| After a string of important A judged races it made a pleasant change to take part in this Enfield event- a much more friendly, local interclub affair. Despite the recent frequency of walks about 40 men and women toed the line on a relatively warm March afternoon cooled by a slight cold breeze. Stephen Crane walked a very strong race starting steadily and coming through to 5th in a time a little below his best but still a satisfying performance. Surrey Walking Club had six out, one of whom was second claim, and though missing several of their faster men managed equal points to second team and finished third by just one place with their last scorer. Gary Macdonald did well with a relative time just below his Inter-Counties result and a general improvement in position while David Hoben struggled a little probably due to a succession of events and concerns over style. Peter Hannell, with future events in mind, was more concerned with a fast early pace and slowed a little as the effort caught up later in the race. The race was started by national Race Walking Association President, Pam Ficken, who is also a member and past President of Surrey Walking Club. |
| 1. P.Barnard (Ilf) 40 min 5 sec; 2. N.Silvester (AFD) 40 min 42 sec; 3. F.Reis (Ilf) 40 min 57 sec; 5.
S.Crane (Sy WC) 42 Min 34 sec; 12. P.Hannell (Sy WC) 48 min 35 sec; 14.
P.King (Bels/Sy WC) 49 sec 59 sec; 17. G.Macdonald (Sy WC) 51 min 13 sec; 19.
P.Crane (Sy WC) 52 min 23 sec; 24. D.Hoben (Sy WC) 57 min 20 sec. Team (3 to score): 1. Ilford 10 pts; 2. Enfield 34 pts; 3. Surrey Walking Club 34 pts; 4. Belgrave 47 pts Enfield in 2nd due to position of last scorer (16 vs 17) |