1998 Isle of Man 100
Promoted by the Manx Harriers
On 20th – 21st June 1998 the Parish Walk was held on the Isle of Man. This is an annual 85 miles walk around the island. For the Dutch walkers it proved to be a large problem just getting there. Because the Brotherhood of Centurions wanted to give the people of the I.O.M. the chance to become Centurions the 85 mile walk was extended to 100 miles. Participants had to walk up and down the boulevard of Douglas for the last 15 miles.
The first 85 miles
Participants started in Douglas and first walked to the south of the island. The target was to touch as many church gates (hence “Parish”) as possible as fast as possible. The walk led along 17 churches all around the island. The finish was in Douglas. 500 people started of on Saturday and only 35 made it to the finish the next day.
The first 3 finishers were:
1 Richard Brown 15.59.44
2 Sandra Brown 16.16.36
3 Arie Boertjes 15.26.22
Doing another 15 miles on top of the first 85 proved to be too much to ask of most walkers. In the end there were only 11 people that finished within 24 hours, of which 4 were Manx walkers qualifying as new Centurions: Ray Hughes, Anthony Kneale, Luc Nique and Simon Cox.
The women’s team won the team prize (Sandra Brown C735, Marleen Radder C783 and Jill Green C898″, the continental” team consisting of Arie Boertjes C942, Luc Nicque and Hans van der Knaap C938 came 2nd. So the ladies received the cup with a tag on it saying “First prize 100 miles men”!
Pos name time New Centurions
1 Richard Brown 19.22.26
2 Sandra Brown (f) 19.32.26
3 Arie Boertjes 19.38.14
4 Marleen Radder (f) 21.16.56
5 Chris Flint 21.47.22
6 Ray Hughes 22.15.48 C953
7 Jill Green (f) 22.22.30
8 Anthony Kneale 22.55.05 C954
9 Luc Nique 23.03.34 C955
9 Hans van der Knaap 23.03.34
11 Simon Cox 23.51.30 C956
1997 Ware 100 mile
The track race in Ware started at 2.00 pm at the Wodson Sports Centre in Ware, Hertfordshire. The number of participants was limited to 30, two of which were foreigners (Per and Gerrit). The London Vidarians took the team prize.
| Position | Name | M/F | Club | Country | Distance (km) | Time |
| 1 | Sandra Brown | F | Surrey Walking Club | GBR | 194.8 | 19.27.15 |
| 2 | Per Kleis Pedersen | M | Posten Aarhus | DEN | 190.8 | 19.39.51 |
| 3 | Chris Flint | M | London Vidarians | GBR | 184.2 | 20.21.41 |
| 4 | Kevin Perry | M | Southend AC | GBR | 179 | 21.14.12 |
| 5 | David Watson | M | Surrey Walking | GBR | 177.2 | 21.32.11 |
| 6 | Jill Green | F | London Vidarians | GBR | 171.8 | 22.17.07 |
| 7 | Eric Horwill | M | Dudley & Stourbridge | GBR | 165.8 | 23.17.07 |
| 8 | Martin Fisher | M | York CIU | GBR | 164.8 | 23.08.22 |
| 9 | Bob Watts | M | London Vidarians | GBR | 162.8 | 23.40.07 |
| 10 | Ken Watts | M | London Vidarians | GBR | 162.4 | 23.40.07 |
| 11 | Gerrit de Jong | M | Avantri Schoonhoven | NED | 161.7 | 23.52.49 |
| 12 | Jerry Everett | M | Colchester Harriers AC | GBR | 147.4 | 24.00.00 |
| 13 | John Fenton | M | Birchfield Harriers | GBR | 145 | 24.00.00 |
| 14 | Paul Sargent | M | Worcester Athletic Club | GBR | 138.9 | 24.00.00 |
1996 Colchester 100
Colchester 100
Over the weekend of 3rd – 4th August 1996 the Colchester 100 was held in the local park near the Leisure Centre. It was organised by the London Vidarians with some help from local Centurion John Hedgethorne. The weekend included a 5 mile ‘Strider’ race.
1996 Colchester 100 miles Race programme
1996 Colchester 100 miles map of course
pos name club country time 100 mile
1 Richard Brown Surrey WC GBR 18.12.04
2 Arie Boertjes RWV NED 18.33.14
3 Sandra Brown (f) Surrey WC GBR 19.42.53
4 Per Kleis Pedersen Postens MF DK 20.07.39
5 Kevin Perry Southend AC GBR 20.37.46
6 Paul de Beer LAT NL 20.46.47
7 Tony Collins Birchfield Harriers GBR 20.47.07
8 Jaap Visser RWV NL 20.52.31
9 Marleen Radder (f) RWV NL 21.09.51
10 Chris Flint London Vidarians GBR 22.01.20
11 Boyd Millen Kendal AC GBR 22.05.32
12 Perminder Bhatti Birchfield Harriers GBR 22.23.42
13 Joop Wissink RWV NL 22.50.42
14 Wil Vervoort Attila NL 22.58.53
15 Martin Fisher York CIU GBR 22.59.50
16 Glen Robertson Colchester Harriers GBR 23.10.45
17 Paul Tierentijn AC Turnhout BEL 23.12.08
18 John Fenton Birchfield Harriers GBR 23.20.42
19 Gerald Paynton LDWA GBR 23.24.58
20 Kathy Crilley (f) Surrey WC GBR 23.31.43
21 Frans Leijtens RWV NL 23.36.14
22 Sue Ramsey (f) LDWA GBR 23.42.37
23 Jerry Everett Colchester Harriers GBR 23.47.36
24 Hennie Rensen AV Atletics NL 23.48.15
25 Hans van der Knaap RWV NL 23.55.15
26 Gerrit de Jong Avantri NL 23.55.51
27 Pam Ficken (f) Surrey WC GBR 22.47 90 miles
28 Johan Bakker LAT NL 22.57 90 miles
1995 100 miles Battersea Park, London
The race gave Sandra Brown her 10th 100 miles finish and Maureen Cox became the first female Centurion on the Isle of Man. Unfortunately Dutchman Cees Punselie failed the Centurion title by only 32 seconds
The Sunday Dispatch Trophy, the prize for the open team race, was won by the Rotterdamse Wandelsport Vereniging (R.W.V.). The team consisted of Co de Jong, Joop Wissink and Hans van der Knaap.
The best R.W.A. team, Surrey Walking Club, won the Tom Reynolds Shield. This team consisted of Richard Brown, David Watson and Michael Rowland. The best ladies team also consisted of Surrey Walking Club members: Sandra Brown, Kathy Crilley and Pam Ficken.
The Bill King Memorial Trophy, for the Centurions match between British and Dutch walkers (5 walkers from each country this year), was won by the British. Their 1rst, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th place gave them a mere 21 points, where as the Dutch obtained 47 points by claiming 2nd, 5th, 12th, 13th and 15th position.
Dutchman Co de Jong became the first new Centurion and won the Hew Neilson ‘145’ Trophy. His fellow Dutchman Joop Wissink won the Eddy McNeir Trophy, as he was the fastest finisher over 65 years of age.
In the final results John Fenton is listed as reaching the 90 miles point in 21.58.00 and Michael Rowland obtained the same distance in 23.32.02.
1993 Battersea Park London (200 km/ 24 Hours)
This 200 km / 24 hour race was the first time a 24 hour race had been held in Great Britain other than on the track. The 4 km circuit started and finished at the bandstand for ease of recording as this was essentially a 200 km race. Regrettably for those who decided only to do 100 miles, the race finish was at a lonely caravan more than half a mile away from the main centre of activity.
105 walkers started the race, the second largest number in any British ultra distance race.
58 completed the 24 hours, however the first 3 were not required to be on their feet for the full 24 hours, having already reached 200 km. 25 became new Centurions but only 10 of them continued beyond the 100 mile mark. The first new Centurion and also first at 100 miles and overall winner was Alexsey Radionov, who became only the second Russian walker to join our ranks since George Lind C24 in 1908. His 200 km time of 22 hours 4 minutes 39 seconds was more than 50 minutes better than the runner up, Richard Brown C760. One might have thought that Richard would be the first British walker at 100 miles, but as his target was the full 200 km distance he was beaten to the 100 by just over a minute, by Chris Berwick of Leicester who stopped at the 100 mile mark. The whole event was a tremendous success and thought to be one of the best races ever seen in Great Britain, so much so there have been calls for it to be repeated.
1993 Battersea Park London (200 km/ 24 Hours) Race Programme
