Pleinmont 2 kms

Sunday December 1st 2019

Sarnia Walking Club

Bob Wright Handicap Series Race 4

RWA Permit 9096-1

2 kilometres road walk 

Pleinmont, Guernsey

Beckerleg leads the way

Race winner Peter Beckerleg, easily held off the faster finishing Stuart Le Noury in the 2 kilometres out and back course held at Pleinmont. The windy conditions added to the hilly course made for a harder than usual race. Kevin Le Noury, losing out second place in the closing stages to son Stuart, heads the series with a one point advantage over Stuart moving into 2020 when the series resumes.

Fourth place went to Kay Coulson, ahead of Rob Elliott. Jayne Le Noury, still troubled by injury, held off Donna Allan for sixth. Stuart Le Noury had the fastest time of the day with 9.41, followed by Donna Allan and Rob Elliott with 12.13 and 12.16 respectively, both well down on what can normally be expected of them. 

1 Peter Beckerleg M60 16.10 (watch time) / 2.45 (handicap) / 13.25 (actual time)

2 Stuart Le Noury M 16.26 / 6.45 / 9.41

3 Kevin Le Noury M60 16.29 / 3.00 / 13.29

4 Kay Coulson W50 16.45 / 2.00 / 14.45

5 Rob Elliott M60 17.01 / 4.45 / 12.16

6 Jayne Le Noury W55 17.04 / 0.00 /17.04

7 Donna Allan W40 17.28 / 5.15 / 12.13

Rob Elliott for SWC

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North Side road walks

Sunday November 17th 2019

Sarnia Walking Club

10 and 5 kilometres road walks

North Side, Vale, Guernsey

Two break the hour in 10 kilometres walk

Stuart Le Noury dominated the 10 kilometres walk as he cruised to a satisfying win in 52.30 on the four lap North Side circuit. With the shorter distance of 5 kilometres starting at the same time, he was still too fast for the winner of that event, as Rob Elliott crossed in 30.49. Stuart had passed his halfway point in 26.16. 

Donna Allan, in the 10 kilometres race, had started steadily and overtaken Rob Elliott after one kilometre and opened up a 40 metres lead, but slowed on the second lap giving Elliott a target as he closed the gap slightly as he neared his finish line. Donna hit her halfway point in 30.40. She picked up the pace on the third lap walking at close to the hour pace, with a 15.04 lap and then really pushed on to record a sub 14 minutes last lap to crack the hour mark with a final time of 59.42.

Third place in the 10 kilometres went to Kay Coulson in 1.16.07. In the shorter race, Kevin Le Noury finished second ahead of Peter Beckerleg and Mick Le Sauvage who tied for third place.

10 kms

1 Stuart Le Noury M 52.30

2 Donna Allan W40 59.42

3 Kay Coulson W50 1.16.07

5 Kms

1 Rob Elliott M60 30.49

2 Kevin Le Noury M60 34.18

3= Peter Beckerleg M60 38.13

3= Mick Le Sauvage M80 38.13

Bob Wright Mile

Sunday November 10th 2019

Sarnia Walking Club

Bob Wright Handicap Series Race Three

1 mile track walk

Osmond Priaulx, Footes Lane, Guernsey

Win for Ellis Lockwood

Ellis Lockwood, the youngest in the field, made light work of those set off in front of him in the third race of the Bob Wright Handicap Series to cross the line first in the one mile race. Masters walker Kevin Le Noury held off his fast finishing son Stuart Le Noury to take second place eight seconds behind Ellis. Mick Le Sauvage set an inaugural Guernsey age best for the M80 age group, with Rob Elliott clipping less than a second from Terry Bates age group best track time.

Stuart Le Noury (left, closing down on Kevin) set the fastest time of the day with his 7.32, with Donna Allan the fastest woman with 9.18.

1 Ellis Lockwood U15 11.38 (watch time) / 1.15 (handicap) / 10.23 (actual time)

2 Kevin Le Noury M60 11.46 / 1.15 / 10.31

3 Stuart Le Noury M 11.47 / 4.15 / 7.32

4 Kay Coulson 12.09 / 0.45 / 11.24

5= Dave Dorey M70 12.17 / 0.00 / 12.17

5=Mick Le Sauvage M80  12.17 / 0.45 / 11.32

7 Phil Lockwood M45 12.18 / 2.15 / 10.03

8 Rob Elliott M60 12.20 / 3.00 / 9.20

9 Donna Allan W40 12.33 / 3.15 / 9.18

10 Jayne Le Noury W55 13.40 / 0.00 / 13.40

 

Rob Elliott for SWC

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Peter Kendal Pairs Team Cup

Sunday October 27th 2019

Sarnia Walking Club

Peter Kendal Pairs Team Cup

3 kilometres road walk

Les Amarreurs, Vale, Guernsey

Lockwood and Le Sauvage win the Kendal Cup

Phil Lockwood and Mick Le Sauvage teamed up to take the honours in the Kendal Cup by one second from Peter Beckerleg and Kay Coulson. Team members walk together for half the distance before the faster walker is allowed to break away to walk the latter half at their own pace. Handicaps are added on to the faster walkers times with the slower walkers set off on their handicap mark.

Third place went to Stuart Le Noury and Dave Dorey, whilst Kevin Le Noury with no team mate walked a solo 3 kilometres.

Final places with handicaps added

1 Phil Lockwood M45 22.00

2 Peter Beckerleg M60 22.05

3 Kay Coulson W50 22.33

4= Stuart Le Noury M 22.37

4= Mick Le Sauvage M80 22.37

6 Dave Dorey M70 23.34

Team result

1 P Lockwood and M Le Sauvage 44.37

2 P Beckerleg and K Coulson 44.38

3 S Le Noury and D Dorey 46.11

individual actual times

 

1.5 kilometres 

S Le Noury M 7.24

P Lockwood M 45 9.27

P Beckerleg M60 10.13

3 kilometres 

K Le Noury M60 20.26

K Coulson W50 21.03

M Le Sauvage M80 21.07

D Dorey M70 23.34

Full results with handicaps etc Peter Kendal Pairs Team Cup 2019

10 kms Delancey

Sunday October 13th 2019

Sarnia Walking Club

Bob Wright Handicap Series Race Two

10 kilometres road walk

Delancey Park, Guernsey

RWA Permit 9092-1

Narrow win for Peter

Walkers were greeted with wet conditions throughout their 10 kilometres race with challenging underfoot conditions with fallen leaves and twigs from the previous nights winds. Undeterred and backing up his second place in the last race Peter Beckerleg secured the handicap win in the second race of the Bob Wright Series with a twenty one seconds advantage over second placed Stuart Le Noury.

Third place, a few seconds behind, was Kevin Le Noury, who on the same starting handicap as the winner, had the winner in close sight throughout the race. Mick Le Sauvage finished in 4th place, with Donna Allan eight seconds behind. Phil Lockwood was a further minute behind with last walker Rob Elliott well behind with a race to forget.

Fastest time of the day was by Stuart Le Noury in 53.33, ahead of leading woman Donna Allan in 1.01.00. 

1 Peter Beckerleg M60 1.20.12 (watch time) / 8.00 (handicap) / 1.12.12 (actual time)

2 Stuart Le Noury M 1.20.33 / 27.00 / 53.33

3 Kevin Le Noury M60 1.20.35 / 8.00 / 1.12.35

4 Mick Le Sauvage M80 1.21.52 / 4.00 / 1.17.52

5 Donna Allan W40 1.22.00 / 21.00 / 1.01.00

6 Phil Lockwood M45 1.22.57 / 14.00 / 1.08.57

7 Rob Elliott M60 1.25.20 / 19.00 / 1.06.20

DNF Kay Coulson W50 5kms 39.52

DNF Dave Dorey M70 5kms 42.05

Rob Elliott for SWC

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Bob Wright 5 kms

Sunday September 29th 2019

Bob Wright Handicap Series Race One

5 kilometres road walk

Saumarez Park, Guernsey

First to start keeps the lead

Mick Le Sauvage, the first walker to start in the first race of the Bob Wright Handicap Series, held on to the lead throughout the race to finish in 37.14. He held off second man home Peter Beckerleg by twenty seconds, who in turn kept Kevin Le Noury, who started 30 seconds after him, at bay by the same time difference, with both recording an actual time of 35.04.

With wind and drizzle greeting the walkers for the four lap race, times were a little down to those expected with Stuart Le Noury and Donna Allan recording the fastest mens and womens times respectively. Stuart dipped under 26 minutes with Donna timed at 30.36.

1 Mick Le Sauvage M80 37.14 (watch time) / 0.00 (handicap) / 37.14 (actual time)

2 Peter Beckerleg M60 37.34 / 2.30 / 35.04

3 Kevin Le Noury M60 38.04 / 3.00 / 35.04

4 Phil Lockwood M45 38.13 / 5.30 / 32.43

5 Stuart Le Noury M 38.59 / 13.00 / 25.59

6 Donna Allan W40 39.36 / 9.00 / 30.36

7 Rob Elliott M60 40.00 / 8.00 / 32.00

8 Kay Coulson 41.04 / 1.00 / 40.04

Rob Elliott for SWC

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Richmond Trophy 3 kms

Sunday September 15th 2019

Sarnia Walking Club 

Richmond Trophy sponsored by Richmond Fiduciary Group

3 kilometres handicap walk

Cambridge Park, St Peter Port, Guernsey

Richmond Trophy win for Ellis

Ellis Lockwood, the youngest walker in the race, showed a clean pair of heels to the masters walkers he left behind after the first lap of 4 for the Richmond Trophy. In the handicapped race over 3 kilometres Ellis had built up an eighteen second lead after the early lap and continued to pull away to cross the line in an actual time of 20.24. Second to fourth places place went down to the final straight with Peter Beckerleg taking second place, well down on the winner and four seconds ahead of Kay Coulson in third. Two seconds later Kevin Le Noury finished the race in fourth place.

Mick Le Sauvage, close to his recent Guernsey age best finished in fifth ahead of Phil Lockwood who set the fastest time of the day with his actual time of 19.09. Dave Dorey brought the finishers home in seventh place.

The next walk is on Sunday September 29th at 9.00 am at Saumarez Park. It will be the first walk in the seven race series, with five races to score, for the Bob Wright Handicap Series. Anyone wishing to have a go at race walking will be welcome to compete. The first walk is over 5 kilometres with the other distances being between one mile and 10 kilometres. The series lasts until March 2020 and anyone can take part in any number of the walks. 

1 Ellis Lockwood U/15 21.24 (watch time) / 1.00 (handicap) / 20.24 (actual time)

2 Peter Beckerleg M60 22.38 / 2.15 / 20.23

3 Kay Coulson W50 22.42 / 1.00 / 21.42

4 Kevin Le Noury M60 22.44 / 2.30 / 20.14

5 Mick Le sauvage M80 23.04 / 1.00 / 22.04

6 Phil Lockwood M45 23.09 / 4.00 / 19.09

7 Dave Dorey M70 24.35 / 0.30 / 24.05

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

3 kms road walk

Friday July 19th 2019

Sarnia Walking Club

Avantis Championship Race 8

3 kilometres road walk

Les Amarreurs, Vale, Guernsey

Le Noury closes in on Championship 

Stuart Le Noury walked closer to retaining the Avantis Championships with a victory over 3 kilometres on the road course at Les Amarreurs. On a humid evening he crossed the line in 14.41, well ahead of Rob Elliott 17.52 and Phil Lockwood 19.19. Kay Coulson took the womens honours in 21.37.

 

1 Stuart Le Noury M 14.41

2 Rob Elliott M60 17.52

3 Phil Lockwood M45 19.19

4 Kevin Le Noury M60 20.19

5 Kay Coulson W50 21.37

6 Mick Le Sauvage M80 21.52

Handicap : handicap / handicap time

1 S le Noury 8.15 / 22.56, 2= K Coulson 1.30 / 23.07, 2= M Le Sauvage 1/15 / 23.07, 4 K Le Noury  3.00 / 23.19, 5 R Elliott 5.30 / 23.22, 6 P Lockwood 4.30 / 23.49.

Rob Elliott for SWC

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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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