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FURTHER COVERAGE OF THE BANK OF SCOTLAND WINTER LEAGUE HERE

Bronwen Kaneen reaches the turn ahead of a whole group of young walkers. They are watched by race walking coach Liz Corran.

One way to ensure that athletes make the front page is to complain that I’ve taken their picture – that is Enid Watson’s qualification!

The other is to demand to be on the front page as Mark Stewart did. I told him that he would have to do something to justify it.

So firstly he managed to change clothes during the race. But as you can see, he left a few pounds under his vest!

See the forum to understand the banter!

Pictures by Murray Lambden; stats by Steve Taylor

The winner of each event will be decided by who has the most points from five races. The current standings after round 6 are as follows –

1km – no one has completed five races so far

2km

1st, 495 points, Kirsty Taylor

2nd, 494 points, Lauren Whelan

5km

1st, 493 points, Adrian Cowin

2nd, 489 points, Enid Watson

10km

1st, 465 points, Sean Hands

2nd, 461 points, Brian Goldsmith

3rd, 454 points, John Robinson

4th =, 450 points, Sarah Goldsmith

4th =, 540 points, Lesley Christian

6th, 448 points, Jan Hodgson

7th, 446 points, Brenda Charlton

8th, 443 points, Dave Wilkinson

9th, 436 points, Brian Brough

10th, 435 points, Mick Holgate

There are 10 more athletes who can count in the final results of winter league providing that they compete in the last event on March 14th. I have no doubt that there will be a major change to the current standings, one only has to compare the standings after round five to those after round 6 to see how easily things change.

Standings in the 10km event after round 5.

1st, 461 – Brian Goldsmith

2nd, 453 – John Robinson

3rd, 442 – Sarah Goldsmith

4th, 439 – Dave Wilkinson

5th, 436 – Brenda Charlton

6th, 433 – Brian Brough

7th, 432 – Jan Hodgson

Weather forecaster Adrian Cowin didn’t forecast the finish of the 5km walk correctly on Sunday. He went flat on his face as he sprinted for the finish of the Bank of Scotland International Winter League, although I understand he wasn’t badly hurt.

Looking sheepish. Kevin Walmsley (centre) and David Griffiths (right) were both forced to retire during the 10km walk on Sunday. They are pictured with multi Manx record holder Steve Partington who also failed to finish for the simple reason that he failed to start!

ANOTHER REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE BY PETER KANEEN

Picture and comment by Murray Lambden

Its a week short of five years ago that Peter Kaneen first broke 1.40 for 20km. I interviewed him for a video I was making at the Manx Airlines meeting and he said "That’s it – I can hang up my walking shoes now. I’ve dreamt of breaking that time so I can retire now."

I think he has made similar comments every time he has broken a new barrier since. When he broke the 45 minute barrier for 10km last Sunday he talked as if it would the fastest he would ever go.

Peter made a spirited attempt to qualify for the 2002 Commonwealth Games 50km walk without success and stunned the Parish Walk scene last June when he won with the second fastest time ever.

But the reason I describe his latest achievement as remarkable is after taking account of his age. Although we have a rich tradition at race walking in the Isle of Man, most of those who have been faster than him have been a lot younger.

Thanks to Steve Taylor for help with the statistics. I think Kevin Walmsley may have been faster than the time given and I’ll correct it if necessary. Gordon Vale was not a Manx resident at the time he set his time.

Name	Time	Date	Date of birth	Age
Steve Partington	40:49.0	6 Feb 1994	17.09.65	29
Gordon Vale (track)	42:06.35	2 Aug 1981	12.01.62	19
Steve Taylor	42.42.0	04 Nov 1990	19.03.66	24
Martin Young (track)	43:39.0	18 May 1996	11.07.72	23
Murray Lambden	44.10.0	? Jan 1981	14.10.56	24
Kevin Walmsley (track)	44.34.0	29 Mar 1992
Peter Kaneen	44.48.0	16 Feb 2004	12.7.61	42

Pictures by Murray Lambden

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