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Anna Maria Cutillo Foxdale 6 miles - 14/8/03

Bridget Kaneen reports

A very good entry of 52 athletes turned out for Thursday

nights 6 miler, set in the hilly countryside around Foxdale. 44 runners and 8 racewalkers lined up on Kionslieu Hill in Sunny but breezy conditions.

In the run it was the ever improving Darren Gray, who went one better this year after reversing the positions with Gianni Epifani in this race last year.

A committed effort saw him finish nearly a minute clear of second placed Gianni, who himself staged a great recovery after severe muscle cramp on Monday evenings Peel hill run brought him to a complete standstill. Brian Osborne completed the podium positions as first veteran man home a further 19 seconds down on Gianni.

Ian Gale was the first to finish of those competing in the Grand Prix series, placing in fourth position ahead of visiting runner Malcolm Packer of Louth A.C. In the battle of the supervets Alan Postlethwaite (first V55) just got the better of Dave Newton (first V50) a mere two seconds separating the pair.

Maggie Watkins managed to hold off a fast finishing Les Brown to be first woman to cross the finish line. Diane Lawrence, on the comeback trail after injury wrecked her Island Games half marathon ambitions, was a close second and visitor Linda Clampett from Louth A.C was third.

It was also encouraging to note a few new faces to the racing scene, Mandy Summers doing particularly well in picking up a prize as third senior lady finisher.

In the walk, John Stubbs looked sharper, finishing ahead of Foxdale resident Dave Griffiths.

Having newly aquired veteran status Dave has been taking things easy of late! Simon Cox, overcame Monday nights disappointment with a much more solid effort in third.

Making the trip down from the Northern parishes Alan Kinvig and Brian Brough

brought home the mens field. In the women's event, Enid Watson scored her second win of the week over Jan Hodgson with Sarah Goldsmith in third.

Manx Harriers would like to thank all the officials and helpers who turned out to help on the night, Paul Jackson for all the pre race organisation, Kevin Martin for organising the use of the schools facilities, the Baltic Hotel for their post race hospitality and the Cutillo family for presenting all the awards.

Run Results * denotes Grand Prix runner.

Position Race No Name Club Time

1st 29 Darren Gray Manx Harriers 33.39

2nd 47 Gianni Epifani MH 34.34

3rd 49 Brian Osborne MH 34.53 (1st V40)

4th 55 *Ian Gale IOM Fellrunners 35.34

5th 23 *Malcolm Packer Louth A.C 35.51

6th 33 *Bernie Cannan Northern A.C 36.33

7th 32 *Stewart Sayle N.A.C 36.55

8th 54 *Simon Skillicorn IOMFR 37.28

9th 34 *Alan Postlethwaite N.A.C 38.01 (1st V55)

10th 44 Dave Newton MH 38.03 (1st V50)

11th 56 Dave Walsh Redhill R.R 38.47

12th 25 *Graham Baker R.R.C. 39.21

13th 31 Phil Cain MH 39.31 (1st V45)

14th 22 *John Tyler Havering 90 joggers 39.45

15th 81 *Steve Kelly N.A.C 40.03

16th 26 Robert Webb MH 40.19

17th 27 Dave Corrin MH 40.28

18th 45 *Allan Corran Western A.C 41.40

19th 48 Steve Bennett MH 43.00

20th 35 *Laurence Dyer N.A.C 43.06

21st 57 Peter Simpson W.A.C 43.25

22nd 58 *Maggie Watkins IOM Veterans 43.42 (1st Vet Lady/first lady finisher)

23rd 28 *Les Brown MH 43.43

24th 43 Diane Lawrence MH 43.55 (1st Senior Lady)

25th 65 *Kevin Martin N.A.C 45.02

26th 24 *Linda Clampett Louth A.C 46.08 (2nd Vet Lady)

27th 67 Robbie Callister IOMVAC 46.29 (1st V60)

28th 37 Janet Oates W.A.C 47.18 (2nd Senior Lady)

29th 30 Ann Cain MH 48.28 (3rd Vet Lady)

30th 46 *Roger Ashby Sale Harriers 49.04

31st 41 *Terry Malone Unattached 49.34

32nd 32 Mandy Summers Unattached 51.08 (3rd Senior Lady)

33rd 42 *Alison Hollett Sheffield A.C 51.43

34th 66 Bill Herbert Unattached 51.50

35th 59 Margaret Dudgeon Unattached 52.05

36th 77 Moira Hall W.A.C 52.05

37th 64 Sue Furner IOMVAC 55.10

38th 36 *Colin Bowen IOMVAC 59.11

39th 38 *Hilary Bell Glossopdale 59.50

40th 39 *Selina DaSilva Teignbridge Trotters 1.00.36

41st 68 Wattie Ruwhiu Unattached 1.00.37

42nd 69 Lesley Christian Unattached 1.01.39

43rd 80 *Bob Webster Seaford Striders 1.02.18

44th 40 *Bill Young Seaford Striders 1.03.06

Walk results

Pos / No Name Club Time

1st 95 John Stubbs IOMVAC 55.46

2nd 92 David Griffiths MH 56.21

3rd 90 Simon Cox IOMVAC 58.16

4th 91 Alan Kinvig IOMVAC 1.03.27

5th 96 Enid Watson IOMVAC 1.06.28 (1st Lady)

6th 97 Jan Hodgson IOMVAC 1.09.21 (2nd Lady)

7th 93 Brian Brough MH 1.13.56

8th 94 Sarah Goldsmith IOMVAC 1.14.08 (3rd Lady)

Maggie Watkins - top female in the Anna Maria Cutillo Foxdale 6 miles.

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MANX 5KM WALKING CHAMPIONSHIP REPORT BY BRIDGET KANEEN

Despite a small field for the event, as the holiday season took its toll, onlookers were treated to some very exciting battles throughout the field.

The contest held on an out and back loop of the harbour roadway and finishing at the Creg Malin hotel at the end of the Promenade.

It was junior man Neil Bates, who scored his first ever victory over veteran athlete Peter Kaneen, after a really solid batch of training yielded results and an improvement of over a minute on his previous best over the distance.

Both athletes were locked together for almost the entire race, with Peter setting the pace and Neil sitting on his shoulder. Neil made his break for the tape at the harbour bridge at around 800m to go, and was delighted to score a fine win, finishing 10 seconds clear of his rival. He will now be working hard to make similar improvements over the longer 20k event which he will be stepping up to next season. Peter in turn, was not disgraced and showed he is starting to regain his speed, after a high mileage summer racing season, finishing just over a minute down on his best ever time.

Further down the field another three athletes were having a mighty scrap, with Allan Callow, junior walker Robert Moore and Simon Cox keeping very close company. This was reduced to two when Simon Cox was disqualified on the return to the finish.

Again It was another junior who came out on top of this contest and showing that he is starting to regain the excellent form of last winter, Robert just outpaced his coach, Allan to the line. Robert will be hoping to maintain this sort of form this weekend at the Don Valley track in Sheffield, when he, along with fellow Manx Harrier Ciara Kaneen, travel over to contest the AAA Championships in their respective age groups.

Regular walker Enid Watson of the Isle of Man Vets scored a comfortable victory in the womens event over fellow clubmate, Jan Hodgson.

Along with the senior event, a junior 2 kilometre was held over 4 laps along the promenade, although on this occasion there were no personal bests set by any of the juniors, this was not surprising, given the uneven surface and sweltering conditions. Despite this, all the youngsters walked superbly, putting on a fine display to interested onlookers. Callum Taylor showed how he has gained greatly in both strength and technique this season, finishing clear of Bronwen Kaneen who walked with much more confidence also.

The main battle on the night being between Sinead Kaneen and Kirsty Taylor as has become customary during this summer.

Sinead, on this occasion, doing enough to keep ahead of a fast finishing Kirsty in the closing stages.

Thanks must go out to Western A.C and their officials for hosting the championships and presentation. Also Steve Taylor and Maureen Cox for judging both races.

Results.

5 Kilometres

1. Neil Bates Manx Harriers 22.32 (U21)

2. Peter Kaneen M.H 22.42 (VM)

3. Robert Moore M.H 26.10 (U17)

4. Allan Callow M.H 26.12 (VM)

5. Enid Watson IOMVAC 33.11 (VL)

6. Jan Hodgson IOMVAC 34.30 (VL)

Simon Cox IOMVAC DQ

Junior 2 Kilometres 1k split Finish Time

1. Callum Taylor MH 5.25 10.45 (u15)

2. Bronwen Kaneen MH 6.07 12.42 (u13)

3. Sinead Kaneen MH 6.38 13.29 (u9)

4. Kirsty Taylor MH 6.50 13.32 (u11)

Manx Champion - Neil Bates.

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