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Southern Race Walking Championships

Posted: 17th Jan 2015 by Andrea Bennett

Ashford Athletics Club race walkers took a big step forward in Eltham on Saturday.  Seven Ashford athletes contested the Southern Race Walking Championships on a cold and windy Sutcliffe Park in South East London.
 
First off were juniors Jacqueline Benson and Marshall Smith.  Jacqueline showed great technique to finish 4th in the Under 15 years 3,000 metres with a well deserved personal best. Marshal, normally a middle distance runner, showed his versatility with a glorious second place in the Under 17's 5,000m.
 
Next came the senior 10,000 metres with Philip Wilson of Lyminge  and Rebecca Cope making their road walking debuts with established athletes Jon and Chris Hobbs.   Rebecca also showing great promise to finish seventh in the women's race and Philip showing his strength and determination to gain ninth place in the men's.  Nearer the front Jon, the National 50 Kilometre Race Walking Champion, spent most of the race in second  place before being overtaken near the line by a fast finishing athlete from Sussex.  With veteran Chris Hobbs in 4th position the Ashford Team resoundingly won the Team Event for the first time ever.


Obstacle Course Racing World Championships 2014

Posted: 29th Nov 2014 by Andrea Bennett

Obstacle Course Racing - World Championships 2014, Cincinnati 25/26 October

Kerrie Fisher, a Sports Coach at the Duke of York Military School at Dover, is one of the many volunteers that help keep the Club going with their support. To enhance her supportive ability at the Club, Kerrie is qualifying to become a track and field official, to help out at meetings.

Amongst her duties at the Duke of York’s, is getting several students to the JRS for training on Thursdays, which involves driving a minibus to and from the school.

Kerrie herself has started track training, although not with a particular event in mind as yet. However, she has managed to find time to put in lots of miles running on the country around Dover and has actually competed in the relatively unknown event of cross country obstacle racing. During one of these races, Kerrie qualified for the inaugural World Championships, which took place on 25/26 October, near Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

The course was 9 miles long (ca 15K) over the very undulating terrain of a nature preserve and involved negotiating steep inclines (up and down), rope climbs, walls, trees, water, cargo nets (over and under) and so on. There were penalties for not completing obstacles on the way, many of which were seriously tough calls. One, called the Platinum Rig, only had an 8% pass rate

The obstacles were Kerrie’s strengths (we’re working on the running) and tested her determination to the full, collecting countless bruises on the way.

Over 500 competitors took part, with Kerrie’s finishing time of 2 hours 48 minutes, placing her 81st overall, 23rd female and an excellent second in the British contingent. A rapid gathering of a team on the Sunday saw Kerrie help her group to fourth place in the team race. She is looking forward to qualifying for next year’s championships.

The overall winner was ex-pat, John Albon, now living in Scandinavia – his reward £10,000!!

Kerrie made many friends and saw the event as a brilliant experience.

 

 Kerrie on the Platinum Rig

 Kerrie on the Platinum Rig

 

 Kerrie with her medal and overall winner, John Albon