Peter Kaneen (above) is the Manx 10km Track Walking Champion (Picture Murray Lambden)

Peter Kaneen continued his domination of the years local racewalking fixtures with another accomplished performance in the 10k walking championships on Wednesday evening at the N.S.C track, adding another sub 46 minute clocking to his C.V.

Home on a break from University, junior Neil Bates was first out of the blocks and led the field for a couple of laps, Peter then took over and gradually eased away over the remaining distance, lapping the rest of the field in the process.

Neil in turn was a clear second, ahead of Allan Callow who despite illness earlier in the week, raced well.

There were some terrific performances further down the field also, David Griffiths walked a faster second half to record his best ever 10k and a delighted Marie Latham was a very worthy

womens winner, chopping a huge chunk from her best with a breakthrough performance. She will be hoping to maintain this sort of form in Dublin next month and similarly reduce her 20k best.

Bringing home the field was Alan Kinvig, who was well rewarded for making the trip from the North of the Island, also recording a lifetimes best.

In the 3k event, Robert Moore showed an encouraging return to form with a much sharper race.

Callum Taylor in second, impressed, with a stylish walk ahead of Ciara Kaneen who also looked smoother and recorded a personal best. Ciara’s younger sister Bronwen also walked an even race in her second attempt at the distance.

The 1k was dominated by the talented Lauren Whelan, she was unpressed to record an easy victory in a fine time.

The race for the minor placings resulting in a close scrap between Sinead Kaneen and Kirsty Taylor, Sinead just getting ahead at the finish. Abbie Moore finished in fourth after suffering a little from her blistering pace at the start.

Manx Harriers would like to thank Peter Clague for timekeeping, George Callister, Steve Taylor and Maureen Cox for judging the races and Paul Jackson for lap scoring and remembering the milk for the tea afterwards.

Results.

10k walk Men

1. Peter Kaneen (MH) 45.54

2. Neil Bates (MH) 48.32

3. Allan Callow (MH) 52.43

4. David Griffiths (MH) 53.55

5. Marie Latham (MH) 55.03 (1st Lady)

6. Alan Kinvig (IOMVAC) 63.42

3k walk

1. Robert Moore (MH) 15.25 (u17)

2. Callum Taylor (MH) 17.27 (u15)

3. Ciara Kaneen (MH) 18.09 (u15)

4. Bronwen Kaneen(MH) 21.19 (u13)

1k walk

1. Lauren Whelan (MH) 5.35 (u11)

2. Sinead Kaneen (MH) 6.32 (u9)

3. Kirsty Taylor (MH) 6.34 (u11)

4. Abbie Moore (MH) 7.25 (u9)

MARTIN WINS HIGH JUMP AT BEDFORD INTERNATIONAL GAMES

AON Under 21 Sportsman of the Year, Martin Aram, was in typically consistent form last Sunday (1^st June) at the Bedford International Games.

The Manchester Commonwealth Games finalist cleared 2.10 metres for the fourth time this year and the eleventh time in his career! Failure at the next height of 2.14 metres led to a tie with Mark Crowley, who was also equal on count-back. This resulted in an exhausting jump-off which was only resolved in Martins favour after both athletes had taken five more jumps!

This high profile competition was the second round of the UK Athletics Domestic Series, which Martin now leads with 15 points out of a possible 16, with Mark in second place on 13. The top points scorers of this series will take part in the Grand Prix final on 9th August at Cwmbran.

The next round is the regional championships on June 21^st.

That will be his final warm up for the NatWest Island Games in Guernsey, the following weekend, where he will be hoping to retain his title and improve on the championship record he set in the Isle of Man in 2001.

I was very pleased getting a win at this level of competition, said Martin. There was an entry standard of 2.10 metres and the opening height was 2.00 metres so I was up against quality opposition, most of whom had personal bests higher than my own. I think this was the third jump-off of my career and its nice to know that so far I have never lost one. It also feels good to be leading the series.

Sponsorship for Martin to attend the Bedford International Games was provided by Britannia International and British Airways CityExpress.

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Given that the collection of my Dad’s slides (currently being scanned by my brother Mike) featured me in about three quarters of them, its time I started taking the Micky out of myself!

This one is at the end of the 1977 Mountain Marathon. The longest run I had done in preparation was 8 miles on the roads of Stoke-on-Trent, where I was a student, but things didn’t go too badly (if I have the year right). I was the fastest Manxman in the standard class and I had to wait almost two hours to learn that Ian Callister, who started in the elite class, was several minutes faster and won the Snaefell Trophy. How standards have improved with Ian Gale’s great Manx victory this year.

In the background (in the light coloured coat) was the late Johnny Quine, a well known official for many years. I failed to finish the next year but I did have a haircut..or was that the year after!