10 kms road walk

Sunday August 18th 2019

Sarnia Walking Club 

Avantis Championship Race 10

10 kms road walk

North Side, Vale, Guernsey

Stuart and Donna secure Avantis Championships

Race winner Stuart Le Noury continues his streak as Avantis Sarnia Walking Club Champion with a win in the last of the Championship series over 10 kilometres on the North Side circuit. A steady 52.38 brought him home well ahead of second man Phil Lockwood. Donna Allan secured the Womens Championship despite having a race to forget, calling it a day at the half way distance.

In the handicapped section of the Championships Kevin Le Noury took the honours, two points ahead of Stuart Le Noury with Mick Le Sauvage back in third.

The next race is on Friday August 30th over a distance of 3 kilometres starting and finishing at Amarreurs Road, Vale at 6.30 pm. This is followed on Sunday September 1st at 9.00 am by the traditional Church to Church Walk over  a distance of 19.4 miles. Start and finish at the South Esplanade. All are welcome to take part in either of these walks. Details can be found at https://churchtochurch.wordpress.com/information-2015/

1 Stuart Le Noury M 52.38

2 Phil Lockwood M45 1.09.26

3 Kevin Le Noury M60 1.13.14

4 Mick Le Sauvage M80 1.16.26

Donna Allan DNF

Handicap result:

1 S le Noury (23.00) 1.15.38, 2 M Le Sauvage (0.00)1.16.26, 3 P Lockwood (9.00) 1.18.26, 4 K Le Noury (6.00) 1.19.14

 

Avantis Mens Championship for the Sportsman Cup

1 Stuart Le Noury 120 points, 2 Rob Elliott 100, 3 Phil Lockwood 90, 4 Kevin Le Noury 75, 5 Mick Le Sauvage 66, 6 Peter Beckerleg 36, 7 Dave Dorey 27, 8 Kevin Allan 6.

Avantis Womens Championship for the Carol Bates Memorial Championship Trophy

1 Donna Allan 90, 2 Kay Coulson 78, 3 Jayne Le Noury 22.

Avantis Jubilee Handicap Tankard

1 K Le Noury 84, 2 S Le Noury 82, 3 M Le Sauvage 81, 4 P Lockwood 78, 5 R Elliott 72, 6 D Allan 67, 7 K Coulson 62, 8 P Beckerleg 37, 9 D Dorey 26, 10, J Le Noury 16, 11 K Allan 3.

Avantis Junior Under 17 Championship

1 Ellis Lockwood 15.

Rob Elliott for SWC

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Piette TRophy

Sunday July 28th 2019

Sarnia Walking Club

Piette Trophy for 3.8 miles (approx) handicap road walk

Rocquaine Bay, Guernsey

RWA Permit 9060-1

Local Best time for Donna (pictured left) at Rocquaine

Donna Allan, racing in her first Piette Trophy handicap race, over approximately 3.8 miles, knocked over four minutes off Rose Druckes best local womens time as she crossed the line in 34.33 for the course along the Rocquaine coast road. Her target next year will no doubt be to get close to the all comers best time which is a couple of minutes quicker set in 1975 by French International walker Jacquelline Delassaux.

A small field of walkers set off in the hot conditions in the two lap out and back course with first off Mick Le Sauvage caught early on by Kay Coulson who started thirty seconds behind. When Donna set off she had the local time in her mind and hit the halfway point in 17.01 and well inside her target. Stuart Le Noury, last off was heading towards a solid race but realised early on after only the first lap that Donna was well out of sight and would be the winner as she closed in quickly on the other competitors. 

Slowing slightly in the second half Donna still had over a minute and a half cushion on second walker home Stuart Le Noury who walked an actual time of 31.11. Phil Lockwood took third place with Kay Coulson in fourth, just ahead of Mick Le Sauvage.

1 Donna Allan W40 41.33 (watch) / 7.00 (handicap) / 34.33 (actual)

2 Stuart Le Noury M 43.11 / 12.00 / 31.11

3 Phil Lockwood M45 44.03 / 4.00 / 40.03

4 Kay Coulson W50 45.03 / 0.30 / 44.33

5 Mick Le Sauvage M80 45.10 / 0.00 / 45.10

20 kms road walk

Sarnia Walking Club

Avantis Championships Race 7

20 kms road walk

North Side Circuit, Guernsey

Hot morning slows walkers

The early morning start with temperatures hovering around a reported 24 degrees didn’t help the field of race walkers as they tackled the 8 laps course around the Vale Castle area in the Avantis 20 kilometres Championship race.

The expected race winner Stuart Le Noury was commenting on conditions being too hot early in the race as he built up his usual early lead. After two laps and 5 kilometres his 28.19 was almost three minutes ahead of the next competitor Donna Allan. By the half way point Stuart Le Noury was slowing with 59 minutes and Donna through four minutes later in 63.11. Rob Elliott was third in 66.10 with Phil Lockwood back in fourth around two and a half minutes behind.

The slight breeze at Bordeaux Harbour was a welcome respite from the heat as Donna started making inroads on leader Stuart Le Noury, closing the gap at 15 kilometres to less than three minutes. Leader Stuart timed at 93.10 with Donna on 95.53. Realistically there was little chance of the order changing as Stuart strode home in 2.05.29 and Donna back in 2.07.44. The conditions not helpful to tackling her best time set last year. 

Rob Elliott with a lead of almost two minutes over Phil Lockwood at 15 kilometres should have had that position sewn up, but Phil Lockwood who walked a relatively even paced race had other ideas as he closed the gap on a tiring Elliott with 200 metres to go. Moving ahead into the final straight Phil had gained a few seconds advantage and knowing Elliott can usually fight back in a tight finish he still had a few glances backwards to check his third position was safe.

Phil crossed the line in 2.17.54 after a half way split of 1.08.44, with Elliott four seconds down.

Kevin Le Noury finished in fifth place in 2.26.45, well ahead of his last years performance and managed a win in the handicapped section of the race. Kay Coulson walked 12.5 kms before calling it a day with new M80 walker Mick Le Sauvage walking 10 kms in 1.17.44.

 

1 Stuart Le Noury M 2.05.29

2 Donna Allan W40 2.07.44

3 Phil Lockwood M45 2.17.54

4 Rob Elliott M60 2.17.58

5 Kevin Le Noury M60 2.26.45

DNF Mick Le Sauvage M80 1.17.44 (10 kms)

DNF Kay Coulson W50 1.39.59 (12.5 kms)

Handicap positions: handicap / handicap time

1 K Le Noury 15.00 / 2.41.45, 2 P Lockwood 26.00 / 2.43.54, 3 D Allan 42.00 / 2.49.44, 4 R Elliott 35.00 / 2.52.58, 5 S Le Noury 53.00 / 2.58.29.

Rob Elliott for SWC

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2 kms park walk

Sunday June 9th 2019

Sarnia Walking Club

2 kilometres road walk

Championship Race 5

Delancey Park, Guernsey

RWA Permit: 9056-1

Championship leads extended

Stuart Le Noury and Donna Allan continue to extend their leads in their respective Championships after finishing first and second in the combined 2 kilometres walk at Delancey Park. Stuart walked the course in 9.25 followed by Donna Allan in 11.44. Phil Lockwood took third place in 12.18 followed by his son Ellis in 12.56.

Kay Coulson finished in first place in the handicapped section of the walk, ahead of Jayne Le Noury in second and Dave Dorey in third.

1 Stuart Le Noury M 9.25

2 Donna Allan W40 11.44

3 Phil Lockwood M45 12.18

4 Ellis Lockwood U15 12.56

5 Kevin Le Noury M60 13.20

6 Peter Beckerleg M60 13.49

7 Kay Coulson W50 14.05

8 Mick Le Sauvage M75 14.33

9 Dave Dorey M70 15.21

10 Jayne Le Noury W55 15.31

11 Kevin Allan M40 16.15

Handicap result: handicap / handicap time

1 K Coulson 1.15 / 15.20, 2 J Le Noury 0.00 / 15.31, 3 d Dorey 0.15 / 15.36, 4 S Le Noury 6.15 / 15.40, 5 M Le Sauvage 1.15 / 15.48, 6 P Beckerleg  2.00 / 15.49, 7 K Le Noury 2.30 / 15.50, 8 P Lockwood 4.00 / 16.18, 9 D Allan 4.45 / 16.29, 10 K Allan 1.30 / 17.45.

10 miles road walk

Sunday June 2nd 2019

Sarnia Walking Club

Championship 4

10 miles road walk

Pleinmont to Lancresse, Guernsey

Donna beats Island Best time

Donna Allan walked the fastest local womans time in the 4th race of the Sarnia Walking Club Championships on the point to point coastal course from Pleinmont to Lancresse over 10 miles. Her finishing time of 1 hour 36 minutes and 50 seconds was over a minute quicker than the time set by Jenny Elliott in 1999. The Allcomers best set by Cath Reader a few years earlier remained out of touch , but only by a minute.

Walkers started in misty conditions which gave way to warm conditions in the final miles. Positions were sorted out early on with Stuart Le Noury the overall winner in 1.26.50. Second place went to Donna with Rob Elliott in third place.

Phil Lockwood was a little down on his time of last year in fourth place, not far ahead of Kevin Le Noury.

Mick Le Sauvage, coming up to his 80th birthday in a few months time found the latter half of the race hard going, coming to a standstill and sit down on the nearby grass verge after his sub 2 hours 9 minutes effort.. Kay Coulson was the final walker to finish in 2 hours 15 minutes.

Donna Allan took the handicap honours from Kevin Le Noury, with Stuart Le Noury in third.

1 Stuart Le Noury M 1.26.42

2 Donna Allan W40 1.36.50 

3 Rob Elliott M60 1.45.04

4 Phil Lockwood M45 1.52.23

5 Kevin Le Noury M60 1.55.42

6 Mick Le Sauvage M75 2.08.58

7 Kay Coulson W50 2.15.39

Handicap result: handicap / handicap time

1 D Allan 29.00 / 2.05.50, 2 K Le Noury 12.00 / 2.07.42, 3 S Le Noury 42.00 / 2.08.42, 4 M Le Sauvage 0.00 / 208.58, 5 P Lockwood 20.00 / 2.12.23, 6 R Elliott 29.00 / 2.14.04, 7 K Coulson 2.00 / 2.17.39.

 

5 kms Champ and 3 kms Graham Mann

Another personal best for Donna Allan

Stuart Le Noury and Donna Allan continue to dominate the club Championships, with both being well clear of their nearest opponents in the latest walk over 5 kilometres held on a warm and sunny morning at North Side. Overall winner Stuart dipped under 25 minutes, whilst second home Donna Allan, after a slow start in the opening lap of two which she passed in around 14.40, sped up to cross the line in 28.45 for a new personal best time removing a minute from her previous time. Third place went to Rob Elliott, well down on his recent age best , but still a minute too good for fourth placed Phil Lockwood. 

Good walks from Donna and Phil gave them the first two places in the handicapped section of the race, closely followed by Kay Coulson.

A week earlier and Peter Beckerleg  claimed the individual win in the Graham Mann Team trophy over three kilometres, edging out Mick Le Sauvage. The team win went to Le Sauvage and Dave Dorey after watch times were added together. It was a close team race as the winners only had a seven seconds advantage over the second team, who in turn beat the third team by three seconds.

Sunday May 12th 2019

Sarnia Walking Club Championship Three

5 kilometres road walk

North Side, Vale, Guernsey

1 Stuart Le Noury M 24.55

2 Donna Allan W40 28.45

3 Rob Elliott M60 30.42

4 Phil Lockwood M45 31.49

5 Kevin Le Noury M60 34.26

6 Peter Beckerleg M60 36.23

7 Kay Coulson W50 36.28

8 Mick Le Sauvage M75 37.41

9 Dave Dorey M70 41.44

Handicap result

1 D Allan (9.30 handicap) 38.15, 2 P Lockwood (6.30) 38.19, 3 K Coulson (2.00) 38.28, 4 S Le Noury (14.00) 38.55, 5 K Le Noury (4.30) 38.56, 6 M Le Sauvage (2.00) 39.41, 7 P Beckerleg (4.00) 40.23, 8 R Elliott (10.30) 41.12, 9 D Dorey (0.00) 41.44.

Sunday May 5th 2019

Sarnia Walking Club

Graham Mann Team Handicap

3 kilometres road walk

Les Amarreurs, Vale, Guernsey

1 Peter Beckerleg M60 22.34 (watch time) / 2.30 (handicap) / 20.04 (actual time)

2 Mick Le Sauvage M75 22.38 / 1.00 / 21.38

3 Phil Lockwood M45 22.43 / 4.15 / 18.28

4 Kevin Le Noury M60 22.51 / 3.00 / 19.51

5 Dave Dorey M70 22.57 / 0.00 / 22.57

6 Kay Coulson W50 23.02 / 1.30 / 21.32

7 Stuart Le Noury M 23.08 / 8.30 / 14.38

Team result:

1 Team A : Mick Le Sauvage and Dave Dorey 45.35

2 Team C : Stuart Le Noury and Peter Beckerleg 45.42

3 Team B : Phil Lockwood and Kay Coulson 45.45

Rob Elliott for SWC

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Rocquaine 3 miles

Sunday April 14th 2019

Sarnia Walking Club

3 miles road walk

Rocquaine, Guernsey

Three in a row for Elliott

Second placed Rob Elliott seems to have found renewed enthusiasm since moving into the M60 age group and for the third race in a row has broken the Guernsey age best time. Following his recent 5 and 10 kilometres bests he has now added the 3 miles best to the list, again at the expense of previous holder Terry Bates.

On the tough Rocquaine Circuit, involving a hard climb away from the coast before dropping back to the finish, he was always second best to race winner Stuart Le Noury who finished over three minutes ahead and not far off his best time for the course. Terry Bates time of 28.33 looked to be out of reach at the 2 miles point in 19.50, but the final mile is mostly downhill and flat, a far cry from the uphill first mile and Elliott managed to clip five seconds off the best time. The expected challenge from leading woman Donna Allan never came as the race was walked in the middle of a long training session for her, but she still came home in a good 30.07.

Fourth and fifth places went to Phil Lockwood who walked well to beat Kevin Le Noury, 31.45 to 32.40. At the back of the field Peter Beckerleg in his first race for a while got the better of Mick Le Sauvage, whilst Dave Dorey completed the result in 39.28.

1 Stuart Le Noury M 25.31

2 Rob Elliott M60 28.28

3 Donna Allan W40 30.07

4 Phil Lockwood M45 31.45

5 Kevin Le Noury M60 32.40

6 Peter Beckerleg M60 37.06

7 Mick Le Sauvage M75 37.32

8 Dave Dorey M70 39.28

Rob Elliott for SWC

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Delancey Park 10 kms

Sunday April 7th 2019

Sarnia Walking Club

10 kilometres road walk 

Championship Two

RWA Permit 9050-1

Delancey Park, Guernsey

New Personal Best for Womens Champion

Donna Allan, the defending club champion strode to a new personal best time by almost a minute on a near perfect morning for racing. Whilst race winner Stuart Le Noury, not at his best today, was out on his own from the start, Donna was matching the pace set by eventual second man home Rob Elliott for half of the 16 laps course, before moving away over the final 5 kilometres. 

Le Noury, through half way in just under 26 minutes, had already forged a big lead with Donna through in 29.25 and Elliott a few seconds adrift in 29.35. Donna increased her pace to record a negative split time of 29.03 for the latter half as she crossed the line in 58.28. Elliott, whose target for the day was to once again get under the hour, managed the task with a 59.36, his best time for almost four years and having the added bonus of another new Guernsey age best time, deposing Terry Bates of his age best for the second race in a row.

Donnas time is now the official Guernsey Record, although Katrine Thomson recorded quicker in 2008 but not ratified as a record due to insufficient officials on the day.

A close walk for fourth place was won by Phil Lockwood from Kevin Le Noury. At the back of the field Mick Le Sauvage hit a new milestone as he completed 8,000 miles of competitive race walking. Now nearing his 80th birthday, Mick started racing back in 1959 by completing the Guernsey Church to Church walk and has been an almost ever present since the formation of the Sarnia Walking Club. Remarkably, all but a handful of miles have been completed in Guernsey. As he now inevitably slows down he can think back to the days when he could walk the Church to Church in 3 hour 11 minutes, 10 miles in under 90 minutes, 7 miles in under an hour and todays distance in 53.13…..which would have pipped todays winner.

1 Stuart Le Noury M 53.17

2 Donna Allan W40 58.28

3 Rob Elliott M60 59.36

4 Phil Lockwood M45 1.07.27

5 Kevin Le Noury M60 1.08.17

6 Mick Le Sauvage M75 1.16.30

Handicap positions (handicap) 

1 D Allan (16.00) 1.14.28, 2 K Le Noury (8.00) 1.16.17, 3 M Le Sauvage (2.00) 1.18.30, 4 R Elliott (19.00) 1.18.36, 5 S Le Noury (27.00) 1.20.17, 6 P Lockwood (13.00) 1.20.27.

Rob Elliott for SWC

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5 kms Championship

Sunday March 31st 2019

Sarnia Walking Club

Championship One

5 kilometres road walk

Saumarez Park, Guernsey

Elliott and Allan open Championships with a win.

Rob Elliott opened up the Sarnia Walking Club 2019 Championship with a winning 28.49 clocking over 5 kilometres, ahead of second placed and leading woman Donna Allan with 30.58. Elliott, celebrating his birthday and moving up into the M60 age group, surprised himself with his best time for three years and in the process broke the Guernsey age best time set by Terry Bates back in 2011. A seven minute dead time for the first of the four laps gave him a good start which was followed by laps of 7.13, 7.19 and 7.17.

Second and third places were taken by walkers who have entered marathons in the next few months, second placed Donna in London and third placed Phil Lockwood in Brighton. Fourth place went to Kevin Le Noury ahead of Kay Coulson who claimed the handicap win. Next home was Mick Le Sauvage , one race away from his 8,000 miles milestone with Dave Dorey bringing home the field. 

Kevin Allan and Jayne Le Noury both succumbed to injuries and completed around half the distance.

1 Rob Elliott M60 28.49

2 Donna Allan W40 30.58

3 Phil Lockwood M45 33.43

4 Kevin Le Noury M60 35.15

5 Kay Coulson W50 37.25

6 Mick Le Sauvage M75 37.54

7 Dave Dorey M70 41.19

DNF Kevin Allan 2.5 kms

DNF Jayne Le Noury 2.5 kms

Handicap Positions

1 K Coulson (2.00) 39.25, 2 R Elliott (11.00) 39.49, 3 M Le Sauvage (2.00) 39.54, 4 K Le Noury (5.00) 40.15, 5 D Allan (10.00) 40.58, 6 P Lockwood (7.30) 41.13, 7 D Dorey (0.00) 41.19.

Rob Elliott for SWC

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Chilcott Cup

Sunday March 24th 2019

Sarnia Walking Club

Chilcott Cup

7 miles road walk

Albecq to North Side, Guernsey

RWA Permit 9048-1

New Island record for Donna Allan

In the smallest starting line up for some time, Stuart Le Noury strode to another Chilcott Cup win over the 7 miles road course from Albecq to North Side. In near perfect conditions he went through 3 miles in 25.02 and 5 miles in just over 42 minutes to cross the finish line in 58.50. The walk of the day though went to second placed Donna Allan who removed well over two minutes from her previous best time and beat the womens record of 1.06.11 set by Jenny Tostevin back in 1985, when she finished in 1.05.03

Going through the 3 miles point in 27.37 and having a good middle section of the race to reach 5 miles in 46.26, the record was on with only another few miles to go. The five miles point in itself was the fastest Donna has walked and all indicates a renewal of her metric 10 kilometres best is due.

Third place went to Kevin Le Noury with his best 7 miles for a few years after Phil Lockwood pulled out of the race with chest problems. Mick Le Sauvage, now only a few races away from reaching 8,000 competitive miles finished in 1.25.08 for fourth place.

1 Stuart Le Noury M 58.50

2 Donna Allan W40 1.05.03

3 Kevin Le Noury M60 1.15.49

4 Mick Le Sauvage M75 1.25.08

DNF Phil Lockwood M45 (3.5 miles)

Rob Elliott for SWC

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