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Record entry for Manx Championship 10km

(part of Manx Harriers open meeting)

SEE EVERY 10KM RUN TIME EVER RECORDED AT THIS MEETING

IOMAA chairman Allan Callow has 19 finishes since 1980 (and a few before) - even Allan Pilling is a couple behind!

Allan's times (all walking)

Position	Time	Year	Distance
3	2:32:45	1981	30km
3	1:38:40	1983	20km
5	1:36:52	1984	20km
4	2:39:10	1985	30km
6	1:38:58	1986	20km
4	1:44:15	1988	20km
7	1:42:00	1989	20km
4	1:40:28	1990	20km
9	1:38:58	1991	20km
10	1:38:18	1992	20km
5	1:38:00	1993	20km
8	1:45:29	1995	20km
13	1:41:13	1996	20km
11	1:45:09	1997	20km
10	1:45:45	1998	20km
7	1:49:57	2000	20km
10	1:46:08	2001	20km
5	1:52:52	2003	20km
6	1:56:33	2004	20km

The Manx Harriers open meeting (formerly the Manx Airlines meeting and before that the Boundary Harriers invitation meeting) has traditionally produced some of the best 20km (and some other distance) performances of the year by British and Irish walkers, including many national records. Here is a list of the best 20km times since 1980.

Position	Surname	Christian Name	Time	Club / Country	Year
1	Heffernan	Rob	1:21:54	Ireland	2001
1	Barry	Steve	1:22:51	Roath Labour Walking Club	1983
1	McCombie	Ian	1:23:26	Cambridge Harriers	1987
1	McCombie	Ian	1:23:32	Cambridge Harriers	1988
1	Rush	Martin	1:23:34	Lakeland AC	1992
1	Penn	Andy	1:23:34	Coventry RWC	1992
1	McCombie	Ian	1:23:51	Cambridge Harriers	1986
1	McDonald	Jimmy	1:23:55	SDS Eire	1989
1	Stone	Darrell	1:23:58	Steyning AC	1996
2	Easton	Mark	1:24:04	Surrey Walking Club	1989
2	Maddocks	Chris	1:24:11	Dawlish & South Devon	1987
3	Partington	Steve	1:24:53	Manx Harriers	1992
1	Heffernan	Rob	1:24:55	Ireland	2000
1	Vesty	Phil	1:24:58	Leicester Walking Club	1984
4	Maddocks	Chris	1:25:10	Plymouth City Walkers	1992
1	Easton	Mark	1:25:27	Surrey Walking Club	1991
5	McCombie	Ian	1:25:32	Cambridge Harriers	1992
1	Maddocks	Chris	1:25:59	Plymouth City Walkers	1993
2	Partington	Steve	1:26:17	Boundary Harriers	1991
1	Stone	Darrell	1:26:18	Steyning AC	1995
1	Penn	Andy	1:26:29	Coventry Godiva	2002
2	Rush	Martin	1:26:32	Cockermouth	1984
2	Partington	Steve	1:26:32	Manx Harriers	1995
1	Drake	Andy	1:26:59	Coventry Godiva	1999
2	Partington	Steve	1:27:12	Manx Harriers	1993
3	Maddocks	Chris	1:27:15	Dawlish & South Devon	1984
3	Martindale	Sean	1:27:16	York Postal	1989
3	Morton	Les	1:27:16	Sheffield United	1989
3	Stone	Darrell	1:27:17	Steyning AC	1991
2	McDonald	Jimmy	1:27:35	Ireland	1996
2	Maddocks	Chris	1:27:38	Plymouth City Walkers	2000
2	Maddocks	Chris	1:27:43	Plymouth City Walkers	1999
1	Griffin	Colin	1:27:44	Ballinamore AC	2003
1	Partington	Steve	1:27:44	Boundary Harriers	1990
2	Drake	Andi	1:27:48	Coventry Godiva	2002
1	Stone	Darrell	1:27:49	Steyning AC	1997
1	King	Daniel	1:27:51	Colchester Harriers	2004
6	Easton	Mark	1:28:03	Surrey Walking Club	1992
5	Partington	Steve	1:28:04	Boundary Harriers	1989
3	Partington	Steve	1:28:16	Manx Harriers	1996
2	Griffin	Colin	1:28:22	Ireland	2001
4	Maddocks	Chris	1:28:27	Plymouth City Walkers	1996
3	Costin	Jamie	1:28:39	Ireland	2001
4	Morton	Les	1:28:43	Sheffield United	1991
3	Partington	Steve	1:28:48	Manx Harriers	2002
5	McDonald	Jimmy	1:29:02	Ireland	1991
2	King	Dominic	1:29:13	Colchester Harriers	2004
2	Maddocks	Chris	1:29:13	Plymouth City Walkers	1997
1	Bell	Martin	1:29:17	Cardiff	1998
5	O'Callaghan	Pierce	1:29:20	Ireland	1996
3	Penn	Andy	1:29:24	Coventry Godiva	2000
4	Hollier	Steve	1:29:26	England	2001
3	Casey	Michael	1:29:32	Ireland	1995
6	Cheeseman	Chris	1:29:50	Surrey Walking Club	1996
2	Morton	Les	1:29:52	Sheffield United	1986
3	Smith	Chris	1:29:53	Leicester Walking Club	1987
5	Bearman	Don	1:29:56	Steyning AC	2001
1	O'Sullivan	Gillian	1:29:57	Ireland	2001

Steve Barry (right) set a British 30km record in 1982, won the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane the same year and returned a few months later to set a British 20km record. He is pictured with me at my old house in Victoria Avenue Douglas (sold to Dave Newton!). I haven't missed the event since 1980 and I've still got many unpublished pictures. Murray Lambden

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