I must confess we were taken aback to find ourselves back on top of the Age-Graded Team competition and third in the Open, but very satisfied.

MENS AGE GRADED 2KM TEAM

1 Lancashire Walking Club (86.20%)2 Manx Harriers (77.04%)3 Sarnia Walking Club (74.33%)- AUSTRALIA (73.51%)4 Quickstep Fitness (70.67%)5 Scotia Race Walking Club (70.09%)6 Birchfield Harriers (57.14%)7 Surrey Walking Club (56.19%)8 Steyning AC (54.80%)9 Enfield & Haringey AC (51.79%))- NEW ZEALAND (51.04%)10 Winchester AC (47.42%)11 Cardiff AC (42.76%)12 Ilford AC (37.18%)

MENS 2KM TEAM

AUSTRALIA (50)1 Manx Harriers (54)2 Sarnia WC (79)3 Lancashire WC (86)4 Scotia RWC (110)5 Quickstep Fitness (145)6 Surrey WC (163)7 Birchfield Harriers (196)- NEW ZEALAND (201)8 Cardiff AC (203)9 Winchester AC (210)10 Steyning AC (214)11 Enfield & Haringey AC (216)12 Ilford AC (276)

Tony Taylor M70

95.31%

Lancs WC

00:10:24.0+

Tony Malone M65

84.56%

Lancs WC

00:11:10.1

Guy Goodair M80

78.73%

Lancs WC

00:14:44.0

Tony Bell M55

63.30%

Lancs WC

00:13:18.0

And to add to our laurels and total surprise we were first team in the Mens 5k Team, pipping our friends at Scotia.

MENS 5KM TEAM

AUSTRALIA (75)1 Lancashire WC (98)2 Scotia RWC (102)3 Birchfield Harriers (156)4 Manx Harriers (163)5 Surrey WC (163)6 Sarnia WC (189)- NEW ZEALAND (191)7 Winchester AC (194)8 Enfield & Haringey AC (203)9 Quickstep Fitness (210)10 Ilford AC (253)

Tony Taylor M70

98.03%

Lancs WC

00:26:12.2

Stephen Walker M60

71.39%

Lancs WC

00:31:44.0

Guy Goodair M80

77.02%

Lancs WC

00:39:12.0

AND IT’S ONLY JUST OVER A WEEK TO THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING YOUR 3 KILOMETRE TIMES FOR INCLUSION IN OUR VERY OWN PIONEERING VIRTUAL SERIES, WHERE WE ARE INCREASING THE DISTANCES GRADUALLY OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

As things stand I’ve received only three submissions plus Dave Evans has produced a carefully assembled handicap sheet.

Crossing fingers you are lining up a big performance this next week!!

Submissions to Tony at tonymtaylor@gmail.com by midnight, Sunday, May