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Who will win the 2006 Clerical Medical Parish Walk? Visitors to www.manxathletics.com and www.parishwalk.com were polled and these were the results.

43% think that six times finisher and four times winner Robbie Callister will win. Robbie is the second fastest of all time. He has finished every year since 2000 and his average time for the past three of 15:38:30 is faster than Parish Walk legends such as John Cannell, Graham Young or Henry Harvey ever achieved in a single event.

ALL TIME FASTEST

26% of voters think that Steve Partington will win on his debut. One of the Island's all time greatest athletes, Steve retired from Commonwealth Games competition this year after his six games. Steve is the Manx record holder at virtually every distance up to 50km but can he keep going for more than twice as far than ever before?

STEVE PARTINGTON FEATURE

Sean Hands is the British National 100 miles race walking champion yet only 18% of voters think he will win the CMI Parish Walk - that clearly demonstrates the enormous competition he faces. Sean has four finishes under his belt, has been second for the past two years and is the fourth fastest person ever to walk the course.

SEAN HANDS - 100 MILES CHAMPION FEATURE

Peter Kaneen has won the Parish Walk by more than 30 minutes in his last two attempts (2000 & 2003) and is the third fastest of all time. Since then he has improved at every distance but only 13% think he will win - a dark horse if ever there was one! In his only London Marathon performance in 2000, Peter ran sub 2.40 (hand timing) and no Manx athlete has run faster since.

PETER KANEEN 50KM FEATURE

"The Parish Walk 4" by Paul Jackson. Left to right Steve Partington, Sean Hands, Robbie Callister and Peter Kaneen.