Issue 804 - May 2010 - Race Walk UK

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 

info@RaceWalkingRecord.net 

Contents 

2 - Editorial/Magazine info 

3 - News 

4 - Announcements 

5 - Features 

5 - Nutrition 

7 - Results and Reports 

26 - International 

28 - Letters 

35 - Fixtures

News 

British Record for Johanna 

Jo Jackson set a new record for 20k in the 

IAAF Race Walking Challenge in La 

Coruna, Spain on the 19th June. Johanna 

broke her own record in a world class field, 

finishing in 1:30:41 an improvement of 35 

seconds on her pervious record of 1:31:16 

set in Lugano a year ago. 

Alex Wright - Star Race Walker 

Alex was voted Athlete of the Month at 

Leeds Met University for June 2010, after 

making incredible breakthroughs as a senior 

athlete at the age of just 19. He won the 

Inter Counties 3km title in Bedford in time 

11.38 (9th on the UK All Time List) and 

three weeks later at Bedford he was 3rd in 

the European Athletics Permit Meeting over 

20km (1st Brit) in 85.46 - the fastest time by 

a British Athlete since 2002, putting him 

14th on the All Time list and the fastest ever 

time by a British teenager. This was also 

well inside the England qualifying time of 

90.00 for the Commonwealth Games in 

Delhi and he is now ranked 4th in the 

Commonwealth in 2010. Finally, he took his 

first National Senior Title over 5km in 

Birmingham at the Aviva European Trial and 

UK Championships in a PB of 20.11. 

2012 Olympic Walks Venue 

The venue for the London Olympic Walks 

will almost certainly be The Mall, between 

Buckingham Palace and Admiralty Arch. 

The lap will be a flat 2km, and pass the 

official residence of the Queen - who may 

be watching. 

The policy on where to hold major walking 

events shifted last year, during the World 

Athletics Championships held in Berlin. The 

Berlin race walks were held through the 

Brandenburg Gate, and gained huge public 

interest. 

Holding race walk events in high profile 

places in front of the public is now seen 

as better than in a park or around a 

stadium. Although the walkers will not get 

a stadium finish, fans will no longer have 

to choose between watching only the 

stadium finish or the bulk of the race 

outside instead, and it is thought that the 

increased exposure for the sport will 

result in more people taking up the sport. 

The official course map is on the back 

cover of this magazine. 

Eric Tysse Fails Dug Tests 

The Norwegian Athletics Federation says 

race walker Erik Tysse has tested 

positive for doping and has been 

suspended from all competitions. Tysse 

tested positive for blood booster CERA at 

a competition in Italy in May. An analysis 

at a laboratory in Rome showed both the 

"A'' and "B'' samples were positive for 

CERA. 

At a news conference in Oslo a tearful 

Tysse denied having used illegal drugs 

and questioned how the test had been 

analyzed. He said he had "nothing to 

hide" and would fight to clear his name. 

Tysse was fifth in the 50-kilometer race 

at the Beijing Olympics. 

RWR Archives Born 

Thanks to Doug Fotheringham 

responding to an appeal for old 

magazines, the electronic archives of this 

magazine are now taking shape online, 

so that future generations will have a 

wealth of research material freely 

available for ever. 

The very first ten issues of Race Walking 

Record ever published (1941-1942) are 

now online. Rather than dated material, 

the original magazines actually make 

fascinating reading, and were very 

professionally produced. While we are 

now looking back as far as the 1940’s,

they in turn are looking back to the latter half 

of the nineteenth century, showing that race 

walking is a long established sport in this 

country. 

There were paper shortages during World 

War 2, that meant RWR was quite thin in 

some months, but there is substantial news 

of racewalks including many in the UK, and 

overseas in Palestine and the Delhi Sikhs 

14 miles, along with annual walks that still 

take place today that surprisingly had large 

fields for a country deep at war. July 11th 

1942 had 200 start the Southern 5 Miles. 

A photo of the 1936 Olympic Games trials 

held in Derby, and profiles of walkers of the 

day make fascinating reading. Images of the 

first ten issues can be seen on the back 

cover of this magazine. 

Resources for Coaches 

Access to the IAAF Race Walking video for 

UK based walks coaches has been secured 

by England Athletics. It is at the UKA 

coaching website: 

http://coaching.uka.org.uk/video/iaaf-racewalking-video1/ 

and will form the start of what will hopefully 

be a growing centre for race walking 

resources for coaches. Please spread the 

word around the coaching fraternity if they 

want a ready resource for use to promote 

the event and also as a good coaching 

reference. 

Martin Rush 

National Coach Mentor - Endurance 

England Athletics 

Records Online 

A new section has been added to the 

website as a central information point for 

walkers. It contains over 300 records, 

including British, World, and Masters 

records for various distances. More records 

will be added over time including European, 

Country, County, and Championships 

Records. 

The new records section has been 

developed with Bob Care, and has so far 

received positive feedback. It is still in its 

early stage, so any missing records or 

mistakes will quickly corrected when 

identified. 

RWR Parish Special 2010 

For the second time, Race Walking 

Record has produced a special souvenir 

magazine for the Parish Walk. The 36 

page magazine was designed to try and 

encourage some of the 1,710 walkers to 

have a go at other race walks. Due to 

confusion last year, RWR subscribers 

can request that a free copy be emailed 

to them. 

Announcements 

UKA Hall of Fame 2010 

Please vote for Ken Mathews in the UKA 

2010 Hall of Fame. Voting is only 

available online, and a link is available on 

RacewalkUK. Ken missed out last year 

but is being included again this year 

possibly due to significant votes from 

walkers. Competition this year is very 

stiff, so if you do vote for Ken, please 

don't vote for the popular opposition... 

Dodontocht 100km Death March 

Belgium 

There are a few spaces available on a 

weekend coach trip heading to the 

100km 24 hour Death March in Bornem, 

nr Antwerp, Belgium. Leaving Bristol 

Thursday 12th August and returning 

Sunday 15th August, with pick-ups 

between Swindon & Dover. 100k walk in 

24 hours starts Friday at 9pm. Travel 

cost is £87. Contact: Andy Bodman, 

andy@bodman4990.fsnet.co.uk or info 

from Dave Hoben. …Your editor will be 

walking this event.

Health Problems 

On 17th June Ron Wallwork was an 

emergency admittance to West Suffolk 

Hospital with a pulmonary embolism. Ron is 

now recovering well. 

Brian Laver RIP 

BRIAN LAVER has died in his mid-50s. 

Brian was a Junior International at a time 

when achieving such status was a tough 

challenge. He raced in the early 70s for 

Essex Beagles before switching to Ilford AC 

in the mid-70s. He left race walking when 

still in good form, but returned to race twice 

2001. He resided in Hornchurch and his 

Coach, Colin Young, said, "Brian was a 

good strong lad who raced often and also 

appeared in Lugano, Switzerland. He'll be 

remembered as a talented and keen 

competitor who graced the early/mid-70s 

scene. DA 

Harry Wheeler RIP 

Former Yorkshire Race Walking Club 

champion Harry Wheeler has died at the 

age of 75 after a short illness. 

He was fourth in the Bradford Walk in 1956 

and third in 1957, when the walk attracted 

the best long distance walkers in the land. 

Serving in the army at the time, he was 

regarded as one of the country’s best 

walking prospects. After emigrating to New 

Zealand in late 1957, Harry returned in 1963 

and he and his brother Frank were 

members of the successful Yorkshire 

Walking Club teams in the late 60s. On his 

70th birthday, Harry completed the London 

Marathon. 

Features 

NUTRITION: 

Enzymes - keys to a healthy life - part 

two: Proteolytic Enzymes 

By Pat Reeves 

Following on from last month's input 

relative to enzymes, l will now focus on a 

sub-group - namely proteolytic enzymes. 

All athletes endure injuries from time to 

time. These cause obvious set-backs in 

training and likely cost us to pull out of 

competing - or give us a poorer ranking 

status. 

Using proteolytic enzymes has been 

scientifically shown to reduce 

inflammation and thus speed healing of 

such injuries and shorten time taken to 

heal. 

The benefits to the healing process are 

via improving blood flow to the injured 

area, reduced oedema and inflammation 

and improved motility and flexibility. 

The use of trypsin and chymotripsin, 

papain and bromelain are very effective 

for improving recovery rate of injuries, 

both sport-related and otherwise. 

Together with physical therapy, 

application of ice, etc, proteolytic 

enzymes absolutely have their place in 

assisting a fast and complete recovery. 

Oral enzyme products are well-tolerated, 

which is an additional plus-point. 

lf you are unfortunate enough to sustain 

a sport-related injury - or any injury for 

that matter - do consider a course of 

these healing enzymes - either a trypsinchymotripsin 

product, or a papainbromelain 

product, or one that combines 

all four. Utilise until the injury heals and 

then use around three times each week 

for maintenance. These enzymes need to 

be taken on an empty stomach, obviously 

employing a healthy eating plan and your 

regular supplementation, which should 

embrace bioflavonoids, curcumin, and 

likely glucosamine with chondroitin 

sulphate. 

Chymotrypsin breaks down proteins into 

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 

arthritis. It improves healing of sprains and 

aids surgical recovery - though l personally 

chose bromelain - this chymotrypsin is 

animal derived, either bovine or porcine. 

There are four main proteolytic enzymes 

contained in our pancreatin of which 

chymotrypsin and trypsin form two. 

Trypsin is also effective for meningitis, 

neuritis, hives, pleural infusion, peripheral 

vascular disease and many related 

conditions. Both chymotrypsin and trypsin 

are best taken orally. 

strains and sprains, etc. It is believed to 

inhibit the body's production of 

prostaglandins associated with 

inflammation and pain, whilst promoting 

the formation of those with an antiinflammatory 

action. Bromelain can also 

work well when taken in conjunction with 

turmeric; it appears to aid the absorption 

of curcumin, the active compound in 

turmeric. 

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 

supplement of choice, alongside 

serrapeptase, to hasten recovery from my 

recent shoulder surgeries. l have also used 

bromelain against my genetically-fuelled 

osteocarcoma - now thankfully eradicated - 

as it is known to activate tumour necrosis 

factor. It works brilliantly with all 

cardiovascular conditions, thromboses, 

ulcers - and for all you fit race-walkers - will 

speed healing from any traumas you may 

encounter on the track or road. Definitely 

one to keep in your kit bag! It is best taken 

orally and via topical application. 

Obviously a brilliant digestive-aid especially 

assisting in protein and fat digestion, recent 

research has turned many experts' attention 

to its use for helping sports people with 

Fresh raw pineapple is a good food 

source as is also the rather woody stem, 

though higher amounts are required 

therapeutically - typically around 1500 

mg each day during acute trauma. 

Unless one is eating raw and living 

foodstuffs on a daily basis, 

supplementing various enzymes is likely 

the only method of ensuring a sufficient 

supply. High-stress lifestyles, processed 

foods, air and water pollution ramps up 

our requirements. 

Who needs them Everyone! 

FEATURE: 

Masters 3000m Walk Indoor Rankings 

2010

Any additions/amendments please contact: 

Bob Care, 3 Hall Cliffe Crescent, Horbury, 

Wakefield, WF4 6DF. 

Email:anncare3@aol.com 

M40 

1 Mark Culshaw 16.41.70 

M45 

1 Francisco Reis 14.25.55 

M50 

1 Nick Silvester 13.58.35 

2 Steve Uttley 15.35.14 

3 Steve Allen 16.15.06 

4 Gary Macdonald 18.58.21 

M55 

1 Dave Sharpe 17.37.03 

2 Sean Pender 17.47.81 

M60 

1 John Hall 15.00.28 

2 Howard Brown 19.39.07 

3 Dave Ainsworth 22.08.49 

M65 

1 Colin Turner 15.59.55 

2 Peter Hannell 17.14.07 

3 Ron Penfold 17.35.49 

4 Peter Howard 19.12.00 

M70 

1 Arthur Thomson 16.14.13 

2 Ron Powell 19.05.31 

3 Dave Stevens 20.11.50 

4 Bernie Hercock 21.27.72 

M75 

1 Henry Da Silva 21.57.33 

2 John May 22.25.83 

W35 

1 Joanna Stringer 18.36.38 

W45 

1 Helen Middleton 16.28.52 

2 Maureen Noel 18.30.87 

3 Sue Davies 19.04.41 

W50 

1 Ann Wheeler 17.15.02 

2 Fiona Bishop 19.12.43 

3 Norma Grimsey 20.08.06 

W55 

1 Cath Duhig 18.30.81 

W60 

1 Ann Lewis 19.09.91 

2 Sue Barnett 19.16.98 

W70 

1 Jill Langford 20.09.07 

W75 

1 Maureen Spelman 22.24.72 

Results and Reports 

Norman Fowler Memorial Meeting 

5th April 2010 

Tonbridge 

2000m Walk (U13) 

1 Heather Butcher Cambridge Harriers 

U13G 11:20.51 

3000m Walk Male & Female (all ages ) 

1 Liam Baldwin Tonbridge U20M 

14:48.74 

2 Kate Funnell Ashford U17W 15:24.01 

3 Emily Symons Tonbridge U20W 

16:28.56 

4 Guy Thomas Tonbridge U15B 16:42.13 

5 Rebecca Roddy Ashford U15G 

17:59.61 

6 Ben Parsons Tonbridge U17M 

18:03.95 

7 Gary Macdolald Surrey M50 18:34.45 

8 Cameron Corbishley M&M U15B 

18:34.78 

9 Julia Beer Tonbridge U17W 20:05.40 

10 Catherine Cotterill Tonbridge U17W 

20:14.13 

11 Kevin Burnett Surrey M70 21:56.67 

Crawley AIM 12 Hour Track Race 

10 April 2010 

Crawley, Sussex 

Two walkers in this challenge event. All 

other entrants were runners. 

9th Sue Clements Enfield & Haringey 

W55 84.6km 

10th Iain Thomson Bank of England AC 

M60 81.2 km 

Hertfordshire County Championships 

3rd May 2010 

Stevenage 

3000m Walk 

1 Steve Allen (Barnet&D) 15:36.4 

2 Arthur Thomson (Enfield&H) 16:14.8 

3 Helen Middleton (Enfield & H) 16:26.5 

4 Susan Barnett (Cambridge&C) 19:02.7 

5 John Borgars (Herts Phoenix) 20:01.8 

6 Sue Rey (Leics WC) 21:05.2 

DNF Mark Wall (Leics WC)

Eastern Veterans League - Central 

Division 

Wednesday 5th May 2010 

Bedford 


1st M50 10:45.0 Mark Wall EVAC 

1st W50 12:02 Di Baldwin MiltK 

1st W45 10:48 Helen Middleton Enfield 

2nd W45 12:35 Susan Barnett C&C 

1st W55 12:37 Diana Braverman C&C 

Eastern Veterans League - Fenland 

Division 

Wednesday 5th May 2010 

Peterborough 

2000mW 

1 11:08.5 Carwyn James M45 West Norfolk 

2 16:46.8 Robert Isbill M40 Ryston 

2000mW 

1 11:55.7 Rodney Dunn M55 EVAC 

2 12:47.9 Paul Firmage M55 Ryston 

2000mW 

1 14:09.2 Sue Smith SW Ryston 

2 14:18.6 Kath Johnson W35 W.Norfolk 

2000mW 

1 12:46.9 Elizabeth Blakie W45 Ryston 

2 15:49.3 Lauren Ely SW West Norfolk 

2000mW 

1 12:11.0 Cath Duhig W55 Ryston 

2 15:31.9 Angela Fleming W60 W.Norfolk 

Eastern Veterans League - Essex 

Division 

Wednesday, 5th May 2010 

Chelmsford 

2000mW 

1M45 11:19.9 Chris Cattano M45 Southend 

1M50 12:35.8 David Bowker M50 EVAC 

Open Vets 5000m Track Walk 

Saturday, 8th May 2010 

Sopot, POLAND 

1st M60 Lyn Atterbury 29.16 

North Wales T&F Championships 

8th May 2010 

Wrexham, North Wales 

1 Mile Track Walk 

1 8:12.8 Stephen Walker M50 Wrexham 

2 9:21.3 Marc Sheridan M45 Menai 

3 9:46.4 Crispin Backshall M45 Colwyn Bay 

Herefordshire County T&F 

Championships 

Hereford 

Sunday, 9th May 2010 

1000mW 

1 5:26.6 Tasha Webster U15W Hereford 

2 7:06.7 Iona Prosser U15W Hereford 

Isle of Man 20k Championships 


NSC, Isle of Man 

20km 

1 Michael George Manx H. 1.44.21 M40 

2 Peter Kaneen MH 1.49.53 M45 

3 Richard Gerrard unatt 1.54.21 M35 

4 Sally Walker Manx 2.03.01 W35 

5 Michael Shipsides unatt 2.03.04 M40 

6 Ian Callister Manx 2.19.06 M55 

7 Norbert Will NIVAC 2.30.20 M75 

8 Andrew Muir unatt 2.38.36 SM 

10km 

1 Alexander Eaton Manx 59.05 U15B 

2 Adam Cowin Manx 1.02.17 U17M 

2 Juan Bellando Manx 1.02.17 U15B 

4 Dermot O Toole unatt 1.09.03 M60 

5km 

1 Danielle Oates Manx 32.19 U15G 

2 Simon Spencer unatt 36.17 M35 

1 mile 

1 Daniel Scarffe Manx 12.07 U13B 

Southern Counties Veterans League - 

Herts & North Middlesex Division 

Monday, 10th May 2010 

Lee Valley 

Following the completion of this race, to 

the horror of his fellow competitors 

Bernie Hercock collapsed with a cardiac 

arrest. The worst was feared, but 

fortunately medically qualified people 

were on hand and thanks to their efforts, 

he was breathing again by the time the 

paramedics arrived. He was transferred 

to North Middlesex Hospital by which 

time he was sufficiently recovered to 

speak and he underwent tests in the 

Heart Unit. He was later sitting up, 

talking, and was in good spirits. Bernie 

underwent a quadruple heart bypass 

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 

forward to seeing him race again very soon. 

2000m Walk - Men 

1 FRANCISCO REIS (Ilford) M45 9.17.3 

2 STEVE UTTLEY (Ilford) M50 9.52.8 

3 STEVE ALLEN (Barnet&D) M50 10.13.3 

4 SEAN PENDER (Enfield&H) M55 11.27.4 

5 COSTA MICHAEL (Barnet&D) 11.29.9 

6 DAVID ARNOLD (TrentPk) M50 12.04.4 

7 JOHN BORGARS (HertsPh) M50 12.41.3 

8 TIM RYAN (TrentPk) 13.05.0 

9 BRIAN STURT (Enfield&H) M65 13.21.3 

10 PETER MORRIS (Dacorum&T) M70 

13.47.2 

11 BERNIE HERCOCK (Enfield&H) M70 

13.49.4 

12 PAUL REDDAWAY (HertsPh) 14.42.0 

2000m Walk - Women 

1 HELEN MIDDLETON (Enfield&H) W40 

10.46.1 

2 NORMA GRIMSEY (Enfield&H) W50 

13.01.0 

3 JULIE SIMMONS (HertsPh) 13.02.4 

4 BARBARA EDLIN (TrentPk) W50 13.48.8 

5 MARGARET CARRIER (HertsPh) W50 

14.30.1 

6 CHRISTINE PRESCOTT (TrentPk) 

14.32.7 

7 PENNY ANTONIOU (Barnet&D) W50 

15.55.7 

8 HELEN EWINGS(Barnet&D) 17.07.1 

Veterans AC Summer Walks 

Tuesday 11th May 2010 

Battersea Park, London 

A slightly cool but otherwise typical evening 

in Battersea Park with almost 20 out – about 

the same as for the running event held 

simultaneously. 

5 Mile Walk 

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 

52.05 

14 Ron Powell M70 Enfield 53.35 

15 Dave Delaney M65 Surrey WC 54.54 

16 Dave Hoben M55 Surrey WC 58.19 

17 Kevin Burnet M70 Surrey WC 62.26 

18 Mirabelle Galvin M55 Guest DNF 

VAC Age Group Results 

45+ 1st H. Middleton, 2nd F. Bishop 

50+ 1st S Allen (Barn), 2nd S. Allen (Ilf) 

55+ 1st P. Ryan, 2nd S. Pender, 3rd P. 

King, 4th D. Hoben 

60+ 1st I. Richards 

65+ 1st S. Lightman, 2nd P. Hannell, 3rd 

C. Flint, 4th M. Hinton, 5th P. Crane, 6th 

D. Delaney 

70+ 1st Ron Powell, 2nd K. Burnet 

Sheffield Secondary School 

Championships 

Wednesday, 12th May 2010 

Woodbourn Road, Sheffield 

Becky had just 17 min to recover from 

finishing 2nd in the 800m before tackling 

the walk where she got within 2 seconds 

of her PB. Just 4 weeks after chipping his 

ankle bone Daniel was back racing again 

but was happy to do enough just to hold 

second place. 

1000mW 

1 Becky Chambers MH 5.37 1st Y7G 

(u13) 

2 Dan Chaib HS 6.03 1st JB (u15) 

3 K MacKinder MH 6.08 1st JG (u15) 

4 Sheldon Ashton PA 6.19 2nd JG (u15) 

5 Josh Robinson City 6.24 1st Y7B (u13) 

6 Dom Parry MH 6.27 2nd JB (u15) 

7 Regan Sinclair MH 6.35 2nd Y7G (u13)

8 Katie Turner SHS 6.37 3rd JG (u15) 

9 Alicia Wasridge AS 6.38 3rd Y7G (u13) 

10 Tiesha Richards AS 6.43 4th Y7G (u13) 

Midland Veterans League South Division 

- Match 1 

Thursday, 13th May 2010 

Stourport, Shropshire 

RWR editor makes a rare DNF, having to 

walk off track whilst trailing the leader to 

score league points in the Hammer Throw, 

Triple Jump, High Jump, 100m Sprint, and 

Relay. Oh, the joys of vets leagues... 

2K Walk M40 

1 Julian Barnet 11:27.5 Birchfield 

2 Calvin Scoltock 12:33.3 B&R 

3 Mark Arnold 12:51.2 Sparkhill 

4 Chris Croswell 16:39.0 Worcester 

DNF John Constandinou Guest 1200m 

2K Walk M60 

1 Peter Boszko 10:59.4 Birchfield 

2 Glyn Jones 11:30.7 DASH 

3 Len Quartly 12:15.9 B&R 

4 Barry Griffiths 14:18.3 Halesowen 

5 Martin Millicheap 14:18.6 Sparkhill 

6 Dave Waldron 14:15.9 Worcester 

2K Walk W35 

1 Jeanette Malin 11:13.2 B&R 

2 Wendy Bennett 11:13.2 Worcester 

3 Julie Bellfield 12:00.9 Halesowen 

2K Walk W40 

1 Sharon Tonks 10:09.0 B&R 

2 Karen Davies 12:56.1 Birchfield 

3 Lynn Bellfield 13:06.3 Halesowen 

4 Hilary Mann 13:31.5 Sparkhill 

5 Gill Repton 13:49.7 Worcester 

"Yorkshire Guernsey" Sarnia WC 

Championship race 4 

Friday, May 14th 2010 

Les Amarreurs, Guernsey 

Phil Lockwood walked to an easy win. His 

winning time of 9.32 equalled his PB set late 

last year. In the absence of the Le Noury 

youngsters currently off island, past Club 

Champion Rob Elliott found himself in 

second place in 11.12, just ahead of Terry 

Bates. 

2km road walk Men 

1 Phil Lockwood M35 9.32 

2 Rob Elliott M50 11.12 

3 Terry Bates M55 11.20 

4 Dave Dorey M60 13.10 

5 Mick Le Sauvage M70 13.14 

2km road walk Women 

1 Kay Coulson W40 16.01 

Rotherham Festival of Walking 

14 May 2010 

Herringthorpe, Rotherham 

1000mW 

1 Becky Chambers 5.35 U13G 

2 Hannah Kong 8.03 U15G 

3 Sheila Quaiveler 8.16 SW 

Macclesfield Shield 

Sutton Macclesfield, Cheshire 


Ideal weather conditions on an accurate, 

6 lap, undulating course. Ben Wears sets 

a remarkable UK leading 20k time for 

2010. It must be genetic, as Karen (his 

mother) also raced fast enough to place 

56th on the UK all-time list. Youngest 

competitor Bethany (U11) walks 10k 

showing great potential as an endurance 

walker like her mother Hazel. 

20km 

1 Ben Wears Redcar 87:30 1st Handicap 

2 Paul Evenett Redcar 95:32 3rd 

3 Adrian Edwards Lancs 1.53.00 2nd 

4 Karen Wears Redcar 2.00.14 5th 

5 Dave Evans Lancs 2.04.38 4th 

6 John Paddick Redcar 2.05.17 7th 

7 Alistair Shand Yorks RWC 2.06.35 9th 

8 Joe Hardy Lancs 2.11.40 10th 

9 Mark Byrne Redcar 2.13.11 12th 

10 Dave Jones Redcar 2.16.07 13th 

11 Lorraine Redman Redcar 2.16.11 8th 

12 Sailash Shah Lancs 2.18.04 11th 

13 Pat Evans Lancs 2.20.15 6th 

14 John Payn Lancs 2.28.22 14th 

15 James Munn Lancs 2.29.54 15th 

DNF Dave Crompton Lancs 

10km 

1 Paul Griffiths Lancs 78.42 

2 Hazel Fairhurst Lancs 80.26 

3 Bethany Fairhurst Lancs 80.26

Essex 10,000m Walk Championships 


Ashton Playing Fields, Woodford Green 

1 Francisco Reis (guest) Ilford 51:40·83 

2 Steve Uttley Ilford 53:28·93 

3 Steve Allen (guest) Barnet 55:27·36 

4 Helen Middleton (Guest) Enfield 57:07·67 

5 Sean Pender (Guest) Enfield 61:54·10 

6 Dave Sharpe Ilford 64:22·83 

DQ Stephen Crane SWC/Ilf 

Essex Championship: 1st S.Uttley, 2nd 

D.Sharpe. 

Midland Counties AA/Midland Area RWA 

Track Walking Championships 

Sunday, 16th May 2010 

Tamworth 

10km - Senior Men. 

1 Tommy Taylor Birchfield 46.15 

2 Steve Arnold Nuneaton 52.59 

3 Andrew Miller W&B 57.38 

4 Chris Berwick Leicester 57.45 

5 Paul Hayden Nuneaton 63.28 

6 Colin Vesty Leicester 63.33 

7 Julian Barnett Birchfield 70.36 

8 Eric Horwill D&S 74.10 

DQ Asim Qureshi Birchfield 

DNF Luke Finch (Guest) Colchester 

DNF Hardeep Minhas Leicester 

10km - Junior Men. 

1 Antonio Cirillo (Guest) Swansea 48.49 

5km - Senior Women 

1 Fiona McGorum Leicester 26.59 

2 Ann Wheeler Nuneaton 28.32 

3 Laura Matkin Nuneaton 31.26 

4 Marie Marshall W&B 31.30 

5 Julie Bellfield Halesowen 31.43 

6 Kate Percival Halesowen 32.40 

7 Sarah Lightman Leicester 33.18 

8 Tracey Mills Birchfield 33.52 

9 Lynn Bellfield Halesowen 35.08 

3km - Under 15 Girls 

1 Emma Achurch Leicester 16.49 

2 Jessica Mills Birchfield 21.14 

3km - Under 15 Boys 

1 Daniel Waples Kettering 17.56 

2 Daniel Watling W&B 18.34 

3km - Under 17 Girls 

1 Jasmine Nicholls Leicester 16.45. 

2 Beth Jackson W&B 17.13. 

2km - Under 13 Boys 

1 Mathew Redfern Nuneaton 12.13 

2 Matt Archer Nuneaton 12.48 

3 Christopher Hewlett Birchfield 14.06 

4 Edward Bonehill Birchfield 15.42 

1km - Under 11 Development Race 

1 Richard Hewlett Birchfield 7.00 

2 Samuel Redfern Nuneaton 7.20 

Southern Veterans League - Western 

Division 

Monday 17th May 2010 

Tilsley Park, Abingdon 


1 Graham Chapman Oxford M50 11.06.6 

2 John Oliver Abingdon M50 12.30.3 

3 Ray Stevens Reading M50 12.40.9 

4 David Berger Abingdon M40 12.47.9 

5 John Spurway Radley M40 12.50.8 

6 Phillip Jones Wycombe M40 12.55.0 

7 Tony Lock Witney M40 13.08.0 

8 Gordon Manning Radley M50 13.35.0 

9 Steve Whelan Oxford M40 14.00.4 

10 John Cullingham Reading M40 

15.13.4 

11 John Ashton Witney M50 16.23.8 


1 Noel Blatchford Abingdon W50 12.28.6 

2 Katarina Johnson Radley guest 12.37.6 

3 Sarah Fowler Newbury W50 12.41.0 

4 Roz McKenzie Abingdon W35 12.51.5 

5 Judy Howard Abingdon W50 13.14.3 

6 Rose Metalli Newbury W35 14.06.8 

7 Mary Holt Reading W35 14.12.7 

8 Jeanette Ashton Witney W50 16.22.5 

9 Gill Woodland Radley W50 17.09.2 

10 Adi Kam Radley W35 19.01.4 

Sheffield Primary Schools A 

Tuesday, 18th May 2010 


This race marked the eleventh 

consecutive day that race walking events 

were held somewhere in the country. 

There would have been an incredible 25 

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 

of 25 is a remarkably busy calendar for any 

sport. 

Y5 Boys 600m U11 

1 A McManus AGr 3.43.9 

2 T Rafferty St M 3.45.1 

3 J Whinfrey Mun 3.48.6 

4 D Pike B Sp 3.48.7 

5 E Boast Mun 3.51.5 

6 W Sweeney B Sp 3.53.2 

Y5 Girls 600m U11 

1 E Brennan St W 3.47.9 

2 M Waters Dob 3.50.9 

3 O Moorland St M 3.51.7 

4 M Taylor B Sp 3.54.1 

5 L Burkinshaw Mun 4.01.9 

6 A Thompson-Ward St M 4.06.4 


1 K Gough Pip 3.41.6 

2 T Whittacker Mun 3.43.9 

3 J Olpin Db 3.47.4 

4 L Weston AGr 3.48.3 

5 O Fletcher St W 3.48.4 

6 D Smith Phil 3.48.8 


1 N Mckivett St W 3.40.9 

2 J Gibbons Mun 3.45.1 

3 A Hughes St W 3.49.3 

4 M Cooke Mun 3.50.1 

5 R Albiston Dob 3.52.1 

6 C Aldred B Sp 3.54.8 

Sheffield Primary Schools B 

Thursday, 20th May 2010 



1 J Liversidge Gh 3.30.9 

2 J Quitall PC 3.52.4 

3 O B-Kiese Gh 4.02.4 

4 S Farnsworth Mos 4.13.1 

5 W Dimitrov Cf 4.24.7 

6 J Mitchell Ema 4.25.6 


1 E Shaw Ema 3.42.0 

2 B Wilson Cf 3.59.0 

3 C Mack Gh 3.59.5 

4 E Hewson Gh 4.12.5 

5 T White Ema 4.16.4 

6 E Rhodes Mos 4.21.0 


1 J Jenkinson Gh 3.21.9 

2 J Cauthorne EcS 3.24.4 

3 O Norfolk RaF 3.28.9 

4 S Bevan EcS 3.31.4 

5 B Shepherd PC 3.36.2 

6 P Armitage Mos 3.42.3 


1 E Jenkinson Gh 3.30.3 

2 L Mitchell Gh 3.45.5 

3 L Fletcher EcS 3.47.6 

4 F Cockrayne Hal 3.48.2 

5 P Alinsey Hal 3.48.3 

6 H Saville RaF 3.50.3 

Manx Harriers Club Walk 


TT Access Road, Douglas 

5km 

1 Peter Kaneen Manx M45 24.41 

2 Kevin Walmsley unatt 25.50 

3 Adam Cowin Manx U17M 28.16 

4 Sally Walker Manx W35 28.43 

5 Juan Bellando Manx U15B 29.14 

6 John Robinson unatt 30.06 

3k 

1 Vinny Lynch IOMVAC M45 16.35 

2 Danielle Oates Manx U15G 18.08 

2k 

1 Daniel Scarffe Manx U13B 14.01 

2 Rebecca Greatbatch unatt U15G 14.02 

1k 

1 Max Walker 7.22 

2 Zac Walker 7.23 

3rd South Yorkshire League 

Friday, 21st May 2010 

Millhouses Park, Sheffield 

A very warm evening saw Katie 

MacKinder produce a 20 second PB and 

a clear victory, behind her Becky 

Chambers established a 1 point lead in 

the series by pulling back a 3.56 

handicap to pass Peter Bilson. 

2km 

1 Katie MacKinder U15 13.46 

2 Becky Chambers U13 11.35 

3 Peter Bilson Sen 16.06 

Welsh U15 League - South East 

Saturday, 22nd May 2010 

Hereford 

1000m Track Walk

1 5:14.2 Tasha Webster PB U15W Hereford 

(New East Division League Record) 

2 6:41.5 Iona Prosser PB U15W Hereford 

Sarnia WC Road Walk 

Sunday, 23rd May 2010 

Les Amarreurs, Guernsey 

3km 




4 Carol Bates W55 21.13 


British Masters 10,000m Track Walk 

Championships 

23rd May 2010 

Horspath, Oxford 

10,000m Track Walk 

1st M50 Trevor Jones VAC 55:32.96 1st 

overall 

2nd M50 Steve Allen OPEN 59:38.04 3rd 

1st M60 Sean McMullin IRELAND 62:52.93 

7th 

1st M65 Ron Penfold VAC 61:01.70 5th 

2nd M65 Shaun Lightman VAC 62:30.67 6th 

3rd M65 Peter Hannell SCVAC 63:16.04 8th 

4th M65 Ken Bobbett SCVAC 65:46.15 9th 

5th M65 Peter Howard EVAC 76:16.54 15th 

1st M70 Ron Powell SCVAC 68:36.30 11th 

1st W45 Helen Middleton EVAC 58:28.94 

2nd 

1st W50 Ann Wheeler MMAC 60:55.33 4th 

2nd W50 Fiona Bishop VAC 72:27.74 14th 

1st W55 Anne Belchambers VAC 67:41.94 

10th 

2nd W55 Diane Braverman EVAC 71:50.17 

13th 

1st W60 Susan Barnett EVAC 69:35.88 12th 

SCVAC League - South London Division 

Match 1 

Monday, 24th May 2010 

Croydon Arena, South Norwood 

2000mW M35 

1 I. Statter M50 CRO 11:25.8 

2 B. Ewen M55 SOC 11:55.7 

3 D. Mitchell M65 E&E 13:45.4 

2000mW M50 

1 D. Warren M50 CRO 12:33.2 

2 D. Hoben M55 SOC 13:14.5 

3 K. Walker M60 E&E 13:25.1 

2000mW W35 

1 S. Dietrich W60 K&P 12:14.3 

2 L. Neville W55 E&E 12:22.6 

3 S. Upton W40 SOC 13:12.1 

2000mW W50 

1 C. Brooke W50 CRO 12:34.2 

2 S. Boyman W55 E&E 14:04.0 

Sheffield Primary Schools C 

Tuesday, 25th May 2010 


Y5 Girls 

1 E. Cooper 3:54 

2 L. Platts 4:03 

3 S. Cropley 4:08 

4 M. Hobson 4:09 

5 O. Hirst 4:10 

6 K. Davey 4:11 

Y5 Boys 

1 K. Wilson 3:45 

2 J. Twigg 3:48 

3 M. Ward 3:48 

4 A. McDonald 4:00 

5 J. Halliwell 4:03 

6 A. Dimelow 4:04 

Y6 Girls 

1 Shivani Kotak 3:45 

2 K. Gittens 3:57 

3 L. Rogerson 3:58 

4 J. Smith 4:01 

5 A. Scott 4:06 

6 E. Smith 4:08 

Y6 Boys 

1 M. Johnson-Keeton 3:36 

2 A. Hallewell 3:41 

3 A, Mellors 3:45 

4 L. Mansell 3:48 

5 Barnaby Conroy 9:59 

6 A. Coleman 9:59 

Sheffield Primary Schools D 



Y5 Girls 

1 I. Green 3:43 

2 Issy Swirls 3:43 

3 A. Doherty 3:50 

4 B. Awdas 3:55 

5 N. Brock 3:58 

6 K. Brookes 4:00 

Y5 Boys 

1 Hamish Hill 3:39

2 Ben Woods 3:42 

3 T. Wilkinson 3:43 

4 J. More 3:46 

5 O. Thornton 3:49 

6 H. Walker 3:54 

Y6 Girls 

1 Rachel Giles 3:45 

2 Natasha Perryer 3:45 

3 L. Peckett 3:50 

4 Emily Bradbury 3:51 

5 A. Gillott 3:54 

6 C. Holt 3:58 

Y6 Boys 

1 Lee Hackett 3:24 

2 L. Parlett 3:32 

3 H. Ancaster 3:35 

4 Luke Heald 3:36 

5 C. Page 3:37 

6 A. McHale 3:41 

Surrey Masters T&F Championships 


Ewell Court, Surrey 


1st M55 David Hoben Surrey 20:32.7 

Guest M55 Nick Silvester AFD 14:52.9 

1st M65 Peter Hannell Surrey 17:55.2 

2nd M65 Peter Crane Surrey 18:37.6 

1st M70 M Harran HHH 17:31.3 CBP 

1st M75 John May VAC 23:10.1 

Guest W35 Verity Snook AFD 15:54.9 

2nd W35 Joanna Stringer AFD 18:26.1 

1st W45 Susanne Dietrich K&P 18:36.1 

1st W50 Fiona Bishop Woking 18:47.3 

Kent Young Athletes League 

Monday, 31st May 2010 

Erith, Kent 

Two new League Records for Heather 

Butcher and Cameron Corbishley, in this 

popular and growing junior league. 

Girls 1200m Track Walk 

1 Heather Butcher U13 Cambridge H. 

6:25.9 New League Record 

2 Rebecca Roddy U15 Ashford 6:52.9 

3 Amber Guyatt U13 Ashford 7:25.2 

4 Omalade Taiwo U15 Cambridge 7:35.0 

5 Sophie Levy U13 M&M 7:49.3 

6 Shannon Riskey U13 B&B 8:21.2 

7 Charlotte Roberts U15 Ashford 8:27.0 

8 Alessia Russo U13 Tonbridge 8:57.0 

9 Eleanor Winch U13 Bexley 8:58.1 

10 Maria Eremionkhale U15 Bex 9:02.5 

11 Eleanor Potter U13 Tonbridge 9:10.1 

12 Kerri Kaffo U15 Bexley 9:59.9 

Boys 1200m Track Walk 

1 Cameron Corbishley U15 M&M 6:10.5 

New League Record 

2 Luc Legon U13 Bexley 7:25.7 

3 Joshua O'Hara U15 Bexley 7:43.5 

4 Miles Witherseed U15 Tonb 7:55.5 

5 Ben Bradshaw U15 Tonbridge 8:25.2 

6 Charlie Jinks U15 Bexley 8:26.3 

7 Jordan Muir U13 Tonbridge 8:37.0 

8 Jacob Sivyer U13 Ashford 8:39.1 

9 Toby Ralph U13 Tonbridge 8:41.7 

10 Paul Ross U15 Ashford 9:01.0 

11 James O'Hara U13 Bexley 9:34.7 

CAU Inter Counties Championships / 

McCain UK Challenge 

31st May 2010 

Bedford 

Jo Jackson led the women’s race all the 

way, but the men’s race had Wright, 

Bosworth, Finch and Boyce – in varying 

orders – fighting it out all the way until 

Wright opened out with 350m to go and 

spread the group. Lots of PB's at the 

business end. It is worth remarking on 

the youth of the first six men and five of 

the first seven women – one in the eye 

for the moaning minnies of the sport! 

-Peter Cassidy 

3000m Walk Men 

1 Alex Wright Surrey 11:38·16 

2 Tom Bosworth Kent 11:43·44 

3 Brendan Boyce Warks 11:49·93 

4 Luke Finch South Wales 11:50·26 

5 Mark O’Kane Warks 13:03·46 

6 Antonio Cirillo West Wales 13:34·46 

7 Ian Richards Sussex 13:45·20 

8 Francisco Reis Middx 13:58·84 

9 Mark Williams Staffs 14:17·79 

10 Maks Orzel Leics & Rut 15:01·46 

11 Liam Baldwin Kent 15:05·44 

12 Arthur Thomson Herts 15:46·03 

3000m Walk Women 

1 Johanna Jackson North East 12:57·08 

2 Lauren Whelan Lancs 15:05·98 

3 Heather Lewis West Wales 15:25·58

4 Diane Bradley Kent 15:31·84 

5 Fiona McGorum Leics & Rut 15:42·96 

6 Ann Wheeler Warks 16:02·42 

7 Kate Funnell Kent 16:12·42 

8 Helen Middleton Beds 16:25·55 

9 Jasmine Nicholls Leics & Rut 16:48·76 

10 Maureen Noel Middx 17:58·89 

11 Katerina Johnson Oxon 19:00·85 

12 Noel Blatchford Oxon 19:04·24 

Oxfordshire T&F Championships & Open 

Walk 

Wednesday, 2nd June 2010 

Sir Roger Bannister Stadium, Oxford 

The Oxford County Championships were 

held a little later than normal and at the Sir 

Roger Bannister Track to celebrate the 

actual date of the historic mile race in 1954. 

Visitors were welcome at this evening event. 

The first three competitors were closely 

matched and all around fifteen and a half 

minutes. Steve Uttley recalled racing on the 

Iffley Road track in a Universities 

championship in the late '70s and most 

memories opined that no race walking had 

taken place on the track in the interim. The 

Oxfordshire championships had been 

shunted off the main championship 

weekend but found a soft landing as an 

extra event in the historic "Town versus 

Gown" match with a prominent mid-evening 

slot. Graham Chapman's efforts ensured 

that a field of 11 lined up on a perfect 

evening - 6 in the county event and 5 

guests. Star of the show was 78 year old 

Alan Flavell who returned to compete at 

Iffley Road some 56 years and 27 days after 

representing the AAA at 440 yards in the 

same match and on the very evening when 

Roger Bannister broke the 4 minute barrier 

for one mile for the first time. -Steve Allen 


1 Steve Uttley Ilford Guest 15.21.7 

2 Steve Allen Barnet Guest 15.47.5 

3 G. Chapman Headington Oxon 15.58.9 

4 M. Harran Surrey Guest 16.43.3 PB 

5 David Hoben Surrey Guest 20.10.6 

6 S. Whelan Headington Oxon 20.49.3 

7 Alan Flavell Enfield Guest 25.33.8 


1 N. Blatchford Abingdon Oxon 18.42.4 

2 Katerina Johnson Radley Oxon 18.56.5 

3 Roz McKenzie Abingdon Oxon 19.26.7 

4 Judy Howard Abingdon Oxon 20.07.8 

Oxfordshire Championships: 

Men 1st G. Chapman, 2nd S. Whelan. 

Women 1st N. Blatchford, 2nd K. 

Johnson, 3rd, R. McKenzie. 

Eastern Veterans League - Fenland 

Division 

Wednesday, 2nd June 2010 

Kings Lynn 

1 Mile Walk (Track) 

1 10:10.3 John Greenhalgh M40 W. 

Norfolk 

2 10:17.8 Christopher Milnes M50 Ryston 


1 9:09.00 An Other M50 P'boro 

2 10:20.3 Paul Firmage M55 Ryston 


1 10:36.7 Martin Simmonds M65 Ryston 

2 11:11.7 B Delves M60 W Norf 


1 9:43.8 Cath Duhig W55 Loughton 

2 11:11.7 Kath Johnson W35 West 

Norfolk 


1 10:06.3 A.N. Other W45 P'boro 

2 10:15.6 Gillian Loughlin W45 City of 

Norwich 

3 11:07.4 Sue Smith SW Ryston 

4 12:38.0 Angela Fleming W60 West 

Norfolk 

Eastern Veterans League - Essex 

Division 

2nd June 2010 

Lee Valley 


1 9:53.4 Chris Cattano V45 Southend 

2 10:02.7 Dave Stephenson V45 FVS 

3 14:30.9 Sean De Souza-Brady V40 

Loughton 


1 10:01.4 David Bowker V50 FVS 

2 10:02.1 John Borgars V60 H.Phoenix 

3 12:23.7 David Barnett V50 Chelmsford 


1 10:17.7 John Brock V60 Southend 

2 11:24.1 Roger Cole V60 Chelmsford

3 11:29.1 Peter Cassidy V70 Loughton4 

12:25.3 Chas Avis V60 FVS 


1 11:20.0 Jane Clark V35 Loughton 

2 12:56.8 Stephanie Mayfield V35 FVS 


1 10:57.2 Francoise Fernandez V55 

Loughton 

2 12:53.1 Tracey Minton V45 Chelmsford 

3 15:58.6 Ruby Avis V45 FVS 

Eastern Veterans League - Central 

Division 

2nd Jun 2010 

Cambridge 


1 10:14.3 Bob Austin V60 Milton Keynes 

2 10:42.8 Hanno Fischer V40 Hunts. 


1 8:33.1 Mark Wall V50 Milton Keynes 

2 11:26.2 Graeme Packman V55 Bedford 

3 12:48.1 Gerald Meah V50 C&C 


1 8:27.2 A Thompson V60 EVAC 

2 9:56.5 William Bradley V60 Hunts. 

3 10:04.1 Brian Graves V70 Milton Keynes 

4 10:19.8 Peter Howard V65 C&C 


1 11:18.7 Sue Rey V50 W Milton Keynes 

2 11:24.3 Rachel Roberts V35 C&C 

3 12:04.1 S Cahill V35 W Hunts 

4 12:41.8 Jacqueline Cheshire V40 Bedford 


1 8:34.2 Helen Middleton V45 EVAC 

2 9:41.9 Di Baldwin V50 Milton Keynes 

3 9:59.5 Susan Barnett V60 C&C 

4 11:33.4 Rosemary Boast V50 Bedford 

5 12:08.9 C Darnell V45 Hunts 

Midland Veterans League - South 

Division Meeting 2 

Thursday, 3rd June 2010 

Redditch 

M35 2000m Walk 

1 Bill Nock 10:49.3 

2 Peter Boszco 10:59.4 

3 Rob Mole 13:40.5 

4 Eric Horwill 13:52.1 

5 Dave Hope 14:19.0 

M50 2000m Walk 

1 Glyn Jones 11:23.0 

2 Len Quartly 12:25.1 

3 Les Scrivens 12:27.5 

4 John Fenton 13:07.5 

5 Martin Millicheap 14:23.8 

W35 2000m Walk 

1 Wendy Bennett 11:10.0 

2 Julie Bellfield 12:08.8 

3 Hilary Mann 13:10.8 

4 Karen Davies 13:23.1 

5 Yas. Al Daftary 14:52.1 

W50 2000m Walk 

1 Betty O'Gorman 15:20.8 

2 Maggie J-Myers No time 


Championship Race 5 

Friday June 4th 2010 

Delancey Park, Guernsey 

Phil Lockwood had secured two easy 

wins in the previous two races in the 

absence of the Le Noury brothers, but 

showed them the way home on their 

return. Lockwood had the company early 

on of Jason Le Noury as he forced the 

pace from the start in the hot and 

windless conditions. Stuart was in third 

spot, well ahead of Rob Elliott. By mid 

race Lockwood was clear and opened up 

a winning gap of thirty six seconds as he 

crossed the line in 25.21. Stuart Le Noury 

had closed the gap on his brother in the 

latter stages of the eight lap course, but 

Jason held on by two seconds to take 

second place. 

5km Men 


2 Jason Le Noury M 26.57 

3 Stuart Le Noury M 26.59 

4 Rob Elliott M50 29.25 


6 Kevin Le Noury M50 33.44 


8 Mick Le Sauvage M70 34.42

5km Women 



SCVAC Championships 

Sunday, 6th June 2010 

Ashford 

The outlook for Sunday was not good, but 

Ashford remained very warm and dry. The 

first three positions were all M55, although 

not too close together in times, but the last 

from Ilford was in a tight race with Hannell 

with the lead changing several times before 

Sharpe got away on the last three quarters 

of a lap. 


1 1st M55 14:40.88 Nick Silvester AFD 

2 2nd M55 15:59.63 Christopher Hobbs 

M&M 

3 1st M65 17:45.53 Peter Hannell Surrey 

WC 

4 1st M70 19:40.00 Ron Powell Enfield 


1 1st W35 15:48.48 Verity Snook AFD 

2 1st W45 18:41.43 Sue Davies PB AFD 

3 1st W60 19:17.14 Ann Lewis AFD 

Woodford Tuesday Walks 

Tuesday, 8th June 2010 

Ashton Playing Fields 

The normal slow start to the season, but 

there have been slower. Cassidy was about 

2 minutes inside his PB, but that was for 

5000m; on the season so far, Jane Clarke 

leads him 2-1. Francisco Reis’s designation 

as “Portugal” - whose vest he wore rather 

than “Ilford” was his choice for the day. 

3000m walk 

1 Francisco Reis Portugal 14:19·19 

2 Steve Uttley Ilford 15:18·43 

3 Steve Allen Barnet 15:29·81 

4 Helen Middleton Enfield 16:45·39 

5 Françoise Fernandez Loughton 20:59·22 

6 Peter Cassidy Loughton 21:37·45 

7 Jane Clarke Loughton 24:34·89 

Teams: 

1 Loughton 90, 2 Portugal 35, 3 Ilford 34, 

4 Barnet 33, 5 Enfield 32. 

Manx 10,000m Track Championships 

Wednesday, 9th June 2010 

NSC, Douglas, Isle of Man 

This was the first event to take place on 

the re-opening of the refurbished NSC 

track in Douglas. The races took place in 

dry but very blustery windy conditions 

which made it hard going for those 

competing. 

10,000m Walk 

1 Michael George Manx 48.49.2 M40 

2 Jock Waddington IOMVAC 50.53.9 

M40 

3 Vinny Lynch IOMVAC 54.58.1 M45 

4 Adam Cowin Manx 59.02.0 U17M 

5 Henry De Silva IOMVAC 76.31.9 M75 


1 Marie Jackson Manx 28.07.9 W45 

Junior 3000m Walk 

1 Danielle Oates Manx 17.18.8 U15G 

2 Juan Bellando Manx 17.54.3 U15B 


1 Rebecca Greatbatch Manx 13.44.8 

U15G 


1 Lee Mackay Manx 6.13 U11B 

2 Keira Mackay Manx 6.53.9 

South Yorkshire Schools AA 

Development race 

Thursday, 10th June 2010 


Becky Chambers made a 10 second 

improvement on her PB to move to 16th 

on the all time U13 list. But the biggest 

improvement was made by Hannah Kong 

from Rotherham with a massive 50 

seconds. 


1 Becky Chambers U13 5.23.5 

2 Jack Leversidge U11 6.17.0 

3 Ella Jenkinson U13 6.25.0

European Trials 

Bedford Start 

Bedford: Leading group 



Bedford: 4 Men beat CG Qualifying Time

Bedford Winner - C. Schmidt (GER) 

Bedford: Naughty board + elder athletes 

Bedford: Niobe leads Lisa, Estle trails. 

(below) Bedford: Turn & Re-measuring 

(below) U20&U23 Championships

4 Dom Parry U15 6.59.0 

5 Peter Bilson Snr 7.12.0 

6 Hannah Kong U15 7.13.0 

Northern Ireland T&F 

Championships/Ulster Open/UK 

Challenge 

Saturday, 12th June 2010 

Antrim, Northern Ireland 


1 13:17.94 James Treanor U20M Monaghan 

Phoenix/Ireland 

2 16:51.45 Sean McMullin M60 Ireland 

3 20:36.88 Mark Gray SM Omagh 


1 14:56.10 Emma Doherty U20W N. Belfast 

South Yorkshire Schools Champs 

12th June 2010 

Doncaster 

A fast debut race from Jamie Higgins, 

training at the National Racewalking Center 

in Leeds. It was great to see 12 walkers on 

the track together. PB from Becky moving 

her up to 9th on the U13 all time list. 


1 Lauren Whelan U20W Yorks 

Schools/Manx Harriers (Guest) 4:33.7 

2 Jamie Higgins U17M W Yorks 

Guest/Leeds City AC (Guest) 4:39.0 

3 Becky Chambers U13W Sheffield 5.15.9 

4 Dan Chaib U15M Sheffield 5.47.1 

5 Josh Robinson U13M Sheffield 6.05.6 

6 Katie MacKinder U15W Sheffield 6.07.3 

7 Sheldon Ashton U15W Sheffield 6.21.0 

8 Dom Parry U15M Sheffield 6.24.4 

9 Katie Turner U15W Sheffield 6.58.0 

10 Hannah Kong U15W Rotherham 7.12.1 

Primary 600m Walk 

1 Jack Leversidge U11M Gh 3.21.6 

2 Ella Jenkinson U13W Gh 3.24.4 

Midland Masters T&F Championships 


Saffron Lane, Leicester 

5000m Walk M60 

1 27:54.4 Roger Mitchell B&B (Guest) 

2 28:46.6 Peter Boszko Birchfield 

5000m Walk M70 

1 32:32.0 Dennis Myers Leicester 

5000m Walk W40 

1 31:47.2 Julie Bellfield Halesowen 

2 34:36.4 Lynn Bellfield Halesowen 

5000m Walk W50 

1 28:10.3 Ann Wheeler Nuneaton 


Championship 6 

June 13th 2010 

Pleinmont to Les Amarreurs 

Phil Lockwood claimed his third win in 

the series, with a convincing victory over 

second placed walker Stuart Le Noury. 

Lockwood crossed the line in 1.24.27, 

over two and a half minutes quicker than 

his previous best. Le Noury`s time was 

also a new best for him, improving by 

almost two minutes. Phil Lockwood now 

leads the Championship, but with two 

races to be discarded in the ten race 

series, either of the Le Noury boys could 

get the better of him by the end of the 

season. Jayne Le Noury walked well to 

finish in 1.54.29, a week after walking the 

40 miles Itex walk, now sharing the lead 

in the womens standings with Carol 

Bates. 

15km Men 

1 Phil Lockwood M35 1.24.27 

2 Stuart Le Noury M 1.30.30 

3 Kevin Le Noury M50 1.46.10 

4 Mick Le Sauvage M70 1.52.47 

15km Women 

1 Jayne Le Noury W45 1.54.29 

5th South Yorkshire League 

Millhouses Park, Sheffield 


2km 

1 Daniel Chaib U15 12.17 

2 Peter Bilson Snr 16.22 

Steyning AC Championships 


Broadbridge Heath, Horsham 


1 Ian Richards (Steyning) 14:02 

2 Shaun Lightman (Surrey) 16:13 

3 Sarah Sowerby (Steyning) 16:28

London Business Houses 

Championship/City Athletics meeting 


Willesden Track, London 

3000m 

1 Francisco Reis Ilf/Guest 14:17.0 

2 Steve Uttley C.S /ILF. 15:23.2 

3 Steve Allen Barnet& Dist. 15:32.1 

4 John Hall C.S/Bels 15:40.2 

5 Mick Harran SWC 16:28.2 

6 Mark Culshaw Bels 16:50.0 

7 Steve Allen BH/ILF. 17:31.8 

8 Sean Pender E/H 17:41.6 

9 Chris Flint Pol/LV. 18:26.6 

10 Maureen Noel (W) C.S/Bels 18:39.0 

11 Francis Thomason Lon.Ung 20:06.2 

12 Dave Hoben SWC 20:17.2 

13 Kevin Burnett BH/ SWC 21:34.1 

14 Dave Ainsworth BH/Fords 23:27.5 

London Inter-Club Challenge / Enfield 

League 


Ashtons Field, Woodford 

Women 5000m Walk 

1 Helen Middleton (Enfield) 28.21 W45 

2 Maureen Noel (Belgrave) 30.35 W45 

3 Angie Alstrachen (Enfield) 31.12 U17 

4 Sue Barnett (Enfield) 32.47 W60 

5 Norma Grimsey (Enfield) 33.55 W50 

6 Serena Queeney (Enfield) 36.16 W55 

7 Sue Smith (Ryston R) 36.53 W55 

Men 5000m Walk 

1 Fransisco Reis (Ilford) 23.49 M45 

2 Nick Silvester (Aldershot) 25.39 M50 

3 Steve Allen (Barnet) 26.09 M50 

4 John Hall (Belgrave) 26.13 M40 

5 Steve Uttley (Ilford) 26.17 M50 

6 Mark Culshaw (Belgrave) 28.12 M60 

7 John Ralph (Chiltern) 28.13 M50 

8 Andrew Cox (Hillingdon) 28.32 M55 

9 Ken Bobbett (Hillingdon) 29.01 M65 

10 Amos Seddon (Enfield) 29.13 M60 

11 Michael Harran (Surrey) 29.40 M70 

12 Sean Pender (Enfield) 29.48 M65 

13 David Sharpe (Ilford) 30.11 M55 

14 Rod Dunn (Enfield) 30.21 M55 

15 Ron Powell (Enfield) 32.21 M70 

16 Jon May (Enfield) 32.31 M55 

17 David Hoben (Surrey) 34.58 M55 

18 Peter Howard (Enfield) 35.43 M65 

19 Peter Cassidy (Loughton) 36.16 M70 

20 Doug Fotheringham (Belgrave) 36.25 

M80 

21 David Ainsworth (Ilford) 39.29 M60 

22 Eddie Trotter (Ilford) retired M60 

European Athletics Association 20km 

Permit Event/Commonwealth Games 

Trials and Aviva England Athletics 

10,000m U20 & U23 T&F 

Championships & World Trials 


Priory Park, Bedford / Bedford 

International Stadium 

This much anticipated EAA event lived 

up to expectations as the UK walking 

event of the year. It was last chance for 

English athletes to attempt qualification 

for the Commonwealth Games, being 

held in October. Conditions at the earlier 

Trials in Victoria Park in April had proved 

a little too windy for fast times, so this 

sheltered course had been chosen and a 

top quality international field had been 

invited to give our young walkers all the 

encouragement that they needed. 

The 20km race took place first, in the 

park opposite the stadium. An accurate 

course, a straight 1k out-and-back lap 

had been set up. However, there were a 

few problems, as it was requested at the 

last minute that the turning point be 

moved to allow a wider turning circle for 

the large number of competitors. Wires 

got crossed and it was somehow 

overlooked until the officials realised after 

the first couple of laps that either a new 

World Record was in progress, or the 

course had been shortened. With the 

race in progress, officials from several 

countries measured and remeasured the 

lap until all were satisfied and agreed the 

exact length. All competitors were then 

notified that an extra 2 laps plus a small 

loop had been added without altering the 

course, and must be completed to reach 

20k. On the one hand such a mistake 

could be criticised, but on the other hand, 

cynics who often query the accuracy of a

course whenever remarkable performances 

or records are set can now be reassured 

that this was a 100% accurately measured 

and verified 20k, confirmed by international 

officials - so English athletes are now 

without doubt back at the high professional 

levels enjoyed by previous generations of 

race walkers - no argument! 

Judging standards were high and many 

cards issued, but only two athletes were 

DQ'd. Spectators who came to watch the 

event were rewarded with a tightly packed 

highly impressive field. After the 20k, 

officials and spectators crossed the road for 

the 10k in the stadium, where even more 

impressive walking was on show, thanks to 

the Irish visitors boosting the entries and 

providing high quality competition. 

20 km Men 

1 Carsten Schmidt Germany 84:15 

2 Mate Helbrand Hungary 84:48 

3 Alex Wright England Athletics 85:46 

4 Carl Dohmann Germany 86:04 

5 Brendan Boyce Ireland 86:35 

6 Luke Finch RWA England 87:43 

7 Tom Bosworth England Athletics 88:24 

8 Ben Wears RWA England 89:00 

9 Michael Doyle Ireland 90:04 

10 Darrel Stone England Athletics 90:42 

11 Tommy Taylor RWA England 90:52 

12 David Kidd Ireland 92:08 

13 Andreas W Nilson Denmark 94:26 

14 Paul Evennett RWA England 96:25 

15 Harold van Beek Netherlands 100:42 

16 Bruno Grandjean Switzerland 102:22 

17 Gyula Dudas Hungary 102:40 

18 Marcelino Sobczak Netherlands 102:41 

19 Niall Prendiville Ireland 102:50 

20 Urbain Girod Switzerland 105:34 

21 Michael Moran Ireland 109:43 

22 John Constandinou Cyprus 119:48 

DQ Daniel King RWA England 

Mens Team 

1 England Athletics 20 points 

2 RWA England 25 

3 Ireland 26 

4 Germany 5 (2 athletes) 

5 Hungary 19 (2 athletes) 

6 Netherlands 33 (2 athletes) 

7 Switzerland 36 (2 athletes) 

20 km Women (+10k split time) 

1 Katalin Varro Hungary 95:25 (43:59) 

2 Neringa Aidietyte Lithuania 96:27 

(45:29) 

3 Laura Polli Switzerland 97:36 (44:12) 

4 Marie Polli Switzerland 99:23 (45:43) 

5 Lisa Kehler RWA England 100:46 

(47:07) 

6 Niobe Menendez England Athletics 

105:08 (47:37) 

7 Diane Bradley Scotland 113:38 (53:20) 

DQ Estle Viljoen South Africa 

DNF Emma Farrell Ireland 65:16 10km 

Womens Team 

1 Switzerland 7 (2 athletes) 

U20M 10,000m Walk 

1 Mark O'KANE Coventry 47:04.42 

2 Antonio CIRILLO Swansea 48:18.03 

3 Rory BARRY Ireland 51:56.64 

4 Liam BALDWIN Tonbridge 53:20.87 

5 Osin OLIVER Ireland 55:41.58 

6 Colin VERSTEEG Netherlands 

56:42.33 

DNF Jonathan HOBBS Ashford 

U20W 10,000m Walk 

1 Emma DOHERTY Ireland 52:15.26 

2 Maeve CURLEY Ireland 52:36.05 

3 Emma PRENDIVILLE Ireland 52:51.01 

4 Lauren WHELAN Manx Harriers 

52:54.26 

5 Rebecca COLLINS M&M 60:17.15 

Five English Walkers gained the 

Commonwealth Games qualification 

times in the EAA Permit Meeting held in 

conjunction with the England Athletics 

Under 23 and 20 Championships on the 

roads of Priory Park opposite the 

stadium. Alex Wright removed 5 minutes 

from his PB 85.46, the fastest time by a 

British Athlete since 2002. 

In only his 3rd attempt at the distance 

Alex Wright overcame the conditions and 

pressure to move to top of the Natioal 

Rankings and to 14th on the UK All Time 

list and the 3rd fastest ever time by an 

Under 23. Wright who is based at the

UKA National Race Walking Centre at 

Carnegie, Leeds Met took 3rd in the race 

behind German Carsten Schmidt (84.15) 

and Hungarian Mate Helbrand (84.48) to 

become Britain's fastest ever teenager and 

hopefully earn selection for the 

Commonwealth Games. 

Behind him fellow Leeds Met student 

Brendan Boyce reduced his PB to 86.35 in 

taking the Irish Senior 20km title which was 

held in conjunction with the event. The third 

Leeds Met student Tom Bosworth put in a 

magnificent performance in the closing laps 

to record 88.24 well inside the qualifying 

time for Delhi. Having won the trial this 

should secure his place in the England 

Team alongside the already selected Jo 

Jackson in the Women's 20km. Two other 

English athletes went below the 

Commonwealth Games Standard of 89.00; 

Luke Finch in 87.43, and Ben Wears who 

was the 4th English walker inside the 

standard clocking 89.00. 

The Women’s race was won by Hungarian 

Katalin Varro (95.25) from Lithuanian 

Neringa Aidietyte (96.27). Behind them triple 

Commonwealth medallist Lisa Kelher 

moved to 2nd on the National Rankings with 

1.40.46 inside the standard of 1.42.00 and 

Niobe Mendez moved to 3rd with 1.45.08. In 

the Small Nations Match that included the 

Junior 10km held on the track in conjunction 

with the Under 20/23 Championships, 

England came out on top 

On the track in the Under 20 

Championships, Mark O'Kane took the 

10km title in a new PB of 47.04. In the 

Women's race Lauren Whelan took 4 

minutes of her PB to clock 52.54 and finish 

first English athlete. 

A few stats from the Bedford: 

-Five English athletes beat the 

Commonwealth Games qualification 

standard. 

-Lauren Whelan's 10000 m is the fastest 

since 1992 and goes #9 on the all time U20 

list. 

-Alex Wright's 20 km is the fastest since 

2002 and is #14 on the all time 20 km list; 

#3 on the all time U23 20 km list; and #4 

on the 2010 Commonwealth 20 km 

rankings. 

-Tom Bosworth is #11 on the all time U23 

20 km list. 

-Ben Wears is #13 on the all time U23 20 

km list. 

-Luke Finch is #20 on the all time 20 km 

list. 

-Johanna Jackson is #16 on the 2010 

World Rankings; #12 on the 2010 

European Rankings; and #1 on the 2010 

Commonwealth 20 km rankings. 

-Ian Richards/Andi Drake 

British Masters 5k Championships 


Horwich, Lancashire 

Despite some local problems, due mainly 

to the local carnival moving away from 

the race day, the event was again both 

successful and enjoyable. Unlike recent 

years, the weather was kind and 

conditions very good. There were 22 

entries, 20 starters and 20 finishers. One 

of the non starters was Mark Williams 

who had won all 3 previous races: his 

absence due to illness. 

Overall winner was Adrian Edwards who 

set a new CBP for M45. Relatively new to 

race walking he has made very rapid 

progress and looks a great prospect for 

the longer distances. Peter Boszko set a 

new British M60 CBP just one second 

short of the all comers CBP held by 

regular visitor Sean McMullin from Eire, 

The ladies field - depleted this year by 

clashes of events and injuries, saw Fiona 

Bishop pull away in the latter stages for a 

clean win. The outstanding performance 

was a new CBP and British all time best 

road 5km for M85 by Edwin Grocock. He 

took 45 seconds off the previous best set 

by George Mitchell in 2002. At the 

combined walks and runs presentations 

he received a tremendous ovation for a 

brilliant effort by a true gentleman of the 

road! -Eric Horwill

5km Men 

1 A.Edwards Lancs 27.53 1st M45 CBP 

2 G.Smith Lancs WC 1st M55 28.11 

3 P Boszko Birchfield 28.17 1st M60 CBP 

4 Sean McMullin Eire 2nd M60 29.03 

5 T Malone York CIU 2nd M55 29.15 

6 G Jones Coventry 1st M65 29.55 

7 D Crompton Lancs WC 2nd M45 30.43 

8 J Hardy Lancs WC 2nd M65 31.07 

9 S Walker Lancs WC 1st M50 33.55 

10 J Grayson York CIU 3rd M65 33.56 

11 P Crahan Unattached 3rd M55 34.24 

12 J Payn Lancs WC 1st M75 34.30 

13 J Crahan Lancs WC 3rd M60 34.41 

14 J Munn Lancs WC 2nd M75 36.01 

15 E Horwill DASH 3rd M75 36.29 

16 E Grocock Sheffield 38.05 1st M85 CBP 

+ British Best Road 

17 G Dowling Yorks RWC 4th M75 42.15 

5km Ladies 

1 F Bishop Woking 1st W50 31.42 

2 J Bellfield Halesowen 1st W40 31.53 

3 L Bellfied Halesowen 2nd W40 34.35 

Under 60 Team: 1st Lancs WC (Edwards, 

Smith, Crompton). Over 60 Team: Lancs 

WC (Hardy, Payn,Crahan) 

Hewitt Cup - Round 3 

Tuesday, 22nd June 2010 

The conclusion of this year's Hewitt Cup 

2km. race walking series turned out to be 

the most exciting yet in both boy's and girl's 

categories. In the boys race, Maks Orzal 

completed a hat trick of wins with Joe Smith 

just managing to hold off Matthew Kibble. 

However in their league where the individual 

standings are based on a handicapping 

system which encourages all competitors to 

improve, or get close to their best times over 

the 3 race series there was a tie for overall 

top slot. Benjamin Allen and Josh Bramley 

finished on 12 points apiece with teammates 

Max Flanagan and Jake Smith only 1 

and 2 points further back respectively. In the 

girl's event Rachael Woolley led home 

Jasmine Nicholls and Emma Achurch for the 

second straight race. Achurch had a 

comfortable lead in the girl's league going 

into this final race but was nearly caught by 

Sophie Higgins, Woolley and Isobel Keanan 

who all improved on their personal bests on 

the night. This was Emma's third Hewitt Cup 

success (she had won in 2006 and 2007) 

and she was presented with her trophy 

by sister Laura who was last year's 

champion. -George Smolinski 

2km Boys 

1 Maks Orzal Leicester Grammar 10:11 

2 Joe Smith Blaby Stokes 13:57 

3 Matthew Kibble Mount Grace 14:00 

4 Max Flanagan Blaby Stokes 14:15 

5 Benjamin Allen Blaby Stokes 14:18 

6 Jake Smith Blaby Stokes 14:20 

7 Josh Bramley Blaby Stokes 14:58 

8 Devon Coulson Blaby Stokes 17:25 

Boys League Final Standings 

=1. Benjamin Allen (Blaby Stokes) - 12 

=1. Josh Bramley (Blaby Stokes) - 12 

3. Max Flanagan (Blaby Stokes) - 13 

4. Jake Smith (Blaby Stokes) - 14 

5. Maks Orzal (Leicester Grammar) - 18 

6, Joe Smith (Blaby Stokes) - 20 

2km Girls 

1 Rachael Woolley Univ.Coventry 10:13 

2 Jasmine Nicholls Countesthorpe 10:32 

3 Emma Achurch Leysland 10:58 

4 Sophie Higgins Blaby Stokes 14:16 

=4 Laura Achurch Blaby Stokes 14:16 

6 Neve Duguid Blaby Stokes 15:09 

7 Isobel Keanan Blaby Stokes 15:48 

8 Chloe Proud Blaby Stokes 15:50 

9 Charley Coleman Blaby Stokes 18:33 

Girls League Final Standings 

1. Emma Achurch (Leysland) - 12 points 

2. Sophie Higgins (Blaby Stokes) - 13 

=3 Rachael Woolley (Univ.Coventry) - 14 

=3 Isobel Keanan (Blaby Stokes) - 14 

5. Jasmine Nicholls (Countesthorpe) - 15 

6. Laura Achurch (Blaby Stokes) - 17 

VAC 5 mile Championships 

22nd June 2010 

Battersea Park, London 

With 21 athletes in the walk, and an 

additional 36 in the running event, it was 

a large turnout on a warm evening. Very 

hot and sticky night. Lyn Atterbury came 

over from Poland where he currently lives 

to compete in this event. Overall, an 

enjoyable evening and Age Group 

medals were presented by the VAC 

President, Peter Hannell.

5 miles 

1 Ian Richards(Stey) 62 1st 40:18 

2 John Hall(Bel) 60 2nd 43:28 

3 Sean Lightman(SWC) 65 1st 44:15 

4 Arthur Thomson(E&H) 70 1st 46:17 

5 Steve Uttley(Ilf) 50 1st 47:36 

6 Mark Culshaw(Bel)(G) 47:39 

7 Steve Allen(Ilf) 50 2nd 49:08 

8 Mick Harran(SWC)(G) 49:15 

9 Lyn Atterbury(SWC) 60 3rd 49:28 

10 Maureen Noel(Bel) W45 1st 50:06 

11 Mike Hinton(Ilf) 65 2nd 50:48 

12 Peter Hannell(SWC) 67 3rd 50:58 

13 Paul King(Bel) 59 1st 51:14 

14 Chris Flint(L Vid) 65 51:22 

15 Fiona Bishop(Wok) W50 1st 53:44 

16 Ron Powell(E&H) 70 2nd 55:19 

17 Dave Delaney(SWC) 67 55:20 

18 Dave Hoben(SWC) 57 2nd 55:21 

19 Barbara Edlin(E&H) W60 1st 60:38 

20 Kevin Burnett(SOC) 70 3rd 62:15 

21 John May(SWC) 75 1st 65:56 

Sheffield Primary Schools Finals 

Thursday, 24th June 2010 


These Sheffield Schools races are more 

popular than most people realise, as only 

the first six from each race are published. 

There were 72 walkers in this event! 

Y5 Boys 600m 

1 Jack Leversedge GH 3.22 

2 Hamish Hill TAS 3.35 

3 Declan Pike BSpa 3.37 

4 Alex McManus AGr 3.38 

5 Ben Woods ToP 3.42 

6 J Twigg Bru 3.48 

20 finishers 

Y5 Girls 600m 

1 M Waters Dob 3.37 

2 Ellie Brennan StW 3.38 

3 Issy Swirles Int 3.42 

4 O Morehead StM 3.45 

5 Tasmin White Ema 3.47 

6 B Wilson Car 3.49 

16 finishers 

Y6 Boys 600m 

1 Lee Hacket Bir 3.03 

2 Jamie Jenkinson GH 3.10 

3 Owen Norfolk RaF 3.18 

4 M Johnson-Keeton Bru 3.27 

5 Luke Heald Gl 3.28 

6 Lewis Partlett Int 3.30 

20 finishers 

Y6 Girls 600m 

1 Niamh Mckivett StW 3.19 

2 Ella Jenkinson GH 3.21 

3 Rachel Giles TAS 3.23 

4 Laura Mitchell GH 3.26 

5 A Gillott TOP 3.36 

6 Natasha Perryer SHS 3.40 

16 finishers 

British Masters 20k Championships 


Northampton Racecourse 

20km Men 

1 Francisco Reis Ilford 1:46:58 1-M45 

2 Steve Arnold Nuneaton 1:50:46 2-M45 

3 John Hall Belgrave 1:54:56 1-M60 

4 Arthur Thomson Enfield 1:55:54 1-M70 

5 Steve Uttley Ilford 1:57:44 1-M50 

6 Steve Allen Barnet 2:04:01 2-M50 

7 Sean Pender Enfield 2:07:26 1-M55 

8 Michael Harran Surrey 2:09:46 2-M70 

9 Dave Sharpe Ilford 2:12:43 2-M55 

10 Gary McDonald Surrey 2:17:13 3-M50 

11 Ron Powell Enfield 2:19:09 3-M70 

12 John Payn Lancashire 2:23:19 1-M75 

13 Dave Hoben Surrey 2:28:08 3-M55 

14 Eric Horwill D&S 2:36:49 2-M75 

Mens Team: 1st Ilford AC, 2nd 

Enfield&H AC, 3rd Surrey WC 

20km Women 

1 Maureen Noel Belgrave 2:04:42 1-W45 

2 Cath Duhig Ryston 2:11:47 1-W55 

3 AngieAlstrachan Enfield 2:15:05 1-W40 

4 Fiona Bishop Woking 2:17:39 1-W50 

5 Sue Barnett C&C 2:21:34 1-W60 

6 Sue Smith Ryston 2:37:32 2-W45 

Womens Team: 

1st Ryston Runners AC 

Open 10k Men 

1 Graham Chapman Headington 61:21 

2 Steve Whelan Headington 73:32 

Open 10k Women 

1 Noel Blatchford Abingdon 66:55

2 Lynn Bellfield Halesowen AC 70:01 

Allen Trophy 


Chorley, Lancashire 

A small field due to holidays, distance, 

injury, race clash, etc. The usual problems 

nowadays. Very hot (28 degrees) and over 

the usual tough hilly course. 

15 Miles 

1 Adrian Edwards Lancs WC 2.24.51 

2 Joe Hardy Lancs WC 2.49.47 

3 Dave Evans Lancs WC 2.52.23 

4 Dave Crompton Lancs WC 2.54.06 

5 Helen Starling Redcar RWC 2.54.59 

DNF Pat Evans Lancs WC 2.32.15 (12.6m) 

50th Scottish Widows Parish Walk 

Isle of Man 

26th-27th June 2010 

1,710 walkers entered this years event, 

including many regular race walkers. The 

largest race walking event ever held in the 

UK and it's surrounding islands. Starting at 

8am on the track at the NSC in Douglas and 

walking around the island - 85 miles within 

24 hours, visiting every parish on the island. 

An IAAF judged race, with a celebrity starter 

- Roger Black OBE, who then joined in the 

walk for the first 11 miles. A write up will be 

included in the next edition of RWR. A 36 

page Parish Walk Special magazine was 

produced, and is available free via email to 

subscribers of this magazine on request. 

20th Polish Veteran's Athletics 

Championships 

Torun, POLAND 


A few days after the veterans race in 

London, Lyn was doing more veterans 

events back in Poland. 

3000mW 2nd Lyn Atterbury 17.26 (1st M60) 

5000mW 3rd Lyn Atterbury 29.58 (1st M60) 

UKA T&F Championships/McCain UK 

Challenge/European Trials 

Alexander Stadium, Birmingham 

27th Jun 2010 

Conditions were very hot and the athletes 

suffered in this track race in front of large 

stadium crowds, being filmed by the 

BBC. Lisa tripped over and tumbled to 

the floor as Johanna passed her on the 

outside - no contact. Lisa instantly picked 

herself up and blasted off. The fall 

ensured that the walking event was later 

shown on TV with two minutes of good 

video highlights, gaining us valuable 

publicity. With a generally young field, 6 

PB's and a Stadium Record, it was an 

excellent race. 

The event coincided with the big England 

football match in the World Cup, which 

took the whole country's attention. The 

football was shown in the stadium during 

the athletics, which could have been 

distracting to the athletes. (Perhaps why 

Lisa fell) The England football team 

performed extremely poorly despite 

gigantic budgets and the BBC athletics 

presenter Steve Cram announced on 

television that the football was so bad 

that he "decided to watch the racewalk 

instead," indicating his feelings for our 

sport. In the following days many 

suggestions were made about the 

England football team manager. I would 

suggest Andi Drake to FIFA, but we need 

him in race walking! 


1 Alex Wright Belgrave 20:11.09 SR 

2 Tom Bosworth Tonbridge 20:50.01 PB 

3 Luke Finch Colchester 21:29.89 

4 Tom Taylor Birchfield 22:05.18 PB 

5 Dominic KING Colchester 22:14.12 

6 Mark O'Kane Coventry 23:22.11 

7 Antonio Cirillo Swansea 24:13.06 PB 

Daniel KING Colchester DQ 


1 Johanna Jackson M'Bro 21:52.95 

2 Lisa Kehler Wolv 24:21.92 

3 Fiona McGorum Leicester 26:08.99 PB 

4 Lauren Whelan Manx 26:16.37 PB 

5 Diane Bradley Tonbridge 26:40.47 

6 Heather Lewis Pembroke 26:57.86 PB 

Kate Funnell Ashford DNF -1lap 

Kelsey Howard Tonbridge DNF -1lap


Championship Race 7 


Osmond Priaulx, Guernsey 

Phil Lockwood continues to pull away in the 

Sarnia Walking Clubs Yorkshire Guernsey 

Championship series with a convincing win. 

Mick Le Sauvage improved his own 

Guernsey age best time by ten seconds 

when finishing in 20.15. First lady home was 

Carol Bates, with a rare victory over second 

placed Jayne Le Noury. 

3000m Track Walk Men 


2 Stuart Le Noury M 15.03 


4 Kevin Le Noury M50 19.42 


3000m Track Walk Women 


2 Jayne Le Noury W45 21.58 


ESAA South-West Schools 

Championships 


Millfield School, Street, Somerset 


1 Hamish Forfar (Junior boy) Somerset 

18:16·5 


1 Ben Casey (Senior boy) Somerset 31:15·2 

2 Toby Boulton (Intermediate boy) Somerset 

33:01·9 

Peter / Flers / Keswick Cups 


Leicester 

Fresh from her bronze medal success at the 

Aviva European Trials & UK Championships 

Fiona McGorum added the Keswick trophy 

to her burgeoning collection of awards when 

she won as leading Leicestershire Over 15. 

Rachael Woolley and Jasmine Nicholls took 

the other podium placings. In the male 

equivalent, Maks Orzal also smashed the 10 

minute barrier with another fine walk. In the 

Peter Cup race for Under 15 Boys, Joe 

Smith retained his title. Emma Achurch won 

the Flers Trophy (awarded to the leading 

Under 15 girl) ahead of Sophie Higgins 

and Laura Achurch. The handsome 

Livingstone House cup for top Leics 

school team has been competed over for 

more than fifty years and the Stokes 

squad equalled the great record set by 

New Parks School in the early 1960s of 

five successive wins. 

2km Girls 

1 Fiona McGorum Univ.Wales 9:39 

2 Rachael Woolley Univ.Coventry 10:27 

3 Jasmine Nicholls Countesthorpe 10:36 

4 Emma Achurch Leysland 10:55 

5 Sophie Higgins Blaby Stokes 14:24 

6 Laura Achurch Blaby Stokes 14:36 

7 Neve Duguid Blaby Stokes 15:16 

8 Kezia Brown Blaby Stokes 15:17 

9 Chloe Proud Blaby Stokes 16:26 

2km Boys 

1 Maks Orzal Leicester Grammar 9:42 

2 Joe Smith Blaby Stokes 13:11 

3 Benjamin Allen Blaby Stokes 14:30 

4 Edward Poyser Blaby Stokes 14:33 

5 George Watson Blaby Stokes 14:34 

6 Jake Smith Blaby Stokes 15:00 

7 Josh Bramley Blaby Stokes 15:10 

8 Max Flanagan Blaby Stokes 15:26 

Bill Collins Memorial Trophy 


Tonbridge School, Tonbridge 

3km Road Walks 

1 Kelsey Howard Tonbridge 15:22 

2 Cameron Corbishley M&M 15:54 

3 Guy Thomas Tonbridge 15:58 

4 Emily Symons Tonbridge 16:29 

5 Ben Parsons Tonbridge 16:58 

6 Rebecca Collins M&M 17:19 

7 Mick Harran Surrey 17:27 

8 Peter Hannell Surrey 17:36 

9 Peter Crane Surrey 18:38 

10 Georgia Parsons Surrey 19:46 

11 Steve Holliday M&M 20:47 

13 Catherine Cotterill Tonbridge 21:34 

14 Geraldine Legon. Bexley A.C. 21:39 

2km 

1 Heather Butcher Cambridge H. 11:26 

2 Luke Legon Bexley 13:13

3 Sophie Levy M&M 13:54 

Teams (mixed three to score) 

1st Tonbridge 8 points, 2nd M&M 19, 3rd 

SWC 24, 4th Tonbridge 'B' 28. 

Sir Sefton Branker Trophy (Civil Service 

v Middlesex AAA v RAF) 


Copthall Stadium, Barnet 


1 Francisco Reis MX 14:15.6 

2 Steve Uttley CS 15:28.4 

3 John Hall CS 15:51.4 

4 Mark Culshaw MX 16:55.5 

5 Maureen Noel N/S (CS) 19:09.5 

6 Norma Grimsey N/S (MX) 20:07.8 

Ilford Open 5 / 500th Essex League Race 

Saturday, 3rd July 

Redbridge Cycle Circuit, Hainault 

Ilford AC staged the 500th meeting of the 

Essex Walking League, which began in 

1967, on a hot Saturday afternoon. On offer 

was a 5 Kilometres road walk over 4-andhalf 

circuits of the lower (flat) course. Many 

former greats came to support this occasion 

and some even got out racing pumps for 

another go. Among them was John Webb 

(Basildon AC) who now resides in Bristol. 

This sprightly 73 year old won that first 

League race 43 years ago, before becoming 

an Olympian a year later in 1968 when 

racing over 20km in Mexico. Among 

spectators was another septuagenarian in 

Paul Nihill MBE who had walked in 4 

Olympics (64/68/72/76) and had won silver 

in the 64 Tokyo Games over 50k. "Mr 

Starter" was Ilford President Les Hislop who 

after setting a 51 strong field into action, 

joined in to race himself. 

Among starters was long-serving Essex 

County AAA Walking Secretary Ray 

Pearce, who in his heyday was an Essex 

County senior individual champion. Early 

on saw Ilford's in-form Francisco Reis 

dictating the pace while leading for 2- 

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 deadheat 

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 

5km 

1= D.KING COLCHESTER 23.38 

1= D.KING COLCHESTER 23.38 

3 F.REIS ILFORD 24.45 

4 P.RYAN ILFORD 26.18 

5 S.UTTLEY ILFORD 26.28 

6 J.HALL BELGRAVE 26.31 

7 D.KATES ILFORD 27.43 

8 S.PHILLIPS ILFORD 27.52 

9 G.SMITH LWC 28.32 

10 J.LLEWLLIN BELGRAVE 28.40 

11 G.CHAPMAN HEADINGTON 28.45 

12 S.BISHOP SEAC 29.01 

13 M.SCAMELL BELGRAVE 29.14 

14 A.SEDDON ENFIELD 29.24 

15 S.CRANE SWC 29.55 

16 S.PENDER ENFIELD 29.58 

17 S.ALLEN ILFORD 30.15 

18 S.KEMP EVAC 30.41 

19 R.SHEPPARD ILFORD 30.50 

20 D.SHARPE ILFORD 31.06 

21 D.COX ENFIELD 31.14 

22 M.HARREN SWC 32.00 

23 R.DOBSON ILFORD 32.17 

24 P.COLE ENFIELD 32.30 

25 F.BISHOP (L) AFD 32.33 

26 A.HARREN SWC 32.41 

27 O.CAVIGLIOLI PITSEA 32.42

28 P.CRANE SWC 32.46 

29 O.BROWNE ILFORD 32.46 

30 J.MAY ENFIELD 33.08 

31 D.SHEPPARD E P 33.51 

32 M.GRAHAM BELGRAVE 34.31 

33 A.O’RAWE ILFORD 34.37 

34 D.HOBEN SWC 34.59 

35 P.GOODWIN SPRINGFIELD 34.27 

36 S.WHELAN HEADINGTON 35.51 

37 F.FERNANDEZ (L) LOUGHTON 36.11 

38 S.QUEENY (L) ENFIELD 36.30 

39 M.HINTON ILFORD 36.31 

40 K.TUSON VAC 36.31 

41 L.HISLOP ILFORD 36.42 

42 D.FOTHERINGHAM BELGRAVE 36.46 

43 L.RUDDOCK ILFORD 36.55 

44 G.LEGON (L) BEXLEY 37.15 

45 M.BARNBROOK ILFORD 37.16 

46 W.SUTHERLAND HIGHGATE 39.58 

47 J.WEBB BASILDON 40.21 

48 R.PEARCE SOUTHEND 41.43 

DNF J.ROOKE ESSEX BEAGLES 

DNF C BENT PITSEA 

2.76k Walk 

1 L.LEGON BEXLEY 19.30 

International Results 

14th Gran Premio Cantones de La 

Coruña 


IAAF Race Walking Grand Prix 

La Coruna, SPAIN 

Johanna Jackson broke her own British 

20km Record competing in the IAAF Race 

Walking Challenge Meeting in La Coruna, 

Spain. In a truly world class field, she 

finished a fine seventh in 1:30:41 improving 

on her previous best of 1:31:16 set in 

Lugano in 2009. Just behind Jo was 

Australian Jess Rothwell who has been 

based at the UKA National Race Walking 

Centre at Leeds Met for the past month and 

was 9th in 1.30.53. Jo set herself up 

perfectly for the coming European 

Championships in Barcelona, where the 

UKA A standard was 1:31:15 - one second 

faster than her previous National Record. 

Jackson walked a very even race with 5k 

segments of 22:22, 22:35 (reaching 

halfway in 44:57) , 22:48 and 22:56 and 

this was despite being on two cards for 

the last 10km of her race. 

China’s Yafei Zhu and Spain’s Beatriz 

Pascual clinched their respective 20Km 

victories to highlight the “Gran Premio 

Cantones de Marcha” – the Spanish leg 

of the 2010 IAAF Race Walking 

Challenge on a cloudy and ideal day for 

Race Walking. While the 21-year-old 

Chinese retained his title from last year 

with a 1:21:11 clocking, the Spaniard 

Pascual managed her first ever victory at 

an IAAF World Challenge permit meeting 

thanks to a 1:28:05 performance. Coming 

slightly over one month ahead of the 

European championships the 28-year-old 

Barcelona-born walker propels herself 

into the medal picture. 

The men’s race was an unforgettable 

three-horse sprint finish. Over the 1kmlong 

flat circuit, the men’s contest opened 

quite conservatively as the large lead 

pack cruised the 5000m point in 20:34 

headed by the Chinese pair of Zhu and 

newly-minted World Cup winner Hao 

Wang while the rest of favourites walked 

tucked behind, the Australian duo of 

reigning Olympic bronze medallist Jared 

Tallent and Luke Adams plus Mexico’s 

Eder Sánchez among others.They all 

reached the halfway point in 40:54 and 

there were not major changes until the 

closing 5k when Zhu and the current 

World silver medallist Hao broke away 

from the rest with only Colombia’s Luis 

Fernando López, who was a creditable 

fifth at last month’s World Cup in 

Chihuahua, for company. Entering the 

closing 1000, it seemed unavoidable a 

thrilling sprint for the victory and it was 

finally the case. To balance even more 

their winning chances, the strongest man 

on paper Hao had already received two 

warnings while Zhu and Lopez had only 

been warned once. For the delight of the 

knowledgeable La Coruña crowd the 

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 

advantage on runner-up Lopez, himself 

another second clear of Hao. 

Sanchez, the 2009 World Cup bronze 

medallist and arguably holder of the best 

technique in the field, had to be satisfied 

with fourth place not too far away from the 

podium places as he was timed at 1:21:16. 

Zhu – a gifted prodigy who clocked 1:18:44 

for the distance at the age of 17 – declared, 

“Today was a fantastic and tough win. I’m 

just competing at several events across 

Europe but my primary goal for this year are 

the Asian Games to be held in November in 

Guangzhou (China). Before that, I’ll also 

take part at the IAAF World Challenge final 

in Beijing next 19 September. My 

compatriots and I are already accustomed 

to Europe customs, food, etcetera, as we 

have spent a lot of time this year here.” After 

his win in Krakow on 29 May, where he 

clocked a 38:40 PB over 10 Km, Zhu and 

his colleagues travelled to Italy for a training 

stint with former World and Olympic 

champion, Maurizio Damilano. 

In contrast to men’s event, the women’s 

race opened at a brisk pace with a 5000m 

split of 22:14 for a quintet comprising the 

Portuguese triumvirate of Vera Santos, Ines 

Henriques and Ana Cabecinha, Ireland’s 

reigning World silver medallist Olive 

Loughnane and Spain’s Beatriz Pascual. 

The Spaniard, who was a disappointing 11th 

in Chihuahua in 1:36:08, proved to be 

determined to take revenge on that belowpar 

performance and by the halfway point 

she walked alone at the forefront in 44:09, 

with a seven-second margin on this year’s 

World Cup leader Santos. By then, 

Loughnane travelled in fourth some 37 

seconds in arrears. Throughout the second 

half Pascual maintained her dominance 

while a fading Santos was comfortably 

overtaken by Loughnane with six kilometres 

to go. At the finish line, Pascual clocked her 

second fastest time of 1:28:05 only bettered 

by the 1:27:44 which led her to the 6th place 

at the Beijing Olympics. The Irish star came 

second 31 seconds behind but 20 seconds 

clear of Santos. “My 2010 season was 

going too well and so this win is a huge 

moral booster thinking of next month’s 

Europeans in my hometown of 

Barcelona, I suffered a knee injury last 

November and could only resume full 

training in March. My two-week training 

camp in Font Romeu just ahead of 

today’s event has proved to be positive 

so I plan now to return there for another 

two weeks.” 

20 km Men 

1 Yafei ZHU CHI 1.21.11 

2 Luis Fernando Lopez COL 1.21.12 

3 Hao WANG CHI 1.21.13 

4 Eder SANCHEZ MEX 1.21.16 

5 Jared TALLENT AUS 1.21.31 

6 Luke ADAMS AUS 1.21.35 

7 Hassanine SEBEI TUN 1.21.47 

8 Juan M.Molina MoroteESP 1.21.57 

9 Maik BERGER GER 1.22.28 

10 Fredy H.Hernandez COL 1.22.28 

11 Herve DAVAUX FRA 1.22.29 

12 Isamu FUJISAWA JAP 1.22.51 

13 Joao VIEIRA POR 1.22.54 

14 Pedro Gomez Cruz MEX1.23.27 

15 Sergio VIEIRA 76 POR 1.23.48 

16 Jesús A.Garcia ESP 1.24.04 

17 Faguang XU CHI 1.25.33 

18 Chil-Sung PARK KOR 1.26.01 

19 Francisco A.Aller ESP 1.26.35 

20 Pedro ISIDRO POR 1.28.21 

21 Cláudio V.Flores ESP 1.29.00 

22 Yusuke YACHI JAP 1.29.24 

23 Takayuki TANII JAP 1.31.11 

24 Juan A.P.Hidlago ESP 1.32.00 

25 Cristiano ANTONIO POR 1.32.12 

26 José P.Ruiz ESP 1.33.15 

27 Manuel J.A. Fernandez ESP 1.37.50 

28 Roi DUARTE POR 1.44.27 

DNF Ivano BRUGNETTI ITA 

DNF Alejandro CAMBIL ESP 

DNF Bertrand MOULINET FRA 

DNF Jamie COSTIN IRL 

DNF David M.REDONDO ESP 

DNF Rodrigo D.Fernández ESP 

20 km Women 

1 Beatriz PASCUAL 82 ESP 1.28.05 

2 Olive LOUGHNANE 76 IRL 1.28.36 

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 Claire TALLENT 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 

DQ Cheryl WEBB AUS 

200 Club 

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 

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Do you or anybody know the 

whereabouts of Brian Ashwell, Dudley 

Seddon and Ted Warner Hope you can 

help. 

Sabine Zimmer - Ladies Winner 

Photos from La Coruna 

John Cannell 

j_cannell@yahoo.com 

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Hi John, 

Below you’ll find what I did on the day of 

the National 20kms champs. (Heaton 

"Parkrun" Event, 5k, Manchester) 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 

grading of results on Racewalk UK. It's 

confirmed what I've long thought: John

Payn (M75) is consistently the most 

outstanding walker in Lancashire WC. 

Best wishes, 

Greg Smith, Lancashire 

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A response to Doug Corkhill’s letter from a 

previous issue of RWR: 

If Doug Corkill is going to quote numbers he 

should get them right, there were 1.5 pages 

of Sheffield Schools results not 2.5! There 

were around 400 finishers in 28 races I don't 

apologise for sending in the top 6 in each 

race. Incidentally in issue 798 of RWR an 

Isle of Man result takes over 1.5 pages to 

list all the walkers inside 3 hours for 10 

miles! 

Brian Adams 

Editor: I have significantly increased the 

number of pages in this magazine so that all 

results can be shown, and am happy to 

focus on selected areas from time to time 

for various reasons. Of course people in one 

area may not care about what is occurring in 

another, but it is important to our sport to 

encourage and promote. Everyone is free to 

discard any items from this magazine that 

do not interest them and still be left with a 

good read, but I will continue to print 

anything that is going on that I think 

interests a proportion of readers. 

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I have just received my copy of Masters 

Athletics 2010 (Summer No 92) and once 

again Brian Owen has not found room or 

chosen not to publish the Masters Road and 

Indoor Walk Rankings so I do hope that you 

can find time and space to include them in a 

forthcoming edition of Race Walking 

Record. I don't want all the hard work of 

compiling the rankings to go to waste and I 

am sure that they would be of interest to 

fellow Masters Walkers. 

Kind Regards 

Bob Care 

Editor: Of course. Masters athletics would 

be so much poorer without walking. They 

usually give us a lot of credit. Historical 

performances will be added to 

RacewalkUK. 

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Great work on the archives. As they 

come on stream, they convey a sense of 

social history in general as well the 

unfolding story of the sport itself. The 

archive is excellent and much 

appreciated. I lost over 20 years of 

Records in a flooded cellar in the mid- 

80's. If you manage the job, in a few 

years I'll be able to have a go at 

producing All-Time Lists for the 

Lancashire Walking Club. I don't know 

whether you noticed but the 1976 

Records you've scanned reveal a little 

talked about moment in the history of 

walking in Lancashire. In frustration with 

what we saw as the backward views of 

the old guard back then, a number of us 

including Ron Wallwork, Julian Hopkins, 

Fred Pearce [!] and myself resigned and 

joined Blackburn Harriers. It came to 

nothing and it has now been swept under 

the carpet, but one day I'll write up the 

story. 

Sadly I've been unable to race walk for a 

couple of years now due to severe pain 

in my right hip. I keep fit by cycling in the 

Cretan mountains. Hope to get to the 

Lancashire AGM in October/November. 

Best Wishes, Tony Taylor, Crete 

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Over the past decade, and perhaps even 

longer, there has been a mood of doom 

and gloom about the state of race 

walking in the UK. In part it was justified: 

it seemed a sport destined to oblivion 

with small fields made up almost entirely 

of ageing veterans. That is now 

changing. My reading of the rankings and 

results tells me that we have some 

talented walkers eager to make their 

mark at International level. There are 

races, somewhere in the UK, weekly 

throughout the year. Participation is 

increasing. Our top veterans are world 

class. We have enthusiastic and

dedicated coaches working with the best of 

the younger generation. 

So why the continuing negativity Of 

course, the big fields and the huge depth of 

talent that existed in the 50's, 60's and 70's 

has faded away, and is reflected throughout 

athletics. Times have changed and the long 

lunch hour has evaporated. Now there are 

work and domestic pressures that were 

unknown 40 or 50 years ago. Against that 

kind of background few are able to commit 

themselves to the demands of athletics at a 

high level, and to think of a return to that 

earlier era is mistaken. I suspect that when 

compared to the number of race walking 

events in other European countries, and the 

numbers taking part, the sport in the UK is 

in a remarkably healthy condition. 

That is not to suggest complacency. There 

is still a need to integrate race-walking into 

mainstream athletics. In Poland, where I 

live, clubs do not have race-walking 

sections; they have race-walkers just as 

they have sprinters, high jumpers, shot 

putters, and marathon runners. Here racewalking 

is a young persons sport, and if 10 

walkers turn out for a Veterans National 

Championship we say that we have a big 

field! In Pila, not far from my home, there 

are at least three schools with brand new 

200m outdoor tartan tracks plus facilities for 

field events. How does a relatively poor 

European country do this I don't know the 

answer, but the Department of Sport and 

Tourism seems to be remarkably well 

funded. We have excellent athletic 

stadiums, generously funded sports clubs, 

but no motorways! A carry over, no doubt, 

from when the East Europeans were a 

fearsome force in world athletics. The media 

and commercial companies are not averse 

to funding athletic events of all kinds: our 

New Year Fun Run has a prize list that is 

truly phenomenal. There is a down side. I 

usually have to travel long distances to 

compete, and nearly all require an overnight 

stay. But that is what people do. At the 

Gdansk International Festival of Race- 

Walking the competitors from Latvia 

endured a bus ride of more than 24 hours, 

raced, and then began the long haul 

home again. 

To return to the situation in the UK. I am 

optimistic. Things are not so desperate 

as they sometimes seem if you look at 

the things in your favour. You can train 

and race all year. Our winters are often 

plagued by snow and ice, and, apart from 

a few indoor events, November - March 

is the closed season. These, however, 

are just practical matters. I continue to be 

optimistic that the UK will not be short of 

senior category walkers who excel, but 

due to the changes in the culture of work, 

family, and leisure, I am slightly 

apprehensive that, in an ironic twist of 

fortune, there will be few to replace the 

veterans of an earlier era who provide 

the base from which race-walking is 

developing so vigorously today. Good 

luck! 

Lyn Atterbury 

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In 2009 I was diagnosed with arthritis in 

my right hip and told that if I didn't stop 

road running then I would need a hip 

replacement in 2-5 years. Not a pleasant 

prospect and it frightened me to say the 

least as I am only 50! I was also 

extremely upset, as I had been running 

for 12 years and didn't want to give it up. 

Anyway, after struggling with feelings of 

envy, I have gotten over it now and have 

compromised by taking up speed walking 

combined with some running. I am really 

enjoying the speed/race walking and 

believe it to be really challenging. I am 

looking to get together with other people 

who race/speed walk but am 

disappointed to find only one club in 

Norfolk (West Norfolk AC) and that's in 

Kings Lynn (I live in Norwich). 

Can you help me please by putting me in 

touch with people who live in and around 

Norwich 

Thanks and best wishes, 

Lyn Hazleton

I wish to enquire if there is such a pursuit as 

racewalking events for amputees, anywhere 

in the UKI had my right leg amputated on 

May 2008, then my left leg amputated 12 

weeks later in August 2008, both below the 

knee. I then received a kidney transplant in 

May 2009. I then commenced racewalk 

training on 2nd December 2009. Since then, 

and to date I have competed in several 5k 

running events, against able bodied 

athletes. My personal best to date for a 5k 

racewalk event as a double amputee is 

49:30. Before my kidney failure and loss of 

limbs, I was a regular club runner with my 

local Dundee Hawkhill Harriers AC. I 

participated in numerous cross country, fell 

running, track, 10k, half marathon, and full 

marathon events over many years. I am due 

to compete in the British Transplant Games 

5k racewalk, at the lovely city of Bath on 

Sunday 22nd August 2010, albeit against 

other transplant recipients. I have been 

informed that I will be the only double 

amputee racewalker in the event. 

Yours in sport 

Ronnie McIntosh, Race Walker 

Editor: Race walking as a sport was 

invented by people to challenge and test 

their physical abilities, and has many 

inspiring stories of athletes pushing 

themselves beyond other peoples 

expectations. Ronnie is a true hero, and I’m 

very moved by his story. 

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Island Games - Isle of Wight 2011 

The Island Games is a competition for small 

islands along the lines of a mini 

Olympics/Commonwealth Games. It was 

first held in 1985 in the Isle of Man but since 

the second games in Guernsey 1987, 

despite still being in the list of events 

(men 10k, women's 3k,) race walking has 

not been included due to lack of support. 

The minimum requirement is 6 athletes 

from 4 different member islands. 

Already there are expressions of interest 

from some Guernsey men, athletes of 

both sexes from the Isle of Man would 

like to compete (apparently there is a 

maximum 2 athletes per team) and some 

from the Isle of Wight. If anyone knows of 

any athletes from the islands listed below 

or thinks they may be eligible to compete 

for one of the association, please get in 

touch. The consideration times will be 

expected to be 53 minutes for men and 

17 minutes for women. 

Islands: Aland Alderney Bermuda 

Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Faroe 

Islands Froya Gibraltar Gotland 

Greenland Guernsey Hitra Isle of Man 

Isle of Wight Jersey Menorca Orkney 

Prince Edward Island Rhodes Saaremaa 

Sark Shetland Islands St Helena Western 

Isles 

Michael George 

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I've been waiting over 30 years for my 

GB track suit from when I was team 

manager for about 3 years. I did get a 

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. 

Tony Perkins 

Editor: I laughed when I got this, and had 

to share it. Tony, I know you do a lot for 

race walking 

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

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