| Veterans Athletic Club, a long established regional organisation with veteran
members of many athletics clubs in the South East, held its popular annual track
and field championships in Kingston. Surrey Walking Club had four members out in
different age groups in a field only half of entries on the programme.
Ex-international Mark Easton, who has not competed for some weeks, comfortably
won the race breaking his 14 minute target and lapping the field and looking
able to go faster with more competition. Second and third were more strongly
contested with Peter Hannell holding off Enfield’s Helen Middleton for half
the distance but ending some 15 seconds down. John May, recently returned from
the European Masters Championships but recovering from a serious fall there, was
pleased to finish in a reasonable time while Jack Fitzgerald, now 85, brought up
the rear only just missing the 30 minute point. Conditions were ideal with
little wind and a cool temperature. |