Surrey County 20kms Monks Hill, 24 February

Surrey Walking Club hosted the Surrey County 20km Championship from its HQ at Monks Hill, Selsdon. The event was marked by the presence of the County's two top internationals and they provided an excellent competition with finishing times separated by less than a minute and at just over 90 minutes. The undulating course certainly tested the less fit down the field by half an hour as the sun sank and the air cooled sharply. Mark Easton, who has been bettered in several recent contests by training colleague Chris Cheeseman, who, on this occasion, was content to hang on to halfway. A short stop by Chris left Mark slightly ahead, but a surge from Chris bought him past Mark. However, the race was on, and he was unable to break away and the latter found enough to leave Chris in his wake.
1. M.Easton 92m 39s; 2. C.Cheeseman 93m 33s; 4. I.Statter 119m 48s; 5. P King 121 6. P.Hannel 1124m 43s; 7. C.Flint 126m 22s; 8.C.Tunde 134m 015; 9. M.Rowland5 136m 30s

National 50km Championship Victoria Park, London, 24 March 2001
Surrey Walking Club won it’s first National Championship with team victory in the National 50km held in Victoria Park on Saturday. The original venue in Colchester was altered due to FMD precautions to the typically exposed course in Hackney on a very cold and windy day. The conditions were extremely difficult however the Surrey men stuck to their task in spite of naturally slow times but good positions. Chris Cheeseman in particular found the going hard yet gained a silver medal while Colin Bradley did have the satisfaction of breaking the 5 hour barrier for the first time for some seasons and Ian Statter’s time was eventually not far from what he would have expected under better conditions.
Result: 2nd C.Cheeseman 4h 41m 44s; 5th C.Bradley 4h 54m 38s; 8th I.Statter 5h 15m 29s.

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