montag (22:53) and Kyle Swan (21:56) had their final hitouts before leaving this week for Colombia and they made it look easy! Others to walk well included Jemma Peart, Brodie Richardson, Nikola Mandic and Hayden Walmsley. VRWC 5km Walk 1. Montag, Jemima 22:53 2. Peart, Jemma 25:54 PB 0:17 3. Richardson, Brodie 29:10 PB 0:18 4. Steed, Gwen 32:29 5. Lillie, Jessica 32:29 6. Shaw, Robyn 32:56 7. Johnson, Celia 36:01 8. Howorth, Sandra 38:10 9. Beaumont, Margaret 42:05 1. Swan, Kyle 21:56 2. Christmass, James 25:31 3. Mandic, Nikola 26:04 PB 2:31 4. Walmsley, Hayden 27:23 PB 0:48 5. Kennedy, Paul 29:20 6. Jensen, Josh 31:56 First one 7. Doran, Anthony 35:25 8. Beveridge, Heath 35:29 First one 9. Wicks, Barrie 39:42 10. Hay, Angus 39:53 First one 11. Beaumont, Ian 42:09 Walmsley, Reese DQ Finally our 3km and 1.5km walkers had their usual fast sprint from start to finish. Well done everyone and welcome to Eliza Thompson who had her first walk with us in the 1.5km event. VRWC 3km Walk 1. McInnes, Simone 15:13 2. Peart, Alanna 16:27 3. O'Mahony, Kathleen 17:56 4. Hay, Charlotte 18:18 5. Louey, Grace 19:26 6. Lillie, Gemma 19:46 7. Thompson, Merilyn 22:51 1. Thompson, Will 15:43 2. Morrison, John 22:27 VRWC 1.5km Walk 1. Karagiorgos, Chloe 7:59 2. Paten, Ruby 9:09 3. Thompson, Eliza 10:11 4. Karagiorgos, Chelsea 10:15 5. Carbery, Elise 11:11 6. Mews, Pam 21:10 1. Karagiorgos, Harrison 9:06 2. Onley, Gordon 12:27 And a special thank you to all our officials and judges – it was a case of over and above the call of duty in the cold! Checkin: Michael Bodey, Ralph Bennett, Mark Donahoo Officials: Tim Erickson, Don McLaren, Stacey McLaren, Darlene Swan, Justin McLaren (bike), Connor Raselli Judges: Brenda Felton (chief), Gordon Loughnan, Terry Swan, Josh Savage, Stuart Cooper, Mark O'Mahoney, Diane Lowden, Peter Vysma, Michael Bodey (DQ) Canteen: Kate Suich, Wendy Cooper Photos: Simon Baker (see http://www.vrwc.org.au/coppermine/) Great times by Chris Erickson, Kelly Ruddick and Adam Garganis Also in action in the 15km – Karyn O'Neill, Heather Carr, Carolyn Rosenbrock, Wendy Muldoon and Aaron McDonough Kyle Swan, Jemima Montag, Elise Carbery and Hayden Walmsley Eliza Thompson, Chelsea Karagiorgos, Brodie Richardson, Jemma Peart and Nikola Mandic (all photos Simon Baker) ACT WALKERS CLUB ROADWALKS, JERRABOMBERRA WETLANDS, CANBERRA, SAT 4 JULY Thanks to Robin Whyte for the latest results from Canberra 8km Handicap 4km Handicap 1.