| The county championships were held over the two days of the weekend across the country with Surrey Walking Club well represented especially in Surrey although their track walk was held within the Sussex event in Crawley. Ian Statter passed Peter Hannell after a couple of laps but did not break decisively and the penultimate lap saw the latter getting past Ian and on this occasion holding the advantage to the line for the championship. Andrew, Ian’s son, meanwhile was battling away himself and beat his best by a minute over the full Under 15 Boys 3km distance having stepped up recently from the Under 13 distance of 2km. Shaun Lightman, despite his effort the previous evening managed a reasonable time to get 3rd in Middlesex – over a minute quicker than the Surrey champion – even at a considerably slower pace than the previous evening. Daughter Sarah was delighted to win the Nottingham Women’s gold medal beating her previous best even if only by 1 second. |
| Sussex and Surrey, K2 Crawley: Men: 1. I.Richards (Steyn) 13 min 57.0 sec; 2. T.Jones (Steyn) 15 min 7.3 sec; 3. R.Penfold (Steyn) 17 min 1.5 sec; 4. P.Hannell (Sy WC 1st Surrey) 17 min 32.7 sec; 5. I.Statter (Sy WC 2nd Sy) 17 min 47.2 sec; 14. C.Flint (L Vids/SWC 3rd Sy) 18 min 17.1 sec;17. P.Crane (Sy WC 4th Sy) 18 min 22.0 sec; 19. D.Delaney (Sy WC 5th Sy) 19 min 8.5 sec. U15 Boys: 1. A.Statter (Sy WC 1st Sy) 19 min 22.7 sec. Middlesex, Copthall: Men 1. F.Reis (Ilf) 14 min 40 sec; 2. J.Hall (Bels) 15 min 46 sec; 3. S.Lightman (Sy WC) 16 min 28 sec. Nottingham, Corby : Women (Nottingham County): 1. Sarah Lightman (Sy WC) 19 min 17 sec. |