WELL DONE TO ALL. THANKS TO EVERY OFFICIAL, ALL MARSHALS, HELPERS, THE NSC, THE DoT, CIVIL DEFENCE AND SO MANY OTHERS. BIG THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS.

Top 10 for the 100mile Walk:-

Pos.BibNameSurnameTime
11SeanHands19:16:03
28Sandra Brown19:28:38
36SueBiggart20:08:10
469MarcelinoSobczak20:16:19
557Kevin Marshal20:29:14
632MichaelGeorge20:34:01
738EammonHarkin20:34:11
855Catherine Lowey20:50:26
978JockWaddington20:57:35
1034FrankGulik21:12:02





100mile Walk results (original): please click here

24hour and 100mile confirmed manual (& electronic) results:-

click here (pdf) or here (Excel)

20mile Starlight Stroll results: click here

Results lists are also at www.raceahead.net

Results for the 24 Hour Walk:-

1.Marcelino Sobczak111.15miles

2.David Jones110.56

3.Tony Collins108.78

4.Robert de Wolf107.42

5.Chris Flint105.56

6.Leo Houben104.72

7.Hedwig Vandeputte100.28

8.Lesley Christian96.04

9.Co de Jong93.25

10.David Fall82.00

11.Fred Baker70.58

Sorry for the delay in getting this part of the results confirmed before publication was possible. For distances achieved by non-finishers please scroll further down this webpage.

Marcelino Sobczak from the OLATclub and part of a 12-strong Dutch team. Marcelino continued well past the 131 laps needed to qualify as a Centurion, achieving over 111miles at the end of the 24 hours and taking the winning position for this race to add to his 4th place in the 100mile race (20hrs16:19).

See the Isle of Man Newspapers item here.

See the excellent coverage by Murray Lambden from the link on his website www.manxathletics.com and link from there to his extensive fotopic site and to other shots by Steve Partington & Ian Astin. See pictures by me, Adrian Cowin, by clicking here. Also see the 100mile feature & pictures at the O.L.A.T. Dutch Walking site

Non Finishers – Distances achieved

Michael Crook93.16

James O’Toole91.64

Jim Harvey83.27

Anthony Kneale77.19

Victoria Thomas70.34

Robbie Callister66.54

Graham Jackson65.78

Marie Gilbertson64.26

Richard Brown63.50

David Manning59.70

David Cain58.18

Hans de Vries57.42

Sean Pender53.62

Geoffrey Cowle51.33

Sue Clements50.57

Peter Beighton50.57

Selwyn Callister50.57

Sharon Cheeseman50.57

Brenda Charlton50.57

Mark Harvey49.81

Gerald Dentith46.77

Simon Cox45.25

Lisa Motley40.69

Frances Harding39.17

Graham Kelly36.13

Nick Sille 34.61

Mark Thomas27.06

Ian Strodder26.24

John Lovelady15.50

George Callister8.75

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The Isle of Man Veteran Atheletes' Club hosted the 2006 Race Walking Association National Long Distance Championship and UK Centurions 100mile Walk on 19th-20th August in the sheltered surroundings of the National Sports Cente in Douglas. (Started at 2pm). Race Walking Association Permit No. 17/06/27

Also: A 20mile  Starlight Stroll at 10pm on Saturday 19th.

North of England Athletic Association, Course Accuracy Certificates: No. 06/029 for 20 miles and No. 06/030 for 100 miles.

Food and drink was provided to all athletes during the event. Goodie bags to all entrants included a commemorative ‘t’ shirt. Medal and certificate to all finishers.Prize presentation, including a light buffet was held shortly after 3pm on Sunday 20 August at the NSC sports hall.

This great aerial shot of the NSC was taken by Jon Wornham and is copyrighted but reproduced here with permission. If you would like to see many more great photographs by Jon then please visit his website www.island-images.co.uk

NSC info: click here and here.

Our main sponsor for the 100mile event was JCK Ltd. (Photo by Ray Pitts)

Our other sponsors -- please click here. Thanks to all.

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Last update to this page (old site) 4th October 2006.