CENTURION
24
HOUR RACEWALK RACE REPORT
22-23
April 2006
Coburg Athletics Track, Coburg,
Melbourne
The 2006 Coburg 24 Hour carnival was
held on the weekend of
22-23 April at the Harold Stevens Reserve in Coburg. A total of 25
walkers and 27 runners submitted entries and all bar a few late
scratchings keenly contested the various running and walking events on
offer. It was particularly gratifying to see 31 of the
52 entrants choosing to compete in the 24 Hour events.
The carnival started at 10AM on the Saturday morning in typical
Melbourne autumnal weather – variable and impossible to predict!
The
forecast threatened showers but luckily the race was spared and
conditions, although slightly on the cold side, turned out to be nearly
ideal for such an event.
The 24 Hour Walk events saw 4 walkers – Jens Borello, Pat Fisher, Deryck Skinner
and Geoff Hain - reach the 100 mile mark and thus achieve the
Centurion standard.
- Jens Borello from
Denmark was already a triple centurion - Continental (C317
22:15:34 2004), British (C1026 23:17:36 2005) and American (C62
23:21:14 2006) – and he made the trip to Australia specifically
for
this event. He judged his pace perfectly, sitting back in the
field as others pushed the pace early. His patience was rewarded as
those ahead of him came back to the field. He took the lead soon after
the 100 km mark and was untroubled to become Australian Centurion number 52 with a fine
time of 22:33:01
- Patrick Fisher
came into the event with only one ultra distance walk to his credit, a
noteworthy 87.8 km in the 2006 Gosford 12 Hour. Prepared by and
supported during the event by Canberra based centurions Robyn White and
Carol Baird, he always looked strong and was still full of walking as
he reached the 100 mile mark in 23:10:38
to become Australian Centurion number 53.
- Deryck Skinner became
Australian Centurion number 51 with
an astonishing walk in the 2005 Sri Chinmoy. Aged 72 years at that
time, he completed the 100 miles in 22:39:55 to set a whole swag of new
Australian M70 running and walking records. Now aged 73, he completed
his second centurion qualifier, this time with a time of 23:23:43.
- Geoff Hain,
Australian Centurion number 49, had already
completed 3 100 mile qualifiers in the previous 18 months
(including one in NZ). Coming from a backgound as an ultra distance
runner, he has made a very successful transition to ultra distance
walking and produced a fourth centurion performance at Coburg in a time
of 23:38:25.
Of particular interest to all was the race within a race between
octogenarians Ken Matchett (84 years young) and Stan Miskin (80 years
young) who between them broke (subject to ratification) six IAU World
M80 running records. Ken, entered as a runner, broke the World M80
records for 30 Miles, 40 Miles, 50 Miles and 12 Hours. Stan, entered as
a walker, broke the World M80 24 hour record. The World M80 100 km
record was almost certainly also broken but we will have to wait a few
days to see which of these combatants passed that milestone
first.
Walk results were as follows
CENTURION WALK QUALIFIERS
Jens
Borello
Pat Fisher
Deryck Skinner
Geoff Hain
|
22:36:13
23:10:38
23:23:43
23:38:25
|
C52
C53
C51
C49
|
JACK WEBBER MEMORIAL TROPHY
Was awarded to Pat Fisher for the most meritorious Centurion
performance on the day
| 24 Hour Walk |
|
| 1 |
FISHER, Patrick |
166.005
|
| 2 |
SKINNER,
Deryck |
164.577 |
| 3 |
HAIN, Geoff |
161.200 |
| 4 |
BORELLO, Jens |
160.934 |
| 5 |
BILLETT, David |
152.992 |
| 6 |
MISKIN, Stan |
140.018 |
| 7 |
COMMINS,
Louis |
131.517 |
| 8 |
O’NEILL, Terry |
109.525 |
| 9 |
SKRUCANY, Rudolf |
86.220 |
10
|
BAKER, Fred |
71.200 |
| 12 |
JEMMESON, Sean |
31.405 |
| 24 Hour Walk Female |
|
| 1 |
BOLLEN, Karyn |
154.725 |
| 2 |
HOWORTH, Sandra |
83.668 |
| 12H Walk Male |
|
| 1 |
TURNER, Gary |
68.715 |
| 2 |
JACKSON, Ross |
62.457 |
| 3 |
CARTER, Ken |
53.827 |
| 12H Walk Female |
|
| 1 |
CHOMYN, Sharon |
82.814 |
| 6H Walk Male |
|
| 1 |
WHYTE, Robin |
51.200 |
| 2 |
JORDAN, Stephen |
44.121 |
| 3 |
PROUDFOOT,
Gordon
|
36.431 |
| 6H Walk Female |
|
| 1 |
BAIRD, Carol |
42.359 |
| 2 |
MARSHALL, Diana |
42.007 |
| 3 |
MISKIN, Ellwyn |
38.756 |
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Tim Erickson (terick@melbpc.org.au)
Secretary, Australian Centurions Club
Melbourne, Australia
