Senior 10km

Position	No	Name	Time

1	20	Paul Jempson	82.34
2	17	Brian Goldsmith	64.06
3	22	Lesley Christian	74.24
4	14	John Robinson	70.44
5	11	Mick Holgate	63.09
6	2	Gordon Corran	63.20
7	19	Anne Oates	69.31
8	21	Jane Leece	73.17
9	26	Sean Hands	55.50
10	10	Kevin Walmsley	49.12
11	25	Steve Partington	44.51
12	32	Ron Ronan	64.22
13	6	Dave Wilkinson	64.14
14	12	Brian Brough	70.54
15	28	Alan Pilling	78.35
16	34	Dave Griffiths	54.33
17	16	Sarah Goldsmith	75.47
18	13	Alan Kinvig	68.11
19	30	Brenda Charlton	78.08
20	15	Jan Hodgson	68.09
21	31	Karen Locking	67.12
22	33	Dot Watterson	73.58
23	35	Ian Callister	62.46

Senior 5km

Position	No	Name	Time

1	78	Emma Latham	28.30
2	87	Adrian Cowin	35.14
3	74	Liz Corran	29.04
4	88	Jan Cowin	42.38
5	86	Enid Watson	32.32
6	79	Neil Bates	23.13
7	82	Robert Moore	26.43

Junior 2km

Position	No	Name	Time

1	81	Bronwen Kaneen	13.00
2	24	Kirsty Taylor	13.46
3	76	Fay Latham	13.10
4	75	Lauren Whelan	12.16

Junior 1km

Position	No	Name	Time

1	80	Sinead Kaneen	6.45
2	23	Adam Cowin	9.55

STEVE TAYLOR REPORTS FROM THE BANK OF SCOTLAND WINTER LEAGUE

Light winds and bright sunshine are not conditions that you would normally expect mid November but that was what greeted those walkers who made the trip north to Andreas for round two of the Bank of Scotland Winter Race Walking League. Numbers were down on the first round and those that decided to miss the race may regret it as the course is flat and a number of personal bests were recorded.

First away was the combined 1km and 2km junior races. Lauren Whelan (2km) quickly stamped her authority on the race by taking the lead which gradually increased to the end. She was followed initially by a group of four which broke up as first Sinead Kaneen stopped at 1km and then her sister Bronwen pulled away from Fay Latham who in turn was leaving Kirsty Taylor behind. Adam Cowin winner in the first race came home second in the 1km. The multi talented Lauren won by a clear margin and surely missed the competition of Emma Latham who had stepped up a distance. Bronwen walked one of her best races to date to win the race on handicap whilst Fay made every effort to hold on to her shirt tails but had to cede by 10 seconds in the end. Last year the juniors course was found to be short this year a post race check showed the course to be long. Times would be approximately 30 seconds slower for 1km and 60 seconds slower for 2km.

The 5km boasted some quality up front as Neil Bates had opted to compete over this shorter distance. Starting last he produced the fastest time in the race but was only able to catch Robert Moore as the race was won with the performance of the day by 14 year old Emma Latham. Emma walked the first 3km with her coach Liz Corran but left her for dead over the last lap once she began her sprint for home. Liz better known for her coaching and team management skills these days came in third unable to catch Adrian Cowin who had improved by almost two minutes on the first race.

First away in the 10km was Paul Jempson and he held on to first place throughout to record a very popular victory holding off a fast finishing Brian Goldsmith who has return to the sport this year after a year out through illness.Lesley Christian and John Robinson both improved by three minutes finishing third and fourth respectively whilst the race long battle between Mick Holgate and Gordon Corran went to Mick although both improved there times. Sean Hands continues to improve with yet another personal best (55.30) whilst Kevin Walmsley broke the 50 minute barrier on this occasion. Steve Partington recorded the fastest time by a local this year in breaking 45 minutes whilst Ron Ronan managed to hold off his close friend Dave Wilkinson after trailling him for the most of the race.

Bank of Scotland International Walking League ROUND 1

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