Useful Links & Resources

 

Clubs – UK

Birchfield Harriers
Leicester Walking Club

North

Isle of Man Vets AC
Lancashire Walking Club

Manx Harriers (IOM)
Northern race walking
Redcar Walking Club

South

Aldershot, Farnham & District Athletic Club (AC)
Belgrave Harriers
Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC
Cambridge & Coleridge AC
Cambridge Harriers
Colchester Harriers AC

Eastern Masters Athletic Club 
Enfield & Haringey AC
Ilford AC
Loughton AC
Sarnia Walking Club (Guernsey)

Suffolk Athletics
Surrey Walking Club
Steyning AC
Tonbridge AC
Vets AC

Race Walking Information

British Masters Athletic Federation (BMAF)

BMAF Race Walking
England Athletics
National Centre for Race Walking
Race Walking Association
UKA Race Walking
World Athletics (formerly IAAF)

Centurions and Clubs in Other Countries

Australian Centurions
Belgian Walking Association
New Zealand Centurions
OLAT (Netherlands)
Rotterdam Wandelsport Vereniging (Netherlands)
SV de LAT (Netherlands)
USA Centurions

South Africa Centurions

 

Inspirational Websites

Rob Robertson’s C1169 account of qualifying in 6 countries

Richard McChesney’s C1131 extensive walking experience

Sandra Brown C735 & Richard Brown C760

 

Books

“The Centurions, A History”. Published by the Centurions. ISBN 987-0-9567863-0-2.
Available to buy from the Merchandise page.
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“A Hundred years A Foot, A Celebration of a Century of Race Walking”. Edited by Peter Cassidy. Published by the Race Walking Association. ISBN 987-0-9557034-0-9.

“Unbroken Contact, One Hundred Years of Walking with Surrey Walking Club”. Edited by Sandra Brown (C735).
Published by Surry Walking Club.

“The Celebrated Captain Barclay, Sport, Money and Fame in Regency Britain” by Peter Radford. Published by Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-7222-0.

“Race Walking” by Peter Markham.
Published by the British Amateur Athletic Board. ISBN 0-85134-093-8.

“Walking Fast , Techniques and Workouts for High-level Fitness and Performance” by Therese Iknoian.
Published by Human Kinetics. ISBN 0-88011-661-7.

“The Complete Guide to Racewalking, Techinque and Training” by Dave McGovern.
Published by World Class Publications.ISBN 0-9662176-0-8.

Race Guidelines and Governance

Race Walking Association (RWA)

National Centre for Race Walking

RWA Handbook (2014)

RWA Return to Competition 2020 (v1)

IAAF Guide to Race Walking 2016

IAAF What you need to know 2012

World Athletics & UKA Competition & Technical Rules 2020

Association of Course Measurers (UK)

World Athletics Competition & Technical Rules 2020

WA Competition Rules 2020

WA Technical Rules 2020