BANK
OF SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL WINTER LEAGUE
WINNERS
Pictures by Steve
Partington
Report by Steve
Taylor
Prizes presented
by Angie Aire
Bank of Scotland Winter Race Walking League,
February 15th 2004,
TT Access Road |
1km |
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Position |
Number |
Name |
Time |
1 |
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Abbi Moore |
6.38 |
2 |
81 |
Bronwen Kaneen |
6.03 |
3 |
80 |
Sinead Kaneen |
6.42 |
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2km |
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Position |
Number |
Name |
Time |
1= |
76 |
Fay Latham |
12.09 |
1= |
25 |
Callum Taylor |
10.45 |
3 |
75 |
Lauren Whelan |
12.00 |
4 |
24 |
Kirsty Taylor |
13.43 |
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5km |
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Position |
Number |
Name |
Time |
1 |
87 |
Adrian Cowin |
33.49 |
2 |
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Peter Kaneen |
23.11 |
3 |
86 |
Enid Watson |
32.30 |
4 |
78 |
Robert Moore |
28.19 |
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10km |
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Position |
Number |
Name |
Time |
1 |
33 |
Dot Watterson |
67.03 |
2 |
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Les Brown |
57.50 |
3 |
30 |
Brenda Charlton |
74.44 |
4 |
15 |
Jan Hodgson |
66.16 |
5 |
16 |
Sarah Goldsmith |
74.30 |
6 |
22 |
Lesley
Christian |
73.42 |
7 |
37 |
Andrew Gosnell |
62.33 |
8 |
17 |
Brian Goldsmith |
63.59 |
9 |
6 |
Dave Wilkinson |
66.00 |
10 |
32 |
Ron Ronan |
66.18 |
11 |
26 |
Sean Hands |
57.17 |
12 |
3 |
John Stubbs |
60.10 |
13 |
2 |
Gordon Corran |
66.00 |
14 |
35 |
Ian Callister |
57.59 |

10km - Andy Gosnell
5km - Adrian Cowin

2km - Kirsty Taylor
and Lauren Whelan

1km - Sinead Kaneen
The final
round of the Halifax/Bank of Scotland finished with a wimper more than a
flourish on Sunday with only 25 people taking part in the four races on offer.
No doubt the weather had a lot to do with it the rain and strong winds causing
cancellations in many other sports across the Island.
For the
final round of the league there was a mass start for all four races which gave
the juniors an opportuntiy to mix it with there older rivals. With one eye on
the Euorpean Grand Prix and National Younger Age Group Championships at
Leamington next week some competitors switched away from their normal distance
in preparation.
Bronwen
Kaneen was one such walker and she came home first in the 1km race but victory
on handicap went to Abbi Moore for the third race in a row with her best time
of teh winter. Sinead Kaneen completed the formality of winning the overall 1km
league with another gutsy performance in third.
Callum
Taylor returned to 2km and lead the field home with the fastest time of the
winter. Lauren Whelan was struggled to hold onto secod from an inspired Fay
Latham who won the handicap and set her pb with 12.09. Kirsty Taylor looked
tired coming home fourth with Lauren only third on handicap it meant a tie
between those two for the overall 2km league.
Peter
Kaneen tried his hand over 5km and looked very sharp after his recent 50km
exploits. However he seemed disappointed on finishing in 23.11 such are the
standards that he sets himself these days. Robert Moore was next on the raod
but looked from his best whilst Enid Watson put in another consistent
performance for third. Such is the improvements made by Adrian Cowin this
winter that he was disappointed with his time of 33.49 but it was enough to
clinch victory on handicap and help him towards overall 5km victory ahead of
Enid. Prior to today Adrian had set pb's in every race.
Although
only a small was assembled and the Islands top walkers were absent there were
still some very exciting battles in the main event. First home was Sean Hands
although some way down on his best. Next on the road was Les Brown in his
first walk for some time just ahead of Ian Callister. Despite trying and
failing to get his handicap changed Les still finished second onn handicap
thanks to producing his fastest time for two years. Victory on handicap went to
Dot Watterson who recored a pb for the distance and although Brenda
Charlton lost out to Sarah Goldsmith on the road after a race long battle she
was rewarded with third on handicap. Gordon Corran and Dave Wilkinson couldn't
be separated after a sprint for the line whilst Jan Hodgson managed top hold of
a fast finishing Ron Ronan. Andy Gosnell managed to stay ahead of Brian
Goldsmith on the road and finished just ahead of him on handicap as well. Abdy
was another to set pb's oin every race apart from today but that continuous
improvement was enough to give him overall victory in the 10km league ahead of
Brian Goldsmith. Third overall went to Lesley Christion another walker who had
made great improvements throughout the winter.
Angie Aire
representing our sponsors Halifax/Bank of Scotland was on hand to present
the awards at the end of a hard winters work. A big thank you to them for their
genourous support.
A big thank
you must also go to the hard working officials who are out week in week out in
all weathers and sometimes more than once a day.
Final
League placings (best five out of seven to score)
1km
1.
Sinead Kaneen 497 points
2km
1.=
Kirsty Taylor 495 points
1.=
Lauren Whelan 495 points
5km
1.
Adrian Cowin 496 points
2.
Enid Watson 491 points
3.
Robert Moore 483
points
10km
1.
Andy Gosnell 477 points
2.
Brian Goldsmith 470 points
3.
Lesley Christian 466 points
4.
Sean Hands 465 points
5.=
Brenda Charlton 462 points
5.= Sarah
Goldsmith 462 points
7.
Jan Hodgson ` 461 points
8.
John Stubbs 456 points
9.
John Robinson 454 points
10.
Gordon Corran 453 points
11.
Dave Wilkinson 450 points
12.
Ron Ronan 441
points
13.
Ian Callister 439
points
14.
Brian Brough 436 points
15.
Mick Holgate 435 points
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