Monday, April 4, 2005

Formation of NSW walking club, 90 years ago... Of further interets for Australians, Paul Nihill e-mailed this 'rare photo sent to me years ago by Len mathews (surrey wc) it is a historic photo you might want to use. the formation of the nsw walking club in 1915.'Len Mathews sent the picture to me 20 years ago. And only recently did I discover the history behind it.' 'Len Mathews helped form Leicester Walking Club and was a staunch Surrey Walking Club member. He was the oldest man to become a centurion in 1960.' 'NSW is the New South Wales Walking Club in Australia. This is the original photograph of the club when it formed in 1915 which Len Mathews took and help form.' 12:33:45 AM     comment []

Race report from Jane Saville Jane Saville writes after her 7th placing in 1 hour 31 minutes 6 seconds at Rio Maior, Portugal (1 minute faster than in Tijuana and the same time I did in last years competition). 'I was quite happy as I raced hard and it was a solid performance.' Jane has her own website in construction wit hrace reports and diary. Almost a weblog!  ps Sorry for the blogging holiday - due to illness - was quite disappointed to misss the Steyning Easter Monday 15M, though I wouldn't have fared well as there were some good performances this year. 12:23:44 AM     comment []

Peter Marlow to lead judging course in Hungary The EAA will stage a course for high level Race Walking Judges in conjunction with the European Cup Race Walking in Miskolc on 21 May. The aim of the course, which will utilise the IAAF Level II syllabus, is to refresh and update the knowledge of current members of the European Race Walking Judges Panel as well identify potential new candidates for the Panel. The course will also identify candidates for consideration for the International Panel 12:11:17 AM     comment []

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