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report by Bridget Kaneen
Steve Partington cut short his rest period following his recent 50k effort
in the Melbourne Commonwealth Games to claim the H.S.B.C sponsored, Manx
10k walk championships. Despite not being fully recovered and back up to
sprinting speed, he was still a comfortable six minutes ahead of his nearest
rival. The race for the remainder of the podium positions was a much closer
affair, with junior man Robert Moore just edging out Sean Hands for
second position, Robert reduced his lifetime best set in Slovakia a
fortnight earlier by another three seconds. Sean was a little down on his
best, but put up a really good fight throughout the entire
race. There was another race long battle between Michael George and Jock Waddington,
with the steadier starting Eammon Harkin joining in the fun during the
latter stages, resulted in more personal bests for all three. In the
ladies event, Marie Latham successfully defended her title and like Steve
was well clear of her nearest rival, despite still struggling with a niggling
foot injury. It was Clague domination on the rest of the leader board with
Bethany in a clear second ahead of Helen, who finished on the same time
as Joanna but just got the verdict on being third past the
post.
Lauren Whelan was unchallenged in the u13 girls 3k event, and
walked a steady but stylish effort to take the title. In the
combined under 11 boys and girls 1k event, Sinead Kaneen was the overall
winner. Terence George took the boys title but was just one second ahead of
second boy Adam Cowin and the talented Katie Norris who crossed the
finish line together. Alex Norris was just a further 6 seconds back for
third. Jessica Isherwood was third girl ahead of newcomer Millie Rowe.
results
(thanks to Nicky & John Davison, & Bridget Kaneen)
Adrian’s Photo’s Murray’s Photo’s
10K Championships 2005 feature
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