Interesting stats John.

I don’t know if there is a cut off time for selection other than a self
imposed cut off. If it is self imposed is this down to the money available
to send athletes? If the latter then I understand why we don’t send 2nd tier
athletes but is there any way the “2nd tier” could be offered places if they
made a contribution to costs or is this illegal / too political?

The stats suggest other countries send athletes at this second tier level.
Is that so? And if so is this to give them the experience, drive and
enthusiasm to make the first tier, or, is this the best that they’ve got?

With very few 1st tier walkers making the “cut off” times, how do we
encourage our next best walkers?

I would welcome the comments from the selectors and also our 2nd tier
walkers as to what would encourage them.



Thank you

Paul Hayden





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From: racewalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:racewalk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of John Constandinou
Sent: 06 May 2008 15:45
To: racewalk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [UK racewalk] World Cup




Following on about the statistics for the last World Cup in 2006; see how
the LAST placed athletes there in each event compare to current standards in
the UK:
50k Men - 5:05:51 PB. Three British men have bettered in 2008.
20k Men - 1:50:07. Thirteen British men have bettered in 2008.
20k Women - 1:57:44 SB. Three British women have bettered in 2008.
10k Men - 55:22 PB. Eight British junior men have bettered in 2008.
10k Women - 1:09:44 PB. Six British junior women have bettered in 2008.
If only we could send Scott Davis to complete a British team for the 50k...
Such a team would have grabbed 9th place in 2006, beating Hungary, USA and
Ukraine...

Good luck to the British team in Cheboksary, everyone is very proud of what
you have already achieved.

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Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 13:30:21 +0100Subject: RE: [UK racewalk] World Cup

Tony presumes right - the World Cup Team is:
Ben Wears, U20 10 km
Johanna Jackson, w 20 km
Daniel King, 50 km
Dominic King, 50 km
They gained selection by bettering the following qualifying times in 2008:

Event Development Elite
10 km U20 NA 00:47:00
10 km w U20 NA 00:53:00
20 km 01:30:00 01:28:00
20 km w 01:45:00 01:40:00
50 km 04:20:00 04:10:00

Statistics from 2006 World Cup
10 km U20
* 54 finishers
* 26 PB, 6 SB, 6 DQ
* 60 starters: 53.3 % delivered PB/SB
* 40 athletes sub-UKA qualifying time (47:00)
10 km w U20
* 44 finishers
* 21 PB, 7 SB, 4 DQ
* 48 starters: 58.3 % delivered PB/SB
* 32 athletes sub-UKA qualifying time (53:00)
20 km
* 95 finishers
* 22 PB, 32 SB, 9 DQ, 11 DNF
* 115 starters: 57.8 % delivered PB/SB
* 59 athletes sub-UKA qualifying time (1:28:00)
20 km w
* 71 finishers
* 10 PB, 16 SB, 5 DQ, 12 DNF
* 88 starters: 29.5 % delivered PB/SB
* 48 athletes sub-UKA qualifying time (1:40:00)
50 km
* 63 finishers
* 18 PB, 31 SB, 6 DQ, 13 DNF
* 82 starters: 77.7 % delivered PB/SB
* 46 athletes sub-UKA qualifying time (4:20:00)

Comment
The biannual World/European Race Walking Cup generally sees at least 50% of
the field record a season's or personal best performance. The Team GB
athletes are challenged to target a season's best performance as their
minimum target for race day, providing an appropriate stimulus for
developing athletes. In terms of planning the World Cup is identified as
peak one, with a second peak for the summer championships (World
Juniors/Olympics)-.

The Team has just enjoyed a training camp based at Brunel University,
training with the Athletics Australia World Cup Team for a mix of dates
between 24th April to 4th May as fitted individual plans. Most sessions
occurred at Eton Rowing Centre, Black Lake Country Park and Brunel campus.
The UK Athletics Performance Department funded the camp.

Andi Drake,
Team GB Coach 2008 IAAF World Race Walking Cup

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